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Alain Chen

Computer Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Early career · publishing since 2020
AI in cancer detectionCell Image Analysis TechniquesMedical Image Segmentation TechniquesImage Processing Techniques and ApplicationsMedical Imaging Techniques and Applications

Publications

21

Citations

111

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

6

Publishing since 2020

Research summary
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Alain Chen works in computer science at the intersection of image processing and biomedical applications, focusing on techniques to analyze microscopy and medical images. Recent work includes developing 3D nuclei segmentation methods (automatically identifying and outlining cell nuclei in 3D image data) to quantify cell populations in zebrafish embryos, which are commonly used as a model organism in developmental biology research.

Medical and biological image analysis3D image segmentationCell and nuclei quantificationComputer vision for microscopyAI applications in cancer detection

Publication output grew from none in 2017-2019 to a peak of 9 in 2022, followed by a decline to 1-4 per year in 2023-2025, suggesting an initial ramp-up followed by a slowing pace.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.4/year recently
1718192020: 1 publication202021: 3 publications212022: 9 publications9222023: 4 publications232024: 3 publications242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×6
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×3
  • Scientific Reports×1
  • Journal of Medical Imaging×1
  • 2022 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (CVPRW)×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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