Biomedical Image Processing Group
Department of Computing
Federal University of São Carlos - UFSCar
Washington Luís Rd., Km 235 / São Carlos, SP - Brazil
Members
Our group, despite its relatively small size, is vibrant, very focused, and consists of creative and talented students. We aim to address issues relevant to the biomedical community by Bringing Intelligence to Pixels.
Group leader
Ricardo José Ferrari, PhD - Associate Professor
Ricardo J. Ferrari obtained his degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of São Paulo (USP), São Carlos, Brazil, in 1995. He later earned his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the same institution in 1998 and 2002, respectively. During his Ph.D., he received a prestigious Brazilian scholarship to undertake the experimental part of his research at the University of Calgary (UofC), Canada, where he contributed to the development of medical image processing algorithms for breast cancer detection from 1999 to 2000. From 2004 to 2005, Ricardo served as an Associate Researcher specializing in medical image analysis at the University of Alberta (UofA). Subsequently, between 2007 and 2008, he was affiliated with Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto.
In addition to his academic pursuits, Ricardo has held positions with prominent medical technology companies in Canada, including Imaging Dynamics Company Ltd and Z-Tech Company. Since 2013, he has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Computing (DC) at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos, SP, Brazil. His research focuses on multidimensional signal processing, computer vision, and machine learning. Currently, his research endeavors are directed towards developing computer-aided detection and diagnosis systems for neurodegenerative disorders such as Multiple Sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease.
As for his scientific contributions to the community, Ricardo has recently taken on a new role as an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience. He has also been an active reviewer for other highly reputable journals and conferences such as Expert Systems with Applications, Pattern Recognition, Pattern Recognition Letters, and Computers in Biology and Medicine, among others.
PhD Students
Paulo Matheus Girardi
(CAPES scholarship)
Paulo holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from UFSCar (2023) and a specialization in Physics Teaching from PRISMA College (2021). He also earned an MBA in Software Engineering (2020) and a bachelor's degree in Control and Automation Engineering (2017). Currently, he is a Doctoral Student in the Computer Science Postgraduate Program at UFSCar, with research interests in Pattern Recognition, Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Image Processing, and Computer Vision. His PhD project focuses on "Developing MRI Biomarkers for Predicting Mild Cognitive Impairment to Alzheimer's Disease progression.
Email: paulogirardi@estudante.ufscar.br
Leandro Prado de Andrade
Leandro holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from the Federal University of São Carlos (2019), specialization in Computer Networks from ESAB (2015), a degree in Computer Science from the José do Rosário Vellano University (2013) and a degree in Dentistry from the Federal University of Alfenas (2008). He is currently an Information Technology Analyst at the Federal University of Alfenas in the area of Networks and Infrastructure. He is interested in the following areas: Networks, Privacy, Information Security, Machine Learning, Image Processing and Computer Vision. The title of his PhD project is "Development of Convolutional Neural Networks for the Alzheimer's diagnosis."
Email: leandro.andrade@unifal-mg.edu.br
MSc Students
Marco Antonio Bernardi Grivol
Marco Grivol has a Bachelor’s in Computer Science from the Federal University of São Carlos (2022), where he took part as a researcher with scholarship from CNPq in Digital Image and Signal Processing. His undergraduate final project was on using Autoencoders for feature extraction from MRI data for the classification of Alzheimer’s disease using XGBoost. He is currently enrolled in a Master’s program and the focus of his research is on prediction models for conversion from MCI to Alzheimer's disease.
Email: marcogrivol@estudante.ufscar.br
João G. Coli de Souza Monteneri Nacinben
João Nacinben graduated in Computer Engineering at the Federal University of São Carlos (2022). During his undergraduate studies, he received a FAPESP scholarship to work on a project focused on segmentation of multiple sclerosis lesions using an unsupervised machine learning technique. He is currently enrolled in a Master's program and the focus of his research is on an iterative statistical model for the segmentation of MS-lesions in MR FLAIR images.
Italo Antonio Duarte de Oliveira
Italo Oliveira graduated in Computer Engineering from the Federal University of São Carlos in 2022. During his undergraduate studies, he concluded two scientific initiation projects, one related to the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and the other related to intravital microscopy videos. He is currently enrolled in a Master's program, focusing his research on predicting the conversion from MCI to AD cases using convolutional neural network (CNN) and vision transformer (ViT) techniques.
Email: italo@estudante.ufscar.br
Vivian Ferreira Margarido
(CAPES scholarship)
Vivian F. Margarido graduated in Bioprocess and Biotechnology Engineering from the Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) (2021). She developed a scientific initiation project on renewable energies with a PIBIC-CNPq scholarship. During the graduation, she had contact with disciplines of computer science and human biology. She is currently enrolled in a Master's program at the Federal University of São Carlos, where she is developing a project related to Alzheimer diagnosis by computer vision.
