Amir Amini
Professor, Endowed Chair of Bio-Imaging
Amir Amini, Ph.D., is Professor and Endowed Chair in Bioimaging in the ECE Dept. at the University of Louisville. He received B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst with high honors when at 18 he was the youngest graduate of the University and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from University of Michigan Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. After postdoctoral work on biomedical imaging, he was on faculty at Yale as Assistant Professor. He then moved to Washington University in St. Louis where he was Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor with tenure. He has been at University of Louisville since August 2006 where he directs the Medical Imaging Laboratory and conducts research in the area of computational imaging, cardiovascular imaging, and on medical image analysis including deep learning. Dr. Amini has been on the editorial board of IEEE Trans. On Medical Imaging since 1999 , Elsevier's journal of Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics since 2012, IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Engineering since 2014, IEEE Journal of Biomedical Health Informatics (2016-2019), the IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology since 2019, and IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering since 2020. He has been on the scientific advisory board of IEEE Journal of Biomedical Health Informatics since 2020. Dr. Amini was elevated to grade of Fellow of the IEEE (Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society) in 2007 with the citation, ``for contributions to Cardiovascular Imaging and Medical Image Analysis.'' With more than 430,000 members in over 150 countries, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) is the world's largest professional society dedicated to the advancement of technology. Only 0.1 percent of the active membership worldwide can be elevated to the rank of Fellow in any given year. More recently, in January 2013, he received the Distinguished Lecturer Award from the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Dr. Amini served on the IEEE EMBS Administrative Committee for the term 2016-2018. He co-chaired the IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging which took place in Washington, D.C. in April 2018 and was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering in 2017. He was elevated to Fellow of SPIE - the International Society for Optics, Photonics, and Imaging in 2019. Dr. Amini serves as Vice President for Publications for the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society for the term 2020-2021. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, private foundations, and industry.
Education
- Postdoctoral in Imaging Science and Medical Image Computing, Yale University, 1991
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, 1990
- M.S.E. in Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1984
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Massachusetts , 1983
Publications
In-Vitro Validation of Flow Measurement with Phase Contrast MRI at 3T Using SPIV and SPIV-based CFD- 2014
Purpose To validate conventional phase-contrast MRI (PC-MRI) measurements of steady and pulsatile flows through stenotic phantoms with various degrees of narrowing at Reynolds numbers mimicking flows in the human iliac artery using stereoscopic particle image velocimetry (SPIV) as gold standard. Materials and Methods A series of detailed experiments are reported for validation of MR measurements of steady and pulsatile flows with SPIV and CFD on three different stenotic models with 50%, 74%, and 87% area occlusions at three sites: two diameters proximal to the stenosis, at the throat, and two diameters distal to the stenosis. Results Agreement between conventional spin-warp PC-MRI with Cartesian read-out and SPIV was demonstrated for both steady and pulsatile flows with mean Reynolds numbers of 130, 160, and 190 at the inlet by evaluating the linear regression between the two methods. The analysis revealed a correlation coefficient of > 0.99 and > 0.96 for steady and pulsatile flows, respectively. Additionally, it was found that the most accurate measures of flow by the sequence were at the throat of the stenosis (error < 5% for both steady and pulsatile mean flows). The flow rate error distal to the stenosis was primarily found to be a function of narrowing severity including dependence on proper Venc selection. Conclusion SPIV and CFD provide excellent approaches to in vitro validation of new or existing PC-MRI flow measurement techniques.
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Journal Articles
- Amini, A., Chen, W., Li, Y., Pau, Y. & Wang, M. (2020). AI-driven Informatics, Sensing, Imaging, and Big Data Analytics for Fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic (Editorial). IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 24(10)
- Abdollahi, B., El-Baz, A. & Amini, A., A. (2011). A multi-scale non-linear vessel enhancement technique. 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
- Amini, A., A. & Chen, Y. (2002). Tagged MR Image Analysis. Signal Processing for Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy, 15, 429
- Amini, A., A. & Duncan, J., S. (1991). Pointwise tracking of left-ventricular motion in 3D. Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Visual Motion
- Amini, A., A. & Duncan, J., S. (1992). Bending and stretching models for LV wall motion analysis from curves and surfaces. Image and vision computing, 10(6), 418--430
- Amini, A., A. & Fatouraee, N. (2000). Recovery of Flow Patterns in an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Phantom from Phase Contrast MRI. Mathematical Methods in Biomedical Image Analysis, IEEE Workshop on
- Amini, A., A. & Manduca, A. (2005). Physiology, Function, Structure from Medical Images.
