Kenji Suzuki

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Kenji Suzuki

Professor

Machine learningDeep learningComputer-aided diagnosisArtificial intelligenceMedical imaging

Biography

Kenji Suzuki, Ph.D. (by Published Work; Nagoya University) worked at Hitachi Medical Corp., Japan, Aichi Prefectural University, Japan, as a faculty member, and in Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, as Assistant Professor. In 2014, he joined Department of Electric and Computer Engineering and Medical Imaging Research Center, Illinois Institute of Technology, as Associate Professor (Tenured). In 2017, he was jointly appointed in World Research Hub Initiative (WRHI), Institute of Innovative Research (IIR), Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, as Specially Appointed Professor (equivalent to Visiting Professor). He published 330 papers (including 110 peer-reviewed journal papers). He has been actively studying deep learning in medical imaging and computer-aided diagnosis in the past 25 years. His papers were cited more than 13,000 times, and his h-index is 47. He is inventor on 30 patents (including ones of earliest deep-learning patents), which were licensed to several companies and commercialized. He published 11 books and 22 book chapters, and edited 13 journal special issues. He was awarded a number of grants as PI including NIH R01 and ACS. He served as the Editor of a number of leading international journals, including Pattern Recognition and Medical Physics. He served as a referee for 91 international journals such as Science Translational Medicine (IF: 16.8) and Nature Communications (IF: 12.4), an organizer of 62 international conferences, and a program committee member of 170 international conferences. He gave 120 invited talks and keynote speeches at international conferences. He received 26 awards, including Springer-Nature EANM Most Cited Journal Paper Award 2016 and 2017 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.

Research Projects

  • Development and commercialization of early deep learning models that learn images directly (1994)

  • Development of machine learning for separating bone from soft tissue in chest radiographs (2004)

Topics

  • Research Video

  • Dr. Suzuki’s research was featured in an article “Better Medicine Through Machine Learning” in the News section in Communications of the ACM, vol. 55, no.1, pp. 17-19, 2012.

  • Dr. Suzuki’s comments were included in an article “CT Colonography’s Slow Progress” in Radiology Today, vol. 14, no. 3, p. 26, March 2013.

  • Dr. Suzuki’s study was featured in an article “Adding Structure: How to Boost Reporting Efficiency” on HealthImaging.com.

  • Dr. Suzuki’s comments were included in the article “IBM’s Automated Radiologist Can Read Images and Medical Records” in MIT Technology Review.

  • Dr. Suzuki’s comments as a deep learning pioneer were included in the the article “Deep learning poised to revolutionise diagnostic imaging” in one of the most prestigious journals in medicine, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (Impact factor: 19.287).

  • Dr. Suzuki was awarded the prestigious “The 2017 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award” by Marquis Who’s Who for his professional dedication and career longevity in outstanding contributions with notable publications.

  • Dr. Suzuki was awarded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan.
    Awards for Science and Technology (Research Category)

  • Dr. Suzuki Launched New Research Unit.
    BioMedical Artificial Intelligence Research Unit (BMAI)
2001

Research Associate, Kurt Rossmann Laboratories for Radiologic Image Research, Univ. of Chicago
2004

Research Associate (Assistant Professor), Dept. of Radiology, Univ. of Chicago
2006

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Radiology & Graduate Program in Medical Physics & Comprehensive Cancer Center, Univ. of Chicago
2014

Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering & Medical Imaging Research Center, Illinois Institute of Technology
2017

Professor (Specially Appointed), Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2021

Professor, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2003, 2006, 2009

Certificate of Merit Award from RSNA
2010

 IEEE Outstanding Member Award from IEEE Chicago Section
2011

Kurt Rossmann Award for Excellence in Teaching from University of Chicago
2014

The 2014 Best Paper Award from IEICE
2016

The Most Cited Paper Award from EANM and Springer-Nature
2017

Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, Marquis Who’s Who
2020

Radiological Physics and Technology (Springer) The Most Citation Award 2019
2021

Awards for Science and Technology (Research Category),  The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
2003

Suzuki K, et al.: Massive training artificial neural network (MTANN) for reduction of false positives in computerized detection of lung nodules in low-dose CT. Medical Physics 30: 1602-1617, 2003.

Suzuki K, et al.: Neural edge enhancer for supervised edge enhancement from noisy images. IEEE Trans Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence 25: 1582-1596, 2003.
2006

Suzuki K, et al.: Image-processing technique for suppressing ribs in chest radiographs by means of massive training artificial neural network (MTANN). IEEE Trans Medical Imaging 25: 406-416, 2006.
2013

Suzuki K: Machine Learning in Computer-aided Diagnosis of the Thorax and Colon in CT: A Survey. IEICE Trans Information & Systems E96-D: 772-783, 2013 (IEICE Best Paper Award in 2014).
2017

Nima Tajbakhsh and Suzuki K.: Comparing Two Classes of End-to-End Learning Machines for Lung Nodule Detection and Classification: MTANNs vs. CNNs. Pattern Recognition 63: 476–486, 2017.