Portfelj
Dr. Sc.
Franko Hržić
mag. ing. comp.
Tehnički fakultet
Zavod za računarstvo
Kontakt
Vidljivost
Obrazovanje
15.05.2024. - 15.05.2025.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Musculoskeletal Digital Innovation & Informatics Program
Harvard Medical School, Boston Childrens' Hospital
01.10.2017. - 24.11.2022.
Dr. Sc.
Poslijediplomski doktorski studij iz područja Tehničkih znanosti, polje Računarstvo
Sveučilište u Rijeci, Tehnički fakultet
01.10.2015. - 15.07.2017.
mag. ing. comp
Diplomski sveučilišni studij računarstva
Tehnički fakultet, Sveučilište u Rijeci
01.10.2012. - 15.07.2015.
univ. bacc. ing. comp
Preddiplomski sveučilišni studij Računarstva
Tehnički fakultet, Sveučilište u Rijeci
Radno iskustvo
15.05.2024. - 15.05.2025.
Poslijedoktorsko usavršavanje
Poslijedoktorand at Musculoskeletal Digital Innovation & Informatics Program pod supervizijom dr. sc. Ata Kiapoura
Harvard Medical School, Boston Childrens' Hospital
01.10.2022. -
Viši asistent
Viši Asistent na zavodu za Računarstvo na Tehničkom fakultetu u Rijeci
Sveučilište i Rijeci, Tehnički Fakultet
01.10.2017. - 01.10.2022.
Asistent
Asistent na zavodu za Računarstvo na Tehničkom fakultetu u Rijeci
Sveučilište u Rijeci, Tehnički fakultet
Nagrade i priznanja
28.11.2022.
Nagrade Zaklade Sveučilišta u Rijeci za 2021. u kategoriji mladi znanstvenik za tehničke i prirodne znanosti.
09.12.2020.
UNIRI: Nagrada za nastavnu izvrnost u akademskoj godini 2019./2020.
21.07.2018.
Summer school on image processing 2018, Graz, Best Project award.
06.05.2018.
12 th Annual RIN Baška GNSS Conference – Best student’s paper award,
25.04.2017.
Rektorova nagrada za studentski stručni / znanstveni / umjetnički rad
01.11.2016.
Dekanova nagrada za studentski aktivizam.
01.11.2016.
Dekanova nagrada za izvrsnost.
01.11.2015.
Dekanova nagrada za izvrsnost.
01.11.2014.
Dekanova nagrada za izvrsnost.
01.11.2013.
Dekanova nagrada za izvrsnost.
01.11.2012.
Dekanova nagrada za izvrsnost.
Članstva
2025. -
med&x
01.10.2017. -
The Royal Institute of Navigation
2016. - 2022.
Riteh Drone Team
01.10.2013. - 01.10.2017.
IEEE
Nastavna djelatnost
Kolegiji
01.10.2017. - 01.10.2018.
Databases
Undergraduate University Study of Computing
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Engineering
Teaching assistant
01.10.2017. -
Strojno učenje
Diplomski sveučilišni studij računarstva
Tehnički fakultet, Sveučilište u Rijeci
Asistent
01.10.2017. -
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Undergraduate University Study of Computing
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Engineering
Teaching assistant
01.10.2017. -
Introduction to Programming
Undergraduate University Study of Computing
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Engineering
Teaching assistant
Osobni razvoj
22.09.2019. - 28.09.2019.
Edukacija u sklopu bilateralnog projekta
Financiranje: 40 sati
01.06.2019. - 31.07.2019.
Razmjena studenata
Financiranje: 328 sati
01.06.2018. - 31.07.2018.
Razmjena studenata
Financiranje: 336 sati
Znanstvena djelatnost
Znanstveni radovi
2025.
Forecasting the trajectory of personal watercrafts using models based on recurrent neural networks
Žužić, Lucija; Hržić, Franko; Lerga, Jonatan
Expert Systems with Applications
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2025.127964
Q1 WOS
2025.
Bayesian and Markov chain approach to short-term and long-term personal watercraft trajectory forecasting
Žužić, Lucija; Hržić, Franko; Lerga, Jonatan
Journal of the Franklin Institute
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfranklin.2025.107509
Q1 WOS
2025.
Estimation of Missing DICOM Windowing Parameters inHigh-Dynamic-Range Radiographs Using Deep Learning
Napravnik, Mateja; Bakotić, Natali; Hržić, Franko; Miletić, Damir; Štajduhar, Ivan
Mathematics
https://doi.org/10.3390/math13101596
Q1 WOS
2025.
