Mehmet Zubeyir Unlu

MEHMET ZÜBEYİR ÜNLÜ, PhD
Izmir Institute of Technology
Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Gülbahçe Köyü, Urla, 35430, Izmir, Türkiye
Office: +90 (232) 750 6598
Cell: +90 (505) 747 2740
E-mail : zubeyirunlu@gmail.com
Web: http://www.iyte.edu.tr/~zubeyirunlu/
SKILLS & AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE
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Medical image processing, (Biomedical) signal processing, Image and video
processing, Medical image registration, segmentation, reconstruction, Pattern
recognition and classification, Medical imaging systems (MRI, CT, PET, PEM,
SPECT, US, etc.), Speech processing, Ottoman character recognition
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Programming Languages: C++, Turbo Pascal, Fortran, Java, Matlab
EDUCATION
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Ph.D. Syracuse University, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Department, Syracuse, NY, USA (Graduation date: May 2006)
Thesis title: “Iterative Deformable Finite Element Model for Nonrigid 3D PET/MRI
Breast Image Registration”
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M.Sc. University of Pittsburgh, Electrical Engineering Department, Pittsburgh, PA,
USA, (Graduation date: May 2001)
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M.Sc. Ankara University, Electronics Engineering Department, Ankara, Turkey,
(Graduation date: March 1997)
Thesis title: “Investigation of Optimum Coding Methods for Subband Video
Signals”
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B.Sc. Ankara University Electronics Engineering Department, Ankara, Turkey,
(Graduation date: June 1994)
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Assistant Professor: (November 15, 2006 – present) Izmir Institute of Technology,
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Izmir, Turkey
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Teaching Assistant: (August 7, 2003 – May 15, 2005) Syracuse University,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Syracuse, NY, USA
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Research Assistant: (February 2, 2001 – May 15, 2001) Syracuse University,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Syracuse, NY, USA
October 17th, 2014
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Teaching Assistant: (February 7, 1996 – March 20, 1998) Ankara University,
Electronics Engineering Department, Ankara, Turkey
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Instructor: (October 13, 1995 – February 7, 1996) Afyon Kocatepe University,
Afyon, Turkey
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Electronics Engineer: (July 1994- October 12, 1995) Gempa Elektronik, Ankara,
Turkey
AWARDS
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Graduate School Doctoral Prize for the College of Engineering and Computer
Science at Syracuse University, 2006, Syracuse University, NY, USA
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Scholarship for Ph.D. education in the US, Turkish Ministry of National Education
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One of top 10 cited papers award (2006-2008) published in Physica Medica European Journal of Medical Physics for “MRI/PET nonrigid breast-image
registration using skin fiducial markers”, Physica Medica - European Journal of
Medical Physics, Volume 21, Supplement 1 (2006), Pages 39-43
PUBLICATIONS
Books or Book Chapters
1.
M.Z. Unlu,
(2009) A Deformable Finite Element Model for Breast Image Registration: An Application
on MRI/PET Breast Images
VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller e.K., ISBN: 978-3639127034, Germany, 2009
2.
S.A. Akar, M.Z. Unlu, (Eds. M.H. Asyalı, S. Kara, B. Yılmaz)
(2014) Bölüm 9: Medikal Görüntüleme Sistemleri (Pgs. 301-336)
Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık Eğitim Danışmanlık Tic. Ltd. Şti,. ISBN: 978-6051339436, Ankara,
Türkiye, 2014
3.
Ö. Demirkaya, M.Z. Unlu, (Eds. M.H. Asyalı, S. Kara, B. Yılmaz)
(2014) Bölüm 19: Biyomedikal Görüntü İşleme (Pgs. 699-738)
Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık Eğitim Danışmanlık Tic. Ltd. Şti,. ISBN: 978-6051339436, Ankara,
Türkiye, 2014
Articles published in journals covered by SCI or SCI-Expanded
1.
Ozsahin I, Unlu M.Z.
(2014) Modeling and simulation of Positron Emission Mammography (PEM) based on
double-sided CdTe strip detectors
Journal of Instrumentation, 9(03), 3055-3055
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/9/03/C03055
2.
WOS: 000336123200055
ISSN: 1748-0221
Goceri, E., Unlu, M.Z., Dicle, O.
(2013) A comparative performance evaluation of various approaches for liver
segmentation from SPIR images
October 17th, 2014
Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, (Accepted to be published),
Available online 24 May 2013
DOI: 10.3906/elk-1304-36
3.
WOS:
ISSN: 1300-0632
Unlu M.Z., Krol A., Magri A., Mandel J.A., Lee W., Baum K.G., Lipson E.D., Coman I.L., Feiglin
D.H.
(2010) Computerized method for nonrigid MR-to-PET breast-image registration.
