Received the prize of the best thesis (innovation prize) from the Section France of IEEE - Chapter EMBS - SFGBM - and AGBM; published several key papers such as 'AssemblyNet: A large ensemble of CNNs for 3D Whole Brain MRI Segmentation' (NeuroImage, 2020), 'Lifespan changes of the human brain in Alzheimer's disease' (Nature Scientific Report, 2019).
Research Experience
Worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Brain Imaging Center of Montreal Neurological Institute from 2008 to 2011, supervised by Prof. D. Louis Collins; worked as a CNRS researcher at the Laboratoire Bordelais de Recherche en Informatique at Bordeaux University from 2011 to 2019; since 2019, a CNRS research director at the same place; led the PICTURA research group dedicated to patch-based image processing from 2013 to 2023; since 2023, co-leader of the Digital Health Axis of LaBRI and leader of the in2brain research group.
Education
Received M. Eng degree in Biomedical engineering from University of Technology of Compiègne, France in 2003; M.Sc in Image and Signal processing from University of Rennes I, France in 2004; Ph.D in Image processing from University of Rennes I, France in 2008 under the supervision of Dr Christian Barillot and Dr Pierre Hellier.
Background
Research interests include deep learning for medical imaging, big data for medical image analysis, quantitative MR analysis, computer-aided diagnosis, and image enhancement. Currently a CNRS research director, leading the in2brain research group focused on medical image analysis.