Using AI to assess brain health bridges the gap between rapid technology advances and the need for precise care in neurology and psychiatry.
Prof. Dr. Kerstin Ritter
Prof. Dr. Kerstin Ritter is a Full Professor of Machine Learning for Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Tübingen and is a Director at the Hertie Institute for AI in Brain Health. She is PI in the Excellence Cluster “Machine Learning – New Perspectives for Science” and the Tübingen AI Center as well as multiple interdisciplinary research consortia focusing on innovative methods at the intersection of machine learning, statistics and medical applications in neurology and psychiatry. Her research focuses on using advanced AI methods to assess brain health through diverse data types, including neuroimaging, clinical, genetic, and behavioral data. Her contributions to the field have been recognized with awards such as the NARSAD Young Investigator Grant and the Deutsche Multiple Sklerose Gesellschaft Research Prize.
Using AI to assess brain health bridges the gap between rapid technology advances and the need for precise care in neurology and psychiatry.
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Siegel, N. T., Kainmueller, D., Deniz, F., Ritter, K., & Schulz, M. A.
Do Transformers and CNNs Learn Different Concepts of Brain Age?
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Langhammer T, Unterfeld C, Blankenburg F, ..., Ritter K, et al
Design and methods of the research unit 5187 PREACT (towards precision psychotherapy for non-respondent patients: from signatures to predictions to clinical utility) – a study protocol for a multicentre observational study in outpatient clinics
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Seiler, M., Ritter, K.
Pioneering new paths: the role of generative modelling in neurological disease research
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Rane, R.P., Kim, J., Umesha, A., Stark, D., Schulz, MA., Ritter, K.
DeepRepViz: Identifying Potential Confounders in Deep Learning Model Predictions
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Hilbert, K., Weller, P., Ritter, K., Haynes, J.D., Walter, H., Lueken, U.
Design studies for clinical prediction
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Spanagel R., Bach P., Banaschewski T., et al.
The ReCoDe addiction research consortium: Losing and regaining control over drug intake—Findings and future perspectives
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Noteboom, S., Seiler, M., Chien, C., Rane, R. P., Barkhof, F., Strijbis, E.M.M,...& Ritter, K.
Evaluation of machine learning-based classification of clinical impairment and prediction of clinical worsening in multiple sclerosis
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Schulz, M.A., Albrecht, J.P., Yilmaz, A., Koch, A., Kainmüller, D., Leser, U. & Ritter, K.
TLIMB-a transfer learning framework for image analysis of the brain
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Mitrovska, A., Safari, P., Ritter, K., Shariati, B., Fischer, J. K.
Secure federated learning for Alzheimer's disease detection
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Oliveira, M., Wilming, R., Clark, B., Budding, C., Eitel, F., Ritter, K., Haufe, S.
Benchmarking the influence of pre-training on explanation performance in MR image classification
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Schulz, M.A., Bzdok, D., Haufe, S., Haynes, J.D., Ritter, K.
Performance reserves in brain-imaging-based phenotype prediction
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Schulz, M.A., Hetzer, S., Eitel, F., Asseyer, S., Meyer-Arndt, L., Schmitz-Hübsch, T., et al
Similar neural pathways link psychological stress and brain-age in health and multiple sclerosis
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Vorisek, C., Stellmach, C., Mayer, P., Klopfenstein, S., Bures, D., Diehl, A., Henningsen, M., Ritter, K., Thun, S.
