Director | AMIRLab

Abbas Nasiraei Moghaddam

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

AREA OF INTEREST

MRI, Sequence Development, Image Processing, Image Reconstruction, Image-based Modeling
Cardiovascular MRI, Strain Imaging, Angiography, Structure-Function relation
Myocardium Development, Heart Biomechanics, Biofluid dynamics
Brain Imaging,

EDUCATION
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	PhD, Bioengineering 2007
Thesis: Measurement and Analysis of Structure and Function of Myocardium in Embryonic and Adult Heart Advisor: Prof. Morteza Gharib
UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN, IRAN	M.S., Electrical Engineering: Biomedical 1998
Thesis: Analysis of Electromagnetic Fields Distribution in MRI systems in Human Head Presence Advisor: Prof. Hamid Soltanian Zadeh
UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN, IRAN	B.S., Electrical Engineering: Electronics 1995

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor	August 2010-present
Amirkabir University of Technology, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Tehran, Iran Teaching courses at graduate level (MRI, Medical imaging system, Cardiovascular Mechanics) Defining research projects and advising graduate students towards performing their thesis
Researcher – Neuroimaging September	2011-present
School of Cognitive Sciences, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM) , Tehran, Iran. Doing research on steady state based fMRI techniques Planning and running workshops on fundamental MRI concepts and techniques used in Neuroimaging
Assistant Researcher - Magnetic Resonance Physicist UCLA, Diagnostic Cardio-Vascular Imaging section, Los Angeles, CA	2009-July 2015
Design, development and performance of novel MR imaging techniques for cardiovascular diagnosis Collaboration with research scientists from industry (Siemens Medical Solutions) Sequence development and pulse programming of the Siemens scanner in the IDEA environment
Magnetic Resonance Staff Research Associate UCLA, Diagnostic Cardio-Vascular Imaging section, Los Angeles, CA	2006-2009
Software/algorithm design/development for cardiovascular system modeling & image processing Lecturing research MDs in relevant aspects of physics and mathematics
Research Assistant	2003-2006
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA Assessment of cardiovascular dynamics and muscle band theory through Medical Imaging Quantitative analysis of biofluid dynamics and image velocimetry
Technician Researcher	2001-2003
Washington university/Barnes-Jewish hospital, Saint Louis, MO CVIA Lab/Cardiology Division Performing research on Cardiovascular MRI (Phase Contrast): imaging and factor analysis Studying the hydrodynamics of pathological vessels through PC MRI and CFD

PATENTS

A. Nasiraei Moghaddam, M. Gharib, “Method for obtaining strain from radially-tagged magnetic resonance imaging,” Publication number: US8073523 (Issue date Dec 6, 2011).
A. Nasiraei Moghaddam, “CARDIAC MRI CURVILINEAR TAGGING,” Pending patent (WIPO Patent Application WO 2012106574 A3 - US 20130320978Al and EP 2670302 A2).
A. Nasiraei Moghaddam, “Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Spatially Modulation Steady-State Signal in Steady State Free Precision” Pending patent (14/164, 133).
A. Nasiraei Moghaddam, Holden Wu, “Fast Imaging of Cardiac Mechanical Function,” Provisional patent.
A. N. Moghaddam, “Method of Reducing SSFP MRI banding artifact,” Provisional patent.
A. Nasiraei Moghaddam, “Fast & Accurate Polar Tagging of MRI Imaging for Assessment of Cardiac Function with Reduced Data Acquisition,” Provisional patent.

