Carlo Ciulla

Carlo Ciulla holds the Laurea in Management Engineering (University of Palermo, Italy), the MS in Information Systems and the PhD in Computer and Information Science (NJIT, USA). Researcher at NIBH, Japan (1995-1997), he worked with Magnetoecephalography (MEG) studying the spontaneous alpha rhythm of the human brain. In the year 2000, he joined NJIT where he served as research and teaching assistant. Between the years 2002-2007 he was research associate at Yale University, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Iowa and Wayne State University. He worked on several aspects of signal processing in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), functional MR Imaging (fMRI), Perfusion Weighted Imaging (PWI), and Phase Imaging. In 2007 joined Lane College (USA) as Assistant Professor of Computer Science. His research interests relate to mathematical computational engineering: Artificial Neural Networks, Image Registration in fMRI, Signal-Image Interpolation, MEG alpha rhythm. He has authored and co-authored 15 among journal papers and conference proceedings. Also, Carlo Ciulla is the author of the book: “AUTOALIGN: Methodology and Technology for the Alignment of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Time Series. Image Registration: The case of Functional MRI.”

Publications

Improved Signal and Image Interpolation in Biomedical Applications: The Case of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Improved Signal and Image Interpolation in Biomedical Applications: The Case of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Carlo Ciulla. © 2009. 640 pages.
Advances have been made in improved signal and image interpolation that derive a unified framework, thus achieving improvement of the approximation properties of the...
Magnetic Resonance Imaging and the Signal-Image Processing Techniques Developed Under the Umbrella of the Unifying Theory
Magnetic Resonance Imaging and the Signal-Image Processing Techniques Developed Under the Umbrella of the Unifying Theory
Carlo Ciulla. © 2009. 21 pages.
The forthcoming text of this chapter is intended to raise the debate about the content of the book. To fulfill this purpose, is presented in first instance a section that...
The Intuition
The Intuition
Carlo Ciulla. © 2009. 8 pages.
This chapter reports on the initial idea which gave birth to the investigation which subsequently became the unifying theory. The intuition herein illustrated consists of the...
The Conception of the Intensity-Curvature Functional
The Conception of the Intensity-Curvature Functional
Carlo Ciulla. © 2009. 9 pages.
The preceding chapter is to be viewed as a purely theoretical math intuition and the claim consists in that of the existence of a region within the voxel (the three dimensional...
The Conception of the Sub-Pixel Efficacy Region
The Conception of the Sub-Pixel Efficacy Region
Carlo Ciulla. © 2009. 8 pages.
This chapter presents the mathematical deduction of the Sub-pixel Efficacy Region (SRE) for the case of the trivariate liner interpolation function. The questions that the reader...
Assessment of the Truth Foreseen in the Intuition
Assessment of the Truth Foreseen in the Intuition
Carlo Ciulla. © 2009. 5 pages.
This chapter continues the investigation conducted through deduction from the previous three chapters. Chapter II of the book has brought to light an intuition that has allowed...
The Notion
The Notion
Carlo Ciulla. © 2009. 5 pages.
The goal of this chapter is to discuss the practical implications of the notion. This chapter concludes the logical reasoning outlined through the process of deduction that begun...
The Theoretical Approach to the Improvement of the Interpolation Error: Bivariate Linear Interpolation Function
The Theoretical Approach to the Improvement of the Interpolation Error: Bivariate Linear Interpolation Function
Carlo Ciulla. © 2009. 14 pages.
In the sections of this chapter the reader will be introduced to the sequence of mathematical processes which, starting from a model interpolation function yield to the...
The Results of the Sub-Pixel Efficacy Region Based Bivariate Linear Interpolation Function
The Results of the Sub-Pixel Efficacy Region Based Bivariate Linear Interpolation Function
Carlo Ciulla. © 2009. 99 pages.
This is the first of the chapters of the book that present results obtained processing the MRI database with both classic and SRE-based interpolation paradigms. The focus of this...
