{"id":190,"date":"2021-12-09T15:44:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T14:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/tml\/?page_id=190"},"modified":"2025-08-11T10:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T08:08:09","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/tml\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"research-publications\">Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.ch\/citations?hl=de&amp;user=Y0LctCUAAAAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Scholar<\/a> for a list of all our papers, <a href=\"https:\/\/serval.unil.ch?criteriaRecord=criterias.free&amp;free=%22Jonas+Richiardi%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UNIL institutional repository<\/a> for our open access papers, <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/a\/0000-0002-6975-5634.html\">arXiv<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medrxiv.org\/search\/author1%3AJonas%2BRichiardi%2B\"> medRxiv<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/search\/author1%3AJonas%2BRichiardi%2B\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/search\/author1%3AJonas%2BRichiardi%2B\">bioRxiv<\/a> for our preprints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"research-projects\">Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/data.snf.ch\/grants\/grant\/202276\"><strong>HEARTMAGIC<\/strong><\/a> (funded by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snf.ch\/en\">Swiss National Science Foundation<\/a>) &#8211; Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF) affects around half patients suffering from heart failure. It has very poor prognosis and no treatment available. Our hypothesis is that we should be able to identify subtypes of patients for which better therapeutic options can be found. To this end, we will recruit around 600 patients between two hospitals, and acquire genotype, transcriptomics,  metabolomic, and MR imaging data using newly-developed sequences. We will also develop new ML algorithms to subtype HFpEF patients from these rich, panoramic data. In collaboration with MR expert <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/cvmr\/people\/ruud-van-heeswijk\/\">Ruud van Heeswijk<\/a> (CHUV) and cardiologists <a href=\"https:\/\/applicationspub.unil.ch\/interpub\/noauth\/php\/Un\/UnPers.php?PerNum=1072100&amp;LanCode=8\">Roger Hullin<\/a> (CHUV) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hug.ch\/cardiologie\/equipe-du-service-cardiologie\">Philippe Meyer<\/a> (HUG)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within this project we are developing several methods around graph-based machine learning, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y5O8XzcZ6to&amp;t=1256s\">multiplex graphs for multi-omics<\/a> integration and translation, or <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/abstract\/document\/10096712\">multiplex graph neural networks for cardiac imaging<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"404\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/tml\/files\/2022\/08\/ASAP_LOGO_FINAL_WBshort.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-276\" style=\"width:192px;height:171px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/tml\/files\/2022\/08\/ASAP_LOGO_FINAL_WBshort.png 404w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/tml\/files\/2022\/08\/ASAP_LOGO_FINAL_WBshort-300x267.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASAPTeamCH\">Advanced Stroke Analytics Platform<\/a> (ASAP)<\/strong> (co-financed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.innosuisse.ch\">Innosuisse<\/a>) &#8211;  We are developing ML algorithms for federated learning robust to heterogeneous imaging protocols, in order to improve ischemic tissue volumetry and localisation. In collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neuroscience.unibe.ch\/research\/research_groups\/support_center_for_advanced_neuroimaging_scan\/\">SCAN group at Inselspital Bern<\/a> and Siemens Healthcare Advanced Clinical Imaging Technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unige-cofunds.ch\/alliance-campus-rhodanien\/appel-2022#3\"><strong>Heart and Brain in Action<\/strong><\/a> (funded by <a href=\"https:\/\/unige-cofunds.ch\/alliance-campus-rhodanien\">Alliance Campus Rhodanien<\/a>) &#8211; We are exploring representations and predictive models for spatiotemporal biomedical imaging data, as a way to translate neuroimaging statistical\/ML modelling techniques to heart imaging, and vice versa. In collaboration with the <a href=\"https:\/\/team.inria.fr\/statify\">Statify INRIA team<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CHUV-Lundin Brain cancer database<\/strong> (funded by Lundin Family Brain Tumour Research Centre) &#8211; We are aiming to build the most comprehensive brain tumor database in the world, comprising clinical data, imaging data, and omics data. With a target size of several thousand patients, and a commitment to open science from the beginning, this ambitious project aims at supporting data-driven research in brain cancer. The project is led at the Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne in close collaboration between experts in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chuv.ch\/fr\/oncologie\/onc-home\/le-departement\/service-doncologie-medicale\">oncology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chuv.ch\/fr\/radio-oncologie\/rth-home\">radio-oncology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chuv.ch\/fr\/neurochirurgie\/nch-home\/le-service-en-bref\/notre-equipe\/nos-chercheurs\/pr-monika-hegi\/\">oncological biomarkers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unil.ch\/dof\/michielin\">precision oncology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chuv.ch\/en\/bdsc\/\">clinical data science<\/a>, with support from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chuv.ch\/fr\/rc\/qui-sommes-nous\/data-science\">Data Science team in the IT department<\/a>, and external collaborators at the <a href=\"https:\/\/medgift.hevs.ch\/\">MedGIFT group<\/a>, HES-SO Valais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leenaards.ch\/prix\/sattaquer-aux-symptomes-negatifs-de-la-schizophrenie-via-le-cervelet\/\">Brain Circuitry Therapeutics for Schizophrenia<\/a><\/strong> (funded by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leenaards.ch\/\">Leenaards Foundation<\/a>) &#8211; We