Chênes Christophe

Christophe Chênes is a Senior Academic Associate (Researcher) at the Geneva School of Health Sciences (HES-SO), part of the Department of Medical Radiology Technology. His primary affiliation is with the School of Health, focusing on medical imaging and artificial intelligence applications in healthcare.

Education: Holds a BSc in Medical Radiology Technology from the Geneva School of Health (HES-SO).

Research Interests:

• Development of AI-driven solutions for medical imaging (e.g., X-ray, MRI, CT).
• Medical imaging system design for low-resource environments (e.g., GlobalDiagnostiX project).
• 3D reconstruction and 2D-3D registration for surgical planning (e.g., MyHip project).
• Image augmentation techniques for improving medical AI model performance.

Key Projects:

• SUBREAM (2022–2025): Smart ultrafast breast MRI protocols combining AI and advanced imaging sequences.
• AIRx (2019–2020): AI-based radiography simulator for student training, reducing ethical risks in education.
• MyHip (2012–2014): Dynamic surgical planning for hip replacements using patient-specific models.

Grants: Secured funding from Swiss Cancer Research, Fondation Hasler, Innosuisse, and others totaling over CHF 900,000 across multiple projects.

Labs/Teams: Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams including EPFL, Geneva University Hospitals, and industry partners like Medacta International SA.