Rudy Rizzo
Postdoc
PhD
Biosketch
• Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering, University of Padova, Italy
Research interests
• Multi-parametric MR spectroscopy (MRS) and Spectroscopic Imaging (MRSI)
• Models for biological data
• Biological data quantification, with interest in methods' accuracy and uncertainties
• Artificial Intelligence for quantification, with a specific interest in Deep Learning
Projects
• Multi-parametric single voxel spectroscopy and spectroscopic imaging for simultaneous fast and accurate quantification of brain and prostate metabolite concentrations and T2s
• Theoretical assessments of robustness and reliability of Deep Learning approaches to quantify metabolites in MR spectroscopy.
• Diffusion-Weighted Spectroscopy in the prostate: comparing healthy and prostate cancer metabolite diffusivity.
Funding
• European Union's Horizon 2020, Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 813120 (INSPiRE-MED, https://inspire-med.eu/)