The University of Texas Medical School at Houston department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
The Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging

Faculty Biography




Sushmita Datta, Ph.D.

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Professional Focus:

My research interest includes segmentation of MR brain images, identification of lesions in multiple sclerosis, and medical image analysis. I am currently involved in the development of automated techniques for better classification of pathology and tissues in MR brain images."

Editorial:

Reviewer, Abstracts for IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology

Publications:

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A. ABSTRACTS:

1. Tao, G., Datta, S., He, R., and Narayana, P.A. Atrophy and Shape Changes in Deep Gray Matter in Multiple Sclerosis: A Tensor Based Morphometry. Proc. 17th Scientific Meeting of ISMRM at Hawaii, USA, April 2009.

2. Poonawalla, A.H., Datta, S., Juneja, V., Nelson, F., Wolinsky, J.S., Cutter, G., and Narayana, P.A. Improved correlation of composite MRI scores with EDSS in Multiple Sclerosis. Proc. 17th Scientific Meeting of ISMRM at Hawaii, USA, April 2009.

3. Poonawalla, A.H., Datta, S., Juneja, V., Nelson, F., Wolinsky, J.S., Cutter, G., and Narayana, P.A. Inverse dependence between patient population and correlation of composite MRI scores with EDSS in Multiple Sclerosis. Proc. 17th Scientific Meeting of ISMRM at Hawaii, USA, April 2009.

4. Hasan, K.M., Kamali, A., Iftikhar, A., Datta, S., Nelson, F., Wolinsky, J.S., and Narayana, P.A. Diffusion Tensor Tractogrpahy Quantification of Wallerian Degeneration of the Uncinate Fasciculus in Multiple Sclerosis. Proc. 17th Scientific Meeting of ISMRM at Hawaii, USA, April 2009.

5. He, R., Datta, S., Tao, G., and Narayana, P.A. Information Measures-Based Intensity Standardization of MRI. IEEE EMBS International Conference, Vancouver, Canada, August 2008.

6. Tao, G., Datta, S., He, R., and Narayana, P.A. Mutual Information Driven Inverse Consistent Nonlinear Registration. IEEE EMBS International Conference, Vancouver, Canada, August 2008.

7. Datta, S., Sajja, B.R., He, R., Dieber, J.M., Wolinsky, J.S., and Narayana P.A. Segmentation of MR Brain Images with Intensity Correction and Partial Volume Averaging. Proc. 16th Scientific Meeting of ISMRM at Toronto, Canada, May 2008.

8. Tao, G., He, R., Datta, S., and Narayana, P.A. Inverse Consistent Geometric Flow based Nonlinear Registration Driven by Mutual Information. Proc. 16th Scientific Meeting of ISMRM at Toronto, Canada, May 2008.

9. Poonawalla, A.H., Datta, S., Nelson, F., Wolinsky, J.S., and Narayana, P.A. High Resolution 3D MRI of Cortical Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis. Proc. 15th Scientific Meeting of ISMRM at Berlin, Germany, May 2007.

10. Sajja, B.R., Datta, S., He, R., and Narayana, P.A. Fast Segmentation of MR Brain at 3T using Phase Sensitive Inversion Recovery Images. Proc. 15th Scientific Meeting of ISMRM at Berlin, Germany, May 2007.

11. Datta, S., Sajja, B.R., He, R., Wolinsky, J.S., and Narayana, P.A. Segmentation of Gray- And White Matter on MR Brain Images in Multiple Sclerosis. Proc. 14th Scientific Meeting of ISMRM at Seattle, USA, May 2006.

12. He, R., Datta, S., Sajja, B.R., and Narayana, P.A. Histogram-Based Acceleration of EM Algorithm for Segmentation of Multi-Spectral MRI with Contextual Constraints. Proc. 14th Scientific Meeting of ISMRM at Seattle, USA, May 2006.

13. Mogatadakala, K.V., Datta, S., Poonawalla, A.H., Hasan, K.M., Wolinsky, J.S., and Narayana, P.A. Identification of Abnormal White Matter in Multiple Sclerosis. Proc. 14th Scientific Meeting of ISMRM at Seattle, USA, May 2006.

14. Bhat, H.V., Sajja, B.R., Datta, S., and Narayana, P.A. Fast Analysis of 1H Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging Data: An Artificial Neural Network Based Approach. Proc. 14th Scientific Meeting of ISMRM at Seattle, USA, May 2006.

15. Datta, S., Sajja, B.R., He, R., and Narayana, P.A. Automatic Segmentation of Black Holes in Multiple Sclerosis on MR Images. Proc.13th Scientific Meeting of ISMRM at Miami, USA, May 2005.

16. Sajja, B.R., Datta, S., He, R., and Narayana, P.A. Minimization of False MS Lesion Classifications on MR Images: Quantitative Validation. Proc. 13th Scientific Meeting of ISMRM at Miami, USA, May 2005.

17. Sajja, B.R., Datta, S., He, R., and Narayana, P.A. A Unified Approach for Lesion Segmentation on MRI of Multiple Sclerosis. IEEE EMBS International Conference, San Francisco, USA, September 2004.