- Amini, A., A. & Weymouth, T. (1987). Representation and organization of domain knowledge in a blackboard architecture: a case study from computer vision. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Alexandria, Virginia
- Amini, A., A., Bookstein, F., L. & Wilson, D., C. (1997). Biomedical image analysis. Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 66(2), 95--96
- Amini, A., A., Chen, J. & Wang, Y. (2007). IMAGING AND ANALYSIS FOR DETERMINATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR MECHANICS. 2007 4th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro
- Amini, A., A., Chen, Y. & Abendschein, D. (1999). Comparison of land-mark-based and curve-based thin-plate warps for analysis of left-ventricular motion from tagged MRI. International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention
- Amini, A., A., Chen, Y. & Abendschein, D. (1999). Spatiotemporal and Diffusion Tensor Analysis-Comparison of Land-Mark-Based and Curve-Based Thin-Plate Warps for Analysis of Left-Ventricular Motion from Tagged MRI. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1679, 498--507
- Amini, A., A., Chen, Y., Curwen, R., W., Mani, V. & Sun, J. (1998). Coupled B-snake grids and constrained thin-plate splines for analysis of 2-D tissue deformations from tagged MRI. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 17(3), 344--356
- Amini, A., A., Chen, Y., Elayyadi, M. & Radeva, P. (2001). Tag surface reconstruction and tracking of myocardial beads from SPAMM-MRI with parametric B-spline surfaces. IEEE transactions on medical imaging, 20(2), 94--103
- Amini, A., A., Chen, Y., Sun, J. & Mani, V. (1998). Constrained thin-plate spline reconstruction of 2D deformations from tagged MRI. Proceedings. Workshop on Biomedical Image Analysis (Cat. No. 98EX162)
- Amini, A., A., Chen, Y., Sun, J. & Mani, V. (1998). Dense 2D displacement reconstruction from SPAMM-MRI with constrained elastic splines: Implementation and validation. International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention
- Amini, A., A., Curwen, R., W. & Gore, J., C. (1996). Snakes and splines for tracking non-rigid heart motion. European Conference on Computer Vision
- Amini, A., A., Egglin, T., K. & Pollak, J., S. (1993). Physical models for measurement of blood velocity and flow from diagnostic images. Proceedings of Computers in Cardiology Conference
- Amini, A., A., Owen, R., L., Anandan, P. & Duncan, J., S. (1991). Non-rigid motion models for tracking the left-ventricular wall. Biennial International Conference on Information Processing in Medical Imaging
- Amini, A., A., Owen, R., L., Anandan, P. & Duncan, J., S. (1991). Two and three-dimensional motion models for the left-ventricular wall. Proceedings of the 1991 IEEE Seventeenth Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference
- Amini, A., A., Radeva, P., Elayyadi, M. & Li, D. (1998). Measurement of 3D motion of myocardial material points from explicit B-surface reconstruction of tagged MRI data. International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention
- Amini, A., A., Radeva, P., Elayyadi, M. & Li, D. (2006). Measurement of 3D Motion of Myocardial. Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention-MICCAI'98: First International Conference, Cambridge, MA, USA, October 11-13, 1998, Proceedings
- Amini, A., A., Tehrani, S. & Weymouth, T., E. (1988). Using Dynamic Programming for Minimizing the Energy of. Second International Conference on Computer Vision: December 5-8, 1988, Innisbrook Resort, Tampa, Florida, USA
- Amini, A., A., Weymouth, T., E. & Anderson, D., J. (1989). A parallel algorithm for determining two-dimensional object positions using incomplete information about their boundaries. Pattern recognition, 22(1), 21--28
- Amini, A., A., Weymouth, T., E. & Jain, R., C. (1990). Using dynamic programming for solving variational problems in vision. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, IEEE Transactions on, 12(9), 855--867
- Amini, A., A. (1991). Using dynamic programming for solving variational problems in vision: Applications involving deformable models for contours and surfaces..
- Amini, A., A. (1994). A scalar function formulation for optical flow. European Conference on Computer Vision
- Amini, A., A. (1994). A scalar function formulation for optical flow: applications to X-ray imaging. Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Biomedical Image Analysis
- Amini, A., A. (2004). Methods of processing tagged MRI data indicative of tissue motion including 4-D LV tissue tracking.
