Personal profile
Biography
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Graduated with merits as Electronic Engineer and MSc in Electronics from the Central University of Las Villas, Cuba, PhD in Electronics and Informatics from Gunma University, Japan and obtained the Post-graduate certificate in University Teaching from The University of Edinburgh, UK.
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Over 15 years industrial experience in C programming and in writing image processing algorithms in MATLAB and C/C++ combined with assembly language. Seven years of experience designing control systems for power plants and industry. Two years of experience in embedded visual C++ programming, secure systems data management and wireless communications.
- Work in the industrial sector, intercalating with the academia in Cuba, Japan and UK
- Several high impact publications in journals, invited oral presentations and software expositions nationally and internationally
- Reputation in establishing successful national and international collaborations that are leading to further grants and institutional collaborative programmes
My research in a nutshell
Areas of Expertise:
- Image processing, analysis and integration with meta-data from/for large multicentre longitudinal clinical studies
- Streamlining image processing where confidentiality of the data is necessary
- Image processing for large scale multicentre studies
- Medical image processing and analysis in the presence of inhomogeneities and with low quality in the acquisition
- Set-up of image processing and analysis pipelines
- Set-up and management of projects that involve image processing and integration with associated meta-data
- Application of state-of-art computational algorithms to practical problems that involve image processing
- Streamlining multidimensional signal analyses
- Systematic review of technical literature
- Large data synthesis
- Set-up image processing and analysis management systems
- Automatic assessment of image features with clinical relevance
Consultancy services:
- Set-up medical image processing and analysis pipelines
- Implementation of state-of-art image processing algorithms
- Systematic review of technical literature
- Set-up image processing and analysis management systems
- Professional evaluation of image processing algorithms
- Application of computational algorithms to image data analysis
- Professional advice on areas of expertise related above
- Supervision and project management on areas of expertise related above
- Teaching and couching on areas of expertise related above
Teaching
- Practical Image Analysis
- Common Image Processing Techniques
Education/Academic qualification
University Education, Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice , University of Edinburgh
Award Date: 1 May 2012
Electronics and Informatics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Gunma University, Faculty of Engineering
Award Date: 31 Mar 2000
Electronic Engineering, Master of Engineering, Universidad Central de Las Villas
Award Date: 1 Jul 1994
Electronic Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering, Universidad Central de Las Villas
Award Date: 1 Jul 1991
Keywords
- Q Science (General)
- Image Processing
- Image Analysis
- Neuroimaging
- Neurodegeneration
- Neuroradiology
- Neuroscience
- Biomedical informatics
- Machine Learning
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Relevance of the diffusion tensor imaging along the perivascular space (DTI-ALPS) index in small vessel disease – A study in patients with mild ischaemic stroke
Alvim, D. M., Valdés Hernández, M. D. C., Bastin, M. E., Clancy, U., Arteaga-Reyes, C., Wiseman, S., Jochems, A. C. C., Garcia, D. J., Hamilton, O. K. L., Backhouse, E. V., Cheng, Y., Thrippleton, M. J., Stringer, M. S., Chappell, F. M., Doubal, F. N., Muñoz Maniega, S. & Wardlaw, J. M., 19 Mar 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Neurobiology of Aging. 163, p. 35-45Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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segcsvdPVS: A Convolutional Neural Network‐Based Tool for Quantification of Enlarged Perivascular Spaces (PVS) on T1‐Weighted Images
Gibson, E., Ramirez, J., Woods, L. A., Berberian, S., Ottoy, J., Scott, C. J. M., Yhap, V., Gao, F., Coello, R. D., Valdes Hernandez, M., Lang, A. E., Tartaglia, C. M., Kumar, S., Binns, M. A., Bartha, R., Symons, S., Swartz, R. H., Masellis, M., Singh, N. & MacIntosh, B. J. & 5 others, , 5 Feb 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Human Brain Mapping. 47, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Stroke, Small‐Vessel Disease, and Occupation: Systematic Review and Data Analysis
Zhang, T., Clancy, U., Singh, A., Makin, S., McHutchison, C., Cvoro, V., Arteaga‐Reyes, C., Garcia, D. J., Hewins, W., Stringer, M., Thrippleton, M., Valdes‐Hernandez, M. C., Wiseman, S., Chappell, F., Brown, R., Doubal, F. & Wardlaw, J. M., 30 Jan 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of the American Heart Association. 15, 3Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Gadolinium- and water-based blood-brain barrier dysfunction measures in patients with sporadic small vessel disease
