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Zichun Zhong
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
Wayne State University
Tel: 313-577-9530 (office)
Fax: 313-577-6868
Email: zichunzhong "at" wayne.edu
Office: 5057 Woodward Ave. (Maccabees Building), Suite 14109.2, Detroit, Michigan, 48202
Computer Modeling and Imaging Visualization Lab: 5057 Woodward Ave. (Maccabees Building), 2209, Detroit, Michigan, 48202
Graphics and Imaging Lab: 5057 Woodward Ave. (Maccabees Building), 3104.5, Detroit, Michigan, 48202
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Short Bio:
Research Interests:
My research interests include Computer Graphics, Geometric Modeling (specifically Surface and Volume Mesh Generations), Medical Imaging Processing (specifically Deformable Image Registration, 3D/4D Image Reconstruction), Computer Animation, Visualization, and GPU Algorithms.
Prospective Students:
I am looking for self-motivated Master thesis and Ph.D. students to join my research group. RA/TA positions with full scholarships are available. If you are interested in working with me, please send me your CV and related projects/publications.
Selected Recent Publications: (Click here for the full list)
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- Saifeng Ni, Zichun Zhong, Yang Liu, Wenping Wang, Zhonggui Chen, Xiaohu Guo, "Sliver-Suppressing Tetrahedral Mesh Optimization with Gradient-Based Shape Matching Energy,"
Computer-Aided Geometric Design (GMP 2017 Special Issue), Vol. 52-53, pp. 247 - 261, 2017. [Paper]
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- Yiqi Cai, Xiaohu Guo, Yang Liu, Wenping Wang, Weihua Mao, Zichun Zhong, "Surface Approximation via Asymptotic Optimal Geometric Partition,"
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 2017, to appear.
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- Hai Jin, Xun Wang, Zichun Zhong, Jing Hua, "Robust 3D Face Modeling and Reconstruction from Frontal and Side Images,"
Computer-Aided Geometric Design, Vol. 50, pp. 1 - 13, 2017. [Paper]
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- Jiaxi Hu, Hajar Hamidian, Zichun Zhong, Jing Hua, "Visualization of Shape Deformations by Variation of Geometric Spectrum,"
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) (IEEE SciVis 2016 Special Issue), Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 721 - 730, 2017. [Paper]
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- Hajar Hamidian, Jiaxi Hu, Zichun Zhong, Jing Hua, "Quantifying Shape Deformations by Variation of Geometric Spectrum,"
The 19th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Athens, Greece, October 2016. [Paper]
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- Zichun Zhong, Jing Hua, "Kernel-Based Adaptive Sampling for Image Reconstruction and Meshing,"
Computer-Aided Geometric Design (GMP 2016 Special Issue), Vol. 43, pp. 68 - 81, 2016. [Paper]
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- Haibin Chen, Zichun Zhong, Yuliang Liao, Arnold Pompoš, Brian Hrycushko, Kevin Albuquerque, Xin Zhen, Linghong Zhou, Xuejun Gu, "A Non-rigid Point Matching Method with Local Topology Preservation for Accurate Bladder Dose Summation in High Dose Rate Cervical Brachytherapy,"
Physics in Medicine and Biology (PMB), Vol. 61, No. 3, pp. 1217 - 1237, 2016. [Paper]
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- Zichun Zhong, Xuejun Gu, Weihua Mao, Jing Wang, "4D Cone-Beam CT Reconstruction Using Multi-Organ Meshes for Sliding Motion Modeling,"
Physics in Medicine and Biology (PMB), Vol. 61, No. 3, pp. 996 - 1020, 2016. [Paper]
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- Zichun Zhong, Xiaohu Guo, Yiqi Cai, Yin Yang, Jing Wang, Xun Jia, Weihua Mao, "3D-2D Deformable Image Registration Using Feature-Based Non-Uniform Meshes,"
Journal of BioMed Research International, Vol. 2016, Article ID 4382854, pp. 1 - 19, 2016. [Paper]
