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Biography

Dr. Çukur is a faculty member at Bilkent University, Turkey since 2013. Prior to that, he was a postdoctoral fellow at University of California, Berkeley, CA. He worked with Prof. Jack L. Gallant in the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute between 2010-2013. He devised novel machine learning techniques to build quantitative models of the human visual system under natural stimulation, and to infer the visual contents of the human brain.

He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, CA. He worked with Prof. Dwight G. Nishimura and Prof. John M. Pauly as a member of the Magnetic Resonance Systems Research Laboratory between 2003-2009. During his doctoral work, he developed novel MRI acquisition and reconstruction methods to diagnose peripheral arterial disease, and to monitor treatment of cancer and other inflammatory diseases. Prior to his PhD, he received his B.S. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bilkent University in 2003, as the class valedictorian.

Dr. Çukur was awarded Rambus Stanford Graduate Fellowship for his graduate studies. As a faculty member, he has received numerous prestigious awards including TUBITAK Career Award (2015), TUBA-GEBIP Outstanding Young Scientist Award (2015), BAGEP Young Scientist Award (2017), IEEE Turkey Research Encouragement Award (2017), Science Heroes Association Young Scientist of the Year Award (2017), METU Prof. Dr. Mustafa Parlar Foundation Research Incentive Award (2019), and TUSEB Aziz Sancar Incentive Award (2021). He is a senior member of IEEE (since 2017).

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Employment (3)

Bilkent University: Ankara, TR

2023 to present | Professor (Electrical and Electronics Engineering)
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Bilkent University: Ankara, TR

2018 to present | Assoc. Prof. (Electrical and Electronics Engineering)
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Bilkent University: Ankara, TR

2013 to 2018 | Asst. Prof. (Electrical and Electronics Engineering)
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Education and qualifications (4)

University of California, Berkeley: Berkeley, California, US

2010 to 2013 | Postdoctoral fellow (Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute)
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Stanford University: Stanford, California, US

2005 to 2009 | PhD (Electrical Engineering)
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Stanford University: Stanford, CA, US

2003 to 2005 | MS (Electrical Engineering)
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Bilkent University: Ankara, TR

1999 to 2003 | BS (Electrical Engineering)
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Professional activities (3)

IEEE: New York, NY, US

2017 to present | Senior Member
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International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: Concord, CA, US

2005 to present
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IEEE: New York, NY, US

2010 to 2017 | Member
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Works (50 of 128)

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Diffusion Probabilistic Models for Image Formation in MRI

2025 | Book chapter
Contributors: Şaban Öztürk; Alper Güngör; Tolga Çukur
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A Plug-In Graph Neural Network to Boost Temporal Sensitivity in fMRI Analysis

IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Irmak Sivgin; Hasan Atakan Bedel; Saban Ozturk; Tolga Çukur
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CalibFPA: A Focal Plane Array Imaging System Based on Online Deep-Learning Calibration

IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Alper Güngör; M. Umut Bahceci; Yasin Ergen; Ahmet Sözak; O. Oner Ekiz; Tolga Yelboga; Tolga Çukur
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DreaMR: Diffusion-driven Counterfactual Explanation for Functional MRI

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Hasan A. Bedel; Tolga Çukur
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Editorial

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
2024-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Dong Liang; Daniel Rueckert; Ge Wang; Tolga Cukur; Hengyong Yu
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One model to unite them all: Personalized federated learning of multi-contrast MRI synthesis

Medical Image Analysis
2024-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Onat Dalmaz; Muhammad U. Mirza; Gokberk Elmas; Muzaffer Ozbey; Salman U.H. Dar; Emir Ceyani; Kader K. Oguz; Salman Avestimehr; Tolga Çukur
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COVID-19 Detection From Respiratory Sounds With Hierarchical Spectrogram Transformers

IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics
2024-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Idil Aytekin; Onat Dalmaz; Kaan Gonc; Haydar Ankishan; Emine Ulku Saritas; Ulas Bagci; Haydar Celik; Tolga Çukur
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DEQ-MPI: A Deep Equilibrium Reconstruction With Learned Consistency for Magnetic Particle Imaging

