265 citations
Counting papers with at most 25 authors, so collaboration author lists do not stand in for the people here.
- Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFR11 papers
- Agostino Gemelli University PolyclinicIT7 papers
- Université de StrasbourgFR6 papers
- University of MilanIT6 papers
- InsermFR5 papers
- Institut de Chirurgie Guidée par l'ImageFR5 papers
- University of PaviaIT5 papers
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele UniversityIT5 papers
- Centro San Giovanni di Dio FatebenefratelliIT4 papers
- Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico San RaffaeleIT4 papers
- Politecnico di MilanoIT4 papers
- Politecnico di TorinoIT4 papers
44 papers
Endoshare: A Publicly Available, Surgeons-Friendly Solution to De-Identify and Manage Surgical Videos
Lorenzo Arboit, Dennis N. Schneider, Britty Baby +3
Video-based assessment and surgical data science can advance surgical training, research, and quality improvement, yet adoption remains limited by heterogeneous recording formats a…
Contrast-enhanced X-ray imaging of articular cartilage: reliability of a cationic contrast agent in combination with high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography system
S. Fantoni, M. Berni, R. Fognani +4
Articular cartilage showcases distinctive mechanical behaviour, attributable to its biphasic composition and hierarchical organization. Proteoglycans, essential constituents of the…
Quantum computing for genomics: conceptual challenges and practical perspectives
Aurora Maurizio, Guglielmo Mazzola
We assess the potential of quantum computing to accelerate computation of central tasks in genomics, focusing on often-neglected theoretical limitations. We discuss state-of-the-ar…
SIEGE IV: compact star clusters in cosmological simulations with high star formation efficiency and sub-parsec resolution
R. Pascale, F. Calura, E. Vesperini +10
The formation of compact high-redshift star-forming clumps, the physical processes driving their evolution and their potential connection to present-day Globular Clusters are key o…
S4M: 4-points to Segment Anything
Adrien Meyer, Lorenzo Arboit, Giuseppe Massimiani +3
Purpose: The Segment Anything Model (SAM) promises to ease the annotation bottleneck in medical segmentation, but overlapping anatomy and blurred boundaries make its point prompts…
Early Operative Difficulty Assessment in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy via Snapshot-Centric Video Analysis
Saurav Sharma, Maria Vannucci, Leonardo Pestana Legori +6
Purpose: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) operative difficulty (LCOD) is highly variable and influences outcomes. Despite extensive LC studies in surgical workflow analysis, limit…
Optimized two-stage AI-based Neural Decoding for Enhanced Visual Stimulus Reconstruction from fMRI Data
Lorenzo Veronese, Andrea Moglia, Luca Mainardi +1
AI-based neural decoding reconstructs visual perception by leveraging generative models to map brain activity, measured through functional MRI (fMRI), into latent hierarchical repr…
Neuromorphic Heart Rate Monitors: Neural State Machines for Monotonic Change Detection
Alessio Carpegna, Chiara De Luca, Federico Emanuele Pozzi +4
Detecting monotonic changes in heart rate (HR) is crucial for early identification of cardiac conditions and health management. This is particularly important for dementia patients…
StoDIP: Efficient 3D MRF image reconstruction with deep image priors and stochastic iterations
Perla Mayo, Matteo Cencini, Carolin M. Pirkl +4
Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting (MRF) is a time-efficient approach to quantitative MRI for multiparametric tissue mapping. The reconstruction of quantitative maps requires tailor…
TMS-EEG Reliability: Bridging the Gap to Clinical Use
Giacomo Bertazzoli, Carlo Miniussi, Petro Julkunen +1
Concurrent transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and electroencephalography (EEG), or TMS-EEG, holds the potential to broaden the clinical applications of TMS beyond its traditio…
Robust Path Planning via Learning from Demonstrations for Robotic Catheters in Deformable Environments
Zhen Li, Chiara Lambranzi, Di Wu +5
Objective: Navigation through tortuous and deformable vessels using catheters with limited steering capability underscores the need for reliable path planning. State-of-the-art pat…
