André Victor Alvarenga

André Victor Alvarenga was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1971. He received the B.Sc. degree in Electronic Engineering in 1995, from The State University of Rio de Janeiro, and the M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering in 1999, from the Biomedical Engineering Program of COPPE/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He is currently a D.Sc. student at the same University, and his research concerns breast tumour feature quantification in ultrasound images. In 2003, he was awarded a distinguished scholarship for D.Sc. students by Rio de Janeiro Research Council (FAPERJ). His research interests include ultrasound signal and image processing