CURRICULUM VITAE AFSHIN AKBARZADEH

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE AFSHIN AKBARZADEH 2013

2 Personal Information Name : Afshin Surname : Akbarzadeh Date of Birth : 17/9/1982 Nationality : Iranian Marital Status : Married [email protected] Position : Ph.D. Department : Medical physics and Biomedical Engineering Collage : Tel : Mobile : Academic Background 2008 to 2012 Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical physics and Biomedical Engineering PhD Degree in Medical physics 2005 to 2008 Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical physics and Biomedical Engineering M.Sc. Degree in Medical Physics 2000 to 2004 Faculty of Physics Isfahan University of Technology Isfahan Iran B.Sc. Degree in Applied Physics Academic Honors 2011, Iran. Named as Top student among Medical Physics PhD students Achieving first position in doctrinal comprehensive exam among Medical Physics Ph.D. students 2008, Iran Achieving first position in admission exam entering PhD program 2007, Iran. Named as Top student among Medical Physics M.S. students Achieving first position in admission exam entering M.S. degree program in IRAN Personal Skills: Fast and enthusiastic learner. Both analytical and creative thinker. People-oriented and cooperative. Programming Languages: C / C++ / C++.Net / C#.Net / Java / MatLab 2

3 Software engineering academic experiences: I voluntarily took the advantages of software engineering courses in ECE (Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering: The University of Tehran) which I list below: Advanced programming Data structures Algorithms design and analysis Assembly programming Automata Theory and Languages Compiler Operating systems principles Data base systems (I) Computer networks (I) Internet engineering Software design principles (I) Software design principles (II) Artificial intelligence Intelligent systems (I) Computer graphics Image processing and Computer graphics skills Coding experiences with: ITK (Insight Tool Kit) VTK (Visualization Tool Kit) Open CV MatLab Image processing toolbox Qt Open GL Nuclear Medicine skills Coding experiences with: STIR library Simulation with MCNP Professional experiences: 2011 to 2012: Design and development of Software module (Acquisition, Image reconstruction and visualization) for FMT scanner (Fluorescent Molecular Tomography) using C++ and MatLab : Design and development of Software module (Acquisition, Correction, and visualization) for Hand Held mini gamma camera using C++ and MatLab until present: Design and development of Software module (Acquisition, Correction and Image reconstruction) for Cardiac SPECT using C++ based on Qt and OPENCV. Training Workshops Taken 2007 scientific writing:, medicine faculty advanced scientific writing:, medicine Faculty 2008 how to review a paper:, medicine faculty 3

4 2011 teaching training workshop:, medicine faculty Teaching Experience (full involvement in designing or producing the course material) Lecturer Mathematics Developed syllabus and overall course structure, and administered all grades for M.S. course of medical physics. Lecturer MatLab Developed syllabus and overall course structure, and administered all grades for M.S. course of medical physics. Lecturer General Physics Developed syllabus and overall course structure, and administered all grades for B.S course of Physiotherapy. Languages Persian (Native) Turkish English: powerful writing and reading and fluent speaking Interests Image processing, shape based segmentation, non-rigid registration Medical imaging, PET/MR Attenuation Correction Image reconstruction Mdical imaging software design and development Publications Journal Publications: 1) Akbarzadeh M.R. Ay, H. Ghadiri, S. Sarkar and H. Zaidi, " Calculation Of Scattered Radiation Profile In 64 Slice CT Scanners Using Experimental Measurement.", Iran J. Medical Physics, Vol. 6, No. 23 2) Akbarzadeh, M.R. Ay, H. Ghadiri, S. Sarkar and H. Zaidi, A new method for experimental characterization of scattered radiation in 64-slice CT, Biomed Imaging Interv J 2010; 6(1):e3 3) A. Akbarzadeh, M. R. Ay, H. Ghadiri, S. Sarkar and H. Zaidi, Measurement of scattered radiation in a volumetric 64-slice CT scanner using three experimental techniques, Phys. Med. Biol. 55, ) A. Akbarzadeh, M. Ay, A. Ahmadian et al., MRI-guided attenuation correction in whole-body PET/MR: assessment of the effect of bone attenuation, Annals of nuclear medicine, pp. 1-11, ) A. Akbarzadeh, D. Gutierrez, A. Baskin et al., Evaluation of whole-body MR to CT deformable image registration Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics accepted Proceeding and Conference Records: 1) Akbarzadeh A, M.R. Ay, H. Ghadiri, S. Sarkar and H. Zaidi, "A novel approach for experimental measurement of scatter profile and scatter to primary ratio in a 64-slice CT scanner" 4th Kuala Lumpur International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, June 2008, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2) Akbarzadeh, M.R. Ay, H. Ghadiri, S. Sarkar and H. Zaidi, "A hybrid approach for accurate estimation of the scatter component in x-ray CT combining experimental measurements and Monte Carlo simulations" IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference, Dresden, Germany, October 2008, ) A. Najafi Darmian, M.R. Ay, M. Pouladian, A. Shirazi, H.Ghadiri and A. Akbarzadeh "Monte Carlo Characterization of Scattered radiation profile in Volumetric 64 slice CT 4

5 using GATE", IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2010, in press 4) A. Akbarzadeh, M.R. Ay, A. Ahmadian, N. Riahi Alam and H. Zaidi, Impact of Using Different Tissue Classes on the Accuracy of MR, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference, Valencia, Spain, ) A. N. Darmian, M. Ay, M. Pouladian, A. Akbarzadeh et al., "Characterization of scattered radiation profile in volumetric 64 slice CT scanner: Monte Carlo study using GATE." pp References Mohammad Reza AY (PhD) Assistant Professor Department of Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering Tel: Mobile: Web: Alireza Ahmadian (PhD) Associate Professor Head, Biomedical System Group Deputy of Research Centre for Science & Technology in Medicine, RCSTIM 5