Courses
IM3302 Systems Analysis & Design
IMM236 Image Processing
IMM128 Medical Imaging
SBM448 Enterprise Project Management
SBM429 Object-Oriented System Analysis and Design

Research Interests
Medical Imaging, Computer Vision ,Biomedical Informatics ,Image Processing

Academic Degrees
Ph.D. Computer Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2000

Honors and Awards
Chang Gung University Teachers Award (in category of Research), 2014
Chang Gung Medical Research Fellowship (Aug. 2002~July, 2005)
2000 Research Award, National Science Council, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Best Paper Award, “Exploration of Extracted Geometrical Information From 3D Vascular Images,” Medical Informatics Symposium in Taiwan (MIST2000), Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 26-29, 2000.
Included in Marquis Who's Who, Who's Who in the World, Science and Engineering, Who's Who in Finance and Business

Journal Referee
Information Sciences, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Placenta

Professional Experiences
Chair, Alumni Affairs Committee, Chang Gung University (2013~)
Section Head, Career Services, Overseas Chinese & Foreign Students Advising Section, Chang Gung University (2012~)
Associate Professor and Head, Department of Information Management, Chang Gung University (2007~2011)
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Chang Gung University (2003~2007)
Assistant Professor, Department of Information Management, Chang Gung University (2000~2003)

Affliations
Member, IEEE Computer Society
Member, SPIE
Member, Image Processing and Pattern Recognition (IPPR Taiwan Chapter)
 

Journal Articles

Shih-Wei Lin, Kuo-Ching Ying, and Shu-Yen Wan, “Minimizing the Total Service Time of Discrete Dynamic Berth Allocation Problem by an Iterated Greedy Heuristic,” Scientific World Journal, vol. 2014, article ID 218925, 12 pages, 2014. DOI: 10.1155/2014/218925 (SCI IF2013=1.219).

Shu-Yen Wan, Che-Yao Chang, Chun-Ling Wang, and Kun-Ju Lin, “Stateless Two-Stage Multiple Criteria Scheduling in Nuclear Medicine," Mathematical Problems in Engineering, vol. 2014, article ID: 646249, 6 pages, 2014. DOI: 10.1155/2014/646249. (SCI IF2012=1.383)

Wen-Chung Chiang, Hsiu-Hsia Lin, Chiung-Shing Huang, Lun-Jou Lo, and Shu-Yen Wan*, “The Cluster Assessment of Facial Attractiveness Using Fuzzy Neural Network Classifier Based on 3D Moire Features,” Pattern Recognition, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 1249-1260, 2014. DOI: 10.1016/j.patcog.2013.09.007.  (SCI IF2012=2.63) (NSC-97-2221-E-182-037-MY3, NSC-101-2221-E-182-013)

Shu-Yen Wan, “Analysis of Tubular Structures in 3-D CT Images Using Parallelizable Segmentation,” International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering, vol. 3, no. 12, pp. 291-296, 2013.

Hsiu-Hsia Lin, Wen-Chung Chiang, Lun-Jou Lo, Sam Sheng-Pin Hsu, Chien-Hsuan Wang, and Shu-Yen Wan*, “Artifact-Resistant Superimposition of Digital Dental Models and Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Images,” Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, vol. 71, no. 11, pp. 1933-1947, 2013. (SCI IF2012=1.33) (NSC-97-2221-E-182-037-MY3, NSC-101-2221-E-182-013)

Hong-Wen Kao, Shih-Wei Lin, and Shu-Yen Wan, “Applying Decision Tree to Predict Nursing Turnover – A Case Study in a Public Hospital,” The Journal of Taiwan Association for Medical Informatics, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 15-30, 2012. (NSC-97-2221-E-182-037-MY3).

