Dr Ander Biguri

Dr Ander Biguri

Assistant Research Professor working on translating developments in inverse problems (both ML and classical optimization) into applications of tomography in medicine and physics

Publications

You can find the full list of my articles on my Google Scholar profile.

Journal Articles

Trajectory Generation for ROI Expansion in dental CBCT imaging: An Out-of-FOV ROI Annotation Guided Arc Scan-Based Approach

Published in Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2025

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Recommended citation: SM Islam, Ander Biguri, Claudio Landi, Giovanni Di, Pascal Gr{\"u}n, Cristina Sarti, Carola-Bibiane Sch{\"o}nlieb, Dritan Turhani, Gernot Kronreif, Wolfgang Birkfellner, et al., "Trajectory Generation for ROI Expansion in dental CBCT imaging: An Out-of-FOV ROI Annotation Guided Arc Scan-Based Approach." Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2025.

TIGRE v3: Efficient and easy to use iterative computed tomographic reconstruction toolbox for real datasets

Published in Engineering Research Express, 2025

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Recommended citation: Ander Biguri, Tomoyuki Sadakane, Reuben Lindroos, Yi Liu, Malena Landman, Yi Du, Manasavee Lohvithee, Stefanie Kaser, Sepideh Hatamikia, Robert Bryll, et al., "TIGRE v3: Efficient and easy to use iterative computed tomographic reconstruction toolbox for real datasets." Engineering Research Express, 2025.

Smooth Model Compression without Fine-Tuning

Published in arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.24469, 2025

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Recommended citation: Christina Runkel, Natacha Meli, Jovita Lukasik, Ander Biguri, Carola-Bibiane Sch{\"o}nlieb, Michael Moeller, "Smooth Model Compression without Fine-Tuning." arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.24469, 2025.

A study of why we need to reassess full reference image quality assessment with medical images

Published in Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine, 2025

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Recommended citation: Anna Breger, Ander Biguri, Malena Landman, Ian Selby, Nicole Amberg, Elisabeth Brunner, Janek Gr{\"o}hl, Sepideh Hatamikia, Clemens Karner, Lipeng Ning, et al., "A study of why we need to reassess full reference image quality assessment with medical images." Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine, 2025.

Source-detector trajectory optimization for FOV extension in dental CBCT imaging

Published in Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2024

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Recommended citation: SM Islam, Ander Biguri, Claudio Landi, Giovanni Di, Benedikt Schneider, Pascal Gr{\"u}n, Cristina Sarti, Ramona Woitek, Andrea Delmiglio, Carola-Bibiane Sch{\"o}nlieb, et al., "Source-detector trajectory optimization for FOV extension in dental CBCT imaging." Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2024.

Data driven surrogate signal extraction for dynamic PET using selective PCA: time windows versus the combination of components

Published in Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2024

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Recommended citation: Alexander Whitehead, Kuan-Hao Su, Elise Emond, Ander Biguri, Ludovica Brusaferri, Maria Machado, Joanna Porter, Helen Garthwaite, Scott Wollenweber, Jamie McClelland, et al., "Data driven surrogate signal extraction for dynamic PET using selective PCA: time windows versus the combination of components." Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2024.

On Krylov methods for large-scale CBCT reconstruction

Published in Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2023

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Recommended citation: Malena Landman, Ander Biguri, Sepideh Hatamikia, Richard Boardman, John Aston, Carola-Bibiane Sch{\"o}nlieb, "On Krylov methods for large-scale CBCT reconstruction." Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2023.

Extension of the open-source TIGRE toolbox for proton imaging

Published in Zeitschrift f"ur Medizinische Physik, 2023

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Recommended citation: Stefanie Kaser, Thomas Bergauer, Ander Biguri, Wolfgang Birkfellner, Sepideh Hatamikia, Albert Hirtl, Christian Irmler, Benjamin Kirchmayer, Felix Ulrich-Pur, "Extension of the open-source TIGRE toolbox for proton imaging." Zeitschrift f"ur Medizinische Physik, 2023.

Source-detector trajectory optimization in cone-beam computed tomography: a comprehensive review on today’s state-of-the-art

Published in Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2022

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Recommended citation: S Hatamikia, A Biguri, G Herl, G Kronreif, T Reynolds, J Kettenbach, T Russ, A Tersol, A Maier, M Figl, et al., "Source-detector trajectory optimization in cone-beam computed tomography: a comprehensive review on today’s state-of-the-art." Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2022.

