Seán Finn
Professional networks
Research topics
- Artificial intelligence
- Cancer
- CT
- Deep learning
- Image processing
- Medical imaging
- MRI
- Prostate cancer
- Radiomics
Biography
Seán is an expert in Image Processing and Artificial Intelligence with over 13 years of experience in research and industry, developing cutting edge solutions for complex problems in a wide range of applications. The topic of his of PhD was “Speckle Reduction and Edge Detection in Ultrasound Imagery”, which focused on the use of image processing and machine learning algorithms to improve the quality of medical imaging.
He has worked as a lead algorithm developer for pedestrian detection in automotive applications, lead software architect for a medical device startup, and is now a co-founder and head of Artificial Intelligence at Kresk, a Portuguese company focused to the creation of innovative software for the healthcare sector.
Publications
Journal publications
(2024) The Complex Permittivity of Biological Tissues: A Practical Measurement Guideline, IEEE Access 12, p. 10296-10314, url, doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3352728
(2024) In Vivo Measurements of Murine Melanoma's Complex Permittivity between 500 MHz - 8.5 GHz, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, doi:10.1109/LAWP.2024.3460183
(2024) Repository of MRI-derived models of the breast with single and multiple benign and malignant tumors for microwave imaging research, PLoS ONE 19(5 May), p. e0302974, Public Library of Science San Francisco, CA USA, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0302974
(2023) Evaluating the Performance of Algorithms in Axillary Microwave Imaging towards Improved Breast Cancer Staging, Sensors 23(3), p. 1496, MDPI, doi:10.3390/s23031496
(2023) Dielectric Characterization of Healthy Human Teeth from 0.5 to 18 GHz with an Open-Ended Coaxial Probe, Sensors 23(3), p. 1617, MDPI, doi:10.3390/s23031617
(2022) Experimental Evaluation of an Axillary Microwave Imaging System to Aid Breast Cancer Staging, IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology 6(1), p. 68-76, IEEE, doi:10.1109/JERM.2021.3097877
(2022) Modelling level I Axillary Lymph Nodes depth for Microwave Imaging, Physica Medica 104, p. 160-166, Elsevier, doi:10.1016/j.ejmp.2022.11.008
(2021) Evaluation of Refraction Effects in Dry Medical Microwave Imaging Setups, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters 20(4), p. 617-621, IEEE, doi:10.1109/LAWP.2021.3059162
(2021) Development of 3d mri-based anatomically realistic models of breast tissues and tumours for microwave imaging diagnosis, Sensors 21(24), p. 8265, MDPI, doi:10.3390/s21248265
(2021) Development of MRI-based axillary numerical models and estimation of axillary lymph node dielectric properties for microwave imaging, Medical Physics 48(10), p. 5974-5990, Wiley, doi:10.1002/mp.15143
(2020) Classification of breast tumor models with a prototype microwave imaging system, Medical Physics 47(4), p. 1860-1870, Wiley Online Library, doi:10.1002/mp.14064
(2018) Diagnosing breast cancer with microwave technology: Remaining challenges and potential solutions with machine learning, Diagnostics 8(2), doi:10.3390/diagnostics8020036
(2018) Diagnosing breast cancer with microwave technology: Remaining challenges and potential solutions with machine learning, Diagnostics 8(2), p. 36, Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, doi:10.3390/diagnostics8020036
Conference publications
(2024) Best Practices for Accurate Results using Numerical Solvers for Microwave Body Screening, 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2024, p. 1-5, doi:10.23919/EuCAP60739.2024.10501344
(2024) The Effect of Pressure of the Open-ended Coaxial Probe on the Measurement of Ex Vivo Biological Tissues Dielectric Properties, 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2024, p. 1-5, doi:10.23919/EuCAP60739.2024.10501083
(2024) Breast MRI Multi-tumor Segmentation Using 3D Region Growing, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) 14470 LNCS, p. 15-29, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-49249-5_2
(2024) Repository of materials mimicking dielectric properties of biological tissues, 2024 4th URSI Atlantic Radio Science Meeting, AT-RASC 2024, p. 1-3, doi:10.46620/URSIATRASC24/CQOH2056
(2024) Impact of Antenna Configuration and Artefact Removal Algorithms for Axillary Microwave Imaging, 2024 4th URSI Atlantic Radio Science Meeting, AT-RASC 2024, p. 1-3, doi:10.46620/URSIATRASC24/DYHB1389
(2023) Validation of Dielectric Properties Estimation from Magnetic Resonance Images to Accelerate Medical Microwave Applications, 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2023, p. 1-5, doi:10.23919/EuCAP57121.2023.10133676
(2023) A data analysis application for a systematic reporting of dielectric properties of biological tissue., 35th URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS 2023), doi:10.46620/ursigass.2023.3406.shja2021
(2022) Target Selection in Multistatic Microwave Breast Imaging Setup Using Dielectric Lens, 2022 16th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2022, p. 1-5, doi:10.23919/eucap53622.2022.9768984
(2022) Initial observations regarding the measurement of dielectric properties of human teeth, 2022 3rd URSI Atlantic and Asia Pacific Radio Science Meeting, AT-AP-RASC 2022, p. 1-2, doi:10.23919/AT-AP-RASC54737.2022.9814420
(2021) Optimisation of Artefact Removal Algorithm for Microwave Imaging of the Axillary Region Using Experimental Prototype Signals, 15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2021, doi:10.23919/EuCAP51087.2021.9411134
(2020) Extracting Dielectric Properties for MRI-based Phantoms for Axillary Microwave Imaging Device, 14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2020, p. 1-4, doi:10.23919/EuCAP48036.2020.9135980
(2020) Study of the Refraction Effects in Microwave Breast Imaging Using a Dry Setup, Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS 2020-July, p. 1787-1790, doi:10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9176439
(2019) Feasibility study of focal lens for multistatic microwave breast imaging, ICECOM 2019 - 23rd International Conference on Applied Electromagnetics and Communications, Proceedings, p. 1-5, doi:10.1109/ICECOM48045.2019.9163628
(2018) Extracting Features from Multistatic Signals in a Radar Microwave Imaging System for Breast Cancer Detection, Ursi At-Rasc 105(June), p. 295-311
(2017) Support Vector Machines to aid breast cancer diagnosis using a microwave radar prototype, 2017 32nd General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of the International Union of Radio Science, URSI GASS 2017 2017-Janua, p. 1-3, doi:10.23919/URSIGASS.2017.8105088
Book chapters
(2023) The Dielectric Properties of Axillary Lymph Nodes, Lecture Notes in Bioengineering Part F809, p. 235-272, Springer International Publishing Cham, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-28666-7_8
(2023) The Dielectric Properties of Axillary Lymph Nodes, Lecture Notes in Bioengineering Part F809, p. 235-272, Springer, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-28666-7_8
Dissertations/Thesis
(2022) Microwave Imaging to Improve Breast Cancer Diagnosis, doi:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/55585
(2022) Reconstruction of Microwave Imaging using Machine Learning
(2022) Medical Microwave Imaging of MRI-based Axillary region models via 3D Finite Difference Time Domain modelling
(2022) PID control of depth of hypnosis in anesthesia for propofol and remifentanil coadministration
(2016) Desenvolvimento de uma aplicação com recurso à unidade de processamento gráfico para classificação de sinais de Perturbações do Espectro do Autismo