Carson Wick, PhD
carson@carsonwick.com
    • Highly ambitious researcher in the field of digital signal processing and algorithm development. Interested in creating new techniques and applications for signal acquisition and analysis, particularly in the biomedical and user-generated data fields. Enjoys learning, rock climbing, and tinkering.
    • Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA, USA, 2003–2014
      • PhD Electrical Engineering, 2014
      • MS Electrical Engineering, 2007
      • BS Electrical Engineering, 2006
    • University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 2002–2003
      • Concurrent enrollment during high school
    • Areas
      • Digital Signal Processing
      • Algorithm Development
      • Biomedical Signal Processing
    • Technical Skills
      • MATLAB
      • R
      • Arduino
      • LaTeX
    • Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine
      Postdoctoral Fellow Atlanta, GA, USA, 2014–Present
      • Advisor — Professor Srini Tridandapani
      • Study cardiac quiescence as observed by seismocardiography, echocardiography, and computed tomography
      • Quantify intersubject variability of cardiac quiescence for both healthy and unhealthy patients
      • Assist in the devlopment of point of care technology to attach patient photographs to radiology studies
    • The SWEETLab, Portland State University
      Adjunct Researcher Portland, OR, USA, Summer 2014
      • Developed techniques to quantify usage of remotely sensed water filters in Africa
      • Created algorithms to montior usage and functionality of remotely sensed water well pumps in Africa
    • Center for Signal and Information Processing, Georgia Institute of Technology
      Graduate Research Assistant Atlanta, GA, USA, 2006–2014
      • Advisors — Professors James H. McClellan and Srini Tridandapani
      • Developed algorithms to characterize cardiac quiescence from seismocardiography, echocardiography, and computed tomography
      • Studied impact of cardiac motion on diagnostic quality of computed tomography coronary angiography
    • DSP Solutions R&D Center, Texas Instruments
      PhD Intern Dallas, TX, USA, Summer 2008 and 2009
      • Developed modeling techniques for nonlinear RF power amplifiers
      • Createed feedback channel speartion algorithm for use in digital communciation systems
    • Advanced Materials and Devices Group, Georgia Institute of Technology
      Undergraduate Research Assistant Atlanta, GA, USA, 2004–2006
      • Advisor — Professor Russell D. Dupuis
      • Worked in and helped maintain a MOCVD fab cleanroom
    • Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing
      Math and Science Tutor Atlanta, GA, USA, 2003–2004
      • Tutored Atlanta area middle school students in math and science
      • Instructed two classes of high school students in math and science biweekly at Atlanta Metropolitan College
    • Thesis
      • C. A. Wick, "Detection and prediction of cardiac quiescence for computed tomography coronary angiography," Ph.D. dissertation, ECE, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2014.
    • Patents
      • F. A. Mujica, C. A. Wick, L. Ding, M. Borkar, and R. Sperlich, "Sytem and method for estimating a transmit channel response and/or a feedback channel response using frequency shifting," U.S. Patent 8 306 150, Nov 6, 2012.
    • Papers
      • C. A. Wick, J.-J. Su, O. Brand, J. H. McClellan, P. T. Bhatti, and S. Tridandapani, "A trimodal system for the acquisition of synchronous echocardiography, electrocardiography, and seismocardiography data," presented at the 2011 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2011, pp. 6911–6914.
      • C. A. Wick, J.-J. Su, J. H. McClellan, O. Brand, P. T. Bhatti, A. L. Buice, A. E. Stillman, X. Tang, and S. Tridandapani, "A system for seismocardiography-based identification of quiescent heart phases: implications for cardiac imaging," IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 869–877, 2012.
      • C. A. Wick, J. H. McClellan, L. Ravichandran, and S. Tridandapani, "An active contour based method for analyzing cardiac quiescence from echocardiography," presented at the 2012 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2012, pp. 4071–4074.
      • L. Ravichandran, C. A. Wick, and S. Tridandapani, "Detection of quiescent phases in echocardiography data using non-linear filtering and boundary detection," presented at the 2012 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2012, pp. 1562–1565.
      • C. A. Wick, J. H. McClellan, L. Ravichandran, and S. Tridandapani, "Detection of cardiac quiescence from B-mode echocardiography using a correlation-based frame-to-frame deviation measure," IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, vol. 1, 2013.
      • L. Ravichandran, C. Harless, A. J. Shah, C. A. Wick, J. H. McClellan, and S. Tridandapani, "Novel Tool for Complete Digitization of Paper Electrocardiography Data," IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, vol. 1, 2013.
      • E. Thomas, Z. Zumr, J. Graf, C. A. Wick, J. McCellan, Z. Imam, C. Barstow, K. Spiller, and M. Fleming, "Remotely accessible instrumented monitoring of global development programs: technology development and validation," Sustainability, vol. 5, no. 8, pp. 3288–3301, 2013.
      • C. A. Wick, J. H. McClellan, O. T. Inan, and S. Tridandapani, "Seismocardiography-based detection of cardiac quiescence for cardiac computed tomography angiography," presented at the 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2014, pp. 6080–6084.
      • L. Ravichandran, C. A. Wick, J. H. McClellan, T. Liu, and S. Tridandapani, "Detection of quiescent cardiac phases in echocardiography data using nonlinear filtering and boundary detection techniques," Journal of Digital Imaging, 2014.
      • C. A. Wick, J. H. McClellan, C. D. Arepalli, T. S. Henry, F. Khosa, A. M. Coy, and S. Tridandapani, "Characterization of cardiac quiescence from retrospective cardiac computed tomography using a correlation-based phase-to-phase deviation measure," Medical Physics, 2015.
      • C. A. Wick, O. T. Inan, J. H. McClellan, and S. Tridandapani, "Seismocardiography-Based Detection of Cardiac Quiescence.," Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2015.
    • Presentations
      • C. A. Wick, J. H. McClellan, A. E. Stillman, and S. Tridandapani, "A preliminary evaluation of the potential of seismocardiography as a gating tool for cardiac computed tomography," presented at the NASCI's 2011 Annual Meeting, 2011.
      • C. A. Wick, J. H. McClellan, O. Brand, P. T. Bhatti, A. E. Stillman, and S. Tridandapani, "Variation between electrocardiographic and seismocardiographic signatures: implications for cardiac computed tomographic gating," presented at the 2011 AMA-IEEE Medical Technology Conference, 2011.
      • C. A. Wick, J. H. McClellan, L. Ravichandran, and S. Tridandapani, "Comparison of active contour tracking and tissue Doppler imaging to assess myocardial velocity for cardiac CT gating," presented at the Translational Engineering in Health & Medicine, 2012 IEEE Healthcare Innovaiton Conference, 2012.
      • C. A. Wick, J. H. McClellan, and S. Tridandapani, "Identification and variability of cardiac quiescence using B-mode echocardiography data: a path toward ultrasound-based gating for cardiac computed tomography," presented at the NASCI's 2012 Annual Meeting, 2012.