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Refereed Abstracts:

· M. Moradi, S.E. Salcudean, P. Abolmaesumi, S. Mahdavi, A. Yuen, R. Sahebjavaher, A. Koupparis, S.D. Chang, E.C. Jones, R. Rohling, P. Kozlowski, C. Nguan, and S.L. Goldenberg, “Ultrasound-based techniques for enhancing diagnostic and therapeutic prostate interventions”

· S.S. Mahdavi , M. Moradi , X. Wen , W. J. Morris , S. E. Salcudean , “Vibro-elastography of the prostate: Method evaluation,” Proc. Eighth International Conference on the Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, September 2009

· S.E. Salcudean, X. Wen, S. S. Mahdavi, W. J. Morris, I. Spadinger, “Vibro-elasography imaging of the prostate”, Proc. Eighth International Conference on the Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, September 2009

· S. S. Mahdavi, S. E. Salcudean, W. J. Morris, I. Spadinger, “A semi-automatic segmentation method for prostate boundary delineation”, Brachytherapy, 8(2), 2009, pp. 175

· S. Salcudean, X. Wen, S. Mahdavi, M. Moradi, J. Morris, I. Spadinger, “Ultrasound elastography – an image guidance tool for prostate brachytherapy,” Brachytherapy, 8(2), pp. 125-126, 2009

· S. Mahdavi, S. E. Salcudean, J. Morris, I. Spadinger, “3D Prostate Segmentation in Ultrasound Images using Image Deformation and Shape Fitting”, MICCAI ’08 Prostate Workshop, Sept. 2008, New York, USA

 

Refereed Conference papers:

· F. Taquee, O. Goksel, S. S. Mahdavi, M. Keyes, W. J. Morris, I. Spadinger, and S. Salcudean, "Deformable prostate registration from MR and TRUS images using surface error driven FEM models", Proc. SPIE, vol. 8316, 2012

· M. Moradi, S.S. Mahdavi, S. Deshmukh, J. Lobo, E. Dehghan, G. Fichtinger, W. Morris, W. and S. Salcudean,  “Towards intra-operative prostate brachytherapy dosimetry based on partial seed localization in ultrasound and registration to C-arm fluoroscopy”,  Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), pp. 291-298, 2011

· T. Adebar, S. E. Salcudean, S. Mahdavi, M. Moradi, C. Nguan, and L. Goldenberg, “A Robotic System for Intra-operative Trans-rectal Ultrasound and Ultrasound Elastography in Radical Prostatectomy”. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Processing in Computer-Assisted Interventions, IPCAI, edited by: Russell H. Taylor, Guang-Zhong Yang, LNCS 6689, pp. 79-89, 2011.

· S. S. Mahdavi, M. Moradi, W. J. Morris, S. E. Salcudean, “Automatic prostate segmentation using fused ultrasound B-mode and elastography images,”,T. Jiang et al. (Eds.): Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Part II, LNCS 6362, pp.76-83, 2010

· S. S. Mahdavi, M. Moradi, X. Wen, W. J. Morris, and S. E. Salcudean, “Vibro-Elastography for Visualization of the Prostate Region: Method Evaluation,” G.-Z. Yang et al. (Eds.): Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Part II, LNCS 5762, pp. 339–347, 2009

· S. S. Mahdavi, W. J. Morris, I. Spadinger, N. Chng, O. Goksel, S. E. Salcudean, “3D Prostate Segmentation in Ultrasound Images based on Tapered and Deformed Ellipsoids”, G.-Z. Yang et al. (Eds.): Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Part II, LNCS 5762, pp. 960-967, 2009

· S. Mahdavi, S.E. Salcudean, “3D Prostate Segmentation based on Ellipsoid Fitting, Image Tapering and Warping”, Conf. Proc. IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Soc.,  pp. 2988-2991, Aug. 2008, Vancouver, Canada

· S. Mahdavi, E. Noohi, and M. Nili Ahmadabadi, “Basic Movements of a Nonholonomic Wheel-Based Pole Climbing Robot”, Proceedings of the IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics,  Sept. 2007, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

· S. Mahdavi, E. Noohi, and M. Nili Ahmadabadi, “Path planning of the Nonholonomic Pole Climbing Robot UT-PCR”, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, Dec. 2006, China

Journal papers:

·      S. S. Mahdavi, M. Moradi, W. J. Morris, S. L. Goldenberg, S. E. Salcudean, “Fusion of ultrasound B-mode and vibro-elastography images for automatic 3D segmentation of the prostate”, IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging. in Press

· M. Moradi, S. S. Mahdavi, E. Dehghan, J. Lobo, S. Deshmukh, W. J Morris, G. Fichtinger, and S. E. Salcudean, “Partial Seed Localization in Ultrasound and Registration to C-arm Fluoroscopy for Prostate Brachytherapy Dosimetry”. Accepted to IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. Manuscript # TBME-00024-2012

· S. S. Mahdavi, N. Chng, I. Spadinger, W. J. Morris, S. E. Salcudean, “ Semi-automatic Segmentation for Prostate Interventions”, Medical Image Analysis, 2011, 15 (2): 226-237

· S. S. Mahdavi, M. Moradi, X. Wen, W. J. Morris, and S. E. Salcudean, “Evaluation of Visualization of the Prostate Gland in Vibro-elastography Images”. Medical Image Analysis, 2011, 15 (4) 589-600

· S. S. Mahdavi, N. Chng, I. Spadinger, W.J. Morris, “Semi-automatic Segmentation for Prostate Interventions: Dosimetric Evaluation”, Brachytherapy, in Press

· E. Noohi, S. S. Mahdavi, A. Baghani, M. Nili, “Wheel-Based Climbing Robot: Modeling and Control”, Advanced Robotics, vol. 24, no. 8-9, 2010, pp. 1313-1341