- Amini, A., Curwen, R., Constable, R., T. & Gore, J., C. (1994). MR physics-based snake tracking and dense deformations from tagged cardiac images. American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Spring Symposium Series. Applications of Computer Vision in Medical Image Processing
- Amini, A., Huang, J., Klein, A., Radeva, P. & Elayyadi, M. (1998). Flexible shapes for segmentation and tracking of cardiovascular data. Proceedings 1998 International Conference on Image Processing. ICIP98 (Cat. No. 98CB36269), 2
- Amini, A., Radeva, P., Elayyadi, M., McBride, W., Li, D. & Abendschein, D. (1998). Non-invasive placement and 3d tracking of myocardial beads with spamm-tagged magnetic resonance imaging. Computers in Cardiology 1998. Vol. 25 (Cat. No. 98CH36292)
- Amini, A. (1994). Rupert Curwen. and John Gore. Snakes and splines for tracking non-rigid heart motion. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, Berlin
- Behrens, G., Agarwal, R., Moghaddam, A., N., Choi, E., T. & Amini, A., A. (2003). Numerical Simulation of Steady and Pulsatile Flow Through Vascular Stenoses and Comparisons with Experiments Using Phase Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging. APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts
- Behrens, G., R., Agarwal, R., K., Fatouraee, N., Moghaddam, A., Choi, E. & Amini, A., A. (2003). Computational Study of Vascular Stenoses and Aneurysms, and Comparisons with Experiments Using Phase Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
- Cha, J., Dunlap, N. & Amini, A., A. (2018). Statistical correlation of CT ventilation imaging and V/Q spect in patients with lung cancer. 2018 IEEE 15th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2018)
- Cha, J., Dunlap, N., Wang, B. & Amini, A. (2016). 3D segmentation of lung CT data with graph-cuts: analysis of parameter sensitivities. Medical Imaging 2016: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 9788
- Chen, J. & Amini, A., A. (2004). Quantifying 3-D vascular structures in MRA images using hybrid PDE and geometric deformable models. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 23(10), 1251--1262
- Chen, J., Tustison, N., J. & Amini, A., A. (2006). Accurate recovery of 4D left ventricular deformations using volumetric B-splines incorporating phase based displacement estimates. Medical Imaging 2006: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, 6143
- Chen, Y. & Amini, A., A. (2002). A MAP framework for tag line detection in SPAMM data using Markov random fields on the B-spline solid. IEEE transactions on medical imaging, 21(9), 1110--1122
- Chen, Y. & Amini, A., A. (2002). Markov random field model for 3D left-ventricular motion estimation from tagged MRI. Medical Imaging 2002: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, 4683
- Chen, Y., Amini, A., A., Mani, V. & Sun, J. (1998). Constrained Thin-Plate Spline Reconstruction of 2D Deformations from Tagged MRI. Biomedical Image Analysis, Workshop on
- Chen, Y., Wang, Y. & Amini, A., A. (2001). Analysis of Tagged MR Cardiac Images with B-spline Models. Measurement of Cardiac Deformations from MRI: Physical and Mathematical Models, 183--217
- Clough, A., V. & Amini, A., A. (2003). Medical Imaging 2003: Physiology and Function: Methods, Systems, and Applications. Medical Imaging 2003: Physiology and Function: Methods, Systems, and Applications, 5031
- Curwen, R., W., Amini, A., A., Duncan, J., S. & Lee, F. (1994). Tracking vascular motion in X-ray image sequences with Kalman snakes. Computers in Cardiology 1994
- DUNCAN, J., S., SINUSAS, A., J., CONSTABLE, R., T., STAIB, L., H., DIONE, D., SHI, Q., X., SHI, P., C., AMINI, A., A., HELLER, E., MCCAULEY, T. & others, . (1994). 3D SHAPE-BASED TRACKING OF LEFT-VENTRICULAR WALL-MOTION-EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
- Duncan, J., Staib, L. & Amini, A. (1991). Detection And Tracking Of The IV Endocardial Surface From 3D Image Sequences. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Volume 13: 1991
- El Naqa, I., Low, D., A., Deasy, J., O., Amini, A., Parikh, P. & Nystrom, M. (2003). Automated breathing motion tracking for 4D computed tomography. 2003 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium. Conference Record (IEEE Cat. No. 03CH37515), 5
