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  • 2006 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to theory and practice of image reconstruction.

Overview

Jeffrey A. Fessler is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and engineering, with a particular focus on imaging techniques and biomedical engineering. Their research primarily spans radiology, nuclear medicine, imaging, and computational mechanics, among other technical subfields.

The main topics of their work include medical imaging techniques and applications, advanced MRI methods, advanced X-ray and CT imaging, sparse and compressive sensing techniques, and advanced electron microscopy and neuroimaging techniques.

Fessler has published numerous papers in highly specialized venues related to magnetic resonance and computational imaging. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging
  • IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
  • Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Among their recent papers are:

  • Optimization Methods for Magnetic Resonance Image Reconstruction: Key Models and Optimization Algorithms, 2020, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine
  • Ranging and light field imaging with transparent photodetectors, 2020, Nature Photonics
  • B-Spline Parameterized Joint Optimization of Reconstruction and K-Space Trajectories (BJORK) for Accelerated 2D MRI, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
  • Improved Low-Count Quantitative PET Reconstruction With an Iterative Neural Network, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
  • A deep neural network for fast and accurate scatter estimation in quantitative SPECT/CT under challenging scatter conditions, 2020, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Fessler's work frequently involves collaboration with several coauthors, including Douglas C. Noll, Jon-Fredrik Nielsen, Jason Hu, Yuni K. Dewaraja, and Zichao Wendy Di.

In addition to journal articles, Fessler has authored book publications, including the 2024 work Linear Algebra for Data Science, Machine Learning, and Signal Processing published by Cambridge University Press.

Their contributions to the theory and practice of image reconstruction were recognized with the IEEE Fellow award in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Nonuniform fast Fourier transforms using min-max interpolation

    J.A. Fessler;B.P. Sutton

  • Space-alternating generalized expectation-maximization algorithm

    J.A. Fessler;A.O. Hero

  • Positron-emission tomography

    J.M. Ollinger;J.A. Fessler

  • Penalized weighted least-squares image reconstruction for positron emission tomography

    J.A. Fessler

  • Statistical image reconstruction for polyenergetic X-ray computed tomography

    I.A. Elbakri;J.A. Fessler

  • Ordered subsets algorithms for transmission tomography.

    H. Erdogan;Jeffrey A. Fessler

  • Spatial resolution properties of penalized-likelihood image reconstruction: space-invariant tomographs

    J.A. Fessler;W.L. Rogers

  • Mean and variance of implicitly defined biased estimators (such as penalized maximum likelihood): applications to tomography

    J.A. Fessler

  • Fast, iterative image reconstruction for MRI in the presence of field inhomogeneities

    B.P. Sutton;D.C. Noll;J.A. Fessler

  • Image Reconstruction is a New Frontier of Machine Learning

    Ge Wang;Jong Chu Ye;Klaus Mueller;Jeffrey A. Fessler

  • Globally convergent algorithms for maximum a posteriori transmission tomography

    K. Lange;J.A. Fessler

  • Monotonic algorithms for transmission tomography

    H. Erdogan;J.A. Fessler

  • Spatial Domain Method for the Design of RF Pulses in Multicoil Parallel Excitation

    William Allyn Grissom;Chun-Yu Yip;Zhenghui Zhang;V. Andrew Stenger

  • Penalized maximum-likelihood image reconstruction using space-alternating generalized EM algorithms

    J.A. Fessler;A.O. Hero

  • Image Reconstruction: From Sparsity to Data-Adaptive Methods and Machine Learning

    Saiprasad Ravishankar;Jong Chul Ye;Jeffrey A. Fessler

  • Model-Based Image Reconstruction for MRI

    Jeffrey Fessler

  • Globally convergent image reconstruction for emission tomography using relaxed ordered subsets algorithms

    Sangtae Ahn;J.A. Fessler

  • A Splitting-Based Iterative Algorithm for Accelerated Statistical X-Ray CT Reconstruction

    S. Ramani;J. A. Fessler

  • Statistical Image Reconstruction Methods for Transmission Tomography

    Jeffrey A. Fessler

  • Parallel MR Image Reconstruction Using Augmented Lagrangian Methods

    S Ramani;J A Fessler

  • Conjugate-gradient preconditioning methods for shift-variant PET image reconstruction

    J.A. Fessler;S.D. Booth

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas C. Noll
Douglas C. Noll University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Alfred O. Hero
Alfred O. Hero University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Neal H. Clinthorne
Neal H. Clinthorne University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Paul E. Kinahan
Paul E. Kinahan University of Washington
Robert A. Koeppe
Robert A. Koeppe University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Bradley P. Sutton
Bradley P. Sutton University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hakan Erdogan
Hakan Erdogan Google (United States)
Anastasia Yendiki
Anastasia Yendiki Harvard University
Clayton Scott
Clayton Scott University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Heang Ping Chan
Heang Ping Chan University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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