Trainee Research Prize

The Trainee Research Prize recognizes residents, fellows, medical students or physics trainees for the best papers or scientific posters presented in each subspecialty at the RSNA annual meeting.

2023

Yulu Liu
Medical Student
Peking University People's Hospital
A Radiomics Approach Based on Machine Learning in Distinguishing Benign and Malignant Breast Lesions Using T2 Weighted and Diffusion Weighted Imaging: A Multicenter Study
Breast Imaging

Berat Bersu Ozcan, MD
Fellow
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Supplemental Optoacoustic Imaging of Breast Masses: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Breast Imaging

Yang Zhang, PhD
Resident/Physics Trainee
Rutgers-Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Diagnosis of architectural distortion on digital breast tomosynthesis using radiomics and deep learning
Breast Imaging - “In memory of Dr. Tapan K. Chaudhuri” 

Leyla Zeitouni, MBBS
Fellow
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Is presence of enhancement on Contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) a diagnostic biomarker to determine the presence of malignancy in suspicious mammographic calcifications?
Breast Imaging

Xiaorui Xiang, MD
Resident/Physics Trainee
National Center For Cardiovascular Diseases
Fractal Analysis to Predict Outcomes in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Trabecular Complexity as New Marker
Cardiac Imaging

Hau Wai Wong                                             
Medical Student
The University of Hong Kong
Left Ventricular Flow Analysis: Changes in Flow Components and Kinetic Energy Profiles in Heart Failure Patients with 4D Flow
Cardiac Imaging

Logan Hubbard, MD, PhD
Resident/Physics Trainee
University of California, Los Angeles
Combining Coronary CT Angiography and Coronary Flow Capacity Measurement with a Low-Dose Comprehensive Cardiac CT Technique - Validation Versus 82 Rb PET
Cardiac Imaging

John Knopf                                             
Resident/Physics Trainee
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
The Lung and Short of It: The Impact of Telomere Shortening on Progression of Interstitial Lung Disease
Chest Imaging

Anika Walia                                             
Medical Student
Boston University School of Medicine
Lung Cancer Risk Using Never Smokers’ Chest X-Rays: Validation of a Deep Learning-based Model
Chest Imaging

Prabhvir Marway, BA, MBBChir
Fellow
University of Michigan, Department of Radiology
Three-dimensional growth mapping in subacute type B aortic dissection predicts long-term outcomes
Chest Imaging

Nathan Sarkar, BS
Medical Student
University of Maryland SOM
An Explainable Interactive AI/ML Method and Interface for Splenic AAST Grading: Evaluation as a Diagnostic Aid with Performance and user Acceptance data
Emergency Radiology

Ngoc-Anh Tran, MD
Fellow
University of California, San Francisco
Change in Emergency Department Length of Stay Following Routine Adoption of Dual-Energy Computed Tomography (DECT) to Differentiate Intracranial Hemorrhage from Calcification
Emergency Radiology

Suvrankar Datta, MD, MBBS
Resident/Physics Trainee
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi
AIRib Framework: Development of an End-to-End Pipeline for the Automated Detection, Characterization, Prognostication and Reporting of Traumatic Rib Fractures from CT Scans
Emergency Radiology

Shankar Kumar, MBBS, MSc
Resident/Physics Trainee
University College London
Diagnostic Performance of Sonographic Activity Scores for Adult Terminal Ileal Crohn’s Disease Compared to Magnetic Resonanceenterography and Histological Reference Standards: Experience From the Metric Trial
Gastrointestinal Imaging

Nika Elmi, MSc
Medical Student
McMaster University Michael G.DeGroote School of Medicine
The Association of Pancreatic Cystic Lesions on MRI with a Future Diagnosis of Pancreatic Carcinoma: Systematic Review
Gastrointestinal Imaging

Joao Manoel Santos, MD
Fellow
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Co-registration Techniques of MRI Rectum and ex vivo Rectal Whole-Mount Histology: A Feasibility Study
Gastrointestinal Imaging

Yuki Arita, MD, PhD
Fellow
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Biparametric vs. Multiparametric MRI for Assessing Muscle Invasion in Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma with Variant Histology using the Vesical Imaging-Reporting and Data System: A Multi-institutional Multi-reader Study
Genitourinary Imaging

Daniel Kim                                               
Medical Student
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Association of Quantitative Multiparametric MRI Parameters and Aggressive Prostate Cancer Morphologies
Genitourinary Imaging

Aditi Chaurasia, MBBS
Resident/Physics Trainee
National Institutes of Health
Succinate Dehydrogenase-deficient Renal Cell Carcinoma: Characterization of Imaging Features for Precision Diagnosis
Genitourinary Imaging

