Alan H. Baydush, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Duke University Medical Center
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Duke University Medical Center
Curriculum Vitae
for Permanent Record and the
Appointments and Promotions Committee

NAME:Alan H. Baydush, Ph.D. Date Prepared:3/11/98

PRIMARY ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT: Radiology

PRESENT ACADEMIC RANK AND TITLE: Assistant Research Professor

DATE AND RANK OF FIRST DUKE APPOINTMENT:
January 1, 1995; Research Associate

STATUS: Citizen of USA

EDUCATION:
High School: Norfolk, VA 1986
College: Duke University 1990 B.S.E. (Biomedical Engr)
Graduate School: Duke University 1994 Ph.D. (Biomedical Engr)

HONORS:
Graduate Fellowship, Duke University, 1990-1994
Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society - 1989
Dean's List with Distinction - 1987
Dean's List - 1987, 1988, 1989
Phi Eta Sigma, Freshman Honor Society - 1987

SCHOLARLY SOCIETIES:
Tau Beta Pi
Phi Eta Sigma
International Society for Optical Engineering

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND ACADEMIC CAREER:
Summer, 1989 Clinical Engineer
Children's Hospital of the King's Daughter, Norfolk VA
Aug. 1990-Dec. 1991 Teaching Assistant
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
Aug. 1990-Dec. 1994 Research Assistant
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center
Jan. 1995-Aug. 1998 Research Associate
Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center
Sept. 1998-present Assistant Research Professor
Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center

PUBLICATIONS: (PEER REVIEWED)
1. Floyd CE Jr, Baydush AH, Lo JY, Ravin CE. Scatter Compensation for Digital Chest Radiography using Maximum Likelihood Expectation Maximation. Invest. Radiol. 28:427-433, 1993.

2. Floyd CE Jr, Baydush AH, Lo JY, Bowsher JE, Ravin CE. Bayesian Restoration of Chest Radiographs: Scatter Compensation with Improved Signal-to-Noise Ratio. Invest. Radiol. 29:904-910, 1994.

3. Floyd CE Jr, Baydush AH. US Patent #5440647: Patent X-ray Procedure for Removing Scattered Radiation and Enhancing Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR). Issued on Aug. 8, 1995.

4. Baydush AH, and Floyd CE Jr, "Bayesian image estimation of digital chest radiography: Interdependence of noise, resolution, and scatter fraction," Med. Phys. 22, 1255-1261,1995.

5. Baydush AH, and Floyd CE Jr, "Spatially varying Bayesian Image Estimation," Academic Radiology , 3, 129-136,1996.

6. Baydush AH, Bowsher, JE, Laading, JK, and Floyd CE Jr, " A New Bayesian Scatter Reduction Algorithm for Chest Radiography," Med. Phys. 24, 539-545, 1997.

7. Drayer JA, Vittitoe NF, Vargas-Voracek R, Baydush AH, Floyd CE Jr, Ravin CE, "A Description of the Characteristics of Regions Suspicious for Pulmonary Nodules on Chest Radiographs,"Academic Radiology, 5, 613-619,1999.

8. Baydush AH, Bowsher JE, Ravin CE, and Floyd CE Jr, "Visual improvements in bedside radiographs via numerical compensation," Radiographics, submitted December1998.

PRESENTATIONS AND ABSTRACTS:
1. Floyd CE Jr, Bowsher JE, Munley MT, Tourassi GD, Garg S, Baydush AH, Lo JY, Coleman RE. Artificial Neural Networks for SPECT Image Reconstruction with Optimized Weighted Backprojection. 1991 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Sante Fe, NM, 3:2184-2188, 1991.

2. Baydush AH, Floyd CE Jr, Lo JY, Bowsher JE, Ravin CE. Scatter Reduction in Portable Digital Chest Radiography by Bayesian Image Estimation. Radiology 185P:305, 1992.

3. Baydush AH, Floyd CE Jr, Lo JY, Bowsher JE, Ravin CE. Improved Contrast-to-Noise in Digital Chest Radiography by Bayesian Image Estimation. Association of University Radiologists, Chicago, Ill, 1992.

