Abbas Samani
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Engineering
University of Western Ontario
Canada
Biography
Dr. Abbas Samani received his B.Sc. degree from Amirkabir University of Technology and M.Sc. degree from the University of Tehran. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Waterloo. Dr. Samani held post-doctoral fellowship and reserach associate positions at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto . In 2003, he joined the University of Western Ontario where he is currently an Associate Professor. He holds a joint faculty position in the Departments of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Medical Biophysics at the University of Western Ontario. He is also a core faculty member of Western’s Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, and is an Associate Scientist at Imaging Research Laboratories of Robarts Research Institute. His research interests are biological tissue computer modeling and its applications in medical imaging, intervention, and image analysis.
Research Interest
Biomedical Systems (Soft tissue modeling; magnetic resonance elastography; electrical impedance tomography; medical image registration; imaging of myocardial biomechanical parameters)
Publications
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Mousavi SR, Fehlner A, Streitberger KJ, Braun J, Samani A, Sack I. Measurement of in vivo cerebral volumetric strain induced by the Valsalva maneuver. Journal of biomechanics. 2014 May 7;47(7):1652-7.
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Reiter R, Freise C, Jöhrens K, Kamphues C, Seehofer D, Stockmann M, Somasundaram R, Asbach P, Braun J, Samani A, Sack I. Wideband MRE and static mechanical indentation of human liver specimen: Sensitivity of viscoelastic constants to the alteration of tissue structure in hepatic fibrosis. Journal of biomechanics. 2014 May 7;47(7):1665-74.
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Omidi E, Fuetterer L, Mousavi SR, Armstrong RC, Flynn LE, Samani A. Characterization and assessment of hyperelastic and elastic properties of decellularized human adipose tissues. Journal of biomechanics. 2014 Nov 28;47(15):3657-63.
