publications

My collection of publications.

2025

  1. A graph neural network-based model with Out-of-Distribution Robustness for enhancing Antiretroviral Therapy Outcome Prediction for HIV-1
    Giulia Di Teodoro, Federico Siciliano, Valerio Guarrasi, and 6 more authors
    Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, 2025
  2. A systematic review of intermediate fusion in multimodal deep learning for biomedical applications
    Valerio Guarrasi, Fatih Aksu, Camillo Maria Caruso, and 4 more authors
    Image and Vision Computing, 2025
  3. Class balancing diversity multimodal ensemble for Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and early detection
    Arianna Francesconi, Lazzaro Biase, Donato Cappetta, and 6 more authors
    Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, 2025
  4. An optimized ensemble search approach for classification of higher-level gait disorder using brain magnetic resonance images
    Klara Mogensen, Valerio Guarrasi, Jenny Larsson, and 7 more authors
    Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2025
  5. MedCoDi-M: A Multi-Prompt Foundation Model for Multimodal Medical Data Generation
    Daniele Molino, Francesco Di Feola, Eliodoro Faiella, and 5 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.04614, 2025
  6. Augmented Intelligence for Multimodal Virtual Biopsy in Breast Cancer Using Generative Artificial Intelligence
    Aurora Rofena, Claudia Lucia Piccolo, Bruno Beomonte Zobel, and 2 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.19176, 2025
  7. 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, and 8 more authors
    Image and Vision Computing, 2025
  8. Texture-Aware StarGAN for CT data harmonisation
    Francesco Di Feola, Ludovica Pompilio, Cecilia Assolito, and 2 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.15058, 2025
  9. Whole-Body Image-to-Image Translation for a Virtual Scanner in a Healthcare Digital Twin
    Valerio Guarrasi, Francesco Di Feola, Rebecca Restivo, and 2 more authors
    In 2025 IEEE 38th International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), 2025
  10. Beyond the Generative Learning Trilemma: Generative Model Assessment in Data Scarcity Domains
    Marco Salmè, Lorenzo Tronchin, Rosa Sicilia, and 2 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.10555, 2025
  11. Beyond a Single Mode: GAN Ensembles for Diverse Medical Data Generation
    Lorenzo Tronchin, Tommy Löfstedt, Paolo Soda, and 1 more author
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.24258, 2025
  12. 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, and 7 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.01390, 2025
  13. Evaluating Vision Language Model Adaptations for Radiology Report Generation in Low-Resource Languages
    Marco Salmè, Rosa Sicilia, Paolo Soda, and 1 more author
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.01096, 2025
  14. Timing Is Everything: Finding the Optimal Fusion Points in Multimodal Medical Imaging
    Valerio Guarrasi, Klara Mogensen, Sara Tassinari, and 2 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.02467, 2025
  15. Can Foundation Models Really Segment Tumors? A Benchmarking Odyssey in Lung CT Imaging
    Elena Mulero Ayllón, Massimiliano Mantegna, Linlin Shen, and 3 more authors
    In 2025 IEEE 38th International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), 2025
  16. Any-to-Any Vision-Language Model for Multimodal X-ray Imaging and Radiological Report Generation
    Daniele Molino, Francesco Feola, Linlin Shen, and 2 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.01091, 2025
  17. Lesion-Aware Generative Artificial Intelligence for Virtual Contrast-Enhanced Mammography in Breast Cancer
    Aurora Rofena, Arianna Manchia, Claudia Lucia Piccolo, and 3 more authors
    In 2025 IEEE 38th International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), 2025
  18. IDENTIFYING CARDIOGENIC SHOCK SUB–PHENOTYPES WITH MACHINE LEARNING: A MULTICENTER STUDY COMBINING CLINICAL AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC DATA
    A Stefanini, N Ghionzoli, G Halasz, and 8 more authors
    European Heart Journal Supplements, 2025
  19. 3082 Pathologic Complete Response prediction with Machine Learning using Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
    Carlo Greco, Edy Ippolito, Claudia Tacconi, and 7 more authors
    Radiotherapy and Oncology, 2025
  20. Machine Learning for Predicting the Low Risk of Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula After Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Toward a Dynamic and Personalized Postoperative Management Strategy
    Roberto Cammarata, Filippo Ruffini, Alberto Catamerò, and 8 more authors
    Cancers, 2025
  21. Text-to-CT Generation via 3D Latent Diffusion Model with Contrastive Vision-Language Pretraining
    Daniele Molino, Camillo Maria Caruso, Filippo Ruffini, and 2 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.00633, 2025
  22. Identifying Cardiogenic Shock Sub-Phenotypes with Machine Learning: A Multicenter Study Combining Clinical and Echocardiographic Data
    Nicolò Ghionzoli, Andrea Stefanini, Geza Halasz, and 8 more authors
    medRxiv, 2025
  23. Leveraging MIMIC Datasets for Better Digital Health: A Review on Open Problems, Progress Highlights, and Future Promises
    Afifa Khaled, Mohammed Sabir, Rizwan Qureshi, and 4 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.12808, 2025
  24. Benchmarking Foundation Models and Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning for Prognosis Prediction in Medical Imaging
    Filippo Ruffini, Elena Mulero Ayllon, Linlin Shen, and 2 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.18434, 2025

