Dr Alberto Biancardi
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health
Image Computing Staff Scientist
A.Biancardi@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 215 9144
+44 114 215 9144
Polaris
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Dr Alberto Biancardi
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health
Polaris
18 Claremont Crescent
Sheffield
S10 2TA
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health
Polaris
18 Claremont Crescent
Sheffield
S10 2TA
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- Lung MRI with hyperpolarised gases : current & future clinical perspectives. The British Journal of Radiology, 94. View this article in WRRO
- Spatial fuzzy c-means thresholding for semiautomated calculation of percentage lung ventilated volume from hyperpolarized gas and (1) H MRI. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. View this article in WRRO
- The Lung Image Database Consortium (LIDC) and Image Database Resource Initiative (IDRI): A completed reference database of lung nodules on CT scans. Medical Physics, 38(2), 915-931.
- A comparison of ground truth estimation methods. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 5(3), 295-305.
Conference proceedings papers
- New disagreement metrics incorporating spatial detail – applications to lung imaging. Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 723 (pp 804-814) View this article in WRRO
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Journal articles
- 1614: MRI V/Q for assessing radiation-induced changes in regional lung function in lung cancer patients. Radiotherapy and Oncology, 194, S5062-S5066.
- PhysVENeT: a physiologically-informed deep learning-based framework for the synthesis of 3D hyperpolarized gas MRI ventilation. Scientific Reports, 13.
- A hybrid model‐ and deep learning‐based framework for functional lung image synthesis from multi‐inflation CT and hyperpolarized gas MRI. Medical Physics.
- Longitudinal lung function assessment of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 using 1H and 129Xe lung MRI. Chest.
- Implementable deep learning for multi-sequence proton MRI lung segmentation: a multi-center, multi-vendor, and multi-disease study. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
- Artificial intelligence in periodontology: a scoping review. Dentistry Journal, 11(2). View this article in WRRO
- Large-scale investigation of deep learning approaches for ventilated lung segmentation using multi-nuclear hyperpolarized gas MRI. Scientific Reports, 12(1). View this article in WRRO
- Xenon ventilation MRI in difficult asthma; initial experience in a clinical setting. European Respiratory Journal. View this article in WRRO
- Lung MRI with hyperpolarised gases : current & future clinical perspectives. The British Journal of Radiology, 94. View this article in WRRO
- Reproducibility of 19F-MR ventilation imaging in healthy volunteers. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
- Spatial Comparison of CT-Based Surrogates of Lung Ventilation With Hyperpolarized Helium-3 and Xenon-129 Gas MRI in Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 102(4), 1276-1286. View this article in WRRO
- Assessment of the influence of lung inflation state on the quantitative parameters derived from hyperpolarized gas lung ventilation MRI in healthy volunteers.. Journal of Applied Physiology. View this article in WRRO
- Patterns of regional lung physiology in cystic fibrosis using ventilation magnetic resonance imaging and multiple-breath washout.. European Respiratory Journal, 52(5). View this article in WRRO
- Machine-learning Support to Individual Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment Using Multimodal MRI and Cognitive Assessments. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 31(4), 278-286. View this article in WRRO
- Spatial fuzzy c-means thresholding for semiautomated calculation of percentage lung ventilated volume from hyperpolarized gas and (1) H MRI. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. View this article in WRRO
- Three-dimensional DNA image cytometry by optical projection tomographic microscopy for early cancer diagnosis. Journal of Medical Imaging, 1(1), 017501-017501.
- Growth pattern analysis of murine lung neoplasms by advanced semi-automated quantification of micro-CT images.. PLoS One, 8(12), e83806. View this article in WRRO
- The Lung Image Database Consortium (LIDC) and Image Database Resource Initiative (IDRI): A completed reference database of lung nodules on CT scans. Medical Physics, 38(2), 915-931.
- A comparison of ground truth estimation methods. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 5(3), 295-305.
- A public image database to support research in computer aided diagnosis. 2009 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.
- Urban services localization and optimal traffic distribution: Users oriented system. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 134(1), 53-57.
- The Lung Image Database Consortium (LIDC). A Comparison of Different Size Metrics for Pulmonary Nodule Measurements. Academic Radiology, 14(12), 1475-1485.
- A low cost system for the estimation of concentration and velocity profiles in rapid dry granular flows. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 43(1-2), 49-61.