- El Naqa, I., Low, D., Lu, W., Nystrom, M., Parikh, P., Deasy, J., Amini, A., Hubenschmidt, J., Wahab, S. & Bradley, J. (2004). A Multi-Frame Optical Flow Approach for Automated Breathing Motion Tracking in 4D Computed Tomography. Medical Physics, 31(6)
- El, N., I., Low, D., A., Nystrom, M., Parikh, P., Lu, W., Deasy, J., O., Amini, A., Hubenschmidt, J. & Wahab, S. (2004). An optical flow approach for automated breathing motion tracking in 4D computed tomography. Proc. 14th Conf. on the Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy (Seoul, Korea, May 2004)
- ElNaqa, I., Low, D., Deasy, J., Amini, A. & Nystrom, M. (2003). Automated Breathing Motion Modeling for 4D CT. Medical Physics, 30(6)
- Fatouraee, N. & Amini, A., A. (2000). Recovery of flow patterns in an abdominal aortic aneurysm phantom from phase contrast MRI. Proceedings IEEE Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Biomedical Image Analysis. MMBIA-2000 (Cat. No. PR00737)
- Fatouraee, N. & Amini, A., A. (2003). Regularization of flow streamlines in multislice phase-contrast MR imaging. IEEE transactions on medical imaging, 22(6), 699--709
- Frangi, A., F., Amini, A., A. & Bullitt, E. (2005). Vascular imaging. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 24(4), 433--435
- Huang, J. & Amini, A., A. (1998). Anatomical object volumes from deformable B-spline surface models. Proceedings 1998 International Conference on Image Processing. ICIP98 (Cat. No. 98CB36269), 1
- Huang, J. & Amini, A., A. (1999). Four-dimensional LV tissue tracking from tagged MRI with a 4D B-spline model. Biennial International Conference on Information Processing in Medical Imaging
- Huang, J. & Amini, A., A. (1999). Volumetric motion tracking of the left ventricle of the heart from tagged MRI by a B-spline solid model. Medical Imaging 1999: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, 3660
- Huang, J., Abendschein, D., Davila-Roman, V., G. & Amini, A., A. (1999). Spatio-temporal tracking of myocardial deformations with a 4-D B-spline model from tagged MRI. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 18(10), 957--972
- Kadbi, M., O., Kotys, M., Alshaher, M., Fischer, S. & Amini, A., A. (2011). An improved real-time cine Late Gadolinium Enhancement (LGE) imaging method at 3T. 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
- Kadbi, M., O., Traughber, M., Martin, P. & Amini, A. (2013). 4D UTE Flow: A Novel 4D Ultra-Short TE Phase-Contrast MRI Technique for Assessment of Flow and Hemodynamics. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Kadbi, M., O., Wang, H., Negahdar, M., J., Warner, L., Traughber, M., Martin, P. & Amini, A., A. (2012). A novel phase-corrected 3D cine ultra-short te (UTE) phase-contrast MRI technique. 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
- Kadbi, M., O., Wang, H., Negahdar, M., Traughber, M., Amini, A. & Fischer, S. (2011). A real-time cine late gadolinium enhancement imaging method at 3T. The 19th Annual Meeting of International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Montreal, Canada
- Kadbi, M., O., Wang, H., Traughber, M., Alshaher, M., Yancey, A., Heidenreich, J. & Amini, A., A. (2012). 3D Cine Ultra-short TE (UTE) phase contrast imaging in carotid artery: comparison with conventional technique. ISMRM 0th Annual Meeting & Xhibition
- Kadbi, M., O., Wang, H., Warner, L., Heidenreich, J., Yancey, A., Alshaher, M., Traughber, M. & Amini, A. (2012). Effect of Trajectory Delay in Cine Ultra-Short TE Phase-Contrast MR Imaging of the Carotid Bifurcation. The 20th Annual Meeting of International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Melbourne, Australia
- Khodarahmi, I., Shakeri, M., Kotys-Traughber, M., Fischer, S., Sharp, K., M. & Amini, A. (2012). Pressure gradients calculated from PC-MRI, SPIV and CFD velocity data in a phantom model: comparison with catheter-based pressure measurement. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 14(S1), W34
- Khodarahmi, I., Shakeri, M., Kotys-Traughber, M., Fischer, S., Sharp, M., K. & Amini, A. (2012). Accuracy of flow measurement with phase contrast MRI in a stenotic phantom: where should flow be measured?. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 14(1), P219