Computers in Biology and Medicine, 40(1), 37-53., Cited: 5 times
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2009.10.010
4.
WOS: 000274948300005
ISSN: 0010-4825
Krol Andrzej, Unlu Mehmet Z., Baum Karl G., Mandel James A., Lee Wei, Coman Ioana L.,
Lipson Edward D., Feiglin David H.
(2006) MRI/PET nonrigid breast-image registration using skin fiducial markers
Physica Medica, 21(Supplement: 1), 39-43., Cited: 5 times
DOI: 10.1016/S1120-1797(06)80022-0
WOS: 000245817500013
ISSN: 1120-1797
Articles published in refereed international conference proceedings
Full articles
5.
Goceri, E., Unlu, M.Z., Guzelis, C., Dicle, O.
(2012) An automatic level set based liver segmentation from MRI data sets
rd
3 International Conference on Image Processing Theory, Tools And Applications (IPTA),
15-18 Oct. 2012 / Conference Proceedings, IEEE IPTA 3rd International Conference On Image
Processing Theory, Tools and Applications, 192-197
DOI: 10.1109/IPTA.2012.6469551
6.
WOS: 000317076900034
ISSN: 2154-5111
Magri Alphonso, Krol Andrzej, Unlu Mehmet, Lipson Edward, Mandel James, McGraw Wendy,
Lee Wei, Coman Ioana, Feiglin David
(2007) Nonrigid registration of dynamic breast F-18-FDG PET/CT images using
deformable FEM model and CT image warping
SPIE Medical Imaging 2007 Conference 18-20, Feb. 2007 / Proc. SPIE, 6512,
6512001-6512011
DOI: 10.1117/12.710014
7.
WOS: 000246288500012
ISSN: 0277-786X
Baum Karl, Helguera Maria, Hornak Joseph, Kerekes John, Montag Ethan, Unlu Mehmet,
Feiglin David, Krol Andrzej
(2006) Techniques for Fusion of Multimodal Images: Application to Breast Imaging
IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2006), 8-11 Oct. 2006 / Proceedings
Book Series: IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2521-2524
DOI: 10.1109/ICIP.2006.312806
8.
WOS: 000245768501249
ISSN: 1522-4880
Krol A., Unlu M.Z., Magri A., Lipson E., Coman I.L., Mandel J.A., Baum K.G., Feiglin D.H.
(2006) Iterative Finite Element Deformable Model for Nonrigid Coregistration of
Multimodal Breast Images
rd
3 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: Macro to Nano (ISBI 2006),
6-9 Apr. 2006 / Biomedical Imaging: Nano to Macro, 2006. 3rd IEEE International Symposium
on, 852-855, Cited: 1 time
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2006.1625052
9.
WOS: 000244446000216
ISSN: 1945-7928
Krol Andrzej, Magri Alphonso, Unlu Mehmet, Feiglin David, Lipson Edward, Mandel James,
Tillapaugh-Fay Gwen, Lee Wei, Coman Ioana, Szeverenyi Nikolaus M.
October 17th, 2014
(2006) Motion correction via nonrigid coregistration of dynamic MR mammography
series
SPIE Medical Imaging 2006 Conference ,12-14 Feb. 2006 / Proc. SPIE, 6144,
61443901-61443907.
DOI: 10.1117/12.654680
WOS: 000238033301036
ISSN: 0277-786X
10. Unlu MZ, Krol A, Magri A, Feiglin DH, Mandel JA, Lipson ED, Coman IL, Lee W,
Tillapaugh-Fay G
(2006) Iterative deformable FEM model for nonrigid PET/MRI breast image coregistration
SPIE Medical Imaging 2006 Conference,12-14 Feb. 2006 / Proc. SPIE, 6144,
61443501-61443510.
DOI: 10.1117/12.654223
WOS: 000238033301032
ISSN: 0277-786X
11. Unlu Mehmet Z., Krol Andrzej, Coman Ioana L., Mandel James A., Baum Karl G., Lee Wei,
Lipson Edward D., Feiglin David H.
(2005) Deformable model for 3D intramodal nonrigid breast image registration with
fiducial skin markers
SPIE Medical Imaging 2005 Conference, 12-18 Feb. 2005 / Proc. SPIE, 5747, 1528-1534.,
Cited: 2 times
DOI: 10.1117/12.595420
WOS: 000230109602009
ISSN: 0277-786X
12. Coman I, Krol A, Feiglin D, Lipson E, Mandel J, Baum K, Unlu M, Li W
(2004) Intermodality nonrigid breast-image registration
2
nd
IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: Macro to Nano (ISBI 2004),
nd
15-18 Apr. 2004 / Biomedical Imaging: Nano to Macro, 2004. 2 IEEE International
Symposium on, 2, 1440-1442.
