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  • 2019 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to medical imaging

Overview

Simon K. Warfield is affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital in the United States. Their research work spans across multiple areas within medicine, focusing particularly on neuroimaging and pediatrics.

The main fields of study in their research include Medicine with a particular emphasis on:

  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Surgery

Their primary research topics cover a range of advanced imaging and neurological subjects such as:

  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders
  • MRI in cancer diagnosis
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Simon K. Warfield's recent papers demonstrate a focus on medical imaging and neurological conditions. Selected works include:

  • "Transfer learning in medical image segmentation: New insights from analysis of the dynamics of model parameters and learned representations" (2021, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine)
  • "Regional Brain Growth Trajectories in Fetuses with Congenital Heart Disease" (2020, Annals of Neurology)
  • "Cross-scanner and cross-protocol multi-shell diffusion MRI data harmonization: Algorithms and results" (2020, NeuroImage)
  • "Tuber Locations Associated with Infantile Spasms Map to a Common Brain Network" (2021, Annals of Neurology)
  • "In vivo characterization of emerging white matter microstructure in the fetal brain in the third trimester" (2020, Human Brain Mapping)

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Onur Afacan
  • Ali Gholipour
  • Camilo Jaimes
  • Davood Karimi
  • Clemente Velasco-Annis

Their scientific contributions have been published across various venues, including:

  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • NeuroImage
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Journal of Neuroimaging

In recognition of their work, Simon K. Warfield was awarded the IEEE Fellow distinction in 2019 for contributions to medical imaging.

Best Publications

  • Simultaneous truth and performance level estimation (STAPLE): an algorithm for the validation of image segmentation

    S.K. Warfield;K.H. Zou;W.M. Wells

  • Statistical validation of image segmentation quality based on a spatial overlap index.

    Kelly H. Zou;Kelly H. Zou;Simon K. Warfield;Aditya Bharatha;Clare M.C. Tempany

  • Brain charts for the human lifespan

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  • Early Experience Alters Brain Function and Structure

    Heidelise Als;Frank H Duffy;Gloria B McAnulty;Michael J Rivkin

  • Abnormal Cerebral Structure Is Present at Term in Premature Infants

    Terrie E Inder;Simon K Warfield;Hong Wang;Petra Susan Hüppi;Petra Susan Hüppi

  • Improved watershed transform for medical image segmentation using prior information

    V. Grau;A.U.J. Mewes;M. Alcaniz;R. Kikinis

  • Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging of brain development in premature and mature newborns

    Petra S. Hüppi;Simon Warfield;Ron Kikinis;Patrick D. Barnes

  • Automated segmentation of MR images of brain tumors

    Michael R. Kaus;Simon K. Warfield;Arya Nabavi;Peter M. Black

  • Periventricular white matter injury in the premature infant is followed by reduced cerebral cortical gray matter volume at term.

    Terrie E. Inder;Petra S. Huppi;Petra S. Huppi;Simon Warfield;Ron Kikinis

  • Serial intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging of brain shift.

    Arya Nabavi;Peter McL. Black;David T. Gering;Carl-Fredrik Westin

  • Early alteration of structural and functional brain development in premature infants born with intrauterine growth restriction

    Cristina Borradori Tolsa;Slava Zimine;Simon K Warfield;Monica Freschi

  • Primary Cortical Folding in the Human Newborn: An Early Marker of Later Functional Development.

    Jérôme Dubois;M. Benders;C. Borradori-Tolsa;A. Cachia

  • Deep learning with noisy labels: exploring techniques and remedies in medical image analysis

    Davood Karimi;Haoran Dou;Simon K. Warfield;Ali Gholipour

  • Adaptive, template moderated, spatially varying statistical classification.

    Simon K. Warfield;Michael Kaus;Ferenc A. Jolesz;Ron Kikinis

  • Late gestation cerebellar growth is rapid and impeded by premature birth.

    Catherine Limperopoulos;Janet S. Soul;Kimberlee Gauvreau;Petra S. Huppi

  • Impaired Cerebral Cortical Gray Matter Growth After Treatment With Dexamethasone for Neonatal Chronic Lung Disease

    Brendan P. Murphy;Terrie E. Inder;Terrie E. Inder;Petra S. Huppi;Petra S. Huppi;Simon Warfield

  • Realistic simulation of the 3-D growth of brain tumors in MR images coupling diffusion with biomechanical deformation

    O. Clatz;M. Sermesant;P.-Y. Bondiau;H. Delingette

  • Standardized evaluation methodology and reference database for evaluating coronary artery centerline extraction algorithms

    Michiel Schaap;Coert T. Metz;Theo van Walsum;Alina G. van der Giessen

  • Registration of 3-d intraoperative MR images of the brain using a finite-element biomechanical model

    M. Ferrant;A. Nabavi;B. Macq;F.A. Jolesz

  • Robust Super-Resolution Volume Reconstruction From Slice Acquisitions: Application to Fetal Brain MRI

    A Gholipour;J A Estroff;S K Warfield

  • Level Set Methods in an EM Framework for Shape Classification and Estimation

    Andy Tsai;Andy Tsai;William M. Wells;William M. Wells;Simon K. Warfield;Simon K. Warfield;Simon K. Warfield;Alan S. Willsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Ron Kikinis
Ron Kikinis Brigham and Women's Hospital
Ali Gholipour
Ali Gholipour Harvard University
Ferenc A. Jolesz
Ferenc A. Jolesz Brigham and Women's Hospital
Mustafa Sahin
Mustafa Sahin Boston Children's Hospital
Benoît Macq
Benoît Macq Université Catholique de Louvain
Terrie E. Inder
Terrie E. Inder Brigham and Women's Hospital
Olivier Commowick
Olivier Commowick French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA
Peter McL. Black
Peter McL. Black University of British Columbia
Karol Miller
Karol Miller University of Western Australia

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