Nick Tustison
Professor Of Radiology at University of Virginia
Corona, California, United States
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Top SchoolNick Tustison is a Professor of Radiology and biomedical engineer with 17 years of experience advancing medical image analysis through both academic leadership and deep open-source involvement. Based in Corona, California, he has risen through faculty ranks at the University of Virginia and maintains active researcher roles at UC Irvine and with the NLM Insight Toolkit. His contributions to major projects like ANTs/ANTsPy and ITK focus on registration, segmentation, label fusion, and robust algorithm implementation—work that directly improves reproducibility and performance in neuroimaging pipelines. Comfortable both writing scientific algorithms and tuning production-grade scripts, he blends rigorous mathematical fixes and unit testing with practical command-line tooling. Colleagues know him for tackling tricky numerical issues (even if he jokes about random number generation), and for expanding libraries with thoughtful defaults and simulation support. He holds a D.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and a background in applied physics and computer science.
17 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc., Applied Physics: Computer Science Emphasis, B.Sc., Applied Physics: Computer Science Emphasis at Brigham Young UniversityD.Sc., Biomedical Engineering, D.Sc., Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. LouisM.S., Biomedical Engineering, M.S., Biomedical Engineering at University of Virginia
Spanish, French
Github Skills (21)
image-analysis10
c-language10
python10
scripting10
image-processing10
image10
bash10
script10
image-registration10
image-processor10
neuroimaging10
itk10
sh10
medical-imaging10
shell10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
ANTsX/ANTs
Jun 2009 - Jan 2023
Advanced Normalization Tools (ANTs)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 1669 commits, 229 PRs in 13 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Nick's contributions primarily revolve around modifying and enhancing the `antsMalfLabeling.sh` script, suggesting involvement in the backend aspects of the project. They focused on changes related to image registration, label fusion, and parameter adjustments. The user implemented changes to the command-line interface, performance adjustments, and incorporated fixes for better image analysis and reproducibility. The user also made significant additions to the joint label fusion for the project.
antsnormalizationimage-registrationimage-segmentationmedical-image-processing
ANTsX/ANTsPy
Sep 2019 - Jan 2023
A fast medical imaging analysis library in Python with algorithms for registration, segmentation, and more.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 141 commits, 118 PRs in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Nick primarily contributed to the `antsx/antspy` repository by enhancing existing functionalities and adding new options within the library. Their work focused on the development of core features, including the addition of default values, the option to return a bias field, and the implementation of histogram matching and label overlap measures. Furthermore, the user integrated support for simulating displacement fields, demonstrating a focus on expanding the library's capabilities in medical imaging analysis.
python-bindingspythonnormalizationc-plus-plusmedical-imaging
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