18. He, R., Datta, S., Sajja, B.R., Mehta, M., and Narayana, P.A. Adaptive FCM with contextual constrains for segmentation of multi-spectral MRI. IEEE EMBS International Conference, San Francisco, USA, September 2004.

19. Rathore, R.K.S., Datta, S., Gupta, R.K., Rao, S.B., and Verma, R. An MLE Based Segmentation Method for Quantitation in MR Images. Proc. 9th Scientific Meeting of ISMRM at Glasgow, April 2001.

20. Datta, S., Rao, S.B., Rathore, R.K.S., Gupta, R.K., and Verma, R. A Segmentation Method Based on Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Quantitation in MR Images. Symposium on Spatially Resolved Magnetic Resonance & 7th NMRS Symposium, Chennai, February 7-10, 2001.

21. Rao, S.B., Datta, S., Rathore, R.K.S., Gupta, R.K., and Verma, R. A Numerical Study of Errors in Tissue Parameter Estimation. Symposium on Spatially Resolved Magnetic Resonance & 7th NMRS Symposium, Chennai, February 7-10, 2001.

22. Rathore, R.K.S., Gupta, R.K., Kaliprasad, V.S.N., Rao, S.B., and Datta, S. Iterative Sharpening of the Resolution in Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Proc. Scientific Meeting of ISMRM at Colorado, USA, April 2000.

23. Datta, S., Gupta, R.K., Rao, S.B., Kaliprasad, V.S.N., and Rathore, R.K.S. Segmentation of Lesions in MRI using Cubic Splines. National Symposium on Magnetic Resonance and Biomolecular Structure and Function, TIFR India, January 17-20, 2000.

24. Rao, S.B., Gupta, R.K., Kaliprasad, V.S.N., Datta, S., and Rathore, R.K.S. A Robust Method for Tissue Parameters Estimation in MR Imaging. National Symposium on Magnetic Resonance and Biomolecular Structure and Function, TIFR India, January 17-20, 2000.

B. REFEREED ORIGINAL ARTICLES IN JOURNALS:

1. Datta, S., Tao, G., He, R., Wolinsky, J.S., Narayana, P.A. Improved Cerebellar Tissue Classification on Magnetic Resonance Images of Brain. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 29:1035-1042, 2009.

2. Tao, G., He, R., Datta, S., and Narayana, P.A. Symmetric inverse consistent nonlinear registration driven by mutual information. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 95:105-115, 2009.

3. Tao, G., Datta, S., He, R., Nelson, F., Wolinsky, J.S., and Narayana, P.A.. Deep Gray Matter Atrophy in Multiple Sclerosis: A Tensor Based Morphometry. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 282:39-46, 2009.

4. He, R., Sajja, B.R., Datta, S., and Narayana, P.A. Volume and Shape in Feature Space on Adaptive FCM in MRI Segmentation. Annals of Biomedical Engg. 36:1580-1593, 2008.

5. He, R., Datta, S., Sajja, B.R., and Narayana, P.A. Generalized Fuzzy Clustering for Segmentation of Multi-Spectral Magnetic Resonance Images. Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics 32: 353-356, 2008.

6. Datta, S., Sajja, B.R., He, R., Gupta, R.K., Wolinsky, J.S., and Narayana, P.A. Segmentation of gadolinium-enhanced lesions on MRI in multiple sclerosis. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 25: 932-937, 2007.

7. Datta, S., Sajja, B.R., He, R., Wolinsky, J.S., Gupta, R.K., and Narayana, P.A. Narayana, Segmentation and quantification of black holes in Multiple Sclerosis. Neuroimage 29: 467-474, 2006.

8. Sajja, B.R., Datta, S., He, R., Mehta, M., Gupta, R.K., Wolinsky, J.S., and Narayana, P.A. Unified Approach for Multiple Sclerosis Lesion Segmentation on Brain MRI. Annals of Biomedical Engg. 34: 142-151, 2006.

9. Gupta, R.K., Husain, N., Kathuria, M.K., Datta, S., Rathore, R.K.S., and Husain, M. Magnetization Transfer MR Imaging Correlation with Histopathology in Intracranial Tuberculomas. Clinical Radiology 56: 656-663, 2001.

Graduate Degrees:

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
2003 Ph.D., Mathematics

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
1995 M.Sc., Mathematics

Postgraduate Training:

Post-doctoral Fellow
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
2003-2008

Staff Assistant:

Jodi Flores

Office Address: The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
                        Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
                        MSE R102H
                        6431 Fannin Street
                        Houston, TX 77030

Phone:              713-500-7597
Fax:                  713-500-0698

Email address: Sushmita.Datta@uth.tmc.edu

Faculty Biography

Sushmita Datta, Ph.D.
  • Sushmita Datta, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor
  • Dept. of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging

  • University of Texas Medical School at Houston
    MSE R102H
    6431 Fannin Street Houston, Texas 77030
  • Phone: 713-500-7597
    Fax:       713-500-0698
    E-mail:  Sushmita.Datta@
    uth.tmc.edu
Sushmita Datta, Ph.D.