Purang Abolmaesumi

Research

Cancer Imaging Explainability Interpretability Machine Learning Micro-Ultrasound Multi-Modal Data Prostate Cancer Diagnosis And Surveillance Ultrasound Imaging

Latest papers

A multi-vertebrae CT to US registration of the lumbar spine in clinical data.
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2015
SimITK: visual programming of the ITK image-processing library within Simulink.
Journal of digital imaging · 2014
Ultrasound-guided characterization of interstitial ablated tissue using RF time series: feasibility study.
IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering · 2013

All 50 publications

Latest funding

PROPEL-AS: Prostate personalized surveillance using pathology-aligned multi-modal imaging
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$1,151,326
An integrated spectroscopy-ultrasound surgical navigation system for residual cancer detection in breast surgery.
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$188,350
RF Time Series Flashlight for Targeted Prostate Biopsy
CIHR · 2013 · Co-investigator
$126,440

All 21 grants and awards

50 publications.

01

A multi-vertebrae CT to US registration of the lumbar spine in clinical data.

Nagpal S, Abolmaesumi P, Rasoulian A, Hacihaliloglu I, Ungi T, Osborn J, Lessoway VA, Rudan J, Jaeger M, Rohling RN, Borschneck DP, Mousavi P

International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery2015

DOI: 10.1007/s11548-015-1247-5 PMID: 26175271

02

SimITK: visual programming of the ITK image-processing library within Simulink.

Dickinson AW, Abolmaesumi P, Gobbi DG, Mousavi P

Journal of digital imaging2014

DOI: 10.1007/s10278-013-9667-7 PMID: 24402456

03

Ultrasound-guided characterization of interstitial ablated tissue using RF time series: feasibility study.

Imani F, Abolmaesumi P, Wu MZ, Lasso A, Burdette EC, Ghoshal G, Heffter T, Williams E, Neubauer P, Fichtinger G, Mousavi P

IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering2013

DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2013.2240300 PMID: 23335657

04

Biomechanically constrained groupwise ultrasound to CT registration of the lumbar spine.

Gill S, Abolmaesumi P, Fichtinger G, Boisvert J, Pichora D, Borshneck D, Mousavi P

Medical image analysis2012

DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2010.07.008 PMID: 21126904

05

Spinal needle navigation by tracked ultrasound snapshots.

Ungi T, Abolmaesumi P, Jalal R, Welch M, Ayukawa I, Nagpal S, Lasso A, Jaeger M, Borschneck DP, Fichtinger G, Mousavi P

IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering2012

DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2012.2209881 PMID: 22851228

06

Multi-modal registration of speckle-tracked freehand 3D ultrasound to CT in the lumbar spine.

Lang A, Mousavi P, Gill S, Fichtinger G, Abolmaesumi P

Medical image analysis2012Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2011.07.006 PMID: 21982123

07

Automated intraoperative calibration for prostate cancer brachytherapy.

Kuiran Chen T, Heffter T, Lasso A, Pinter C, Abolmaesumi P, Burdette EC, Fichtinger G

Medical physics2011

DOI: 10.1118/1.3651690 PMID: 22047394

08

Improvement of freehand ultrasound calibration accuracy using the elevation beamwidth profile.

Chen TK, Ellis RE, Abolmaesumi P

Ultrasound in medicine & biology2011Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.05.004 PMID: 21683510

09

Multiple-object 2-D-3-D registration for noninvasive pose identification of fracture fragments.

Gong RH, Stewart J, Abolmaesumi P

IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering2011Senior author

DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2011.2105487 PMID: 21233043

10

Monitoring of tissue ablation using time series of ultrasound RF data.

Imani F, Wu MZ, Lasso A, Burdette EC, Daoud M, Fitchinger G, Abolmaesumi P, Mousavi P

Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention : MICCAI ... International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention2011

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-23623-5_48 PMID: 22003640

PROPEL-AS: Prostate personalized surveillance using pathology-aligned multi-modal imaging

Principal investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Mousavi, Parvin; Abolmaesumi, Purang; Mannas, Miles P

Keywords: Cancer Imaging; Explainability; Interpretability; Machine Learning; Micro-Ultrasound; Multi-Modal Data; Prostate Cancer Diagnosis And Surveillance; Ultrasound Imaging

$1,151,326

An integrated spectroscopy-ultrasound surgical navigation system for residual cancer detection in breast surgery.

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Mousavi, Parvin; Zahiri Azar, Reza; Engel, Cecil J; Fichtinger, Gabor

Keywords: Breast Conserving Surgery; Cancer Margin; Machine Learning; Multi-Parametric Imaging; Open-Source Software; Raman Spectroscopy; Surgical Navigation; Tissue Characterization; Ultrasound Imaging

$188,350

RF Time Series Flashlight for Targeted Prostate Biopsy

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Mousavi, Parvin; Fenster, Aaron; Romagnoli, Cesare

Keywords: Cancer Biopsy; Image Fusion; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Prostate Cancer; Rf Time Series; Transrectal Ultrasound; Ultrasound Imaging

$126,440

Kinematics-based navigation for reconstructive hip surgery

Co-investigatorNSERC2010Collaborative Health Research Projects

Principal investigators: Ellis, Randy

$159,435

Decision support for augmented ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy

Co-investigatorNSERC2009Collaborative Health Research Projects

Principal investigators: Mousavi, Parvin

$115,750

Ultrasound system with high frame rate and dynamic focus for prostate cancer diagnosis and intervention

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Abolmaesumi, Purang

$61,124

Guidance system for thoracic epidural anaesthesia

Co-investigatorNSERC2009Collaborative Health Research Projects

Principal investigators: Rohling, Robert

$142,750

NSERC CREATE Training program in Bone and Joint Health Technologies

Co-investigatorNSERC2009Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Bryant, Timothy

$1,650,000

Intra-operative system calibration for brachytherapy

Co-investigatorNSERC2008Idea to Innovation

Principal investigators: Fichtinger, Gabor

$114,811

Real-time image guidance for robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery

Co-investigatorNSERC2008Strategic Projects - Group

Principal investigators: Rohling, Robert

$499,200

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

School of Computing
Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
Computing and Software
Surgery
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Co-authors at Queen's University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Parvin Mousavi

School of Computing

16 shared papers, latest 2015

Gabor Fichtinger

School of Computing

12 shared papers, latest 2013

Mehdi Moradi

Computing and Software

4 shared papers, latest 2008

Melanie Jaeger

Faculty

2 shared papers, latest 2015

Robert Siemens

Biomedical and Molecular Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2008

Kathrin Tyryshkin

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2006

Ingrid Johnsrude

Biomedical and Molecular Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2007

Mark Hurtig

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2009

John Rudan

Surgery

1 shared papers, latest 2015

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