Impact of test set composition on AI performance in pediatric wrist fracture detection in X-rays
Till, Tristan; Scherkl, Mario; Stranger, Nikolaus; Singer, George; Hankel, Saskia; Flucher, Christina; Hržić, Franko; Štajduhar, Ivan; Tschauner, Sebastian
European Radiology
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-025-11669-z
Q1 WOS
2025.
Evaluation of synthetic data impact on fire segmentation models performance
Arlović, Matej; Hržić, Franko; Patel, Mitesh; Bednarz, Tomasz; Balen, Josip
Scientific Reports
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-01571-5
Q1 WOS
2025.
Lessons learned from RadiologyNET foundation models for transfer learning in medical radiology
Napravnik, Mateja; Hržić, Franko; Urschler, Martin; Miletić, Damir; Štajduhar, Ivan
European Radiology
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-025-11669-z
Q1 WOS
2025.
A simple and effective approach for body part recognition on CT scans based on projection estimation
Hržić, Franko; Movahhedi, Mohammadreza; Lavoie-Gagne, Ophelie; Kiapour, Ata
Scientific Reports
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-17174-z
Q1 WOS
2025.
Automated AI fracture detection in initial presentation pediatric wrist X-rays: effects and benefits of adding follow-up examinations
Scherkl, Mario; Stranger, Nikolaus; Ciornei-Hoffman, Andreea; Singer, Georg; Till, Tristan; Till, Holger; Hržić, Franko; Tschauner, Sebastian
La Radiologia Medica
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11547-025-02153-1
Q1 WOS
2025.
Collision course detection for personal watercrafts using models based on recurrent neural networks
Žužić, Lucija; Hržić, Franko; Lerga, Jonatan
Knowledge-Based Systems
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2025.114974
Q1 WOS
2025.
Class-specific image segmentation across multiple domains using customized U-Net pipelines
Žužić, Lucija; Hržić, Franko; Li, Xiumei; Lerga, Jonatan
Expert Systems with Applications
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2025.129203
Q1 WOS
2024.
Ensemble-based uncertainty estimation model for fire detection in indoor environments
Arlović, Matej; Patel, Mitesh; Balen, Josip; Hržić, Franko
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2024.108428
Q1 WOS
2024.
Building RadiologyNET: an unsupervised approach to annotating a large-scale multimodal medical database
Napravnik, Mateja; Hržić, Franko; Tschauner, Sebastian; Štajduhar, Ivan
BioData Mining
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13040-024-00373-1
Q1 WOS
2024.
Balancing Performance and Interpretability in Medical Image Analysis: Case study of Osteopenia
Mikulić, Mateo; Vičević, Dominik; Nagy, Eszter; Napravnik, Mateja; Štajduhar, Ivan; Tschauner, Sebastian; Hržić, Franko
Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10278-024-01194-8
Q2 WOS
2023.
Estimation of sea state parameters from ship motion responses using attention-based neural networks
Selimović, Denis; Hržić, Franko; Prpić-Oršić, Jasna; Lerga, Jonatan
Ocean Engineering
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2023.114915
Q1 WOS
2022.
A pediatric wrist trauma X-ray dataset (GRAZPEDWRI-DX) for machine learning
Nagy, Eszter; Janisch, Michael; Hržić, Franko; Tschauner, Sebastian; Sorantin, Erich
Scientific Data
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01328-z
Q2 WOS
2022.
Fracture Recognition in Paediatric Wrist Radiographs: An Object Detection Approach
Hržić, Franko; Tschauner, Sebastian; Sorantin, Erich; Štajduhar, Ivan
Mathematics,
https://doi.org/10.3390/math10162939
Q1 WOS
2022.
Learning rate of students detecting and annotating pediatric wrist fractures in supervised artificial intelligence dataset preparations
Nagy, Eszter; Marterer, Richard; Hržić, Franko; Sorantin, Erich; Tschauner, Sebastian
PLOS ONE
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276503
Q2 WOS
2022.
Pediatric radius torus fractures in X-rays—how computer vision could render lateral projections obsolete
Janisch, Michael; Apfaltrer, Georg; Hržić, Franko; Castellani, Christoph; Mittl, Barbara; Singer, Georg; Lindbichler, Franz; Pilhatsch, Alexander; Sorantin, Erich; Tschauner, Sebastian
Frontiers in Pediatrics
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2022.1005099
Q2 WOS
2021.