Chia-Fone Lee, Gen-Jia Li, Shu-Yen Wan, Wen-Jeng Lee, Kai-yuan Tzen, Chiung-Hsiang Chen, Yu-Lin Song, Yuan-Fang Chou, Yuh-Shyang Chen, and Tien-Chen Liu, “Registration of micro-CT and histology images of the guinea pig cochlea to construct ear model using iterative closest point algorithm,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 1719-1727, 2010. (SCI IF2012=2.605) (NSC-96-2221-E-182-042,NSC- 97-2221-E-182-037-MY3)

Jiann-Der Lee, Shu-Yen Wan, and Rui-Feng Wu, “A Hybrid Compression Model for Clusters of Similar Medical Images,” Biomedical Engineering, Applications, Basis, and Communication, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 38-45, Feb. 2003. (EI)

Cherng-Min Ma, Shu-Yen Wan, and Jiann-Der Lee, “3D Topology Preserving Reduction on the 4-Subfields,” IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 1594-1605, 2002. (SCI IF2012=4.795) (NSC89-2213-E-182-013)

Shu-Yen Wan, Cherng-Min Ma, Eric Nung, Chih-Wei Chen, and Chia-Yu Hsu, “Development Of Embeddable Real-Time Image Analysis Assistant – Using Tubular Medical Images As The Example,” Journal of Taiwan Association for Medical Informatics, no. 15, pp. 1-16, Sept. 2002. (NSC-89-2314-B-182-147-M08; NSC-90-2314-B-182-093)

Cherng-Min Ma, Shu-Yen Wan, and H.K. Chang, “Extracting Medial Curves On 3D Images,” Pattern Recognition Letters, vol. 23, no. 8, pp. 895-904, 2002. (SCI IF2012=1.266) (NSC89-2213-E-182-013)

Jiann-Der Lee, Shu-Yen Wan*, and Cherng-Min Ma, “Inter-Slice Interpolation of Anisotropic 3-D Medical Images Using Multi-resolution Contour Correlation,” in Medical Imaging 2002: Image Processing, Milan Sonka, J. Michael Fitzpatrick, Editors, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4684, pp. 1112-1122 (2002). (EI)

Cherng-Min Ma and Shu-Yen Wan, “Thinning On 2D Gray-Level Images,” in Medical Imaging 2002: Image Processing, Milan Sonka, J. Michael Fitzpatrick, Editors, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4684, pp. 893-900 (2002). (EI) (NSC89-2213-E-182-013)

Jiann-Der Lee, Shu-Yen Wan, and In-Kai Hung, “Design and Implementation of a PC-based Multimedia Biosignal integration system,” Biomedical Engineering, Applications, Basis, and Communication, vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 12-20, Dec. 2001. (EI)

Cherng-Min Ma and Shu-Yen Wan, “A Medial-Surface Oriented 3-D Two-Subfield Thinning Algorithm,” Pattern Recognition Letters, vol. 22, no. 13, pp. 1439-1446, 2001. (SCI IF2012=1.266) (NSC89-2213-E-182-013)

Shu-Yen Wan, Erik L. Ritman, and William E. Higgins, "(N)-furcation Analysis and Visualization of Large 3D Vascular Images," SPIE Medical Imaging 2001: Image Processing, Milan Sonka and Kenneth M. Hanson ed., SPIE Proceedings, vol. 4322, pp. 766-775, 2001. (EI)

Shu-Yen Wan, Cherng-Min Ma, Erik L. Ritman, and William E. Higgins, “Exploration of The Vascular Geometry in 3D CT Images,” Journal of Taiwan Association for Medical Informatics, no. 12, pp. 15-26, Dec. 2000. (NSC-89-2314-B-182-147-M08)

Shu-Yen Wan, Patricia E. Lund, Denise A. Reyes, Catherine, A. Seaman, William E. Higgins, and Erik L. Ritman, “Heterogeneity of Coronary Arterial Branching Geometry,” SPIE Medical Imaging 2000: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, A. Clough and C.T. Chen eds., SPIE Proceedings, vol. 3978, pp. 515-520, 2000. (EI)

