Postdoctoral Fellow, Electrical Engineering
Research Interests:
Application of adaptive estimation techniques in the analysis of
image sequences. Specifically, tracking the point-wise motion of
multi-dimensional surfaces over an entire image sequence using
suitable temporal and spatial models.
Background:
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University. (1995-present)
Supervisor: Dr. James Duncan.
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Doctoral of Philosophy, Yale University. (1992-1995)
Advisor: Dr. James Duncan.
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Master of Philosophy, Yale University. (1990-1992)
Committee: J. Duncan, P. Shultheiss, A. Nehorai, R. Kuc.
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Master of Science, Electrical Engineering, University of Virginia. (1990)
Advisors: Dr. Ron Williams, Dr. Steve Wilson. Research in improved speech
synthesis through efficient modeling of the glottal pulse.
Part of a larger effort to develop a speech tool for individuals
afflicted with cerebral palsy.
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U.S. Naval Officer, Naval Security Group. (1985 - 1990)
Chief of information systems development. Two years residence in Japan.
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Linguist Certification, Defense Language Institute. (1985-1986)
Russian language.
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Bachelor of Science, University of Notre Dame. (1981-1985)
Advisor: Dr. David Cohn. Research in Local Area Network applications.
Publications:
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McEachen, J. C., Nehorai, A. and Duncan, J. S.
Analysis of Cardiac Motion with Recursive Comb Filtering,
SPIE Annual Meeting, Mathematical Methods in Medical Imaging III,
San Diego, CA, July, 1994.
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McEachen, J. C., Nehorai, A. and Duncan, J. S.
A Recursive Filter for Temporal Analysis of Cardiac Motion,
IEEE Workshop on Biomedical Image Analysis,
Seattle, WA, June, 1994.
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McEachen, J. C. and Duncan, J. S.
Shape-Based Tracking of Naturally Occurring Annuli in Image Sequences,
IEEE conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition,
New York City, June, 1993.
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McEachen, J. C. and Duncan, J. S.
A Constrained Analytic Solution for Tracking Non-Rigid Motion of the Left Ventricle,
IEEE 18th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference,
Univ. of Rhode Island, March, 1992. (Awarded best paper in Medical Imaging).
Additional:
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Active U. S. Naval Reservist (Lieutenant Commander). Project manager
for system acquisiton and development.
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Primary administrator and archivist of this WWW server.
(Positive comments are always graciously received!)
Non-professional/Web Interests.
mceachen@noodle.med.yale.edu