publications

2025

1. bioRxiv

   Genetic Insights of Image-Based Traits. Analysis Pipeline for AI-based Phenotyping, Combined-GWAS, and Federated Learning with Application to the Human Face

   Xianjing Liu*, Ziyi Xiong*, Fan Liu, and 4 more authors

   bioRxiv, 2025
2. NatComm

   Combined genome-wide association study of facial traits in Europeans increases explained variance and improves prediction

   Ziyi Xiong*, Yi Li*, Xianjing Liu, and 8 more authors

   Nature Communications, 2025
3. MedIA

   AI-based association analysis for medical imaging using latent-space geometric confounder correction

   Xianjing Liu*, Bo Li*, Meike W Vernooij, and 3 more authors

   Medical Image Analysis, 2025
4. jcms

   Facial asymmetry in syndromic craniosynostosis patients undergoing midface surgery compared to a large general population

   P Rostamzad*, X Liu*, EB Wolvius, and 3 more authors

   Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, 2025

2024

1. eclinm

   Predicting skin cancer risk from facial images with an explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) based approach. A proof-of-concept study

   Xianjing Liu*, Tobias E Sangers*, Tamar Nijsten, and 5 more authors

   Lancet’s eClinicalMedicine, 2024

2023

1. humrep

   Association between prenatal alcohol exposure and children’s facial shape. A prospective population-based cohort study

   X Liu, Manfred Kayser, SA Kushner, and 6 more authors

   Human Reproduction, 2023
2. jcms

   Automated three-dimensional analysis of facial asymmetry in patients with syndromic coronal craniosynostosis, a retrospective study

   Tsun Man Choi*, Xianjing Liu*, Tareq Abdel-Alim, and 4 more authors

   Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, 2023

2021

1. miccai 2021

   Projection-Wise Disentangling for Fair and Interpretable Representation Learning. Application to 3D Facial Shape Analysis

   Xianjing Liu, Bo Li, Esther E Bron, and 3 more authors

   In:Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI, 2021