A Brief Introduction

I am a graduate student at OSU.  Math and skateboarding keep me busy.

Research Interests

The goal of medical x-ray imaging, or computer tomography (CT) in general, is to provide a noninvasive diagnostic tool for viewing a patient's interior.  Radiologists require stable, accurate, and high resolution images of their patient's features.  My current interest is in numerical analysis of exact 2D and 3D CT reconstruction algorithms.

    By applying sampling theory to CT the resolution of the reconstruction can be increased by selecting optimal data acquisition patterns.  However, higher resolution reconstructions come with increased noise.  Noise removal and image processing methods are then useful for improving the CT reconstruction. 

    My previous work has shown PDE driven numerical methods provide promising results in post reconstruction image processing and image de-noising.