Hunting imaging biomarkers in pulmonary fibrosis: Benchmarks of the AIIB23 challenge
Yang Nan, Xiaodan Xing, Shiyi Wang +38
Airway-related quantitative imaging biomarkers are crucial for examination, diagnosis, and prognosis in pulmonary diseases. However, the manual delineation of airway trees remains…
The Endoscapes Dataset for Surgical Scene Segmentation, Object Detection, and Critical View of Safety Assessment: Official Splits and Benchmark
Aditya Murali, Deepak Alapatt, Pietro Mascagni +8
This technical report provides a detailed overview of Endoscapes, a dataset of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) videos with highly intricate annotations targeted at automated asse…
The Past, Present, and Future of the Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS)
Russell A. Poldrack, Christopher J. Markiewicz, Stefan Appelhoff +111
The Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) is a community-driven standard for the organization of data and metadata from a growing range of neuroscience modalities. This paper is mean…
Development and validation of an interpretable machine learning-based calculator for predicting 5-year weight trajectories after bariatric surgery: a multinational retrospective cohort SOPHIA study
Patrick Saux, Pierre Bauvin, Violeta Raverdy +31
Background Weight loss trajectories after bariatric surgery vary widely between individuals, and predicting weight loss before the operation remains challenging. We aimed to develo…
Advancing Italian Biomedical Information Extraction with Transformers-based Models: Methodological Insights and Multicenter Practical Application
Claudio Crema, Tommaso Mario Buonocore, Silvia Fostinelli +10
The introduction of computerized medical records in hospitals has reduced burdensome activities like manual writing and information fetching. However, the data contained in medical…
A Deep Learning-Based Fully Automated Pipeline for Regurgitant Mitral Valve Anatomy Analysis From 3D Echocardiography
Riccardo Munafò, Simone Saitta, Giacomo Ingallina +5
Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (3DTEE) is the recommended imaging technique for the assessment of mitral valve (MV) morphology and lesions in case of mitral reg…
Sorting of multiple molecular species on cell membranes
A. Piras, E. Floris, L. Dall'Asta +1
Eukaryotic cells maintain their inner order by a hectic process of distillation of molecular factors taking place on the surface of their lipid membranes. To understand the propert…
Preserving Privacy in Surgical Video Analysis Using Artificial Intelligence: A Deep Learning Classifier to Identify Out-of-Body Scenes in Endoscopic Videos
Joël L. Lavanchy, Armine Vardazaryan, Pietro Mascagni +3
Objective: To develop and validate a deep learning model for the identification of out-of-body images in endoscopic videos. Background: Surgical video analysis facilitates educatio…
Localising In-Domain Adaptation of Transformer-Based Biomedical Language Models
Tommaso Mario Buonocore, Claudio Crema, Alberto Redolfi +2
In the era of digital healthcare, the huge volumes of textual information generated every day in hospitals constitute an essential but underused asset that could be exploited with…
Liminal Design: A Conceptual Framework and Three-Step Approach for Developing Technology that Delivers Transcendence and Deeper Experiences
Johan Liedgren, Pieter Desmet, Andrea Gaggioli
As ubiquitous technology is increasingly mediating our relationships with the world and others, we argue that the sublime is struggling to find room in product design primarily aim…
Phase separation and critical size in molecular sorting
Elisa Floris, Andrea Piras, Francesco Saverio Pezzicoli +3
Molecular sorting is a fundamental process that allows eukaryotic cells to distill and concentrate specific chemical factors in appropriate cell membrane subregions, thus endowing…
The innovative Mn for PET imaging: production cross section modeling and dosimetric evaluation
F. Barbaro, L. Canton, M. P. Carante +4
Background: Recently, the reaction V(,x)Mn has been proposed as a possible alternative to the standard Cr(,x)Mn one, but improvements in the m…
OxDNA to study species interactions
Francesco Mambretti, Nicolò Pedrani, Luca Casiraghi +3
Molecular ecology uses molecular genetic data to answer traditional ecological questions in biogeography and biodiversity among others. Several ecological principles, such as the n…