About me

I am a Telecommunications Engineer interested in all its areas, from signal processing to programming and telematics, including disciplines such as electronics and instrumentation. I am also passionate about Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), a field that brings together the best of each discipline and offers room for innovation to improve people's health.

Currently, I am working as a researcher in the Image Processing Lab (LPI) at Universidad de Valladolid (Spain), where I contribute to the KomaMRI.jl project while developing a web-based tool for MRI pulse sequence editing and simulation.

What i'm doing

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Experience

  1. MRI Researcher - PhD Candidate

    Image Processing Lab (LPI) - Universidad de Valladolid

    2022 - Present

    Working on MRI simulation frameworks, with a focus on modeling complex phenomena like blood flow and non-rigid motion. Also involved in optimizing simulation pipelines and improving algorithms performance and accuracy.

Education

  1. Universidad de Valladolid, Spain

    MSc in Telecommunications Engineering

    2022 - 2023

    Habilitating MSc focused on real-world projects. We designed an IoT datalogger with LoRa and sensor integration, and deployed a 4G-based system for real-time video processing and AI traffic sign detection.

  2. Universidad de Valladolid, Spain

    BSc in Telecommunications Engineering

    2018 - 2022

    Acquired a solid foundation in signal processing, programming, electronics, systems engineering, and telematics.

Languages

  1. English - C1 Level

    Certified with B2 First – Cambridge

    2022

    Score: 182

Publications

Journal Papers

2025

  1. Versatile and Highly Efficient MRI Simulation of Arbitrary Motion in KomaMRI Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2025; (early view). DOI: 10.1002/mrm.70145

    P. Villacorta-Aylagas, C. Castillo-Passi, R. Kierulf, R.M. Menchón-Lara, J.R. Rodríguez-Galván, J. Sierra-Pallaers, P. Irarrázaval, C. Alberola-López

  2. Sampling of non-Gaussian Ensemble Average Propagators for the simulation of diffusion magnetic resonance images Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2025; (early view). DOI: 10.1002/mrm.70080

    J.R. Rodríguez-Galván, P. Villacorta-Aylagas, S. Merino-Caviedes, F. Simmross-Wattenberg, C. Castillo-Passi, P. Irarrázaval, A. Tristán-Vega, C. Alberola-López

Conference Contributions

2025

  1. A Free and Open-Source Web Application for Pulse Sequence Development and Simulation
    1st Best Poster Presentation ISMRM Iberian Chapter 2025, Barcelona, Spain

    P. Villacorta-Aylagas, C. Castillo-Passi, P. Irarrázaval, F. Simmross-Wattenberg, M. Rodríguez-Cayetano, C. Alberola-López

    [Abstract] [Poster]

2024

  1. Flexible Motion Models for GPU-accelerated MRI Simulations with Complex Motion and Flow using KomaMRI
    ESMRMB 2024, Barcelona, Spain

    P. Villacorta-Aylagas, C. Castillo-Passi, R.M. Menchón-Lara, J. Anatol-Hernández, P. Irarrázaval, J. Sierra-Pallares, C. Alberola-López

    [Abstract] [Poster]

  2. Proof of Concept for the Simulation of Diffusion Models in the Myocardium through KomaMRI
    CASEIB 2024, Sevilla, Spain

    J. R. Rodríguez-Galván, P. Villacorta-Aylagas, S. Merino-Caviedes, C. Castillo, J. Sánchez-González, D. Filgueiras-Rama, A. Tristán-Vega, P. Irarrázaval, C. Alberola-López

  3. New Methods for Defining Dynamic Phantoms in KomaMRI
    ISMRM Iberian Chapter 2024, Porto, Portugal

    P. Villacorta-Aylagas, C. Castillo-Passi, R.M. Menchón-Lara, J. Anatol-Hernández, P. Irarrázaval, J. Sierra-Pallares, C. Alberola-López

  4. Synthetic spin trajectory generation for advanced Flow phantom in MRI simulation
    ISMRM Iberian Chapter 2024, Porto, Portugal

    J. Anatol-Hernández, J. Sierra-Pallares, P. Villacorta-Aylagas, C. Castillo-Passi, R.M. Menchón-Lara, P. Irarrázaval, C. Alberola-López

  5. A KomaMRI Phantom Extension for Integrated Dynamic Imaging
    ISMRM 2024, Singapore

    P. Villacorta-Aylagas, C. Castillo-Passi, R. M. Menchón-Lara, P. Irarrázaval, J. B. Sierra-Pallares, C. Alberola-López

2023

  1. A Web Version of KomaMRI. Sequence Editor and Remote Execution
    ISMRM Iberian Chapter 2023, Valladolid, Spain

    P. Villacorta-Aylagas, I. Fernández-Arias, C. Castillo-Passi, P. Irarrázaval, F. Simmross-Wattenberg, M. Rodríguez Cayetano, C. Alberola-López

  2. Parallel Device-Agnostic Simulation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sequences
    ISMRM Iberian Chapter 2023, Valladolid, Spain

    I. Fernández-Arias, P. Villacorta-Aylagas, C. Castillo-Passi, P. Irarrázaval, F. Simmross-Wattenberg, M. Rodríguez-Cayetano, C. Alberola-López

2022

  1. A Cross-Plattform Editor and Simulator of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sequences. Design and Implementation CASEIB 2022, Valladolid, Spain

    P. Villacorta-Aylagas, I. Fernández-Arias, C. Castillo-Passi, P. Irarrázaval, F. Simmross-Wattenberg, M. Rodríguez Cayetano, C. Alberola-López

  2. Simulación paralela multidispositivo de secuencias de imagen por resonancia magnética CASEIB 2022, Valladolid, Spain

    I. Fernández-Arias, P. Villacorta-Aylagas, C. Castillo-Passi, P. Irarrázaval, F. Simmross-Wattenberg, M. Rodríguez-Cayetano, C. Alberola-López

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