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- Zichun Zhong, Xuejun Gu, Weihua Mao, Xiaohu Guo, Jing Wang, "GPU-Based 4D Cone-Beam CT Reconstruction by Mesh Method,"
The 13th International Meeting on Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (FULLY3D), 2015 (Oral Presentation, Top 2 with GPU Award). [Paper]
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- Chao Wang, Yang Liu, Xiaohu Guo, Zichun Zhong, Binh Huy Le, Zhigang Deng, "Spectral Animation Compression,"
Journal of Computer Science and Technology (CVM 2015 Special Issue), Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 540 - 552, 2015. [Paper]
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- Yiqi Cai, Xiaohu Guo, Zichun Zhong, Weihua Mao, "Dynamic Meshing for Deformable Image Registration,"
Computer-Aided Design (SPM 2014 Special Issue), Vol. 58, pp. 141 - 150, 2015. [Paper]
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- Zhichao Huang, Junfeng Yao, Zichun Zhong, Yang Liu, Xiaohu Guo, "Sparse Localized Decomposition of Deformation Gradients,"
Computer Graphics Forum (PG 2014 Special Issue), Vol. 33, No. 7, pp. 239 - 248, 2014. [Paper]
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- Zichun Zhong, Liang Shuai, Miao Jin, Xiaohu Guo, "Anisotropic Surface Meshing with Conformal Embedding,"
Graphical Models (GMP 2014 Special Issue), Vol. 76, No. 5, pp. 468 - 483, 2014. [Paper]
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- Zichun Zhong, Xiaohu Guo, Wenping Wang, Bruno Lévy, Feng Sun, Yang Liu, Weihua Mao, "Particle-Based Anisotropic Surface Meshing,"
ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2013), Vol. 32, Issue 4, Article No. 99, July 2013. [Project Website] [UTD-News]
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- Yin Yang, Zichun Zhong, Xiaohu Guo, Jing Wang, John Anderson, Timothy Solberg, Weihua Mao, "A Novel Markerless Technique to Evaluate Daily Lung Tumor Motion Based on Conventional Cone-Beam CT Projection Data,"
International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, Vol. 82, No. 5, pp. e749 - e756, 2012. [Paper]
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- Yin Yang, Zichun Zhong, Guodong Rong, Xiaohu Guo, Jing Wang, Timothy Solberg, Weihua Mao, "Real-Time GPU-Aided Lung Tumor Tracking,"
Proceedings of IEEE Pacific-Rim Symposium on Image and Video Technology (PSIVT 2010), pp. 495 - 500, Singapore, November 2010 (Travel Grant Award). [Paper]
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Current Funded Research Projects:
NSF: CRII: ACI: 4D Dynamic Anisotropic Meshing and Applications, 07/01/2017-06/30/2019
Teaching:
Professional Presentations:
- "3D/4D Meshing and Its Applications in Medical Imaging," Invited Talk, Department of Radiation Oncology, Wayne State University, Detroit, February 2017.
- "GPU-Based 4D Deformable Image Registration Using Adaptive Tetrahedral Mesh Modeling," Image Registration and Segmentation Session of 58th Annual Meeting of American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Washington, DC, August 2016.
- "Robust 3D Face Modeling and Reconstruction from Frontal and Side Images," 10th International Conference on Geometric Modeling and Processing (GMP 2016), San Antonio, Texas, April 2016.
- "Kernel-Based Adaptive Sampling for Image Reconstruction and Meshing," 10th International Conference on Geometric Modeling and Processing (GMP 2016), San Antonio, Texas, April 2016.
- "Adaptive Meshing and Its Applications in Medical Imaging," Invited Talk, Department of Radiation Oncology, Wayne State University, Detroit, March 2016.
- "4D Cone-Beam CT Reconstruction Using Multi-Organ Meshes for Sliding Motion," Symposium of Imaging in Motion and Beyond, Wayne State University and Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, January 2016.
- "A Multi-Organ Meshing Method for Sliding Motion Modeling in 4D-CBCT Reconstruction," Scientific Session: Physics XI -Management of Motion in Planning and Delivery of 57th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), San Antonio, October 2015.
