Dr

Alberto

Biancardi

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Journal articles

• Astley JR, Marshall H, Smith LJ, Biancardi AM, Brook M, Collier GJ, Hughes PJC, Saunders LC, Wild JM & Tahir BA (2026) Uncertainty-Aware, End-to-End Deep Learning for Functional Lung MRI Quantification Using ¹²⁹ Xe and ¹ H MRI. Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging, 8(3).
• Simmons AV, Smith LJ, Somerville Z, Faulke H, Clark W, Hughes D, Aldag I, West N, Biancardi AM, Wild JM & Stewart NJ (2026) Expiratory lung MRI: a simple, sensitive method to quantify and visualise regional gas trapping in cystic fibrosis. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis.
• Taylor DJ, Yones E, Newman T, Gosling R, Halliday I, Xu X, Saxton H, Czechowicz K, Narracott A, Biancardi AM , Hose R et al (2026) Coronary Microvascular Resistance as a Predictor of the Placebo-Controlled Response to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.
• Schofield L, Smith L, Marshall H, Hughes D, Biancardi A, Bray J, Capener D, Collier G, Fazal S, Moya E , Munro R et al (2026) Structure and function imaging in primary ciliary dyskinesia: cross-sectional study with 129Xe ventilation / 1H anatomical MRI. ERJ Open Research. View this article in WRRO
• Marshall H, Smith LJ, Biancardi AM, Collier GJ, Chan H-F, Hughes PJC, Brook ML, Astley JR, Munro R, Rajaram S , Swift AJ et al (2025) Phenotyping asthma and/or COPD using 129Xe MRI and comprehensive physiologic testing. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. View this article in WRRO
• Croall ID, Hadjivassiliou M, Sanders DS, Teh K, Biancardi AM, Trott N & Hoggard N (2025) Persisting transglutaminase 6 antibodies in neurological gluten‐related disorders. Annals of Neurology. View this article in WRRO
• Simmons AV, Smith LJ, Somerville Z, Faulke H, Hughes D, West N, Biancardi AM, Stewart NJ & Wild JM (2025) WS07.03Expiratory lung proton magnetic resonance imaging is a simple sensitive method to detect gas trapping in cystic fibrosis?. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 24, S14-S14.
• Smith LJ, Marshall H, Jakymelen D, Biancardi A, Collier GJ, Chan H-F, Hughes PJC, Brook ML, Astley JR, Munro R , Rajaram S et al (2025) 129Xe-MRI ventilation and acinar abnormalities highlight the significance of spirometric dysanapsis: findings from the NOVELTY ADPro UK substudy. Thorax. View this article in WRRO
• Stewart NJ, de Arcos J, Biancardi AM, Collier GJ, Smith LJ, Norquay G, Marshall H, Brau ACS, Lebel RM & Wild JM (2024) Improving xenon‐129 lung ventilation image SNR with deep‐learning based image reconstruction. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 92(6), 2546-2559. View this article in WRRO
• Tahir BA, Hughes PJC, Astley JR, Biancardi AM, Marshall H, Wild JM & Hatton MQ (2024) 1614: MRI V/Q for assessing radiation-induced changes in regional lung function in lung cancer patients. Radiotherapy and Oncology, 194(Supplement 1), S5062-S5066. View this article in WRRO
• Chan H-F, Weatherley ND, Biancardi AM, Johns CS, Tahir BA, Karwoski RA, Bartholmai BJ, Bianchi SM & Wild JM (2023) Voxel-wise comparison of co-registered quantitative CT and hyperpolarised gas diffusion-weighted MRI measurements in IPF. Diagnostics, 13(23). View this article in WRRO
• Astley JR, Biancardi AM, Marshall H, Smith LJ, Hughes PJC, Collier GJ, Saunders LC, Norquay G, Tofan M-M, Hatton MQ , Hughes R et al (2023) PhysVENeT: a physiologically-informed deep learning-based framework for the synthesis of 3D hyperpolarized gas MRI ventilation. Scientific Reports, 13. View this article in WRRO
• Saunders LC, Collier GJ, Chan H-F, Hughes PJC, Smith LJ, Watson J, Meiring J, Gabriel Z, Newman T, Plowright M , Wade P et al (2023) Longitudinal lung function assessment of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 using 1H and 129Xe lung MRI. Chest, 164(3), 700-716. View this article in WRRO
• Astley JR, Biancardi AM, Hughes PJC, Marshall H, Collier GJ, Chan H, Saunders LC, Smith LJ, Brook ML, Thompson R , Rowland‐Jones S et al (2023) Implementable deep learning for multi-sequence proton MRI lung segmentation: a multi-center, multi-vendor, and multi-disease study. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. View this article in WRRO
• Scott J, Biancardi AM, Jones O & Andrew D (2023) Artificial intelligence in periodontology: a scoping review. Dentistry Journal, 11(2). View this article in WRRO
• Astley JR, Biancardi AM, Marshall H, Hughes PJC, Collier GJ, Smith LJ, Eaden JA, Hughes R, Wild JM & Tahir BA (2023) A dual-channel deep learning approach for lung cavity estimation from hyperpolarized gas and proton MRI. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 57(6), 1878-1890. View this article in WRRO
• Marshall H, Voskrebenzev A, Smith LJ, Biancardi AM, Kern AL, Collier GJ, Wielopolski PA, Ciet P, Tiddens HAWM, Vogel‐Claussen J & Wild JM (2023) 129Xe and free-breathing 1H ventilation MRI in patients with cystic fibrosis: a dual-center study. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 57(6), 1908-1921. View this article in WRRO
• Chan H-F, Smith LJ, Biancardi AM, Bray J, Marshall H, Hughes PJC, Collier GJ, Rao M, Norquay G, Swift AJ , Hart K et al (2023) Image phenotyping of preterm-born children using hyperpolarised 129Xe lung MRI and multiple-breath washout. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 207(1), 89-100. View this article in WRRO
• Astley JR, Biancardi AM, Hughes PJC, Marshall H, Smith LJ, Collier GJ, Eaden JA, Weatherley ND, Hatton MQ, Wild JM & Tahir BA (2022) Large-scale investigation of deep learning approaches for ventilated lung segmentation using multi-nuclear hyperpolarized gas MRI. Scientific Reports, 12(1). View this article in WRRO
• Stewart NJ, Smith LJ, Chan H-F, Eaden JA, Rajaram S, Swift AJ, Weatherley ND, Biancardi A, Collier GJ, Hughes D , Klafkowski G et al (2022) Lung MRI with hyperpolarised gases: current & future clinical perspectives. The British Journal of Radiology, 95(1132). View this article in WRRO
