Oscar Acosta-Tamayo

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Oscar Acosta-Tamayo

Research Scientist
e-Health Research Centre

Contact

e-Health Research Centre
Level 20,
300, Adelaide Street
Brisbane 4000 QLD

Tel: 61 7 3024 1620
Mob: 0410 191 729
Fax: 61 7 3024 1690
Oscar.Acosta@csiro.au

Science Area

Medical Imaging

Academic Qualifications

2004	PhD in Signal Processing and Telecommunications, "From virtual exploratory navigation to the planning of endovascular procedures" LTSI INSERM U642 - University of Rennes 1, France.
1997	MSc in Electronic engineering, University of Andes, Colombia.
1994	Electrical engineering, University of Andes, Colombia.

Biography

scar Acosta was awarded a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering in 1995 and subsequently a Master of Sciences degree in 1997 by the University of Andes in Bogotá , Colombia . In 1997, he proceeded to Brest, France for a seven–month internship with the LATIM Laboratory at the ENSTB, where he worked on retina image registration. In 1999, he was awarded a PhD scholarship, under a cooperation program between European and Latin American Institutes (ALFA BETA Biomedical Engineering Training Action), which took him back to France, this time to the LTSI-INSERM U642 at the University of Rennes I. The main areas of his research were: Planning of Minimally Invasive Procedures, Surgical Simulation (Transluminal Angioplasty, Stenting for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Brachytherapty), Computer Assisted Surgery, Virtual Angioscopy and Geometrical Modelling of Vascular Structures.

In 2005, Oscar joined CSIRO as Postdoctoral Fellow, based first at Westmead Hospital in Sydney (where he undertook the segmentation of paediatric CT images) and then at the e-Health Research Centre in Brisbane where the focus of his research was medical image processing: restoration of Trans-rectal Ultrasound Images for the planning and computer-assisted treatment of Prostate Cancer, as well as for the study of Alzheimer’s Disease. Currently he is a Research Scientist at e-Health Research Centre and is working mainly in the study of Alzheimer’s disease using multimodality images.

Recent Professional Experience

2007-Present	Research Scientist, e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO
2006-2007	Postdoctoral Research Fellow, BioMedIA Lab, CSIRO.
2005-2006	Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Westmead Hospital-BioMedIA Lab, CSIRO.
2002-2004	ATER(Teaching and Research Assistant) University of Rennes 1 France
2001	Administrative Assistant IEEE Editor in chef Office EMBS Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society France
1999-2000	Teaching Assistant, IUT GEII(University Institute of Technology) Rennes France
1999	Computer network and electrical engineer, Santafe de Bogota Town Council Colombia
1995-1998	Teaching Assistant, Central University, Bogota Colombia
1995-1997	Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Andes, Bogota Colombia

Publications

Publications list

General enquiries:

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