- Khodarahmi, I., Shakeri, M., Kotys-Traughber, M., Sharp, M., K. & Amini, A., A. (2012). Comparison of relative pressures calculated from PC-MRI and SPIV with catheter-based pressure measurements in a stenotic phantom model. Medical Imaging 2012: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 8317
- Khodarahmi, I., Shakeri, M., Pratt, R., Wansapura, J., Sharp, M., K. & Amini, A., A. (2010). In-Vitro Validation of Phase Contrast MRI in a Stenotic Phantom Under Steady Flow Using PIV. Proc. Intl. Soc. Mag. Reson. Med, 18
- Khodarahmi, I., Shakeri, M., Sharp, M., K. & Amini, A., A. (2010). Using piv to determine relative pressures in a stenotic phantom under steady flow based on the pressure-poisson equation. 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology
- Klein, A., Egglin, T., K., Pollak, J., S., Lee, F. & Amini, A., A. (1994). Identifying vascular features with orientation specific filters and B-spline snakes. Computers in Cardiology 1994
- Klein, A., K., Lee, F. & Amini, A., A. (1997). Quantitative coronary angiography with deformable spline models. IEEE transactions on medical imaging, 16(5), 468--482
- Manduca, A. & Amini, A., A. (2006). Medical Imaging 2006: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images. Medical Imaging 2006: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, 6143
- Moghaddam, A., N., Choi, E., T. & Amini, A., A. (2002). Fast computation of static flow pressure maps from phase-contrast MRI in axi-symmetric coordinates. Proceedings of the Second Joint 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society][Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2
- Moghaddam, A., N., Fatouraee, N., Choi, E., T. & Amini, A., A. (2003). Fast method for computation of the static pressure field in stenotic geometries by PC MRI. Medical Imaging 2003: Physiology and Function: Methods, Systems, and Applications, 5031
- Nasiraei-Moghaddam, A., Behrens, G., Fatouraee, N., Agarwal, R., Choi, E., T. & Amini, A., A. (2004). Factors affecting the accuracy of pressure measurements in vascular stenoses from phase-contrast MRI. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: An Official Journal of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 52(2), 300--309
- Negahdar, M. & Amini, A., A. (2011). Estimation of affine motion from projection data using a mass conservation model. 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
- Negahdar, M. & Amini, A., A. (2011). Multi-scale optical flow including normalized mutual information for planar deformable lung motion estimation from 4D CT. 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
- Negahdar, M. & Amini, A., A. (2012). Regional lung strains via a volumetric mass conserving optical flow model. 2012 9th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI)
- Negahdar, M., Amini, A., A., Dunlap, N. & Woo, S. (2015). Volumetric deformable registration method for thoracic 4-D computed tomography images and method of determining regional lung function.
- Negahdar, M., Amini, A., A., Zacarias, A., Lynch, B., L., Milam, R., A., Woo, S., Y. & Dunlap, N. (2012). Strain as a Novel Index of Regional Function from Treatment Planning Thoracic 4-D CT. JOURNAL OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY, 7(9)
- Negahdar, M., Dunlap, N., Zacarias, A., Civelek, A., C., Woo, S., Y. & Amini, A., A. (2013). Strain as a novel index of regional pulmonary function from thoracic 4D CT images: in-vivo validation with tomographic SPECT ventilation and perfusion. Medical Imaging 2013: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 8672
- Negahdar, M., J., Cha, J., Shakeri, M., Kendrick, M., Alshaher, M., Khodarahimi, I., Sharp, M., K., Yancey, A., Heidenreich, J. & Amini, A. (2012). Effect of V enc on accuracy of velocity profiles in multi-slice phase-contrast MR imaging of stenotic flow. 2012 9th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI)
- Negahdar, M., J., Kadbi, M., O. & Amini, A., A. (2015). Flow Imaging with MRI. Cardiovascular and Neurovascular Imaging, 333--358
- Negahdar, M., J., Kadbi, M., O., Kendrick, M., Longaker, R., Stoddard, M. & Amini, A. (2014). Assessment and quantification of aortic stenosis hemodynamics with 4d flow: comparison with doppler echocardiography.