• Mussell GT, Marshall H, Smith LJ, Biancardi AM, Hughes PJC, Capener DJ, Bray J, Swift AJ, Rajaram S, Condliffe AM , Collier GJ et al (2021) Xenon ventilation MRI in difficult asthma; initial experience in a clinical setting. European Respiratory Journal, 7(3). View this article in WRRO
• Pippard BJ, Neal MA, Maunder AM, Hollingsworth KG, Biancardi A, Lawson RA, Fisher H, Matthews JNS, Simpson AJ, Wild JM & Thelwall PE (2021) Reproducibility of 19F‐MR ventilation imaging in healthy volunteers. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 85(6), 3343-3352. View this article in WRRO
• Smith LJ, Horsley A, Bray J, Hughes PJC, Biancardi A, Norquay G, Wildman M, West N, Marshall H & Wild JM (2020) The assessment of short- and long-term changes in lung function in cystic fibrosis using 129Xe MRI. European Respiratory Journal, 56(6). View this article in WRRO
• Hughes PJC, Smith L, Chan H-F, Tahir BA, Norquay G, Collier GJ, Biancardi AM, Marshall H & Wild JM (2019) Assessment of the influence of lung inflation state on the quantitative parameters derived from hyperpolarized gas lung ventilation MRI in healthy volunteers.. Journal of Applied Physiology, 126(1), 183-192. View this article in WRRO
• Tahir BA, Hughes P, Robinson S, Marshall H, Stewart N, Norquay G, Biancardi A, Chan H, Collier GJ, Hart KA , Swinscoe JA et al (2018) Spatial comparison of CT-based surrogates of lung ventilation with hyperpolarized Helium-3 and Xenon-129 gas MRI in patients undergoing radiation therapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, 102(4), 1276-1286. View this article in WRRO
• Hughes PJC, Horn FC, Collier GJ, Biancardi A, Marshall H & Wild JM (2018) Spatial fuzzy c-means thresholding for semiautomated calculation of percentage lung ventilated volume from hyperpolarized gas and (1) H MRI. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 47(3), 640-646. View this article in WRRO
• De Marco M, Beltrachini L, Biancardi A, Frangi AF & Venneri A (2017) Machine-learning support to individual diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment using multimodal MRI and cognitive assessments. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 31(4), 278-286. View this article in WRRO
• Agarwal N, Biancardi AM, Patten FW, Reeves AP & Seibel EJ (2014) Three-dimensional DNA image cytometry by optical projection tomographic microscopy for early cancer diagnosis. Journal of Medical Imaging, 1(1), 017501-017501.
• Li M, Jirapatnakul A, Biancardi A, Riccio ML, Weiss RS & Reeves AP (2013) Growth pattern analysis of murine lung neoplasms by advanced semi-automated quantification of micro-CT images.. PLoS One, 8(12), e83806.
• Armato SG, McLennan G, Bidaut L, McNitt-Gray MF, Meyer CR, Reeves AP, Zhao B, Aberle DR, Henschke CI, Hoffman EA , Kazerooni EA et al (2011) The Lung Image Database Consortium (LIDC) and Image Database Resource Initiative (IDRI): A completed reference database of lung nodules on CT scans. Medical Physics, 38(2), 915-931.
• Biancardi AM, Jirapatnakul AC & Reeves AP (2010) A comparison of ground truth estimation methods. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 5(3), 295-305.
• Reeves AP, Biancardi AM, Yankelevitz D, Fotin S, Keller BM, Jirapatnakul A & Lee J (2009) A public image database to support research in computer aided diagnosis. 2009 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 3715-3718.
• Biancardi A, De Lotto R & Ferrara A (2008) Urban services localization and optimal traffic distribution: Users oriented system. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 134(1), 53-57.
• Reeves AP, Biancardi AM, Apanasovich TV, Meyer CR, MacMahon H, van Beek EJR, Kazerooni EA, Yankelevitz D, McNitt-Gray MF, McLennan G , Armato SG et al (2007) The Lung Image Database Consortium (LIDC). A Comparison of Different Size Metrics for Pulmonary Nodule Measurements. Academic Radiology, 14(12), 1475-1485.
• Barbolini M, Biancardi A, Natale L & Pagliardi M (2005) A low cost system for the estimation of concentration and velocity profiles in rapid dry granular flows. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 43(1-2), 49-61.
• Barbolini M, Biancardi A, Cappabianca F, Natale L & Pagliardi M (2005) Laboratory study of erosion processes in snow avalanches. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 43(1-2), 1-9.
• Biancardi A & Mérigot A (2002) Extending the data parallel paradigm with data-dependent operators. Parallel Computing, 28(7-8), 995-1021.
• Biancardi A, Cinque L & Lombardi L (2002) Improvements to image magnification. Pattern Recognition, 35(3), 677-687.
• Biancardi A, Mosconi M & Rubini A (1995) Papilio: A visual environment for multi-simd programming. Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, 6(4), 349-366.
• Biancardi A, Cantoni V & Mosconi M (1993) Program development and coding on a fine-grained vision machine. Machine Vision and Applications, 7(1), 23-29.
• Astley JR, Smith LJ, Biancardi AM, Hughes R, Lawson R, Tahir BA, Marshall H & Wild JM () Explainable AI-based classification of asthma and COPD from ¹²⁹ Xe ventilation MRI. ERJ Open Research, 00234-2026.
• Saunders LC, Collier GJ, Smith LJ, Chan H, Hughes PJC, Strickland S, Gustafsson L, Newman T, Plowright M, Gabriel Z , Pearce LM et al () Longitudinal ¹ H and ¹²⁹ Xe Lung MRI in Patients With Post‐COVID Residual Lung Abnormalities. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
• Ng KL, Saunders L, Collier G, Grist J, Kainth N, Harris V, Smith L, Strickland S, Gustafsson L, Hughes P , Evans I et al () Using Hyperpolarised Xenon MRI to Explore Breathlessness in Long COVID. ERJ Open Research, 00040-2026.
• Astley JR, Biancardi AM, Marshall H, Hughes PJC, Collier GJ, Hatton MQ, Wild JM & Tahir BA () A hybrid model‐ and deep learning‐based framework for functional lung image synthesis from multi‐inflation CT and hyperpolarized gas MRI. Medical Physics. View this article in WRRO
• Smith LJ, Collier GJ, Marshall H, Hughes PJC, Biancardi AM, Wildman M, Aldag I, West N, Horsley A & Wild JM () Patterns of regional lung physiology in cystic fibrosis using ventilation magnetic resonance imaging and multiple-breath washout. European Respiratory Journal, 52(5). View this article in WRRO

