LUMINATE

Multimodal lung cancer screening research using low-dose CT, low-dose FDG PET/CT, and AI risk prediction.

LUMINATE

PNRR Research Project

LUMINATE

Multimodal lung cancer screening research using low-dose CT, low-dose FDG PET/CT, and AI risk prediction.

Lung Cancer Screening Multimodal Imaging Risk Prediction

Overview

LUMINATE addresses lung cancer screening through artificial intelligence, multimodal imaging, and technologies for early detection and characterisation. The project combines low-dose CT, low-dose FDG PET/CT, and clinical information to improve risk assessment.

The UCBM engineering unit contributes AI models for predicting lung cancer risk using clinical and imaging data, within a multi-centre project coordinated by Ospedale San Raffaele.

Research Directions

  • Early detection and characterisation of suspicious lung nodules.
  • AI models for lung cancer risk prediction from clinical and imaging data.
  • Integration of low-dose CT and low-dose FDG PET/CT in screening workflows.

Related Publications

  1. Virtual Scanning for NSCLC Histology: Investigating the Discriminatory Power of Synthetic PET
    Fatih Aksu, Laura Ciuffetti, Francesco Di Feola, Filippo Ruffini, Giulia Romoli, Fabrizia Gelardi, Arturo Chiti, Valerio Guarrasi, and Paolo Soda
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.02746, 2026
    generative AI medical imaging multimodal learning
  2. Lesion-Aware Generative Artificial Intelligence for Virtual Contrast-Enhanced Mammography in Breast Cancer
    Aurora Rofena, Manchia, Arianna, Claudia Lucia Piccolo, Bruno Beomonte Zobel, Paolo Soda, and Valerio Guarrasi
    2025
    radiomics oncology generative AI
  3. Augmented intelligence for multimodal virtual biopsy in breast cancer using generative artificial intelligence
    Aurora Rofena, Claudia Lucia Piccolo, Bruno Beomonte Zobel, Paolo Soda, and Valerio Guarrasi
    2025
    oncology multimodal learning generative AI
  4. Whole-Body Image-to-Image Translation for a Virtual Scanner in a Healthcare Digital Twin
    Valerio Guarrasi, Francesco Di Feola, Rebecca Restivo, Lorenzo Tronchin, and Paolo Soda
    2025
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  5. Multimodal Doctor-in-the-Loop: A Clinically-Guided Explainable Framework for Predicting Pathological Response in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
    Alice Natalina Caragliano, Claudia Tacconi, Carlo Greco, Lorenzo Nibid, Edy Ippolito, Michele Fiore, Giuseppe Perrone, Sara Ramella, Paolo Soda, and Valerio Guarrasi
    2025
    radiomics oncology multimodal learning
  6. Doctor-in-the-Loop: An explainable, multi-view deep learning framework for predicting pathological response in non-small cell lung cancer
    Alice Natalina Caragliano, Filippo Ruffini, Carlo Greco, Edy Ippolito, Michele Fiore, Claudia Tacconi, Lorenzo Nibid, Giuseppe Perrone, Sara Ramella, Paolo Soda, and 1 more author
    2025
    explainability oncology medical imaging
  7. Can Foundation Models Really Segment Tumors? A Benchmarking Odyssey in Lung CT Imaging
    Elena Mulero Ayllón, Massimiliano Mantegna, Linlin Shen, Paolo Soda, Valerio Guarrasi, and Matteo Tortora
    2025
    foundation models medical imaging
  8. NSCLC histological subtype classification from CT scans using generalist 3D medical foundation models
    Fatih Aksu, Fabrizia Gelardi, Arturo Chiti, and Paolo Soda
    2025
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  9. Multi-stage intermediate fusion for multimodal learning to classify non-small cell lung cancer subtypes from CT and PET
    Fatih Aksu, Fabrizia Gelardi, Arturo Chiti, and Paolo Soda
    2025
    radiomics oncology multimodal learning
  10. Enhancing NSCLC Histological Subtype Classification: A Federated Learning Approach Using Triplet Loss
    Fatih Aksu, Ermanno Cordelli, Fabrizia Gelardi, Arturo Chiti, and Paolo Soda
    2025
    radiomics oncology medical imaging