Kevin Robinson, winner of `SFI Best Student Paper' award
Tuesday 5 July 2005

Kevin Robinson

Kevin Robinson, PhD student with the Vision Systems Group in the Faculty of Engineering and Computing at DCU, was recently awarded the `SFI Best Student Paper Award' at the 18th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems held at TCD in June 2005.

In conjunction with his supervisor Professor Paul Whelan, Kevin submitted and presented a paper on the "Analysis of the Pancreato-biliary System from Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)".

The ultimate goal of Kevin's research is to develop effective techniques in the analysis of the biliary tree, using computer-aided diagnostic tools. The data currently obtained from MRI scans for the detection of gall stones is comparatively low-resolution and the process itself is noisy. However, using the latest imaging techniques, the process becomes more effective, easier and less time-consuming for the radiologists. More importantly, using image processing, the diagnosis of gall stones and other pancreato-biliary conditions is likely to become more robust.

Kevin's research was jointly funded by the Department of Radiology in the Mater Hospital, and through an Albert College Senior Fellowship.

The winning paper can be found at the following link:
http://www.eeng.dcu.ie/~robinsok/Publications2005.shtml