Book chapters

• Biancardi A & Moccia V (1999) Integrating Applications into Interactive Virtual Environments, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 705-712). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Biancardi A, Cantoni V & Lombardi L (1993) Computer vision systems: Functionality and structure integration, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 70-83). Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Conference proceedings

• Smith L, Marshall H, Stanojevic S, Astley J, Jakymelen D, Biancardi A, Collier G, Chan H-F, Hughes P, Brook M , Munro R et al (2025) Utilising 129Xe-MRI to determine an FEV1/FVC range of uncertainty to detect airways disease. Respiratory function technologists/scientists (pp OA2222-OA2222)
• Taylor DJ, Yones E, Newman T, Gosling R, Halliday I, Xu X, Saxton H, Czechowicz K, Narracott A, Biancardi A , Hose R et al (2025) 2-052 Coronary microvascular resistance as a predictor of the placebo-controlled response to percutaneous coronary intervention in stable single-vessel coronary artery diseaseMicrovascular-Stratified Analysis of ORBITA. Acute coronary syndromes & interventional cardiology (pp A88.2-A89)
• Taylor DJ, Yones E, Newman T, Saxton H, Gosling R, Xu X, Czechowicz K, Narracott A, Biancardi A, Hose R , Tonino P et al (2025) E Computed coronary microvascular resistance: optimisation, validation and application in a landmark clinical trial. Young Investigator Award (pp A294-A299)
• Saunders M, Strickland S, Marshall H, Smith L, Collier G, Saunders L, Biancardi A, Brook M, Stewart N, Swift A , Thompson R et al (2025) A pilot study to explore the potential for ¹²⁹Xe and ¹H lung magnetic resonance imaging as a tool to investigate the pathophysiology of obstructive lung disease in people living with HIV. HIV MEDICINE, Vol. 26 (pp 62-63)
• Driskel M, Marshall H, Biancardi A, Smith L, Capener D, Bray J, Zalewska A, Fazal S, Saunders L, Munro R , Rodgers O et al (2024) S2 Evaluation of lung transplant function and detection of CLAD using 129Xe-MRI and LCI. ‘The Catcher in the MRI’ – Functional imaging in lung disease (pp A8-A8)
• Saunders L, Collier G, Smith L, Marshall H, Biancardi A, Swift A, Jakymelen D, Strickland S, Gustafsson L, Munro R , Stewart N et al (2024) 129Xe lung ventilation imaging in patients with long COVID without prior respiratory disease. Imaging (pp PA5251-PA5251)
• Smith L, Marshall H, Jakymelen D, Biancardi A, Collier G, Chan H-F, Hughes P, Brook M, Astley J, Munro R , Rajaram S et al (2024) The sensitivity of different lung function metrics to detect airways disease. Respiratory function technologists/scientists (pp OA4590-OA4590)
• Schofield L, Biancardi A, Capener D, Hughes D, Marshall H, Moya E, Robson E, Shanks S, Shawcross A, Singh S , Smith L et al (2024) Can 129Xe ventilation MRI guide personalisation of airway clearance regimens in children with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia?. Physiotherapists (pp PA1430-PA1430)
• Schofield L, Biancardi A, Smith L, Marshall H, Hughes D, Capener D, Bray J, Fazal S, Zalewska A, Collier G , Norquay G et al (2024) 129Xe-MRI to assess regional airway clearance in children with primary ciliary dyskinesia. Paediatric respiratory physiology and sleep (pp OA4664-OA4664)
• Saunders LC, Collier GJ, Smith LJ, Hughes PJC, Marshall H, Chan HF, Biancardi A, Grist J, Strickland S, Gustafsson L , Ho LP et al (2023) S19 Gas exchange imaging using dissolved-phase 129Xe MRI in post COVID cohorts. ‘Shake it off’ – Recovery from COVID-19 (pp A18-A19)
• Marshall H, Smith LJ, Biancardi A, Collier GJ, Chan HF, Capener D, Bray J, Jakymelen D, Saunders L, Astley J , Tahir BA et al (2023) P177 129Xe MRI phenotyping and longitudinal change in patients with asthma and/or COPD and normal pulmonary function tests. ‘You ain’t seen nothing yet’ – Imaging across COPD, nodules and lung cancer screening (pp A215-A215)
• Smith LJ, Marshall H, Biancardi A, Collier GJ, Chan HF, Capener D, Bray J, Jakymelen D, Saunders L, Astley J , Tahir BA et al (2023) P176 Bronchodilator response discordance in patients with asthma and/or COPD assessed by 129Xe-MRI and spirometry. ‘You ain’t seen nothing yet’ – Imaging across COPD, nodules and lung cancer screening (pp A214-A214)
• Saunders L, Collier G, Chan H-F, Hughes P, Smith L, Marshall H, Brook M, Biancardi A, Rao M, Norquay G , Stewart N et al (2023) Impaired xenon gas transfer observed two years after COVID-19 hospitalisation in patients with signs of interstitial lung disease. Imaging (pp OA4857-OA4857)
• Smith L, Marshall H, Biancardi A, Collier G, Chan H-F, Capener D, Bray J, Jakymelen D, Saunders L, Astley J , Tahir B et al (2023) Xe-MRI bronchodilator response to assess disease severity in patients with asthma and/or COPD. Respiratory function technologists/scientists (pp PA4500-PA4500)
