Biography | Publications
Dr. Blue received his B.S. in Bioengineering from Texas A&M University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1995 and 1997, respectively. His research concentration at RPI involved real-time reconstruction algorithms for three-dimensional electrical impedance imaging, parallel programming techniques, and high performance computing platforms.

After completing his Ph.D., Dr. Blue joined the Computer Graphics and Visualization Program at the General Electric Corporate Research and Development Center, where he focused on developing innovative technology solutions in the area of industrial visualization, principally for GE Aircraft Engines. This work included developing automated path planning and haptic path planning techniques for maintainability analysis and the development of a virtual reality system and automated sequencing algorithms for determining assembly and disassembly sequences for service applications.

Since joining Kitware, Dr. Blue has primarily worked on projects involving 3D structured light systems for reconstructing 3D environments, including automatic system calibration and mapping of 2D data onto the 3D surface.  Dr. Blue has also continued his contribution in the field of haptics, developing a training application (for maintenance of aircraft engines) utilizing dual haptic devices.  More recently, he has worked with Dr. Law and Dr. Schroeder and researchers at Harvard on the Connectome project (http://iic.harvard.edu/projects/connectome.html), developing an application for visualizing and analyzing very large datasets (on the order of terabytes) from high-resolution microscopy.


Publications

Bruno, J.M., R. Blue, J.L. Wampler, Achieving re-use of procedural specifications,, Proceedings of Canadian Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, October 2003.

Wampler, J., J. Bruno, R. Blue, L. Hoebel, Integrating maintainability and data development,, Proceedings of the Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, January 2003.

Volpe, C., and R. Blue, Virtual haptic validation for service manual generation,, Proceedings of Phantom User's Group, 2002.

Wampler, J., R. Blue, C.R. Volpe, P. Rondot, A virtual approach to maintenance manual development,, Concurrent Engineering - Research and Application, Proceedings of the Ninth ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering, July 2002.

Wampler, J., R. Blue, C.R. Volpe, P. Rondot, Service Manual Generation: An automated approach to maintenance manual development,, Proceedings of the 16th Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance Symposium, April 2002.

Blue, R.S., J. Wampler, et al, An automated approach and virtual environment for generating maintenance instructions,, Demonstration at CHI 2002.

Newell, J.C., R.S. Blue, D. Isaacson, G.J. Saulnier and A.S. Ross, Phasic three-dimensional impedance imaging of cardiac activity,, Physiol. Meas. 23:203-209, 2002.

Saulnier, G.J., R.S. Blue, J.C. Newell, D. Isaacson and P.M. Edic, Electrical impedance tomography,, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine 18(6): 31 - 43, 2001.

Blue, R.S., D. Isaacson and J.C. Newell, Real-time three-dimensional electrical impedance imaging,, Physiol. Meas. 21: 1-12, 2000.

Newell, J.C., Y. Peng, P.M. Edic, R.S. Blue, H. Jain and R.T. Newell, Effect of electrode size on impedance images of two- and three-dimensional objects,, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 45(4):531-534, 1998.

Newell, J.C., R.S. Blue, D. Isaacson, G. J. Saulnier and A.S. Ross, Phasic three-dimensional impedance imaging of cardiac activity,, Proc 3rd EPSRC Conf. London, April 2001.

Blue, R.S. D. Isaacson and J.C. Newell, Three dimensional impedance imaging algorithm in cylindrical geometry,, Proc 1st. EPSRC Conf. London. April 1999.

Blue, R.S., D. Isaacson and J.C. Newell, A 3-D impedance imaging algorithm for multiple layers of electrodes,, Proc. Assn. Advan. Med. Instrum. Conf. 1997.

Newell, J.C., D. Isaacson, and R.S. Blue, Regional ventilation and perfusion assessed by electrical impedance imaging,, Proc. IEEE-EMBS Conf. 18:3.4.2-5, 1996.

Pieper, C.F., R. Blue, and A. Pacifico, Simultaneously collected monopolar and discrete bipolar electrograms: comparison of activation time detection algorithms,, Pacing Clin. Electrophysiology, pp. 426-433, 1993.

Pieper, C.F., R. Blue, and A. Pacifico, Influence of time of sampling onset on parameters used for activation time determination in computerized intraoperative mapping,, Pacing Clin. Electrophysiology, pp. 2187-2192, 1991.

Pieper, C.F., R. Blue, and A. Pacifico, Activation time detection algorithms used in computerized intraoperative cardiac mapping: A comparison with manually determined activation times,, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, pp. 388-397, 1991.