CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
8th May 2025 – Thursday
University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, 1 May Blvd., no. 66, 200638 Craiova, Romania
- Aula Magna, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, 1 May Blvd., no. 66, 200638 Craiova, Romania.
Chair: Sebastian-Aurelian ȘTEFĂNIGĂ
- Mihaela CRIȘAN-VIDA and Lăcrămioara STOICU-TIVADAR – Virtual Reality Technologies Supporting Medical Education
- Gheorghe Ioan MIHALAŞ – Artificial Intelligence Medical Conversation Guide
- Sorana D. BOLBOACĂ – Harnessing and Misapplying Artificial Intelligence in Medical Evidence Search
Chair: Mircea Sebastian ȘERBĂNESCU
- Alexandru AMZU – Practical Considerations of Malpractice in the Era of Technology
- Sorana D. BOLBOACĂ, President
- Mircea Sebastian ȘERBĂNESCU
- Sebastian-Aurelian ȘTEFĂNIGĂ
- Lăcrămioara STOICU-TIVADAR
Chair: Mircea Sebastian ȘERBĂNESCU
Chair: Adina TURCU-STIOLICA
- Ariana Anamaria CORDOȘ – Freshblood Healthcare Startup Map
- Ecaterina PITEL, Mihai DASCAL, and Angela SIRBU – Mapping the HealthTech Landscape in Moldova: Challenges, Opportunities, and a Roadmap for Digital Health Innovation
- Sabina ZURAC, Bogdan CEACHI, Luciana NICHITA, Mirela CIOPLEA, Cristian MOGODICI, Cristiana POPP, Liana STICLARU, Mihai BUSCA, Alexandra CIOROIANU, Alexandra VILAIA, Julian GERALD DCRUZ, Petronel MUSTATEA, Carmen DUMITRU, Victor CAUNI, Oana STEFAN, Irina TUDOR, and Alexandra BASTIAN – Artificial-Intelligence-Based Automatic Analysis of Urothelial Carcinomas – Our Experience
- Flavia COSTI, Emanuel COVACI, Ovidiu ROMAN, and Darian ONCHIS – NeuroFuzzXAI: A Hybrid Artificial Intelligence Framework for Epileptic Seizure Detection
- Iosif-Beniamin GOGA – Electroencephalography Signal Analysis: Classification Techniques and Applications
- Denys – Florin COT – Comparative Analysis of Facial Expression Recognition Methods
- Vlad-Andrei LĂZĂRESCU – Patient-Clinic Communication App
- Dragos Vlad GRANU – Enhancing Patient-Medical Staff Interaction using Technology
- Adelina BUCAȚELI and Mihaela ARAMA – Augmented Reality for Neurosurgeons
9th May 2025 – Friday
University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, 1 May Blvd., no. 66, 200638 Craiova, Romania
Chair: Sorana D. BOLBOACĂ
- Flaviana ROTARU – Essential Regulations and Requirements for Medical Device: From Compliance to Innovation
Chair: Călin MUNTEAN
- Debora GIL RESINA – Trends and Challenges in Medical Image Analysis: Innovation and the Future of Diagnostics
- Robert Radu ILEȘAN and Paul FARAGÓ – Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Dentistry: Bridging Research and Clinical Applications
Chair: Dragoș-Ovidiu ALEXANDRU
- Cristina-Mihaela CIOFIAC, Rossy Vlăduț TEICĂ, Lucian Mihai FLORESCU, and Ioana Andreea GHEONEA – A Comparison Between Artificial Intelligence and Radiologists’ Ability to Detect Lung Nodules
- Dominic Gabriel ILIESCU, Anca-Maria ISTRATE OFIŢERU, Cristina COMĂNESCU, and Rodica NAGY – Enhancing Fetal Anomaly Scans with Artificial Intelligence: Advances, Applications, and Challenges