• Smith L, Marshall H, Biancardi A, Collier G, Chan H-F, Capener D, Bray J, Jakymelen D, Saunders L, Astley J , Tahir B et al (2023) Bronchodilator response discordance in patients with asthma and/or COPD using Xe-MRI and spirometry. Respiratory function technologists/scientists (pp OA757-OA757)
• Marshall H, Smith L, Biancardi A, Collier G, Chan H-F, Capener D, Bray J, Jakymelen D, Saunders L, Astley J , Tahir B et al (2023) Longitudinal change in lung physiology and 129Xe MRI over 1 year in patients with asthma and/or COPD. Clinical respiratory physiology, exercise and functional imaging (pp OA4954-OA4954)
• Biancardi A, Marshall H, Smith L, Collier G, Chan H-F, Hughes P, Brook M, Astley J, Munro R, Rajaram S , Swift A et al (2023) Lung physiology and 129Xe MRI data driven clustering of patients with asthma and/or COPD. Clinical respiratory physiology, exercise and functional imaging (pp PA2260-PA2260)
• Smith L, Marshall H, Jakymelen D, Biancardi A, Collier GJ, Chan H, Hughes PJC, Brook ML, Astley J, Munro R , Rajaram S et al (2022) Physiological assessment of patients with airways dysanapsis using 129Xe MRI. 09.01 - Respiratory function technologists/scientists (pp 4486-4486)
• Smith L, Marshall H, Jakymelen D, Biancardi A, Collier G, Chan H, Hughes P, Brook M, Astley J, Munro R , Rajaram S et al (2022) 129Xe-MRI and lung function to phenotype ventilation heterogeneity in asthma and/or COPD. 05.02 - Monitoring airway disease (pp 2865-2865)
• Marshall H, Smith LJ, Biancardi A, Collier GJ, Chan HF, Hughes PJC, Brook ML, Astley J, Munro R, Rajaram S , Swift AJ et al (2022) Physiological phenotypes of patients with asthma and/or COPD using 129Xe MRI. A99. LOOK AT THAT! NEW FINDINGS FROM LUNG IMAGING, Vol. 205 (pp a2175-a2175). San Francisco, CA, 13 May 2022 - 13 May 2022. View this article in WRRO
• Marshall H, Smith L, Biancardi A, Collier G, Chan H-F, Hughes P, Astley J, Munro R, Rajaram S, Capener D , Bray J et al (2021) A comparison of 129Xe MRI and advanced lung function testing in patients with asthma and /or COPD: The NOVELTY ADPro substudy. Imaging (pp PA1872-PA1872)
• Astley J, Biancardi A, Hughes P, Smith L, Marshall H, Eaden J, Weatherley N, Collier G, Wild J & Tahir B (2021) Comparison of 3D Deep Convolutional Neural Networks and Training Strategies for Ventilated Lung Segmentation Using Multi-Nuclear Hyperpolarized Gas MRI. MEDICAL PHYSICS, Vol. 48(6)
• Astley J, Biancardi A, Walker M, Hughes P, Marshall H, Collier G, Hatton M, Wild J & Tahir B (2021) Hyperpolarized Gas MRI Ventilation Synthesis From CT: Comparison of Conventional and Deep Learning Methods. MEDICAL PHYSICS, Vol. 48(6)
• Astley J, Biancardi A, Hughes P, Smith L, Marshall H, Eaden J, Bray J, Weatherley N, Collier G, Wild J & Tahir B (2020) 3D deep convolutional neural network-based ventilated lung segmentation using multi-nuclear hyperpolarized gas MRI. Thoracic Image Analysis, Vol. 12502 (pp 24-35). Lima, Peru, 8 October 2020 - 8 October 2020. View this article in WRRO
• Wild JM, Biancardi A, Chan H-F, Smith L, Bray J, Marshall H, Collier G, Norquay G, Hughes P, Swift A , Cousins M et al (2019) Imaging functional and microstructural changes in the lungs of children born prematurely. Imaging (pp PA3171-PA3171)
• Smith L, Hughes D, Chan H-F, Johnson K, Bray J, Rodgers O, Collier G, Norquay G, Biancardi A, Hughes P , Kotecha S et al (2019) 1H and 129Xe MRI to detect functional and structural lung disease in sub-clinical cystic fibrosis. Cystic fibrosis (pp OA2131-OA2131)
• Mussell G, Marshall H, Smith L, Biancardi A, Hughes P, Swift A, Collier G, Wild J & Sabroe I (2019) Correlations of ventilation heterogeneity and spirometry in asthma; initial experience with hyperpolarised gas MRI in a clinical setting. Imaging (pp PA3163-PA3163)
• Smith L, Collier G, Marshall H, Hughes P, Biancardi A, Norquay G, Bray J, Rodgers O, Wildman M, West N , Horsley A et al (2019) Clinical applicability of 3He and 129Xe ventilation MRI in cystic fibrosis: longitudinal follow up. Cystic fibrosis (pp PA334-PA334)
• Smith L, Marshall H, Norquay G, Collier G, Rodgers O, Hughes P, Biancardi A, West N, Wildman M, Horsley A & Wild J (2019) P211 129Xe ventilation MRI and LCI to assess acute maximal exercise as a method of airway clearance. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, Vol. 18(Suppl 1) (pp S116-S117). Liverpool, United Kingdom, 5 June 2019 - 5 June 2019. View this article in WRRO
• Smith L, Collier G, Marshall H, Hughes P, Biancardi A, Norquay G, Bray J, Rodgers O, Wildman M, West N , Horsley A et al (2019) P213 A comparison of ventilation MRI using hyperpolarised 3He and 129Xe to assess cystic fibrosis lung disease. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, Vol. 18(Suppl 1) (pp S117-S117). Liverpool, United Kingdom, 5 June 2019 - 5 June 2019. View this article in WRRO