2024

  1. Multimodal explainability via latent shift applied to COVID-19 stratification
    Valerio Guarrasi, Lorenzo Tronchin, Domenico Albano, and 4 more authors
    Pattern Recognition, 2024
  2. A deep learning approach for virtual contrast enhancement in Contrast Enhanced Spectral Mammography
    Aurora Rofena, Valerio Guarrasi, Marina Sarli, and 4 more authors
    Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, 2024
  3. Exploring nasopharyngeal microbiota profile in children affected by SARS-CoV-2 infection
    L Romani, F Del Chierico, S Pane, and 8 more authors
    Microbiology Spectrum, 2024
  4. Multi-Scale Texture Loss for CT denoising with GANs
    Francesco Di Feola, Lorenzo Tronchin, Valerio Guarrasi, and 1 more author
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.16640, 2024
  5. Multi-dataset multi-task learning for COVID-19 prognosis
    Filippo Ruffini, Lorenzo Tronchin, Zhuoru Wu, and 4 more authors
    In International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, 2024
  6. A deep learning approach for overall survival prediction in lung cancer with missing values
    Camillo Maria Caruso, Valerio Guarrasi, Sara Ramella, and 1 more author
    Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 2024
  7. Emerging microorganisms and infectious diseases: one health approach for health shared vision
    Maria Vittoria Ristori, Valerio Guarrasi, Paolo Soda, and 6 more authors
    Genes, 2024
  8. Not Another Imputation Method: A Transformer-based Model for Missing Values in Tabular Datasets
    Camillo Maria Caruso, Paolo Soda, and Valerio Guarrasi
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.11540, 2024
  9. Virtual scanner: leveraging resilient generative ai for radiological imaging in the era of medical digital twins
    Carolina Adornato, Cecilia Assolito, Ermanno Cordelli, and 8 more authors
    In CEUR WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS, 2024
  10. Towards AI-driven next generation personalized healthcare and well-being
    Fatih Aksu, Alessandro Bria, Alice Natalina Caragliano, and 8 more authors
    In CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2024
  11. Robustrecsys@ recsys2024: Design, evaluation and deployment of robust recommender systems
    Valerio Guarrasi, Federico Siciliano, and Fabrizio Silvestri
    In Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems, 2024
  12. Radiomics for predicting prognostic factors in breast cancer: Insights from contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM)
    Claudia Lucia Piccolo, Marina Sarli, Matteo Pileri, and 5 more authors
    Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2024
  13. MARIA: a Multimodal Transformer Model for Incomplete Healthcare Data
    Camillo Maria Caruso, Paolo Soda, and Valerio Guarrasi
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.14810, 2024
  14. Lesion pattern in MS: A Deep Learning exploration approach
    Nikolaos Petsas, Valerio Guarrasi, Emanuele Morena, and 5 more authors
    In MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL, 2024

2023

  1. Multi-objective optimization determines when, which and how to fuse deep networks: An application to predict COVID-19 outcomes
    Valerio Guarrasi, and Paolo Soda
    Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2023
  2. Ecology and machine learning-based classification models of gut microbiota and inflammatory markers may evaluate the effects of probiotic supplementation in patients recently recovered from COVID-19
    Lucrezia Laterza, Lorenza Putignani, Carlo Romano Settanni, and 8 more authors
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023
  3. Building an ai-enabled metaverse for intelligent healthcare: opportunities and challenges
    Valerio Guarrasi, Lorenzo Tronchin, Camillo Maria Caruso, and 8 more authors
    In CEUR WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS, 2023
  4. Making AI trustworthy in multimodal and healthcare scenarios
    Ermanno Cordelli, Valerio Guarrasi, Giulio Iannello, and 4 more authors
    In CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2023
  5. Sustainable AI: inside the deep, alongside the green
    Francesco Conte, Ermanno Cordelli, Valerio Guarrasi, and 5 more authors
    In CEUR WORKSHOP PROC, 2023
  6. Williams–Beuren syndrome shapes the gut microbiota metaproteome
    Valeria Marzano, Stefano Levi Mortera, Pamela Vernocchi, and 8 more authors
    Scientific Reports, 2023
  7. Gut microbiota functional profiling in autism spectrum disorders: bacterial VOCs and related metabolic pathways acting as disease biomarkers and predictors
    Pamela Vernocchi, Chiara Marangelo, Silvia Guerrera, and 8 more authors
    Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023

