Curriculum Vita
Dr. Shaun S. Gleason
P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6075
Wk: (865) 574-8259, Fax: (865) 576-8993
E-mail: gleasonss@ornl.gov
Experience

Education
| Ph.D. | Electrical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2001 |
| M.S. | Electrical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1992 |
| B.S. | Electrical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1989 |
Issued and Pending Patents
"Automated Defect Spatial Signature Analysis for Semiconductor Manufacturing Process Improvement,"Gleason, S. S., Karnowski, T. P., Sari-Sarraf, H., and Tobin, Jr., K. W., patent #5,982,920, issued November 1999.
"Automatic Detection of Bone Fragments in Poultry using Multi-Energy X-rays,"Gleason, S. S., Paulus, M. J., and Mullens, J. A., patent #6,370,223, issued April 2002.
"Ultra-High Resolution Computed Tomography Imaging," Paulus, M. J., Sari- Sarraf, H., Gleason, S. S., Tobin, K. W., Thomas, C. E., #6,421,409, issued July 2002.
"Contextual-Based System for Automatic Defect Classification Using Multiple Morphological Masks,"Gleason, S. S., Hunt, M. A., and Sari-Sarraf, H., patent # 6,456,899, issued September 2002.
"A Method for Non-Referential Defect Characterization,"Gleason, S. S. and Sari- Sarraf, H., ERID 0883, filed July 2003.
Recent Awards
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Significant Event Award, September 2003, Development of a Stereo-based Animal Tracking System for Medical Imaging Applications
2002 Southeast Region FLC Excellence in Technology Transfer Award, Automated Image Retrieval (AIR) for Semiconductor Yield Improvement
2002 UT-Battelle Awards Night; Director’s Award for Outstanding Team Accomplishment in Science and Technology, Automated Image Retrieval (AIR) for Semiconductor Yield Improvement
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Significant Event Award, March 2000
Image Processing Software Development for Micro X-ray CT System
1999 Lockheed Martin Development Accomplishment Award
Novel 3D X-ray CT Imaging System to Study Laboratory Animals in Vivo
1999 Lockheed Martin Development Accomplishment Award
FBI Electronic Fingerprint Image Processing System
1998 Lockheed Martin Development Accomplishment Award
Semiconductor Spatial Signature Analysis
1998 Life Sciences Division Teamwork Award
High-Resolution, High-Throughput Tomographic Imaging for Mutagenized Mouse Phenotype Screening.
1998 American Museum of Science and Energy Award for Technological Achievement, Spatial Signature Analyzer
Selected Publications
Gregor, J., Gleason, S., Kennel, S., Paulus, M., Solomon, A. , Hawkins, P., and Wall, J., "A MicroSPECT/CT System for Imaging of AA-Amyloidosis in Mice," Small-Animal SPECT Imaging, Springer-Verlag, 209-213, 2004. (PDF Document)
Chan, H.-Y., Sari-Sarraf, H., Grinstead, B. I., and Gleason, S. S., "Content-Based Compression of Mammograms with Customized Fractal Encoding and a Modified JPEG2000," J. Optical Engineering, Submitted, September 2003.
Weisenberger, A. G., Kross, B., Majewski, S., Popov, V., Smith, M. F., Welch, B., Wojcik, R., Goddard, J. S., Gleason, S. S., Paulus, M. J., Meikle, S. R., Pomper, M., "A Small Animal SPECT Imaging System Utilizing Position Tracking of Un-Anesthetized Mice," NIBIB Workshop on Small-Animal SPECT, University of Arizona, January 2004.
Weisenberger, A. G., Kross, B., Majewski, S., Popov, V., Smith, M. F., Welch, B., Wojcik, R., Gleason, S., Goddard, J., Paulus, M., and Meikle, S. R., "Development and Testing of a Restraint Free Small Animal SPECT Imaging System with Infrared Based Motion Tracking," Proceedings of the IEEE Medical Imaging Conference, November 2003.
Goddard, J. S., Gleason, S. S., Paulus, M. J., Majewski, S., Popov, V., Smith, M., Weisenberger, A., Welch, B., and Wojcik, R., "Pose Measurement and Tracking System for Motion-Correction of Unrestrained Small Animal PET/SPECT Imaging," Proceedings of the IEEE Medical Imaging Conference, November 2003.