• Smith L, Collier G, Marshall H, Hughes P, Biancardi A, Norquay G, Bray J, Rodgers O, Wildman M, West N , Horsley A et al (2019) P212 Ventilation MRI tracks longitudinal lung function changes in patients with cystic fibrosis and clinically stable FEV1 and Lung Clearance Index. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, Vol. 18(Suppl 1) (pp S117-S117). Liverpool, United Kingdom, 5 June 2019 - 5 June 2019. View this article in WRRO
• Smith L, Hughes D, Chan H-F, Johnson K, Bray J, Rodgers O, Collier G, Norquay G, Biancardi A, Hughes P , Kotecha S et al (2019) WS17-2 The sensitivity of MRI to detect both functional and structural lung abnormalities in sub-clinical cystic fibrosis. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, Vol. 18(Suppl 1) (pp S32-S32). Liverpool, United Kingdom, 5 June 2019 - 5 June 2019. View this article in WRRO
• Marshall H, Voskrebenzev A, Biancardi A, Smith L, Tahir B, Wild J & Vogel-Claussen J (2018) Comparison of 1H MRI and 3He MRI ventilation images in patients with cystic fibrosis and patients with lung cancer. Imaging (pp PA387-PA387)
• Tahir B, Hughes P, Robinson S, Marshall H, Stewart N, Biancardi A, Chan HF, Collier G, Hart K, Swinscoe J , Hatton M et al (2018) OC-0182: A comparison of CT ventilation with 3He and 129Xe MRI for functional avoidance treatment planning. Radiotherapy and Oncology, Vol. 127(Supplement 1) (pp S96-S97). Barcelona, Spain, 20 April 2018 - 20 April 2018. View this article in WRRO
• Hughes P, Smith L, Horn F, Biancardi A, Collier G, Stewart N, Norquay G, Rao M, Aldag I, Taylor C , Marshall H et al (2017) Ventilation heterogeneity assessed in patients with mild cystic fibrosis and asthma using Hyperpolarised gas MRI histogram analysis. Imaging (pp OA4645-OA4645)
• Biancardi AM & Wild JM (2017) New disagreement metrics incorporating spatial detail – applications to lung imaging. Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 723 (pp 804-814)
• Biancardi A, Arenas J, Coto E, Rammohan V, Pozo-Soler J, Castro I & Frangi A (2014) Leveraging Open Source for Geographically Dispersed Workflows. The MIDAS Journal, Vol. OSVIS View this article in WRRO
• Xie Y, Padgett J, Biancardi AM & Reeves AP (2013) Automated aorta segmentation in low-dose chest CT images. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (pp 1-9)
• Padgett J, Biancardi AM, Reeves AP, Henschke CI & Yankelevitz D (2013) Local noise estimation in low-dose chest CT images. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (pp 1-9)
• Agarwal N, Biancardi AM, Patten FW, Reeves AP & Seibel EJ (2013) Quantification of relative chromatin content in flow cytometry standards using 3D OPTM imaging technique. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 8676
• Reeves AP, Seibel EJ, Meyer MG, Apanasovich T & Biancardi A (2012) Nuclear cytoplasmic cell evaluation from 3D optical CT microscope images. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 8315
• Reeves AP, Biancardi AM, Yankelevitz DF, Cham MD & Henschke CI (2012) Heart region segmentation from low-dose CT scans: An anatomy based approach. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 8314
• Ahmed F, Campos H, Austin JH, Biancardi A, Henschke C, Keller B, Lemeshow A, McAllister D, Mesia-Vela S, Reeves A & Barr RG (2011) Higher Levels Of Serum Trans Fat Predict Accelerated Progression Of Pulmonary Emphysema And Increased Respiratory Exacerbations: A Prospective Cohort Study. B26. DIETARY FACTORS, OBESITY AND LUNG DISEASE (pp A2657-A2657)
• Barr RG, Campos H, Ahmed F, Austin JH, Biancardi A, Henschke C, Keller B, Lemeshow A, McAllister D, Mesia-Vela S & Reeves A (2011) Higher N-3 PUFA Levels Predict A Lower Rate Of Respiratory Exacerbations And Exacerbation-Related Hospitalizations: A Prospective Cohort Study. B26. DIETARY FACTORS, OBESITY AND LUNG DISEASE (pp A2658-A2658)
• Fotin SV, Reeves AP, Biancardi AM, Yankelevitz DF & Henschke CI (2010) Standard moments based vessel bifurcation filter for computer-aided detection of pulmonary nodules. SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 7624 (pp 762413-762413)
• Jirapatnakul AC, Fotin SV, Reeves AP, Biancardi AM, Yankelevitz DF & Henschke CI (2009) Automated nodule location and size estimation using a multi-scale laplacian of Gaussian filtering approach. 2009 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (pp 1028-1031), 3 September 2009 - 6 September 2009.
• Jaesung Lee , Biancardi AM, Reeves AP, Yankelevitz DF & Henschke CI (2009) Estimation of anatomical locations using standard frame of reference in chest CT scans. 2009 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (pp 5809-5812), 3 September 2009 - 6 September 2009.
• Biancardi AM, Reevesa AP, Yankelevitzb DF, Ghiorghiuc D, Scottc M & Mann H (2009) A pilot study evaluating pulmonary nodule marking methods. Proceedings 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging from Nano to Macro Isbi 2009 (pp 85-88)
