Inspired by the McMedHacks hackathon, our alumni Ms. Marcia Hon, MSc and Mr. Vasileios Alevizos, MSc, have recently submitted their project “Comparison of KidneySegmentation UnderAttention U-NetArchitectures” to MIST 2021, where it was well received. A preprint can be viewed here: https://www.techrxiv.org/articles/preprint/Comparison_of_Kidney_Segmentation_Under_Attention_U-Net_Architectures/16546281 Our mission at McMedHacks is to provide bright minds such as Marcia and VasileiosContinue reading “Inspiring McMedHacks Alumni”
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Email troubleshoot
If you have registered for the McMedHacks events and did not receive an email with information about how to log on, our email most likely did not reach your inbox. Please make sure to check your junk mail and whitelist medhacks2021@gmail.com. Instructions on how to whitelist our email for various mailing services can be foundContinue reading “Email troubleshoot”
McMedHacks Registration Just Opened!
Now is your chance to register for a free workshop series about medical image analysis and deep learning in Python called McMedHacks. You will meet experts in the field and acquire all the tools you need to kickstart your research projects. The interactive workshop series is beginner friendly and will teach everything from the fundamentalsContinue reading “McMedHacks Registration Just Opened!”
Meet Luca Weishaupt
Hello, my name is Luca. I am a Physics undergraduate at McGill University. For the last 3 years, I have been working on computer vision related problems in medical image analysis in Dr. Shirin Enger’s lab in McGill’s Medical Physics Unit and at the Mayo Clinic. My previous projects include: – automated applicator digitization inContinue reading “Meet Luca Weishaupt”
Our inspiration
Yujing and Luca both work on multi-modal image analysis using deep learning for various purposes from tumor auto-segmentation to outcome prediction using multiple diagnostic imaging modalities. They noticed that a few of their colleagues that were new to the field experienced some common challenges that they had experienced themselves: like how to work with DICOM files,Continue reading “Our inspiration”
Welcome to McMedHacks!
The students of Dr. Enger’s lab at the McGill Medical Physics Unit and the Lady Davis institute are offering a free, beginner-friendly workshop on how to use Python for deep learning-based medical image analysis. This is an amazing opportunity for you to learn about active fields of research from experts in the field and fellowContinue reading “Welcome to McMedHacks!”
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