Artificial Intelligence Bias in Health Care: Web-Based Survey
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Klingenberg, M., Stark, D., Eitel, F. et al
Higher performance for women than men in MRI-based Alzheimer’s disease detection
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Wang, D., Honnorat, N., Fox, P. T., Ritter, K., Eickhoff, S. B., Seshadri, S., ... & Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
Deep neural network heatmaps capture Alzheimer’s disease patterns reported in a large meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies
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Brandt, L., Ritter, K., Schneider-Thoma, J., Siafis, S., Montag, C., Ayrilmaz, H. et al
Predicting psychotic relapse following randomised discontinuation of paliperidone in individuals with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder: an individual participant data analysis
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Fast, L., Temuulen, U., Villringer, K., Kufner, A., Ali, H.F., Siebert, E., Huo, S et al
Machine learning-based prediction of clinical outcomes after first-ever ischemic stroke
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Rane, R. P., Musial, M. P. M., Beck, A., Rapp, M., Schlagenhauf, F., Banaschewski, T., ... & IMAGEN consortium
Uncontrolled eating and sensation-seeking partially explain the prediction of future binge drinking from adolescent brain structure
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Schulz, M. A., Koch, A., Guarino, V. E., Kainmueller, D., & Ritter, K
Data augmentation via partial nonlinear registration for brain-age prediction
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Chien, C., Seiler, M., Eitel, F., Schmitz-Hübsch, T., Paul, F., & Ritter, K.
Prediction of high and low disease activity in early MS patients using multiple kernel learning identifies importance of lateral ventricle intensity
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Rane, R. P., de Man, E. F., Kim, J., Görgen, K., Tschorn, M., Rapp, M. A., ... & IMAGEN consortium.
Structural differences in adolescent brains can predict alcohol misuse
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Subramaniam, P., Kossen, T., Ritter, K., Hennemuth, A., Hildebrand, K., Hilbert, A., ... & Madai, V. I.
Generating 3D TOF-MRA volumes and segmentation labels using generative adversarial networks
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Rane, R. P., Heinz, A., & Ritter, K
AIM in Alcohol and Drug Dependence
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Brasanac, J., Ramien, C., Gamradt, S., Taenzer, A., Glau, L., Ritter, K. et al
Immune signature of multiple sclerosis-associated depression
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Kübler, D., Wellmann, S. K., Kaminski, J., Skowronek, C., Schneider, G. H., Neumann, W. J., ... & Kühn, A.
Nucleus basalis of Meynert predicts cognition after deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease
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Eitel, F., Albrecht, J. P., Weygandt, M., Paul, F., & Ritter, K.
Patch individual filter layers in CNNs to harness the spatial homogeneity of neuroimaging data
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Klingenberg, M., Stark, D., Eitel, F., Ritter, K., & Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
MRI Image Registration Considerably Improves CNN-Based Disease Classification
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Eitel, F., Schulz, M. A., Seiler, M., Walter, H., & Ritter, K.
Promises and pitfalls of deep neural networks in neuroimaging-based psychiatric research
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Ritter, M., Ott, D. V., Paul, F., Haynes, J. D., & Ritter, K.
COVID-19: a simple statistical model for predicting intensive care unit load in exponential phases of the disease
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Wakonig, K., Eitel, F., Ritter, K., Hetzer, S., Schmitz-Hübsch, T., Bellmann-Strobl, J., ... & Weygandt, M.
Altered coupling of psychological relaxation and regional volume of brain reward areas in multiple sclerosis
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Stark, D., & Ritter, K.
AIM and Gender Aspects
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Eitel, F., Ritter, K., & Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI).
Testing the robustness of attribution methods for convolutional neural networks in MRI-based Alzheimer’s disease classification
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Srivastava, S., Eitel, F., & Ritter, K.
Predicting fluid intelligence in adolescent brain MRI data: An ensemble approach
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Eitel, F., Soehler, E., Bellmann-Strobl, J., Brandt, A. U., Ruprecht, K., Giess, R. M., ... & Ritter, K.
Uncovering convolutional neural network decisions for diagnosing multiple sclerosis on conventional MRI using layer-wise relevance propagation
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Weygandt, M., Behrens, J., Brasanac, J., Söder, E., Meyer-Arndt, L., Wakonig, K., ... & Paul, F.
Neural mechanisms of perceptual decision-making and their link to neuropsychiatric symptoms in multiple sclerosis
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Böhle, M., Eitel, F., Weygandt, M., & Ritter, K.
Layer-wise relevance propagation for explaining deep neural network decisions in MRI-based Alzheimer's disease classification
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Hornstein, S., Seiler, M., Hoffman, V., Nelson, B., Aschbacher, K., Ritter, K., & Hilbert, K.