Andre Souza

http://asouz.org 

a.souz36@gmail.com

 

SKILLS

Languages: Python, Matlab, C, C++

Tools: PyTorch, Tensorflow/Keras, Image Foresting Transform, VTK, ITK, OpenCV, OpenMP, MPI, GPU(CUDA), AWS cloud computing, GitHub, Git, LaTex

Hands-on: Heroku, MEAN stack, PostgreSQL, Sequelize, Twitter Bootstrap, LAMP stack, PHP, Javascript, HTML5, WebGL, JQuery, CSS, WordPress

 

EDUCATION

Innovation Management, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY - Master of Science, 2013.

Physics, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil - Doctor of Science, 2002.

Physics, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil - Master of Science, 1997.

Physics, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil - Bachelor of Science, 1996.

 

EXPERIENCE

Principal Scientist, Advanced Development at Medtronic, Littleton, MA Sep ’15 - Present

Principal Scientist, Research and Innovation at Carestream Health, Rochester, NY Jun ’07 - May ’15

  • Developed optimized and robust mathematical algorithms for medical image processing.

  • Created patentable ideas and provided technical support for patent application.

  • Wrote in-depth technical reports and publications.

  • Communicated results to the team and upper management by giving technical presentations.

  • Collaborated with product development teams to integrate developed algorithms into commercial code.

  • Acquired global experience, with extended overseas assignment in Marne-la-Vallee (suburb of Paris), France.

  • Iterated with doctors across the US to gain customers insights.

  • Created end-user applications to support research and innovation of new technology.

  • Led a small team on technical projects from inception to successful completion.

  • Supervised an intern from RIT in the summer of 2012.

  • Managed complex, cross-functional projects, providing focus and integration, effectively carry out multiple projects.

  • Identified and utilized appropriate resources, both internal and external, to address complex technical problems.

Research Associate, Medical Imaging Processing Group at University of  Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Jul ’04 - Jul ’07 

Postdoctoral Fellow, Medical Imaging Processing Group at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Jul ’02 - Jul ’04 

  • Acted as an algorithm developer for a large software system for data analysis and visualization (CAVASS).

  • Invented and designed complete data analysis algorithms.

  • Guided coworkers and graduate students through solutions of difficult technical problems, while acting as member of a team of international researchers.

  • Provided expertise account of the design of image processing algorithms. Contributed significantly to the research of innovative solutions for a new start-up company.

  • Worked with both junior and senior researchers and consultants in a productive team environment, dealing with problems such as digital image quality.

  • Assisted senior researcher to write grants, including one funded for $1.8 million.

  • Led 15+ lab discussion sessions on scientific papers, gave nine seminar talks in conferences/lab, and served as reviewer of eight papers submitted for journal publication.

  • Composed twelve papers, all published in top-tier scientific journals and conferences.

 

PATENTS

  1. A. Souza, L. Ray. US Patent 8923581. Interactive 3-D examination of root fractures.

  2. A. Souza, L. Ray., A. Falcao. US Patent Filed 20140314291A1. Detection of tooth fractures in CBCT image.

  3. A. Souza, K. Subramanyan. US Patent 8824753. Task oriented noise suppression in medical images.

  4. A. Souza, P. Burns. US Patent 8630473. Noise Suppression in Cone Beam CT Projection Data.

  5. A. Souza, R. Senn.US Patent 8472689. Method for Enhanced Voxel Resolution in MRI Image.

  6. A. Souza, P. Burns. US Patent 8306302. Noise Suppression in Diagnostic Images.

  7. A. Souza, J. Udupa, G. Grevera, D. Odhner. US Patent 8270696. Image Slice Segmentation using Midpoints of Contour Anchor Points.

  8. A. Souza, R. Senn. European Patent 2098990. Method for Enhanced Voxel Resolution in MRI Image.

 

PUBLICATIONS

  1. A. Souza, A. Falcão and L. Ray, Detection of tooth fractures in CBCT images using attention index estimation, SPIE on Medical Imaging: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, doi: 10.1117/12.2041708, volume 9036, 10 pages, 2014.

  2. A. Souza, A. Falcão and L. Ray, 3-D examination of dental fractures with minimum user intervention, SPIE on Medical Imaging: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, doi: 10.1117/12.2000310, volume 8671, 8 pages, 2013.

