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Zahra Amini , PhD

Assistant Professor



School :

School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine

Department :

Department of Bioelectrics and Biomedical Engineering

Research Center :

Medical Image and Signal Processing (MISP)

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Education :

PhD in Biomedical Engineering- Bioelectrics, 2016  School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. GPA=19.44/20, thesis grade =19.92/20 (ranked first) PhD Thesis Title: “A new model based on multivariate Gaussianization of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)” Supervisor: Dr. Hossein Rabbani   M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering – Communications University of Yazd (UY), Yazd, Iran, 2008, GPA=18.06/20 (ranked first) M.Sc. Thesis Title: “Development of Pattern Recognition Methods in P300 Detection.” Supervisor: Dr. Vahid Abutalebi Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Taghi Sadeghi   B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering -Communications Isfahan University of Technology (IUT), Isfahan, Iran, 2003 - 2007, GPA=16.58/20 B.Sc. Thesis Title: “Design and implementation of a Wide Band Signal Generator based on Frequency Synthesizers.” Supervisor: Dr. Saeid Sadri  

Relevant Work Experience :

Assistant Professor, Vice dean Educational Affairs, Department of Advanced Medical Technologies, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, (Dec. 2018-present) Assistant Professor, Head of student research center, Department of Advanced Medical Technologies, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, (May 2017- Dec. 2018) Assistant Professor, Department of Advanced Medical Technologies, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, (Feb. 2017- present) Graduate Teaching Assistant/Assistant Instructor, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, (Feb. 2012- Dec.2016)

Professional Memberships & Qualification :

The first rank among PhD students in Biomedical Engineering, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran, 2016. Distinguished elected student, Awarded by Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 2016. The first rank among M.Sc. students graduated in Electronic Engineering, Yazd University, Iran, 2011. The third rank in the “first Iranian BCI competitions”, NBML, Iran, 2017. Distinguished with Shahid Motahari Educational Festival, 2014. (as a first rank student in School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine)

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Grants & Awards :

Design & develop an OCT-based ocular health kiosk to diagnose Diabetic Retinopathy, (Role: Co-PI), Avicenna Grant, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, started in 2019. Automatic analysis of MRI and OCT Data for discrimination of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica (NMO) in presence of Isolated Optic Neuritis (Role: Co-PI), Supported   by   National   Institute   for   Medical Research Development (NIMAD), 2018.

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Presentations & Poster Sessions :

Predicting the outbreak of COVID- 19 disease according to various factors using time delay dynamic systems, (Role: PI), Supported by Vice-Chancellery for Research and Technology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, started in 2020. Multivariate Statistical Modeling of Retinal Optical Coherence Tomography, (Role: PI) Supported by medical image and signal processing research center of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, started in Feb. 2019. Automatic Multifaceted Matlab Package for Analysis of Ocular Images, (Role: PI) Supported by medical image and signal processing research center of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 2019. Design of Semi-automatic software for segmentation of retinal layers and abnormalities in OCT images, (Role: Co-PI) Supported by medical image and signal processing research center of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 2019. Classification of retinal arteries and veins in fundus images using sparse methods, (Role: PI) Supported by student research center of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 2017.

Research Experience :