4. Baydush AH, Floyd CE Jr, Chotas HG, Ravin CE. Comparison of the Signal-to-Noise Ratio Improvement of Bayesian Image Estimation to that of Anti-Scatter Grids. Radiology 189P:129, 1993.

5. Lo JY, Baydush AH, Floyd CE Jr, Ravin CE. Comparative Evaluation of Scatter Compensation Techniques for Quantitative Digital Chest Radiography. Radiology 189P:129, 1993.

6. Baydush AH, Floyd CE Jr, Ravin CE. Noise Reduction in Portable Digital Chest Radiographs by Bayesian Image Estimation. Association of University Radiologists, Cincinnati, OH. 54, 1993.

7. Baydush AH, Floyd CE Jr. Improved Image Properties by Bayesian Scatter Compensation: Comparison to Anti-Scatter Grids. Radiology 190P: 199, 1994.

8. Baydush AH, Bowsher JE, Ravin CE, and Floyd CE Jr, "Improvements in Bedside Radiographs by means of Numeric Compensation," Radiology 197P: 523, 1995.

9. Baydush AH, Bowsher JE, and Floyd CE Jr, "Improved Scatter Compensation with a Bayesian Image-Estimation Technique," Radiology 197P: 223, 1995. Awarded Certificate of Merit.

10. Floyd CE Jr, Baydush AH, and Ravin CE, "Bayesian Image Processing for Digital Chest Radiography," Radiology 197P: 538, 1995.

11. Lo JY, Baydush AH, Baker JA, Kornguth PJ, and Floyd CE Jr, "Computer-aided diagnosis of breast mass malignancy using automated feature extraction and artificial neural networks," Radiology 197P: 425, 1995.

12. Baydush AH, Vittitoe NF, and Floyd CE, Jr, "Bayesian Image Processing for Scatter Reduction in Digital Chest Radiographs," Radiology 201P: 562, 1996. Awarded Certificate of Merit.

13. Baydush AH, Frederick ED, and Floyd CE, Jr, "Improved Visualization of Digital Chest Radiographs with Bayesian Image Processing," Radiology 205P: 732 (1997). Awarded Certificate of Merit.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:
1. Baydush AH, Floyd CE Jr. The Effect of ML-Median Processing on the Contrast-to-Noise Ratio in Digital Chest Radiography. Medical Imaging 1994: Image Processing, Loew MH, Ed., Proc. SPIE, 2167:586-592, 1994.

2. Lo JY, Baydush AH, Floyd CE Jr. Spatially Varying Scatter Compensation for Chest Radiographs using a Hybrid Madaline Artificial Neural Network. Medical Imaging 1994: Image Processing, Loew MH, Ed., Proc. SPIE, 2167:601-611, 1994.

3. Baydush AH, Laading JK, and Floyd CE, Jr, "Scatter Reduction in Mammography using Statistical Estimation Techniques," Medical Imaging 1996: Image Processing, Medical Imaging 1996: Image Processing, Loew MH, Ed., Proc. SPIE, 2710:709-716, 1996.

4. Laading JK, Johnson VE, Baydush AH, and Floyd CE, Jr, "A Novel Statistical Analysis of Two Sources of Digital Chest Radiographs," Medical Imaging 1996: Physics of Medical Imaging, Van Metter RL and Beutel J, Ed., Proc. SPIE, 2708:62-71, 1996.

5. Baydush AH and Floyd CE, Jr, "Spatially Varying Scatter Compensation for Digital Chest Radiography," Medical Imaging 1998: Image Processing, Hanson KM, Ed., Proc. SPIE, 3338:930-937, 1998.

CONSULTANT APPOINTMENTS:
Manuscript reviewer for IEEE, Transactions on Medical Imaging, 1995-present.
Manuscript reviewer for Medical Physics, 1995-present.

AREAS OF RESEARCH INTERESTS (BASIC AND APPLIED):

Image Processing of Mammographic Images
Digital Chest Radiography
Medical Image Processing
Statistical Pattern Recognition
Statistical Detection and Estimation Theory

EXTERNAL SUPPORT:
Principal Investigator, Research Grant "Improved Detection of Masses in Digital Mammography by Bayesian Image Estimation," Whitaker Foundation, 1/1/98 - 12/31/00, effort: 50% over 3 years.