XAOM: A method for automatic alignment and orientation of radiographs for computer-aided medical diagnosis
Hržić, Franko; Tschauner, Sebastian; Sorantin, Erich; Štajduhar, Ivan
Computers in Biology and Medicine
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104300
Q1 WOS
2021.
Augmenting Around-Device Interaction by Geomagnetic Field Built-in Sensor Utilization
Ljubić, Sandi; Hržić, Franko; Salkanović, Alen; Štajduhar, Ivan.
Sensors
https://doi.org/10.3390/s21093087
Q2 WOS
2021.
Cast suppression in radiographs by generative adversarial networks
Hržić, Franko; Žužić, Ivana; Tschauner, Sebastian; Štajduhar, Ivan
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocab192
Q1 WOS
2021.
The augmented radiologist: artificial intelligence in the practice of radiology
Sorantin, Erich; Grasser, Michael G.; Hemmelmayr, Ariane; Tschauner, Sebastian; Hržić, Franko; Weiss, Veronika; Lacekova, Jana; Holzinger, Andreas
Pediatric Radiology
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-021-05177-7
Q2 WOS
2021.
Modeling Uncertainty in Fracture Age Estimation from Pediatric Wrist Radiographs
Hržić, Franko; Janisch, Michael; Štajduhar, Ivan; Lerga, Jonatan; Sorantin, Erich; Tschauner, Sebastian
Mathematics
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/9/24/3227
Q1 WOS
2021.
Detection of Non-Stationary GW Signals in High Noise from Cohen’s Class ofTime-Frequency Representations Using Deep Learning
Lopac, Nikola; Hržić, Franko; Petrijevčanin Vuksanović, Irena; Lerga, Jonatan
IEEE Access
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9666903
Q2 WOS
2019.
Local-Entropy Based Approach for X-Ray Image Segmentation and Fracture Detection
Hržić, Franko; Štajduhar, Ivan; Tschauner, Sebastian; Sorantin, Erich; Lerga, Jonatan
Entropy
https://doi.org/10.3390/e21040338
Q2 WOS
Znanstvene knjige
2025.
Detecting Gravitational Waves From Binary Black Hole Mergers Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks and Quadratic Time-Frequency Distributions
Koautor
Nikola Lopac, Jonatan Lerga, Franko Hržić
Gravitational Wave Science with Machine Learning
Elena Cuoco
Springer, Singapore Online
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-96-1737-1_17
Pozvana predavanja
11.2025.
Demistifikacija umjetne inteligencije: sjecište tehnologije, filozofije i prava – Je li tvoje lice ljudsko lice?
Franko Hržić
Rijeka (Hrvatska)
11.2025.
Treći hrvatski simpozij o umjetnoj inteligenciji (HRUI 2025), Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti – Segmentacija u kliničkoj praksi: nnU-Net i temeljni modeli
Franko Hržić
Zagreb (Hrvatska)
11.2025.
Next of Health & Telemedicine – Izazovi razvoja modela dubokog učenja u kliničkoj praksi
Franko Hržić
Zagreb (Hrvatska)
7.2025.
EXPO 2025: Croatia as a Global Destination for Health Tourism — and a Forum for the Future of Medicine – How artificial intelligence is redefining healthcare
Franko Hržić
Osaka (Japan)
6.2025.
Medical University of Graz – Current State of Medical Image Segmentation: nnU-Net, Foundation Models and Multi-Agent Systems
Franko Hržić
Graz (Austrija)
4.2025.
Motivation behind foundation models in Artificial Intelligence
Franko Hržić
Boston (USA)
3.2025.
8. Kongres hitne medicine medicinskih sestara i medicinskih tehničara s međunarodnim sudjelovanjem (Panel)
Franko Hržić
Vodice (Hrvatska)
5.2023.
Challenges in Medical Image Diagnostics
Franko Hržić
Rijeka (Hrvatska)
3.2023.
La robótica inteligente en los retos de salud y asistenciales – Jornada RoboCity2030–COMPANION-CM – AI techniques in paediatric radiology
Franko Hržić
Madrid (Španjolska)
1.2022.
The idea and applications of Generative Adversarial Networks
Franko Hržić
Pula (Hrvatska)
11.2021.
IEEE Computer Society Congress 2021 – GANs: From science to fun
Franko Hržić
Rijeka (Hrvatska)
7.2018.
Medicine of tomorrow: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Franko Hržić
Graz (Austrija)
Kongresna priopćenja
2025.