PO-1629 Ion CT image reconstruction with the TIGRE toolbox

Published in Radiotherapy & Oncology, 2022

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Recommended citation: S Kaser, T Bergauer, Ander Biguri, W Birkfellner, S Hatamikia, A Hirtl, C Irmler, Benjamin Kirchmayer, F Ulrich-Pur, "PO-1629 Ion CT image reconstruction with the TIGRE toolbox." Radiotherapy & Oncology, 2022.

Arbitrarily large tomography with iterative algorithms on multiple GPUs using the TIGRE toolbox

Published in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, 2020

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Recommended citation: Ander Biguri, Reuben Lindroos, Robert Bryll, Hossein Towsyfyan, Hans Deyhle, Ibrahim Harrane, Richard Boardman, Mark Mavrogordato, Manjit Dosanjh, Steven Hancock, et al., "Arbitrarily large tomography with iterative algorithms on multiple GPUs using the TIGRE toolbox." Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, 2020.

Conference Papers

Source-detector trajectory optimization for customized CBCT field of view extension using simulated annealing algorithm

Published in In the proceedings of Medical Imaging 2024: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, 2024

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Recommended citation: Hannah Jungreuthmayer, SM Islam, Ander Biguri, Gernot Kronreif, Wolfgang Birkfellner, Sepideh Hatamikia, "Source-detector trajectory optimization for customized CBCT field of view extension using simulated annealing algorithm." In the proceedings of Medical Imaging 2024: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, 2024.

Continuous Learned Primal Dual

Published in In the proceedings of 2024 IEEE 34th International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing (MLSP), 2024

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Recommended citation: Christina Runkel, Ander Biguri, Carola-Bibiane Sch{\"o}nlieb, "Continuous Learned Primal Dual." In the proceedings of 2024 IEEE 34th International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing (MLSP), 2024.

Advancing the frontiers of deep learning for low-dose 3d cone-beam computed tomography (ct) reconstruction

Published in In the proceedings of 2024 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing Workshops (ICASSPW), 2024

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Recommended citation: Ander Biguri, Subhadip Mukherjee, "Advancing the frontiers of deep learning for low-dose 3d cone-beam computed tomography (ct) reconstruction." In the proceedings of 2024 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing Workshops (ICASSPW), 2024.

Pseudo-Bayesian DIP Denoising as a Preprocessing Step for Kinetic Modelling in Dynamic PET

Published in In the proceedings of 2022 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2022

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Recommended citation: Alexander Whitehead, Kjell Erlandsson, Ander Biguri, Scott Wollenweber, Jamie McClelland, Kris Thielemans, "Pseudo-Bayesian DIP Denoising as a Preprocessing Step for Kinetic Modelling in Dynamic PET." In the proceedings of 2022 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2022.

Possibility assessment of CBCT metal artifact reduction based on PICCS reconstruction and trajectory optimization

Published in In the proceedings of Medical Imaging 2022: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, 2022

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Recommended citation: Sepideh Hatamikia, Ander Biguri, Gernot Kronreif, Joachim Kettenbach, Tom Russ, Wolfgang Birkfellner, "Possibility assessment of CBCT metal artifact reduction based on PICCS reconstruction and trajectory optimization." In the proceedings of Medical Imaging 2022: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, 2022.

Data Driven Surrogate Signal Extraction for Dynamic PET Using Selective PCA

Published in In the proceedings of 2022 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2022

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Recommended citation: Alexander Whitehead, Kuan-Hao Su, Elise Emond, Ander Biguri, Maria Machado, Joanna Porter, Helen Garthwaite, Scott Wollenweber, Jamie McClelland, Kris Thielemans, "Data Driven Surrogate Signal Extraction for Dynamic PET Using Selective PCA." In the proceedings of 2022 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2022.

Comparison of Analytical and Iterative Algorithms for Reconstruction of Microtomographic Phantom Images and Rat Mandibular Scans

Published in In the proceedings of Information Technology in Biomedicine: 9th International Conference, ITIB 2022 Kamie'n 'Slkaski, Poland, June 20--22, 2022 Proceedings, 2022

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Recommended citation: Pawe{\l} Lipowitz, Agnieszka Dardzi{\'n}ska-G{\l}{\k{e}}bocka, Marta Borowska, Ander Biguri, "Comparison of Analytical and Iterative Algorithms for Reconstruction of Microtomographic Phantom Images and Rat Mandibular Scans." In the proceedings of Information Technology in Biomedicine: 9th International Conference, ITIB 2022 Kamie'n 'Slkaski, Poland, June 20--22, 2022 Proceedings, 2022.

Benchmarking of different reconstruction algorithms for industrial cone-beam CT

Published in In the proceedings of 11th Conference on Industrial Computed Tomography, Wels, Austria (ICT 2022), 2022

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Recommended citation: J Rathore, Ren{\'e} Laquai, Ander Biguri, Manuchehr Soleimani, Caroline Vienne, "Benchmarking of different reconstruction algorithms for industrial cone-beam CT." In the proceedings of 11th Conference on Industrial Computed Tomography, Wels, Austria (ICT 2022), 2022.