- Negahdar, M., J., Kadbi, M., O., Kotys, M., Alshaher, M., Fischer, S. & Amini, A., A. (2011). Rapid flow quantification in iliac arteries with spiral phase-contrast MRI. 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
- Negahdar, M., J., Kadbi, M., O., Tavakoli, V., Heidenreich, J. & Amini, A., A. (2013). Comparison of Cartesian, UTE radial, and spiral phase-contrast MRI in measurement of blood flow in extracranial carotid arteries: normal subjects. Medical Imaging 2013: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 8672
- Negahdar, M., J., Shakeri, M., McDowell, E., Wells, J., Vitaz, T., Harkema, S. & Amini, A. (2011). Cine phase-contrast MRI measurement of CSF flow in the cervical spine: a pilot study in patients with spinal cord injury. Medical Imaging 2011: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 7965
- Negahdar, M., Wang, H. & Amini, A. (2012). A novel optical flow method for myocardial deformation analysis from tagged MRI. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 14(S1), W45
- Negahdar, M., Zacarias, A., Milam, R., A., Dunlap, N., Woo, S., Y. & Amini, A., A. (2012). An automated landmark-based elastic registration technique for large deformation recovery from 4-D CT lung images. Medical Imaging 2012: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 8317
- Shakeri, M., Khodarahmi, I., Sharp, M., K. & Amini, A., A. (2010). Optical imaging of steady flow in a phantom model of iliac artery stenosis: comparison of CFD simulations with PIV measurements. Medical Imaging 2010: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 7626
- Tavakoli, V. & Amini, A., A. (2011). The effect of PSF spatial-variance and nonlinear transducer geometry on motion estimation from echocardiography. Medical Imaging 2011: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 7965
- Tavakoli, V. & Amini, A., A. (2016). Multimodal cardiac phantom for imaging.
- Tavakoli, V. & Amini, A. (2017). Combined B-mode / Tissue Doppler Approach for Improved Cardiac Motion Estimation in Echocardiographic Images.
- Tavakoli, V., Alshaher, M. & Amini, A. (2012). TDIOF: Incorporating Tissue Doppler in Speckle Tracking.
- Tavakoli, V., Bhatia, N., Longaker, R., Alshaher, M., Stoddard, M. & Amini, A., A. (2014). An Optical Flow Approach to Assessment of Ventricular Shape Change Based on Echocardiography. Shape Analysis in Medical Image Analysis, 413--440
- Tavakoli, V., Kemp, J., Dawn, B., Stoddard, M. & Amini, A., A. (2010). Comparison of myocardial motion estimation methods based on simulated echocardiographic B-mode and RF data. Medical Imaging 2010: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 7626
- Tavakoli, V., Kendrick, M., Alshaher, M. & Amini, A. (2012). A two-chamber multi-modal (MR/Ultrasound) cardiac phantom for normal and pathologic hearts. International society of magnetic resonance in medicine (ISMRM)
- Tavakoli, V., Kendrick, M., Shakeri, M., Alshaher, M., Stoddard, M., F. & Amini, A. (2013). A multimodal (MRI/ultrasound) cardiac phantom for imaging experiments. Medical Imaging 2013: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 8672
- Tavakoli, V., Sahba, N., Ahmadian, A., Abolhassani, M., D., Rizi, F., Y. & Amini, A. (2008). Adaptive multi-resolution myocardial motion analysis of b-mode echocardiography images using combined local/global optical flow. 2008 2nd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering
- Tavakoli, V., Shakeri, M. & Amini, A. (2012). A Four-Chamber Dynamic Cardiac Phantom for MRI Studies.