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2004.1398819
WOS: 000227671301100
ISBN: 0-7803-8388-5
Conference abstracts
13. Ozsahin I, Unlu MZ
(2013) Modeling and Simulation of Positron Emission Mammography (PEM) Based on
Double-Sided CdTe Strip Detectors
th
13 Topical Seminar on Innovative Particle and Radiation Detectors (IPRD13), 7-10 October
2013, Siena, Italy
14. Magri A, Krol A, Unlu MZ, Feiglin DH, Lipson ED, Mandel JA, Lee W, McGraw W, Coman IL
(2006) Advanced dynamic F-18-FDG PET/CT breast cancer imaging
Annual Congress of the EANM 1-3 Oct. 2006, Athens, Greece / European Journal of Nuclear
Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 33(2 Supplement), 252-252
DOI:
WOS: 000202967400806
ISSN: 1619-7070
15. Krol A, Unlu MZ, Magri A, Feiglin DH, Lipson ED, Coman IL, Mandel JA, Baum KG,
Tillapaugh-Fay G, McGraw W, Lee W
(2006) Accurate PET/CT/MRI breast image fusion for improved breast cancer detection
Annual Congress of the EANM 1-3 Oct. 2006, Athens, Greece / European Journal of Nuclear
Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 33(2 Supplement), 190-190
DOI:
WOS: 000202967400511
ISSN: 1619-7070
16. Krol A, Feiglin DH, Unlu MZ, Mandel JA, Magri A, Lee W, Coman IL, Lipson ED
(2005) New Approach to F-18-FDG PET Dynamic Data Acquisition and Analysis for
Breast Cancer Imaging
October 17th, 2014
Annual Congress of the EANM 15-19 Oct. 2005, Istanbul, Turkey / European Journal of
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 32(1 Supplement), 150-150
DOI:
WOS: 000208745101008
ISSN: 1619-7070
17. Unlu MZ, Krol A, Feiglin DH, Mandel JA, Lee W, Coman IL, Lipson ED
(2005) Fusion of F-18-FDG PET and MR Mammography via Nonrigid Breast-Image
Registration
Annual Congress of the EANM 15-19 Oct. 2005, Istanbul, Turkey / European Journal of
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 32(1 Supplement), 77-77
DOI:
WOS: 000208745100276
ISSN: 1619-7070
Unpublished oral/poster presentations, and invited talks for international
conferences
1.
Krol A, Unlu MZ, Magri A, Feiglin DH, Lipson E, Coman IL, Mandel JA, Baum KG, TillapaughFay G, McGraw W
(2006) PET/CT/MRI Exact Breast Image Fusion for Enhanced Breast Cancer Detection
th
9 World Congress of Nuclear Medicine and Biology (WCNMB 2006), 22-27 Oct. 2006, Seoul,
Korea (Oral presentation)
2.
Andrzej Krol, Mehmet Z. Unlu, Karl G. Baum, James A. Mandel, Wei Lee, Ioana L. Coman,
Edward D. Lipson, David H. Feiglin
(2004) MRI/PET Nonrigid Breast Image Registration Using Fiducial Skin Markers
Nuclear Radiology Breast Cancer Workshop after IEEE Medical Imaging Conference, 22-23
Oct. 2004, Rome, Italy (Oral presentation)
Articles published in refereed national conference proceedings
1.
Goceri E, Unlu MZ, Guzelis C, Dicle O
(2012) Kısmi Türevli Denklem ve İşaretli Baskı Kuvvet Fonksiyonu’na Dayalı Bir
Karaciğer Bölütleme Yöntemi
th
17 National Biomedical Engineering Meeting (BİYOMUT 2012), 3-5 Oct. 2012, Istanbul,
Turkey
2.
Goceri E, Unlu MZ
(2010) Liver segmentation techniques in MRI with performance analysis of two level set
based methods and a novel segmentation approach
th
5 National Congress of Biomechanics with International Participation, 23-25 Sept. 2010,
Çeşme, İzmir, Turkey
3.
Ünlü MZ, Krol A
(2008) Üç Boyutlu PET ve MR Meme İmgelerinin Deforme Edilebilir Sonlu Elemanlar
Modeli Kullanılarak Esnek Çakıştırılması
th
13 National Biomedical Engineering Meeting (BİYOMUT 2008), 29-31 May 2008, Ankara,
Turkey
4.
Ünlü MZ, Yılmaz M
(1997) Alt Bandlarına Ayrılmış Video Sinyalleri İçin Optimum Kodlama Yöntemlerinin
Araştırılması
October 17th, 2014
th
5 National Conference on Signal Processing Applications (SIU 97), 1-4 May 1997, Kuşadası,
İzmir, Turkey / Conference Proceedings, 2, 639-643
October 17th, 2014

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