• Jirapatnakul AC, Reeves AP, Biancardi AM, Yankelevitz DF & Henschke CI (2009) Semi-automated measurement of pulmonary nodule growth without explicit segmentation. Proceedings 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging from Nano to Macro Isbi 2009 (pp 855-858)
• Biancardi AM, Jirapatnakul AC, Fotin S, Apanasovich T & Reeves AP (2009) An analysis of two ground truth estimation methods. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7260
• Jirapatnakul AC, Reeves AP, Biancardi AM, Yankelevitz DF & Henschke CI (2009) Improved precision of repeat image change measurement of pulmonary nodules using moment-based z-compensation on a zero-change dataset. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7260
• Biancardi AM & Reeves AP (2009) TESD: A novel ground truth estimation method. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7260
• Fotin SV, Reeves AP, Biancardi AM, Yankelevitz DF & Henschke CI (2009) A multiscale Laplacian of Gaussian filtering approach to automated pulmonary nodule detection from whole-lung low-dose CT scans. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7260
• Jirapatnakul AC, Reeves AP, Biancardi AM, Yankelevitz DF & Hensehke CI (2009) Identification of asymmetric pulmonary nodule growth using a moment-based algorithm. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7260
• Lee J, Biancardi AM, Reeves AP, Yankelevitz DF & Henschke CI (2009) Estimation of anatomical locations using standard frame of reference in chest CT scans. Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Engineering the Future of Biomedicine Embc 2009 (pp 5809-5812)
• Lee J, Biancardi AM, Reeves AP, Yankelevitz DF & Henschke CI (2009) Estimation of anatomical locations using standard frame of reference in chest CT scans.. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference, Vol. 2009 (pp 5809-5812)
• Reeves AP, Biancardi AM, Yankelevitz D, Fotin S, Keller BM, Jirapatnakul A & Lee J (2009) A public image database to support research in computer aided diagnosis. Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Engineering the Future of Biomedicine Embc 2009 (pp 3715-3718)
• Jirapatnakul AC, Fotin SV, Reeves AP, Biancardi AM, Yankelevitz DF & Henschke CI (2009) Automated nodule location and size estimation using a multi-scale laplacian of Gaussian filtering approach. Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Engineering the Future of Biomedicine Embc 2009 (pp 1028-1031)
• Jirapatnakul AC, Fotin SV, Reeves AP, Biancardi AM, Yankelevitz DF & Henschke CI (2009) Automated nodule location and size estimation using a multi-scale Laplacian of Gaussian filtering approach.. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference, Vol. 2009 (pp 1028-1031)
• Reeves AP, Biancardi AM, Yankelevitz D, Fotin S, Keller BM, Jirapatnakul A & Lee J (2009) A public image database to support research in computer aided diagnosis.. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference, Vol. 2009 (pp 3715-3718)
• Biancardi AM, Reeves AP, Jirapatnakul AC, Apanasovitch T, Yankelevitz D & Henschke CI (2008) Comparison of computer versus manual determination of pulmonary nodule volumes in CT scans. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 6915
• Jirapatnakul AC, Reeves AP, Apanasovich TV, Biancardi AM, Yankelevitz DF & Henschke CI (2008) Characterization of pulmonary nodules: Effects of size and feature type on reported performance. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 6915
• Jirapatnakul AC, Reeves AP, Apanasovich TV, Biancardi AM, Yankelevitz DF & Henschke CI (2007) Pulmonary nodule classification: Size distribution issues. 2007 4th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging from Nano to Macro Proceedings (pp 1248-1251)
• Reeves AP, Biancardi AM, Apanasovich TV, Meyer CR, MacMahon H, Van Beek EJR, Kazerooni EA, Yankelevitz D, McNitt-Gray MF, McLennan G , Armato SG et al (2007) The Lung Image Database Consortium (LIDC): Pulmonary nodule measurements, the variation and the difference between different size metrics. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 6514(PART 1)
• Biancardi A, Ghilardi P & Pagliardi M (2005) Automatic mask extraction for PIV-based dam-break analysis. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3523(II) (pp 705-712)
• Biancardi A, Ghilardi P & Barbolini M (2004) Particle displacement computation for granular flow modeling. Proceedings of the Fourth IASTED International Conference on Visualization Imaging and Image Processing (pp 529-533)
• Biancardi A, Ferrari E & Lotto RD (2002) An interactive model for location decisions. QRM 2002: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON QUALITY, RELIABILITY, AND MAINTENANCE (pp 275-278)
• Biancardi A & Segovia-Martínez M (2001) Adaptive Segmentation of MR Axial Brain Images Using Connected Components (pp 295-302)
