Hamid Soltanian-Zadeh, PhD
Senior Scientist/Professor
Radiology Image Analysis Lab.
Henry Ford Health System
One Ford Place, 2F
Detroit, MI 48202, USA
Phone: (313) 874-4482
Fax: (313) 874-4494
E-mail: hamids@rad.hfh.edu
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EDUCATION
FIELDS OF INTEREST
TRAINING
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
HOSPITAL OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
MAJOR PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
HONORS/AWARDS
SERVICE
Editorial Board Member/Reviewer of Professional Journals
Technical Committee Member/Reviewer of Conferences
Committee Member/Reviewer of Research Proposals
TEACHING
Graduate Courses Taught
Undergraduate Courses Taught
PhD Theses Supervised
PhD Theses Advised (Consulted)
MS Theses Supervised
MS These Advised (Consulted)
PUBLICATIONS
A.
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EDUCATION
1988-1992 University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
PhD, Electrical Engineering:
Systems. May 1992.
Major: Signal Processing.
Minor: Bioelectrical Science.
Dissertation Title: Multidimensional
Signal Processing of Magnetic Resonance Scene Sequences.
1988-1990 MSE, Electrical
Engineering: Systems.
Major: Control. Minor:
Communications.
1988-1988 Case Western
Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
Graduate Studies in the
Department of Biomedical Engineering.
1985-1986 University
of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
MSc, Electrical Engineering:
Electronics, with honors.
Projects included:
- Design of a CPU board
for a CAD/CAM system
- Design and implementation
of a programmable controller
- Design
of a portable heart monitor
1978-1984 University
of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
BS, Electrical Engineering:
Electronics, with honors.
FIELDS OF INTEREST
1.
Medical imaging
2.
Medical signal and image processing and analysis
3.
Pattern recognition
4.
Neural networks
TRAINING
1992-1993 Assistant Staff Investigator, Radiology Department,
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
Jan. 2004- Assoc. Prof.
of Radiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
Oct. 2005- Prof., of
Elec. and Comp. Eng., University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
1998-2004 Associate Prof.
of Elec. and Comp. Eng., University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
1997-2003 Assistant Prof.
of Radiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
1994-1998 Assistant Prof.
of Elec. and Comp. Eng., University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
HOSPITAL OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Jan. 2006-
Level III Bioscientific Staff (Senior Scientist), Radiology Department, Henry Ford
Health System, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
1993-2005
Levels I and II
Bioscientific Staff (Assistant and Associate Scientist), Radiology Department, Henry
Ford Health System, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
MAJOR PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
1. International Society
of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)
2. institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers (IEEE, Senior Member)
3. International Society
for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
4. Society for Molecular
Imaging (SMI)
5. Iranian Society of
Biomedical Engineering (ISBME)
6. Iranian Society of
Machine Vision and Image Processing (ISMVIP)
HONORS/AWARDS
1. 2009: Received “First Rank of the 10th
Ibnesina Festival” from the University of Tehran Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
2. 2008: Recognized by the standing COMmittee
for Scientific and TECHnological cooperation (COMSTECH) as one of the Leading Iranian
Scientists and Engineers.
3. 2008-2009: Associate Member of the Academy
of Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
4. 2007: Received “Distinguished Professor of
the Year Award” from the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology, Tehran,
Iran.
5. 2007: Received “Distinguished Researcher of
the Year Award” from the Iranian Association of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
(IAEEE), Tehran, Iran.
6. 2006: Received “Best Basic Research Project
Honor” from the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
7. 2006: Received “Best Applied Research Project
Honor” from the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
8. 2006: Received
a “Concept Award” grant from the Congressionally Directed Medical Research
Program, USA.
9. 2006: Received “Best Session Presentation Award”
at the IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, Vancouver, Canada, July 15-21, 2006.
10. 2005: Received “Best Applied Research Project
Honor” from the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
11. 2004: Received
a “R01 Research Project Grant Award” grant from the National Institutes of
Health (NIH), USA.
12. 2003: Was recognized as an “Outstanding Researcher”
by the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
13. 2000: Received
a “Research Project Grant Award” from the National Science Foundation (NSF), USA.
14. 1997-2003: Received
multiple “Honorable Mention Awards” for the best poster presentation at the SPIE
Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, CA, USA.
