Background:
Ruchi received a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree from the University of Mumbai in August 2008, and completed an M.S. at the University of Southern California under the Department of Biomedical Engineering in 2010. She was awarded the Viterbi School of Engineering’s fellowship to pursue a PhD in 2010.
Ruchi joined IPI Lab in 2009 as a graduate summer intern and is currently working on her PhD thesis as well as several other projects. Her research interests include radiotherapy informatics, application of data mining in healthcare for decision support and medical image processing.
Degrees:
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, 2016
Master of Science (M.S.), Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, 2010
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Instrumentation Engineering, University of Mumbai, 2008
Professional Memberships:
Student Member, The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
Projects:
Current Projects
Data Mining for decision support in Radiation Oncology
An electronic patient record (ePR) for decision support in rehabilitation engineering
Previous Projects
An ROC study for a new 3-D breast imaging technology versus 2-D
Radiation toxicity module in an electronic patient record (ePR) for decision support in Proton Therapy for Prostate Cancer
A Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) study for Fujis Computer-Assisted Reading Protocol in reading mammograms
A Stand-Alone Computer Aided Detection (CAD) system for Acute Intra-Cranial Hemorrhage
Selected Conference Proceedings and Publications:
Peer Reviewed Publications
Deshpande R., Zhou A., Zhang J., et. al.: Role of an imaging informatics-based DICOM-RT cancer registry in evaluating treatment plan parameters of IMRT for prostate cancer, SPIE Medical Imaging Conference Proceedings, Volume 8674 (2013)
Ma K., Reddy N., Deshpande R., et. al.: Integration of imaging informatics-based multiple sclerosis eFolder system for multi-site clinical trials utilizing IHE workflow profiles, SPIE Medical Imaging Conference Proceedings, Volume 8674 (2013)
Fernandez J., Deshpande R., Larsen L., et. al.: Comparison of 2D versus 3D mammography with screening cases: An Observer Study, SPIE Medical Imaging Conference Proceedings, Volume 8318 (2012)
Deshpande R., Requejo P., Sutisna E., et al.: A web-based electronic patient record (ePR) system for data integration in movement analysis research on wheel-chair users to minimize shoulder pain, SPIE Medical Imaging Conference Proceedings, Volume 8318 (2012)
Deshpande R., DeMarco J., Low D., et. al.: Data mining DICOM RT objects for quality control in radiation oncology, SPIE Medical Imaging Conference Proceedings, Volume 8318 (2012)
Moin P, Deshpande R, Sayre J, Messer E, Gupte S, et. al.: An Observer Study for a Computer-Aided Reading Protocol (CARP) in the Screening Environment for Digital Mammography, Acad Radiol. 2011 Nov;18(11):1420-9. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2011.07.003
Fernandez J, Deshpande R, Wang X, Liu B, Brazaitis M, et al (2011) Evaluation of a stand-alone computer-aided detection system for acute intra-cranial hemorrhage in emergency environments, SPIE Medical Imaging Conference Proceedings, Volume 7967, DOI: 10.1117/12.878620
Deshpande R, Fernandez J, Lee J, et al. (2010) Multi-site evaluation of a computer aided detection (CAD) algorithm for small acute intra-cranial hemorrhage and development of a stand-alone CAD system ready for deployment in a clinical environment, SPIE Medical Imaging Conference Proceedings, Volume 7628, DOI: 10.1117/12.844833
Le A, Deshpande R, Liu B (2010) Decision support tools for proton therapy ePR: intelligent treatment planning navigator and radiation toxicity tool for evaluating of prostate cancer treatment, SPIE Medical Imaging Conference Proceedings, Colume 7628, DOI: 10.1117/12.844812