MICCAI 2022 Daily – Monday

Esther Puyol is a Research Scientist at HeartFlow. More than 100 inspiring interviews with successful Women in Science in our archive Esther, what path brought you to HeartFlow? I just started three months ago. Before that, I did my PhD and postdoc at King’s College London, where I was developing new AI techniques for analysis of cardiac imaging – both ultrasound as well as MRI data. How did you get into this field? This was during my undergraduate in France, where I was learning about deep learning and AI – well, at that time, it was machine learning. Then I did an internship at Philips in France, and we started with some machine learning. I really liked it, it was in the area of cardiac, and then during my PhD, that was the main focus, developing new techniques for combining MRI and ultrasound for quantification of cardiac motion. Did you want to be a doctor when you were a kid? A little bit, yeah! [ she laughs ] I liked it, but then I also knew it was quite challenging and demanding, and I also liked the engineering side, so I think biomedical engineering is a good mix. It’s a good mix, and you’re working to save people’s lives. [ Esther smiles ] Yeah, let’s say it this way! What attracts you to this field? 22 DAILY MICCAI Monday Women in Science