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
2024-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Alper Güngör; Baris Askin; Damla Alptekin Soydan; Can Bariş Top; Emine Ulku Saritas; Tolga Çukur
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FD‐Net: An unsupervised deep forward‐distortion model for susceptibility artifact correction in EPI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
2024-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Abdallah Zaid Alkilani; Tolga Çukur; Emine Ulku Saritas
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JointNET: A Deep Model for Predicting Active Sacroiliitis from Sacroiliac Joint Radiography

ArXiv
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Turk, Sevcan; Demirkaya, Ahmet; Yigit Turali, M; Hepdurgun, Cenk; Uh Dar, Salman; Karabulut, Ahmet; Azizova, Aynur; Tamsel, Ipek; Aydingoz, Ustun; Argin, Mehmet et al.
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Parallel-stream fusion of scan-specific and scan-general priors for learning deep MRI reconstruction in low-data regimes

Computers in Biology and Medicine
2023-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Salman Ul Hassan Dar; Şaban Öztürk; Muzaffer Özbey; Kader Karli Oguz; Tolga Çukur
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Unsupervised Medical Image Translation With Adversarial Diffusion Models

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
2023-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Muzaffer Özbey; Onat Dalmaz; Salman U. H. Dar; Hasan A. Bedel; Şaban Özturk; Alper Güngör; Tolga Çukur
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User Feedback-based Online Learning for Intent Classification

2023-10-09 | Conference paper
Contributors: Kaan Gönç; Baturay Sağlam; Onat Dalmaz; Tolga Çukur; Serdar Kozat; Hamdi Dibeklioglu
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Adaptive diffusion priors for accelerated MRI reconstruction

Medical Image Analysis
2023-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Alper Güngör; Salman UH Dar; Şaban Öztürk; Yilmaz Korkmaz; Hasan A. Bedel; Gokberk Elmas; Muzaffer Ozbey; Tolga Çukur
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BolT: Fused window transformers for fMRI time series analysis

Medical Image Analysis
2023-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Hasan A. Bedel; Irmak Sivgin; Onat Dalmaz; Salman U.H. Dar; Tolga Çukur
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Content-based medical image retrieval with opponent class adaptive margin loss

Information Sciences
2023-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Şaban Öztürk; Emin Çelik; Tolga Çukur
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Federated Learning of Generative Image Priors for MRI Reconstruction

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
2023-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Gokberk Elmas; Salman U. H. Dar; Yilmaz Korkmaz; Emir Ceyani; Burak Susam; Muzaffer Ozbey; Salman Avestimehr; Tolga Çukur
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Automated Parameter Selection for Accelerated MRI Reconstruction via Low-Rank Modeling of Local k-Space Neighborhoods

Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik
2023-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Efe Ilicak; Emine Ulku Saritas; Tolga Çukur
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Semi-Supervised Learning of MRI Synthesis Without Fully-Sampled Ground Truths

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
2022-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Mahmut Yurt; Onat Dalmaz; Salman Dar; Muzaffer Ozbey; Berk Tinaz; Kader Oguz; Tolga Cukur
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TranSMS: Transformers for Super-Resolution Calibration in Magnetic Particle Imaging

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
2022-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Alper Gungor; Baris Askin; Damla Alptekin Soydan; Emine Ulku Saritas; Can Baris Top; Tolga Cukur
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ResViT: Residual Vision Transformers for Multimodal Medical Image Synthesis

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
2022-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Onat Dalmaz; Mahmut Yurt; Tolga Cukur
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Deep Clustering via Center-Oriented Margin Free-Triplet Loss for Skin Lesion Detection in Highly Imbalanced Datasets

IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics
2022-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Saban Ozturk; Tolga Cukur
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Unsupervised MRI Reconstruction via Zero-Shot Learned Adversarial Transformers

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
2022-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Yilmaz Korkmaz; Salman U. H. Dar; Mahmut Yurt; Muzaffer Ozbey; Tolga Cukur
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Progressively volumetrized deep generative models for data-efficient contextual learning of MR image recovery

Medical Image Analysis
2022-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Mahmut Yurt; Muzaffer Özbey; Salman U.H. Dar; Berk Tinaz; Kader K. Oguz; Tolga Çukur
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Constrained Ellipse Fitting for Efficient Parameter Mapping With Phase-Cycled bSSFP MRI