Alessandra Borges, MD
Resident/Physics Trainee
Universidade de Sao Paulo
Diagnostic Value of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography Alone and Adjusted for ACR-TIRADS in Differentiating Benign and Malignant Thyroid Nodules Compared To Histological Diagnosis: Preliminary Results from a Single-Center Prospective Study
Head & Neck Imaging

Dallin Judd                                             
Medical Student
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Osteogenesis Imperfecta: Implications of Using Micro-CT for Visualizing Developmental Variation in the Middle and Inner Ear of OIM Mice
Head & Neck Imaging

Wei Chen, PhD
Medical Student
Fudan University
Identification of Endolymphatic Hydrops Semi-Automatically in the Inner Ear With 3D-Real IR MRI
Head & Neck Imaging

Bryan Quah, MSc, BA
Resident/Physics Trainee
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Complex Convolutional Neural Networks for Denoising Accelerated Submillimeter Magnetic Susceptibility Brain MRI
Imaging Informatics

Shreyas Kulkarni, BS
Medical Student
Warren Alpert School of Medicine
Identification and Mitigation of Bias in Multi-Modal Pulmonary Embolism Data to Improve Survival Analysis Prediction
Imaging Informatics

Pouria Rouzrokh, MD, MPH
Fellow
Mayo Clinic
Enhancing the Trustworthiness of Deep Learning Tools for Clinical Applications: A Comprehensive Pipeline with Model Explainability, Uncertainty Quantification, and Outlier Detection Applied to Implant Detection on Radiographs
Imaging Informatics

Cristina Marrocchio, MD
Fellow
University of Parma
Correlation between Tumor Complexity Scoring Systems and Outcomes in Percutaneous Renal Cryoablation
Interventional Radiology

Yifan Wang, MD, MS
Resident/Physics Trainee
Yale New Haven Hospital
Identification of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters on CT, X-ray and MRI radiological reports with a Natural Language Processing (NLP) based tool for management of clinical follow up
Interventional Radiology

Abinaya Ramakrishnan                                     
Medical Student
UCLA
Pre-ablation biopsy and the Effect of Histopathologic Grade on Thermal Ablation Outcomes for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Interventional Radiology

Francesco Sanvito
University of California Los Angeles
Baseline and Longitudinal Radiologic Assessment of Brain Metastases Treated With Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT)
Kuo York Chynn Neuroradiology Research Award

Tongtong Chen                                             
Medical Student
Ruijin Hospital Affiliated To School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Dynamic Monitoring Soft Tissue Healing Via Visualized Gd-Crosslinked Double Network MRI Imaging Microspheres
Multisystem

Ashwin Parihar, MBBS, MD
Fellow
Washington University School of Medicine
¹⁸ F-BMS-986192 Molecular Imaging of programmed cell death ligand 1 expression in the liver and spleen in patients with breast cancer receiving combined immuno-chemotherapy
Multisystem

Bingjie Zheng, MD
Resident/Physics Trainee
The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University
Beyond the Spectrum: A Novel Imaging Response in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Preoperative Immuno-chemotherapy
Multisystem

Vandan Patel
Medical Student
MRI Findings in the Elbow Among Pediatric Baseball Players Based on Skeletal Maturity
Musculoskeletal Imaging

Anika Dutta, MD
Resident/Physics Trainee
Mayo Clinic
Quantitative in Vivo Assessment of Wrist Trabecular Microarchitecture with Photon-counting-detector (PCD) CT
Musculoskeletal Imaging

Kamyar Moradi                                           
Fellow
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Undifferentiated and Preclinical Rheumatoid Arthritis and Longitudinal Thigh Muscle Loss: Deep-Learning Derived Data from Osteoarthritis Initiative
Musculoskeletal Imaging

Burak Ozkara, MD
Fellow
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Optimizing Traumatic Brain Injury Prognosis Prediction: Leveraging Machine Learning with CT Imaging and GFAP/UCH-L1 Blood Biomarkers
Neuroradiology

Alexander Rau, MD
Resident/Physics Trainee
University Hospital Freiburg
Cerebral Microstructural Alterations in Post-covid-Condition Are Related to Cognitive Impairment, Olfactory Dysfunction and Fatigue
Neuroradiology

Simone Kaltenhauser                                     
Medical Student
Yale School of Medicine
Association of Body Mass Index and waist circumference with multimodal magnetic resonance imaging indicators of brain health in 9- to 10-year-olds in the US
Neuroradiology

Emiliano Garza Frias, MD
Fellow
Massachusetts General Hospital 
Autonomous AI-based CXR interpretation for predicting Congestive Heart Failure: A multicenter study
Noninterpretive Skills (Beyond Imaging)