- Laboratory study of erosion processes in snow avalanches. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 43(1-2), 1-9.
- Extending the data parallel paradigm with data-dependent operators. Parallel Computing, 28(7-8), 995-1021.
- Improvements to image magnification. Pattern Recognition, 35(3), 677-687.
- Papilio: A visual environment for multi-simd programming. Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, 6(4), 349-366.
- Program development and coding on a fine-grained vision machine. Machine Vision and Applications, 7(1), 23-29.
- Improving Xenon‐129 lung ventilation image SNR with deep‐learning based image reconstruction. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
- Voxel-Wise Comparison of Co-Registered Quantitative CT and Hyperpolarised Gas Diffusion-Weighted MRI Measurements in IPF. Diagnostics, 13(23), 3497-3497.
- A Dual‐Channel Deep Learning Approach for Lung Cavity Estimation From Hyperpolarized Gas and Proton
MRI . Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 129 Xe and Free‐Breathing1 H VentilationMRI in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis: A Dual‐Center Study. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.- The assessment of short and long term changes in lung function in CF using 129Xe MRI. European Respiratory Journal, 2000441-2000441.
Chapters
- Integrating Applications into Interactive Virtual Environments, Visual Information and Information Systems (pp. 705-712). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Computer vision systems: Functionality and structure integration, Intelligent Perceptual Systems (pp. 70-83). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Conference proceedings papers
- S19 Gas exchange imaging using dissolved-phase 129Xe MRI in post COVID cohorts. ‘Shake it off’ – Recovery from COVID-19
- P177 129Xe MRI phenotyping and longitudinal change in patients with asthma and/or COPD and normal pulmonary function tests. ‘You ain’t seen nothing yet’ – Imaging across COPD, nodules and lung cancer screening
- P176 Bronchodilator response discordance in patients with asthma and/or COPD assessed by 129Xe-MRI and spirometry. ‘You ain’t seen nothing yet’ – Imaging across COPD, nodules and lung cancer screening
- Impaired xenon gas transfer observed two years after COVID-19 hospitalisation in patients with signs of interstitial lung disease. Imaging
- Xe-MRI bronchodilator response to assess disease severity in patients with asthma and/or COPD. Respiratory function technologists/scientists
- Bronchodilator response discordance in patients with asthma and/or COPD using Xe-MRI and spirometry. Respiratory function technologists/scientists
- Longitudinal change in lung physiology and 129Xe MRI over 1 year in patients with asthma and/or COPD. Clinical respiratory physiology, exercise and functional imaging
- Lung physiology and 129Xe MRI data driven clustering of patients with asthma and/or COPD. Clinical respiratory physiology, exercise and functional imaging
- Longitudinal lung function assessment of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 using 1H and 129Xe lung MRI. 14.02 - Imaging
- Physiological assessment of patients with airways dysanapsis using 129Xe MRI. 09.01 - Respiratory function technologists/scientists
- 129Xe-MRI and lung function to phenotype ventilation heterogeneity in asthma and/or COPD. 05.02 - Monitoring airway disease
- Physiological Phenotypes of Patients with Asthma and/or COPD Using 129Xe MRI. A99. LOOK AT THAT! NEW FINDINGS FROM LUNG IMAGING (pp a2175-a2175)
- A comparison of 129Xe MRI and advanced lung function testing in patients with asthma and /or COPD: The NOVELTY ADPro substudy. Imaging
- Comparison of 3D Deep Convolutional Neural Networks and Training Strategies for Ventilated Lung Segmentation Using Multi-Nuclear Hyperpolarized Gas MRI. MEDICAL PHYSICS, Vol. 48(6)
- Hyperpolarized Gas MRI Ventilation Synthesis From CT: Comparison of Conventional and Deep Learning Methods. MEDICAL PHYSICS, Vol. 48(6)
- 3D deep convolutional neural network-based ventilated lung segmentation using multi-nuclear hyperpolarized gas MRI. Thoracic Image Analysis, Vol. 12502 (pp 24-35). Lima, Peru, 8 October 2020 - 8 October 2020. View this article in WRRO
- Imaging functional and microstructural changes in the lungs of children born prematurely. Imaging
- 1H and 129Xe MRI to detect functional and structural lung disease in sub-clinical cystic fibrosis. Cystic fibrosis
- Correlations of ventilation heterogeneity and spirometry in asthma; initial experience with hyperpolarised gas MRI in a clinical setting. Imaging
- Clinical applicability of 3He and 129Xe ventilation MRI in cystic fibrosis: longitudinal follow up. Cystic fibrosis
- P213 A comparison of ventilation MRI using hyperpolarised 3He and 129Xe to assess cystic fibrosis lung disease. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, Vol. 18 (pp S117-S117)
- P211 129Xe ventilation MRI and LCI to assess acute maximal exercise as a method of airway clearance. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, Vol. 18 (pp S116-S117)
