From Parallel Mesh Generation to Real-Time Image-to-Mesh Conversion for
                            Image Guided Therapy

                                   Nikos Chrisochoides
                             Computer Science Department
                                 The College of William and Mary


Abstract: The first medical  image,  an  X-ray  taken  by  Rotgen  in  1895,
depicted  his wife's wedding ring and  her  hand's  bones.  Today  operating
room suites  are capable to produce hybrid data sets with both anatomic  and
metabolic information for more accurate tumor delineation.  In this talk,  I
will  present  few  results  from  my  basic  and   translational   research
activities on parallel mesh generation and  Image-to-Mesh  (I2M)  conversion
for   Image  Guided  Neurosurgery.  First,  I  will  overview  some  of   my
contributions on  parallel  guaranteed  quality  mesh  generation  which  is
critical technology for real-time I2M conversion. Then I will  present  some
of my current research activities  on I2M for  medical  image  computing.  I
will conclude with my future  plans  in  high-end  computing  and  real-time
medical image computing.

Biography:  Nikos Chrisochoides is a Professor  of  Computer  Science,  John
Simon Guggenheim Fellow in Medicine and Health and founder and  director  of
the Center for Real-Time Computing.  His research interests are  in  medical
image computing and high-end computing. He works both  on  theoretical   and
implementation aspects of parallel scientific  computing.  His  research  is
application-driven. Currently  he  is  working  on  real-time  image-to-mesh
conversion for  biomedical  applications  like  non-rigid  registration  and
medical simulators for Image Guided Neurosurgery.

Nikos  received  his  Ph.D.  in  1992  from  Computer  Science   at   Purdue
University.   He  worked  at  Northeast  Parallel  Architectures  Center  in
Syracuse, Advanced Computing Research Institute  at  Cornell  Theory  Center
and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University  of
Notre Dame. He received an SUR IBM Award in 1998, NSF Career Award in  1999,
since then he received about   $4.6M  research  funds  and  participated  in
basic research projects of about $10M. In 2000  he moved to the  College  of
William and Mary as an Associate Professor and in 2004 he  was  awarded  the
Alumni Memorial Distinguished Professorship for "excellence in research  and
demonstrated commitment to teaching". He has held visiting positions at  MIT
and Harvard Medical School (Spring 2005),  Brown University (Fall 2004)  and
NASA/Langley (Summer 1994).