Matheus Ramos de Carvalho
Matheus Ramos graduated in Computer Science from the Federal University of São Carlos in 2023. He participated in two Mathematics Scientific Initiation Projects associated with PICME, supported by a CNPq scholarship. The first project was focused on Mathematical Logic. The second one was centered on Ordinary Differential Equations and families of plane curves. He is currently enrolled in a Master's program in the Computational Vision area with the project title "to be defined."
Email:
Filipe de Jesus Neves
Filipe Neves obtained a Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas in 2023. Currently, he is pursuing a Master's degree in Computer Science at DC-UFSCar, with his research focus yet to be determined.
Email: filipe@estudante.ufscar.br
BSc Students
Alumni
Former Master´s students
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Amandia de Oliveira Sá - (Feb/2016)
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Breno de Silveira Souza - (Ago/2019)
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Bruno César Gregório da Silva - (Mar/2016)
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Carlos Henrique Villa-Pinto - (Mar/2016)
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Fernando de Natali Frascá - (Jun/2020)
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Jonas de Carvalho Felinto - (Apr/2018)
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Katia Maria Poloni - (Mar/2018)
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Kathiani Elisa de Souza - (Feb/2016)
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Lucas José Cruz de Mendonça - (Feb/2022)
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Marcelo Ruan Moura Araújo - (Jun/2020)
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Matheus Müller Korb - (Dez/2018)
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Paulo Guilherme de Lima Freire (Mar/2016)
Former PhD´s students
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Katia Maria Poloni (Sep/2021)
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Bruno César Gregório da Silva (Mar/2020)
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Paulo Guilherme de Lima Freire (Sep/2019)
Former Undergraduate students
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Ana Carolina Castro Rosal
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Amanda Basso de Oliveira
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Breno da Silveira Souza
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Bruno César Gregório da Silva
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Camilo Aparecido Ferri Moreira
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Carlos Henrique Villa Pinto
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Fábio Henrique Clug
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Fabio Hideki Lagoa
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Fernanda Ferreira
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Gabriel Teixeira Caschera
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Italo Antonio Duarte de Oliveira
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Jefferson Teixeira
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João G.C. de Souza M. Nacinben
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João Paulo Migliatti
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Leonardo H. Fernandes da Silva
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Luccas Mendes Rodrigues
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Nicole Zafalon Kovacs
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Paulo Guilherme de Lima Freire
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Paulo Henrique Dal Bello
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Pedro Lemos Mandim
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Thais Oyamada Tanaka
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Vinícius Ito Nagura
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Vitor Hugo Chaves Cambui
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Yuri Saito
Yasmin Victoria Oliveira
(FAPESP scholarship)
Yasmin is currently enrolled in a Bachelor degree in Computer Engineering in the Department of Computing at the Federal University of São Carlos (DC-UFSCar). The title of her research project is “Automation of Koedam's Parietal Atrophy Scale in Alzheimer's Disease Using T1-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Attributes and Clustering Techniques”.
Email: yasminvo@estudante.ufscar.br
Leo Rodrigues Aoki
(FAPESP scholarship)
The student is currently enrolled in a Bachelor degree in Computer Engineering in the Department of Computing at the Federal University of São Carlos (DC-UFSCar). The title of his research project is "Avaliação e Caracterização de Alterações Estruturais Cerebrais em Pacientes com Comprometimento Cognitivo Leve Estável e Progressivo: Um Estudo por Imagens de Ressonância Magnética".
Email: jaoki@estudante.ufscar.br
Guilherme de Souza Santiago
(FAPESP technical training scholarship)
Santiago is currently enrolled in a Bachelor degree in Computer Science in the Department of Computing at the Federal University of São Carlos (DC-UFSCar). The title of his research project is "Web platform for simplified access to the processing and analysis of neurological MRI images aimed at aiding the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease".
Luísa Tavares dos Santos
(FAPESP technical training scholarship)
Luísa started her undergraduate studies in 2023 at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in the Bachelor of Computer Science program. Throughout her studies, she enhanced her technical skills through participation in the university's junior enterprise. Currently, she is embarking on an academic career through the project 'Web platform for simplified access to the processing and analysis of neurological MRI images for Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis assistance'
Lucas Silva Mendes
(FAPESP technical training scholarship)
The student is currently enrolled in a Bachelor degree in Computer Engineering in the Department of Computing at the Federal University of São Carlos (DC-UFSCar). The title of his research project is "Web platform for simplified access to the processing and analysis of neurological MRI images aimed at aiding the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease".
Email: lucassm@estudante.ufscar.br
João Vitor de Oliveira Lima
(FAPESP technical training scholarship)
João Vitor began his graduation in 2023 at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in the Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. At the end of the second semester, he joined the university's junior company as a fullstack developer. He is currently taking part in the project ‘Web platform for simplified access to the processing and analysis of neurological magnetic resonance images to aid in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease’.
Email: lucassm@estudante.ufscar.br
Contacts and collaborators
Department of Computer Science - Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar - Sorocaba)
Department of Physiology and Biophysics - Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Physical Therapy Department - UFSCar
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Prof. Dr. Stela Márcia Marttiello Gonçalves Rosa
University of British Columbia (UBC)
Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP)