15. 1993: Received a
“First Award” grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA.
16. 1993: Was recognized
as an “Outstanding Researcher” by the Department of Justice, USA.
17. 1988-1992: Honor
Student (with highest GPA and most publications) during the graduate studies in
the field of Electrical Engineering: Systems, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
18. 1987: Honor Student
(with highest GPA) during the graduate studies in the field of Biomedical Engineering,
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
19. 1978-1986: Honor
Student (first rank) during the undergraduate and graduate studies in the field
of Electrical Engineering: Electronics, University of Tehran, Tehran,
Iran.
20. 1978,1979:
Ranked 40 and 14, respectively, among over 112,000 participants in the national
universities entrance exam in the field of Physics and Mathematics, Iran.
21. 1966-1978: Honor
student (first rank) in primary, secondary, and high schools at the city and state
levels, Yazd, Iran.
SERVICE
Editorial Board Member/Associate Editor/Reviewer of Professional Journals
1. Amir Kabir Journal
2. Applied Soft Computing
3. BMC Medical Imaging
4. Computer Methods and
Programs in Biomedicine
5. Computer Vision and
Image Understanding
6. Engineering Journal
of Ferdowsi University
7. EURASIP Journal on
Applied Signal Processing
8. Faculty of Engineering
Journal, University of Tehran
9. IEEE Trans. Biomedical
Eng.
10. IEEE Trans. Fuzzy
Systems
11. IEEE Trans. Image
Processing
12. IEEE Trans. Medical
Imaging
13. IEEE Trans. Signal
Processing
14. Information Sciences
15. International Journal
of Biomedical Imaging
16. International Journal
of Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology
17. International Journal
of Image and Graphics
18. Journal of Zhejiang
University SCIENCE
19. Journal of Iranian
Society of Biomed. Eng.
20. Iranian Journal of
Electrical and Computer Engineering
21. Iranian Journal of
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
22. Iranian Journal of
Radiology
23. Journal on Applied
Signal Processing
24. Journal of Engineering
25. Journal of Magnetic
Resonance Imaging
26. Magnetic Resonance
in Medicine
27. Magnetic Resonance
Imaging
28. Medical Physics
29. Medical Research
Journal, Beheshti University
30. Modarres Journal
31. Neuroimage
32. Neuroscience &
Biobehavioral Reviews
33. Pattern Analysis
and Applications
34. Scientia Iranica
35. Signal processing
Letters
36. Stroke
37. University of Mashhad
Journal
38. University of Tabriz
Engineering Journal
1. Iranian Conference on
Electrical Engineering (ICEE)
2. Computer Society of
Iran Computer Conference (CSICC)
3. Iranian Society of
Biomedical Engineering (ISBME) Conference
4. Iranian Machine Vision
and Image Processing (MVIP) Conference
5. International Conference
on Information and Knowledge Technology (IKT)
6. International Symposium
on Telecommunications (IST)
7. ISMRM International
Conference
8. International Conference
on Microelectronics (ICM)
9. IEEE World Congress
on Computational Intelligence
10. IEEE International
Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI)
1. National Science Foundation
(NSF), USA
2. National Institutes
of Health (NIH), USA
3. International Agencies
(Iranian and European)
4. American Institute
for Biological Sciences (AIBS), USA
TEACHING
1.
Medical Imaging Systems
2.
Medical Ultrasound
3.
Digital Image Processing
4.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
and Analysis
5.
Advanced Digital Signal
Processing
6.
Pattern Recognition
7.
Advanced Topics in Treatment
and Surgery Planning
8.
Technical Writing and
Professional Communication for Nonnative Speakers of English
1.
Electronics III
2.
Signals and Systems
3.
