Gerd Brunner, PhD

Imaging (clinical and pre-clinical)

• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR; Bruker 9.4T)
  
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI; Siemens 1.5T Avanto and 3.0T Magnetom Verio)
• Ultrasound (GE Logiq E9)
• Lower Extremity Imaging
• Cardiac Imaging
• Carotid Artery Imaging
  

Biomedical Research

• Atherosclerosis (clinical and pre-clinical)
  
• Vascular Diseases
  
• Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
• Cardiovascular Risk Screening
• Coronary Calcium Scoring
• Cardiomyopathy
• Data Analysis of Clinical Studies(ELIMIT, MESA, SmartRisk, RE-STOREIT)
• Detection and Classification of Coronary Artery Calcification (CAC)

Computer Science

• Image Processing: 2D-4D
• Image Analysis (Medical: MRI, MRA, US, CT, IVUS)
• Image Segmentation
• Bioinformatics
• Cardiovascular Informatics
• Machine Learning: Support Vector Machines, Random Forests, Boosting, Tree Classifiers.
• Neural Networks: Back-propagation, MLP, Recurrent Networks (Jordan, Elman),
• Statistical and Multivariate Analysis: Logistic Regression, Cox Survival Analysis, MCMC, Mixed Effects Models.
• Feature Extraction
• Supervised Classification
• Unsupervised Classification: Hierarchical Clustering, KNN.
• Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR)
• Data and Knowledge Mining

Physics and Astrophysics

• Solar Physics
• Space Weather Predictions
• Satellite Data Analysis: Soho, Hinode, GOES
• Astrophysics data analysis using data from: NOAA, NGDC, Vacuum Tower Telescope (VTT), Solar Observatory Kanzelhoehe.
• Time Series Analysis
• Hydrodynamics
• Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD)
• Fluid Dynamics (Navier Stokes, Boltzmann, Vlasov)
• Molecular Cloud Simulations (ZEUS)