Kumaradevan Punithakumar
Contact
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging Dept
- punithak@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Cardiac MRI Echocardiography Computer vision Machine learning Image segmentation Image registration Medical image analysis Medical image visualization Image fusion
About
Dr. Kumaradevan Punithakumar received his B.Sc.Eng. (with First class Hons.) degree in Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Moratuwa, and his M.A.Sc and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from McMaster University.
From 2001 to 2002, he was an Instructor in the Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering at the University of Moratuwa. From 2002 to 2007, he was a Teaching Assistant and, in 2008, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at McMaster University. From 2008 to 2012, he was an Imaging Research Scientist at GE Healthcare, Canada. He is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta, Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, and an Alberta Health Services Chair in Diagnostic Imaging. He is also an Operational and Computational Director at the Servier Virtual Cardiac Centre, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute.
Dr. Punithakumar was the recipient of the Industrial Research and Development Fellowship by the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada in 2008, and the Outstanding Associate Editor award by the IEEE Access in 2018 and 2020. Areas of interest include medical image analysis and visualization, machine learning, computer vision, information fusion, object tracking, and nonlinear filtering.
Research
Research Areas:
Medical image analysis and visualization
Computer vision and machine learning
Research Projects:
Research project details are available at: https://spaces.facsci.ualberta.ca/svcc/projects/
Teaching
- Image Processing and Analysis in Diagnostic Imaging (RADDI514), Instructor, Dept. of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, 2017 - present
- Computer Graphics and Animation (MM804), Instructor, Dept. of Computing Science, University of Alberta, 2017 - present
Courses
MM 804 - Graphics and Animation
Developing appealing graphics and animations has become a requirement in many industrial applications like entertainment, advertising and online education. Animation is effective in explaining abstract concepts in biology, physics and medicine. 3D graphics and simulation is also beneficial in surgical training and planning. This course is intended to provide discussions on graphics and animation techniques, including 3D data acquisition, processing, transmission and rendering. Students will have the opportunity to understand and compare various state-of-the-art techniques in 3D modeling, animation and special effects. Sections offered in a Sections may be offered at an increased rate of fee assessment; refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations sections of the Calendar.
RADDI 514 - Image Processing and Analysis in Diagnostic Imaging
The course aims to cover medical image processing and analysis techniques, including de-noising, registration, segmentation, and 3D reconstruction, applicable in diagnostic imaging modalities such as ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The course will also cover machine learning topics related to medical image analysis. Clinical examples in cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, and brain imaging will be discussed. Prerequisite: Linear algebra and knowledge in Python programming language or consent of the Department.
Featured Publications
Ghasseminia S., Lim A.K.S., Concepcion N.D.P., Kirschner D., Teo Y.M., Dulai S., Mabee M., Kernick S., Brockley C., Muljadi S., Singh P., Rakkunedeth Hareendranathan A., Kapur J., Zonoobi D., Punithakumar K., Jaremko J.L.
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS. 2022 April; 42 (4):E315-E323 10.1097/BPO.0000000000002065
Sheikhjafari A., Noga M., Punithakumar K., Ray N.
APPLIED INTELLIGENCE. 2022 February; 10.1007/s10489-021-03062-2
Punithakumar K., Carscadden A., Noga M.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). 2022 January; 13131 LNCS 10.1007/978-3-030-93722-5_37
D. Krishnaswamy, S.E. Ebadi, S.E.S. Bolouri, D. Zonoobi, R. Greiner, N. Meuser-Herr, J.L. Jaremko, J. Kapur, M. Noga, K. Punithakumar.
International Journal of Noncommunicable Diseases. 2021 November; 6 (5):69-75 10.4103/2468-8827.330644
Nguyen K.C.T., Le B.M., Li M., Almeida F.T., Major P.W., Kaipatur N.R., Lou E.H.M., Punithakumar K., Le L.H.
JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY. 2021 September; 112 10.1016/j.jdent.2021.103752
Shahroudnejad A., Qin X., Balachandran S., Dehghan M., Zonoobi D., Jaremko J., Kapur J., Jagersand M., Noga M., Punithakumar K.
International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention. 2021 September; 12901 LNCS 10.1007/978-3-030-87193-2_62
Lamb T., Sarban V., Shanks M., Mirhadi E., Hareendranathan A., Noga M., Punithakumar K., Boulanger P., Becher H.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY. 2021 August; 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2021.06.013
Erfanian Ebadi S., Krishnaswamy D., Bolouri S.E.S., Zonoobi D., Greiner R., Meuser-Herr N., Jaremko J.L., Kapur J., Noga M., Punithakumar K.
Informatics in Medicine Unlocked. 2021 August; 25 10.1016/j.imu.2021.100687
Goot B.H., Tham E.B., Krishnaswamy D., Punithakumar K., Noga M.