• Biancardi A, De Lotto R & Ferrari E (2001) Supporting the search for the optimal location of facilities. WSCG '2001: SHORT COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTERS (pp P1-P4)
• Biancardi A, De Lotto R & Ferrara A (2000) A multi-modal transport simulation tool to solve urban location problems. SIMULATION IN INDUSTRY'2000 (pp 437-442)
• Biancardi A (1999) New tools for image interaction. Proceedings International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing Iciap 1999 (pp 1015-1020)
• Biancardi A & Moccia V (1999) Virtual Environments as Multimedia Contents Integrators.. Eurographics (Short Presentations)
• Moccia V & Biancardi A (1999) A flexible environment for virtual reality applications.. HCI (2) (pp 1085-1089)
• Biancardi A & Moccia V (1999) Integrating applications into interactive virtual environments. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol. 1614 (pp 703-710)
• Biancardi A, Lombardi L & Pacaccio V (1997) Improvements to image magnification (pp 142-149)
• Biancardi A & Mérigot A (1997) Adding associative meshes to the PACCO I.P. environment (pp 109-116)
• Biancardi A & Pini M (1997) 4 super-events to tame the daunting image-selections. Advances in Human Factors Ergonomics, Vol. 21(A) (pp 725-728)
• Biancardi A, Cantoni V, Codega D & Pini M (1997) Interactive tool for C.V. tutorials. Computer Architectures for Machine Perception Proceedings CAMP (pp 170-174)
• Biancardi A, Cantoni V & Pini M (1996) Training environment for ISE courses. IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Vol. 1 (pp 453-456)
• Biancardi A & Merigot A (1996) Connected component support for image analysis programs. Proceedings International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Vol. 4 (pp 620-624)
• Biancardi A & Pini M (1995) A code based approach to image-processing teaching (pp 145-150)
• BIANCARDI A, CATTANEO P & MOSCONI M (1992) ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATIONS OF MORPHOLOGICAL OPERATORS ON 2 DIFFERENT HARDWARE PLATFORMS. PROGRESS IN IMAGE ANALYSIS AND PROCESSING II (pp 559-566)
• Saunders L, Strikland S, Collier G, Hughes P, Smith I, Smith L, Norquay G, Stewart N, Pilgrim-Morris J, Marshall H , Biancardi A et al () 129Xe MRI is sensitive to pulmonary hemodynamics in systemic sclerosis patients with suspected pulmonary arterial hypertension. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 10 May 2025 - 15 May 2025.
• Saunders L, Collier G, Norquay G, Smith L, Hughes P, Strikland S, Gustafsson L, Newman T, Plowright M, Watson J , Gabriel Z et al () 129Xe red blood cell chemical shift and T2* in patients hospitalised due to COVID-19 with and without residual lung abnormalities seen on CT. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 10 May 2025 - 15 May 2025.
• Collier G, Biancardi A, Chan H-F, Marshall H, Smith L, Saunders L, Stewart N, Norquay G, Hughes P & Wild J () Dependence of diffusion and ventilation metrics on hyperpolarized 129Xe lung MRI with demographics in healthy volunteers. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 10 May 2025 - 15 May 2025.
• Astley J, Marshall H, Smith L, Biancardi A, Hughes R, Tahir B & Wild J () Explainable AI-based classification of asthma and COPD from 129Xe-MRI with regional interpretability. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 10 May 2025 - 15 May 2025.
• Simmons A, Smith L, Somerville Z, Faulke H, Tahir B, Hughes D, West N, Biancardi A, Stewart N & Wild J () Quantification of Gas Trapping in Cystic Fibrosis using Expiratory Breath-Hold Lung ¹H-MRI. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 10 May 2025 - 15 May 2025.
• Clark W, Astley J, Biancardi A, Saunders L, Hughes P, Wild J & Tahir B () Impact of inflation level on breath-hold 1H MRI surrogates of regional lung ventilation.. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 10 May 2025 - 15 May 2025.
• Astley J, Marshall H, Smith L, Biancardi A, Collier G, Wild J & Tahir B () Beyond segmentation: an uncertainty-aware end-to-end approach to functional lung image quantification. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 10 May 2025 - 15 May 2025.
• Marshall H, Driskel M, Biancardi A, Smith L, Capener D, Bray J, Zalewska A, Fazal S, Saunders L, Stewart N , Swift A et al () 129Xe ventilation and 1H anatomical MRI after lung transplant. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 10 May 2025 - 15 May 2025.
• Saunders L, Collier G, Smith L, Marshall H, Biancardi A, Jakymelen D, Strickland S, Gustafsson L, Munro R, Rodgers O , Stewart N et al () 129Xe lung ventilation imaging in patients with long COVID without prior respiratory disease. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 4 May 2024 - 9 May 2024.