- "GPU-Based 4D Cone-Beam CT Reconstruction Using Feature-Based Mesh," Next Generation CBCT Session of 57th Annual Meeting of American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Anaheim, July 2015.
- "4D Cone-Beam CT Reconstruction Using Multi-Organ Meshes for Sliding Motion," Next Generation CBCT Session of 57th Annual Meeting of American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Anaheim, July 2015.
- "GPU-Based 4D Cone-Beam CT Reconstruction by Mesh Method," High Performance Computing Session of The 13th International Meeting on Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (FULLY 3D), Newport, Rhode Island, June 2015 (Top 2 with GPU Award).
- "A Novel Mesh-Based Deformable Surface-Contour Registration," Image Registration Session of 56th Annual Meeting of American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Austin, July 2014.
- "A Novel Mesh-Based Deformable Surface-Contour Registration," Research Seminar, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, June 2014.
- "Adaptive Meshing and Its Applications," Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Department of Computer Science, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, April 2014.
- "Adaptive Meshing and Its Applications," Invited Talk, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, December 2013.
- "A Novel Volumetric Imaging Method Using a Sparse Subset of CBCT Projections," Science Council Session of 55th Annual Meeting of American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Indianapolis, August 2013.
- "Particle-Based Anisotropic Surface Meshing," Technical Paper Session, ACM SIGGRAPH 2013, Anaheim, July 2013.
- "Adaptive Mesh Generation for Registering 3D Images with 2D Projections," UT Metroplex Day, Dallas, March 2013.
- "A Splatting Method to Generate DRRs for Deformed CT Volume," 54th Annual Meeting of American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Charlotte, July 2012.
- "GPU Programming Basics," Invited Talk, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, August 2010.
Selected Honors:
- Science Council Session Award, AAPM 2017, Denver, Colorado, August 2017
- GPU Award for Paper: "GPU-Based 4D Cone-Beam CT Reconstruction by Mesh Method", The 13th FULLY 3D, Newport, Rhode Island, June 2015
- Certificate of Academic Excellence, Department of Computer Science, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, December 2013
- Media Coverage: "Anisotropic Surface Meshing" research posted as top news on UTD website November 2013
- Science Council Session Award, AAPM 2013, Indianapolis, Indiana, August 2013
- Volunteer Recognition - Web Development, ACM Multimedia Conference 2011, Scottsdale, Arizona, December 2011
- Second and Third Class of Postgraduate's Excellent Scholarship, The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China, 2006 - 2008
- Excellent Student Leadership, The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China, 2006 - 2008
- Excellent Prize of "Mairui" Cup Software Design Competition, The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China, 2007
- Second Place of "Tencent Innovation Design Competition", The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China, 2007
- Excellent Graduate of Sichuan Province, The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China, 2006
- Third Place of "CCTV" Cup English Speech Competition, The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China, 2005
- Special and First Class of University Student Scholarship, The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China, 2002 - 2006
Professional Services:
- Journal and Conference Paper Reviewer:
- Geometric Modeling and Processing (GMP)
- The Symposium on Solid and Physical Modeling (SPM)
- International Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA)
- International Conference on Virtual Reality and Visualization (ICVRV)
- IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)
- Computer Graphics Forum (CGF)
- Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
- Computer Aided Geometric Design (CAGD)
- Computational Visual Media (CVM)
- IEEE Transactions on Multimedia
- Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology
- Journal of Multimedia (JMM)
- Multimedia Tools and Applications (MTAP)
- Multimedia Systems (MMSJ)
- The Visual Computer (TVCJ)
- Current Medical Imaging Reviews (CMIR)
- Digital Signal Processing - Elsevier
- Journal of Computer Applications (China)
- Conference PC Member:
- Solid and Physical Modeling (SPM) 2017
- Geometric Modeling and Processing (GMP) 2016, 2017
Students:
- Current Ph.D. Students:
- Sikai Zhong (Fall 2016 ~)
- Kaiyue Zhou (Fall 2016 ~)
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