
Overview
Background
Dr Steffen Bollmann joined UQ’s School of Electrical Imaging and Computer Science in 2020 where he leads the Computational Imaging Group. The Group is developing computational methods to extract clinical and biological insights from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data. The aim is to make cutting-edge algorithms and tools available to a wide range of clinicians and researchers. This will enable better images, faster reconstruction times and the efficient extraction of clinical information to ensure a better understanding of a range of diseases. Dr Bollmann was appointed Artificial Intelligence (AI) lead for imaging at UQ’s Queensland Digital Health Centre (QDHeC) in 2023.
His research expertise is in quantitative susceptibility mapping, image segmentation and software applications to help researchers and clinicians access data and algorithms.
Dr Bollmann completed his PhD on multimodal imaging at the University Children’s Hospital and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland.
In 2014 he joined the Centre for Advanced Imaging at UQ as a National Imaging Facility Fellow, where he pioneered the application of deep learning methods for quantitative imaging techniques, in particular Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping.
In 2019 he joined the Siemens Healthineers collaborations team at the MGH Martinos Center in Boston on a one-year industry exchange where he worked on the translation of fast imaging techniques into clinical applications.
Availability
- Dr Steffen Bollmann is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Research interests
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Reproducible Research Software
Developing software to enable reproducible neuroimaging, such as www.Neurodesk.org
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Computational Imaging
Developing tools to make computational algorithms for medical imaging more accessible and robust.
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Image Segmentation
Developing new methods to segment medical imaging data to extract quantitative information.
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Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping
Developing new methods to increase the robustness of processing quantitative susceptibility mapping.
Research impacts
Strong industry collaborations to bring research algorithms into applications such as Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping with industry partner Siemens Healthineers and the Neurodesk project with industry partner Oracle Cloud.
Further information is available at www.mri.sbollmann.net and regular research updates can be found on linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/steffen-bollmann-00725097/) mastodon (https://masto.ai/@Sbollmann_MRI) and twitter/X (https://twitter.com/sbollmann_mri)
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Toward the future of scientific publishing through reproducible research artefacts enabled by Neurodesk
Masson-Trottier, Michèle, Dao, Thuy T., Narayanan, Aswin and Bollmann, Steffen (2025). Toward the future of scientific publishing through reproducible research artefacts enabled by Neurodesk. Aperture Neuro, 5 (SI 3), 1-12. doi: 10.52294/001c.143700
2025
Journal Article
MRI-Derived Markers of Acute and Chronic Inflammatory Processes in the VTA Associated with Depression
Khalife, Sarah, Bollmann, Steffen, Zalesky, Andrew and Oestreich, Lena K. L. (2025). MRI-Derived Markers of Acute and Chronic Inflammatory Processes in the VTA Associated with Depression. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2025.09.003
2025
Journal Article
Segmentation of the human tongue musculature using MRI: Field guide and validation in motor neuron disease
Shaw, Thomas B., Ribeiro, Fernanda L., Zhu, Xiangyun, Aiken, Patrick, Bollmann, Saskia, Bollmann, Steffen, Chang, Jeryn, Chidley, Kali, Dempsey-Jones, Harriet, Eftekhari, Zeinab, Gillespie, Jennifer, Henderson, Robert D., Kiernan, Matthew C., Ktena, Ira, McCombe, Pamela A., Ngo, Shyuan T., Taubert, Shana T., Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Ye, Xincheng, Steyn, Frederik J., Tu, Sicong and Barth, Markus (2025). Segmentation of the human tongue musculature using MRI: Field guide and validation in motor neuron disease. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 196 (Pt B) 110824, 110824. doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2025.110824
2025
Journal Article
Generalized learning induced by training and tDCS is predicted by prefrontal cortical morphology
