Alan
V. Sahakian, July 2008
Professor
of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)
Professor
of Biomedical Engineering
Associate
Chairman of EECS Department for Undergraduate Program
Director
of the Signals and Systems Division of the EECS Department
Member of
the Academic Affiliate Staff, Department of Medicine, Evanston Hospital
Fellow of
the IEEE
The
primary research interest of my lab is the electrophysiology of the atrial
cardiac arrhythmias, in particular atrial fibrillation, and electrotechnologies
for their management. We also have an
interest in electromagnetic and photonic methods for medical imaging and
diagnostics.
5/1984 Ph.D. in Electrical and
Computer Engineering with a minor in Computer Science from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. Thesis title: “Algorithm,
Architecture and Electrode Studies for Apnea Monitoring using a
Multi-Microprocessor System.” Major
advisor: Willis J. Tompkins (ECE). Minor
Advisor: Edward F. Moore (CS)
8/1979 MSEE from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. Thesis title: “A Microprocessor-Based Arrhythmia
Monitor/Recorder for the Operating and Recovery Rooms”
5/1976 BS in Applied Science, and
in Physics from the University of Wisconsin- Parkside.
Professor of Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science (formerly Electrical and Computer Engineering) and of
Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University.
Associate
Chairman of
EECS/ECE Department for Undergraduate Program (2003-present).
Director of EECS Signals and Systems
Division (2005-present).
Charles
Deering McCormick Chaired Professor of Teaching Excellence (1999-2002)
Associate
Professor of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (now Electrical and Computer
Engineering) and of Biomedical Engineering,
Bette and
Neisen Harris Chaired Professor of Teaching Excellence (9/93-8/95)
Director of ECE Instructional Labs
(9/98-8/00)
Associate
Chairman for ECE
Undergraduate Program and Accreditation (9/93-8/98).
1984-1990:
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science, Northwestern University, with
courtesy appointment in Biomedical Engineering.
1985-present: Member: Academic Affiliate
Staff (formerly Associate Professional Staff) Department of Medicine,
Evanston Hospital.
Summer
1987: Resident
Visiting Scholar, Center for Excellence in Reliability and Maintainability, Air
Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH.
1980-84
and 1978 - 79:
Research Assistant, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University
of Wisconsin-Madison.
1982-1983: Electrical Engineer, Applied
Electronic Consultants Inc. and sister corporation Bahr Technologies, Madison,
WI.
1979-1980: Senior Electrical Engineer at
Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, MN.
1.
G.M.
Nijm, A.V. Sahakian, S. Swiryn, J.C. Carr, J.J. Sheehan and A.C. Larson,
“Comparison of Self-Gated Cine MRI Retrospective Cardiac Synchronization
Algorithms,” ACCEPTED, TO APPEAR in Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging,
2008.
2.
G.M. Nijm, S. Swiryn, A.C. Larson and A.V. Sahakian,
“Extraction of the Magnetohydrodynamic Blood Flow Potential from the Surface
Electrocardiogram in Magnetic Resonance Imaging,” ACCEPTED, TO APPEAR in
Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing (MBEC1054R2).
3.
Ricke AD, Swiryn S, Sahakian AV, Petrutiu S,
Young B, and Rowlandson, GI, “ The relationship Between
Programmed Pacemaker Pulse Amplitude and Surface ECG recorded Amplitude:
Application of a New High Resolution ECG System,” ACCEPTED, TO APPEAR in
Journal of Electrocardiology, 2008.
4.
G.M.
Nijm, S. Swiryn, A.C. Larson, A.V. Sahakian, “Evaluation of Image Quality
Metrics for Comparison of Synchronization Algorithms for Cardiac Cine MRI,”
ACCEPTED, TO APPEAR in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Image
Processing, October 2008.
5.
A.V.
Sahakian and G.M. Nijm, “Pulse Oximetry and Noninvasive Blood Pressure
Recording,” TO APPEAR in the book “Practical Signal and Image Processing
Concepts for Clinical Cardiology,” J. Goldberger and J. Ng, eds.
1)
S-C
Kong, A.V. Sahakian, A. Taflove and V. Backman, “Photonic nanojet-enabled
optical data storage,” Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 18, pp.
