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Edgar Pinto is a PhD student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Porto, with both BSc and MSc in Biomedical Engineering (Medical Electronics specialization) from the University of Minho (UM). His research journey began in 2022 at UM's ALGORITMI Center, where he worked on optimizing organ-on-a-chip geometries. This work was recognized with the “Prémio UMinho de Iniciação na Investigação Científica” and presented at IMECE 2023. From 2023 to 2025, he was a research fellow at the Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, UM, under a grant associated with the project "Automating Analysis and Training in Focused Cardiac Ultrasound", funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). Currently, he is affiliated with the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC) and the Applied Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (2Ai), IPCA. His master's thesis focused on benchmarking anomaly detection methods for the automatic detection of extracardiac findings in cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging, with the goal of improving diagnostic accuracy and patient care. This work yielded a journal publication in Applied Sciences (MDPI) and presentations at ICVS Retreat 2024, MIUA 2024 (Manchester, UK), RECPAD 2024 (Covilhã, Portugal), and RECPAD 2025 (Aveiro, Portugal). Prior to this, he complemented his technical background by completing the Machine Learning course offered by Stanford University and DeepLearning.AI through Coursera. Beyond his academic pursuits, Edgar has dedicated time to sports and music, having competed in federated-level soccer and learned to play piano and guitar. His research interests encompass deep learning, generative models, and unsupervised learning, with a particular emphasis on anomaly detection applied to medical image analysis.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
EDGAR XAVIER CARVALHO PINTO
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • Pinto, Edgar

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
E41C-4EBE-D369
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7361-8141
Google Scholar ID
MSsbvwcAAAAJ

Email addresses

  • edgar.x.pinto@inesctec.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering
  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics
  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Computer Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English
Education
Degree Classification
2025/09/15 - 2030
Ongoing
Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022/09 - 2025/03/13
Concluded
Biomedical Engineering (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Automatic detection of extracardiac findings in cardiac magnetic resonance sequences" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2023/07 - 2023/07
Concluded
Machine Learning (Diploma de especialização)
Coursera Inc, United States

Stanford University, United States
2019/09 - 2022
Concluded
Biomedical Engineering (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015/09 - 2018/07
Concluded
Scientific-Humanistic Course of Sciences and Technologies (Ensino secundário)
Escola Básica e Secundária da Sé, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2025/10 - Current Researcher (Research) Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
2025/10 - Current Researcher (Research) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial Aplicada, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial Aplicada, Portugal
2023/09 - 2025/09 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2022/06 - 2023/08 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2025/10/14 - 2026/01/13 Development and validation of algorithms to detect extracardiac findings in cardiac magnetic resonance images
UID/50014/2023
Research Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2023/11/07 - 2025/03/28 Automating analysis and training in Focused Cardiac Ultrasound
PTDC/EMD-EMD/1140/2020
Master Student Fellow
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2022/09 - 2022/10 Verão com Ciência referente projeto UID 319 - Centro de Investigação ALGORITMI
UMINHO-VC/BII/2022/05
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Pinto, Edgar; M. Costa, Patrícia; Silva, Catarina ; PEREIRA, VITOR HUGO; C. Fonseca, Jaime (F11F-AC85-4B26; Queirós, Sandro. "Detection of extracardiac findings in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance: A comparative study". Paper presented in Medical Image Understanding and Analysis, Manchester, 2024.
    Published • 10.3389/978-2-8325-1244-9
Conference paper
  1. Pinto, Edgar; Carvalho, Violeta; Rodrigues, Nelson; Rodrigues, Raquel O.; Lima, Rui A.; Teixeira, Senhorinha. "Optimization of the Flow Parameters for a Liver Organ-on-a-Chip Computational Model". Paper presented in ASME 2023 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2023), New Orleans, 2023.
    Published • 10.1115/imece2023-113639
Conference poster
  1. Pinto, Edgar; Pedrosa, João; Queirós, Sandro. Corresponding author: Pinto, Edgar. "Anomaly Localization Metrics: Analysis and Proposed Alternatives". Paper presented in 1st Meeting on Medical Image Analysis (MMIA), 2026.
  2. Pinto, Edgar; Pedrosa, João; C. Fonseca, Jaime; Queirós, Sandro. "Spatiotemporal uncertainty-enhanced diffusion models for automatic detection of extracardiac findings in cardiac MRI". Paper presented in 31st Portuguese Conference on Pattern Recognition – RECPAD, 2025.
  3. Pinto, Edgar; C. Fonseca, Jaime; Queirós, Sandro. "Spatiotemporal uncertainty-enhanced diffusion models for automatic detection of extracardiac findings in cardiac MRI". Paper presented in ICVS Retreat 2025, 2025.
  4. Pinto, Edgar; C. Fonseca, Jaime (F11F-AC85-4B26; Queirós, Sandro. "Detection of Extracardiac Findings in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance: a Comparative Study". Paper presented in 30th Portuguese Conference on Pattern Recognition – RECPAD, 2024.
  5. Pinto, Edgar; Costa, Patrícia M.; Silva, Catarina; PEREIRA, VITOR HUGO; C. Fonseca, Jaime; Queirós, Sandro. Corresponding author: Queirós, Sandro. "Detection of extracardiac findings in cardiac magnetic resonance: a comparative study". Paper presented in Medical Image Understanding and Analysis: 28th Annual Conference, MIUA 2024, 2024.
Journal article
  1. Edgar Pinto; Patrícia M. Costa; Catarina Silva; Vitor H. Pereira; Jaime C. Fonseca; Sandro Queirós. "Benchmarking Anomaly Detection Methods for Extracardiac Findings in Cardiac MRI". Applied Sciences 15 7 (2025): 4027. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15074027.
    Published • 10.3390/app15074027
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/07/04 Detection of Extracardiac Findings in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance: a Comparative Study ICVS Retreat 2024
School of Medicine, University of Minho (Tibães, Portugal)
2022/07/25 Simulação e otimização da geometria de um dispositivo Organ-on-a-Chip Verão no Campus
Universidade do Minho (Braga/Guimarães, Portugal)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/09/30 - 2022/09/30 Organs-on-a-chip dissemination at the European Researchers' Night (NEI) as part of the ALGORITMI Center's exhibition booth
Exhibition
European Researchers' Night (NEI)
Distinctions

Award

2022 Prémio UMinho de Iniciação na Investigação Científica
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018 Academic merit award
Escola Básica e Secundária da Sé, Portugal
2015 Academic merit award
Escola Básica e Secundária da Sé, Portugal
2014 Academic merit award
Escola Básica e Secundária da Sé, Portugal
2013 Academic merit award
Escola Básica e Secundária da Sé, Portugal
2012 Academic merit award
Escola Básica e Secundária da Sé, Portugal
2011 Academic merit award
Escola Básica e Secundária da Sé, Portugal