Yunyan Zhang, MD PhD

MD Shandong University Medical School, P.R. China
PhD University of Calgary, Canada
Yunyan Zhang

Areas of Research

Improving Disease Outcome Measures
Extracting new information from clinical imaging scans. Improving the measurement of tissue injury and repair in neurological diseases; Identifying treatment impacts of nerve-repairing medicines; and Predicting disease progression.
Advancing Image Analysis Technologies
Development of new image analysis methods, and improvement and verification of established methods. Examples include machine learning/deep learning technologies, model interpretation techniques, image post-processing and analysis methods, and spatial frequency analyses.
Enhancing MRI-Pathology Correlation
Assessing tissue pathology using anatomical and advanced MRI methods, along with confirmation using quantitative histology. Investigating images from postmortem samples and animal models of neurological diseases.

Supervising degrees

Medical Science - Masters: Seeking Students
Neuroscience - Masters: Seeking Students
Biomedical Engineering - Doctoral: Seeking Students
Biomedical Engineering - Masters: Seeking Students
Neuroscience - Doctoral: Seeking Students
Medical Science - Doctoral: Accepting Inquiries

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Highly motivated individuals with excellent academical achievement, self disciplinary, and have strong interests in machine learning, image analysis, disease characterization, and imaging correlates of disease pathology.

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