Sheethal Bhat
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Research associates
Address
Martenstrasse 3
91058 Erlangen
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Professional Employment:
- 2026-2031:
Research Associate at Pattern Recognition Lab, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg - 2023-2026:
Research student at Siemens Healthineers, Erlangen - 2021-2022:
Student HiWi/Research Assistant, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany - 2008-2014:
Low power Imaging Power and Performance Systems Architect, Intel Corp., Portland, Oregon, USA - 2007-2008:
Student Research Assistant, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA - 2004-2006:
Software developer, IBM Software Services, Bangalore, India
Education:
- 03/2023-03/2026:
Ph.D. Researcher at Pattern Recognition Lab, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg - 10/2020-12/2022:
MSc. Information and Communication Theory (ICT), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Thesis : Normals vs Abnormal Chest X-Ray Classification Using Self-supervised Contrastive Learning - 01/2007-06/2008:
MSc. Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA - 08/2000-06/2004:
BTech. Electronics and Communications Engineering, Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysuru, India
Granted
- Image-text deep neural network algorithm for patch-wise prediction of pathology findings,
Sheethal Bhat, Bogdan Georgescu, Awais Mansoor, Florin-C Ghesu, Sasa Grbic, US Patent App. 18/985,120, (2025) - Method, apparatus, system, and computer readable medium for image processing software module configuration,
Sheethal Bhat, Madhu Athreya, YLE Chang, US Patent 9,800,781, (2017) - Image capture Sensor configurations,
R Chukka, R Poornachandran, S Dadu, AK Mishra, Sheethal Bhat, US Patent 9,723,212, (2017) - System, method, and apparatus for an edgee-preserving smooth filter for low power architecture,
J Zhou, O Nestares, Sheethal Bhat, Madhu Athreya, US Patent 8,471,865, (2013)
Filed
- Confidential - 2025
2023
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Self-Supervised Learning on Chest X-Rays to improve classification and localization
(Non-FAU Project)
Project leader:
Term: March 1, 2023 - March 1, 2026Chest X-Rays (CXR) serve as crucial diagnostic tools for pulmonary and cardiothoracic diseases, generating millions of images daily, a number on the rise due to decreasing acquisition costs. However, there's a pronounced scarcity of radiologists to interpret these images. Traditionally, CXR research has centered on enhancing classification accuracy, often achieving state-of-the-art results. Despite progress, there remain rare and intricate findings challenging for both human radiologists and AI systems to diagnose. Our investigation focuses on leveraging self-supervised image-text models to enhance the classification and localization of diverse findings. These self-supervised models eliminate the need for annotations, enabling the Deep Learning system to effectively learn from extensive public and private datasets.
2026
Journal Articles
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Patch-CLIP - Contrastive Health Record-Image Joint Training with Patch Embedding Loss
In: Scientific Reports (2026), Article No.: 14688
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-52235-x
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-52235-x
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Conference Contributions
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Toward Foundation Detection Models via Example-Based Grounding in EM-DETR
Computer Vision and Image Processing (Punjab, India, December 11, 2025 - December 13, 2025)
In: 10th International Conference on Computer Vision & Image Processing 2026
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Benchmarking CNN-based Models against Transformer-based Models for Abdominal Multi-Organ Segmentation on the RATIC Dataset
BAIOSPHERE (Erlangen, July 8, 2026 - July 9, 2026)
In: BAIOSPHERE, https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.18616: 2026
DOI: https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.18616
URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.18616
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Robust AI-Based Chest Radiograph Classification Without Prior Task Training via Improved Vision-Language Alignment
European Congress of Radiology (Vienna, March 4, 2026 - March 8, 2026)
In: European Society of Radiologists, ESR: 2026
DOI: 10.26044/ecr2026/C-12946
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Improving Clinical Usability of Deep Learning for Radiographic Diagnosis: Learning under Constraints of Specificity, Data, and Annotation
MICCAI 2025 (Daejeon, South Korea, September 23, 2025 - September 27, 2025)
In: 28th International Conference of Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2026
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Unpublished Publications
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LoGSAM: Parameter-Efficient Cross-Modal Grounding for MRI Segmentation (Conference contribution, submitted)
DOI: https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.17576
URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.17576
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ProtoCLIP: Prototype-Aligned Latent Refinement for Robust Zero-Shot Chest X-Ray Classification (Conference contribution, submitted)
Open Access: https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.18444
URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.18444
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Retina-RAG: Retrieval-Augmented Vision-Language Modeling for Joint Retinal Diagnosis and Clinical Report Generation (Conference contribution, submitted)