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
2022-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Kubra Keskin; Ugur Yilmaz; Tolga Cukur
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A CNN based super-resolution technique for magnetic particle imaging system matrix,Manyetik parçacik görüntüleme için evrişimsel sinir aǧi tabanli bir süper-çözünürlük tekniǧi

SIU 2021 - 29th IEEE Conference on Signal Processing and Communications Applications, Proceedings
2021 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85111431326

Contributors: Askin, B.; Gungor, A.; Soydan, D.A.; Top, C.B.; Cukur, T.
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Tolga Çukur via Scopus - Elsevier

A few-shot learning approach for accelerated MRI via fusion of data-driven and subject-driven priors

arXiv
2021 | Other
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2-s2.0-85104073862

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Dar, S.U.H.; Yurt, M.; Çukur, T.
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Tolga Çukur via Scopus - Elsevier

Attentional Modulation of Hierarchical Speech Representations in a Multitalker Environment

Cerebral Cortex
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85118096521

Part of ISSN: 14602199 10473211
Contributors: Kiremitçi, I.; Yilmaz, Ö.; Çelik, E.; Shahdloo, M.; Huth, A.G.; Çukur, T.
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Tolga Çukur via Scopus - Elsevier

Constrained ellipse fitting for efficient parameter mapping with phase-cycled bSSFP MRI

arXiv
2021 | Other
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2-s2.0-85108273359

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Keskin, K.; Yılmaz, U.; Çukur, T.
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Cortical networks of dynamic scene category representation in the human brain

Cortex
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85112500548

Part of ISSN: 19738102 00109452
Contributors: Çelik, E.; Keles, U.; Kiremitçi, İ.; Gallant, J.L.; Çukur, T.
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Tolga Çukur via Scopus - Elsevier

Deep MRI Reconstruction with Generative Vision Transformers

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
2021 | Book
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2-s2.0-85116876728

Part of ISSN: 16113349 03029743
Contributors: Korkmaz, Y.; Yurt, M.; Dar, S.U.H.; Özbey, M.; Cukur, T.
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Tolga Çukur via Scopus - Elsevier

Multi-image reconstruction in multi-contrast MRI,Çoklu kontrast MRG'de çoklu görüntü geriçatimi

SIU 2021 - 29th IEEE Conference on Signal Processing and Communications Applications, Proceedings
2021 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85111449296

Contributors: Ozbey, M.; Cukur, T.
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Tolga Çukur via Scopus - Elsevier

Mustgan: Multi-stream generative adversarial networks for MR image synthesis

Medical Image Analysis
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85102021754

Part of ISSN: 13618423 13618415
Contributors: Yurt, M.; Dar, S.U.; Erdem, A.; Erdem, E.; Oguz, K.K.; Çukur, T.
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Tolga Çukur via Scopus - Elsevier

ResViT: Residual vision transformers for multi-modal medical image synthesis

arXiv
2021 | Other
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2-s2.0-85119147382

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Dalmaz, O.; Yurt, M.; Çukur, T.
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Self-supervised Dynamic MRI Reconstruction

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
2021 | Book
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2-s2.0-85116871634

Part of ISSN: 16113349 03029743
Contributors: Acar, M.; Çukur, T.; Öksüz, İ.
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Synergistic reconstruction-synthesis of multi-contrast MRI using transfer learning method,Çoklu kontrast MRG'de tranfer öǧrenme yöntemi ile birleşik geriçatim-sentez

SIU 2021 - 29th IEEE Conference on Signal Processing and Communications Applications, Proceedings
2021 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85111456022

Contributors: Kaftan, I.; Gevrek, V.O.B.; Cukur, T.
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Tolga Çukur via Scopus - Elsevier

TranSMS: Transformers for super-resolution calibration in magnetic particle imaging: A Preprint

arXiv
2021 | Other
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2-s2.0-85119144795

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Güngör, A.; Askin, B.; Soydan, D.A.; Saritas, E.U.; Top, C.B.; Çukur, T.
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Tolga Çukur via Scopus - Elsevier

