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Walter Wiggins

Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology
Radiology, Neuroradiology
DUMC 3808, Durham, NC 27710
DUMC 3808, Durham, NC 27710

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology · 2024 - Present Radiology, Neuroradiology, Radiology

In the News


Published November 20, 2020
Top Challenges of Applying Artificial Intelligence to Medical Imaging
Published November 6, 2020
To Remain a Technology Leader, Radiology Must Train Residents in Machine Learning
Published November 4, 2020
Data science pathway prepares radiology residents for machine learning

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Recent Publications


The Brain Tumor Segmentation - Metastases (BraTS-METS) Challenge 2023: Brain Metastasis Segmentation on Pre-treatment MRI.

Journal Article ArXiv · December 9, 2024 The translation of AI-generated brain metastases (BM) segmentation into clinical practice relies heavily on diverse, high-quality annotated medical imaging datasets. The BraTS-METS 2023 challenge has gained momentum for testing and benchmarking algorithms ... Link to item Cite

The Brain Tumor Segmentation (BraTS) Challenge 2023: Brain MR Image Synthesis for Tumor Segmentation (BraSyn).

Journal Article ArXiv · November 24, 2024 Automated brain tumor segmentation methods have become well-established and reached performance levels offering clear clinical utility. These methods typically rely on four input magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) modalities: T1-weighted images with and with ... Link to item Cite

Automated selection of abdominal MRI series using a DICOM metadata classifier and selective use of a pixel-based classifier.

Journal Article Abdom Radiol (NY) · October 2024 Accurate, automated MRI series identification is important for many applications, including display ("hanging") protocols, machine learning, and radiomics. The use of the series description or a pixel-based classifier each has limitations. We demonstrate a ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


MS Clinical Trial: DUOC

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by The Marcus Foundation · 2020 - 2025

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Education, Training & Certifications


Wake Forest University, School of Medicine · 2014 M.D.
Wake Forest University · 2012 Ph.D.