Anthony J. Sherbondy, Atilla P. Kiraly, Allen L. Austin, James P. Helferty, Shu-Yen Wan, Janice Z Turlington, Tao Yang, Chao Zhang, Eric A. Hoffman, Geoffrey McLennan and W.E. Higgins, “Virtual Bronchoscopic Approach for Combining 3D CT and Endoscopic Video,” SPIE Medical Imaging 2000: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, A. Clough and C.T. Chen ed., SPIE Proceedings, vol. 3978, pp. 104-116, 2000. (EI)

W.E. Higgins, A.J. Sherbondy, J.P. Helferty, A.P. Kiraly, G. McLennan, E.A. Hoffman, A.L. Austin, J.Z. Turlington, and Shu-Yen Wan, “PC-based system for automated quantitative virtual bronchoscopy,” Radiology, vol. 213(P), Nov. 1999. (SCI 5.996)

Shu-Yen Wan, Erik L. Ritman, and William E. Higgins, “Extraction and analysis of large vascular networks in 3D Micro CT images,” SPIE Medical Imaging 1999: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, A. Clough and C.T. Chen, ed., SPIE Proceedings vol. 3660, pp. 322-334, 1999. (EI)

Conference Papers

Chun-Fu Wang and Shu-Yen Wan, “Three-Dimensional Model Reconstruction for Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery,” in Proceedings of International Multi-conference on Computer Science and Information Technology (IMCSIT 2009), vol. 4, pp. 435-440 (IEEE Catalog Number CFP0964E), Aug. 23-25, 2009, Poland.

Chun-Fu Wang and Shu-Yen Wan, “Feature-based Craniofacial Reconstruction for Cleft Lip and Palate,” in Proceedings of Computer Vision, Graphics, Image Processing (CVGIP 2009), Aug. 23-25, 2009, Taiwan.

Chih-Nan Chen and Shu-Yen Wan, “Semi-automatic Identification of Recognition of Tooth Neural Canal,” in Proceedings of Computer Vision, Graphics, Image Processing (CVGIP 2007), Aug. 19-21, 2007, Taiwan.

Yu-Hsuen Yang and Shu-Yen Wan, “Preliminary Development of A NUSS Surgical Planning System for the Symmetric Funnel Chest,” in Proceedings of Computer Vision, Graphics, Image Processing (CVGIP 2007), Aug. 19-21, 2007, Taiwan.

Li-Ying Wang and Shu-Yen Wan, “Soft-Tissue Prediction and Reconstruction After Craniofacial Surgery,” in Proceedings of Computer Vision, Graphics, Image Processing (CVGIP 2007), Aug. 19-21, 2007, Taiwan.

Jung-Tai Chen, Duncan Fyfe Gillies, Shu-Yen Wan, and Jiann-Der Lee, “The Performance Comparison of Longitudinal Volumetric Change Quantifications with Aging Brain,” in Proceedings of Computer Vision, Graphics, Image Processing (CVGIP 2006), Aug. 14-15, 2006, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

Ming-Cong Weng and Shu-Yen Wan, “3D Path Extraction of Tubular Structures in Medical Images for Virtual Endoscopy,” in Proceedings of Computer Vision, Graphics, Image Processing (CVGIP 2006), Aug. 14-15, 2006, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

Shu-Yen Wan and Chian-Hung Hou, “Synergy of Symmetric Region Grow and Active Contour in Reconstruction of 3D Rat,” IEEE International Symposium on Computer Based Medical Systems (CBMS2006), June 22-23, Salt Lake City, U.S., 2006.