- Tsekos, N., V. & Amini, A., A. (2002). Tagged MR Cardiac Imaging. Signal Processing for Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy, 187--208
- Tustison, N., J. & Amini, A., A. (2002). Tracking myocardial beads from SPAMM-MRI with a 4-D B-spline model. Proceedings of the Second Joint 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society][Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2
- Tustison, N., J. & Amini, A., A. (2004). Myocardial kinematics based on tagged MRI from volumetric NURBS models. Medical Imaging 2004: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, 5369
- Tustison, N., J. & Amini, A., A. (2005). Biventricular myocardial strains via nonrigid registration of AnFigatomical NURBS models. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 25(1), 94--112
- Tustison, N., J. & Amini, A., A. (2005). Comparison of parallel and spiral tagged MRI geometries in estimation of 3-D myocardial strains. Medical Imaging 2005: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, 5746
- Tustison, N., J. & Amini, A., A. (2005). Lagrangian and Eulerian biventricular strains from anatomical NURBS models using tagged MRI. Medical Imaging 2005: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, 5746
- Tustison, N., J. & Amini, A., A. (2006). Biventricular myocardial strains via nonrigid registration of anatomical NURBS models (vol 25, pg 94, 2006). IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 25(2), 241--241
- Tustison, N., J. & Amini, A., A. (2007). Analysis of 4-D cardiac MR data with NURBS deformable models: Temporal fitting strategy and nonrigid registration. Deformable Models, 493--534
- Tustison, N., J., Abendschein, D. & Amini, A., A. (2004). Biventricular myocardial kinematics based on tagged MRI from anatomical NURBS models. Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2004. CVPR 2004., 2
- Tustison, N., J., Abendschein, D., D'avila-Rom'an, V., G. & Amini, A., A. (2002). Myocardial strain imaging with tagged MRI. Object recognition supported by user interaction for service robots, 1
- Tustison, N., J., D'avila-Rom'an, V., G. & Amini, A., A. (2003). Myocardial kinematics from tagged MRI based on a 4-D B-spline model. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 50(8), 1038--1040
- Wang, H. & Amini, A., A. (2010). Accurate 2D cardiac motion tracking using scattered data fitting incorporating phase information from MRI. Medical Imaging 2010: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 7626
- Wang, H. & Amini, A., A. (2011). Cardiac motion and deformation recovery from MRI: a review. IEEE transactions on medical imaging, 31(2), 487--503
- Wang, H. & Amini, A., A. (2011). Cardiac motion tracking with multilevel B-splines and SinMod from tagged MRI. Medical Imaging 2011: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 7965
- Wang, H., Kadbi, M., O., Alshaher, M., Kotys-Traughber, M., Fischer, S. & Amini, A. (2012). Cardiac deformation analysis from orthogonal CSPAMM (OCSPAMM) tagged MRI. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 14(S1), W17
- Wang, H., Kadbi, M., O., Kotys, M., Ersoy, M., Chatzimavroudis, G., P., Setser, R., M., Alshaher, M., Fischer, S., E. & Amini, A., A. (2011). Orthogonal CSPAMM (OCSPAMM) MR tagging for imaging ventricular wall motion. 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
- Wang, H., Stoeck, C., T., Kozerke, S. & Amini, A., A. (2013). 3d left-ventricular deformation analysis from 3d cspamm with 3d sinmod. Proc. Intl. Soc. Mag. Reson. Med
- Wang, Y. & Amini, A., A. (2005). Integrable pressure gradients via harmonics-based orthogonal projection. Biennial International Conference on Information Processing in Medical Imaging
- Wang, Y. & Amini, A. (2000). Fast techniques for determining myocardial strains from tagged MRI. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (Cat. No. 00CH37143), 4
- Wang, Y., Chen, Y. & Amini, A., A. (2001). Fast LV motion estimation using subspace approximation techniques. IEEE transactions on medical imaging, 20(6), 499--513
- Wang, Y., Moghaddam, A., N., Behrens, G., Fatouraee, N., Cebral, J., Choi, E., T. & Amini, A., A. (2006). Pulsatile pressure measurements via harmonics-based orthogonal projection of noisy pressure gradients. Medical Imaging 2006: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, 6143
- Wang, Y., P. & Amini, A., A. (2000). Fast computation of tagged MRI motion fields with subspace approximation techniques. Proceedings IEEE Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Biomedical Image Analysis. MMBIA-2000 (Cat. No. PR00737)
- Weymouth, T., E. & Amini, A., A. (1990). Visual Perception Using a Blackboard Architecture. Image Analysis Applications, New York, 235--281
- Weymouth, T., E., Amini, A., A. & Tehrani, S. (1988). Two Research Projects in Knowledge-Based Medical Sequence Interpretation. Proceedings of AAAI Spring Symposium Series, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
- Weymouth, T., E., Amini, A., A. & Tehrani, S. (1989). TVS: An Environment for Building Knowledge-Based Vision Systems. Applications of Artificial Intelligence VII, 1095
