Nhon H. Trinh

Graduate Student and Research Assistant Computer Vision Group Laboratory for Engineering Man/Machine Systems (LEMS) Division of Engineering Brown University Email:                  nhon_trinh @ brown.edu Office phone:       (401) 863-6179 Mailing address:   Brown University                            Division of Engineering, Box D                            Providence, RI 02912

Education Background:

• Ph.D. candidate, Electrical Engineering
  Brown University, Providence, RI. Sep 2004 - present
  Advisor: Professor Benjamin B. Kimia
• MS, Applied Mathematics
  Brown University, Providence, RI. May 2007
• BS, Engineering and Mathematics
  Trinity College, Hartford, CT. May 2004

Research Interests:

• Computer Vision: shape representation, shape analysis, model-based segmentation, object detection
• Medical Imaging: segmentation and morphological analysis of of knee cartilage from MRI images

Projects:

• Class-Specific Segmentation Using Generative Symmetry-Based Shape Model
• Symmetry-Based Language for Shape
• Segmentation and Morphology Analysis of Articular Knee Cartilage from MRI Images
• Measuring Cartilage Morphology Using a 3D Laser Scanner

Software:

• I am a developer of the VXL library.

Publications:

• Quantitative MR Imaging Using "Livewire" to Measure Tibiofemoral Articular Cartilage Thickness
  Megan E. Bowers, Nhon H. Trinh, Glenn A. Tung, Joseph J. Crisco, Benjamin B. Kimia, and Braden C. Fleming
  Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. Submitted.
   
• Effects of ACL Interference Screws on Articular Cartilage Volume and Thickness Measurements with 1.5T and 3T MRI
  Megan E. Bowers, Glenn A. Tung, Nhon H. Trinh, Evan Leventhal, Joseph J. Crisco, Benjamin B. Kimia, and Braden C. Fleming
  Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. In Press. 2007.
  (PubMed)
   
• A Symmetry-Based Generative Model for Shape
  Nhon H. Trinh and Benjamin B. Kimia
  Eleventh IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV 2007)
  (pdf)
   
• Effects of ACL Interference Screws on Articular Cartilage Thickness Measurements with 1.5T and 3T MRI
  Megan E. Bowers, Braden C. Fleming, Glenn A. Tung, Evan L. Levanthal, Nhon H. Trinh, Joseph J. Crisco, and Benjamin B. Kimia
  American Society of Biomechanics 2007 Annual Conference.
  (abstract)
   
• Accurate Measurement of Cartilage Morphology Using a 3D Laser Scanner
  Nhon H. Trinh, Jonathan Lester, Braden C. Fleming, Glenn Tung, and Benjamin B. Kimia
  Computer Vision Approaches to Medical Image Analysis Workshop (CVAMIA 2006), pp 37-48. May 2006.
  (pdf)
   
• Design Evolution of the Trinity College IGVC Robot ALVIN
  Michelle Bovard, Matthew Gillette, Trishan de Lanerolle, Bozidar Marinkovic, Nhon H. Trinh, Peter Votto, David J. Ahlgren, Kundan Nepal, and Amir Tamrakar
  Journal of Robotics Systems, Volume 21, Issue 9, pp 461-469. Sep 2004.
  (publisher)
   
• Team Design of Autonomous Land Vehicles
  David Ahlgren, Michelle Bovard, Trishan de Lanerolle, Matthew Gillette, Bozidar Marinkovic, and Nhon Trinh
  Proceedings of World Automation Congress 2004. Vol 15, pp 197-202. June 28 - July 1, 2004.
   
• Cross-spectral and cross-bispectral analysis of hippocampal EEG with ICA processing
  Taikang Ning and Nhon Trinh
  IEEE 30th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference. pp 102-103. Springfield, MA. April 17-18, 2004.
   
• SOPC implementation of real-time image processing
  Nhon Trinh and Taikang Ning
  Proc. 13th Annual Connecticut Symposium on Microelectronics & Optoelectronics (CMOC), pp 68-69, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. April 7, 2004
   
• Application of Independent Component Analysis (ICA) in Multichannel Spectral Estimation of Hippocampal EEG
  Taikang Ning and Nhon Trinh
  IEEE 29th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference. pp 136-137. NJIT, NT. March 22-23, 2003.

Links:

• some photos

Last updated 12/30/2007