Radiology and Radiotherapy
Systems
PhD Theses Supervised
1. Segmentation of specific
brain structures using prior knowledge and deformable models (Amir Ghanei,
2001)
2. Wavelet analysis of
brain fMRI for optimal activation detection (Gholam-Ali Hossein-Zadeh, 2003)
3. Extracting quantitative
information from SPECT images of the heart (Hassan Bagher-Ebadian, 2004)
4. Multi-modality database
system for epilepsy including 3D segmentation and characterization of brain structures
using MRI (Mohammad-Reza Siadat, 2005)
5. Integrated modeling
and analysis of MEG and fMRI for brain activation detection (Abbas Babajani-Feremi,
2006)
6. Development
of rotation invariant texture feature extraction methods and their applications
to medical image analysis (Kourosh Jafari-Khouzai, 2006)
7. Vascular
permeability estimation in MRI using simulation studies (Effat Yahaghi, 2006)
8. Evaluation
of image quality in electrical impedance tomography by radiography (Amir Movafeghi,
2007)
9. Design
and development of intravascular MRI coils (Mohammad Mohammad-Zadeh, 2007)
10. Atlas-based
segmentation of brain structures from MRI (Alireza Akhondi-Asl, 2009)
11. Improvement
of PET-CT Fused Images for Diagnosis of Liver Metastasis Using Wavelet Transform
(Bahareh Shalchian, 2009)
12. Segmentation
of White Matter Fiber Bubles in Diffusion Weighted MRI (Mohammad-Reza Nazem-Zadeh,
2010)
13. An Information
Theory Based Approach for Evaluation of fMRI Detection Methods (Babak Afshin-Pour,
2010)
14. Stochastic
Point Process Modeling and Likelihood Space Analysis of Neuronal Population (Yousef
Salimpour, 2010)
15. Development
of Differential Connectivity Graph for Characterization of Brain Regions Involved
in Epilepsy (Ladan Amini, 2010)
1. Intelligent
methods for correcting geometrical distortions of medical images (Emadoddin
Fatemizadeh, 2003)
2. Image
indexing based on tree-structured vector quantization (Amir-Masoud Eftekhari-Moghaddam,
2004)
3. Image
indexing and retrieval based on edge correlation (Farzad Mahmoudi, 2004)
1. Segmentation
of hippocampus from brain MRI using dynamic contours (Amir Ghanei, 1996)
2. Extraction
and visualization of surfaces from 3D medical images using fuzzy set theory (Mohammadreza
Samadi-Broojeni, 1996)
3. 2D sparse
arrays for limited-diffraction ultrasonic beams (Nariman Majdinasab, 1996)
4. Ultrasound
phase arrays for hyperthermia of inhomogeneous tissues (Hasan Sharifi, 1996)
5. Cosine
transform reconstruction of MRI (Gholamali Hoseinzadeh-Dehkordi, 1997)
6. A parallel
method for PET image reconstruction (Mehdi Rezaeian, 1997)
7. Segmentation
of normal and abnormal brain tissues in multi-parameter MRI using neural networks
(Bahram Ashjei, 1997)
8. Model-based
compression of pathologic color images using fractals (Abdolmajid Moosavi, 1997)
9. MRI noise
suppression using anisotropic diffusion filtering (Hossein Morshedzadeh, 1997)
10. An expert
system approach for identification of hippocampus in MRI (Mohammad-Reza Siadat,
1997)
11. Optimal
nonlinear transformation for feature space analysis of brain MRI (Mahmoud Kharrat,
1998)
12. Simulation
of functional imaging using MRI (Reza Alishahi-Tabriz, 1998)
13. Segmentation
of tag lines in tagged MRI for characterization of heart motion (Fatah Moosazadeh-Gilandeh,
1998)
14. Segmentation
of liver from CT images using snakes (Abbas Babajani-Farmi, 1998)
15. Analysis
of MRI electromagnetic fields in the presence of human head (Abbas Nasiraei-Moghaddam,
1998)
16. Optimal
linear transformation for feature space analysis of brain MRI (Saeid Zare-Baghdadabadi,
1998)
17. Image
compression using fractals and vector quantization (Heshmatolah Lotfi-Azad, 1999)
18. An information
theoretic approach for multi-modality image registration (Hamidreza Shariati, 1999)
19. Design
and construction of 2D ultrasound phase arrays for hyperthermia (Ebrahim Karami,
1999)
20. Segmentation
of multiple sclerosis lesions in MRI (Mousa Shamsi, 1999)
21. Integration