Li-Wen Chao, Chih-Esien Chen, and Shu-Yen Wan, “Hybrid Segmentation and Modeling in Identifying Abnormal Structures in 3D Ultrasonic Images,” Computer Vision, Graphics, Image Processing (CVGIP 2005), Aug. 21-23, 2005, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Chian-Hung Hou and Shu-Yen Wan, “Reconstruction of 3D Rat From Images Captured By Inexpensive Digital Camera,” Computer Vision, Graphics, Image Processing (CVGIP 2005), Aug. 21-23, 2005, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Shu-Yen Wan, Jung-Tai Chen, and Shu-Hung Yeh, “Efficient Fuzzy-Connectedness Segmentation Using Symmetric Convolution and Adaptive Thresholding,” in 2004 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP2004), Oct. 24-27, 2004, Singapore.

Jun-Ming Shih, Yu-Chun Hsu, and Shu-Yen Wan, “Digital Image Archiving and Retrieval for Chinese Jades,” Computer Vision, Graphics, Image Processing (CVGIP 2004), Aug. 15-16, 2004, Hua Lien, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Shu-Hung Yeh and Shu-Yen Wan, “Symmetric Fuzzy-Connectedness Segmentation on Medical Images,” Computer Vision, Graphics, Image Processing (CVGIP 2004), Aug. 15-16, 2004, Hua Lien, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Ming-Shou Chen, Yi-Ting Wang, and Shu-Yen Wan*, “以特徵值儲存擷取影像資料庫之實作與設計,” in Proceedings of 第三屆台塑關係企業應用技術研討會, Dec. 19, 2003, Chang Gung University, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Jung-Tai Chen and Shu-Yen Wan*, “Adaptive Threshold Selection of Fuzzy Connectedness Segmentation,” in Proceedings of 16th IPPR Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing (CVGIP 2003), pp. 676-683, Aug. 17-19, 2003, Kinmen, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Kun-Chang Yu, Erik L. Ritman, Atilla P. Kiraly, Shu-Yen Wan, Mair Zamir, and William E. Higgins, “Toward Reliable Multi-Generational Analysis of Anatomical Trees in 3D High-Resolution CT Images,” in Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5031 Medical Imaging 2003: Physiology and Function – Methods, Systems, and Applications, edited by A. Clough and A. Amini, (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2003) pp. 178-186.

Cherng-Min Ma, Shu-Yen Wan, and Jiann-Der Lee, “Skeletonization on 3D tree-embedded graphs,” in Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5032 Medical Imaging 2003: Image Processing, edited by Milan Sonka, J. Michael Fitzpatrick, (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2003), pp. 288-295. (EI)

Jiann-Der Lee, Shu-Yen Wan, Cherng-Min Ma, and Yu-Sheng Lin, “以區域成長分析與視覺化三維血管架構,” in 2002 Biomedical Engineering Conference, Dec. 24-25, 2002, Kaoshung, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Shu-Yen Wan, Cherng-Min Ma, Jung-Tai Chen, and Jiann-Der Lee, “Cross-Section Area Analysis for Tubular Structures in 3-D CT Images Using Separable Region-Growing Techniques,” Computer Vision, Graphics, Image Processing (CVGIP 2002), pp. 25, Aug. 25-27, 2002, Hsing Chu, Taiwan.

Cherng-Min Ma, Shu-Yen Wan, Jiann-Der Lee, and Ya-Lin Cheng, “Automatic tree-structures extraction from tree-oriented graphs,” Computer Vision, Graphics, Image Processing (CVGIP 2002), pp. 41-32, Aug. 25-27, 2002, Hsing Chu, Taiwan.

Jiann-Der Lee, Shu-Yen Wan, Cherng-Min Ma, and Rui-Feng Wu, “Compressing Sets of Similar Images Using Hybrid Compressing Model,” IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME), Aug. 26-29, 2002, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Jiann-Der Lee, Shu-Yen Wan*, and Cherng-Min Ma, “Inter-Slice Interpolation of Anisotropic 3-D Medical Images Using Multi-resolution Contour Correlation,” in SPIE International Medical Imaging Symposium: Image Processing 2002, pp. 90, Feb. 23-28, 2002, San Diego, CA, USA.

