Dr. Daphna Link-Sourani | Technion Human MRI

TecH MRC's Manager

Dr. Daphna Link-Sourani is the manager of the Technion Human MRI Research Center, with over a decade of experience in MRI research and extensive experience working with MRI systems. Daphna has published multiple papers and presented her findings at numerous scientific conferences, with a focus on fetal and placental MRI as well as neural circuits in neurodegenerative diseases. Daphna is dedicated to providing high-quality imaging services and support to researchers, physicians, students, and industry players. She is committed to advancing the field of MRI research and exploring new avenues for understanding the human body and brain, while fostering a collaborative and innovative research environment.

Publications

Rabinowich A., Avisdris N. ,Zilberman A., Link-Sourani D., Lazar S., Herzlich J., Specktor Fadida B., Joskowicz L., Malinger G., Ben-Sira L., Hiersch L., Ben Bashat D.: Reduced adipose tissue in growth-restricted fetuses using quantitative analysis of magnetic resonance images. American Journal of Obstetrics &Gynecology 2023

Avisdris N., Link-Sourani D., Ben-Sira L., Joskowicz L., Malinger G., Yagel S., Miller E., Ben Bashat D.: Improved differentiation between hypo/hypertelorism and normal fetuses based on MRI using automatic ocular biometric measurements, ocular ratios, and machine learning multi-parametric classification. European Radiology 2023, volume 33, pages54–63.

Specktor-Fadida B., Yehuda B., Link-Sourani D., Ben-Sira L., Ben-Bashat D.& Joskowicz L.: Contour Dice Loss for Structures with Fuzzy and Complex Boundaries in Fetal MRI. Computer Vision – ECCV 2022 Workshops pp 355–368.

Avisdris N., Rabinowich A., Fridkin D., Zilberman A., Lazar S., Herzlich J., Hananis Z., Link-Sourani D., Ben-Sira L., Hiersch L., Ben Bashat D. & Joskowicz L.: Automatic Fetal Fat Quantification from MRI. Perinatal, Preterm and Paediatric Image Analysis 2022 pp 25–37.

Specktor Fadida B., Link Sourani D., Ben Sira L., Miller E., Ben Bashat D.& Joskowicz L.: Partial Annotations for the Segmentation of Large Structures with Low Annotation Cost. Medical Image Learning with Limited and Noisy Data 2022 pp 13–22.

Link-Sorani D., Avisdris N., Harel S., Ben Sira L., Ganot T., Gordon Z., Many A., Ben Bashat D.: Ex-vivo MRI of the normal human placenta. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2022, Volume56, Issue1, Pages 134-144.

Avisdris N., Yehuda B., Ben-Zvi O., Link-Sourani D., Ben-Sira L., Miller E., Zharkov E., Ben Bashat D., Joskowicz L.: Automatic linear measurements of the fetal brain on MRI with deep neural networks. International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery 2021, 16(9):1481-1492.

Specktor-Fadida B., Link-Sourani D., Ferster-Kveller S., Ben-Sira L., Miller E., Ben-Bashat D., Joskowicz L.: A Bootstrap Self-training Method for Sequence Transfer: State-of-the-Art Placenta Segmentation in fetal MRI. Uncertainty for Safe Utilization of Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, and Perinatal Imaging, Placental and Preterm Image Analysis 2021, pp. 189-199.

Link-Sourani D., Many A., Ben-Sira L., Tarrasch R., Bak S., Kidron D., Gordon Z., Yagel S., Harel S., Ben Bashat D.: Placental vascular tree characterization based on ex-vivo MRI with a potential application for placental insufficiency assessment. Placenta 2020, 96:34-43.

Dudovitch G., Link-Sourani D., Ben Sira L., Miller E., Ben Bashat D., Joskowicz L.: Deep Learning Automatic Fetal Structures Segmentation in MRI Scans with Few Annotated Datasets. Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention MICCAI 2020: 365-374.

Link-Sourani D., Braginsky MB., Joskowicz L., Ben Sira L., Harel S., Many A., Tarrasch R., Malinger G., Artzi M., Kapoor C., Miller E., Ben Bashat D.: Automatic Measurement of Fetal Brain Development from Magnetic Resonance Imaging: New Reference Data. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2018;43(2):113-122.

Sourani D., Eitan R., Gordon N., Goelman G.: The habenula couples the dopaminergic and the serotonergic systems: application to depression in Parkinson’s disease. Eur J Neurosci. 2012 Sep;36(6):2822-9.

Sourani D., Goelman G.: The interaction between the dopaminergic and the serotonergic systems in the 6-OHDA rat model of Parkinson’s disease. Health 2012; 1218-1224.

Sourani D., Eitan R. and Goelman G.: The Etiology of Depression in Parkinson’s Disease. Nature Precedings 2010.