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 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 Programming Languages: C++, Turbo Pascal, Fortran, Java, Matlab EDUCATION 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 M.Sc. University of Pittsburgh, Electrical Engineering Department, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, (Graduation date: May 2001) M.Sc. Ankara University, Electronics Engineering Department, Ankara, Turkey, (Graduation date: March 1997) Thesis title: Investigation of Optimum Coding Methods for Subband Video Signals B.Sc. Ankara University Electronics Engineering Department, Ankara, Turkey, (Graduation date: June 1994) ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor: (November 15, 2006 present) Izmir Institute of Technology, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Izmir, Turkey Teaching Assistant: (August 7, 2003 May 15, 2005) Syracuse University, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Syracuse, NY, USA Research Assistant: (February 2, 2001 May 15, 2001) Syracuse University, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Syracuse, NY, USA
Teaching Assistant: (February 7, 1996 March 20, 1998) Ankara University, Electronics Engineering Department, Ankara, Turkey Instructor: (October 13, 1995 February 7, 1996) Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyon, Turkey Electronics Engineer: (July 1994- October 12, 1995) Gempa Elektronik, Ankara, Turkey AWARDS Graduate School Doctoral Prize for the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University, 2006, Syracuse University, NY, USA Scholarship for Ph.D. education in the US, Turkish Ministry of National Education 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 WOS: 000336123200055 ISSN: 1748-0221 2. Goceri, E., Unlu, M.Z., Dicle, O. (2013) A comparative performance evaluation of various approaches for liver segmentation from SPIR images
Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, (Accepted to be published), Available online 24 May 2013 DOI: 10.3906/elk-1304-36 WOS: ISSN: 1300-0632 3. 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 WOS: 000274948300005 ISSN: 0010-4825 4. 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 3 rd 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 WOS: 000317076900034 ISSN: 2154-5111 6. 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 WOS: 000246288500012 ISSN: 0277-786X 7. 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 WOS: 000245768501249 ISSN: 1522-4880 8. 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 3 rd 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 WOS: 000244446000216 ISSN: 1945-7928 9. Krol Andrzej, Magri Alphonso, Unlu Mehmet, Feiglin David, Lipson Edward, Mandel James, Tillapaugh-Fay Gwen, Lee Wei, Coman Ioana, Szeverenyi Nikolaus M.
(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), 15-18 Apr. 2004 / Biomedical Imaging: Nano to Macro, 2004. 2 nd 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 13 th 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
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, Tillapaugh- Fay G, McGraw W (2006) PET/CT/MRI Exact Breast Image Fusion for Enhanced Breast Cancer Detection 9 th 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 17 th 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 5 th 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 13 th 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
5 th National Conference on Signal Processing Applications (SIU 97), 1-4 May 1997, Kuşadası, İzmir, Turkey / Conference Proceedings, 2, 639-643