Trainee Research Prize

Eduardo Gutierrez Dorta, MD 
Resident  
Impact Of New Technologies on A Breast Cancer Screening Program 
Breast Imaging 

Yarong Yu 
Resident                                      
Deep Learning-Based CT Myocardial Blood Flow Quantification and Risk Stratification of Coronary Artery Disease 
Cardiac Imaging 

Roshun Sankaran, MD 
Resident 
Clinical Implementation of Inspiratory-Expiratory Chest CT: Defining Criteria for Diagnostic Quality and Detection of Concurrent Fev1 Decline Following Lung Transplantation 
Chest Imaging 

Ruchir Shah, MD 
Resident  
Does AI Assistance Improve Clinician Interpretation of Inpatient and Emergency Department Chest X-Rays? 
Emergency Radiology 

Vitor Martins, MD, PhD  
Resident 
Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis (Mash) Dampens Liver Fat Reduction in Participants with Obesity After Metabolic Bariatric Surgery 
Gastrointestinal Imaging 

Aqua Asif, MBChB, BS  
Resident 
Comparing Biparametric and Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging for The Detection of Prostate Cancer: An International, Multicentre, Non-Inferiority Clinical Trial (Nct04571840) 
Genitourinary Imaging 

Hyeji Lee  
Resident 
Contrast-Enhanced 3d T1 Vibe Outperforms MPRAGE for Intracavernous Cranial Nerve Visualization in Diplopia 
Head & Neck Imaging 

Elena Grimaldi, MD 
Resident  
Assessing The Utility of ACR-TIRADS Ultrasound Classification in Guiding Management of Thyroid Nodules Diagnosed as TIR3A at FNAC 
Head & Neck Imaging 

Farzaneh Rahmani, MD, MPH 
Resident 
CT Scan Composite Score Can Identify Glioblastoma Patients with Worse Outcomes 
Imaging Informatics 

Jonathan Tefera    
Resident                                
Portal Vein Embolization and Hepatic Vein Embolization Versus Portal Venous Embolization Alone in Cirrhotic and Non-Cirrhotic Swine 
Interventional Radiology 

Sijie Mo     
Resident                                             
Evaluating The Diagnostic Performance of Sound Touch Elastography, Visco-Elastography, And Attenuation in Chronic Liver Disease Detection 
Multisystem 

Victoria Peterson, MD, MSc 
Resident 
Meniscal Ramp Lesion: Over-Reported on MRI? Or Under-Reported at Arthroscopy? 
Musculoskeletal Imaging 

Davy Vanderweyen, MD 
Resident 
White Matter Hyperintensities Preferentially Accumulate Within the Border Zones Regions of The Brain in Healthy Individuals 
Neuroradiology 

Angellica Gordon, MD 
Resident 
Prevalence Of Health-Related Social Needs and Association with Imaging Appointment Cancellations Among Patients with Cancer  
Noninterpretive Skills (Beyond Imaging) 

John Cooper, MD, PhD 
Resident 
TREM-1 PET For the Characterization of Myeloid Inflammation After TBI In Mice 
Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging 

Kevin Treb, PhD  
Resident 
Multi-Material Decomposition Using Four Energy Thresholds on A Commercial Dual-Source Photon-Counting-Detector (PCD) CT 
Physics 

Astrid Orfali Camez, MD  
Resident  
Artificial Intelligence in The Detection of Unsuspected Pulmonary Embolism in Oncology Patients 
Radiation Oncology 

Charissa Kim, MD, PhD 
Resident  
Pre-Surgical Lymphatic and Venous Mapping with Non-Contrast Ultra High Frequency Ultrasound 
Vascular Imaging 

Giulia Vatteroni, MD  
Fellow 
Contrast-Enhanced Mammography in Women with Previous Breast-Conserving Surgery for Breast Cancer: Interim Analysis from The Combo Trial, A Prospective Study 
Breast Imaging 