- Ioana Andreea GHEONEA – Artificial Intelligence in Radiology and Medical Imaging in Romania: Current Applications and Future Perspectives
- Ioana-Andreea CÎRLIG and Ioana-Andreea GHEONEA – AI-Assisted MRI Analysis for Multiple Sclerosis: Lesion Detection and Brain Atrophy Assessment
- Lucian Mihai FLORESCU, Cristina Mihaela CIOFIAC, Ioana-Andreea CÎRLIG, Rossy Vladut TEICĂ, and Ioana Andreea GHEONEA – Federated Learning for COVID-19 Detection: AI-Assisted Diagnosis from Unsegmented Chest CT Scans
- Rossy Vlăduț TEICĂ and Ioana Andreea GHEONEA – Evaluating the Effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence in Prostate Cancer Detection using Biparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Comparative Study
- Nevien Ragae FARES – Impact of Implementation of DICOM Modality Worklist on Patient Registration at the Diagnostic Radiology Department: A One Center Retrospective Study
- Ana-Maria HAMZ, Diogen BABUC, and Todor IVAŞCU – Data Augmentation and Lightweight Convolutional Neural Networks in Classification of Thoracic Diseases
- Andreea POPOVICIU, Diogen BABUC, and Todor IVAŞCU – Dementia Classification Based on Magnetic Resonance Scans Comparing Traditional and Modern Machine Learning Models’ Quintessence
- Cecilio GARCIANO JR – Enhancing Risk Prioritization in Healthcare Informatics: A Combined Vulnerability Scoring and Operational Framework Approach
Chair: Virginia Maria RĂDULESCU
- Costin Teodor STREBA, Mircea-Sebatian ȘERBĂNESCU, Alina MIULESCU, Victor GRECU, Cristina CĂLĂRAȘU, Patricia RĂDULESCU – TB-Monitor: Advancing Tuberculosis Management Through Innovative Technologies
- Costin Teodor STREBA, Mircea-Sebatian ŞERBĂNESCU, Liliana STREBA, Alin Dragoş DEMETRIAN, Andreea-Georgiana GHEORGHE, Mădălin MĂMULEANU, and Daniel-Nicolae PIRICI – Enhancing Lung Cancer Detection through Dual Imaging Modality Integration
- Marinela-Cristiana URHUŢ, Larisa Daniela SĂNDULESCU, Costin Teodor STREBA, Mădălin MĂMULEANU, Adriana CIOCÂLTEU, Sergiu Marian CAZACU, and Suzana DĂNOIU – Real-Time Liver Lesion Segmentation in Ultrasound Imaging using Deep Learning
- Adina TURCU-STIOLICA, Andrei BITA, and Maria Viorica CIOCILTEU – Optimization of PLGA-Doxorubicin Hybrid Nanoparticles using Design of Experiments: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications
- Irina Florina CHERCIU HARBIYELI, Elena Daniela BURTEA, Vlad IOVANESCU, Dan Nicolae FLORESCU, Ion ROGOVEANU, Dan Ionut GHEONEA, and Adrian SAFTOIU – Emerging Healthcare Technologies in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: 75 Years of Evolution
- Leonard MADA and Virgil PAUNESCU – An Exploration of Mathematical Models for Tumor Growth
- Radu-Anton MOLDOVAN and Sebastian-Aurelian ȘTEFĂNIGĂ – Predictive Analysis of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Romania using Machine Learning and Medical Statistics
- Adela-Vasilica GUDIU and Lăcrămioara STOICU-TIVADAR – Generative AI in Medicine: Has ChatGPT the Potential in Assisting Dermatologists?
