Conferences & Presentations
Oral Presentations

Impact of Clinical Outcomes and Socioeconomic Status on CT versus MR Utilization in Thoracic Aortic Surveillance Imaging (Pending Acceptance)
Sun, E., Johnson, E.M.I., Markl, M., Allen, B.D., Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Annual Scientific Session, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2026
Analysis of 73k+ thoracic aortic CT/MR scans to study modality trends across age, outcomes, and socioeconomic status. Applied statistical methods including logistic regression for multivariable adjustment.

Fully Automated AI-Driven Quantification of Thoracic Aorta Dimensions From Contrast-Enhanced MRA (Pending Acceptance)
Apostolidis, C., Johnson, E.M.I., Berhane, H., Dushfunian, D., Sun, E., Cohn, S., Pfister, C., Allen, B.D., Katsaggelos, A., Markl, M., Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Annual Scientific Session, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2026
Development of fully automated AI-driven quantification methods for thoracic aorta dimensions from contrast-enhanced MRA imaging.

Deep Learning-based Thoracic Aorta Segmentation on Cross-institutional Computed Tomography Angiography Images
Dong, W., Johnson, EM., Dehadrai, A., Sun, E., Allen, B.D., Sieren, M., Frydrychowicz, A., Markl, M., North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, 2025
Cross-institutional, two-stage deep-learning workflow for thoracic aorta segmentation in computed tomography angiography scans with automated preprocessing pipeline.

Positioning Error Correction through Image-Based Internal Reference in Conformal Optical Coherent Tomography
Zhang, H.F., Sun, E., Fang, R., Kim, D., Zhang, P., Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 2024
Advanced diagnostic imaging for glaucoma through robotic system development for anterior segment optical coherence tomography with positioning error correction.
Poster Presentations

Montaging Multiple Imaging Volumes for Robotically Controlled Freeform Optical Coherence Tomography
Sun, E., Fang, R., Zhang, H.F., Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, Chicago, IL, 2024
Feature-based MATLAB montaging algorithm addressing robotic positioning inaccuracies for precise alignment of multiple OCT scans in glaucoma imaging.

Montaging multiple optical coherence tomography volumes
Sun, E., Fang, R., Zhang, H.F., Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 2023
Poster presentation on montaging techniques for multiple optical coherence tomography volumes in robotic imaging systems.