Assistant Teaching Professor of Physics
UMC
| Office: | 223 Physics Building |
| Phone: | 573-882-3335 |
| E-mail: | kingkar@missouri.edu |
| Webpage: | http://www.physics.missouri.edu/ |
| Biographical Information: | Ph.D.Dartmouth University, 2003 |
Research Interests
My research has focused on using biomechanical models to improve medical imaging. Neurosurgeons use MRI images as navigation tools during surgery. As the brain shifts during surgery, the images become inaccurate. Finite element models that capture the motion of the semi-porous brain matter can be used to correct these MRI images in almost-real time. Intraoperative 3D ultrasound images can supply sparse data to help improve this model-driven correction.
My enthusiasm for teaching has recently attracted me to the research fields of physics and engineering education. I’m particularly interested in the topics of using educational technology effectively in the classroom, developing and using student assessments, teaching science through inquiry, and improving retention of underserved and underrepresented in science and engineering.
Selected Publications
2.K.E. Lunn, K.D. Paulsen, F. Liu, F.E. Kennedy, A. Hartov, D. W. Roberts. “Data-guided Brain Deformation Modeling: Evaluation of a 3-D Adjoint Inversion Method in Porcine Studies.” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 53 (2006): 1893-1900
3. H. Sun, K.E. Lunn, H. Farid, Z. Wu, D.W. Roberts, A. Hartov, K.D. Paulsen. “Stereopsis-Guided Brain Shift Compensation.” IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 24 (2005): 1039-1052
4. K.E. Lunn, K.D. Paulsen, D.R. Lynch, D.W. Roberts, F.E. Kennedy, A. Hartov. “Assimilating intraoperative data with brain shift modeling using the adjoint equations.” Medical Image Analysis 9 (2005): 281-293
5. K.E. Lunn, K.D. Paulsen, D.W. Roberts, F.E. Kennedy, A. Hartov, and J.D. West. “Displacement Estimation with Co-Registered Ultrasound for Image Guided Neurosurgery: A Quantitative In Vivo Porcine Study.” IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 22 (2003):1358-1368.
6. K.E. Lunn, K.D. Paulsen, D.W. Roberts, F.E. Kennedy, A. Hartov, and L.A. Platenik. “Nonrigid Brain Registration: Synthesizing Full Volume Deformation Fields from Model Basis Solutions Constrained by Partial Volume Intraoperative Data.” Computer Vision and Image Understanding: Special Issue on Nonrigid Registration 89 (2003) p. 299-317
7. D.C. Nikas, A. Hartov, K.E. Lunn, K. Rick, K.D. Paulsen, D.W. Roberts: Coregistered intraoperative ultrasonography in resection of malignant glioma. Neurosurgical Focus 14 (2003): Article 6
8. L.A. Platenik, M.I. Miga , D.W. Roberts, K.E. Lunn, F.E. Kennedy, A. Hartov, and K.D. Paulsen. “In Vivo Quantification of Retraction Deformation Modeling for Updated Image-Guidance During Neurosurgery.” IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 49 (2002): 823-835
9. M.I. Miga, D.W. Roberts, F.E. Kennedy, L.A. Platenik, A. Hartov, K.E. Lunn, and K.D. Paulsen. “Modeling of Retraction and Resection for Intraoperative Updating of Images.” Neurosurgery 49 (2001): 75-85.