Open Access: https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.06173
URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.06173
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2025
Journal Articles
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Attention-guided erasing for enhanced transfer learning in breast abnormality classification
In: International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (2025)
ISSN: 1861-6410
DOI: 10.1007/s11548-024-03317-6
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Conference Contributions
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MM-DETR: Emulating the Diagnostic Clinical Workflow in Multi-view Multi-modal Mammography Mass Detection
MICCAI Deep Breath Workshop (Daejeon, South Korea, September 23, 2025 - September 27, 2025)
In: Artificial Intelligence and Imaging for Diagnostic and Treatment Challenges in Breast Care 2025
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-05559-0_26
URL: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-05559-0_26
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CXR-CML: Improved Zero-Shot Classification of Long-Tailed Multi-label Diseases in Chest X-Rays
MICCAI 2025 (Daejeon, September 23, 2025 - September 27, 2025)
In: 28th International Conference of Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2025
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-04978-0_20
URL: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-04981-0_12#chapter-info
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Exemplar Med-DETR: Toward Generalized and Robust Lesion Detection in Mammogram Images and Beyond
MICCAI (Daejeon, September 23, 2025 - September 27, 2025)
In: 28th International Conference of Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2025
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-04978-0_20
URL: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-04978-0_20#chapter-info
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Enhancing Zero-Shot Learning in Chest X-ray Diagnostics Using BioBERT for Textual Representation
Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2025 (Regensburg, March 9, 2025 - March 11, 2025)
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Towards robust zero-shot Chest X-Ray (CXR) classification: Exploring data distribution bias in CXR datasets
Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2025 (Regensburg, March 9, 2025 - March 11, 2025)
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Miscellaneous
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Review of Zero-Shot and Few-Shot AI Algorithms in The Medical Domain
(2025)
Open Access: https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.16143
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Evaluating Stenosis Detection with Grounding DINO, YOLO, and DINO-DETR
(2025)
Open Access: https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.01601
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Enhancing zero-shot learning in medical imaging: integrating clip with advanced techniques for improved chest x-ray analysis
(2025)
Open Access: https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.13134
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(online publication)
2024
Conference Contributions
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Attention-guided Erasing
Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2024 (Erlangen, March 10, 2024 - March 12, 2024)
In: Andreas Maier, Thomas M. Deserno, Heinz Handels, Klaus Maier-Hein, Christoph Palm, Thomas Tolxdorff (ed.): Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2024, Wiesbaden: 2024
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-44037-4_8
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2023
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AUCReshaping: improved sensitivity at high-specificity
In: Scientific Reports 13 (2023), Article No.: 21097
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-48482-x
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2008
Conference Contributions
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Evaluating Active Shape Models for Eye-Shape Classification
2008 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (Las Vegas, March 31, 2008 - April 4, 2008)
In: 2008 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing 2008
DOI: 10.1109/ICASSP.2008.4518838
URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4518838
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2023
- : Best Masters thesis in ICT-Media systems (Siemens-Healthineers) – 2023
2013
- : Divisional Recognition Award (Intel Inc. USA) – 2013
2012
- : Divisional Recognition Award (Intel Inc. USA) – 2012
2009
- : Spontaneous Recognition Award (Intel Inc. USA) – 2009
2006
- : Customer Thanks Award (IBM India) – 2006
- : IBM Bravo Award (IBM India) – 2006
- : Customer Satisfaction Award (IBM India) – 2006
Current Theses & Projects
| Title | Type | Student | Period | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Few shot classification using Patch-CLIP on Mammograms | Project | Mahmoud Afifi | Apr 2026 | running |
| Extending Patch-CLIP to unsupervised detection | MA thesis | Weijun Dou | running | |
| Alzheimers subtype classification and analysis | Project | Fayaiz Uddin | May 2026 – Oct 2026 | running |
| Quantifying Documentation Quality as a Proxy for Quality Culture: Assessing the Impact of Long-Text Fields on an Inspection Risk Model | MA thesis | Brij Dipakbhai Vachhani | Feb 2026 – Aug 2026 | running |
| Improving Weak Localization in Chest X-Ray Vision–Language Models Using Anatomy-Aware and Semi-Supervised Refinement | MA thesis | Harshvardhan Agarwal | running | |
| Improved Zero-shot Pathology detection in medical images | MA thesis | Atharv Dharmadhikari | running |