Mutual-training pseudo-labeling framework for fire segmentation
Antunović, Antonio; Damjanović, Davor; Arlović, Matej; Nyarko, Emmanuel K.; Hržić, Franko; Balen, Josip
Prezentacija
Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis. IbPRIA 2025 Coimbra, Portugal
2025.
A resource-efficient approach for rapid detection of anatomical regions from CT scans
Hržić, Franko; Movahhedi, Mohammadreza; Kiapour, Ata. A
Poster
ORS 2025 Annual Meeting Pheonix, Arizona
2024.
Synthetic dataset generation methods for computer vision applications
Arlović, Matej; Damjanović, Davor; Hržić, Franko; Balen, Josip
Prezentacija
International Conference on Smart Systems and Technologies (SST) Osijek
2024.
Content-based medical image retrieval for medical radiology images
Barać, Dario; Manojlović, Teo; Napravnik, Mateja; Hržić, Franko; Mamula; Saračević, Mihaela; Miletić, Damir; Štajduhar, Ivan
Prezentacija
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIME 2024) Utah, SAD
2023.
YOLOv5: Case study of image resolution influence on fire detection
Marić, Petar; Hržić, Franko; Arlović, Matej; Patel, Mitesh; Azeem, Muhammad M.; Balen, Josip.
Prezentacija
International Symposium ELMAR 2023 Zadar (Croatia)
2023.
Automated online assessment and cloud-based programming: advancing computer engineering education
Ljubić, Sandi; Skoki, Arian; Hržić, Franko; Salkanović, Alen
Prezentacija
HELMeTO 2023 Foggia (Italy)
2023.
Empowering computer engineering education: leveraging cloud-based programming platforms and online assessment tools
Ljubić, Sandi; Skoki, Arian; Hržić, Franko; Salkanović, Alen
Prezentacija
5th International Conference on Higher Education Learning Methodologies and Technologies Online (HELMeTO) Foggia (Italy)
https://helmeto2023.altervista.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HELMeTO_2023 _Book-of-abstracts.pdf
2022.
Using autoencoders to reduce dimensionality of DICOM metadata
Napravnik, Mateja; Baždarić, Robert; Miletić, Damir; Hržić, Franko; Tschauner, Sebastian; Mamula Saračević, Mihaela; Štajduhar, Ivan
Prezentacija
ICECCME 2022 Male (Maldives)
2022.
Estimation of missing parameters for DICOM to 8-bit X-ray image export
Hržić, Franko; Napravnik, Mateja; Baždarić, Robert; Štajduhar, Ivan; Mamula Saračević, Mihaela; Miletić, Damir; Tschauner, Sebastian.
Prezentacija
ICECCME 2022 Male (Maldives)
2022.
Forming of validation dataset for deep learning-based model of medical image grouping
Baždarić, Robert; Hržić, Franko; Napravnik, Mateja; Štajduhar, Ivan
Prezentacija
MICAD 2022 Leicester (United Kingdom)
2021.
Automatic extraction of multiple-study X-ray images
Dumenčić, Stella; Tschauner, Sebastian; Hržić, Franko; Štajduhar, Ivan.
Prezentacija
INSTA 2021 Kocaeli (Turkey)
2021.
Analysing large repositories of medical images
Štajduhar, Ivan; Manojlović, Teo; Hržić, Franko; Napravnik, Mateja; Glavaš, Goran; Milanič, Matija; Tschauner, Sebastian; Mamula Saračević, Mihaela; Miletić, Damir
Prezentacija
BIOMESIP 2021 Gran Canaria (Spain)
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-88163-4_17
06.10.2018.
Automatic Radius Bones Fracture Detection using Machine Learning
Hržić, Franko ; Štajduhar, Ivan
Prezentacija
2nd My First Conference PhD Conference on Engineering and Technology Rijeka
06.10.2018.
Secure Operations as Congestion Control Mechanism Within OpenStack Based Cloud Laboratory
Hržić, Franko; Poljančić, Domagoj; Galinac Grbac, Tihana
Prezentacija
2016 International Conference on Smart Systems and Technologies (SST) Osijek
2018.
Optimal beacon positioning for indoor drone navigation
Hržić, Franko; Sušanj, Diego; Lenac, Kristijan
Prezentacija
12th Annual Baška GNSS Conference Baška (Croatia)
2018.
Information entropy measures and clustering improve edge detection in medical X-ray images
Hržić, Franko; Jansky, Vanja; Sušanj, Diego; Gulan, Goran; Kožar, Ivan; Jeričević, Željko
Prezentacija
MIPRO 2018 Opatija (Croatia)
2016.
