Image Processing Category
Pitfalls of defacing whole-head MRI: re-identification risk with diffusion models and compromised research potential
Dec. 8, 2025—Chenyu Gao, Kaiwen Xu, Michael E Kim, Lianrui Zuo, Zhiyuan Li, Derek B Archer, Timothy J Hohman, Ann Zenobia Moore, Luigi Ferrucci, Lori L Beason-Held, Susan M Resnick, Christos Davatzikos, Jerry L Prince, Bennett A Landman. “Pitfalls of defacing whole-head MRI: re-identification risk with diffusion models and compromised research potential”. Computers in Biology and Medicine....
Anatomy-Guided Multi-Path CycleGAN for Lung CT Kernel Harmonization
Dec. 5, 2025—Aravind Krishnan, Thomas Li, Lucas Walker Remedios, Kaiwen Xu, Lianrui Zuo, Kim L Sandler, Fabien Maldonado, Bennett Allan Landman, MIDL 2025, Link to paper: https://openreview.net/pdf?id=w3p7GddsQ8 Abstract Accurate quantitative measurement in lung computed tomography (CT) imaging often re- lies on consistent kernel reconstruction across scanners and manufacturers. Harmonization can reduce measurement variability caused by heterogeneous...
Vasculature-informed spatial smoothing of white matter functional magnetic resonance imaging
Apr. 18, 2025—Adam M. Saunders, Michael E. Kim, Kurt G. Schilling, John C. Gore, Bennett A. Landman, and Yurui Gao. Vasculature-informed spatial smoothing of white matter functional magnetic resonance imaging. SPIE Medical Imaging: Image Processing, 2025, February, San Diego, California. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3047240. Abstract Blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) signals in white matter in the brain are anisotropically oriented, so...
A 4D atlas of diffusion-informed spatial smoothing windows for BOLD signal in white matter
Apr. 18, 2025—Adam M. Saunders, Gaurav Rudravaram, Nancy R. Newlin, Michael E. Kim, John C. Gore, Bennett A. Landman, and Yurui Gao. A 4D atlas of diffusion–informed spatial smoothing windows for BOLD signal in white matter. SPIE Medical Imaging: Image Processing, 2025, February, San Diego, California. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3047240 Abstract Typical methods for preprocessing functional magnetic resonance images (fMRI)...
Comparison and calibration of MP2RAGE quantitative T1 values to multi-TI inversion recovery T1 values
Apr. 13, 2025—Adam M. Saunders, Michael E. Kim, Chenyu Gao, Lucas W. Remedios, Aravind R. Krishnan, Kurt G. Schilling, Kristin P. O’Grady, Seth A. Smith, and Bennett A. Landman. Comparison and calibration of MP2RAGE quantitative T1 values to multi-TI inversion recovery T1 values. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2025; 117:110322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mri.2025.110322. Abstract While typical qualitative T1-weighted magnetic resonance images...
Field-of-view extension for brain diffusion MRI via deep generative models
Jul. 1, 2024—Chenyu Gao, Shunxing Bao, Michael E Kim, Nancy R Newlin, Praitayini Kanakaraj, Tianyuan Yao, Gaurav Rudravaram, Yuankai Huo, Daniel Moyer, Kurt Schilling, Walter A Kukull, Arthur W Toga, Derek B Archer, Timothy J Hohman, Bennett A Landman, Zhiyuan Li. “Field-of-view extension for brain diffusion MRI via deep generative models”. Journal of Medical Imaging 11 (4),...
Characterizing patterns of diffusion tensor imaging variance in aging brains
Jul. 1, 2024—Chenyu Gao, Qi Yang, Michael E Kim, Nazirah Mohd Khairi, Leon Y Cai, Nancy R Newlin, Praitayini Kanakaraj, Lucas W Remedios, Aravind R Krishnan, Xin Yu, Tianyuan Yao, Panpan Zhang, Kurt G Schilling, Daniel Moyer, Derek B Archer, Susan M Resnick, Bennett A Landman, for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, the BIOCARD Study team. “Characterizing...
Lung CT harmonization of paired reconstruction kernel images using generative adversarial networks
Apr. 24, 2024—Aravind R. Krishnan, Kaiwen Xu, Thomas Li, Lucas W. Remedios, Kim L. Sandler, Fabien Maldonado, Bennett A. Landman. “Lung CT harmonization of paired reconstruction kernel images using generative adversarial networks.”Med Phys. 2024;1-14.https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.17028 Abstract Background The kernel used in CT image reconstruction is an important factor that determines the texture of the CT image. Consistency of reconstruction...
Assessment of subject head motion in diffusion MRI
Apr. 2, 2024—Ema Topolnjak, Chenyu Gao, Lori L Beason-Held, Susan M Resnick, Kurt G Schilling, Bennett A Landman. “Assessment of subject head motion in diffusion MRI”. Medical Imaging 2024: Image Processing 12926, 327-334, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3006633 Abstract Subject head motion during the acquisition of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) of the brain induces artifacts and affects image quality. Information about the...
Nucleus subtype classification using inter-modality learning
Dec. 19, 2023—Lucas W. Remedios, Shunxing Bao, Samuel W. Remedios, Ho Hin Lee, Leon Y. Cai, Thomas Li, Ruining Deng, Can Cui, Jia Li, Qi Liu, Ken S. Lau, Joseph T. Roland, Mary K. Washington, Lori A. Coburn, Keith T. Wilson, Yuankai Huo, Bennett A. Landman (2024). Nucleus subtype classification using inter-modality learning. SPIE Medical Imaging 2024 :...