Tessa Sundaram

biography

I am an MD/PhD student simultaneously wrapping up my dissertation and my medical school requirements. My research interests lie in developing methods to quantify lung motion with the aim of using motion patterns to detect disease. By using non-rigid registration, we can make localized estimates of pulmonary kinematics and do regional comparisons between individuals. Our hypothesis is that these regional measures will be more effective than global assessments such as pulmonary function testing in detecting diseased lung. My clinical interests are in radiology: chest, neuro, MR and interventional. The joys of being a trainee---I don't have to choose one...yet.

projects

• Validation of lung motion estimation with non-rigid registration
• Spatio-temporal interpolation of motion patterns
• Regional detection of lung disease via changes in motion patterns
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publications

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conference papers & abstracts