Roger Zemp, University of Alberta

Research

Photoacoustic Imaging Ultrasound Imaging Biomedical Optics Lasers Microscopy Virtual Histology 3d Imaging Transducers

Latest papers

Ultrafast 3D synthetic aperture imaging with Hadamard-encoded aperiodic interval codes and aperiodic sparse arrays with separate transmitters and receivers.
Ultrasonics · 2025 · senior author
Consensus guidelines for cellular label-free optical metabolic imaging: ensuring accuracy and reproducibility in metabolic profiling.
Journal of biomedical optics · 2025 · senior author
Miniature Deformable MEMS Mirrors for Ultrafast Optical Focusing.
Micromachines · 2022 · senior author

All 24 publications

Latest funding

Co-designing a Smartwear Revolution: Augmenting Mobility, Independence, and Ability through Transformative Clothing Technology
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$4,000,000
Next-generation high performance MEMS ultrasonics
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$215,380
Deep learning for digital and virtual histology
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$257,454

All 20 grants and awards

24 publications.

01

Ultrafast 3D synthetic aperture imaging with Hadamard-encoded aperiodic interval codes and aperiodic sparse arrays with separate transmitters and receivers.

Kaddoura T, Masoumi MH, Zemp R

Ultrasonics2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107497 PMID: 39566229

02

Consensus guidelines for cellular label-free optical metabolic imaging: ensuring accuracy and reproducibility in metabolic profiling.

Georgakoudi I, Skala MC, Quinn KP, Stringari C, Sorrells JE, Heikal AA, Li LZ, Xu HN, You S, Walsh AJ, Datta R, Samimi K, Gillette AA, Eliceiri KW, Balu M, Boppart SA, Digman MA, Dunning KR, Evans CL, Garcia AA, Houston JP, Hwang W, Lindley MM, Li X, Liu Z, Marcu L, Murugkar S, Nichols MG, Niesner R, Parekh SH, Rajaram N, Ranjit S, Shen K, Shi L, Torrado B, Vallmitjana A, Wang-Evers M, Zemp R

Journal of biomedical optics2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.30.s2.s23901 PMID: 41230436

03

Miniature Deformable MEMS Mirrors for Ultrafast Optical Focusing.

Kashani Ilkhechi A, Martell M, Zemp R

Micromachines2022Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/mi14010040 PMID: 36677101

04

Use of uncoated magnetic beads to capture Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis prior detection by mycobacteriophage D29 and real-time-PCR.

Rojas-Ponce G, Sauvageau D, Zemp R, Barkema HW, Evoy S

Journal of microbiological methods2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2022.106490 PMID: 35595085

05

Fiber-based photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography with a dual-function 1050-nm interrogation source.

Martell M, Haven NJ, Zemp R

Journal of biomedical optics2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.26.6.066502 PMID: 34164968

06

Single laser-shot super-resolution photoacoustic tomography with fast sparsity-based reconstruction.

Egolf D, Barber Q, Zemp R

Photoacoustics2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.pacs.2021.100258 PMID: 33816111

07

Towards microvascular pressure estimation using ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging.

Choi M, Zemp R

Photoacoustics2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.pacs.2019.04.001 PMID: 31312599

08

Non-invasive spinal vibration testing using ultrafast ultrasound imaging: A new way to measure spine function.

Kaddoura T, Au A, Kawchuk G, Uwiera R, Fox R, Zemp R

Scientific reports2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-27816-0 PMID: 29941980

09

The Voice of the Heart: Vowel-Like Sound in Pulmonary Artery Hypertension.

Elgendi M, Bobhate P, Jain S, Guo L, Rutledge J, Coe Y, Zemp R, Schuurmans D, Adatia I

Diseases (Basel, Switzerland)2018

DOI: 10.3390/diseases6020026 PMID: 29652794

10

Tissue perfusion rate estimation with compression-based photoacoustic-ultrasound imaging (Erratum).

Choi M, Shapiro AMJ, Zemp R

Journal of biomedical optics2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.23.2.029801 PMID: 29460511

Co-designing a Smartwear Revolution: Augmenting Mobility, Independence, and Ability through Transformative Clothing Technology

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Mushahwar, Vivian

$4,000,000

Next-generation high performance MEMS ultrasonics

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Zemp, Roger

$215,380

Deep learning for digital and virtual histology

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Zemp, Roger

$257,454

Photoacoustic Remote Sensing Virtual Histology for Tumor Margin Assessment

Nominated PICIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Zemp, Roger J

Keywords: Biomedical Optics; Lasers; Microscopy; Photoacoustic Imaging; Virtual Histology

$551,542

Towards commercialization of bias-switchable row-column ultrasound arrays

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Idea to Innovation

Principal investigators: Zemp, Roger

$125,000

Photoacoustic Remote Sensing

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Zemp, Roger

$205,000

Operations and Maintenance Support - Supporting Advanced Research in Engineering and Science (s-ARIES)

Co-investigatorNSERC2017Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Tsui, Ying

$150,000

Programmable High-Frequency Ultrasound Platform for Translational Biomedical Research

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Zemp, Roger

$150,000

Ultrasound estimation of spinal dynamics

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Zemp, Roger

$25,000

Next-Generation Ultrafast Volumetric Ultrasound Imaging

Nominated PICIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Zemp, Roger J

Keywords: 3d Imaging; Transducers; Ultrafast Imaging; Ultrasound Imaging

$711,450

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Ronald Moore

Electrical and Computer Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2014

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Photoacoustic Imaging Dear Professor Zemp, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Ultrafast 3D synthetic aperture imaging with Hadamard-encoded aperiodic interval codes and aperiodic sparse arrays with separate transmitters and receivers." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Next-generation high performance MEMS ultrasonics" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]