10th May 2025 – Saturday
University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, 1 May Blvd., no. 66, 200638 Craiova, Romania
Chair: Mircea-Sebastian ȘERBĂNESCU
- Vincenzo DELLA MEA, Mihai H. POPESCU, Marc DONADA, and Can CELIK – The Digital Future of WHO Classifications
Chair: Mihaela CRIȘAN-VIDA
- Maria-Dana-Ștefania CÂMPAN – Digital Assistant for Medical Management
- Marilena ANASTASAKI, Catherine CHRONAKI, Anne MOEN, Eleni KOKINOU, Stratos KOKOLAKIS, Matenia KARAGIANNIDOU, May-Linn MØRK, Silje H. HENNI – Operationalizing Human Health Indicators to Link with Ecosystem Changes of Water Streams: An OneAquaHealth Protocol
- Marilena ANASTASAKI, Catherine CHRONAKI, Anne MOEN, Eleni KOKINOU, Stratos KOKOLAKIS, and Matenia KARAGIANNIDOU – Human Health Outcomes Linked to Ecosystem Changes of Urban Streams: An OneAquaHealth Protocol
- Rebeca-Maria POPA and Andrei-Marius ȘTEFAN – The Impact of Clinical Audits on Improving the Healthcare System in Romania
- Valentin NADASAN, Teodor-Marian BACIU, Alexandra-Maria NEGUTESCU, Răzvan MOLDOVAN, Roberto CHICOS, Agnos-Milian HERTELIU, Andrea-Ildikó GÁSPÁRIK – Patients’ Internet Use for Health-Related Purposes: A Cross-Sectional Study
Chair: Corina VERNIC
- Raluca DUMACHE, Camelia MURESAN, Marina Adriana MERCIONI, Alin IONESCU, Nina IVANOVIC, Alexandra ENACHE – Data Confidentiality in AI-assisted Medicine: The Mayn Ethical Issue
- Minodora ANDOR, Gheorghe Ioan MIHALAŞ – Neural Networks vs. Regression: A Comparative Analysis in Medical Data Processing
- Florica Nicoleta GĂDĂLEAN, Ligia PETRICA, Flaviu-Raul BOB, Ioana Maria RUȘEȚ, Corina VERNIC, Nicolae OLARU – C-Reactive Protein-to-Albumin Ratio and First-Year Mortality in Incident Hemodialysis End-Stage Kidney Disease Patients
- Ion PETRE, Marina Adriana MERCIONI, Ioana Maria MOSUTIU, Izabella PETRE, Șerban Mircea NEGRU, Daliborca Cristina VLAD – The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Improving the Cost-Effectiveness of Cervical Cancer Treatment in the Western Region of Romania
- Ștefan SECRIERU – Custom WordPress Plugin for Native-Like Digital Health Literacy Questionnaires: Supporting the ALSATION Study
- Robert-Ștefan CIZMAȘ – Blockchain Technology for Secure Patient Data Sharing
- Alexandru-Robert FARCAȘ, Radu-Constantin FLEȘAR, Todor IVAȘCU, Sebastian-Aurelian ȘTEFĂNIGĂ – Efficient Storage Management of Optical Coherence Tomography Images using Zero-Shot Noise2Noise and a Custom Convolutional Neural Network
- Diogen BABUC, Alesia LOBONŢ, Alexandru FARCAŞ, Todor IVAŞCU, Sebastian ŞTEFĂNIGĂ – Deep Learning-Based Denoising for Optical Coherence Tomography: Evaluating Self-Supervised and Generative Models Across Retinal Datasets
- Norbert GAL-NADASAN, Vasile STOICU-TIVADAR, Emanuela GAL-NADASAN, Anca Raluca DINU – The Usage of Robotic Process Automation and Artificial Intelligence for Handwritten Medical Document Digitalization
- Alexandru ANGHELESCU, Ciprian-Viorel STUPINEAN, Ariana-Anamaria CORDOȘ – Using Crawlers for Targeted Data Extraction from a Local Multi-File Database
Chair: Cătălin MANEA
- Anca-Lelia RIZA, Ioana STREATA, Andra GRIGORESCU, Andrian FRATEA, Stefania DOROBANTU, Andrei PÎRVU, Adina DRAGOS, Florentina DUMITRESCU, Collins K. BOAHENA, Vinod KUMAR, Mihai G. NETEA – Genomic Regulation of Immune Response
