Dr Dongang Wang
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Dr Dongang Wang

BEng, MSc, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Dr Dongang Wang

Dongang Wang is a research fellow at the Brain and Mind Centre in the University of Sydney. He joined BMC in 2019, and was awarded his PhD in Medicine and Health in 2024, with a specialization in Neuroimaging Analysis using Artificial Intelligence. Throughout his doctoral research, Dongang significantly contributed to the application of deep learning algorithms in clinical settings, tackling issues such as weakly-labelled data, noisy annotations, limited data sets, and the transition of laboratory research to FDA/TGA-approved medical devices.

Initiating his journey in artificial intelligence in 2015, Dongang earned a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University in the City of New York. He developed a strong foundation in machine learning and deep learning, particularly in image and video processing. Since beginning his PhD in 2019, Dongang has expanded his expertise to neuroimaging analysis. He worked on research works in CRC-P and MRFF projects, and played a pivotal role in developing and clinically validating analysis software, such as VeriScout and iQ-solutions, through collaborations with both academic and industrial partners.

Dongang Wang’s research interests center on integrating cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms into clinical workflows to enhance the analysis of medical images, with a particular emphasis on neuroimaging modalities like CT and MRI scans. His work extends beyond traditional qualitative diagnostics and quantitative semantic segmentation for brain-related diseases, and he is actively involved in adapting deep learning algorithms to address the complexities of real-world clinical environments across multiple medical centres. This includes tackling challenges such as limited annotations and data heterogeneity within federated learning frameworks. Moreover, Dongang is dedicated to leveraging large pre-trained models to improve performance and explainability in downstream tasks, ensuring that AI applications in medical imaging are both effective and transparent.

Publications

Journals

  • Barnett, M., Wang, D., Beadnall, H., Bischof, A., Brunacci, D., Butzkueven, H., Brown, J., Cabezas Grebol, M., Das, T., Dugal, T., Klistorner, A., Kyle, K., Tang, Z., Zhan, G., Wang, C., et al (2023). A real-world clinical validation for AI-based MRI monitoring in multiple sclerosis. npj Digital Medicine, 6(1). [More Information]
  • Zhan, G., Wang, D., Cabezas Grebol, M., Bai, L., Kyle, K., Ouyang, W., Barnett, M., Wang, C. (2023). Learning from pseudo-labels: deep networks improve consistency in longitudinal brain volume estimation. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 17, 1196087. [More Information]
  • Wang, D., Jin, R., Shieh, C., Ng, A., Pham, H., Dugal, T., Barnett, M., Winoto, L., Wang, C., Barnett, Y. (2023). Real world validation of an AI-based CT hemorrhage detection tool. Frontiers in Neurology, 14. [More Information]

Conferences

  • Wang, D., Wang, C., Masters, L., Barnett, M. (2020). Masked Multi-Task Network for Case-Level Intracranial Hemorrhage Classification in Brain CT Volumes. 23rd International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2020), Cham: Springer. [More Information]
  • Wang, D., Ouyang, W., Li, W., Xu, D. (2018). Dividing and aggregating network for multi-view action recognition. 15th European Conference on Computer Vision ECCV2018, Cham: Springer. [More Information]

2023

  • Barnett, M., Wang, D., Beadnall, H., Bischof, A., Brunacci, D., Butzkueven, H., Brown, J., Cabezas Grebol, M., Das, T., Dugal, T., Klistorner, A., Kyle, K., Tang, Z., Zhan, G., Wang, C., et al (2023). A real-world clinical validation for AI-based MRI monitoring in multiple sclerosis. npj Digital Medicine, 6(1). [More Information]
  • Zhan, G., Wang, D., Cabezas Grebol, M., Bai, L., Kyle, K., Ouyang, W., Barnett, M., Wang, C. (2023). Learning from pseudo-labels: deep networks improve consistency in longitudinal brain volume estimation. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 17, 1196087. [More Information]
  • Wang, D., Jin, R., Shieh, C., Ng, A., Pham, H., Dugal, T., Barnett, M., Winoto, L., Wang, C., Barnett, Y. (2023). Real world validation of an AI-based CT hemorrhage detection tool. Frontiers in Neurology, 14. [More Information]

2020

  • Wang, D., Wang, C., Masters, L., Barnett, M. (2020). Masked Multi-Task Network for Case-Level Intracranial Hemorrhage Classification in Brain CT Volumes. 23rd International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2020), Cham: Springer. [More Information]

2018

  • Wang, D., Ouyang, W., Li, W., Xu, D. (2018). Dividing and aggregating network for multi-view action recognition. 15th European Conference on Computer Vision ECCV2018, Cham: Springer. [More Information]