Paulus, M., Gleason, S., Goddard, J., Kennel, S., Wall, J., Solomon, A., Gregor, J., and more, "Initial Results with a Small Animal MicroSPECT/CT Imaging System," High-resolution Molecular Imaging in Small Animals (IMI/HiRes), Madrid, Spain, Sep. 2003.
Gleason, S., Goddard, J., Paulus, M., Kerekes, R., Weisenberger, A., Majewski, S., Smith, M., and Welch, B., "Automated Pose Determination for Unrestrained, Non-Anesthetized Small Animal Micro-SPECT and Micro-CT Imaging," Proceedings of the Society of Molecular Imaging Conference, August 2003. (PDF Document)
Gregor, J., Gleason, S., and Paulus, M., "Conebeam x-ray computed tomography with an offset detector array," Proceedings of the IEEE International Image Conference, Barcelona, Spain, September 2003.
Kerekes, R. A., Goddard, J. S., Gleason, S. S., Paulus, M. J., Weisenberger, A. G., Smith, M. F., and Welch, B., "Two Methods for Tracking Small Animals in SPECT Imaging," Proceedings of Quality Control by Articial Vision, May 2003. (PDF Document)
Ferrell, R. K., Gleason, S. S., and Tobin, K. W., "Application of Fractal Encoding Techniques for Image Segmentation," Proceedings of Quality Control by Articial Vision, May 2003.
Gregor, J., Benson, T., Gleason, S., and Paulus, M., "Support Algorithms for X-Ray Micro-CT Conebeam Imaging," International Conference on Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Saint Malo, France, July 2003. (PDF Document)
Gregor, J., Gleason, S., Paulus, M., Cates, J., "Fast Feldkamp Reconstruction Based on Focus of Attention and Distributed Computing," International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technolog 12(6), 229-234, 2002. (PDF Document)
Weisenberger, A.G., Kross, B., Majewski, S., Popov, V., Smith, M.F., Welch, B., Wojcik, R., Paulus, M. J., Goddard, J. S., Gleason, S. S., Meikle, S.R., Pomper, M., "Development of a Restraint Free Small Animal SPECT Imaging System," Academy of Molecular Imaging Annual Conference, San Diego, California, October 2002.
Gleason, S., Sari-Sarraf, H., Abidi, M., Karakashian, O., Morandi, F., "A New Deformable Model for Analysis of X-Ray CT Images in Preclinical Studies of Mice for Polycystic Kidney Disease," IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 21(10), 1302-1309, October 2002. (PDF Document)
Goddard, J., Gleason, S., Kerekes, R., Paulus, M., Weisenberger, A., Smith, M., Welch, B., and Wojcik, R., "Real-Time Landmark-Based Unrestrained Animal Tracking System for Motion-Corrected PET/SPECT Imaging," Proceedings of the IEEE Medical Imaging Conference, November 2002. (PDF Document)
Dickens, M., Gleason, S., and Sari-Sarraf, H., "Volumetric Segmentation Via 3D Active Shape Models," Proceedings of the IEEE Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation, pp. 248-252, April 2002. (PDF Document)
Gleason, S., Sari-Sarraf, H., and Abidi, M., "Probabilistic Shape and Appearance Model for Scene Segmentation," Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 2002. (PDF Document)
Gleason, S., Ferrell, R., Karnowski, T.. Tobin, K., "Detection of Semiconductor Defects Using a Novel Fractal Encoding Algorithm," Design, Process Integration, and Diagnostics in IC Manufacturing, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 4692, March 2002. (PDF Document)
Weisenberger, A., Majewski, S., Smith, M., Meikle, S., Bradley, E., Welsh, R., Saha, M., Gleason, S., Paulus, M., Glover, D., Goode A., and Williams, M., "High Resolution Detector Modules Based on High Granularity NAI(TL) Arrays Utilizing Optimized Collimator Designs Customized for Small Animal Single Photon Imaging," Proceedings of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, June 2002.
Gleason, S., "Development of a Unified Probabilistic Framework for Segmentation and Recognition of Semi-Rigid Objects in Complex Backgrounds via Deformable Shape Models," Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, May 2001. (PDF Document)
Gleason, S., Sari-Sarraf, H., Dickens, M., Abidi, M. , Paulus, M., "Probabilistic Shape and Appearance Model for the Segmentation of Anatomic Structures within Tomographic Images of Laboratory Mice," Proceedings of the High-Resolution Imaging of Small Animals Conference, Rockville, Maryland, September 2001. (PDF Document)