- Ancuta R. STRATON, Nicholas A. SUMPTER, Tania O. CRISAN, Nadira VADAQ, Jéssica C. DOS SANTOS, André J.A.M. VAN DER VEN, Leo A.B. JOOSTEN – Proteomic Signature in Hyperuricemic People Living with HIV
- Andrian FRATEA, Anca-Lelia RIZA, Andra GRIGORESCU, Stefania DOROBANTU, Andrei PÎRVU, Adina DRAGOS, Florentina DUMITRESCU, Collins K. BOAHENA, Vinod KUMAR, Ioana STREATA, Mihai G. NETEA – Sepsis: Proteomic and Transcriptomic Study
- Marius SURLEAC, Ilda CZOBOR-BARBU, Simona PARASCHIV, Irina GHEORGHE-BARBU, Liviu-Iulian ROTARU, Dan OȚELEA, Mariana Carmen CHIFIRIUC – Microbial Spectrum Bioinformatics
- Medeea BADII, Zhaoli LIU, Orsolya GAAL, Georgiana CABĂU, Valentin NICA, Ancuta R. STRATON, Ioana HOTEA, HINT Consortium, Cristina PAMFIL, Simona REDNIC, Radu A. POPP, Cheng-Jian XU, Tania O. CRIŞAN, Leo A.B. JOOSTEN – DNA Methylation in Hyperuricemia
- Paul CHIROI, Cecilia BICA, Cristina CIOCAN, Cornelia BRAICU, Stefan STRILCIUC, Radu Andrei TANASA, Ioana BERINDAN-NEAGOE – epi-lncRNAs in Renal Cancer
- Valentin NICA, Medeea BADII, Orsolya GAAL, Georgiana CABĂU, Andreea-Manuela MIREA, Ioana HOTEA, HINT Consortium, Cristina PAMFIL, Simona REDNIC, Radu A. POPP, Yang LI, Tania O. CRIȘAN, Leo A.B. JOOSTEN – Transcriptomic Analysis of PBMCs and Circulating Monocytes in Hyperuricemia and Gout
Chair: Mircea-Sebastian ȘERBĂNESCU
- Vincenzo DELLA MEA, Hafsa AKEBLI, and Kevin ROITERO – Graph Neural Networks for Digital Pathology
Chair: Mircea-Sebastian ȘERBĂNESCU
- Alexandra BURUIANĂ, Mircea-Sebastian ȘERBĂNESCU, Bogdan-Alexandru GHEBAN – Deep Learning Model for Automated Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma Grading
- Alexandra BURUIANĂ, Mircea-Sebastian ȘERBĂNESCU, Bogdan-Alexandru GHEBAN – Spatial Distribution of Immune and Vascular Markers in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Fractal Dimension Approach
- Larisa-Dalina LAZĂR, Diogen BABUC, Todor IVAŞCU – Integrated Platform for Bio-Image Processing and Identification of Cervical Cancer
- Maria HENDEA and Mircea ȘERBĂNESCU – A Dual Approach to Subtype Differentiation in Basal Cell Carcinoma: Classical Morphometry and Artificial Intelligence-Based Segmentation
- Mircea-Sebastian ȘERBĂNESCU – Best Practices and Pitfalls of Deep Learning in Pathology
- Ștefan-Claudiu MIRESCU, Rebeca-Maria POPA – Artificial Intelligence in Pathology and Molecular Biology: Integrating Intelligent Systems for Laboratory Optimization
11th May 2025 – Sunday
University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, 1 May Blvd., no. 66, 200638 Craiova, Romania
Chair: Todor IVAȘCU
- Kristijan CINCAR, Todor IVASCU – Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Smart Healthcare Management: Predicting and Reducing Patient Waiting Times with Machine Learning
- Adina DZIȚAC – Big Data in Neuroscience: Transforming Research and the Understanding of Brain Function
- Mihai Tudor NĂSCUȚIU and Cezara-Maria TODICĂ – Addressing Mental Health Challenges and Linguistic Barriers of Migrants – A Review
- Damaris HOTIMA, Darius TURCIAN – The Impact of Smartphone Use on Children’s Mental Health: A Digital Approach Based on Artificial Intelligence and Big Data
