Turning medical images into reproducible biological insight

I develop open-source computational methods for extracting meaningful, quantitative information from medical images—spanning computational anatomy, neuroimaging, pulmonary imaging, harmonization, and deep learning.

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118 journal publications

20+ years in biomedical imaging

7 ANTsX open-source projects

3 major challenge wins & awards

Research identity

Computational anatomy

Image registration, segmentation, cortical thickness, spatial normalization, and statistically principled phenotyping across scales and species.

Translational imaging

Quantitative neuroimaging and pulmonary MRI methods designed around real biological and clinical questions.

Open and reproducible science

Research software that makes advanced methodology available, inspectable, and reusable by the wider imaging community.

Selected impact

The ANTsX ecosystem
A family of open-source tools for quantitative biological and medical imaging, from classical computational anatomy to deep-learning workflows.

N4 bias-field correction
A widely adopted method for correcting intensity non-uniformity in MRI and other medical images.

Large-scale cortical thickness evaluation
Benchmarking ANTs and FreeSurfer measurements to improve confidence in quantitative neuroimaging studies.

Cross-site harmonization and reproducibility
Methods and evaluations addressing scanner effects, longitudinal data, and scientific software bias.

Current appointment

Professor · Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, Virginia

ntustison@virginia.edu · Google Scholar · ORCID