Scientific and Industrial Instrumentation

Image Analysis Visualization and Bioinformatics

Academic Groups

Group Coordinator

Jorge Alberto Márquez Flores
Jorge Alberto Márquez-Flores

Member of the academic staff

Members of the Academic Staff

Jorge Alberto Márquez-Flores Leticia Vega-Alvarado

Our group performs applied research in the fields of Image Processing and Analysis, in two and three dimensions, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Scientific Visualization and Bioinformatics. We develop solutions for a wide variety of applications in Biology, Medical and Physical Sciences (especially in Geology, and Neurobiology, at present), among others. We work on algorithms to extract, analyze and model data in one or more dimensions, also to build representative models of different kinds of data series and structures; we design digital phantoms to validate analysis methods and algorithms for measuring features on discrete-data volumes. We also study innovative methods in image processing and analysis, mainly for assessing morphological features, comprising characterization of shape and morphometry, textural and color analysis. We also widely use concepts and tools from Mathematical Morphology.  On the other hand, we carry out scientific and technological research in the area of bioinformatics in the development of projects related to the “omics” sciences, mainly genomics, transcriptomics and metagenomics, for the massive analysis of data.

Pial surface (brin cortex) and the right central sulcus- Color labels is the local width. We also designed a 3D tortuosity descriptor. PhD thessis of Julieta Mateos ( advisor JM).
Pial surface (brin cortex) and the right central sulcus- Color labels is the local width. We also designed a 3D tortuosity descriptor. PhD thessis of Julieta Mateos ( advisor JM).
Parametrical maps of the local depth (or width) of the brain cortex, using the external Euclidean Distance Transform of the white matter, displayed on the surface of the gray matter. Master thesis of the BSc Juan Velázquez (advisor JM).
Parametrical maps of the local depth (or width) of the brain cortex, using the external Euclidean Distance Transform of the white matter, displayed on the surface of the gray matter. Master thesis of the BSc Juan Velázquez (advisor JM).
Computational phantom for modeling variation features in the inner width of complex shapes and for validating Local-maxima detection algorithms. Color indicates the local radius as half the local width. Form te PhD thesis of MSc Julieta Mateos (advisor JM).
Computational phantom for modeling variation features in the inner width of complex shapes and for validating Local-maxima detection algorithms. Color indicates the local radius as half the local width. Form te PhD thesis of MSc Julieta Mateos (advisor JM).
Lesion segmentation in mammographies with enhanced contrast energy subtraction, combing textural descriptors. From the master thesis of Julieta Mateos (advisor JM).
Lesion segmentation in mammographies with enhanced contrast energy subtraction, combing textural descriptors. From the master thesis of Julieta Mateos (advisor JM).
IDEAMEX Integrated Differential Expression Analysis MultiEXperiment (http://www.uusmb.unam.mx/ideamex/). WEB server to perform differential expression analyses of RNA-Seq. Jiménez-Jacinto V, Sanchez-Flores A and Vega-Alvarado L (2019). Front. Genet. Vol 11, pg 279. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2019.00279
IDEAMEX Integrated Differential Expression Analysis MultiEXperiment (http://www.uusmb.unam.mx/ideamex/). WEB server to perform differential expression analyses of RNA-Seq. Jiménez-Jacinto V, Sanchez-Flores A and Vega-Alvarado L (2019). Front. Genet. Vol 11, pg 279. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2019.00279

  • Bioinformatics and Pattern Recognition.

  • Computer Vision.

  • Complex structures and multi-dimensional information: extraction, representation, processing, analysis and visualization.

  • Scientific visualization, computer simulation, graphics and three-dimensional Reconstruction.

  • Image processing and analysis, research, and applications.

  • (LV) Teaching in the postgraduate programs of Biochemical and Biomedical Sciences of the UNAM and the postgraduate program in the School of Sciences, UAEM-Mor.
  • (LV)  Present collaborations with the Institute of Biotechnology, UNAM, the Center for Genomic Sciences, UNAM. The Center for Research in Engineering and Applied Sciences, UAEM – Mor.
  • (JM) Teaching participation in a diplomate in the School of Sciences (“Facultad de Ciencias)-UNAM and regular courses in the postgraduate programs of Computer Science and Engineering, and Physical Sciences. Thesis direction.
  • (JM) Present collaborations with the Institutes of Biotechnology-UNAM, Geology-UNAM, the National Institute of NeuroBiology-UNAM and the Department of Computer Science of The University of Auckland, New Zealand.