- Amelia Maria ISAC, Corina VERNIC – Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Innovation and Impact in Medical Practice
- Alexandra-Iulia PĂUCEAN, Sorana D. BOLBOACĂ – Insights from Self-Reported Student Experiences on using ChatBots
- Ana Maria BOLDEA, Alexandra Daniela ROTARU ZAVALEANU, Mircea ȘERBĂNESCU – Digital Health Approaches to Measles Surveillance in the Oltenia Region (January 2023 – June 2024)
- Andreea DIMA, Ariana-Anamaria CORDOŞ – Digital Health Literacy and Access to Health Information: A Bibliometric Study
- Diana Ioana NICHIFOR, Sorana D. BOLBOACĂ – Cyberbullying Experienced by University Students
- Octavian Constantin IORDACHE, Sebastian Aurelian ȘTEFĂNIGĂ – Understanding the Role of Robotic Process Automation in Healthcare
- Oana D. POP, Sorana D. BOLBOACĂ – Sex Impact on Self-Evaluated Digital Literacy Level among Undergraduate Medical Students
- Mariana Mirela VĂLCAN, Corina VERNIC – Holistic Assessment of Patients: A Tool for Assessing the Quality of Life
- Kristijan CINCAR, Todor IVASCU – Artificial Intelligence-Driven Multi-Agent System for Enhanced Radiology Workflow and Decision Support
- Mihai-Cornel TĂMĂȘAN, Corina VERNIC, Silvestru-Alexandru BIG, Vlad-Ilie BĂRBOS, Bogdan-Ovidiu FECICHE – Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation of Antibiotic Consumption in Urological Pathology
- Ruxandra-Mădălina FLORESCU, Dragoș-Ovidiu ALEXANDRU, Mircea-Sebastian ȘERBĂNESCU – Deep Learning with Transfer Learning for Automated Glaucoma Detection in Fundus Images
- Stefan PATRASCU, Georgiana-Maria COTOFANA-GRAURE, Mircea-Sebastian SERBANESCU, Valeriu SURLIN – Immunocite-Derived Ratios Can Preoperatively Predict the Risk for Surgical Complications when Artificial Neural Networks Are Used for Analysis
- Alexandra-Loredana ALMĂȘAN, Maria MERNEA – Bioinformatics Analysis of Opioids: Correlating Physicochemical Properties with Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Molecular Interactions
Chair: Ariana Anamaria CORDOȘ
- Iulius NISTOR – Showcase of Telemedicine platform Dr-Online
- Adina NITULESCU and Lăcrămioara STOICU-TIVADAR – Striving for FAIR Artificial Intelligence Models in the Medical Community
- Alexandru Ioan BULZAN – CareNexus: Integrated Solutions for Healthcare Communication
- Iuliana ŞOLDĂNESCU, Andrei LOBIUC, Mihai DIMIAN – The Impact of Electronic Health Records on Healthcare: Global Benefits and Challenges
- Cătălin-Mihai PESECAN and Lăcrămioara STOICU-TIVADAR – Legal Perspectives for Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Medicine – Quo Vadis?
- Ilie-Dănuţ ALEXANDRESCU – Improving Patient Access and Experience in Healthcare Systems
- Raul-Mihai RADULESCU – The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Personalized Medicine: A Computer Science Perspective
Chair: Sorana D. BOLBOACĂ
- Călin MUNTEAN – Interoperable Ecosystems & WHO SPI-DDH
- Panel: Sorana D. BOLBOACĂ, Mircea Sebastian ȘERBĂNESCU, Sebastian-Aurelian ȘTEFĂNIGĂ, Dragoș-Ovidiu ALEXANDRU, Tudor IVAȘCU, Călin MUNTEAN, Corina VERNIC, Ariana Anamaria CORDOȘ, Virginia Maria RĂDULESCU, Mihaela CRIȘAN-VIDA, Adina TURCU-STIOLICA, Cătălin MANEA – Digitalization in Healthcare
- Sorana D. BOLBOACĂ
- Mircea Sebastian ȘERBĂNESCU
- Sebastian-Aurelian ȘTEFĂNIGĂ