Abbas Samani

Prof. Abbas Samani is a Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Medical Biophysics at Western University. He is a core faculty member of the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program and an Associate Scientist at Imaging Research Laboratories of Robarts Research Institute. His academic journey includes a Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo, an M.Sc. from the University of Tehran, and a B.Sc. from Amirkabir University of Technology.

His research focuses on biological tissue computational modeling and its applications in medical imaging, intervention, and image analysis. He develops computer/image-assisted tools for minimally invasive disease diagnosis and therapy, targeting heart disease, cancer, and lung disease. Key projects include myocardium biomechanical modeling, handheld medical devices for breast cancer screening, and lung disease diagnostics via CT image segmentation.

His recent publications emphasize ultrasound elastography, finite element modeling, and inverse problems in biomechanics, primarily in journals like IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging and Translational Oncology. His work spans both computational modeling and medical device development.

Selected Graduate Supervision:

• Ph.D. Candidates: Seyed Hassan Haddad, Elham Karami, Seyed Mohammad Hesabgar
• Graduated Ph.D. Students: Ali Sadeghi Naini, Seyed Reza Mousavi
• M.Sc. Students: Cristian Linte, Patrick Courtis, Joseph O'Hagan, Hatef Mehrabian, Hirad Karimi, Hosein Amooshahi, Seyed Mohammad Hesabgar, Nastaran Ghadarghadr, Shadi Shavakh, Ehsan Salamati, Ehsan Omidi

Teaching Contributions:

• Graduate: BME9519B/CAMI9519B/ECE9202B/ECE9022B - Advanced Image Processing and Analysis, MBP9530A - Human Biomechanics and Biomedical Applications
• Undergraduate: ECE4438B - Advanced Image Processing and Analysis, ES1050 - Introductory Engineering Design and Innovation Studio, MBP3330F - Human Biomechanics and Biomedical Applications

Research Affiliations:

• Robarts Research Institute - Associate Scientist at Imaging Research Laboratories
• Western University - Core Faculty, Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program