- Amini, A., A. & Duncan, J., S. (1992). Differential geometry for characterizing 3D shape change. Mathematical Methods in Medical Imaging, 1768
- Amini, A., A., Shi, P. & Duncan, J., S. (1992). Motion tracking of the left-ventricular surface. Biomedical Image Processing and Three-Dimensional Microscopy, 1660
- Amini, A., A. (1994). Computational techniques for determining nonrigid motion of blood from medical images. Medical Imaging 1994: Image Processing, 2167
- Amini, A., Curwen, R. & Gore, J. (1995). Measurement of Tag Deformations with DP Snakes and Snake Grids . Information Processing in Medical Imaging: Proceedings of the... Conference
- Duncan, J., S., Shi, P., Amini, A., A., Constable, R., T., Staib, L., H., Dione, D., Shi, Q., Heller, E., K., Singer, M., Chakraborty, A. & others, . (1994). Toward reliable, noninvasive measurement of myocardial function from 4D images. Medical Imaging 1994: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, 2168
- Farhangi, M., M., Frigui, H., Bert, R. & Amini, A., A. (2016). Incorporating shape prior into active contours with a sparse linear combination of training shapes: application to corpus callosum segmentation. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference, 2016, 6449-6452
- Jung Won Cha, ., Farhangi, M., M., Dunlap, N. & Amini, A. (2016). 4D lung tumor segmentation via shape prior and motion cues. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference, 2016, 1284-1287
- Jung Won Cha, ., Farhangi, M., M., Dunlap, N. & Amini, A. (2017). Volumetric analysis of respiratory gated whole lung and liver CT data with motion-constrained graph cuts segmentation. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference, 2017, 3405-3408
- Kadbi, M., Negahdar, M., Cha, J., W., Traughber, M., Martin, P. & Amini, A., A. (2012). Validation of 3D ultra-short TE (UTE) Phase-Contrast MRI for imaging of steady flow: initial phantom experiments. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference, 2012, 372-6
- Kadbi, M., Negahdar, M., Traughber, M., Martin, P. & Amini, A., A. (2013). Assessment of flow and hemodynamics in the carotid artery using a reduced TE 4D flow spiral phase-contrast MRI. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference, 2013, 1100-3
- Kadbi, M., Wang, H., Negahdar, M., Warner, L., Traughber, M., Martin, P. & Amini, A., A. (2012). A novel phase-corrected 3D cine ultra-short te (UTE) phase-contrast MRI technique. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference, 2012, 77-81
- Radeva, P., Amini, A. & Huang, J. (1997). Deformable B-Solids and Implicit Snakes for 3D Localization and Tracking of SPAMM MRI Data. Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 66(2), 163--178
- Radeva, P., Amini, A. & Huang, J. (1997). Deformable b-solids and implicit snakes for 3D localization and tracking of SPAMM MRI data. Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 66(2), 163-178
- Tavakoli, V., Negahdar, M., J., Kendrick, M., Alshaher, M., Stoddard, M. & Amini, A., A. (2012). A biventricular multimodal (MRI/ultrasound) cardiac phantom. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference, 2012, 3187-90
- Wang, H., Stoeck, C., T., Kozerke, S. & Amini, A., A. (2013). Analysis of 3D cardiac deformations with 3D SinMod. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference, 2013, 4386-9
Books
- Amini, A., A. & Prince, J., L. (2001). Measurement of cardiac deformations from MRI: physical and mathematical models. : Springer Science & Business Media
More about Amir Amini
- Elected Vice President for Publications, 2019, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
- Fellow, 2018, SPIE, International Society for Optics, Photonics, and Imaging
- Member of College of Fellows, 2017, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
- Two Percentile ranking for funded award, 2016, National Institutes of Health
- Outstanding reviewer, 2015, IEEE Symposium on Biomedical Imaging
- Delphi Center for Teaching and Learning Faculty Favorite, 2013, University of Louisville
- IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Distinguished Lecturer, 2013, IEEE
- Best Student Paper Award Finalist, 2012, SPIE Medical Imaging Symposium
- Honorable Mention Poster Award, 2011, SPIE Medical Imaging Symposium
- Fellow, 2007, IEEE
- Listed in Marqui's Who's Who in America, 2005, Marqui's Who's Who
- Youngest graduate of The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1983, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- College of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus , 2020, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Listed in Marqui's Who's Who in the World, 2005, Marqui's Who's Who
- Listed in Marqui's Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 2005, Marqui's Who's Who
- Listed in Marqui's Who's Who in American Education, 2005, Marqui's Who's Who
- Chair of IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), 2018, IEEE
- Co-Chair of SPIE Medical Imaging Symposium, 2007, SPIE, International Society for Optics, Photonics, and Imaging
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Amir Amini
Professor, Endowed Chair of Bio-Imaging Electrical & Computer Eng
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