13713-13719, 2008
2)
S-C Kong, A.V. Sahakian, A. Heifetz, A. Taflove and
V. Backman, "Robust Detection of Deeply Subwavelength Pits in Simulated
Optical Data-Storage Disks Using Photonic Jets," Applied Physics Letters 92, 911102, 2008 (DOI:10.1063/1.2936993),
(Cover article).
3)
E C Ehman, P J Rossman, S A
Kruse, A V Sahakian and K J Glaser, “Vibration safety limits for magnetic resonance elastography,” Physics in
Medicine and Biology, 53, pp. 925-935, 2008.
4)
M.S.
Guillem, A.V. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “Derivation of Orthogonal Leads from the
12-Lead ECG. Performance of an
atrial-based transform for the derivation of P loops,” Journal of
Electrocardiology 41(1) pp. 19-25, 2008.
5)
H.
al-Angari and A.V. Sahakian, “Use of Sample Entropy Approach to Study Heart
Rate Variability in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome,” IEEE Transactions on
Biomedical Engineering, 54(10) pp. 1900-1904, 2007.
6)
S.
Petrutiu, A.V. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “Abrupt changes in fibrillatory wave
characteristics at the termination of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in
humans,” Europace, 9(7), pp. 466-470, 2007.
7)
M.
Ruffolo, M.S. Daskin, A.V. Sahakian and R. Berry, “Design of a Large Network
for Radiological Image Data,” IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in
Biomedicine, 11(1) pp. 25-39, 2007.
8)
S.
Petrutiu, A.V. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “Short-Term Dynamics in Fibrillatory
Wave Characteristics at the Onset of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation in Humans,”
The Journal of Electrocardiology, 40(2) pp. 155-160, 2007.
9)
A.
Heifetz, K. Huang, A.V. Sahakian, X. Li, A. Taflove and V. Backman,
“Experimental Confirmation of Backscattering Enhancement Induced by a Photonic
Jet,” Applied Physics Letters, 89(221118), pp.
2006.
10)
S.
Petrutiu, J. Ng, G. M. Nijm, H. al-Angari, S. Swiryn and A.V. Sahakian, “Atrial
fibrillation and waveform characterization in the surface ECG – a time domain
perpective,” (Invited Paper), IEEE EMBS
Magazine, 25(6) pp. 24-30, Nov.2006.
11)
J.
Ng, A.V. Sahakian, W.G. Fisher and S. Swiryn, “Atrial Flutter Loops Derived
from the Surface ECG: Does the Plane of the Loop Correspond Anatomically to the
Macro-reentrant Circuit,” The Journal of Electrocardiology, 2005.
12)
Q.
Xi, A.V. Sahakian, T.G. Frohlich, J. Ng, S.Swiryn, “The relationship between
the pattern of occurrence of atrial fibrillation and surface ECG fibrillatory
wave characteristics,” Heart Rhythm, 1, pp. 656-663, 2004.
13)
J.
Ng, A.V. Sahakian, W.G. Fisher and S. Swiryn, “Surface ECG vector
characteristics of organized and disorganized atrial activity during atrial
fibrillation,” Journal of Electrocardiology, 37(supplement), pp. 91-97, 2004.
14)
Q.
Xi, A.V. Sahakian, J. Ng, and S. Swiryn, “Atrial fibrillatory wave
characteristics in the surface electrocardiogram: consistency over twenty-four
hours in clinically stable patients,” Journal of Cardiovascular
Electrophysiology, 15(8), pp. 1-7, August 2004.
15)
J.
Ng, A.V. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “Accelerometer-Based Body-Position Sensing for
Ambulatory Electrocardiographic Monitoring,” Biomedical Instrumentation and
Technology, 37(5), pp. 338-346, 2003.
16)
Q.
Xi, A.V. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “The effect of QRS cancellation on atrial
fibrillatory wave signal characteristics in the surface electrocardiogram,”:
The Journal of Electrocardiology, 36(3), pp. 243-249, 2003.
17)
A.V.
Sahakian, M.-S. Lee-Peterson, S. Shkurovich, M. Hamer, T. Votapka, T. Ji and S.
Swiryn, “A simultaneous multichannel monophasic action potential electrode
array for in vivo epicardial repolarization mapping,” IEEE Transactions on
Biomedical Engineering, 48(3), pp. 345-353, 2001.
18)
S.
Shkurovich, A.V. Sahakian, T.V. Votapka, T.Ji and S. Swiryn, “Multi-site
monophasic action potential mapping of atrial repolarization in vivo: is atrial
repolarization a two or three dimensional process?,” The Journal of
Electrocardiology, 33(1) supplement, pp. 127-131, 2001.
