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Purang Abolmaesumi

ResearcherCardiologyUniversity of British Columbia

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Purang Abolmaesumi

Researcher

Cardiology

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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28 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 8 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 29 research grants (18 NSERC, 11 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Machine Learning Echocardiography Ultrasound Imaging Artificial Intelligence Cardiac Imaging Covid-19 Lung Imaging Point-Of-Care Ultrasound

Latest papers

Point tracking as a temporal Cue for robust myocardial segmentation in echocardiography videos.
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2026
TREAT-Netv2: regional wall motion-informed video-tabular fusion for ACS treatment prediction.
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2026
Optimizing point-of-care ultrasound video acquisition for probabilistic multi-task heart failure detection.
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2026 · senior author

All 92 publications

Latest funding

High-precision Echo Assessment and Risk Triage of heart failure using Artificial Intelligence (HEART-AI)
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$975,375
Automatic Assessment of Aortic Stenosis with Point of Care Ultrasound
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$1,005,976
Ultrasound Imaging for Next Generation Non-destructive Inspection of Advanced Materials
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$149,033

All 42 grants and awards

92 publications.

Point tracking as a temporal Cue for robust myocardial segmentation in echocardiography videos.

Khodabakhshian B, Hashemi N, Saadat A, Gholami Z, Hwang IC, Sojoudi S, Luong C, Abolmaesumi P, Tsang T

International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery2026

DOI: 10.1007/s11548-026-03645-9 PMID: 42108311

TREAT-Netv2: regional wall motion-informed video-tabular fusion for ACS treatment prediction.

Kim D, Wu V, To MNN, Khodabahkshian B, Hashemi N, Abdalla S, Tsang TSM, Abolmaesumi P, Luong C

International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery2026

DOI: 10.1007/s11548-026-03652-w PMID: 42084769

Optimizing point-of-care ultrasound video acquisition for probabilistic multi-task heart failure detection.

Saadat A, Hashemi N, Khodabakhshian B, Tsang MY, Luong C, Tsang TSM, Abolmaesumi P

International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s11548-026-03680-6 PMID: 42081040

Shift happens: a fairness-oriented framework for medical classification under hidden bias.

To MNN, Kim D, Harmanani M, Wilson PFR, Fooladgar F, Sojoudi S, Jamzad A, Abdalla S, Tsang T, Luong C, Chang S, Black P, Siemens R, Leveridge M, Krishnan RG, Mousavi P, Abolmaesumi P

International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s11548-026-03624-0 PMID: 42032429

EchoAgent: guideline-centric reasoning agent for echocardiography measurement and interpretation.

Daghyani M, Wang L, Hashemi N, Medhat B, Abdelsamad B, Rojas Velez E, Li X, Tsang MYC, Luong C, Abolmaesumi P, Tsang TSM

International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery2026

DOI: 10.1007/s11548-026-03694-0 PMID: 42138794

GUIDE-US: grade-informed unpaired distillation of encoder knowledge from histopathology to micro-ultrasound.

Elghareb T, Willis E, Wilson PFR, To MNN, Abootorabi MM, Jamzad A, Wodlinger B, Mousavi P, Abolmaesumi P

International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s11548-026-03630-2 PMID: 42001367

ProstNFound+: A Prospective Study using Medical Foundation Models for Prostate Cancer Detection.

Wilson PFR, Harmanani M, To MNN, Jamzad A, Elghareb T, Guo Z, Kinnaird A, Wodlinger B, Abolmaesumi P, Mousavi P

International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery2026

DOI: 10.1007/s11548-025-03561-4 PMID: 41678064

ProtoASNet: Comprehensive evaluation and enhanced performance with uncertainty estimation for aortic stenosis classification in echocardiography.

Gu AN, Vaseli H, Tsang MY, Wu V, Ahmadi Amiri SN, Kondori N, Fung A, Tsang TSM, Abolmaesumi P

Medical image analysis2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2025.103600 PMID: 40324320

TRUSWorthy: toward clinically applicable deep learning for confident detection of prostate cancer in micro-ultrasound.

Harmanani M, Wilson PFR, To MNN, Gilany M, Jamzad A, Fooladgar F, Wodlinger B, Abolmaesumi P, Mousavi P

International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery2025

DOI: 10.1007/s11548-025-03335-y PMID: 39976857

Assessment of left ventricular wall thickness and dimension: accuracy of a deep learning model with prediction uncertainty.

Yim J, Mahdavi M, Vaseli H, Luong C, Tsang MYC, Yeung DF, Gin K, Barnes ME, Nair P, Jue J, Abolmaesumi P, Tsang TSM

The international journal of cardiovascular imaging2024

DOI: 10.1007/s10554-024-03207-7 PMID: 39126604

High-precision Echo Assessment and Risk Triage of heart failure using Artificial Intelligence (HEART-AI)

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Luong, Christina; Abolmaesumi, Purang; Tsang, Teresa S

Keywords: Doppler; Echocardiography; Heart Failure; Machine Learning; Point-Of-Care Imaging; Ultrasound Imaging

$975,375

Automatic Assessment of Aortic Stenosis with Point of Care Ultrasound

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Abolmaesumi, Purang; Tsang, Michael Y; Tsang, Teresa S