  3. A. Souza, Noise-resistant adaptive scale using stabilized diffusion, SPIE on Medical Imaging: Image Processing, doi:10.1117/12.871348, volume 7962, 11 pages, 2011.

  4. A. Souza, J. Udupa, A. Madabhushi, Image Filtering via Generalized Scale, Medical Image Analysis, doi: 10.1016/j.media.2007.07.007, volume 12, 87-98, 2008.

  5. G. Grevera, J. Udupa, D. Odhner, Y. Zhuge, A. Souza,T. Iwanaga, S. Mishra, CAVASS: A Computer-Assisted Visualization and Analysis Software System, Journal of Digital Imaging, doi: 10.1007/s10278-007-9060-5, volume 20, 101-118, 2008.

  6. H. Ong, A. Wright, S. Wehrli, A. Souza, E. Schwartz, S. Hwang, F. Wehrli. Indirect measurement of regional axon diameter in excised mouse spinal cord with q-space imaging: simulation and experimental studies. Neuroimage, doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.01.017, volume 40, 1619-32, 2008.

  7. A. Souza, E. Ruiz, A. Cruz, Extraocular muscle quantification using mathematical morphology: A semi- automatic method for analyzing muscle enlargement in orbital diseases, Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, doi: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2006.09.010, volume 31, 39-45, 2007.

  8. F. Wu, E. Schwartz, T. Lei, A. Souza, S. Mishra, D. Jacobs, C. Markowitz, S. Galetta, M. Nano-Schiavi, L. Desiderio, R. Cutter, P. Calabresi, J. Udupa, L. Balcer, Relation of vision to global and regional brain MRI in multiple sclerosis, Neurology, 69 (23): 2128-35, 2007.

  9. A. Madabhushi, J. Udupa, A. Souza, Generalized scale: Theory, algorithms, and application to image inhomogeneity correction, Computer Vision and Image Understanding, doi: 10.1016/j.cviu.2005.07.010, volume 101, 100-121, 2006.

  10. A. Souza, J. Udupa, G. Grevera, Y. Sun, D. Odhner, N. Suri, M. Schnall, Iterative live wire and live snake: new user-steered 3D image segmentation paradigms, SPIE on Medical Imaging: Image Processing, doi:10.1117/12.651333, volume 6144, 1159-1165, 2006.

  11. S. Lim, J. Udupa, A. Souza, Y. Jeong, Y. Ho, D. Torigian, A new general method of 3-D model generation for active shape image segmentation, SPIE on Medical Imaging: Image Processing, doi:10.1117/12.653751, volume 6144, 8 pages, 2006.

  12. A. Souza, J. Udupa, P. Saha, Volume rendering in the presence of partial volume effects, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, doi: 10.1016/j.media.2007.07.007, volume 24, 223 - 235, 2005.

  13. A. Souza, J. Udupa, Automatic landmark selection for active shape models, SPIE on Medical Imaging: Image Processing, doi:10.1117/12.595463, volume 5747, 1377-1383, 2005.

  14. A. Souza, E. Ruiz, A. Cruz, Palpebral fissure morphology segmentation measurement using image processing, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, doi:10.1109/51.816252, volume 19, 114-119, 2000.

 

TALKS

  1. Segmentation of Biological Structures: from Axons to Cortical Bone, LSNI, University of Pennsylvania, 2006.

  2. Parallel Image Registration, MIPG, University of Pennsylvania, 2006.

  3. Iterative Live Wire and Live Snake: New User-Steered 3D Image Segmentation Paradigms, MIPG, University of Pennsylvania, 2005.

  4. Generalized Scale-Based Image Filtering, MIPG, University of Pennsylvania, 2005.

  5. Anatomic Regional Analysis of MR Images, MIPG, University of Pennsylvania, 2004.

  6. Volume Rendering in Presence of the Partial Volume Effects, LSNI, University of Pennsylvania, 2004.

  7. Active Shape Models into ITK, MIPG, University of Pennsylvania, 2004.

  8. Active Shape Models into ITK, NLM, Bethesda, Maryland, 2003

  9. Volume Rendering in Presence of the Partial Volume Effects, MIPG, University of Pennsylvania, 2003.