Thomas Geyer, MD  
Fellow 
Machine Learning for Prediction of Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy 
Cardiac Imaging 

Parisa Kaviani, MD 
Fellow  
Real-World, Post-Market Surveillance Study of a Chest X-Ray AI Model in A Multicenter Study 
Chest Imaging 

Anushree Burade, MBBS 
Fellow 
Stand-Alone Performance Comparison of An AI Model Performance for The Detection of Pneumoperitoneum on Chest Radiographs 
Emergency Radiology 

Yashbir Singh, PhD, MEng 
Fellow 
Cholangio-Net: A Deep Learning Approach for The Early Detection of Cholangiocarcinoma Using MRI 
Gastrointestinal Imaging 

Yuki Arita, MD, PhD 
Fellow  
Effect Of Histological Variant Proportion on The Diagnostic Efficacy of The Vesicle Imaging-Reporting and Data System in Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma with Variant Histology: A Multi-Institutional, Multi-Reader Radical Cystectomy Cohort Study 
Genitourinary Imaging 

Emanuele Messina, MD  
Fellow 
MRI Without Contrast Media Injection for Prostate Cancer Screening: Results from Prostate Cancer Secondary Screening in Sapienza (PROSA) 
Genitourinary Imaging 

Filip Christiansen     
Fellow                                  
AI-Driven Ultrasound Detection of Ovarian Cancer That Generalizes: An International Multicentre Validation Study 
Imaging Informatics 

Florian Fleckenstein, MD 
Fellow 
Genicular Artery Embolization for The Treatment of Symptomatic Knee-Oa: A Comprehensive Analysis Of 167 Patients 
Interventional Radiology 

Ghina Jardali, MD 
Fellow 
A Comparative Prognostic Analysis Between Two Tumor Burden Measurements: Tumor Fraction on Liquid Biopsy and Total Tumor Volume on CT scans in 1065 Metastatic Patients 
Multisystem 

Nicolo Gennaro, MD 
Fellow 
Unveiling Heterogeneity in Response Evaluation of Soft Tissue Sarcoma to Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy: Associations Between Radiology and Pathology Findings 
Musculoskeletal Imaging 

Mahsa Dolatshahi, MD, MPH 
Fellow 
The Association Between Body Fat Localization, Insulin Resistance, And Amyloid Burden in Midlife 
Neuroradiology 

Lina Karout, MD  
Fellow 
Establishing The First Protocol and Clinical Indication Based Regional Diagnostic Reference Levels for Pediatric Computed Tomography in The Middle East and North Africa: A Multicenter Study Of 34 Sites From 17 Countries 
Noninterpretive Skills (Beyond Imaging) 

Ajith Antony 
Fellow                                         
Assessing Precision in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Treatment Response Assessment: Inter-Reader and Intra-Reader Reliability Using 68Ga PSMA Pet/CT Versus Cross-Sectional Imaging 
Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging 

Amirreza Manteghinejad, MD 
Fellow 
Neuroimaging Delineation and Progression of SLSMD Syndromes 
Pediatric Imaging 

Maria Camila Cortes Albornoz, MD 
Fellow  
Glymphatic Clearance Analysis from Diffusion Tensor Image Along the Perivascular Space in Children During Their First Five Years of Life 
Pediatric Imaging 

Zhennong Chen, PhD  
Fellow  
Portable Brain CT Motion Correction Using Generative Diffusion Model 
Physics 

Benjamin Simon, PhD 
Fellow 
Multimodal Artificial Intelligence for Prostate Cancer Treatment Outcome Prediction: A Pilot Study 
Radiation Oncology 

Carlos Alberto Campello Jorge, MD 
Fellow 
Descending Thoracic Aortic Elongation Predicts Type B Aortic Dissection in Marfan Syndrome 
Vascular Imaging 

Prabhvir Marway, BA, MBBChir  
Fellow 
Tracking Aortic Growth with Manual Diameter Measurements Over Time Is Unable to Reliably Differentiate Stable Versus Growing Cases, Impairing Disease Detection 
Vascular Imaging 