Keywords: Aortic Stenosis; Echocardiography; Machine Learning; Point-Of-Care Imaging; Ultrasound Imaging

$1,005,976

Ultrasound Imaging for Next Generation Non-destructive Inspection of Advanced Materials

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Abolmaesumi, Purang

$149,033

COVID-19 Variant Supplement - Point of Care Heart-Lung Imaging for Patients Presenting with COVID-19 Symptoms: Artificial Intelligence Precision Modeling for Prediction of Outcomes

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Operating Grant: SARS-CoV-2 variants supplement stream 1

Principal investigators: Tsang, Teresa S; Abolmaesumi, Purang; McGrail, Kimberlyn M

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Cardiac Imaging; Covid-19; Lung Imaging; Point-Of-Care Ultrasound

$50,000

COVID-19 Variant Network - Point of Care Heart-Lung Imaging for Patients Presenting with COVID-19 Symptoms: Artificial Intelligence Precision Modeling for Prediction of Outcomes

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Operating Grant: SARS-CoV-2 variants supplement stream 2

Principal investigators: Tsang, Teresa S; Abolmaesumi, Purang; McGrail, Kimberlyn M

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Cardiac Imaging; Covid-19; Lung Imaging; Point-Of-Care Ultrasound

$100,000

Using Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and Imaging to Improve Stroke Risk Assessment and Management

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Tsang, Teresa S; Abolmaesumi, Purang

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Echocardiography; Imaging Biomarkers; Machine Learning; Risk Assessment; Stroke

$581,401

Rising from the pandemic: Towards sustainable development of machine learning technologies for point-of-care Ultrasound Imaging

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Abolmaesumi, Purang

$560,500

Next generation machine learning technologies for democratizing healthcare through point of care ultrasound _x000d_ _x000d_

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Abolmaesumi, Purang

$396,000

Next Generation Micro-ultrasound Technology for Detection and Monitoring of Prostate Cancer

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Collaborative Health Research Projects

Principal investigators: Abolmaesumi, Purang

$279,550

Point of Care Heart-Lung Imaging for Patients Presenting with COVID-19 Symptoms: Artificial Intelligence Precision Modeling for Prediction of Outcomes

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity - Diagnostics

Principal investigators: Tsang, Teresa S; Abolmaesumi, Purang; McGrail, Kimberlyn M

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Cardiac Imaging; Covid-19; Lung Imaging; Point-Of-Care Ultrasound

$260,326

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

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Purang Abolmaesumi

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Point tracking as a temporal Cue for robust myocardial segmentation in echocardiography videos.

TREAT-Netv2: regional wall motion-informed video-tabular fusion for ACS treatment prediction.

Optimizing point-of-care ultrasound video acquisition for probabilistic multi-task heart failure detection.

Shift happens: a fairness-oriented framework for medical classification under hidden bias.

EchoAgent: guideline-centric reasoning agent for echocardiography measurement and interpretation.

GUIDE-US: grade-informed unpaired distillation of encoder knowledge from histopathology to micro-ultrasound.

ProstNFound+: A Prospective Study using Medical Foundation Models for Prostate Cancer Detection.

ProtoASNet: Comprehensive evaluation and enhanced performance with uncertainty estimation for aortic stenosis classification in echocardiography.

TRUSWorthy: toward clinically applicable deep learning for confident detection of prostate cancer in micro-ultrasound.

Assessment of left ventricular wall thickness and dimension: accuracy of a deep learning model with prediction uncertainty.

High-precision Echo Assessment and Risk Triage of heart failure using Artificial Intelligence (HEART-AI)

Automatic Assessment of Aortic Stenosis with Point of Care Ultrasound

Ultrasound Imaging for Next Generation Non-destructive Inspection of Advanced Materials

COVID-19 Variant Supplement - Point of Care Heart-Lung Imaging for Patients Presenting with COVID-19 Symptoms: Artificial Intelligence Precision Modeling for Prediction of Outcomes

COVID-19 Variant Network - Point of Care Heart-Lung Imaging for Patients Presenting with COVID-19 Symptoms: Artificial Intelligence Precision Modeling for Prediction of Outcomes

Using Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and Imaging to Improve Stroke Risk Assessment and Management

Rising from the pandemic: Towards sustainable development of machine learning technologies for point-of-care Ultrasound Imaging

Next generation machine learning technologies for democratizing healthcare through point of care ultrasound _x000d_ _x000d_

Next Generation Micro-ultrasound Technology for Detection and Monitoring of Prostate Cancer

Point of Care Heart-Lung Imaging for Patients Presenting with COVID-19 Symptoms: Artificial Intelligence Precision Modeling for Prediction of Outcomes

Frequent collaborators

Parvin Mousavi

Robert Rohling

Christina Luong

Peter Black

Aaron Fenster

Teresa Tsang

Gabor Fichtinger

Michael Tsang

Mehdi Moradi

Mehdi Moradi

Robert Siemens

Rachael Bosma

David Wilson

Aaron Ward

Shuo Tang

Ingrid Johnsrude

Gang Wang

Aline Talhouk

Amy Jamieson

Larry Goldenberg

Anne Martel

Sidney Fels

Stephanie Sibley

David Maslove

Matthew Wiens

Eitan Prisman

Ali Bashashati

Christopher Nguan

Septimiu Salcudean