Ehrhardt, Shane E, Wards, Yohan, Shaw, Thomas B, Garner, Kelly G, Bollmann, Steffen, Mattingley, Jason B, Dux, Paul E and Filmer, Hannah L (2025). Generalized learning induced by training and tDCS is predicted by prefrontal cortical morphology. Cerebral Cortex, 35 (8) bhaf229, 8. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhaf229
2025
Journal Article
An annotated multi-site and multi-contrast magnetic resonance imaging dataset for the study of the human tongue musculature
Ribeiro, Fernanda L., Zhu, Xiangyun, Ye, Xincheng, Tu, Sicong, Ngo, Shyuan T., Henderson, Robert D., Steyn, Frederik J., Kiernan, Matthew C., Barth, Markus, Bollmann, Steffen and Shaw, Thomas B. (2025). An annotated multi-site and multi-contrast magnetic resonance imaging dataset for the study of the human tongue musculature. Scientific Data, 12 (1) 790, 790. doi: 10.1038/s41597-025-05092-8
2025
Conference Publication
Modality-specific strategies for medical image segmentation using lightweight SAM architectures
Dao, Thuy, Ye, Xincheng, Scarsbrook, Joshua, Balarupan, Gowrienanthan, Ribeiro, Fernanda L. and Bollmann, Steffen (2025). Modality-specific strategies for medical image segmentation using lightweight SAM architectures. MedSAM on Laptop 2024, Held in Conjunction with CVPR 2024, Seattle, WA USA, 17-21 June 2024. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-81854-7_15
2025
Journal Article
Grey matter volume differences across Parkinson's disease motor subtypes in the supplementary motor cortex
Martin, A., Nassif, J., Chaluvadi, L., Schammel, C., Newman-Norlund, R., Bollmann, S. and Absher, J. (2025). Grey matter volume differences across Parkinson's disease motor subtypes in the supplementary motor cortex. NeuroImage: Clinical, 45 103724, 103724. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2024.103724
2024
Conference Publication
Building a Comprehensive Toolkit for Human Visual Cortex Parcellation
Ribeiro, Fernanda L., Bambridge-Lozan, Torin, Benson, Noah C., Schwarzkopf, D. Samuel, Puckett, Alexander M. and Bollmann, Steffen (2024). Building a Comprehensive Toolkit for Human Visual Cortex Parcellation. Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting 2024, St. Pete Beach, FL United States, 17-22 May 2024. Rockville, MD United States: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. doi: 10.1167/jov.24.10.691
2024
Journal Article
VesselBoost: a Python toolbox for small blood vessel segmentation in human magnetic resonance angiography data
Xu, Marshall, Ribeiro, Fernanda L., Barth, Markus, Bernier, Michaël, Bollmann, Steffen, Chatterjee, Soumick, Cognolato, Francesco, Gulban, Omer F., Itkyal, Vaibhavi, Liu, Siyu, Mattern, Hendrik, Polimeni, Jonathan R., Shaw, Thomas B., Speck, Oliver and Bollmann, Saskia (2024). VesselBoost: a Python toolbox for small blood vessel segmentation in human magnetic resonance angiography data. Aperture Neuro, 4, 1-13. doi: 10.52294/001c.123217
2024
Journal Article
Three-dimensional EPI with shot-selective CAIPIRIHANA for rapid high-resolution quantitative susceptibility mapping at 3 T
Tourell, Monique, Jin, Jin, Bachrata, Beata, Stewart, Ashley, Ropele, Stefan, Enzinger, Christian, Bollmann, Saskia, Bollmann, Steffen, Robinson, Simon Daniel, O'Brien, Kieran and Barth, Markus (2024). Three-dimensional EPI with shot-selective CAIPIRIHANA for rapid high-resolution quantitative susceptibility mapping at 3 T. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 92 (3), 997-1010. doi: 10.1002/mrm.30101
2024
Journal Article
Large‐scale analysis of structural brain asymmetries during neurodevelopment: associations with age and sex in 4265 children and adolescents
Kurth, F., Schijven, D., van den Heuvel, O. A., Hoogman, M., van Rooij, D., Stein, D. J., Buitelaar, J. K., Bölte, S., Auzias, G., Kushki, A., Venkatasubramanian, G., Rubia, K., Bollmann, S., Isaksson, J., Jaspers‐Fayer, F., Marsh, R., Batistuzzo, M. C., Arnold, P. D., Bressan, R. A., Stewart, S. E., Gruner, P., Sorensen, L., Pan, P. M., Silk, T. J., Gur, R. C., Cubillo, A. I., Haavik, J., O'Gorman Tuura, R. L., Hartman, C. A. ... Luders, E. (2024). Large‐scale analysis of structural brain asymmetries during neurodevelopment: associations with age and sex in 4265 children and adolescents. Human Brain Mapping, 45 (11) e26754, e26754. doi: 10.1002/hbm.26754
2024
Conference Publication
Aberrations in the Ventral Tegmental Area predict depression severity in the general population
Khalife, Sarah, Oestreich, Lena, Bollmann, Steffen and Zalesky, Andrew (2024). Aberrations in the Ventral Tegmental Area predict depression severity in the general population. Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Seoul, South Korea, 23-27 June 2024.
