Generative Machine Learning Models in Medical Image Computing
About this ebook
Beyond technical details, the book addresses critical challenges in deploying generative models for healthcare, including ethical concerns, interpretability, and clinical validation. With a strong focus on real-world applications, it includes case studies and implementation guidelines, guiding readers in translating theory into practice. By addressing model robustness, reproducibility, and clinical utility, this book is an essential resource for researchers, clinicians, and data scientists seeking to leverage generative models to enhance biomedical imaging and deliver impactful healthcare solutions. Combining technical rigor with practical insights, it offers a roadmap for integrating advanced generative approaches in the field of medical image computing.
About the author
Dr. Le Zhang is an Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences in the University of Birmingham. He was a Postdoc Researcher at the University of Oxford since 2022. Before that, he was a Research Fellow at University College London since 2019 working with Prof. Daniel Alexander. Under the supervision of Prof. Alejandro F Frangi, he obtained his Ph.D. in Medical Image Computing from the University of Sheffield in 2019.
Dr. Chen Chen is a Lecturer in Computer Vision, at the Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, a core member of Insigeno Institute and Shef.AI community. Previously, she was a post-doc at Oxford BioMedIA group, University of Oxford, and the Computing Department at Imperial College London (ICL). She was also a research scientist at HeartFlow. In 2022, she obtained her Ph.D. from the Department of Computing at Imperial College London, working closely with Prof. Daniel Rueckert and Dr. Wenjia Bai.
Dr. Zeju Li is currently a Post-Doctoral Researcher in FMRIB Analysis Group, University of Oxford, working with Prof. Saad Jbabdi. Previously, he obtained his PhD in Computing from BioMedIA Group with Prof. Ben Glocker, Imperial College London. During his PhD, he spent time in MIRACLE Group (Institute of Computing Technology) and Huawei Noah's Ark Lab (London). He got both his MSc and BSc from the Department of Electronic Engineering, Fudan University.
Greg Slabaugh is Professor of Computer Vision and AI and Director of the Digital Environment Research Institute (DERI) at Queen Mary University of London. He is also Turing Liaison (Academic) for Queen Mary at The Alan Turing Institute. He earned a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, USA. Previously, he was Chief Scientist in Computer Vision (EU) for Huawei Technologies R&D, and other prior appointments include City, University of London, Medicsight, and Siemens. He holds 38 granted patents and has approximately 200 per-reviewed publications. He regularly serves on the technical program committe for computer vision and machine learning conferences (CVPR, NeurIPS, AAAI) and related journals.
