Faculty of Science and Information Technology

Dr Mira Park

• PhD of Computer Science and Engineering (The University of New South Wales)
• Master of Computer Science and Engineering (The University of New South Wales)
• Bachelor of Engineering (The University of Aju, Korea)

I undertook my PhD thesis on 'Intelligent Computer Aided Diagnosis System for Chest Radiography', performing research in partnership with the CSIRO eHealth Research Centre. This project was primarily concerned with developing computer systems which use more effective image processing algorithms in combination with artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to detect and accurately identify abnormal features in chest radiograph images.

Since completing my PhD I have continued my contribution to the field of computer aided diagnosis, working as a Research Fellow for the University of Newcastle in collaboration with IntelliRAD and other partners in the development and implementation of a Biotechnology Innovation Fund project, titled Computer Aided Detection System, to assist in early risk assessment, prognosis, and diagnosis of colon cancer. The new technology, known as Computer Aided Polyp Detection in Colon CT, to which I contributed key research and development, is predicted to produce considerable increases in the early detection and treatment of cancer and other conditions. The system enhances the ability of radiologists to identify colonic polyps and cranial aneurysms with the use of medical imaging technologies, minimising the need to utilise surgery and other invasive techniques (such as colonoscopies) as a diagnostic tool. Due to this innovation it is hypothesised that greater numbers of patients will consent to checks for colonic polyps, increasing the rates of early detection. The system utilises an innovative algorithm, which is able to identify polyps and other abnormal features of all shapes and sizes.

• Park, 2007 The University of Newcastle Strategic Pilot Grant (G0187899), Computer Aided Aneurysm Detection in Intracranial CT Angiography, 2007, $8,910
• Jin / Aisbett / Burton (IntelliRAD Solutions) / Hofstetter (IntelliRAD Solutions) / Park, ARC Linkage (LP0669645), Intelligent archiving and retrieving of clinic laboratory records in pathology/radiology informatics study, 2006 to 2009, $253,000
• Burton (IntelliRAD Solutions) / Hofstetter (IntelliRAD Solutions) / Park / Hagekyriakou (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre), Computer Aided Detection System to assist in early risk assessment, prognosis, and diagnosis of colon cancer, Biotechnology Innovation Fund, 2005 to 2006, $500,000
• Park / Jin, IntelliRAD Solutions Project-Project Grant, Computer Aided Detection System to assist in early risk assessment, prognosis, and diagnosis of cancer, 2006, $36,363
• Park / Kotagiri (Melbourne Uni.) / Gibson (The Royal Melbourne Hospital) / Mitchell (The Royal Melbourne Hospital) / Hofstetter (IntelliRAD Solutions), The University of Melbourne Awards for Joint Research Projects, Creating Study Database of CT Angiography Cases for Automated Aneurysm Detection, 2005, $20,000
• Park, The University of Melbourne Early Career Researcher Grant, Automatic segmentation of vessels in CT angiography, 2005, $10,000
• Kotagiri (Melbourne Uni.) / Chu (Melbourne Uni.) / Park, Retinal Vascular Image Analysis, The National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) by DEST, 2005, $20,224

• IEEE
• ACM-SIGCSE

• Information Systems Programming (INFT2008),
• Multimedia Transmission, Storage and Management (INFT3201)

• Research fellow, The University of Melbourne (2004~2005)