Gabor Herman
Encyclopedia
Gabor T. Herman is a pioneer in the field of computed tomography
, an important medical diagnostic procedure. He is also author of books on digital geometry
and digital topology
, 3D rendering (computer graphics)
in medicine and discrete tomography
. He has written well over 100 research articles, including several classic works in their fields. He is recognized internationally for his major contributions to image processing
(see, e.g., Algebraic reconstruction technique
) and its applications in various fields of science, medicine and engineering.
Herman earned his Ph.D. from the University of London in Mathematics
. He was the leader of successful image processing groups at University at Buffalo
and at the University of Pennsylvania
and, now, at the CUNY Graduate Center
. His research has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health
since the mid seventies.
Computed tomography
X-ray computed tomography or Computer tomography , is a medical imaging method employing tomography created by computer processing...
, an important medical diagnostic procedure. He is also author of books on digital geometry
Digital geometry
Digital geometry deals with discrete sets considered to be digitized models or images of objects of the 2D or 3D Euclidean space.Simply put, digitizing is replacing an object by a discrete set of its points...
and digital topology
Digital topology
Digital topology deals with properties and features of two-dimensional or three-dimensional digital imagesthat correspond to topological properties or topological features of objects....
, 3D rendering (computer graphics)
Rendering (computer graphics)
Rendering is the process of generating an image from a model , by means of computer programs. A scene file contains objects in a strictly defined language or data structure; it would contain geometry, viewpoint, texture, lighting, and shading information as a description of the virtual scene...
in medicine and discrete tomography
Discrete tomography
Discrete Tomography focuses on the problem of reconstruction of binary images from a small number of their projections....
. He has written well over 100 research articles, including several classic works in their fields. He is recognized internationally for his major contributions to image processing
Image processing
In electrical engineering and computer science, image processing is any form of signal processing for which the input is an image, such as a photograph or video frame; the output of image processing may be either an image or, a set of characteristics or parameters related to the image...
(see, e.g., Algebraic reconstruction technique
Algebraic Reconstruction Technique
frame|right|Animated sequence of reconstruction steps, one iteration.The Algebraic Reconstruction Technique is an iterative algorithm for the reconstruction of a images from a series of angular projections , used in computed tomography...
) and its applications in various fields of science, medicine and engineering.
Herman earned his Ph.D. from the University of London in Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
. He was the leader of successful image processing groups at University at Buffalo
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, also commonly known as the University at Buffalo or UB, is a public research university and a "University Center" in the State University of New York system. The university was founded by Millard Fillmore in 1846. UB has multiple campuses...
and at the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
and, now, at the CUNY Graduate Center
CUNY Graduate Center
The Graduate Center of the City University of New York brings together graduate education, advanced research, and public programming to midtown Manhattan hosting 4,600 students, 33 doctoral programs, 7 master's programs, and 30 research centers and institutes...
. His research has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health are an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and are the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research. Its science and engineering counterpart is the National Science Foundation...
since the mid seventies.