Steve M. Collins

Joined the College of Engineering: 1976 

Education: Ph.D., Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, 1977
M.S., Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, 1974
B.S., Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, 1971

Special Fields of Knowledge: Image processing; cardiovascular image processing; cardiac imaging; biomedical engineering. 

Present Research Interests: Cardiac imaging and image processing; medical image processing. 

Selected Publications: 

• Collins, S.M. and Skorton, D.J., (eds.), Cardiac Imaging and Image Processing, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1986. 
• Sonka, M., Wilbricht, C.J., Fleagle, S.R., Tadikonda, S., Winniford, M.D., Collins, S.M., "Simultaneous Detection of Both Coronary Borders," IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Vol. 12, pp. 588-599, 1993. 
• Sonka, M., Winniford, M.D., Zhang, X. and Collins, S.M., "Lumen Centerline Detection in Complex Coronary Angiograms," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 41, pp. 520-528, 1994. 
• Sonka, M., Winniford, M.D. and Collins, S.M., "Robust Simultaneous Detection of Coronary Borders in Complex Images," IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Vol. 14, pp. 151-161, 1994. 
• Sonka, M., Tadikonda, S.K. and Collins, S.M., "Knowledge-based Interpretation of MR Brain Images," IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Vol. 15, pp. 443-452, 1996. 

Active Scientific and Professional Society Memberships: NIH Health Reviewers Reserve; Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Computer Society; Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers; Biomedical Engineering Society; American Heart Association; Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.