2024
Journal Article
Author Correction: brainlife.io: a decentralized and open-source cloud platform to support neuroscience research
Hayashi, Soichi, Caron, Bradley A., Heinsfeld, Anibal Sólon, Vinci-Booher, Sophia, McPherson, Brent, Bullock, Daniel N., Bertò, Giulia, Niso, Guiomar, Hanekamp, Sandra, Levitas, Daniel, Ray, Kimberly, MacKenzie, Anne, Avesani, Paolo, Kitchell, Lindsey, Leong, Josiah K., Nascimento-Silva, Filipi, Koudoro, Serge, Willis, Hanna, Jolly, Jasleen K., Pisner, Derek, Zuidema, Taylor R., Kurzawski, Jan W., Mikellidou, Kyriaki, Bussalb, Aurore, Chaumon, Maximilien, George, Nathalie, Rorden, Christopher, Victory, Conner, Bhatia, Dheeraj ... Pestilli, Franco (2024). Author Correction: brainlife.io: a decentralized and open-source cloud platform to support neuroscience research. Nature Methods, 21 (6), 1131-1131. doi: 10.1038/s41592-024-02296-5
2024
Journal Article
Neurodesk: an accessible, flexible and portable data analysis environment for reproducible neuroimaging
Renton, Angela I., Dao, Thuy T., Johnstone, Tom, Civier, Oren, Sullivan, Ryan P., White, David J., Lyons, Paris, Slade, Benjamin M., Abbott, David F., Amos, Toluwani J., Bollmann, Saskia, Botting, Andy, Campbell, Megan E. J., Chang, Jeryn, Close, Thomas G., Dörig, Monika, Eckstein, Korbinian, Egan, Gary F., Evas, Stefanie, Flandin, Guillaume, Garner, Kelly G., Garrido, Marta I., Ghosh, Satrajit S., Grignard, Martin, Halchenko, Yaroslav O., Hannan, Anthony J., Heinsfeld, Anibal S., Huber, Laurentius, Hughes, Matthew E. ... Bollmann, Steffen (2024). Neurodesk: an accessible, flexible and portable data analysis environment for reproducible neuroimaging. Nature Methods, 21 (2), 804-808. doi: 10.1038/s41592-023-02145-x
2024
Journal Article
brainlife.io: a decentralized and open-source cloud platform to support neuroscience research
Hayashi, Soichi, Caron, Bradley A., Heinsfeld, Anibal Sólon, Vinci-Booher, Sophia, McPherson, Brent, Bullock, Daniel N., Bertò, Giulia, Niso, Guiomar, Hanekamp, Sandra, Levitas, Daniel, Ray, Kimberly, MacKenzie, Anne, Avesani, Paolo, Kitchell, Lindsey, Leong, Josiah K., Nascimento-Silva, Filipi, Koudoro, Serge, Willis, Hanna, Jolly, Jasleen K., Pisner, Derek, Zuidema, Taylor R., Kurzawski, Jan W., Mikellidou, Kyriaki, Bussalb, Aurore, Chaumon, Maximilien, George, Nathalie, Rorden, Christopher, Victory, Conner, Bhatia, Dheeraj ... Pestilli, Franco (2024). brainlife.io: a decentralized and open-source cloud platform to support neuroscience research. Nature Methods, 21 (5), 809-813. doi: 10.1038/s41592-024-02237-2
2024
Journal Article
Adiposity associates with lower plasma resolvin E1 (Rve1): a population study
Barden, Anne, Shinde, Sujata, Beilin, Lawrence J., Phillips, Michael, Adams, Leon, Bollmann, Steffen and Mori, Trevor A. (2024). Adiposity associates with lower plasma resolvin E1 (Rve1): a population study. International Journal of Obesity, 48 (5), 725-732. doi: 10.1038/s41366-024-01482-x
2024
Journal Article
Improving quantitative susceptibility mapping for the identification of traumatic brain injury neurodegeneration at the individual level
Domínguez D, Juan F, Stewart, Ashley, Burmester, Alex, Akhlaghi, Hamed, O'Brien, Kieran, Bollmann, Steffen and Caeyenberghs, Karen (2024). Improving quantitative susceptibility mapping for the identification of traumatic brain injury neurodegeneration at the individual level. Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik. doi: 10.1016/j.zemedi.2024.01.001
2024
Conference Publication
