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 Gang Lin

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

110, 8th street

Troy, NY 12180-3590

Email: ling@ecse.rpi.edu

( I am now with Thermo Fisher Scientific in Pittsburgh, PA )

 

 

I earned my PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, my Master’s degree in Engineering Mechanics at China University of Mining and Technology at Beijing, and I received my Bachelor’s degree at Anhui University of Science and Technology in Anhui, China.

 

Research Interests

1)      Image and video compression

2)      Computer graphics and visualization: Efficient Rendering of 3D Polygonal Meshes

3)      Computer vision and image registration: Spatial Referencing of Retina Images

4)      Image analysis and pattern recognition: 3D catFISH, NVU analysis, FarSight, and computational image analysis in other biomedical applications…

 

Peer Reviewed Publications

  1. Christopher S Bjornsson, Gang Lin, Yousef Al-Kofahi, Arunachalam Narayanaswamy, Karen L Smith, William Shain, Badrinath Roysam (2008). “Associative image analysis: a method for automated quantification of 3D multi-parameter images of brain tissue,” Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 170(1):165-178.
  2. Gang Lin, Yousef Al Kofahi, James A. Tyrrell, Christopher Bjornsson, William Shain, and Badrinath Roysam (2007). Automated 3-D quantification of brain tissue at the cellular scale from multi-parameter confocal microscopy images. IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, Washington DC, April 12-15.
  3. Gang Lin, Kathy Olson, Monica K. Chawla, John F. Guzowski, Carol A. Barnes, Badrinath Roysam (2007), Automated Segmentation Methods for Multiple Types of Cell Nuclei in 3D Confocal Microscope Images. Cytometry A, 71(9):724-736.
  4. Scott W. McIntosh, Alisdair R. Davey, Donald M. Hassler, James D. Armstrong, Werner Curdt, Klaus Wilhem, Gang Lin (2007). Observations Supporting the Role of Magnetoconvection in Energy Supply to the Quiescent Solar Atmosphere. The Astrophysical Journal, 654:650-664.
  5. Frederique Ruf, Fernand Hayot, Myung-June Park, Gang Lin, Badrinath Roysam, Yongchao Ge and Stuart C Sealfon (2006). Mixed Analog/Digital Gonadotrope Biosynthetic Response to Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281(41):30967-30978.
  6. Gang Lin, Thomas P.-Y. Yu (2006) An Improved Vertex Caching Scheme for 3D Mesh Rendering, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 12(4): 640- 648.
  7. Gang Lin, Chris S. Bjornsson, Karen L. Smith, M. Amri Abdul-Karim, James N. Turner, William Shain, Badrinath Roysam (2005). Automated Image Analysis Methods for 3D Quantification of the Neurovascular Unit from Multi-channel Confocal Microscope Images. Cytometry A, 66(1): 9-23.
