About
Who We Are
- We are a group of academics and clinicians developing image processing and data analysis methods for neurological disorders.
- We use brain images and data to understand disease mechanisms.
- We translate image processing workflows into clinical application at University Hospital Southampton.
Rahman Attar
Lecturer of Electronics and Computer ScienceRahman Attar
Rahman Attar is a computer scientist specialising in Artificial Medical Intelligence. He currently holds the position of Lecturer (which is the British equivalent of a tenured Assistant Professor in the USA) at the Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton. Prior to this, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Imperial College London. Rahman completed his PhD under the supervision of Professor Alex Frangi at the University of Sheffield and the University of Leeds. His primary research area involves combining Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Medicine to create unbiased and ethical AI technologies that can improve healthcare strategies.
Angela Darekar
UHS Imaging Research Lead
Ruihua Hou
Professor of Biological PsychiatryRuihua Hou
Ruihua Hou is a professor of biological psychiatry. She qualified in medicine and trained as a psychiatrist. She completed a clinical fellowship followed by her PhD in psychopharmacology, both in the Department of Psychiatry Queen’s Medical Centre at the University of Nottingham. She then joined the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Southampton. Her research interest is in human psychopharmacology focusing on the role of the locus coeruleus in the development of neurodegenerative diseases using MRI imaging technique. She led the ARUK-funded project investigating the role of the locus coeruleus using neuromelanin-sensitive MRI in Alzheimer’s disease. Her work aims to identify early biomarkers for cognitive decline and develop early intervention approaches to prevent disease progression.
Christopher Kipps
Professor of Clinical Neurology and Dementia
Sofia Michopoulou
Consultant Clinical ScientistSofia Michopoulou
Sofia is a Consultant Clinical Scientist and Head of Nuclear Medicine Physics at University Hospital Southampton and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at University of Southampton. In her clinical role, Sofia leads a team of clinical scientists supporting and developing radionuclide therapy and diagnostic SPECT/CT and PET/CT services. She also teaches medical imaging at BSc and MSc modules and delivers part of the Fellows of Royal College of Radiology physics module. Her research focuses on the development and evaluation of imaging and inflammation biomarkers for disease characterisation and the use of artificial intelligence for dementia diagnosis support.
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Ruben Sanchez-Garcia
Professor of MathematicsRuben Sanchez-Garcia
Ruben Sanchez-Garcia is a Professor in Mathematics at the University of Southampton, member of the Institute for Life Sciences, and Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute. He does interdisciplinary work in network science and applied topology motivated by real-world, particularly biomedical, applications. His research publications include work on network modelling and analysis, applied topology, and mathematical biology.
Yukai Zou
UHS Imaging Physicist (MRI)Workshop 1
Date: Tuesday 3 October, 2023
Location: LF9 at South Academic Block, Southampton General Hospital
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ActionsWorkshop 2
Date: Friday 12 January, 2024
Location: LE30 (Level E), Southampton General Hospital [Directions]
In this workshop, we will present the results of the survey and discuss the available datasets. We will continue developing our workstreams, informed by a review of the available datasets, and options on data storage and sharing with short talks on XNAT and the Secure Data Environment.
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ActionsWorkshop 3
Date: Tuesday 4 June, 2024
Location: LE30 (Level E), Southampton General Hospital [Directions]
In this workshop, inspired from the lightning talks at the IDeAC network event on 16 May 2024, we will do short introductions (3-5 minute presentations, with or without slides) of our work / area of interest. We would use the lightning talks to do a mapping of interests, with the aim to identify areas for further collaboration and future funding applications.
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ActionsWorkshop 4
Date: Thursday 5 September, 2024
Location: Buttercup room, Wellbeing Hub, Southampton General Hospital [Location]
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ActionsWorkshop 5
Date: Thursday 5 December, 2024
Location: Room 7013, Building 100, Highfield Campus, University of Southampton [Map]
🎄 We aim to plan this meeting as a Christmas special in December at Highfield. 🎄
🎁 Please get in contact to introduce people who would like to join! 🎁
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Please feel free to suggest ideas for the agenda.
(Optional) Presentation Template: Please consider using the template here , to
showcase our brand consitently across presentations and help maintain
a uniform presence on our website.
Workshop 6
Date: Thursday 6 March, 2025
Location: Dean's Committee Room (Level C), Southampton General Hospital [Directions]
Agenda
We aim to have short introductory teaching sessions for different imaging or data analysis techniques. Please feel free to suggest ideas for the agenda.
When preparing your presentation, please use our template here .
Virtual Attendance: We will have an option for virtual attendance. You would be able to hear the speakers and see the slides, but due to the limitations of the room's setup, attendees in the room may not be able to hear you.
ActionsWorkshop 7
Date: Thursday 10 July, 2025
Location: Room 5011, Building 100, Highfield Campus, University of Southampton [Map]
Our next meeting will be on the 17th of June at 2pm in Building 100 at Highfield Campus at the University of Southampton.
If you are interested in presenting you research, or if you would like to provide a short tutorial to help understand the basics of the methods you use, please get in contact.
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ActionsWorkshop 8
Date: Tuesday 7 October, 2025
Location: Seminar Room 2, Heartbeat Education Centre (Level F), Southampton General Hospital [Directions - Main Entrance][Directions - North Wing]
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ActionsWorkshop 9
Date: Tuesday 10 February, 2026
Location: Room 8011, Building 100, Highfield Campus, University of Southampton [Map]
Please feel free to get in contact if you are interested in presenting or have a project idea or question you’d like to discuss with our group.
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ActionsWorkshop 10
Date: TBC
Location: TBC
Please feel free to get in contact if you are interested in presenting or have a project idea or question you’d like to discuss with our group.
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To be added.
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Contact
Contact Us
Location:
Mailpoint 29
Minerva House
Southampton General Hospital
Tremona Road
Southampton SO16 6YD
United Kingdom
Email:
singlevoxelgroup_imageprocessing@uhs.nhs.uk
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