Dr. Kenneth Castleman, Senior Member IEEE, Fellow AIMBE

Adjunct Professor

Email krcastle [at] central.uh.edu

Education

BS Electrical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

MS Electrical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

PhD Electrical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

Professional Experience

Senior Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1970-1985

Lecturer, Caltech, 1971-1972

Research Fellow, USC, 1975

Research Fellow, UCLA 1976

Chairman and CEO, Perceptive Systems, Inc. 1985-1990.

Director of Research, Advanced Digital Imaging Research Inc. 1991-1996.

Awards & Honors

IEEE Senior Member, 2023

Fellow of the AIMBE, 2002

United States Space Foundation, Space Technology Hall of Fame, 1994

Microscopic Imaging Study Section, National Institutes of Health, 2004 – 2007

Engineering Dean’s Advisory Board, The University of Texas at Austin, 2005-2010

External Advisory Committee, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2002- 2010

External Advisory Committee, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 1997-2002

Scientific Working Group on Imaging Technology, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1996-2010

Space Technology Hall of Fame, Space Foundation, 1994

Research Interests

Digital Image Processing

Pattern Recognition

Statistical Analysis

Biomedical Image Processing

Selected Publications

Castleman, K.R., Statistical Investing, KRC Press, 2025 (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2KW4XZK)

Castleman, K.R., and F. Merchant, Microscope Image Processing, 2^nd Ed., Academic Press, 2023

Castleman, K.R., Q. Wu, and F. Merchant, Microscope Image Processing, 1^st Ed., Academic Press, 2008

Castleman, K.R., Digital Image Processing, 2^nd Ed., Prentice-Hall, 1996

Castleman, K.R., Digital Image Processing, 1^st Ed., Prentice-Hall, 1979

Castleman, K.R., “Color Image Processing”, The Encyclopedia of Imaging Science and Technology, (J.P. Hornak, Ed.), John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York 2002.

Castleman, K.R., “Sampling, Resolution, and Digital Image Processing in the Spatial and Fourier Domains”, Chapter 11 in Alberto Diaspro, Ed., Confocal and Two-Photon Microscopy, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 2002 (237-251).

Castleman, K.R., “Camera Technologies” in Durack, G., and Robinson, J.P., eds., Emerging Tools for Cell Analysis: Advances in Optical Measurement, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1999.

Castleman, K.R., “Multiple Color Fluorescence Imaging in Microscopy”, Chapter 14 in Alberto Diaspro, Ed., Confocal and Two-Photon Microscopy, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 2002 (285-297).

Castleman, K.R., “Image Analysis: Quantitative Interpretation of Chromosome Images” in Bladock, R., and Graham, J., eds., Image Processing and Analysis: A Practical Approach, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1999.

Wu, Q., Castleman, K. R., “Wavelet-Based Enhancement of Human Chromosome Images”, Proc. IEEE EMBS’98, 1998.

Castleman, K.R., Schulze, M. A., Wu, Q., “Simplified Design of Steerable Pyramid Filters”, Proc. IEEE ISCAS’98, 1998.

Castleman, Kenneth R. “Concepts in Imaging and Microscopy: Color Image Processing for Microscopy”, Biol. Bull. 194:100-107 (April, 1998).

Lawton, Teri A., Sebag, Jerry, Sadun, Alfredo, A. and Castleman, K. R. “Image Enhancement Improves Reading Performance in Age-Related Macular Degeneration Patients”, Vision Res. 38:153-162 (1998).

Castleman, K.R. “Cameras” (Unit 2.8) in P. Dean and L. Wheeless, Eds. Current Protocols in Cytometry, Wiley (1997).

Castleman, K.R. “Two-dimensional Image Processing and Analysis” (Unit 10.7) in P. Dean and L. Wheeless, Eds. Current Protocols in Cytometry, Wiley (1997).

Castleman, K.R. “Digital Imaging-Historical Perspective” Proceedings of the FBI-Sponsored Seminar on Digital Imaging in Law Enforcement, Las Vegas, (1997).

Castleman, K.R. “Color Compensation for Digitized FISH Images”, Bioimaging,1:159-165 (1993).

Castleman, K.R. “Measuring Jitter in Digitized Images”, Bioimaging1:17‑19 (1993).

Castleman, K.R., Price, K. H. and White, B. S. “Effect of Random Abnormal Cell Proportion on Specimen Classifier Performance”, Cytometry 14:1‑8 (1993).

Castleman, K.R. ”Resolution and Sampling Requirements for Digital Image Processing, Analysis and Display” (Chap. 3) in D. H. Shotton, ed., Electronic Light Microscopy, Wiley‑Liss, New York (1993).

Castleman, K.R. “The PSI Automated Metaphase Finder”, Journal of Radiation Research (Japan) 33:S124‑S128 (1992).

Castleman, K.R. “Spatial and Photometric Resolution and Calibration Requirements for Cell Image Analysis”, Appl. Optics. 26:3338‑3342 (1987).

Castleman, K.R., “Estimation of Sampling Errors”, Cytometry, 6(3):276-277 (1985).

Castleman, K.R. and Winkler, D.G., “Quantitative Analysis of Microscope Images”, Proc. Int. Soc. of Optical Engineering, 504:196-201 (1984).

Castleman, K.R. “Quantitative Muscle Biopsy Analysis”, Monogr. Clin. Cytol., 9:101-116 (1984).

Castleman, K. R. et. al. A Pipeline Multiprocessor Architecture for High-Speed Cell Image Analysis IEEE‑CAPAIDM:52‑54 (1983).

Castleman, K.R. and White, B. “The Effect of Abnormal Cell Proportion on Specimen Classifier Performance”, Cytometry 2:155‑158 (1981).

White, B. S. and Castleman, K.R. “Estimating Cell Populations”, Pattern Recognition 13:365‑370 (1981).

Gregor, R.J., Edgerton, V.R., Rozenek, R. and Castleman, K.R.….“Skeletal Muscle Properties and Performance in Elite Female Track Athletes”, Eur. J. Appl. Physiol. 47(4):355-364 (1981).

Castleman, K.R. and White, B.S. “Optimizing Cervical Cell Classifiers”, Analytical and Quantitative Cytology. 2:117‑122 (1980).

Castleman, K.R. and White, B.S. “Optimizing Cervical Specimen Classifiers”, IEEE Trans. on PAMI. PAMI‑2:451‑457 (1980).

Castleman, K.R. and White, B.S. “The Tradeoff of Cell Classifier Error Rates”, Cytometry 1:156‑160 (1980).

Castleman, K.R. and Wall, R.J. “Automatic Systems for Chromosome Identification”, Nobel 23: 77-84 (1973).