Unsupervised MRI reconstruction via zero-shot learned adversarial transformers

arXiv
2021 | Other
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2-s2.0-85108373870

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Korkmaz, Y.; Dar, S.U.H.; Yurt, M.; Özbey, M.; Çukur, T.
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Task-Dependent Warping of Semantic Representations During Search for Visual Action Categories

2021-06-17 | Other
Contributors: Mo Shahdloo; Emin Çelik; Burcu A. Ürgen; Jack L. Gallant; Tolga Çukur
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A Few-Shot Learning Approach for Accelerated MRI via Fusion of Data-Driven and Subject-Driven Priors

2021-03-13 | Preprint
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Tolga Çukur

A Transfer-Learning Approach for Accelerated MRI Using Deep Neural Networks

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85078009340

Part of ISSN: 15222594 07403194
Contributors: Dar, S.U.H.; Özbey, M.; Çatlı, A.B.; Çukur, T.
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Anatomical measurements correlate with individual magnetostimulation thresholds for kHz-range homogeneous magnetic fields

Medical Physics
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85079044499

Part of ISSN: 00942405
Contributors: Demirel, O.B.; Kilic, T.; Çukur, T.; Saritas, E.U.
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Tolga Çukur via Scopus - Elsevier

Attentional Modulation of Hierarchical Speech Representations in a Multi-Talker Environment

bioRxiv
2020 | Other
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2-s2.0-85099888170

Part of ISSN: 26928205
Contributors: Kiremitçi, I.; Yilmaz, Ö.; Çelik, E.; Shahdloo, M.; Huth, A.G.; Çukur, T.
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Biased competition in semantic representation during natural visual search

NeuroImage
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85076230019

Part of ISSN: 10959572 10538119
Contributors: Shahdloo, M.; Çelik, E.; Çukur, T.
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Factorized sensitivity estimation for artifact suppression in phase-cycled bSSFP MRI

NMR in Biomedicine
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85078665627

Part of ISSN: 10991492 09523480
Contributors: Bıyık, E.; Keskin, K.; UH Dar, S.; Koç, A.; Çukur, T.
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Informed feature regularization in voxelwise modeling for naturalistic fMRI experiments

European Journal of Neuroscience
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85085026982

Part of ISSN: 14609568 0953816X
Contributors: Yılmaz, Ö.; Çelik, E.; Çukur, T.
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Multi-Image Super Resolution in Multi-Contrast MRI,Coklu Kontrast MRG'de Coklu Super Cozunurlugu

2020 28th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference, SIU 2020 - Proceedings
2020 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85100296594

Contributors: Yurt, M.; Cukur, T.
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Musical mirror-symmetrical movement tasks: Comparison of rhythm versus melody-playing

NeuroReport
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85083545655

Part of ISSN: 1473558X 09594965
Contributors: Tokgoz, S.; Aydogdu, D.; Ilhan, B.; Sahin, Y.; Bariseri, N.; Ozturkler, B.M.; Çukur, T.
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Prior-guided image reconstruction for accelerated multi-contrast mri via generative adversarial networks

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85092353146

Part of ISSN: 19410484 19324553
Contributors: Dar, S.U.H.; Yurt, M.; Shahdloo, M.; Ildiz, M.E.; Tinaz, B.; Cukur, T.
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Progressively volumetrized deep generative models for data-efficient contextual learning of mr image recovery

arXiv
2020 | Other
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2-s2.0-85098888893

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Yurt, M.; Özbey, M.; Dar, S.U.H.; Tınaz, B.; Oğuz, K.K.; Çukur, T.
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Peer review (455 reviews for 59 publications/grants)

Review activity for ACM transactions on Asian and low-resource language information processing. (1)
Review activity for ACM transactions on intelligent systems and technology. (1)
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Review activity for Artificial intelligence review. (1)
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Review activity for Bioengineering. (1)
Review activity for Biomedical engineering letters. (1)
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Review activity for Biomedical signal processing and control. (4)
Review activity for Biosensors. (2)
Review activity for Cancers. (2)
Review activity for Computer methods and programs in biomedicine. (5)
Review activity for Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering. (1)
Review activity for Computers in biology and medicine. (17)
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