• Stewart N, de Arcos J, Biancardi A, Pilgrim-Morris J, Rodgers O, Munro R, Collier G, Norquay G, Marshall H, Brau A , Lebel M et al () Improving Xenon-129 Lung Ventilation Image Quality with a Commercial Deep-Learning Based Image Reconstruction. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 3 June 2023 - 8 June 2023.
• Hughes P, Marshall H, Smith L, Jakymelen D, Biancardi A, Collier G, Chan H-F, Brook M, Astley J, Munro R , Rajaram S et al () Differentiating patients with asthma and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using lung T1 and M0. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 3 June 2023 - 8 June 2023.
• Pilgrim-Morris J, Smith L, Astley J, Saunders L, Collier G, Biancardi A, Tahir B, Marshall H, Hardaker L, Fihn-Wikander T , Hughes R et al () Modelling Whole-Lung and Regional Carbon Monoxide Transfer Factor with Hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI in Asthma and COPD Patients. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 3 June 2023 - 8 June 2023.
• Saunders L, Collier G, Chan H-F, Hughes P, Smith L, Stewart N, Brooke J, Watson J, Meiring J, Gabriel Z , Newman T et al () Impaired xenon gas transfer observed one year after hospitalisation due to COVID-19 in patients with signs of interstitial lung disease.. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 3 June 2023 - 8 June 2023.
• Chan H-F, Collier G, Smith L, Biancardi A, Bray J, Marshall H, Hughes P, Rao M, Norquay G, Swift A , Hart K et al () Dissolved 129Xe spectroscopy in the lungs of preterm-born children. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 7 May 2022 - 12 May 2022.
• Marshall H, Smith L, Biancardi A, Collier G, Chan H-F, Hughes P, Brook M, Astley J, Munro R, Rajaram S , Swift A et al () 129Xe MRI patterns of lung function in patients with asthma and/or COPD in the NOVELTY study. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 7 May 2022 - 12 May 2022.
• Saunders L, Collier G, Chan H-F, Hughes P, Smith L, Marshall H, Eaden J, Bray J, Capener D, Armstrong L , Rodgers J et al () Multinuclear lung MRI assessment of COVID-19 patients at 6 and 12 weeks after hospital admission. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 7 May 2022 - 12 May 2022.
• Tahir B, Hughes P, Atkinson J, Jadav I, Astley J, Robinson S, Biancardi A, Marshall H, Hart K, Swinscoe J , Ireland R et al () Multi-modal assessment of dose-related changes in regional lung function in non-small cell lung cancer patients receiving radiotherapy. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 7 May 2022 - 12 May 2022.
• Astley J, Biancardi A, Marshall H, Tofan M-M, Smith L, Hughes P, Collier G, Hatton M, Blé F-X, Hughes R , Wild J et al () Deep learning-based synthesis of hyperpolarized gas MRI ventilation from 3D multi-inflation proton MRI. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 7 May 2022 - 12 May 2022.
• Astley J, Biancardi A, Marshall H, Hughes P, Collier G, Smith L, Eaden J, Blé F-X, Hughes R, Wild J & Tahir B () A multi-channel deep learning approach for lung cavity estimation from hyperpolarized gas and proton MRI. ISMRM Annual Meeting, 7 May 2022 - 12 May 2022.
• Biancardi A, Ghilardi P & Pagliardi M () Dry Granular Flows Need Special Tools. The 2nd Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV'05) (pp 514-520)
• Biancardi A & Rubini A () Pacco-a new approach for an effective IP environment. Proceedings of the 12th IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition (Cat. No.94CH3440-5) (pp 395-398)
• Biancardi A & Mosconi M () Visual debugging for a pyramidal machine. Proceedings., 11th IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition. Vol. IV. Conference D: Architectures for Vision and Pattern Recognition, (pp 137-141)

Digital content

• Wala J, Fotin S, Lee J, Jirapatnakul A, Biancardi A & Reeves A (2011) Automated segmentation of the pulmonary arteries in low-dose CT by vessel tracking.

Posters

• Brady J, Brown Y, Biancardi A, Jakymelen D-J, Smith L, Wild J, Horsley A & Whitfield C (2026) Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based computational modelling of particle deposition in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis (pwCF).

Other

• Frangi A, Wood S, Arenas Marquez J & Biancardi A () VPH-DARE@IT Biomedical Research Platform - Architectural Framework Design and Interoperability.

Preprints

• Taylor DJ, Newman T, Tlałka K, Yones E, Anigboro K, Saxton H, Xu X, Biancardi A, Gosling R, Czechowicz K , Narracott A et al (2025) Validation of a physics-based computational model of epicardial and microvascular coronary physiology against continuous infusion thermodilution, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Saunders LC, Collier GJ, Chan H-F, Hughes PJC, Smith LJ, Watson J, Meiring J, Gabriel Z, Newman T, Plowright M , Wade P et al (2022) Longitudinal lung function assessment of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 using¹H and¹²⁹Xe lung MRI, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.