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David Shattuck

David Shattuck
Associate Professor
shattuck@loni.ucla.edu
http://www.loni.ucla.edu/~shattuck

Laboratory of Neuro Imaging
Department of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine
635 Charles E. Young Drive South, Suite 225
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7334
Education
B.S. University of Southern California, 1992 (Electrical Engineering) M.S. University of California, Irvine 1994 (Electrical Engineering) Ph.D. University of Southern California, 2000 (Electrical Engineering)
Experience
2002 - present Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles
2001 - 2002 Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering -- Systems, University of Southern California
2000 Research Associate, Dept. of Electrical Engineering -- Systems, University of Southern California
1997 - 2000 Research Assistant, Dept. of Electrical Engineering -- Systems, University of Southern California
1996 - 1997 MTS/Doctoral Fellow, Hughes Electronics, El Segundo, California
1994 - 1996 Member of Technical Staff, Hughes Sensors and Communications Systems, El Segundo, California
Honors
1999 Open Finalist, IEEE EMBS student paper competition
1996 - 1997 Hughes Electronics Corporate Doctoral Fellowship
1987 - 1992 USC Trustee's Scholarship
1987 - 1992 USC Dean's Scholarship
Research
My research is focused on the development of automated methods for the analysis of biological and medical imagery. Robust methods will allow investigators to study very large data sets with reduced manual labor. In particular, I am interested in the label
Projects
Automated skull stripping software (BSE) Automated cortical surface software (BrainSuite)
MRI subject anonymization
2D manifold parameterization for neuroanatomical surfaces
Automated segmentation of neuroanatomical structures
Automated labeling of sulci in the human brain
Visualization tools
Skills
Software development (C, C++, OpenGL) Automated volumetric object topology analysis and correction
Tissue classification and segmentation methods
3D rendering
Image display and analysis methods
Mathematical programming
Parallel and distributed programming
 
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