Jason Trobaugh Research Instructor Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division Department of Electrical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis

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., 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., in review.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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., in Press.
• 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.