Comparison of [18F]flortaucipir and [18F]MK6240 for the detection of tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease (HEAD): a multicentre, prospective, cross-sectional, within-participant study
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Guilherme Povala
Bruna Bellaver
Firoza Z. Lussier
Livia Amaral
Guilherme Bauer-Negrini
Pamela C. L. Ferreira
Andreia Rocha
Emma Ruppert
Marina Scop Medeiros
Cécile Tissot
William J. Jagust
Joseph C. Masdeu
Juan Fortea
Dana L. Tudorascu
David N. Soleimani-Meigooni
Val J. Lowe
Hwamee Oh
Belen Pascual
Brian A. Gordon
Pedro Rosa-Neto
Suzanne L. Baker
Tharick A. Pascoal

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Biomedical Data Scientist
Computational neuroscientist working at the intersection of machine learning, biomedical
imaging, and human genetics in neurodegenerative disease. My work applies deep learning to
high-dimensional medical images, harmonizes imaging measurements across sites and acquisition
protocols, and integrates imaging with genomic, proteomic, and longitudinal clinical data to
characterise Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, with particular focus on fluid and
imaging biomarkers of neurodegeneration.