ISS Early Career Grant Awardees
2025-2026
Lucas Kenzo Miyahara
“Opportunistic assessment of Body Composition, Muscle Mass, and Body Fat Using Imaging Exams in Patients with Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases and Their Relationship with Disease Severity”
Bogdan Kostyrko
“The Influence of sacroiliac joint surface area on the extent of mechanical bone marrow edema”
Carolina Avila de Almeida
“Advanced MRI with 3D Volumetric Modeling for Precision Assessment of Hidradenitis Suppurativa: Toward Image-Based Disease Staging and Surgical Planning”
2024-2025
Hanns-Christian Breit
“AI-based segmentation of skeletal muscle for the systematic evaluation of sarcopenia in risk groups“
Elena Ghotbi
“Levothyroxine Use and CT-based Quantification of Skeletal Muscle Loss in Older Adults“
Adrian Marth
“Radiomics-based detection of Modic changes from photon counting detector CT of the lumbar spine“
2023-2024
Jin Rong Tan
“Application of a Deep Learning Algorithm in Detection of Hardware Complications for the Post-Operative Hip “
Hamza Ibad
“Deep-Learning Derived CT Pectoralis Measures and Mortality in non-dialysis-dependent CKD: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis“
2022-2023
Falko Ensle
“Diagnostic Performance in 3D MR Neurography Using a Deep-learning Based Reconstruction Algorithm”
Malwina Kaniewska
“USPIO-enhanced Magnetic Resonance Neurography of the Lumbar Spine: Impact on Vascular Suppression and Image Quality”
Kamyar Moradi
“Diabetes and its Association with Thigh Muscle Quality in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients: A Deep Learning-based MRI Analysis“
2021-2022
Pranav Ajmera
“Using Deep Learning to Create a Model for Automating Chemical Shift Imaging (CSI) Assessment Of Vertebral Lesions”
Karen Cheng
“3T UTE and ZTE MRI: Characterization of the Plantar Fascia Enthesis Compared with Conventional MRI and a Histologic Standard”
Jonas Getzmann
“Comparison of 3D Automated Ultrasound Tomography with Standard Handheld Ultrasound for the Visualization of the Hands“
Salvatore Gitto
“Radiomics-based machine-learning classification of lipomatous soft-tissue tumors of the extremities”