FULL PAPERS

Golshani Sh, Nasiraei-Moghaddam A. “Efficient Radial Tagging CMR Exam: A Coherent k-Space Reading and Image Reconstruction Approach,” Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, DOI:10.1002/mrm.26219, (2016).
Wang Z., Nasiraei-Moghaddam A., Reyhan M.L., Srinivasan S., Finn J.P., Ennis D.B. “Complementary Radial Tagging for Improved Myocardial Tagging Contrast,” Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 73: 1432–1440 (2015).
Nasiraei-Moghaddam A., Finn J. P. “Tagging of Cardiac MR images in the Polar coordinate system: Physical Principles and Practical Implementation,” Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 71:1750–1759 (2014).
Moriarty J. M, Kung G. L., Ramos Y., Moghaddam A. N., Ennis D. B., Finn J. P. “Injection of gadolinium contrast through pediatric central venous catheters: a safety study,” Pediatric Radiology, 42:1064–1069, (2012)
Vahidi B., Fatouraee N., Imanparast A., Nasiraei-Moghaddam A “A Mathematical Simulation of the Ureter: Effects of the model parameters on ureteral pressure/flow relations,” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 133: (2011)
Nasiraei-Moghaddam A., Saber N.R., Wen H., Finn J.P., Ennis D.B., Gharib M. “Analytical method to measure three-dimensional strain patterns in the left ventricle,” Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 12:33, (2010)
Saleh R, Finn JP, Fenchel M, Nasiraei-Moghaddam A, Krishanm M, Abrazado M, Ton A, Habibi R, Fonkalsrud EW, Cooper CB “Cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients with pectus excavatum compared with normal controls,” Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 12:73, (2010)
Nasiraei-Moghaddam A., and Gharib M. “Evidence for the existence of a functional helical myocardial band,” American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 296: H127-131, (2009)
Tomasian A., Krishnam M.S., Lohan, D.G., Nasiraei-Moghaddam A., Finn J.P. “Adult Tetralogy of Fallot: Quantitative Assessment of Pulmonary Perfusion With Time-Resolved Three Dimensional Magnetic Resonance Angiography,”Investigative Radiology, 44(1):31-37, (2009)
Moghaddam A.N., Finn J.P. “Accelerated Circumferential Strain Quantification of the Left Ventricle Using CIRCOME: Simulation and Factor Analysis” Proceedings of SPIE, 6916: 691604-1-8 (2008)
Moghaddam A.N., Balawi T., Habibi R., Panknin C., Laub G., Ruehm S.G., Finn J.P. “A Predictive Software Tool for Optimal Timing in Contrast Enhanced Carotid MR Angiography,” Proceedings of SPIE, 6913: 691340-1-7 (2008)
Moghaddam A.N., M. Gharib “Structure and Function Relationship of Human Heart from DENSE MRI,” Proceedings of SPIE, 6511: 65111L-1-8 (2007)
Forouhar A.S., Liebling M., Hickerson A., Nasiraei-Moghaddam A., Tsai H-J., Hove J.R., Fraser S.E., Dickinson M.E, Gharib M. “The Embryonic Vertebrate Heart Tube Is a Dynamic Suction Pump,” Science, 312: 751-753 (2006)
Moghaddam A.N., Arian S. Forouhar, Michael Liebling, Tsai H., Morteza Gharib “Structure and function relationship of zebrafish embryonic heart from confocal microscopy images,” Proceedings of SPIE, 6143: 614301-1-8 (2006)
Wang Y., Moghaddam A.N., Fatouraee N., Behrens G., Cebral J., Choi E.T., Amini A.A. “Pulsatile Pressure Measurements Via Harmonics-Based Orthogonal Projection of Noisy Pressure Gradients,” Proceedings of SPIE, 6143: 61430C-1-16 (2006)
Nasiraei-Moghaddam A., Behrens G., Fatouraee N., Agarwal R., Choi E., sand Amini A. “Factors Affecting Accuracy in Measurement of Intravascular Pressure from Phase-Contrast MRI,” Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 52: 300–309 (2004)
Moghaddam A.N., Fatouraee N., Choi E.T., Amini A.A., “A Fast method for Computation of the Static Pressure field in Stenotic geometries by PC MRI,” Proceedings of SPIE, 5031: 31-42 (2003)
Golshani Sh., Nasiraei-Moghaddam A. “Efficient Radial Tagging CMR Exam: A Coherent k-Space Reading and Image Reconstruction Approach,” Submitted to Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
Nasiraei-Moghaddam A., Liebling M., Forouhar A.S., Tsai H-J., Fraser S.E., and Gharib M. “A Lagrangian Approach Reveals the Active and Passive Regions in the Embryonic Zebrafish Heart,” Submitted to the annals of Biomedical Engineering, under second revision.