- P212 Ventilation MRI tracks longitudinal lung function changes in patients with cystic fibrosis and clinically stable FEV1 and Lung Clearance Index. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, Vol. 18 (pp S117-S117)
- WS17-2 The sensitivity of MRI to detect both functional and structural lung abnormalities in sub-clinical cystic fibrosis. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, Vol. 18 (pp S32-S32)
- Comparison of 1H MRI and 3He MRI ventilation images in patients with cystic fibrosis and patients with lung cancer. Imaging
- OC-0182: A comparison of CT ventilation with 3He and 129Xe MRI for functional avoidance treatment planning. Radiotherapy and Oncology, Vol. 127(Supplement 1) (pp S96-S97). Barcelona, Spain, 20 April 2018 - 24 April 2018. View this article in WRRO
- Ventilation heterogeneity assessed in patients with mild cystic fibrosis and asthma using Hyperpolarised gas MRI histogram analysis. Imaging
- New disagreement metrics incorporating spatial detail – applications to lung imaging. Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 723 (pp 804-814) View this article in WRRO
- View this article in WRRO Leveraging Open Source for Geographically Dispersed Workflows. The MIDAS Journal
- Automated aorta segmentation in low-dose chest CT images. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (pp 1-9)
- Local noise estimation in low-dose chest CT images. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (pp 1-9)
- Quantification of relative chromatin content in flow cytometry standards using 3D OPTM imaging technique. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 8676
- Heart region segmentation from low-dose CT scans: An anatomy based approach. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 8314
- Nuclear cytoplasmic cell evaluation from 3D optical CT microscope images. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 8315
- Higher Levels Of Serum Trans Fat Predict Accelerated Progression Of Pulmonary Emphysema And Increased Respiratory Exacerbations: A Prospective Cohort Study. B26. DIETARY FACTORS, OBESITY AND LUNG DISEASE
- Higher N-3 PUFA Levels Predict A Lower Rate Of Respiratory Exacerbations And Exacerbation-Related Hospitalizations: A Prospective Cohort Study. B26. DIETARY FACTORS, OBESITY AND LUNG DISEASE
- Standard moments based vessel bifurcation filter for computer-aided detection of pulmonary nodules. Medical Imaging 2010: Computer-Aided Diagnosis
- Automated nodule location and size estimation using a multi-scale laplacian of Gaussian filtering approach. 2009 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 3 September 2009 - 6 September 2009.
- Estimation of anatomical locations using standard frame of reference in chest CT scans. 2009 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 3 September 2009 - 6 September 2009.
- An analysis of two ground truth estimation methods. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7260
- Improved precision of repeat image change measurement of pulmonary nodules using moment-based z-compensation on a zero-change dataset. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7260
- A pilot study evaluating pulmonary nodule marking methods. Proceedings - 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2009 (pp 85-88)
- TESD: A novel ground truth estimation method. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7260
- A multiscale Laplacian of Gaussian filtering approach to automated pulmonary nodule detection from whole-lung low-dose CT scans. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7260
- Identification of asymmetric pulmonary nodule growth using a moment-based algorithm. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7260
- Estimation of anatomical locations using standard frame of reference in chest CT scans. Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009 (pp 5809-5812)
- Semi-automated measurement of pulmonary nodule growth without explicit segmentation. Proceedings - 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2009 (pp 855-858)
- Estimation of anatomical locations using standard frame of reference in chest CT scans.. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference, Vol. 2009 (pp 5809-5812)
- A public image database to support research in computer aided diagnosis. Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009 (pp 3715-3718)
- Automated nodule location and size estimation using a multi-scale laplacian of Gaussian filtering approach. Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009 (pp 1028-1031)
- Automated nodule location and size estimation using a multi-scale Laplacian of Gaussian filtering approach.. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference, Vol. 2009 (pp 1028-1031)
- A public image database to support research in computer aided diagnosis.. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference, Vol. 2009 (pp 3715-3718)
- Comparison of computer versus manual determination of pulmonary nodule volumes in CT scans. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 6915
- Characterization of pulmonary nodules: Effects of size and feature type on reported performance. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 6915
