Empowering Cancer Care with AI: A Jefferson Medical Student–Led Innovation

I’m excited to share a new collaborative study I had the privilege of co-authoring, which was recently published in Nutrients. Led by Jefferson medical student Julia Logan, this work explores how large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT and Gemini can deliver accessible, culturally sensitive dietary advice to cancer patients—many of whom lack access to professional nutritional counseling due to insurance limitations or socioeconomic barriers. ...

April 8, 2025 · 1 min · 153 words · Wookjin Choi

AI-Powered Auto-Segmentation in Liver Cancer Therapy

We’re excited to share our latest work published in Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment: “Deep Learning-Based Auto-Segmentation for Liver Yttrium-90 Selective Internal Radiation Therapy” — a collaboration between Jun Li, Rani Anne, and myself. This study introduces a deep learning (DL) model built on the 3D U-Net architecture, developed to automatically segment the liver in CT scans for patients undergoing Y-90 Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT). Accurate liver segmentation is a critical step for calculating Y-90 dosage, traditionally done manually — a time-consuming and subjective process. ...

April 8, 2025 · 1 min · 142 words · Wookjin Choi

Fourth place Winner on AI Tracks at Sea Challenge

We won 4th place in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tracks at Sea Challenge. https://www.challenge.gov/?challenge=ai-tracks-at-sea This national competition is organized by the U.S. Navy. VSU TrojanOne Team: Jose Diaz, Curtrell Trott, Advisor: Ju Wang, Wookjin Choi The $200,000 prize was distributed among five winning teams, which submitted full working solutions, and three runners-up, which submitted partial working solutions. The monetary prize will be awarded to the school the corresponding team attends: ...

February 1, 2021 · 2 min · 224 words · Wookjin Choi