Electronic Systems and Signals Research Laboratory

Jason W. Trobaugh
Lecturer
Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering
Washington University in St. Louis

research

publications

CONTACT INFORMATION

Office: Jolley 403
Phone: 935-7549
Email: jasont@wustl.edu
Address: Campus Box 1127 One Brookings Drive St Louis, MO 63130

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Image Analysis with Ultrasound
Medical Image Registration
Temperature Imaging with Ultrasound
Electrical Measures for Arrhythmia Risk

PUBLICATIONS

Arthur, R.M., Basu, D., Guo, Y., Trobaugh, J.W. and Moros, E. "3D In Vitro Estimation of Temperature Using the Change in Backscattered Ultrasonic Energy, IEEE Trans. on UFFC, submitted June 2009.
Arthur, R.M., Straube, W.L., Trobaugh, J.W., and Moros, E.G. "In vivo change in ultrasonic backscattered energy with temperature in motion-compensated images" Int. J. Hyperthermia, Vol. 24, No. 5, pp 389–398, 2008.
Trobaugh, J.W., Arthur, R.M., Straube, W.L. and Moros, E.G. "A Simulation Model for Ultrasonic Temperature Imaging Using Change in Backscattered Energy", Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 289–298, 2008.
Arthur, R.M., Trobaugh, J.W., Straube, W.L., Moros, E.G. "Temperature Dependence of Backscattered Energy in Motion-Compensated Images", IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control., vol. 52, 1644-52, 2005.
Trobaugh, J.W., Straube, W.L., Arthur, R.M., Moros, E.G. "Effects of Scatterer Populations on Temperature Dependence of Backscattered Ultrasonic Energy", 9th International Congress on Hyperthermic Oncology, 2004.
Arthur, R.M., Trobaugh, J.W., Straube, W.L., Moros, E.G. "3D Temperature Dependence of Ultrasonic Backscattered Energy in Images Compensated for Apparent Tissue Motion", 9th International Congress on Hyperthermic Oncology, 2004.
Trobaugh, J.W., Arthur, R.M. "Estimation of Surface Pose with a Physically-Based Ultrasonic Image Model", IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, vol. 51, 1128-36, 2004.
Cain, M.E., Arthur, R.M., Trobaugh, J.W., "Detection of the fingerprint of the electrophysiological abnormalities that increase vulnerability to life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias", Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology , vol. 9, no. 2, 103-18, 2003.
Arthur, R.M., Timbadia, K.J., Rauf, M.A., Trobaugh, J.W., "Effects of reducing the full-body surface to a torso model in forward and inverse electrocardiography", International Journal of Bioelectromagnetism, vol. 5, 312-313, 2003.
Trobaugh, J.W., Arthur, R.M., "Methods for using ultrasound to generate a heart surface for electrocardiographic inverse problems", International Journal of Bioelectromagnetism, vol. 5, 314-315, 2003.
Trobaugh, J.W., Straube, W.L., Arthur, R.M., Moros, E.G., Sangkatumvong, S. "Apparent Motion and Temperature Dependence of Backscattered Energy in Ultrasonic Images", 21st Annual Meeting of the North American Hyperthermia Society
Trobaugh, J.W. "Ultrasound-Based Registration for Image-Guided Surgery" (invited categorical course speaker), Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, vol. 21, no. 3 (supplement), Proceedings of AIUM March 10-13, 2002, p. S-73.
Trobaugh, J.W., Arthur, R.M., "Representation of Shape in Ultrasonic Images with a Physically-Based Image Model", Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Biomedical Image Analysis (MMBIA 2001), 79-86.
Trobaugh, J.W., Arthur, R.M., "Registration of the Spine Using a Physically-Based Image Model for Ultrasound", Proceedings of MICCAI 2001 , Utrecht, Netherlands, 1176-77.
Trobaugh, J.W., Arthur, R.M. "A Physically-Based, Probabilistic Model for Ultrasonic Images Incorporating Shape, Microstructure and System Characteristics", IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, vol. 48, no. 6, November 2001, 1594-605.
Trobaugh, J.W. An Image Model for Ultrasound Incorporating Surface Shape and Microstructure and Characteristics of the Imaging System. Doctoral dissertation, Washington University in St. Louis, May 2000.
Trobaugh, J.W., Arthur, R.M. "A Discrete-Scatterer Model for Ultrasonic Images of Rough Surfaces", IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, vol. 47, no. 6, November 2000, 1520-1529.
Trobaugh, J.W., Arthur, R.M. "Simulation of Ultrasonic Images of Rough Surfaces Using a Parametrized Discrete-Scatterer Model", 24th International Ultrasonics Symposium, 1999.
Trobaugh, J.W., Arthur, R.M. "A Simulation Study of Variability in Ultrasonic Images of Vertebrae", 23rd International Ultrasonics Symposium, 1998.
Trobaugh, J.W., Kessman, P.J., Dietz, D.R., Bucholz, R.D. "Ultrasound in Image Fusion: A Framework and Applications", Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Symposium, 1997.
Bucholz, R.D., Yeh, D.D., Trobaugh, J.W., et al. "The correction of stereotactic inaccuracy caused by brain shift using an intraoperative ultrasound device", CVRMed-MRCAS '97 Proceedings, March 1997, 459-66.
Trobaugh, J.W., Trobaugh, D.J., Richard W.D. "3-Dimensional Imaging with Stereotactic Ultrasonography", Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, 18:5, 315-323, 1994.
Trobaugh, J.W., Richard, W.D., Smith, K.R., Bucholz, R.D. "Frameless Stereotactic Ultrasonography - Method and Applications", Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, 18:4, 235-246, 1994.
Trobaugh, J.W. Frameless Stereotactic Ultrasonography in Neurosurgery. Master's thesis, Washington University in St. Louis, May 1993.
Bucholz, R.D., Trobaugh, J.W., Richard W.D. "Three-Dimensional Intraoperative Ultrasonography Using an Optical Digitizer". Proceedings of the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurosurgeons, 61:149; 1993.

PATENTS

Trobaugh, J.W., Arthur, R.M. "Methods for Inference of Tissue and System Properties Using an Image Model Combining Shape, Microstructure and System Characteristics", Filed April 24, 2001.
Kessman, P., Holsing, T., Trobaugh, J. "Navigation Information Overlay onto Ultrasound Imagery", Application filed 1999.