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Biography

José Verdú-Díaz is a Research Assistant and PhD student at the John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre at Newcastle University, focusing on Neuromuscular Disorders (NMDs). He earned a Networks Engineering degree from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain) while collaborating with the Sant Pau Hospital (Barcelona, Spain). His research interests include the development of artificial intelligence strategies for the analysis of clinical and imaging data, with a focus on diagnosis and MRI data. His main project, Myo-Guide, consists of a web platform for the automatic identification of diagnostic patterns on muscle MRI with AI. The web platform, with over 100 registered users, helps clinicians and researchers accelerate the diagnosis process of NMDs. José maintains an active presence in the research community, contributing to various projects (such as the Adult SMA Reach and CoMPaSS-NMD), publications and other scientific events.

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Employment (1)

Newcastle University: Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, GB

2022-02-07 to present | Research Assistant (Translational and Clinical Research)
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Education and qualifications (2)

Newcastle University: Newcastle upon Tyne, GB

2023 to 2026 | PhD in Computer Sciences
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya: Barcelona, ES

2017 to 2022 | Networks Engineering (School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering)
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Works (11)

Clinical and imaging spectrum of non-congenital dominant ACTN2 myopathy

Journal of Neurology
2025-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0340-5354
Part of ISSN: 1432-1459
Contributors: Pablo Iruzubieta; José Verdú-Díaz; Ana Töpf; Leonela Luce; Kristl G. Claeys; Willem De Ridder; Lidia González-Quereda; Carlos Pablo de Fuenmayor-Fernández de la Hoz; Juan José Poza; Miren Zulaica et al.
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MRI for the diagnosis of limb girdle muscular dystrophies

Current Opinion in Neurology
2024-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1350-7540
Part of ISSN: 1473-6551
Contributors: Carla Bolano-Díaz; José Verdú-Díaz; Jordi Díaz-Manera
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Imaging mass cytometry analysis of Becker muscular dystrophy muscle samples reveals different stages of muscle degeneration

Scientific Reports
2024-02-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
Contributors: Patricia Piñol-Jurado; José Verdú-Díaz; Esther Fernández-Simón; Cristina Domínguez-González; Aurelio Hernández-Lain; Conor Lawless; Amy Vincent; Alejandro González-Chamorro; Elisa Villalobos; Alexandra Monceau et al.
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Magnetic resonance imaging-based criteria to differentiate dysferlinopathy from other genetic muscle diseases

Neuromuscular Disorders
2024-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0960-8966
Contributors: Carla Bolano-Diaz; José Verdú-Díaz; Alejandro Gonzalez-Chamorro; Sam Fitzsimmons; Gopi Veeranki; Volker Straub; Jordi Diaz-Manera
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Analysis of muscle magnetic resonance imaging of a large cohort of patient with VCP-mediated disease reveals characteristic features useful for diagnosis

Journal of Neurology
2023-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0340-5354
Part of ISSN: 1432-1459
Contributors: Diana Esteller; Marianela Schiava; José Verdú-Díaz; Rocío-Nur Villar-Quiles; Boris Dibowski; Nadia Venturelli; Pascal Laforet; Jorge Alonso-Pérez; Montse Olive; Cristina Domínguez-González et al.
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Longitudinal Analysis of Respiratory Function of Different Types of Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophies Reveals Independent Trajectories

Neurology Genetics
2023-08 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 2376-7839
Contributors: Robert Muni-Lofra; Eduard Juanola-Mayos; Marianela Schiava; Dionne Moat; Maha Elseed; Jassi Michel-Sodhi; Elizabeth Harris; Michelle McCallum; Ursula Moore; Mark Richardson et al.
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Decoding Duchenne muscular dystrophy transcriptome to single nuclei level reveals clinical-genetic correlations

2023-03-03 | Preprint
Contributors: Xavier Suárez-Calvet; Esther Fernández-Simón; Daniel Natera; Cristina Jou; Patricia Pinol-Jurado; Elisa Villalobos; Carlos Ortez; Alexandra Monceau; Marianela Schiava; José Verdu-Díaz et al.
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Advantages of Digital Technology in the Assessment of Bone Involvement in Gaucher's Disease

SSRN Electronic Journal
2022 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1556-5068
Contributors: Esther Valero-Tena; Mercedes Roca-Espiau; José Verdú-Díaz; Jordi Diaz-Manera; Marcio Andrade-Campos; Pilar Giraldo
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Femur Infiltration: A Feature That Predict Bone Complications in Gaucher Disease. Re-Assessing Bone Marrow Involvement through Machine Learning

Blood
2022-11-15 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0006-4971
Part of ISSN: 1528-0020
Contributors: Marcio M Andrade-Campos; Esther Valero-Tena; José Verdú-Díaz; Jordi Diaz-Manera; Isidro Arevalo-Vargas; Irene Serrano-Gonzalo; Mercedes Roca-Espiau; Pilar Giraldo
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Segmentación de músculos individuales en IRM para la diagnosis automática de distrofias musculares

2022-09-06 | Dissertation or Thesis
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Accuracy of a machine learning muscle MRI-based tool for the diagnosis of muscular dystrophies

Neurology
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85081945995

Part of ISSN: 1526632X 00283878
Contributors: Verdú-Díaz, J.; Alonso-Pérez, J.; Nuñez-Peralta, C.; Tasca, G.; Vissing, J.; Straub, V.; Fernández-Torrón, R.; Llauger, J.; Illa, I.; Díaz-Manera, J.
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