Systematic Evaluation of the Impact of Involuntary Motion in Whole Body Dynamic PET

Published in In the proceedings of 2021 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2021

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Recommended citation: Ander Biguri, Fotis Kotasidis, Alexander Whitehead, Irene Burger, Brian Hutton, Kris Thielemans, "Systematic Evaluation of the Impact of Involuntary Motion in Whole Body Dynamic PET." In the proceedings of 2021 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2021.

Scalable FBP decomposition for cone-beam CT reconstruction

Published in In the proceedings of Proceedings of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, 2021

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Recommended citation: Peng Chen, Mohamed Wahib, Xiao Wang, Takahiro Hirofuchi, Hirotaka Ogawa, Ander Biguri, Richard Boardman, Thomas Blumensath, Satoshi Matsuoka, "Scalable FBP decomposition for cone-beam CT reconstruction." In the proceedings of Proceedings of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, 2021.

Recent Progress in STIR 5.0

Published in In the proceedings of 2021 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2021

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Recommended citation: Ander Biguri, Palak Wadhwa, Daniel Deidda, Georg Schramm, Kuan-Hao Su, Charles Stearns, Robert Twyman, Evgueni Ovtchinnikov, Kris Thielemans, "Recent Progress in STIR 5.0." In the proceedings of 2021 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2021.

Comparison of motion correction methods incorporating motion modelling for PET/CT using a single breath hold attenuation map

Published in In the proceedings of 2021 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2021

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Recommended citation: Alexander Whitehead, Ander Biguri, Kuan-Hao Su, Scott Wollenweber, Charles Stearns, Brian Hutton, Jamie McClelland, Kris Thielemans, "Comparison of motion correction methods incorporating motion modelling for PET/CT using a single breath hold attenuation map." In the proceedings of 2021 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2021.

Short scan source-detector trajectories for target-based CBCT

Published in In the proceedings of 2020 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 2020

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Recommended citation: Sepideh Hatamikia, Ander Biguri, Gernot Kronreif, Tom Russ, Joachim Kettenbach, Wolfgang Birkfellner, "Short scan source-detector trajectories for target-based CBCT." In the proceedings of 2020 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 2020.

PET/CT Respiratory Motion Correction With a Single Attenuation Map Using NAC Derived Deformation Fields

Published in In the proceedings of 2020 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2020

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Recommended citation: Alexander Whitehead, Ander Biguri, Nikos Efthimiou, Kuan-Hao Su, Scott Wollenweber, Charles Stearns, Brian Hutton, Jamie McClelland, Kris Thielemans, "PET/CT Respiratory Motion Correction With a Single Attenuation Map Using NAC Derived Deformation Fields." In the proceedings of 2020 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2020.

Massnahmen zur Reduktion der Strahlendosis bei Cone Beam-Computertomografie

Published in In the proceedings of R"oFo-Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der R"ontgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren, 2020

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Recommended citation: S Hatamikia, A Biguri, G Kronreif, J Kettenbach, W Birkfellner, "Massnahmen zur Reduktion der Strahlendosis bei Cone Beam-Computertomografie." In the proceedings of R"oFo-Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der R"ontgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren, 2020.

CBCT reconstruction based on arbitrary trajectories using TIGRE software tool

Published in In the proceedings of Proceeding of the 19th joint conference on new technologies for Computer/Robot Assisted Surgery (CRAS), 2019

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Recommended citation: S Hatamikia, A Biguri, G Kronreif, J Kettenbach, W Birkfellner, "CBCT reconstruction based on arbitrary trajectories using TIGRE software tool." In the proceedings of Proceeding of the 19th joint conference on new technologies for Computer/Robot Assisted Surgery (CRAS), 2019.

Motion correction in X-ray tomography using a priori known deformation vector fields and iterative reconstruction methods

Published in In the proceedings of Enlight Annual Meeting 2016 and Training Event, 2016

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Recommended citation: Ander Biguri, S Hancock, M Dosanjh, Manuchehr Soleimani, "Motion correction in X-ray tomography using a priori known deformation vector fields and iterative reconstruction methods." In the proceedings of Enlight Annual Meeting 2016 and Training Event, 2016.

4D FEM models of the human thorax

Published in In the proceedings of EIT2015, 2015

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Recommended citation: Ander Biguri, Manuchehr Soleimani, "4D FEM models of the human thorax." In the proceedings of EIT2015, 2015.