Journal Papers: Z. Amini, H. Rabbani, I. Selesnick, “Sparse Domain Gaussianization for Multivariate Statistical Modeling of Retinal OCT Images,” IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 2020, Accepted. [ISI, Q1- 1%] R. Kafieh, Z. Amini, H. Rabbani, B. Kaviani Baghbaderani, B. Salafian, F. Mazaheri, M. Mokhtari, “Automatic Multifaceted Matlab Package for Analysis of Ocular Images (AMPAO)”, SoftwareX, vol. 10, pp. 100339, 2019. [Q1-1%] M. Samieinasab, Z. Amini, “Annual Congress of the School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, 2018”, Journal of Medical Signals and Sensors, vol.8, no. 4, pp 263-264, 2018. [Pubmed, Scopus] Z. Amini, H. Rabbani,” Optical coherence tomography image denoising using Gaussianization transform,” Journal of Biomedical Optics, vol. 22, no.8, pp. 086011, 2017. [ISI] M. Miri, Z. Amini, H. Rabbani, R. Kafieh, “A Comprehensive Study of Retinal Vessel Classification Methods in Fundus Images,” Journal of medical signals and sensors 7 (2), 59, 2017. [Pubmed, Scopus] Z. Amini, H. Rabbani, Letter to the Editor: Correction to “The Normal-Laplace Distribution and its Relatives”, Communications in Statistics-Theory and Methods, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 2076-78,2017.[ISI] Z. Amini, H. Rabbani, “Statistical Modeling of Retinal Optical Coherence Tomography,”  IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 1544-1554, June 2016.[ISI-Q1-5%] Z. Amini, H. Rabbani, “Classification of Medical Image Modeling Methods: A Review”. Current Medical Imaging Reviews, 2016, vol. 12, No. 2.pp:130-148.[ISI] M Jamshidi, H Rabbani, Z Amini, R Kafieh, A Ommani, V Lakshminarayanan, " Automatic Detection of the Optic Disc of the Retina: A Fast Method", Journal of medical signals and sensors 6 (1), 57, 2016. [Pubmed, Scopus] R. Kafieh, Z. Amini, H. Rabbani, "Interdisciplinary Researches in Iran IV: The Road Map of Ocular Image Analysis Research Group", Journal of medical signals and sensors 6 (2), 67, 2016. [Pubmed, Scopus] Z. Amini, V. Abootalebi, M. T. Sadeghi, “Comparison of Performance of Different Feature Extraction Methods in Detection of P300”, Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering Journal, Volume 33, Number 1, pp. 3–20, 2013.[ISI] Z. Amini, A. Mehridehnavi, "Comparison of Different Classifiers for Prediction of Breast Cancer Metastasis in Micro Array Analysis", Journal of Isfahan Medical School 32 (292), 2014. .[Scopus] Z. Amini, H. Rabbani, "Seizure Diagnosis in Children based on the Electroencephalogram Modeling by Gaussian Process Model.", Journal of Isfahan Medical School 31 (243), 2013.[Scopus] Z. Amini, V. Abootalebi, M. T. Sadeghi, "Development of P300 Detection by a Combination of Time, Frequency and Spatial Feature Extraction Methods", Iranian Journal of Biomedical Engineering, vol.4،Issue4, 2011. [ISC] Z. Amini, V. Abootalebi, M. T. Sadeghi, "Evaluation and Comparison of Common Spatial Patterns (CSP) And Intelligent Segmentation In P300 Detection", Intelligent Systems In Electrical Engineering Journal, 2 (2), pp. 37-54, 2011. [ISC] Confrance Papers: R. Afrah , Z. Amini, R. Kafieh, A. Vard,  “A Simple Deep Neural Network for Accurate P300 Detection in Brain Computer Interface”, Iranian conference on Biomedical Engineering (ICBME ), 2019. S. Jorjandi, H. Rabbani, Z. Amini, R. Kafieh, “OCT Image Denoising Based on Asymmetric Normal Laplace Mixture Model”, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE, 2019. S. Jorjandi, H. Rabbani, R. Kafieh, Z. Amini, “Statistical modeling of Optical Coherence Tomography images by asymmetric Normal Laplace mixture model,” Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2017 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE, 2017. Z. Amini, H Rabbani,Sh Haghjooye Javanmard, “Prediction of Breast Cancer Metastasis Based on Pattern Recognition Methods in Micro Array Analysis”, Systems, Control Engineering and Biological Sciences Symposium, Dec. 2012, School of Electrical & Computer Eng., Tarbiat Modares University. Z. Amini, V. Abootalebi, M. T. Sadeghi , “A Comparative Study of Feature Extraction Methods in P300 Detection”, 17th Iranian Conference of Biomedical Engineering (ICBME2010), 3-4 November 2010. E. Mohammadi, M. Niroomand, M. Rezaeian, Z. Amini, “Partial Discharge Localization and Classification Using Acoustic Emission Analysis in Power Transformer”, International Telecommunications Energy Conferences, INTELEC2009, October 2009. Invited Book Chapters: Z. Amini, R. Kafieh, E. Mousavi, H. Rabbani,” Diabetic retinopathy detection in ocular images by dictionary learning”, Book chapter: Diabetes and Fundus OCT, Elsevier, 2020. Z. Amini, R. Kafieh, H. Rabbani,” Speckle Noise Reduction and Enhancement for OCT Images”, Book chapter: Retinal Optical Coherence Tomography Image Analysis, Springer Singapore, 2019. H. Rabbani, R. Kafieh, Z. Amini,” Optical Coherence Tomography Image Analysis”, Book chapter: Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 1-16, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016.

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