of cluster analysis with deformable models for MRI segmentation (Pooya Valizadeh,
1999)
22. MRI
noise suppression using fuzzy control theory (Mohammad Nikar, 1999)
23. Computerized
ultrasonic system for nondestructive testing of rails (Alireza Taimour-Ghasemabadi,
2000)
24. Segmentation
and characterization of vascular structures from confocal microscopy images (Seyed-Ali
Shahrokni, 2000)
25. Electronic
circuits for ultrasonic medical imaging using convex arrays (Armin Alidoosti,
2001)
26. Knowledge-based
segmentation of brain MRI using a digital brain atlas (Romina Nikookar, 2001)
27. Image
texture segmentation using fuzzy clustering methods (Mehdi Aghaei-Bonadkooki, 2001)
28. Automatic
grading of pathological images of prostate using multi-wavelets (Koorosh Jafari-Khozani,
2001)
29. Nonlinear
transformation of multi-parameter MRI using neural networks trained by genetic
algorithm (Arash Mohammadi, 2001)
30. Localization
of brain neuronal activities using MEG and MRI (Saeid Safilian, 2001)
31. Independent
component analysis (ICA) of fMRI (Seyed-Ali-Mohammad Golestani, 2001)
32. Spectral
estimation of Doppler ultrasound signals using time-frequency distributions
(Esmaeil Nazari-Paykani, 2001)
33. Analysis
of MRI perfusion studies using wavelet transforms (Alireza Hesaraki, 2002)
34. Comparison
of magnetization transfer images with conventional MRI (Alireza Abaei, 2002)
35. Pre-processing
of magnetic resonance spectroscopic images (Poorya Zamani, 2002)
36. Minimal
system for display, processing, and archival of medical images (Bahman Tahayori,
2002)
37. Evaluation
measures for fMRI analysis methods (Masoud Zia-Alinasabpoor, 2002)
38. Fast
methods for skeletonization of 3D images of vasculature (Seyedeh-Mahnaz Maddah,
2002)
39. Knowledge
and model-based segmentation of brain structures (Ladan Amini, 2002)
40. Minimal
system for image guided brain surgery (Alireza Akhundi-Asl, 2002)
41. Information
theoretic methods for noise suppression (Hesan Zeinolabedin-Rafi, 2003)
42. Analysis
of magnetic resonance spectroscopic images for tissue characterization (Azadeh Yazdan-Shahmorad,
2003)
43. Fiber
tracking using diffusion tensor images (DTI) (Kayvan Karimi-Gholpaygani, 2003)
44. Wavelet
and clustering based analysis of fMRI (Hesamodin Jahanian, 2003)
45. Design
and implementation of 3D visualization software for MRI using DVR-based methods
(Dariush Momeni, 2003)
46. New
method for multi-subject activation detection in fMRI (Seyed-Mohammad Shams, 2004)
47. Segmentation
of Hippocampus and Amygdala from brain MRI using rule-based deformable organisms
(Mohammad-Mehdi Karimi, 2004)
48. Segmentation
of brain MRI using multi-resolution methods (Mahmoud Zeydabadi, 2004)
49. Grading
of pathological images of prostate using texture features (Reza Farjam, 2004)
50. Multimodality
decision making system for temporal lobe epilepsy surgery (Mehdi Ghannad-Rezaei,
2005)
51. Atlas-based
deformable models for segmentation of brain structures in MRI (Neamatollah Batmanghlich,
2005)
52. Estimation
of fractal noise model for fMRI time series (Babak Afshinpoor, 2005)
53. Design
and implementation of building blocks of hospital information system according to
HL7 protocol (Mohammad-Reza Sehati, 2005)
54. Face
detection using Gabor wavelet and multi-resolution histograms (Mehdi Aghagholzadeh,
2006)
55. Comparison
of recent methods for localization of brain activations using MEG (Mehdi Rajabioun,
2006)
56. Differentiation
of necrosis from tumor in glioma using Diffusion Tensor MRI (DT-MRI) and Magnetic
Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging (MRSI) (Zahra Torbatian, 2006)
57. Segmetation
of brain structures from MRI using interacting deformable models (Payam Bahman-Bijari,
2006)
58. Functional
MRI activation detection using spatial information and group of subjects (Mohammad
Soleymani, 2006)
59. White
matter crossing fiber tractography in DT-MRI using ICA and interpolation (Christine
Manouk Khodaverdian, 2007)
60. Designing