Secure operations as congestion control mechanism within OpenStack-based cloud laboratory
Hržić, Franko; Poljančić, Domagoj; Galinac Grbac, Tihana
Prezentacija
SST 2016 Osijek (Croatia)
Javno djelovanje
Javna predavanja
27.01.2022.
Ideja i primjena Generativnih suparničkih mreža
Pozvano predavanje na TFPU
Online
16.11.2021.
Generativne suparničke mreže: Od znanosti do zabave.
Computer Society Congress 2021
Online
26.09.2019.
Neural networks for object detection
Predavanje u sklopu usavršavanja
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
25.07.2019.
Medicine of tomorrow: Artificial intelligence in Medicine
Predavanje u sklopu edukacije u Grazu
Rezultati pretraživanja Web-rezultati Universitätsklinik für Innere Medizin - LKH-Univ. Klinikum Graz
Popularizacija znanosti
24.10.2019.
Job.Fair i Dan otvorenih laboratorija 2019
Job.Fair i Dan otvorenih laboratorija 2019
Rijeka, Sveučilište u Rijeci, Tehnički Fakultet
Medijski nastupi
18.05.2019.
Intervju u sklopu Student Day Festivala 2019
Radio Sova
Rijeka
Administrativna djelatnost
Povjerenstva na sveučilištu
2019
Član povjerenstva za dodjelu Rektorove nagrade za studentski stručni/znanstveni/umjetnički rad
Sveučilište u Rijeci
Povjerenstva izvan sveučilišta
01.11.2019. - 10.02.2020.
Član povjerenstva za reakreditaciju poslijediplomskog sveučilišnog (Doktorskog) studija računarstva
Sveučilište u Rijeci, Tehnički fakultet
Projekti
Znanstveni projekti
2026. - 2031.
FRACTAID: Razvoj modela umjetne inteligencije za detekciju pedijatrijskih fraktura kostiju i utjecaj istih na kliničku praksu
Voditelj
HRZZ (UIP-2025-02-6365)
2025. - 2027.
Utjecaj hiperparametara i svojstava CT snimaka na modele strojnoga učenja u zadatku segmentacije
Voditelj
University of Rijeka (uniri-mz-25-17)
2024. - 2025.
Razvoj tehnika fuzije značajki temeljenih na dubokom učenju za pronalaženje sličnih prijeloma na rendgenskim slikama zapešća
Voditelj
University of Rijeka (uniri-mladi-tehnic-23-19)
2023. - 2027.
OPTIDERM: Optička dijagnostika infekcija kože
Suradnik
HRZZ (DOK-2025-02-7830)
2023. - 2026.
INNO2MARE: Strengthening the Capacity for Excellence of Slovenian and Croatian Innovation Ecosystems to Support the Digital and Green Transitions of Maritime Regions
Suradnik
Horizon EU (101087348)
2023. - 2025.
Pohrana i vizualizacija optičkih biomedicinskih podataka
Suradnik
HAMAG-BICRO (KK.01.2.1.02.0303)
2021. - 2025.
BLISS: Blended Learning Implementation for reSilient, acceSsible and efficient higher education
Suradnik
ERASMUS+ (2021-1-SE01-KA220-HED-000023166)
2021. - 2024.
Machine Learning for Knowledge Transfer in Medical Radiology (RadiologyNET)
Suradnik
HRZZ (IP-2020-02-3770)
2020. - 2021.
Hyperspectral Image Analysis Using Machine Learning and Adaptive Data-Driven Filtering
Collaborator
HRZZ (Bilateralni projekt HR-SLO)
2019. - 2022.
Development of machine-learning-based techniques for illness and injury detection in medical images
Istraživač
University of Rijeka (uniri-tehnic-18-15)
2019. - 2022.
Computer-Aided Digital Analysis and Classification of Signals
Suradnik
University of Rijeka (uniri-tehnic-18-17)
01.07.2018. - 01.07.2019.
Thorax motion supervision in radiotherapy using machine learning techniques
Researcher
Bileteralni projekt sa Medical Physics Group (R. Jeraj) at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2018. - 2021.
ICCT: Interactive Course for Control Theory, ERASMUS+
Suradnik
ERASMUS+(2018-1-SI01-KA203-047081)
Obrazovni projekti
12.07.2018. - 21.07.2018.
The 26th Summer School on Image Processing
Financiranje: CEEPUS