Dr. Zhifeng Chen | Motion Correction | Excellence in Research Award

Dr. Zhifeng Chen | Motion Correction | Excellence in Research Award

Neusoft Medical Systems Co. Ltd | China

Dr. Zhifeng Chen is a distinguished researcher in biomedical imaging, specializing in advanced MRI acquisition and reconstruction techniques, with a strong record of scientific innovation across academia and industry. He currently serves as a principal scientist and research collaboration specialist at the institute of research and clinical innovations, neusoft medical systems, and has held influential research positions at Monash biomedical imaging, the university of southern California, Harvard medical school, and Massachusetts general hospital. His academic training includes a Ph.d. In biomedical engineering from Zhejiang university and a B.S. In electronic and information engineering from Shandong University. Over the past decade, he has contributed extensively to rapid neuroimaging, quantitative mri, non-cartesian imaging, motion-resistant dce-mri, Motion Correction and deep learning–driven reconstruction methods. Dr. Chen has authored 26 scientific documents, which have collectively received 214 citations from 189 citing documents, and he holds an h-index of 9, reflecting the impact and consistency of his research contributions. He has also led and collaborated on major projects involving physics-guided deep learning, compressed sensing, low-rank modeling, contrastive learning, and diffusion-based reconstruction methods. Alongside his research, he is an active reviewer, grant evaluator, and editorial board member, contributing significantly to the global advancement of medical imaging science.

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Featured Publications

Chen, Z., Pawar, K., Islam, K. T., Peiris, H., Egan, G., & Chen, Z. (2026). Motion‐informed deep learning for human brain magnetic resonance image reconstruction framework. NMR in Biomedicine.

Bi, X., Liu, X., Chen, Z., Chen, H., Du, Y., Chen, H., Huang, X., & Liu, F. (2025). Complex-valued image reconstruction for compressed sensing MRI using hierarchical constraint. Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Ekanayake, M., Pawar, K., Chen, Z., Egan, G., & Chen, Z. (2025). PixCUE: Joint uncertainty estimation and image reconstruction in MRI using deep pixel classification. Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine.

Ekanayake, M., Pawar, K., Chen, Z., Egan, G., & Chen, Z. (2025). PixCUE: Joint uncertainty estimation and image reconstruction in MRI using deep pixel classification (Updated version). Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine.

Ekanayake, M., Chen, Z., Egan, G., Harandi, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). SeCo-INR: Semantically conditioned implicit neural representations for improved medical image super-resolution. Proceedings of the IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision.

Dr. Fatma Al-Saeedi | Nuclear Medicine | Best Researcher Award

Dr. Fatma Al-Saeedi | Nuclear Medicine | Best Researcher Award

Kuwait University | Kuwait

Dr. Fatma Al-Saeedi is an accomplished Kuwaiti scholar and associate professor in the department of nuclear medicine at the college of medicine, Kuwait university. She holds a Ph.d. in biomedical physics and bioengineering from the university of aberdeen, Scotland, an M.Sc. in medical physiology, and a B.Sc. in radiological sciences–nuclear medicine from Kuwait university. Additionally, she earned a prestigious postgraduate diploma in radiopharmaceutical chemistry and radiopharmacy from the center for radiopharmaceutical science of eth, psi, and usz in switzerland, accredited by the european association of nuclear medicine. Her research interests encompass oncological, biological, chemical, and radiopharmaceutical studies, with expertise in molecular imaging, Nuclear Medicine and animal disease models. proficient in arabic, english, and French, Dr. Al-Saeedi integrates interdisciplinary knowledge into advanced nuclear medicine education and research. She has an impressive academic record with 22 published documents, 318 citations from 301 sources, and an h-index of 8, reflecting her growing influence in biomedical and radiopharmaceutical sciences. Through her leadership roles and innovative work, she continues to advance kuwait’s academic and scientific contributions in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging at both national and international levels.

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Featured Publications

Al-Saeedi, F. J., Al-Qallaf, Z. S., Khalaf, S. N., Al-Farsi, S. K., & Al-Enizi, Z. Y. (2025). Influence of different parameters on the labeling efficiency of 99mTc-radiopharmaceuticals: Kuwait nuclear medicine departments experiences. Medical Principles and Practice.

Al-Saeedi, F., & Rajendran, P. (2024). Anti-metastasis activity of 5,4′-dihydroxy 6,8-dimethoxy 7-O-rhamnosyl flavone from Indigofera aspalathoides Vahl on breast cancer cells. Scientific Reports.

Rajendran, P., Al-Saeedi, F. J., Ben Ammar, R., Abdallah, B. M., Ali, E. M., Al Abdulsalam, N. K., Tejavat, S., Althumairy, D., Veeraraghavan, V. P., & Alamer, S. A., et al. (2024). Geraniol attenuates oxidative stress and neuroinflammation-mediated cognitive impairment in D-galactose-induced mouse aging model. Aging.

Al-Saeedi, F., Rajendran, P., Tipre, D., Aladwani, H., Alenezi, S., Alqabandi, M., Alkhamis, A., Redha, A., Mohammad, A., & Ahmad, F., et al. (2023). The effect of COVID-19 on nuclear medicine and radiopharmacy activities: A global survey. Scientific Reports.

Al-Saeedi, F., & Rajendran, P. (2023). 13-cis-retinoic acid affects brain perfusion and function: In vivo study. Molecular Imaging.