- Pulmonary nodule classification: Size distribution issues. 2007 4th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro - Proceedings (pp 1248-1251)
- The Lung Image Database Consortium (LIDC): Pulmonary nodule measurements, the variation and the difference between different size metrics. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 6514(PART 1)
- Automatic mask extraction for PIV-based dam-break analysis. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3523(II) (pp 705-712)
- Particle displacement computation for granular flow modeling. Proceedings of the Fourth IASTED International Conference on Visualization, Imaging, and Image Processing (pp 529-533)
- An interactive model for location decisions. QRM 2002: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON QUALITY, RELIABILITY, AND MAINTENANCE (pp 275-278)
- Adaptive Segmentation of MR Axial Brain Images Using Connected Components (pp 295-302)
- Supporting the search for the optimal location of facilities. WSCG '2001: SHORT COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTERS (pp P1-P4)
- A multi-modal transport simulation tool to solve urban location problems. SIMULATION IN INDUSTRY'2000 (pp 437-442)
- Virtual Environments as Multimedia Contents Integrators.. Eurographics (Short Presentations)
- A flexible environment for virtual reality applications.. HCI (2) (pp 1085-1089)
- Integrating applications into interactive virtual environments. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Vol. 1614 (pp 703-710)
- New tools for image interaction. Proceedings - International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, ICIAP 1999 (pp 1015-1020)
- Adding associative meshes to the PACCO I.P. environment (pp 109-116)
- Improvements to image magnification (pp 142-149)
- 4 super-events to tame the daunting image-selections. Advances in Human Factors/Ergonomics, Vol. 21(A) (pp 725-728)
- Interactive tool for C.V. tutorials. Computer Architectures for Machine Perception, Proceedings (CAMP) (pp 170-174)
- Connected component support for image analysis programs. Proceedings - International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Vol. 4 (pp 620-624)
- Training environment for ISE courses. IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Vol. 1 (pp 453-456)
- A code based approach to image-processing teaching (pp 145-150)
- ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATIONS OF MORPHOLOGICAL OPERATORS ON 2 DIFFERENT HARDWARE PLATFORMS. PROGRESS IN IMAGE ANALYSIS AND PROCESSING II (pp 559-566)
- Improving Xenon-129 Lung Ventilation Image Quality with a Commercial Deep-Learning Based Image Reconstruction. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 3 June 2023 - 8 June 2023.
- Differentiating patients with asthma and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using lung T1 and M0. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 3 June 2023 - 8 June 2023.
- Modelling Whole-Lung and Regional Carbon Monoxide Transfer Factor with Hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI in Asthma and COPD Patients. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 3 June 2023 - 8 June 2023.
- Impaired xenon gas transfer observed one year after hospitalisation due to COVID-19 in patients with signs of interstitial lung disease.. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 3 June 2023 - 8 June 2023.
- Dissolved 129Xe spectroscopy in the lungs of preterm-born children. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 7 May 2022 - 12 May 2022.
- 129Xe MRI patterns of lung function in patients with asthma and/or COPD in the NOVELTY study. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 7 May 2022 - 12 May 2022.
- Multinuclear lung MRI assessment of COVID-19 patients at 6 and 12 weeks after hospital admission. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 7 May 2022 - 12 May 2022.
- Multi-modal assessment of dose-related changes in regional lung function in non-small cell lung cancer patients receiving radiotherapy. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 7 May 2022 - 12 May 2022.
- Deep learning-based synthesis of hyperpolarized gas MRI ventilation from 3D multi-inflation proton MRI. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 7 May 2022 - 12 May 2022.
- A multi-channel deep learning approach for lung cavity estimation from hyperpolarized gas and proton MRI. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 7 May 2022 - 12 May 2022.
- Dry Granular Flows Need Special Tools. The 2nd Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV'05)
- Pacco-a new approach for an effective IP environment. Proceedings of the 12th IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition (Cat. No.94CH3440-5)
- Visual debugging for a pyramidal machine. Proceedings., 11th IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition. Vol. IV. Conference D: Architectures for Vision and Pattern Recognition,
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- Longitudinal lung function assessment of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 using 1H and 129Xe lung MRI, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.