Nicha Dvornek, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Research Summary
My research is on the development and application of machine learning algorithms for medical image analysis and processing. My current work focuses on deep learning methods for learning from functional magnetic resonance imaging data with application to autism spectrum disorders. I am driven by the ultimate goal of better understanding neurological disorders and diseases to achieve more personalized medicine.
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Research Interests
Autistic Disorder; Biomedical Engineering; Brain; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Neural Networks, Computer
Selected Publications
- Identifying Autism from Resting-State fMRI Using Long Short-Term Memory Networks.Dvornek NC, Ventola P, Pelphrey KA, Duncan JS. Identifying Autism from Resting-State fMRI Using Long Short-Term Memory Networks. Machine Learning In Medical Imaging. MLMI (Workshop) 2017, 10541: 362-370. PMID: 29104967, PMCID: PMC5669262, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-67389-9_42.
- Brain responses to biological motion predict treatment outcome in young children with autism.Yang D, Pelphrey KA, Sukhodolsky DG, Crowley MJ, Dayan E, Dvornek NC, Venkataraman A, Duncan J, Staib L, Ventola P. Brain responses to biological motion predict treatment outcome in young children with autism. Translational Psychiatry 2016, 6: e948. PMID: 27845779, PMCID: PMC5314125, DOI: 10.1038/tp.2016.213.
- Prediction of Autism Treatment Response from Baseline fMRI using Random Forests and Tree BaggingDvornek, N.C., Yang, D., Venkataraman, A., Ventola, P., Staib, L.H., Pelphrey, K.A., Duncan, J.S., “Prediction of Autism Treatment Response from Baseline fMRI using Random Forests and Tree Bagging,” In: Sixth International Workshop on Multimodal Learning for Clinical Decision Support, 2016.
- Pivotal response treatment prompts a functional rewiring of the brain among individuals with autism spectrum disorder.Venkataraman A, Yang DY, Dvornek N, Staib LH, Duncan JS, Pelphrey KA, Ventola P. Pivotal response treatment prompts a functional rewiring of the brain among individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Neuroreport 2016, 27: 1081-5. PMID: 27532879, PMCID: PMC5007196, DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0000000000000662.
- SubspaceEM: A fast maximum-a-posteriori algorithm for cryo-EM single particle reconstruction.Dvornek NC, Sigworth FJ, Tagare HD. SubspaceEM: A fast maximum-a-posteriori algorithm for cryo-EM single particle reconstruction. Journal Of Structural Biology 2015, 190: 200-14. PMID: 25839831, PMCID: PMC4453989, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2015.03.009.
- Tracking Metastatic Brain Tumors in Longitudinal Scans via Joint Image Registration and Labeling.Chitphakdithai N, Chiang VL, Duncan JS. Tracking Metastatic Brain Tumors in Longitudinal Scans via Joint Image Registration and Labeling. Spatio-temporal Image Analysis For Longitudinal And Time-series Image Data : Second International Workshop, STIA 2012, Held In Conjunction With MICCAI 2012, Nice, France, October 1, 2012, Proceedings. STIA (Conference) (2nd : 2012 : Nic... 2012, 7570: 124-136. PMID: 31187098, PMCID: PMC6559745, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-33555-6_11.
- Non-rigid registration with missing correspondences in preoperative and postresection brain images.Chitphakdithai N, Duncan JS. Non-rigid registration with missing correspondences in preoperative and postresection brain images. Medical Image Computing And Computer-assisted Intervention : MICCAI ... International Conference On Medical Image Computing And Computer-Assisted Intervention 2010, 13: 367-74. PMID: 20879252, PMCID: PMC3031159, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-15705-9_45.
Clinical Trials
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Children's Health; Men's Health; Mental Health & Behavioral Research; Women's Health | ACE Multisite Study of Adolescent & Adult Transitions |