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Peabody, MA

Peabody, MA

• Designing/implementing beamlines and algorithms for Analogic's portfolio of baggage CT scanner products used in airports
• Defining image quality specifications and developing tools to test them
• Interfacing between the physics/algorithms group and all other disciplines (software, mechanical, electrical, etc.)
• Providing production and field support to ensure the best image quality
• Co-taught course on CT theory and practice

Champaign, IL

• Developed and implemented fast hierarchical forward projection and backprojection algorithms for a variety of CT scanner geometries.
• Leveraged significant algorithmic speedup using recursive decomposition, and obtained hardware speedup using high performance computing techniques.
• Developed software in both statistical iterative reconstruction and analytical reconstruction frameworks.
• Applied new digital signal processing techniques to the acquired data.
• Researched cardiac CT reconstruction techniques
• Key senior investigator on several grants. Participated in preparing proposals, progress reports, and conference material.

Phd, Biomedical Engineering

• Developed the core data processing and statistical reconstruction code for a novel PET system consisting of a Siemens Biograph scanner.

Ms, Biomedical Engineering

Bs, Electrical Engineering

Graduated Summa Cum Laude Second Major, Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate research: Developed 3D image reconstruction software for.