2022

  1. Pareto optimization of deep networks for COVID-19 diagnosis from chest X-rays
    Valerio Guarrasi, Natascha Claudia D’Amico, Rosa Sicilia, and 2 more authors
    Pattern recognition, 2022
  2. Gut microbiota ecology and inferred functions in children with ASD compared to neurotypical subjects
    Pamela Vernocchi, Maria Vittoria Ristori, Silvia Guerrera, and 8 more authors
    Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
  3. Convolutional neural networks for automated classification of prostate multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging based on image quality
    Stefano Cipollari, Valerio Guarrasi, Martina Pecoraro, and 6 more authors
    Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2022
  4. Optimized fusion of CNNs to diagnose pulmonary diseases on chest X-Rays
    Valerio Guarrasi, and Paolo Soda
    In International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, 2022
  5. The relationship between pediatric gut microbiota and SARS-CoV-2 infection
    Lorenza Romani, Federica Del Chierico, Gabriele Macari, and 8 more authors
    Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2022
  6. Gut microbiota functional traits, blood pH, and anti-GAD antibodies concur in the clinical characterization of T1D at onset
    Federica Del Chierico, Giorgia Conta, Maria Cristina Matteoli, and 8 more authors
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022
  7. Comparison of current methods for anti-dsDNA antibody detection and reshaping diagnostic strategies
    Maria Infantino, Boaz Palterer, Giulia Previtali, and 8 more authors
    Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, 2022
  8. Comparison of current methods for anti-dsDNA antibody detection and reshaping diagnostic strategies
    Giulia Previtali, ATS BERGAMO, Mariagrazia Alessio, and 8 more authors
    2022
  9. A multimodal ensemble driven by multiobjective optimisation to predict overall survival in non-small-cell lung cancer
    Camillo Maria Caruso, Valerio Guarrasi, Ermanno Cordelli, and 8 more authors
    Journal of Imaging, 2022
  10. Functional and taxonomic traits of the gut microbiota in type 1 diabetes children at the onset: a metaproteomic study
    Stefano Levi Mortera, Valeria Marzano, Pamela Vernocchi, and 8 more authors
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022

2021

  1. Fecal microbiota signatures of insulin resistance, inflammation, and metabolic syndrome in youth with obesity: a pilot study
    Federica Del Chierico, Melania Manco, Simone Gardini, and 8 more authors
    Acta diabetologica, 2021
  2. Nasopharyngeal microbiota in hospitalized children with Bordetella pertussis and Rhinovirus infection
    AE Tozzi, F Del Chierico, E Pandolfi, and 8 more authors
    Scientific Reports, 2021
  3. AIforCOVID: Predicting the clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19 applying AI to chest-X-rays. An Italian multicentre study
    Paolo Soda, Natascha Claudia D’Amico, Jacopo Tessadori, and 8 more authors
    Medical image analysis, 2021
  4. Hepatitis C diagnosis and treatment in people who use drugs: mind the gap in the linkage to care
    C Taibi, I Luzzitelli, U Visco Comandini, and 8 more authors
    European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences, 2021
  5. Temporal network motifs: Models, limitations, evaluation
    Penghang Liu, Valerio Guarrasi, and Ahmet Erdem Sarıyüce
    IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 2021
  6. A multi-expert system to detect COVID-19 cases in X-ray images
    Valerio Guarrasi, Natascha Claudia D’Amico, Rosa Sicilia, and 2 more authors
    In 2021 IEEE 34th International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), 2021
  7. Assessing the impact of data-driven limitations on tracing and forecasting the outbreak dynamics of COVID-19
    Giulia Fiscon, Francesco Salvadore, Valerio Guarrasi, and 2 more authors
    Computers in biology and medicine, 2021

2020

  1. Human papillomavirus infections in cervical samples from HIV-positive women: evaluation of the presence of the nonavalent HPV genotypes and genetic diversity
    Catia Sias, Valerio Guarrasi, Claudia Minosse, and 6 more authors
    Frontiers in microbiology, 2020