Alison Pouch, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiology and Bioengineering
Core Faculty Member, Penn Center for Biomedical Image Computing and Analysis (CBICA)
Faculty Member, Penn Cardiovascular Institute
Core Faculty Member, Penn Institute for Computational Sciences (PICS)
Department: Radiology
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
Perelman School of Medicine
Department of Radiology, Research
Richards Building - 6th Floor
3700 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Radiology, Research
Richards Building - 6th Floor
3700 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-898-1050
Lab: 215-743-7073
Lab: 215-743-7073
Education:
BS (Physics - Honors Distinction, Anthropology)
The College of William and Mary, 2007.
PhD (Bioengineering - Biomedical Imaging and Informational Sciences)
University of Pennsylvania, 2013.
Cert (Biomedical Informatics)
University of Pennsylvania, 2018.
Permanent linkBS (Physics - Honors Distinction, Anthropology)
The College of William and Mary, 2007.
PhD (Bioengineering - Biomedical Imaging and Informational Sciences)
University of Pennsylvania, 2013.
Cert (Biomedical Informatics)
University of Pennsylvania, 2018.
Selected Publications
Li, H., Oguz, B., Arenas, G., Yao, X., Wang, J., Pouch, A.M., Byram, B., Schwartz, N., Oguz, I.: Interactive Segmentation Model for Placenta Segmentation from 3D Ultrasound Images. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer Nature Switzerland, Page: 132-142, 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-73647-6_13. This is a peer-reviewed conference proceedings paper for the International Workshop on Advances in Simplifying Medical Ultrasound (ASMUS).Lobo, T., Wu, W., Litt, H., Freas, M., Goldfinger, S., Ferrari, V., Bavaria, J., Desai, N., Pouch, A.: Patient-Specific Ascending Aortic Wall Shear Stress and Strain Analysis from 4D CT. Circulation 152(Suppl_3): A4369577, 2025.
Yao, X., Yu, R., Hu, D., Yang, H., Lou, A., Wang, J., Lu, D., Arenas, G., Oguz, B., Pouch, A.M., Schwartz, N., Byram, B.C., Oguz, I.: SynStitch: A Self-Supervised Learning Network For Ultrasound Image Stitching Using Synthetic Training Pairs And Indirect Supervision. Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging Page: 1-5, 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1109/ISBI60581.2025.10981027. This is a peer-reviewed conference proceedings article for IEEE ISBI 2025.
Wu, W., Daneker, M., Herz, C., Dewey, H., Weiss, J.A., Pouch, A.M., Lu, L., Jolley, M.A.: A Non-Invasive Method For Determining Elastic Parameters Of Valve Tissue Using Physics-Informed Neural Networks. Acta Biomaterialia 200: 283-298, 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2025.05.021.
Li, H., Oguz, B., Arenas, G., Yao, X., Wang, J., Lu, D., Pouch, A.M., Byram, B., Schwartz, N., Oguz, I.: PRISM Lite: A Lightweight Model For Interactive 3D Placenta Segmentation In Ultrasound. Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging 13406: 134060B, 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1117/12.3047410. This is a peer-reviewed conference proceedings article for SPIE Medical Imaging 2025.
Yao, X., Yu, R., DiSanto, N., Aghdam, E.K., Oguine, K.J., Lu, D., Lou, A., Wang, J., Hu, D., Arenas, G.A., Oguz, B., Pouch, A.M., Schwartz, N., Byram, B., Oguz, I.: LOTUS: Latent Outpainting Diffusion Model for Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Stitching. Proceedings of Machine Learning Research 2025 Notes: This is a peer-reviewed full conference proceedings article from Medical Imaging with Deep Learning (MIDL) 2025. The article is in press.
Guo Z, Dong NJ, Litt H, Yushkevich N, Freas M, Nunez J, Ferrari V, Hao J, Goldfinger S, Jolley MA, Bavaria J, Desai ND, Pouch AM: Towards Patient-Specific Surgical Planning for Bicuspid Aortic Valve Repair: Fully Automated Segmentation of the Aortic Valve in 4D CT. Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1109/ISBI60581.2025.10981269. This is a peer-reviewed conference proceedings article for IEEE ISBI 2025.
Haese, C.E., Dubey, V., Mathur, M., Pouch, A.M., Timek, T.A., Rausch, M.K.: Tricuspid Valve Edge-To-Edge Repair Simulations Are Highly Sensitive To Annular Boundary Conditions. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 163: 106879, 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2024.106879.
Chan, T.J., Sahni, A., Fang, Y., Li, J., Luthra, A., Pouch, A.M., Rajapakse, C.S.: SAM3D: Zero-Shot Semi-Automatic Segmentation in 3D Medical Images with the Segment Anything Model. Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging 13406, 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1117/12.3047242. This is a peer-reviewed conference proceedings article from SPIE Medical Imaging 2025.
MacKay, E.M.*, Goldfinger, S.*, Chan, T.J., Grasfield, R.H., Eswar, V.J., Li, K., Cao, Q., Pouch, A.M.: Automated Structured Data Extraction From Intraoperative Echocardiography Reports Using Large Language Models. British Journal of Anaesthesia 134(5): 1308-1317, 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2025.01.028.