Dr Maria Valdes Hernandez (Fellow of the High Education Academy)
Row Fogo Lecturer in Medical Image Analysis
- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
- Edinburgh Imaging
Contact details
- Email: M.Valdes-Hernan@ed.ac.uk
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Paranasal sinus occupancy assessed from magnetic resonance images—associations with clinical indicators in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
In:
Rheumatology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kead185
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Genomics of perivascular space burden unravels early mechanisms of cerebral small vessel disease
(13 pages)
In:
Nature Medicine, vol. 29, pp. 950-962
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02268-w
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Brain Vascular Health in ALS Is Mediated through Motor Cortex Microvascular Integrity
In:
Cells, vol. 12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12060957
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review article (Published) -
Sleep quality, perivascular spaces and brain health markers in ageing - A longitudinal study in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936
In:
Sleep medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2023.03.016
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Impact of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure on cognitive function and neurodegeneration in humans: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(20 pages)
In:
Frontiers in Neurology, vol. 13
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.1052333
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Areas of expertise
- Image processing, analysis and integration with meta-data from/for large multicentre longitudinal clinical studies
- Streamlining image processing where confidentiality of the data is necessary
- Image processing for large scale multicentre studies
- Medical image processing and analysis in the presence of inhomogeneities and with low quality in the acquisition
- Set-up of image processing and analysis pipelines
- Set-up and management of projects that involve image processing and integration with associated meta-data
- Application of state-of-art computational algorithms to practical problems that involve image processing
- Streamlining multidimensional signal analyses
- Systematic review of technical literature
- Large data synthesis
- Set-up image processing and analysis management systems
- Automatic assessment of image features with clinical relevance
Consultancy services
- Set-up medical image processing and analysis pipelines
- Implementation of state-of-art image processing algorithms
- Systematic review of technical literature
- Set-up image processing and analysis management systems
- Professional evaluation of image processing algorithms
- Application of computational algorithms to image data analysis
- Professional advice on areas of expertise related above
- Supervision and project management on areas of expertise related above
- Teaching and couching on areas of expertise related above
Personal skills
- Honest, objective, direct and transparent
- Unbiased and reliable as does not have affiliation or financial interests with any commercial organisation, consortia or institution outside The University of Edinburgh
- Track record of high productivity, commitment and quality output
- Highly innovative, communicative and enthusiast
Personal statement
“My experience does not come from my academic qualifications and achievements: it is the result of my many mistakes and countless hours doing donkey work. My strength is not to see what nobody else has seen, but to think what nobody else have thought about the things that everybody sees”.
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