  8. Jan Robert Factor, Kelly Orban, Donald H Szarowski, Gang Lin, Timothy Larocca, Amanda Becker and Karen Jacoff-Kapusta (2005) A method for assessing removal of foreign particles from the blood by fixed phagocytes of the American lobster, Journal of Shellfish Research, 24(3): 713-717.
  9. Gang Lin, Monica K. Chawla, Kathy Olson, John F. Guzowski, Carol A. Barnes, Badrinath Roysam (2005) Hierarchical, Model-based Merging of Multiple Fragments for Improved 3-D Segmentation of Nuclei. Cytometry A, 63A (1): 20-33.
  10. Badrinath Roysam, Gang Lin, Muhammad-Amri Abdul-Karim, Omar Al-Kofahi, Khalid Al-Kofahi, William Shain, Donald H. Szarowski, James N. Turner, “Automated 3-D Image Analysis Methods for Confocal Microscopy,” Handbook of Confocal Microscopy, Third Edition, James Pawley (ed.), Plenum Press, New York, 2004.
  11. Monica K. Chawla, Gang Lin, Kathy Olson, Almira Vazdarjanova, Sara N. Burke, Bruce L. Mcnaughton, Paul F. Worley, John F. Guzowski, Badrinath Roysam, Carol A. Barnes (2004) 3D-catFISH: A System for Automated Quantitative Three-Dimensional Compartmental Analysis of Temporal Gene Transcription Activity Imaged by Fluorescence in situ Hybridization, Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 139(1): 13-24.
  12. Gang Lin, Charles V. Stewart, Badrinath Roysam, Kenneth Fritzsche, Howard L. Tanenbaum, (2004) Predictive Scheduling Algorithms for Real-time Feature Extraction and Spatial Referencing: Application to Retinal Image Sequences, IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Engineering, Jan; 51(1):115-125 .
  13. Gang Lin, Umesh Adiga, Kathy Olson, John F. Guzowski, Carol A. Barnes, Badrinath Roysam (2003) A Hybrid 3-D Watershed Algorithm Incorporating Gradient Cues & Object Models for Automatic Segmentation of Nuclei in Confocal Image Stacks, Cytometry, 56A:23-36.
  14. Hong Shen, Charles V. Stewart, Badrinath Roysam, Gang Lin, Howard L. TanenbaumT (2003) Frame-Rate Spatial Referencing Based on Invariant Indexing and Alignment with Application to Laser Retinal Surgery, IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 25(3):379-383.
  15. Gang Lin, Zemin Liu, (2000) The Application of Multiwavelet Transform to Image Coding, IEEE Trans. on Image Processing, 9(2):270-273.
  16. Gang Lin, Zemin Liu, (1999) Three-Dimensional Wavelet Multidivided Hierarchical Trees Video Coding, Journal of Circuits and Systems, 4(1): 31-35.
  17. Gang Lin, Zemin Liu, (1999) A New Scheme of Scalable Wavelet Video Coding, High Technology Letters, 9(5): 7-12.
  18. Gang Lin, Zemin Liu, (1999) Wavelet Video Coding Based On The Optimal Bit Allocation, Journal Of Beijing University Of Posts And Telecom, 22(1): 62-65.
  19. Gang Lin, Zemin Liu, (1999) Nonlinear Adaptive Prediction of Video Traffic in ATM networks, ACTA Electronica Sinica, 27(10): 1-4.
  20. Gang Lin, Zemin Liu, (1998) 3D Wavelet Video Coding with Motion Compensation, Journal of Image and Graphics, 3(11): 926-930.