matched wavelets for feature extraction (Shirin Badiezadegan, 2007)
61. Estimation
of MRI signal intensities in molecular imaging using labeled cells with iron particles
(Alireza Mohammadi-Nejad, 2007)
62. Atlas-based
estimation of white matter tracts using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) (Esmaeil
Davoodi, 2007)
63. Voxel-Based
morphometry (VBM) for finding brain changes in temporal lobe epilepsy (Matineh Shaker,
2008)
64. Predication
of brain deformations as a result of opening the skull for neurosurgery (Hajar Hamidian,
2008)
65. Comparison
of Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and tensor-based morphometry (TBM) for finding
brain changes in temporal lobe epilepsy (Amir Pourmorteza, 2008)
66. Modeling
of visual information processing in the brain (Mina Gheiratmand, 2008)
67. Application
of intelligent methods for multiresolution modeling of tumors for chemotherapy (Elham
Bavafa-Haghighi, 2008)
68. Automatic
recognition of white blood cells in hemotology images (Seyed-Hamid Reza-Tofoghi,
2009)
69. Segmentation
of brain structures using geometric moment invariants and neural networks (Mostafa
Jabarouti-Moghaddam, 2009)
70. Extraction
of left ventricular torsion and ejection fraction using tagged MRI (Ali Mohebi,
2009)
71. Computer
Aided Prognosis of Epileptic Patients Using Multi-Modality Data and Artificial Intelligence
Techniques (Masoud Latifi-Navid, 2009)
72. Malignancy
Determination of Brain Tumors Using Perfusion MRI (Asieh Tavakol, 2009)
73. Segmentation
of Tumors in CT Images For Treatment Planning (Leila Yavari, 2010)
74. Comparison
of Voxel Based Morphometry (VBM) and Tract Based Spatial Statistics (TBSS) Analysis
of Diffusion Tensor MRI (DTMRI) for Epilepsy Diagnosis (Maryam Afzali-Deligani,
2010)
75. Hippocampus
Shape Analysis for Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (mTLE) Lateralization using Magnetic
Resonance Images (Mohammad Esmaeil-Zadeh Fereydani, 2010)
76. Prediction
of Outcome of Brain Tumors to Treatment with Anti-Angiogenic Medicine (Bevacizumab)
Using Multi- Parametricl Magnetic Resonance Images (Mohammad Najafi, 2010)
77. Evaluation
of Compressive Sensing Methods Using Information Theoretic Measures (Sepideh Almasi,
2010)
78. Functional
Connectivity Detection in Resting-State Brain Using functional Magnetic Resonance
Imaging (Mahdi Ramezani, 2010)
79. Activation
Detection and Estimation of Hemodynamic Response Function in Functional Homogenous
Regions in fMRI for Drug craving studies (Somayeh Maleki-Balajoo, 2010)
80. Analysis
of Independent Components in fMRI to Achieve Maximum SNR in Activation Map (Faranak
Akbarifar, 2010)
81. Estimation
of Iron Concentration in Liver and Heart Tissue Using T2* MRI (Neda Gholizadeh,
2010)
82. Image
Registration Using Frequency Domain Information (Majid Banaeyan, 2010)
83. Image
Registration Using Spatial Domain Information (Mostafa Kazemi, 2010)
84. Analysis
of CT Images of Lungs in Inspiratory and Expiratory States for Motion Modeling and
Pattern Recognition of Volumetric Variations in Obstructive Diseases (Mohammad Parsa
Hosseini, 2010)
85. Comprison
of Diffusion Kurtosis in Healthy and Patient Subjects (Armin Iraji, 2011)
86. Operator
Independent Algorithm for Prediction of Treatment Response of Brain Tumors to Treatment
with Bevacizumab Using MRI (Neda Behzadfar, 2011)
87. Laplace-Beltrami
Shape Analysis of Hippocampus for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Lateralization (Rozita
Shishegar, 2011)
88. Rule
Extraction from Multimodality Database of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (Mohammad Sedeghi,
2011)
89. Feature
Selection for Lateralization of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Patients (Fatemeh Shirbani,
2011)
90. Intelligent
Data Mining Techniques for Medical Data (Nazli Kheirabi, 2011)
91. Detection
of Ball Crossing End-Line in Soccer Video (Jila Hosseinkhani, 2011)
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