Abbas Samani, Western University

Latest papers

Data Quality Analyzer-Towards Optimal Radio-Frequency Frame Pair Selection for Ultrasound Elastography.
Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026 · senior author
Finite Element Modeling of Cochlear Mechanics: A Systematic Review.
Annals of biomedical engineering · 2026
A novel tissue mechanics-based method for improved motion tracking in quasi-static ultrasound elastography.
Medical physics · 2023 · senior author

All 45 publications

Latest funding

Lung Biomechanical Modelling Driven by Machine Learning Algorithm Towards Effective Lung Cancer Radiation Therapy
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$192,000
Myocardium Biomechanical Modelling and Myocardial Contraction Force Reconstruction
NSERC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$165,000
An ultrasound imaging system for tissue elastography
NSERC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$140,254

All 5 grants and awards

45 publications.

01

Data Quality Analyzer-Towards Optimal Radio-Frequency Frame Pair Selection for Ultrasound Elastography.

Caius M, Wang Z, Czarnota G, Samani A

Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering13060656 PMID: 42351901

02

Finite Element Modeling of Cochlear Mechanics: A Systematic Review.

Shakourifar N, Micuda A, Thompson C, Rohani SA, Agrawal SK, Samani A, Ladak HM

Annals of biomedical engineering2026

DOI: 10.1007/s10439-025-03957-y PMID: 41455867

03

A novel tissue mechanics-based method for improved motion tracking in quasi-static ultrasound elastography.

Kheirkhah N, Dempsey S, Sadeghi-Naini A, Samani A

Medical physics2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/mp.16110 PMID: 36398744

04

Enhanced full-inversion-based ultrasound elastography for evaluating tumor response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced breast cancer.

Kheirkhah N, Kornecki A, Czarnota GJ, Samani A, Sadeghi-Naini A

Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB)2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2023.102619 PMID: 37343438

05

Effect of Cardiac Phase on Cardiac Output Index Derived from Dynamic CT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging.

Dempsey SCH, Lee TY, Samani A, So A

Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.)2022

DOI: 10.3390/tomography8020092 PMID: 35448726

06

Measurement of the hyperelastic properties of 72 normal homogeneous and heterogeneous ex vivo breast tissue samples.

Dempsey SCH, O'Hagan JJ, Samani A

Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2021.104794 PMID: 34496308

07

In-vivo lung biomechanical modeling for effective tumor motion tracking in external beam radiation therapy.

Jafari P, Dempsey S, Hoover DA, Karami E, Gaede S, Sadeghi-Naini A, Lee TY, Samani A

Computers in biology and medicine2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104231 PMID: 33524903

08

Characterizing regional myofiber damage post acute myocardial infarction using global optimization.

Dempsey S, So A, Samani A

Computers in biology and medicine2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104207 PMID: 33434659

09

MR and ultrasound cardiac image dynamic visualization and synchronization over Internet for distributed heart function diagnosis.

Zhang Q, Samani A, Peters TM

Computerized medical imaging and graphics : the official journal of the Computerized Medical Imaging Society2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2020.101850 PMID: 33418302

10

Superviscous properties of the in vivo brain at large scales.

Herthum H, Dempsey SCH, Samani A, Schrank F, Shahryari M, Warmuth C, Tzschätzsch H, Braun J, Sack I

Acta biomaterialia2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2020.12.027 PMID: 33326885