 

Conference Publications

  1. Gang Lin, Christopher Bjornsson, William Shain, Badrinath Roysam, “Automated image analysis and 3D quantitation of Neurovascular Unit” 2006 Gordon Research Conference on “Barriers of the CNS”, Tilton School, Tilton, NH, June 25-30, 2006.
  2. Ying Chen, Gang Lin, Omar Al-Kofahi, William A. Mohler, and Badrinath Roysam, “Automated Extraction of Cell Lineages and Spatial Migration Paths in live C. elegans embryos from 4D Fluorescence Microscopy Image Sequences” Microscopy and Microanalysis 2006, Annual Meeting of the Microscopy Society of America, Navy Pier, Chicago, July 30-August 3, 2006.
  3. PokMan Chan, Tony Yuen,  Gang Lin, Badri Roysam and Stuart C. Sealfon, “Development of multiplex immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization using colloidal quantum dots for automated neuronal expression mapping in brain,” (invited paper) BiOS  2006, Colloidal Quantum Dots for Biomedical Applications, SPIE, 21-26 January, San Jose, CA.
  4. Dirk Padfield, Ying Chen, Badrinath Roysam, Harvey Cline, Gang Lin, and Maximilian Seel, “Cancer Tissue Classification Using Nuclear Feature Measurements From DAPI-Stained Images”, International conference for medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention, Oct. 1-6, 2006.
  5. G. Lin; K. Olson; M.K. Chawla; S.N. Burke; V.L. Sutherland; B.L. McNaughton; P.F. Worley; J.F. Guzowski; B. Roysam; C.A. Barnes. Advances in 3-D Nuclear Segmentation and Catfish Analysis. 35th Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, 2005.
  6. C.S.Bjornsson; K.L.Smith; G.Lin; M.A.Abdul-Karim; D.LeBlanc; J.N.Turner; B.Roysam; W.Shain. Damage to the neurovascular unit during prosthetic device insertion: vascular casting and quantitative analysis, 35th Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, 2005.
  7. Michael J. Cross, M. Amri-Abdul Karim, Gang Lin, Badrinath Roysam, Deanna M. Thompson. Guidance of Neurite Outgrowth by Non-Neural Cells, Annual Fall Meeting of BMES, Baltimore, MD, Sept. 28 - Oct. 1, 2005.
  8. CS  Bjornsson, G Lin, MA Abdul-Karim, DH Szarowski, KL Smith, D Le Blanc, B Roysam, W Shain, JN Turner, “Brain Vascular Damage Due to Neuroprosthetic Insertion: casting and Quantitative Analysis,” 62nd Annual meeting of the Microscopy Society of America, Aug 1-5, Savannah, Georgia, USA, 2004.
  9. G.Lin; C.Bjornsson; K.Smith; M.Abdul-Karim; D.LeBlanc; B.Roysam; J.N.Turner; W.Shain, “Brain Vascular Damage Due To Neuroprosthetic Insertion: Permanent Changes And Quantitative Analysis,” Annual Meeting of The Society for Neurosciences , October 23-27, 2004.
  10. CS Bjornsson, KL Smith, G Lin, MA Abdul-Karim, S. Retterer, D LeBlanc, DH Szarowski, B Roysam, JN Turner, and W Shain, “Brain Vascular Damage Due to Neuroprosthetic Insertion: Casting and Quantitative Analysis,” Neural Interfaces Workshop, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Nov 15-17, Bethesda, 2004.
  11. W. Shain; C. Bjornsson; K. Smith; S. Retterer; G. Lin; M. Abdul-Karim; B. Roysam; J. Turner, Brain Vascular Damage Due To Neuroprosthetic Insertion: Initial Damage. 34th Annual Meeting of Society for Neurosciences,
    San Diego, CA, 2004.
  12. K.M. Olson; G. Lin; M.K. Chawla; A. Vazdarjanova; S.N. Burke; V.L. Sutherland; B.L. McNaughton;  P.F. Worley; J.F. Guzowski; C.A. Barnes; B. Roysam. Accurate Fish Quantification Using Automated Methods For Three-Dimensional Compartment Analysis Of Temporal Gene Transcription Activity, 34th Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, 2004.
  13. S. Retterer, CS Bjornsson, KL Smith, D LeBlanc, Lin G, B Roysam, JN Turner, W Shain, “Device Fluidics for Direct Brain Delivery – a tool for studying brain injury,” Neural Interfaces Workshop, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Nov 15-17, Bethesda, 2004.
  14. K. Olson; G. Lin; M.K. Chawla; A. Vazdarjanova; S.N. Burke; B.L. McNaughton; P.F. Worley; J.F. Guzowski; B. Roysam; C.A. Barnes. Catfish Functional Brain Imaging: Validation of an Automated Software Tool for Mapping Functional Neural Networks and Circuits. 33PrdP annual meeting of Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA, 2003.
  15. Hong Shen, Charles V. Stewart, Badrinath Roysam, Gang Lin, Howard L. Tanenbaum, “Frame-Rate Spatial Referencing Based on Invariant Indexing and Alignment with Application to Laser Retinal Surgery,” Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer vision and Pattern Recognition, Hawaii, June 2001.
  16. Gang Lin, Zemin Liu, (1999) 3D Wavelet Video Codec and Its Rate Control in ATM Network, Orlando, USA, Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 4: 447-450.

 

Personal Notes: I believe “Happy are those conscious of their spiritual need”, and Holy Scripture is what I value the most…

 

Last updated Tuesday, March 06, 2007.

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