Amareswararao Kavuri

Designation: 

Assistant Professor

Date of Joining at NITK: 

Friday, March 7, 2025

Professional Experience: 

Total 7 years 7 months

Contact Details

Personal Website: 

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rF4d3z8AAAAJ&%3Bhl

E-mail: 

akavuri@nitk.edu.in

Telephone: 

+91-9440760783
Faculty (author) Identifiers

ORCID iD: 

https://orcid.org/orcid-search/search?searchQuery=0009-0006-8325-3207

Scopus Author ID: 

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57194468852

WoS/publon Researcher ID: 

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/HGF-0287-2022
Academic Background
  • Ph.D. (Biomedical Engineering)- University of Houston, 2022.
  • M.Tech. (ECE) – Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, 2011.
  • B.Tech. (ECE) – Acharya Nagarjuna University, 2009.
Areas of Interest

Medical Imaging, Digital Image Processing, Virtual imaging trials, Medical Image analysis, Medical image perception, Psychophysics, Eye-tracking system, Visual attention, Computer aided diagnosis.

Significant Publications
Journal papers:
  1. Kavuri, A., & Das, M. (2024) Examining the influence of digital Phantom models in virtual imaging trials for tomographic breast imaging. Journal of Medical Imaging 12(1) 015501 (31 December 2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.12.1.015501
  2. Tushar, F.I., Vancoillie, L., McCabe, C., Kavuri, A., Dahal, L., Harrawood, B., Fryling, M., Zarei, M., Sotoudeh-Paima, S., Ho, F.C. and Ghosh, D., Luo S , Segars WP , Abadi E,Lafata KJ , Samei E , Lo JY (2024). VLST: Virtual Lung Screening Trial for Lung Cancer Detection Using Virtual Imaging Trial. arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.11221.
  3. Kavuri, A., & Das, M. (2020). Relative contributions of anatomical and quantum noise in signal detection and perception of tomographic digital breast images. IEEE transactions on medical imaging, 39(11), 3321-3330. 10.1109/TMI.2020.2991295 
  4. Nisbett, W. H., Kavuri, A.,; Das, M. (2020). On the correlation between second order texture features and human observer detection performance in digital images. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1-14. 10.1038/s41598-020-69816-z 
  5. Fredette, N. R., Kavuri, A., & Das, M. (2019). Multi-step material decomposition for spectral computed tomography. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 64(14), 145001. 10.1088/1361-6560/ab2b0e
Conference Papers:
  1. A. Kavuri, F. Ho, M GhojoghNejad, S. Sotoudeh Paima, P. W. Segars, E. Samei, E. Abadi (2024, March). Quantitative accuracy of lung function measurement using parametric response mapping: A virtual imaging study. In Medical Imaging 2024: Computer Aided Diagnosis. International Society for Optics and Photonics
  2. S. Sotoudeh-Paima, F. Ho, M. Ghojogh Nejad, A. Kavuri, B. O'Sullivan-Murphy, D. Lynch, P. W. Segars, E. Samei, E. Abadi, (2024, March). Development and application of a virtual imaging trial framework for longitudinal quantification of emphysema in CT. In Medical Imaging 2024: Physics of Medical Imaging. International Society for Optics and Photonics
  3. F. I. Tushar, C. McCabe, A. Kavuri, L. Dahal, L. Vancoillie, B. Harrawood, M. Fryling, M. Zarei, S. Sotoudeh-Paima, F. Ho, K. J. Lafata, S. Luo, E. Abadi, W. P. Segars, E. Samei, J. Y. Lo, (2024, March). Virtual NLST: towards replicating national lung screening trial. In Medical Imaging 2024: Physics of Medical Imaging. International Society for Optics and Photonics
  4. Andrade, D., Kavuri, A., & Das, M. (2022, March). Sources of image texture variation in tomographic breast imaging. In Medical Imaging 2022: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment. SPIE. 10.1117/12.2614334
  5. Torrico, R., Kavuri, A., Lewis, C., & Das, M. (2019, April). Single-exposure contrast enhanced spectral mammography. In Medical Imaging 2019: Physics of Medical Imaging (Vol. 10948, p. 1094802). International Society for Optics and Photonics. 10.1117/12.2513515
  6. Kavuri, A., Fredette, N. R., & Das, M. (2018, March). Interaction of anatomic and quantum noise in DBT power spectrum. In Medical Imaging 2018: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment (Vol. 10577, p. 105770G). International Society for Optics and Photonics. 10.1117/12.2295218
  7. Nisbett, W. H., Kavuri A., & Das, M. (2018, March). Investigating the contributions of anatomical variations and quantum noise to image texture in digital breast tomosynthesis. In Medical Imaging 2018: Physics of Medical Imaging (Vol. 10573, p. 105730H). International Society for Optics and Photonics. 10.1117/12.2294981
  8. Fredette, N. R., Kavuri, A., & Das, M. (2018, March). A sensitivity analysis on parameters that affect a multi-step material decomposition for spectral CT. In Medical Imaging 2018: Physics of Medical Imaging (Vol. 10573, p. 105734K). International Society for Optics and Photonics. 10.1117/12.2294956
  9. Nisbett, W. H., Kavuri, A., Fredette, N. R., & Das, M. (2017, March). On the impact of local image texture parameters on search and localization in digital breast imaging. In Medical Imaging 2017: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment (Vol. 10136, p. 1013607). International Society for Optics and Photonics. 10.1117/12.2256113
Achievements
  • Abstract scholarship, American thoracic society (ATS) conference, Washington DC, 2023.
  • Cullen graduate student success fellowship, University of Houston 2020,2021.
  • Publication highlighted in a Feature article in Nature Review ("X-Ray Images in Full Color",2020).
  • Robert F. Wagner all conference best student paper award, (Image perception Observer performance and technology assessment) SPIE medical imaging 2018.
  • Student scholarship award, American society of Indian Engineers and architects (ASIE), Houston 2018. 
  • Student scholar award, MIPS XVII 2017 conference. 
  • Intel Innovation Award, April 2015 for the idea of extendable display for handheld devices.
  • Intel recognition award, June 2013 for the development of flawlesssoftware interface between GNSS and cellular modem
  • MHRD scholarship for graduate studies, Govt of India (2009-2011).
  • Secured 99.39 percentile in an all-India entrance master’s qualifying exam GATE in 2009.

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