Brittany Dang, BA
Medical Student
University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston 
Increased Adverse Iodine Contrast Agent Reactions and Resistance to Epinephrine in the Setting of Beta-blocker Therapy: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of 209,482 Patients
Noninterpretive Skills (Beyond Imaging)

Amar Gupta, PhD
Resident/Physics Trainee
Kyung Hee University
Unveiling a Paradigm in Sustainable Radiography: The World's Smallest and Lightest Carbon Nanotube-Based Pocket X-ray System for Soft X-ray Imaging and Irradiation, Featuring Low Energy Consumption and Powered by AAA Batteries
Noninterpretive Skills (Beyond Imaging)

Daniel Kwon, MD, PhD
Medical Student
University of Pennsylvania
Dual-Tracer Dynamic PET Imaging on the Long-Axial Field-Of-View PennPET Explorer: A Proof-Of-Principle Study With [¹⁸F] Fluoroglutamine and [¹⁸F] Fluorodeoxyglucose
Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging

Heying Duan, MD
Fellow
Stanford University
Final Analysis of a Prospective, Single-center, Phase II/III Imaging Trial of ⁶⁸ Ga-RM2 PET/MRI in Patients with Biochemical Recurrence of Prostate Cancer
Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging

Catherine Meyer, PhD
Resident/Physics Trainee
Oregon Health & Science University
Leveraging serial quantitative imaging for treatment response monitoring and dosimetry of ¹⁷⁷ Lu-PSMA-617 therapy
Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging

Alexis Medema, MSc
Medical Student
Duke University School of Medicine
Outcomes and Reinterventions Following Uterine Artery Embolization for the Treatment of Uterine Leiomyomas
OB/Gynecology

Bailey Lyttle, MD
Resident/Physics Trainee
University of Colorado
Comparison of best Landmarks for Calculating Fetal Jaw Index by Ultrasound and MRI to Predict Postnatal Outcomes in Micrognathia
OB/Gynecology

Huiling Xiang                                             
Medical Student
Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
OvcaFinder: An interpretable hybrid model integrating multimodal information for ovarian cancer diagnosis
OB/Gynecology

Mahdie Hosseini, MD
Fellow
University of Pennsylvania
Assessment of 3D Hemi-Diaphragmatic Motion via Free-Breathing Dynamic MRI in Pediatric Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome
Pediatric Imaging

Vidya Sankar Viswanathan, MD
Resident/Physics Trainee
Emory University
CT-based Segmentation Model for Pediatric Hepatoblastoma Trained on Data From COG AHEP0731 Liver Tumor Trial: Performance and Comparison to Adult-based Model
Pediatric Imaging

Camilo Calixto                                           
Fellow
Boston Children's Hospital
Evolution of Diffusivity and Anisotropy in the Fetal Brain in the Second and Third Trimesters
Pediatric Imaging

Jeannette Wong-Siegel                                       
Fellow
Washington University in St. Louis
Estimation of Organ Doses for Cardiac Catheterizations and Diagnostic Fluoroscopic Procedures Performed in Infants with Congenital Heart Disease
Physics

Emily Koons                                             
Resident/Physics Trainee
Mayo Clinic
Quantification of Coronary Artery Stenosis from Dense Calcifications using Ultra-High-Resolution Photon-Counting-Detector CT
Physics

Dan Bushe, PhD, MS
Resident/Physics Trainee
University of Wisconsin Madison
Ex-Vivo Assessment of Multi-Contrast X-ray Imaging for the Diagnosis of Lung Cancer
Physics

Joseph Lee, MD, PhD
Resident/Physics Trainee
Corewell Health
Novel Quantitative Prostate MRI Predictors of Late Genitourinary Toxicity after Radiation: A Step Forward in Pretherapeutic Risk-stratification
Radiation Oncology

Jim Zhong, MD
Resident/Physics Trainee
University of Leeds
Improving the Prediction of Biochemical Recurrence Free Survival After Radiotherapy Using MRI Radiomics and Hypoxia Gene Signature Information in Patients With Prostate Cancer
Radiation Oncology

Joseph Bae, MS, BS
Medical Student
Stony Brook University
Graph-Based Spatially-Aware Radiomics Improves Prediction of Locoregional Recurrence in Radiotherapy-Treated Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Radiation Oncology

Huiming Dong, PhD
Resident/Physics Trainee
University of California, San Francisco
Quantification of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Strain Using MR Feature Tracking: Accuracy and Association with Progression Rate
Vascular Imaging

Mangun Randhawa, MBBS
Fellow
Massachusetts General Hospital
Role of CTA Derived Quantitative Imaging Parameters in Bicuspid-Aortic Valve Associated Aortopathy
Vascular Imaging