Steven Chen 
Medical Student                                 
Impact Of Breast Cancer Mode of Detection on Patient Outcome and Mortality  
Breast Imaging 

Di Zhou      
Medical Student                                         
Prognosis and Risk Stratification in Dilated Cardiomyopathy with LVEF ≤ 35%: Cardiac MRI Insights for Better Outcomes 
Cardiac Imaging 

Micah Grubert Van Iderstine, BSc 
Medical Student 
Utility Of Machine Learning for Predicting Severe Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Based on CT Metrics in a Surgical Cohort 
Chest Imaging 

Matthew Mueller, MSc, BSc 
Medical Student  
Shock Thyroid: Does It Exist? Incidence and Relevance of CT Signs of Shock Thyroid in Hemodynamically Unstable Patients 
Emergency Radiology 

Abhinav Suri, BA, MPH  
Medical Student 
Deep-Diabetes: Fusion Deep Learning Model Features Predict Diabetes Occurrence, Severity, and Medication Responsiveness on CT Imaging 

Gastrointestinal Imaging 

Fan Yang     
Medical Student                                           
Baseline Virtual MR Elastography and Radiological Depth of Invasion in The Prediction Disease-Progression in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma 
Head & Neck Imaging 

Aly Fawzy, BSc 
Medical Student  
Computer Vision in Medical Imaging Service Delivery: Evaluating Process Capacity of CT Scans 
Imaging Informatics 

Zuhair Zaidi   
Medical Student                                           
Recalcitrant Pelvic Pain- Effectiveness of Pulsed Radiofrequency Ablation for Pudendal Neuropathy Management 
Interventional Radiology 

Jinpeng Li    
Medical Student                                               
Automatic Segmentation and Localization of Pelvic and Retroperitoneal Lymph Nodes Based on Deep Learning On CT Images 
Multisystem 

Mariam Goreish       
Medical Student                                       
Increased Tumor Size on MRI Predicts Pathological Response to Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy in Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma 
Musculoskeletal Imaging 

Hector Acosta Rodriguez, BS 
Medical Student 
Neuroimaging Correlates of The Main Cognitive Metrics Derived from The NIH Toolbox in Children 
Neuroradiology 

Ahmad Alach           
Medical Student                                     
Diagnostic Imaging Utilization Associated with Primary Care Telemedicine and In-Person Visits in a Large Integrated Health System 
Noninterpretive Skills (Beyond Imaging) 

Xu Xiwen     
Medical Student                                         
The Evaluation of AI-Based Automated Classification for PET Uptake in Prostate Cancer 
Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging 

Alan Zhu, BS  
Medical Student 
Hemorrhagic Ovarian Cysts Over 50 Mm (“Large Hocs”): Prevalence and Value of Experienced Radiologist Assessment 
OB/Gynecology 

Zhiwei Wang    
Medical Student                                              
Evaluating The Risk of Pas in High-Risk Patients: A Comprehensive Approach Integrating Clinical Indicators with MRI Signs 
OB/Gynecology 

Pradipta Debnath, MD  
Medical Student 
Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) for Suspected Cholangiopathy in Children: A Multi-Reader Agreement Study 
Pediatric Imaging 

Linying Zhan, BSc 
Medical Student  
Performance Evaluation in Photon Counting CT (PCD-CT): Measuring DQE And Detector Dead Time Using an Image-Based Framework 
Physics 

Joshua Zhu, MS 
Medical Student 
Deep Learning Based Prediction Model for Patients with Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma 
Radiation Oncology 

Petra Palkowitsch  
Kuo York Chynn Neuroradiology Research Award                                        
Gadoquatrane: Pharmacokinetics in Healthy Volunteers and Patients with CNS Lesions in Combination with MR Imaging in Comparison to Gadobutrol Support Dose Selection for The Novel Tetrameric GBCA