Kasper Marstal
Senior AI & Computer Vision Engineer at Visiopharm
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
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Top SchoolKasper Marstal is a Senior AI & Computer Vision Engineer based in Copenhagen with 11 years of experience building production-grade medical imaging and AI platforms. He combines a physics and biomedical engineering background with hands-on expertise in C++, C#, Rust, and Python to deliver precision pathology solutions at Visiopharm and previously led Netcompany’s generative AI platform. As a serial founder and former CEO of two startups, he translates research-grade algorithms into customer-ready products and has a strong track record of team leadership and project delivery. Kasper is a prolific open-source contributor—authoring SimpleElastix and enhancements to SimpleITK and contributing to TensorFlow and Eigen—work that has been adopted by thousands of researchers worldwide. He specializes in LLMs, DICOM, and registration-heavy computer vision, and uniquely blends deep scientific rigour with UX-minded product thinking.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
cand.polyt., Biomedical/Medical Engineering, A, cand.polyt., Biomedical/Medical Engineering, A at Danmarks Tekniske UniversitetDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Model-based Medical Image Registration, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Model-based Medical Image Registration at Erasmus University RotterdamB.Sc., Physics, A, B.Sc., Physics, A at Københavns Universitet
English, Danish, German, Swedish
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Github Skills (21)
image-analysis10
unit-testing10
c-language10
image-processing10
testing10
cmake10
system-testing10
qtest10
itk10
cprogramming-language10
openmp7
clang6
php6
image-registration6
python6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
SuperElastix/SimpleElastix
Apr 2015 - Apr 2021
Multi-lingual medical image registration library
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 releases, 384 commits, 44 PRs in 6 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Kasper rebased SimpleElastix on the release branch, added an OpenMP package to SimpleElastix examples to fix build failures and fixed a bug that prevented the correct writing of parameter files. Further, the user refactored the SimpleElastix and SimpleTransformix classes to utilize a new ElastixFilter library interface. Several tests were modified in response to code changes. Several improvements were implemented, like adding support for 4D images and adding logging functionality. The user has consistently worked on improvements to the codebase.
simpleitkmedical-imageimage-reconstructiondeep-learningregistration
SimpleITK/SimpleITK
Mar 2015 - Dec 2022
SimpleITK: a layer built on top of the Insight Toolkit (ITK), intended to simplify and facilitate ITK's use in rapid prototyping, education and interpreted languages.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & QA Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA EngineerContributions:16 commits, 7 PRs, 26 comments in 7 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Kasper's primary contribution focused on adding 4D image support to the SimpleITK library, which is built on top of ITK for image analysis and processing. This involved modifying core classes like `sitkMemberFunctionFactoryBase.h` and `sitkMemberFunctionFactory.hxx` to accommodate the new dimension. They also integrated 4D support into existing filters, such as `HashImageFilter`, and implemented associated unit tests to ensure the functionality and I/O operations work correctly. These updates demonstrate expertise in extending the library's capabilities and rigorously testing the new features.
pythoninterpreted-languagesc-plus-plusprototypingon-top
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