Kiho Im

Kiho Im is a researcher at Boston Children's Hospital's Fetal Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center, specializing in neuroimaging analysis of normal and abnormal brain development using structural and diffusion MRI. His work focuses on quantifying cortical structural development, white matter connectivity patterns, and their relationship to genetic disorders, including polymicrogyria, developmental dyslexia, tuberous sclerosis complex, and TUBB3 syndromes.

• Developed novel MRI analysis techniques for cortical and white matter assessment
• Research spans prenatal to pediatric neurodevelopmental disorders

Research Interests:

• Translational developmental neuroimaging
• Genetic brain disorder biomarkers
• Cortical folding and sulcal pattern analysis
• Deep learning for fetal brain age prediction
• Impact of maternal and environmental factors on neurodevelopment

Scientific Contributions:

• 15 most recent publications (2023-2025) cover congenital heart disease, tuberous sclerosis, opioid exposure, and maternal obesity effects on fetal brain structure
• Key methodologies: graph-based inverse-projection, attention-gated spherical U-net, sulcal pit quantification, and rich-club network analysis