CONFERENCE PAPERS & ABSTRACTS(2009-Present)

Khajehim M., Moghaddam A.N., “A Systematic Investigation on the BOLD Contrast in S1- and S2-SSFP fMRI,” ISMRM 24 th Scientific Meeting, 2016, Singapore.
Khajehim M., Moghaddam A.N., “Monte Carlo Simulation for A-BOSS fMRI,” ISMRM 24 th Scientific Meeting, 2016, Singapore.
Malekian V., Wang D.J., Hossein-Zadeh G.A., Moghaddam A.N., “The novel anisotropic filtering method for noise reduction in fMRI utilizing phase information,” ISMRM 24 th Scientific Meeting, 2016, Singapore.
Shalikar Sh., Moghaddam A.N. “Rotation Analysis of Left ventricle using Correlation of Polar agging MRI Images in Healthy Subject,” (NABICAD), Tehran, Iran
Golshani Sh., Babaee N, Moghaddam A.N. “Rotational Motion of Left Ventricle by Harmonic Phase on Radial Tagging,” SCMR 2016, Los Angeles, USA.
Golshani Sh., Moghaddam A.N. “Real Time Circular Tagging is Possible Through Radial Acquisition,” SCMR 2016, Los Angeles, USA.
Nazemorroaya A., Moghaddam A.N. “A Software Tool for Segmentation of the Myocardium Using Level- Set Alghorithm,” SCMR 2016, Los Angeles, USA.
Golshani Sh., Moghaddam A.N. “Circumferential Compression Encoding (CIRCOM) using Polar K- space,” SCMR 2016, Los Angeles, USA. Khodaei S., Moghaddam A.N., Fatouraee N., Nabaei M., Seiri S., Safaei K. “FEM Analysis of opening phase of anatomic mitral valve,” 23 rd international conference of mechanical engineering, (ISME), 2015, Tehran, Iran.
Seiri S., Nabaei M., Moghaddam A.N., Fatouraee N., Khodaei S., Soltani N. “Effect of baroreflex mechanism on pressure wave amplitude in human vascular network,” 23 rd international conference of mechanical engineering, (ISME), 2015, Tehran, Iran.
Wang Z., Moghaddam A.N., Zou Y., Finn J.P., Ennis D.B., “Improved Myocardial Contrast Using Novel Complementary Radial MR Tagging Technique,” ISMRM 22nd Scientific Meeting, 2014, Milan, Italy.
Wang Z., Rayhan M., Moghaddam A.N., Finn J.P., Ennis D.B., “Automated Left Ventricular Twist Measurement with Complementary Radial Tags " ISMRM 21st Scientific Meeting, 2013, Salt Lake City, USA. (poster)
Middione M.J., Moghaddam A.N., Natsuaki Y., Ennis D.B. “The effects of chemically shifted perivascular fat in quantitative phase contrast MRI,”ISMRM 19st Scientific Meeting, 2011, Montreal, Canada. (poster)
Wang Z., Moghaddam A.N., Rayhan M., Finn J.P., Ennis D.B. “Complementary Radial Tagging for the Assessment of Left Ventricular Function,””ISMRM 19st Scientific Meeting, 2011, Montreal, Canada.
Moghaddam A.N., Natsuaki Y., Finn J.P. “CMR tagging in the polar coordinate system", SCMR, 2011, Nice, France. (oral presentation)
Moghaddam A.N., Natsuaki Y., Finn J.P. “Radial Tagging of MR images: a continuous RF excitation approach", ISMRM 18th Scientific Meeting, 2010, Stockholm, Switzerland. (oral presentation)
Moghaddam A.N., Finn J.P. “Measuring the myocardial angular information through the Radial Tagging,”ISMRM 18th Scientific Meeting,2010, Stockholm, Switzerland. (E-poster)
Moghaddam A.N., Finn J.P., Ennis, D.B. “Off-resonance banding maps with low flip angle balanced steady-state free precession,”ISMRM 18th Scientific Meeting,, 2010, Stockholm, Switzerland. (poster presentation)
Moghaddam A.N., Balawi T., Habibi R., Laub G., Finn J.P. “Dynamics of Contrast Agents in MRA: Analytical basis and experimental validation",ISMRM 17th Scientific Meeting, 2009, Hawaii, USA. (E-poster)
Moghaddam A.N., Habibi R., Balawi T., Finn J.P. “Critical Concentration of Contrast Agents for Quantification of Enhancement: Another reason for Dose Reduction,”ISMRM 17th Scientific Meeting, 2009, Hawaii, USA. (oral presentation)