19)
D.K.
Serkland, G.D. Bartolini, W.L. Kath, Prem Kumar, and A.V. Sahakian, “Rate
multiplication of a 59-GHz Soliton Source at 1550 nm,” IEEE/OSA Journal of
Lightwave Technology, 16(4), pp. 670-677, 1998.
20)
S.
Shkurovich, A.V. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “Detection of atrial activity from
high voltage leads of implantable defibrillators using a cancellation
technique,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 45(2), pp. 229-234,
1998.
21)
A.T.
Schoenwald, A.V. Sahakian, H.J. Sih and S. Swiryn, “Further observations of
“linking” of atrial excitation during clinical atrial fibrillation,” PACE, 21,
pp. 25-34. 1998.
22)
A.T.
Schoenwald, A.V. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “Discrimination of atrial fibrillation
from regular atrial rhythms by spatial precision of local activation
directions,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 44(10), pp. 958-963,
1997.
23)
S.N.
Laxminarayan, J-L. Coatrieux, C. Roux, S.M. Finkelstein, A.V. Sahakian and S.M.
Blanchard, “Biomedical Information Technology: Medicine and Health Care in the
Digital Future,” IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine,
1(1), pp. 1-7, 1997.
24)
S.M.
Shors, A.V. Sahakian, H.J. Sih and S. Swiryn, “A method for determining
high-resolution activation time delays in cardiac mapping,” IEEE Transactions
on Biomedical Engineering, 43(12), pp. 1192-1196, 1996.
25)
A.T.
Schoenwald, A.V. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “Detecting atrial fibrillation using
spatial precision,” IEEE EMBS Magazine (invited) Vol. 15(3), pp. 45-51, 1996.
26)
C.L.
Chan, A.K. Katsaggelos and A.V. Sahakian, “Linear-quadratic noise-smoothing
filters for quantum-limited images, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing,
4(9), pp. 1328-1333, 1995.
27)
H.J.
Sih, A.V. Sahakian, C.E. Arentzen and S.Swiryn, “A frequency domain analysis of
epicardial maps,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 42(7), pp.
718-727, 1995.
28)
N.
Maglaveras, F. Offner, F. VanCapelle, M. Allessie and A. Sahakian, “Effects of
barriers on propagation of action potentials in two-dimensional cardiac
tissue. A computer simulation study,”
The Journal of Electrocardiology, 28(1), pp. 17-31, 1995.
29)
H.J.
Sih, K.M. Ropella, S. Swiryn, E.P. Gerstenfeld and A.V. Sahakian, “Observations
from intra-atrial recordings on the termination of atrial fibrillation,” Pace,
17(7), pp. 1231-1242, 1994.
30)
C.L.
Chan, A.K. Katsaggelos and A.V. Sahakian, “Recursive locally linear
motion-compensated image sequence filtering under quantum-limited conditions,”
Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, 4(4), pp. 349-363,
December, 1993.
31)
C.L.
Chan, A.K. Katsaggelos and A.V. Sahakian, “Image sequence filtering in quantum
noise with applications to low-dose
fluoroscopy,” IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 12(3) pp. 610-621, September, 1993.
32)
E.P.
Gerstenfeld, A.V. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “Evidence for transient linking of
atrial excitation during atrial fibrillation in man,” Circulation, 86, pp. 375-382, 1992.
33)
A.
Sahakian, G. Myers and N. Maglaveras, “Unidirectional block in cardiac fibers:
effects of discontinuities in coupling
resistance and spatial changes in resting membrane potential in a computer
simulation study,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 39(5), pp.
510-522, 1992.
34)
J.
Slocum, A. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “Diagnosis of atrial fibrillation from
surface electrocardiograms based on computer-detected atrial activity,” the
Journal of Electrocardiology, 25(1),
pp. 1-8, 1992.
35)
A.
Sahakian, K. Ropella and S. Swiryn, “Atrial electrograms and the
characterization of atrial fibrillation,” Journal of Electrocardiology, 24, pp.
131-133, 1991.
36)
E.
Gerstenfeld, A. Sahakian, J. Baerman, K. Ropella and S. Swiryn, “Detection of
changes in atrial endocardial
activation with use of an orthogonal catheter,” The Journal of the American
College of Cardiology, 18, pp. 1034-
1042, 1991.