Interpolation Procedures
Interpolation Procedures
Carlo Ciulla. © 2009. 8 pages.
The intent of the present chapter is to expand the treatise that concerns with the presentation of the current literature in signal-image interpolation with specific focus on the...
The Extension of the Theory to the Trivariate Linear Interpolation Function
The Extension of the Theory to the Trivariate Linear Interpolation Function
Carlo Ciulla. © 2009. 8 pages.
The organization of this chapter is similar to that of Chapter VII where it was outlined the theoretical approach to the improvement of the bivariate linear interpolation...
The Results of the Sub-Pixel Efficacy Region Based Trivariate Linear Interpolation Function
The Results of the Sub-Pixel Efficacy Region Based Trivariate Linear Interpolation Function
Carlo Ciulla. © 2009. 18 pages.
This chapter presents results relevant to the evaluation of the performance of classic and SRE-based trivariate interpolation functions. The forthcoming text reports on the...
Equating the Two Intensity-Curvature Terms, Before and After Interpolation, Attempting to Obtain Resilient Interpolation: Trivariate Linear Interpolation Function
Equating the Two Intensity-Curvature Terms, Before and After Interpolation, Attempting to Obtain Resilient Interpolation: Trivariate Linear Interpolation Function
Carlo Ciulla. © 2009. 7 pages.
As well accepted in literature it should be almost impossible to reconstruct the signal intensity value at time-space location where the sampling instrument has not recorded the...
On the Literature of B-Spline Interpolation Functions
On the Literature of B-Spline Interpolation Functions
Carlo Ciulla. © 2009. 9 pages.
This chapter reviews the extensive and comprehensive literature on B-Splines. In the forthcoming text emphasis is given to hierarchy and formal definition of polynomial...
The Extension of Theory and Methodology to B-Splines
The Extension of Theory and Methodology to B-Splines
Carlo Ciulla. © 2009. 16 pages.
The organization of the chapter is similar to that of Chapters VII and X. The methodological approach to extend the unifying theory to the one dimensional quadratic and cubic...
The Results of the Sub-Pixel Efficacy Region Based B-Spline Interpolation Functions
The Results of the Sub-Pixel Efficacy Region Based B-Spline Interpolation Functions
Carlo Ciulla. © 2009. 99 pages.
The results obtained processing the MRI database with classic and SRE-based one dimensional quadratic and cubic B-Splines are presented in this chapter. The chapter opens up with...
On the Properties of the Unifying Theory and the Derived Sub-Pixel Efficacy Region
On the Properties of the Unifying Theory and the Derived Sub-Pixel Efficacy Region
Carlo Ciulla. © 2009. 9 pages.
Concepts of efficiency, approximation, and efficacy are discussed in this chapter while referencing the existing literature. Frameworks grouping classes of interpolation...
The Main Innovation Determined By the Sub-Pixel Efficacy Region
The Main Innovation Determined By the Sub-Pixel Efficacy Region
Carlo Ciulla. © 2009. 5 pages.
This chapter introduces the reader to Section V of the book. The chapter opens up with a discussion on the undeniable evidence reported in literature that the magnitude of the...
The Unifying Theory Embraces Lagrange and Sinc Interpolation Functions
The Unifying Theory Embraces Lagrange and Sinc Interpolation Functions
Carlo Ciulla. © 2009. 18 pages.
This chapter is devoted to the mathematics of the Lagrange and Sinc SRE-based interpolation functions. The organization of the text of this chapter is consistent with that of...
The Results of the Sub-Pixel Efficacy Region Based Lagrange and Sinc Interpolation Functions
The Results of the Sub-Pixel Efficacy Region Based Lagrange and Sinc Interpolation Functions
Carlo Ciulla. © 2009. 100 pages.
This chapter presents results obtained processing the MRI dataset with classic and SRE-based models of one dimensional Lagrange and Sinc interpolation functions. The presentation...
On the Implications of the Sub-Pixel Efficacy Region and the Bridging Concept of the Unifying Theory
On the Implications of the Sub-Pixel Efficacy Region and the Bridging Concept of the Unifying Theory
Carlo Ciulla. © 2009. 41 pages.
The last chapter of the book reports on concluding remarks recalling to the reader the message given through these works and also recalling the proposed novelty. The novelty is...