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Maria Helguera
Research Details
- Research Interests
- Medical imaging system characterization
- Ultrasound tissue characterization
- Digital image processing
- Non-destructive evaluation techniques
Personal Information
- Contact Information
- Room 76-2100
Phone: (585)475-7053
Fax: (585)475-4568
Email: helguera@cis.rit.edu
54 Lomb Memorial Dr.
Rochester, NY 14623 - Title and Degrees
- Assistant Professor
BS Physics, National Autonomous University of Mexico, 1984
MS Electrical Engineering, University of Rochester, 1990
PhD Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1999
History
- Member for
- 40 weeks 3 days
Publications
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Baum, K.G.; Helguera, M.; Krol, A., Development of a Tool for Journal of Digital Imaging, In Press. Fusion Visualization and Dynamic Range Adjustment, Journal of Digital Imaging (2008) [BibTeX]
Baum, K.G.; Helguera, M., Distributed Wrapper for SimSet Monte-Carlo PET/SPECT Simulator, Journal of Digital Imaging (2007) [BibTeX]
Baum, K.G.; Helguera, M., Distributed Wrapper for SimSET Monte Carlo PET/SPECT Simulator, Journal of Digital Imaging, 20, 1, pp. 72-82 (2007) [BibTeX]
Krol, A.; Lisi, M.; Kort, K.; Feiglin, D.H.; Magri, A.; Tiwari, N.S.; Fawcett, J.; Baum, K.G.; Helguera, M., Fusion of SPECT and MRI Images for Improved Localization of Parathyroid Adenomas in Patients with Persistent or Recurrent Hyperparathyroidism, Fawcett, 48, Supplement 2 (2007) [BibTeX]
Helguera, M., Medical Imaging and What Lies Ahead, Advanced Imaging Magazine (2006) [BibTeX]
Helguera, M.; Rao, N.A., On the Role of Narrow Bandwidth Excitation and Resolution Cell Volume in the Study of Tissue Microstructure Analysis with Ultrasound, Physics in Medicine and Biology (2003) [BibTeX]
Rao, N.A.; Barbu-McInnis, M.; Helguera, M., Diffraction Limited 3D Cell Volume Derivation for Scattering Data Analysis, SPIE, 4687, pp. 334-344 (2002) [BibTeX]
Rao, N.A.; Venkatraman, S.; Helguera, M., On understanding the relationship between ultrasound speckle and scattering microstructure, Acoustical Imaging, 23, pp. 391-398 (1997) [BibTeX]
Helguera, M.; Castro, T., Direct measurements of NO2 Photolysis rates for Mexico City, Atmósfera (1995) [BibTeX]
Helguera, M.; Castro, T., Experimental determination of the photolysis constant of nitrogen dioxide for Mexico City, Pollution Control and Monitoring. Air Pollution II, 2, pp. 277-282 (1994) [BibTeX]
Helguera, M., Quantitative Measures of Backscatter from Human Skeletal Muscle: Changes with Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy, Ultrasonic Imaging, 13 (1991) [BibTeX]
Helguera, M.; Mottley, J., Quantitative Change in Ultrasonic Backscatter from Human Skeletal Muscle with Contraction, Ultrasonic Imaging, 12, 2 (1990) [BibTeX]
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Baum, K.G.; Helguera, M.; Krol, A., A New Application for Displaying and Fusing Multimodal Data Sets, Proceedings of SPIE, Multimodal Biomedical Imaging II, 6431 (2007) [BibTeX]
Baum, K.G.; Schmidt, E.; Rafferty, K.; Helguera, M.; Feiglin, D.H.; Krol, A., Investigation of PET/MRI Image Fusion Schemes for Enhanced Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE, Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 5, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, pp. 3774-3780 (2007) [BibTeX]
Panandiker, R.P.; Helguera, M.; Varela, B.; Rao, N.A.; Phillips, D.B.; Arney, J.S., Ultrasonic Characterization of the Curing of Powder Coating Films Based on their tan(d), Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE, Ultrasonics Symposium, New York, New York, United States, pp. 42-46 (2007) [BibTeX]
Baum, S.A.; Helguera, M.; Hornak, J.P.; Kerekes, J.P.; Montag, E.D.; Unlu, M.Z.; Feiglin, D.H.; Krol, A., Techniques for Fusion of Multimodal Images: Application to Breast Imaging, Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, IEEE, 2006 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP),, pp. 2521-2524 (2006) [BibTeX]
Helguera, M.; Arney, J.S.; Zollo, Non-Contact Ultrasound Characterization of Paper Substrates, Proceedings of the 9th. European NDT conference, European NDT, 9th annual European NDT conference, Berlin, Berlin, Germany (2006) [BibTeX]
Krol, A.; Baum, K.G.; Helguera, M., Genetic Algorithm Automated Generation of Multivariate Color Tables for Visualization of Multimodal Medical Data Sets, Proceedings IS&T/SID, Fourteenth Color Imaging Conference, pp. 138-143 (2006) [BibTeX]
Panandiker, R.P.; Rao, N.A.; Helguera, M., Post Curing Characterization of Powder Coated Plates Using Non-Contact and High Frequency Immersion Ultrasound, Proceedings 3 rd. U.S.-Japan Symposium on Advancing Applications and Capabilities in NDE (2005) [BibTeX]
Rao, N.A.; Helguera, M., Tissue Microstructure Analysis with Multiple Bandwidth Ultrasound Excitation Signals, Indian Institute of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Conference, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, pp. 284-293 (2000) [BibTeX]
Rao, N.A.; Helguera, M., A Multibandwidth Probing Method for Tissue Scattering Microstructure Characterization, Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE, IEEE International Ultrasound Symposium, 2, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, pp. 1193-1196 (1997) [BibTeX]
TECHNICAL REPORTS
Rafferty, K.; Baum, K.G.; Schmidt, E.; Krol, A.; Helguera, M., Multimodal Display Techniques with Application to Breast Imaging, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Biomedical and Materials Multimodal Imaging Laboratory, Rochester, New York, United States (2007) [BibTeX]
BOOKS
Arney, J.S.; Helguera, M.; Pelz, J.B.; Pow, J., Imaging in the Physical Sciences, Kendall/Hunt (2006) [BibTeX]
SEMINAR ABSTRACTS
Helguera, M., A Look Inside: The Latest Developments in Medical Imaging, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science Seminar Series (2009) [BibTeX]