Stringer, M. S., Shao, X., Lee, H., Vallatos, A., Arteaga-Reyes, C., Clancy, U., Chappell, F., Manning, C., Valdes-Hernandez, M., Garcia, D. J., Brown, R., Doubal, F. N., Benveniste, H., Thrippleton, M. J., Wang, D. J., Wardlaw, J. M. & the Mild Stroke Study 3 (MSS3) study group, 13 Jan 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior. p. 100528Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Autism spectrum disorder detection using diffusion tensor imaging and machine learning
Cardenas-Hernandez, N. A., Perez-Diaz, M., García-Ramó, K. B. & Valdés Hernández, M. D. C., 23 Dec 2025, In: PLOS Digital Health. 4, 12, p. e0001155Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Brain mineral deposition in patients with mild stroke and ageing
Wardlaw, J. (Invited speaker) & Valdes Hernandez, M. (Invited speaker)
11 Feb 2021Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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ESMRMB 2019
Meijboom, R. (Presenter), Valdes Hernandez, M. (Contributor), Wiseman, S. (Contributor), York, B. (Contributor), Colville, S. (Contributor), Chandran, S. (Contributor), Connick, P. (Contributor) & Waldman, A. (Contributor)
3 Oct 2019 → 5 Oct 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Developing a neuroimaging model of Rheumatoid Arthritis related fatigue
Valdes Hernandez, M. (Examiner)
11 Dec 2018Activity: Examination types › External Examiner or Assessor
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Neuroimaging processing methods for ageing, neurodegenerative and cerebrovascular diseases
Valdes Hernandez, M. (Invited speaker)
17 Oct 2018Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Neuroimaging research on ageing, neurodegenerative and cerebrovascular diseases
Valdes Hernandez, M. (Invited speaker)
15 Oct 2018Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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How does cerebral small vessel disease cause neurodegeneration, and can this be reversed?
Wardlaw, J. (Principal Investigator), Thrippleton, M. (Co-investigator) & Valdes Hernandez, M. (Co-investigator)
1/01/26 → 31/12/30
Project: Research
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Re-submission: Longitudinal multi-omic biomarkers for neurocognitive decline prior to dementia onset
Harris, S. (Principal Investigator), Bastin, M. (Co-investigator), Cox, S. (Co-investigator), Davies, G. (Co-investigator), Deary, I. (Co-investigator), King, D. (Co-investigator), Marioni, R. (Co-investigator), Russ, T. (Co-investigator) & Valdes Hernandez, M. (Co-investigator)
30/09/24 → 30/06/29
Project: Research
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AI-powered neuroradiological support system for cerebrovascular diseases from magnetic resonance imaging
Valdes Hernandez, M. (Principal Investigator)
3/10/22 → 2/10/26
Project: Research
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AI-powered neuroradiological support system for cerebrovascular diseases from magnetic resonance imaging
Valdes Hernandez, M. (Principal Investigator)
3/10/22 → 2/10/26
Project: Research
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Relevance of the innate immunity, inflammation and microbiota-gut-brain axis in the microvascular injury burden and progression in patients with lacunar stroke [Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología]
Rudilosso, S. (Principal Investigator), Valdes Hernandez, M. (Co-investigator) & Thrippleton, M. (Co-investigator)
1/01/23 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
Datasets
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Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on incidence and risk of stroke in individuals with long-term exposure to air pollutants
Morrison, R. (Creator) & Valdes Hernandez, M. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 22 Jun 2021
DOI: 10.7488/ds/3061
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Brain Templates across the lifespan – Confounding and artefactual regions in PVS segmentation
Valdes Hernandez, M. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 5 Jun 2024
DOI: 10.7488/ds/7744
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Structural, functional and metabolic brain differences between groups with opposite gender identity and sexual orientation. A systematic review on the neuroimaging literature up to 2018
Frigerio, A. (Creator), Ballerini, L. (Creator) & Valdes Hernandez, M. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 13 Aug 2018
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2412
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Metrics for quality control of results from super-resolution machine-learning algorithms – Data extracted from publications in the period 2017- May 2021
Castorina, L. V. (Creator), Li, B. M. (Creator), Storkey, A. (Creator) & Valdes Hernandez, M. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 24 Jun 2021
DOI: 10.7488/ds/3062
Dataset
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Data extraction and analysis of the systematic search on gender differences on brain MRI structures and connectivity
Martin, S. (Creator) & Valdes Hernandez, M. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 2 Jun 2017
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2053
Dataset