Yijie Yuan

Honors & Awards
2015

PKU Undergraduate Physics Tournament 2nd Place (Team)

2014

31st Chinese Physics Olympiad (CPhO) Silver Medal

Machine Learning Competitions
2025

Kaggle - Jane Street Real-Time Market Data Forecasting Silver Medal (48/3,757)

Kaggle - RSNA Intracranial Aneurysm Detection Silver Medal (27/1,147)

Kaggle - Drawing with LLMs Bronze Medal (107/1,309)

Kaggle - Jigsaw - Agile Community Rules Classification Bronze Medal (230/2,437)

2024

MIDRC - XAI Grand Challenge 3rd Place (84 teams)

Kaggle - CMI Problematic Children Internet Use Silver Medal (91/3,628)

2023

MIDRC - mRALE Mastermind Challenge 5th Place

Total Earnings: $12,000
Peer-Reviewed Publications
2025

Yijie Yuan, Grace J. Gang, J. Webster Stayman, "Deep learning CT image restoration using system blur and noise models," J. Med. Imag. 12(1) 014003 (3 February 2025) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.12.1.014003

Conference Proceedings & Thesis
2024

Yijie Yuan, Huay Din, Grace Hyun Kim, Michael McNitt-Gray, J. Webster Stayman, Grace J. Gang, "Recovery of GLRLM Features in Degraded Images Using Deep Learning and Image Property Models," (Upcoming). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3047257

Yijie Yuan, J. Webster Stayman, Grace J. Gang, "End-to-end deep learning restoration of GLCM features from blurred and noisy images," Proc. SPIE 12927, Medical Imaging 2024: Computer-Aided Diagnosis, 129271C (3 April 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3006205

2023

Yijie Yuan, Matthew Tivnan, Grace J. Gang, J. Webster Stayman, "Deep learning CT image restoration using system blur models," Proc. SPIE 12463, Medical Imaging 2023: Physics of Medical Imaging, 124634J (7 April 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2655806

2021

Yuan, Yijie (2021). Synthesize 3D realistic CT textures and anatomy in the XCAT phantom using Generative Adversarial Network (GAN). Master's thesis, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/23160

Presentations
2025

"Recovery of GLRLM Features in Degraded Images using Deep Learning and Image Property Models," SPIE Medical Imaging, Poster Presentation

2024

"MIDRC XAI Grand Challenge Review: AI Decisions for Pneumonia," MIDRC Seminar Series | Watch here

"End-to-End Deep Learning Restoration of GLCM Features from Blurred and Noisy Images," 66th American Association of Physicists in Medicine Annual Meeting, Oral Presentation

"End-to-End Deep Learning Restoration of GLCM Features from Blurred and Noisy Images," SPIE Medical Imaging, Oral Presentation | Watch here

2023

"Deep Learning CT Image Restoration Using System Blur Models," SPIE Medical Imaging, Poster Presentation