Cherng-Min Ma and Shu-Yen Wan, “Thinning On 2D Gray-Level Images,” in SPIE International Medical Imaging Symposium: Image Processing 2002, pp. 85, Feb. 23-28, 2002, San Diego, CA, USA.

Shu-Yen Wan, Cherng-Min Ma, and Eric Nung, “Multi-dimensional Image Segmentation Using Seed-Invariant Region Growing,” in Proceedings of National Computer Symposium 2001, pp. D269-D279, Dec. 20-21, 2001, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Eric Nung, Chih-Wei Chen, and Shu-Yen Wan,* “Preliminary Development of The Image-Analysis Assistant (IAA) for A Medical Information System,” in Proceedings of Medical Informatics Symposium in Taiwan (MIST 2001), pp. 199-205, Oct. 27-28, 2001, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Shu-Yen Wan and Eric Nung, “Seed-invariant Region Growing: Its Properties and Applications to 3-D Medical CT Images,” 2001 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP2001), vol. 1, pp. 710-713, Oct. 7-10, 2001, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Shu-Yen Wan, Cherng-Min Ma, Eric Nung, and Chih-Wei Chen, “Computer-Aided Assessment of Tubular Structures in 3-D Medical Images,” Computer Vision, Graphics, Image Processing (CVGIP 2001), pp. 111, Aug. 19-21, 2001, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Cherng-Min Ma, Shu-Yen Wan, “O(n) Sufficient Conditions for 3D Reduction Operations to Preserve Topology,” Computer Vision, Graphics, Image Processing (CVGIP 2001), pp. 2, Aug. 19-21, 2001, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Shu-Yen Wan, Erik L. Ritman, and William E. Higgins, “Multigenerational Analysis and Visualization of Large 3D Vascular Images,” SPIE International Medical Imaging Symposium: Image Processing 2001, 4322-83, Feb. 17-22, 2001, San Diego, CA, USA.

Shu-Yen Wan, Erik L. Ritman, and William E. Higgins, “Exploration of Extracted Geometrical Information From 3D Vascular Images,” winner, Best Paper Award, Medical Informatics Symposium in Taiwan 2000 (MIST 2000), pp. 181-185, Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 26-29, 2000.

Shu-Yen Wan and William E. Higgins, “Symmetric Region Growing,” 2000 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP2000), vol. 2, pp. 96-99, Sep. 10-13, 2000, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Shu-Yen Wan, Patricia E. Lund, Denise A. Reyes, Catherine, A. Seaman, William E. Higgins, and Erik L. Ritman, “Heterogeneity of Coronary Arterial Branching Geometry,” SPIE International Medical Imaging Symposium 2000: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, 3978-57, Feb. 12-17, 2000, San Diego, CA, USA.

Anthony J. Sherbondy, Atilla P. Kiraly, Allen L. Austin, James P. Helferty, Shu-Yen Wan, Janice Z Turlington, Tao Yang, Chao Zhang, Eric A. Hoffman, Geoffrey McLennan and W.E. Higgins, “Virtual Bronchoscopic Approach for Combining 3D CT and Endoscopic Video,” SPIE International Medical Imaging Symposium 2000: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, 3978-12, Feb. 12-17, 2000, San Diego, CA, USA.

W.E. Higgins, E.A. Hoffman, G. McLennan, A.L. Austin, J.P. Helferty, A.P. Kiraly, A.J. Sherbondy, J.Z. Turlington, and Shu-Yen Wan, “Synergistic CT-Bronchoscopy for Lung-Cancer Assessment,” NIH Biomedical Imaging Symposium (BECON): Visualizing the Future of Biology and Medicine, Bethesda, MD, 25-26 Jun., 1999.

Shu-Yen Wan, Erik L. Ritman, and William E. Higgins, “Extraction and analysis of large vascular networks in 3D Micro CT images,” SPIE International Medical Imaging Symposium 1999: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, 3660-35, Feb. 20-26, 1 999, San Diego, CA, USA.