Computationally efficient multi-echo QSM
Eckstein, Korbinian, Dao, Thanh, Stewart, Ashley, Robinson, Simon, Barth, Markus and Bollmann, Steffen (2024). Computationally efficient multi-echo QSM. 2023 ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Toronto, ON, Canada, 3-8 June 2023. Berkeley, CA, United States: International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. doi: 10.58530/2023/4184
2024
Conference Publication
Overcoming challenges of quantitative susceptibility mapping in moderate-to-severe TBI patients
D., Juan Domínguez, Stewart, Ashley, Burmester, Alex, Akhlaghi, Hamed, O’Brien, Kieran, Bollmann, Steffen and Caeyenberghs, Karen (2024). Overcoming challenges of quantitative susceptibility mapping in moderate-to-severe TBI patients. 2024 ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting, Singapore, 4-9 May 2024. Concord, CA United States: ISMRM. doi: 10.58530/2024/1622
2024
Conference Publication
QSM-CI: An automated continuous QSM challenge
Stewart, Ashley, Eckstein, Korbinian, Dao, Thuy Thanh and Bollmann, Steffen (2024). QSM-CI: An automated continuous QSM challenge. 2024 ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting, Singapore, 4-9 May 2024. Concord, CA United States: ISMRM. doi: 10.58530/2024/4827
Funding
Current funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Steffen Bollmann is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Robust Deep learning for Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Fernanda Lenita Ribeiro
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Doctor Philosophy
Computational Medical Imaging
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Fernanda Lenita Ribeiro, Mr Aswin Narayanan
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Doctor Philosophy
Structure-function brain network dynamics in post-stroke depression
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lena Oestreich
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Doctor Philosophy
Neural Network-Enhanced Multimodal Brain Electrical Source Imaging and Applications
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Markus Barth
Completed supervision
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2023
Master Philosophy
Solving Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping using Deep Learning
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Markus Barth
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Automated Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping for Clinical Applications
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Markus Barth, Dr Kieran O'Brien, Dr Monique Tourell
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Computational in vivo Tissue Characterisation for Multi-Contrast High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Markus Barth
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Magnetostatic Modelling based on Deep Learning
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Matthew Dargusch
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Sequence Development to Improve Image Quality for T2- and Diffusion Weighted Imaging at 7T
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Kieran O'Brien, Professor Markus Barth
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
MR signal modelling approaches to characterise tissue microstructure in in-vivo human brain
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Viktor Vegh, Professor Markus Barth
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