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY. 2021 July; 10.1007/s00246-021-02669-z
Nguyen K.C.T., Yan Y., Kaipatur N.R., Major P.W., Lou E.H., Punithakumar K., Le L.H.
Applied Sciences-Basel. 2021 July; 11 (13) 10.3390/app11135850
Nguyen K.C.T., Yan Y., Kaipatur N.R., Major P.W., Lou E.H., Punithakumar K., Le L.H.
Applied Sciences. 2021 June; 11 (13):5850:1-12 10.3390/app11135850
Krishnaswamy D., Hareendranathan A.R., Suwatanaviroj T., Boulanger P., Becher H., Noga M., Punithakumar K.
Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology. 2021 May; 10.1007/s13239-021-00547-6
Zhang X., Li Y., Liu Y., Tang S.X., Liu X., Punithakumar K., Shi D.
COMPUTERS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE. 2021 May; 132 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104345
Krishnaswamy D., Hareendranathan A.R., Suwatanaviroj T., Boulanger P., Becher H., Noga M., Punithakumar K.
Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology. 2021 May; 13 (1):55-68 10.1007/s13239-021-00547-6
Jia Y., Punithakumar K., Noga M., Hemmati A.
THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS. 2021 April; 35 (3):419-436 10.1007/s00162-021-00566-y
Jia Y., Punithakumar K., Noga M., Hemmati A.
Journal of Applied Mechanics. 2021 February; 88 (2) 10.1115/1.4048570
Zhang X., Noga M., Martin D.G., Punithakumar K.
MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS. 2021 February; 68 10.1016/j.media.2020.101916
Carscadden A., Noga M., Punithakumar K.
STACOM 2020: Statistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart. M&Ms and EMIDEC Challenges. 2021 January; 12592 LNCS 10.1007/978-3-030-68107-4_25
Nguyen K.C.T., Le B.M., Li M., Almeida F.T., Major P.W., Kaipatur N.R., Lou E.H.M., Punithakumar K., Le L.H.
JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY. 2021 January; 10.1016/j.jdent.2021.103752
Campello V.M., Gkontra P., Izquierdo C., Martin-Isla C., Sojoudi A., Full P.M., Maier-Hein K., Zhang Y., He Z., Ma J., Parreno M., Albiol A., Kong F., Shadden S.C., Acero J.C., Sundaresan V., Saber M., Elattar M., Li H., Menze B., Khader F., Haarburger C., Scannell C.M., Veta M., Carscadden A., Punithakumar K., Liu X., Tsaftaris S.A., Huang X., Yang X., Li L., Zhuang X., Vilades D., Descalzo M.L., Guala A., La Mura L., Friedrich M.G., Garg R., Lebel J., Henriques F., Karakas M., Cavus E., Petersen S.E., Escalera S., Segui S., Palomares J.F.R., Lekadir K.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING. 2021 January; 10.1109/TMI.2021.3090082
Abdolali F., Shahroudnejad A., Amiri S., Hareendranathan A.R., Jaremko J.L., Noga M., Punithakumar K.
Frontiers in Biomedical Technologies. 2020 December; 7 (4):266-280 10.18502/fbt.v7i4.5324
Zhang X., Noga M., Punithakumar K.
MyoPS 2020: Myocardial Pathology Segmentation Combining Multi-Sequence Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images. 2020 December; 12554 LNCS 10.1007/978-3-030-65651-5_8
Zhang X., Noga M., Punithakumar K.
Myocardial Pathology Segmentation Combining Multi-Sequence CMR Challenge. 2020 December; 12554 LNCS 10.1007/978-3-030-65651-5_8
Ting J., Punithakumar K., Ray N.
2020 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM). 2020 December; 10.1109/BIBM49941.2020.9313219
Lou X., Zhu Y., Punithakumar K., Le L.H., Li B.
IEEE Access. 2020 November; 8 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3035772
Harake D., Gnanappa G.K., Alvarez S.G.V., Whittle A., Punithakumar K., Boechler P., Noga M., Khoo N.S.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY. 2020 November; 33 (11):1297-1305 10.1016/j.echo.2020.06.016
Borovec J., Kybic J., Arganda-Carreras I., Sorokin D.V., Bueno G., Khvostikov A.V., Bakas S., Chang E.I.C., Heldmann S., Kartasalo K., Latonen L., Lotz J., Noga M., Pati S., Punithakumar K., Ruusuvuori P., Skalski A., Tahmasebi N., Valkonen M., Venet L., Wang Y., Weiss N., Wodzinski M., Xiang Y., Xu Y., Yan Y., Yushkevich P., Zhao S., Munõz-Barrutia A.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING. 2020 October; 39 (10):3042-3052 10.1109/TMI.2020.2986331