João Freitas graduated in Biomedical Engineering with a specialization in Medical Electronics from the University of Minho in 2022. He has been affiliated with the Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS) since 2021, where he began his research journey as a master’s thesis student contributing to the AutoFoCUS project. In this role, he focus on the development of an automatic algorithm to estimate the spatial relationships between standard cardiac views obtained during a Focused Cardiac Ultrasound (FOCUS) exam, which led to the publication of one article in the peer-reviewed journal Medical Image Analysis (IF = 10.7).
After completing his thesis, João continued as a research fellow on the AutoFoCUS project. In 2024, he enrolled in the PhD program in Biomedicine and Health Sciences at the University of Minho. His current research focuses on developing artificial intelligence-based solutions aimed at improving the accuracy and reproducibility of 2D echocardiography for whole-heart assessments, without requiring changes to standard clinical procedures or medical training.
João Freitas graduated in Biomedical Engineering with a specialization in Medical Electronics from the University of Minho in 2022. He has been affiliated with the Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS) since 2021, where he began his research journey as a master’s thesis student contributing to the AutoFoCUS project. In this role, he focus on the development of an automatic algorithm to estimate the spatial relationships between standard cardiac views obtained during a Focused Cardiac Ultrasound (FOCUS) exam, which led to the publication of one article in the peer-reviewed journal Medical Image Analysis (IF = 10.7).
After completing his thesis, João continued as a research fellow on the AutoFoCUS project. In 2024, he enrolled in the PhD program in Biomedicine and Health Sciences at the University of Minho. His current research focuses on developing artificial intelligence-based solutions aimed at improving the accuracy and reproducibility of 2D echocardiography for whole-heart assessments, without requiring changes to standard clinical procedures or medical training.
– J. Freitas, J. Gomes-Fonseca, J. Correia-Pinto, J. C. Fonseca, S. Queirós. “Automatic Generation of Multi-View Synthetic Echocardiographic Images”, in 18th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Paris, 2023.
– J. Freitas, J. Gomes-Fonseca, A.C. Tonelli, J. Correia-Pinto, J. C. Fonseca, S. Queirós. “Automatic multi-view pose estimation in focused cardiac ultrasound”, Medical Image Analysis, vol. 94, pp. 103146, 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2024.103146.
Focused cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS) refers to the use of ultrasound imaging to evaluate cardiac structure and function at the bedside by a treating physician. In recent years, FoCUS has become an indispensable first-line diagnostic tool, complementing…
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Life and Health Sciences
Research Institute (ICVS)
School of Medicine,
University of Minho,
Campus de Gualtar
4710-057 Braga
Portugal
Copyright ©2022 ICVS. All Rights Reserved
Life and Health Sciences
Research Institute (ICVS)
School of Medicine,
University of Minho,
Campus de Gualtar
4710-057 Braga
Portugal