are evaluating the effectiveness of transcranial magnetic stimulation to alleviate negative symptoms of schizophrenia. In this precision psychiatry randomized control trial, we are modeling mouse and human motion data, as well as human neuroimaging data (deep phenotyping), to track neural and behaviour correlates of treatment effects. In collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indrit_begue\">Indrit B\u00e8gue<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/neurocenter-unige.ch\/research-groups\/indrit-begue\/\">Neuroimaging and translational psychatry<\/a>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/camillabellone\">Camilla Bellone<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/neurocenter-unige.ch\/research-groups\/synaptic-brain-dysfunctions\/\">Synaptic brain dysfunctions<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"research-partnerships\">Partnership projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We enjoy wide-ranging collaborations with several other research and clinical groups groups, where we provide machine learning and data analysis expertise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inria.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">INRIA<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/team.inria.fr\/statify\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Statify<\/a> team at Universit\u00e9 Grenoble-Alpes: <em>Advanced Spatiotemporal Statistical Frameworks for brain connectivity<\/em> project, funded by <a href=\"https:\/\/miai.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Multidisciplinary Institute in Artificial Intelligence<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Geneva University Hospital&#8217;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carreralab.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carrera Lab<\/a>: <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/data.snf.ch\/grants\/grant\/215285\" target=\"_blank\">Manipulating the peri-infarct cortex using Maraviroc to enhance motor skills after stroke<\/a><\/em>, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lausanne University Hospital&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chuv.ch\/fr\/rad\/rad-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Radiodiagnostic and Interventional Radiology service<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/data.snf.ch\/grants\/grant\/207944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Improving hepatocellular carcinoma screening in Switzerland: new strategies<\/a>, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"research-software\">Open source software<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/TranslationalML\/tml-ctp\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/github.com\/TranslationalML\/tml-ctp\/\"><strong>PACSifier<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; batch DICOM query\/retrieve interface enabling easy and targetted mass retrieval of medical images from hospital PACS, using a simple query file format in CSV from standard DICOM elements. Available as docker image or source code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pypi.org\/project\/tml-ctp\/\">TML-CTP<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; depersonalisation tool. Enhancement around the RSNA MIRC CTP Dicom Anonymizer tool, dockerized and pip-installable, enabling anonymisation (not only coding), customisable date shits, deep-cleaning of potentially dangerous tags containing PHI (e.g. sequences), parallelisation, and deletion of files containing potentially identifiable pixel data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lesion disconnectomics<\/strong> &#8211; estimate a disconnectome graph without diffusion data. <a href=\"https:\/\/gitlab.com\/acit-lausanne\/lesion-disconnectomics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Code<\/a> (Maintained by Veronica Ravano). <a href=\"https:\/\/serval.unil.ch\/en\/notice\/serval:BIB_2E8CD7A48791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paper<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aneurysm detection<\/strong> &#8211; Detection-by-segmentation approach. <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/connectomicslab\/Aneurysm_Detection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Code<\/a> (Maintained by Tommaso Di Noto). <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2103.06168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paper<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Flexible Brain Graph Visualizer<\/strong> &#8211; Create cool 3D plots of brain graphs. <a href=\"https:\/\/sourceforge.net\/projects\/flexbgv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Code<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"research-data\">Open Data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne TOF-MRA <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/openneuro.org\/datasets\/ds003949\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aneurysm cohort<\/a> &#8211; At N=284, this is the largest open MR angiography dataset for aneurysms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne longitudinal <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.7214605\" target=\"_blank\">Glioma change detection cohort<\/a> &#8211; 1683 T2w difference maps for 183 patients, together with stable\/unstable labels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>University of Lausanne <a href=\"https:\/\/zenodo.org\/records\/16753616\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/zenodo.org\/records\/16753616\">Cognitive and Graphomotor Data from Young Adults<\/a> &#8211; fine motor skill tasks instrumented with pen tablet (pen hold, writing, trail making test&#8230;) as well as cognitive assessment (Stroop, digit span&#8230;) for 114 participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>University of Fribourg  <a href=\"https:\/\/openneuro.org\/datasets\/ds004000\">Ultimatum Game in Schizophrenia Study<\/a> &#8211; this is a small high-density EEG dataset with patients (psychosis, N=24) and controls (N=19) performing an economic\/social decision-making task.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publications See Google Scholar for a list of all our papers, UNIL institutional repository for our open access papers, arXiv, medRxiv, or bioRxiv for our preprints. 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