37)
K.
Ropella, J. Baerman, A. Sahakian and S. Swiryn “Differentiation of ventricular
tachyarrhythmias,” Circulation, 82, pp. 2035-2043, 1990.
38)
A.
Sahakian, K. Ropella, J. Baerman and S. Swiryn, “Measuring the organization of
cardiac rhythms using the magnitude-squared coherence function,” IEEE EMBS
magazine, pp. 25-28, 1990 (invited).
39)
J.
Baerman, K. Ropella, A. Sahakian, J. Kirsh and S. Swiryn, “Effect of bipole
configuration on atrial electrograms during atrial fibrillation,” Pace, 13(1),
pp. 78-87, 1990.
40)
K.
Ropella, A. Sahakian, J. Baerman and S. Swiryn, “The coherence spectrum: a
quantitative discriminator of fibrillatory and non-fibrillatory cardiac
rhythms,” Circulation, 80: 112-119, 1989.
41)
J.
Kirsh, A. Sahakian, J. Baerman and S. Swiryn, “Ventricular response to atrial
fibrillation: role of atrioventricular
conduction pathways,” Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 12(5) pp.
1265-72, 1988.
42)
N.
Maglaveras, A. Sahakian and G. Myers, “Boundary conditions in simulations of
cardiac propagating action potentials,” IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 35(9) pp. 755-758, 1988.
43)
K.
Ropella, A. Sahakian, J. Baerman and S. Swiryn, “Effects of procainamide on
intra-atrial electrograms during atrial fibrillation: implications for
detection algorithms,” Circulation 77(5), pp. 1047-1054, 1988.
44)
J.
Slocum, A. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “Computer discrimination of atrial
fibrillation and regular atrial rhythms from intra-atrial electrograms,” Pace,
vol. 11, pp. 610-621, 1988.
45)
P.
Gross, B. Matsumoto, R. Glover and A. Sahakian, “Acoustic apnea
monitoring:preliminary results,” The Journal of Clinical Engineering, 12(6),
pp. 433-440, 1987.
46)
J.
Slocum, E. Byrom, L. McCarthy, A. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “Computer detection
of A-V dissociation from surface electrocardiograms during wide-QRS complex
tachycardias,” Circulation, 72(5), 1985, pp. 1028-1036.
47)
A.V.
Sahakian, W.J. Tompkins and J.G. Webster, “Electrode motion artifacts in
electrical impedance pneumography,” IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., BME-32(6), June
1985, pp. 448-451.
48)
A.V.
Sahakian, W.J. Tompkins, B.M. Tompkins and J.F. Kreul, “A microprocessor-based
arrhythmia monitor/recorder for the operating and recovery rooms,” Medical
Instrumentation, 17(2), 1983, pp. 131-134.
1)
S.
Petrutiu, G. Nijm, J. Ng, S. Swiryn and A.V. Sahakian “Time Domain Description
of Atrial Fibrillation,” in “Atrial Fibrillation, a Signal Processing
Perspective” L. Sornmo and S. Cerutti, Eds. (in press) 2007.
2)
C.L.
Chan, A.K. Katsaggelos and A.V. Sahakian, “Techniques in Image Sequence
Filtering for Clinical Angiography,” in Medical Imaging Techniques and
Applications, C.T. Leondes, ed., pp. 93-145 (chapter 3), Gordon and Breach
Science Publishers, 1997.
3)
S.
Swiryn, A.T. Schoenwald and A.V. Sahakian, “Detection of Atrial Fibrillation by
Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmic Devices,” in
F.D. Murgatroyd and A.J. Camm (eds.) Nonpharmacological Management of
Atrial Fibrillation, Chapter 21, Futura Publishing Co., 1997
4)
“Adaptive
Coherence Estimation on Brief Intracardiac Recordings,” in G. Clifford Carter (ed.) Coherence and Time
Delay Estimation, IEEE Press (Underwater Acoustics Signal Processing Technical
Committee), 1993. (This is a reprint of
a paper published earlier.)
5)
“Input/Output
Hardware Design” in W.J. Tompkins and J.G. Webster (eds.) Design of
Microcomputer-Based Medical Instrumentation,
Prentice Hall, 1981, pp.
208-240. Also Russian edition, 1983.
6)
“Model
Microprocessors” in W.J. Tompkins and J.G. Webster (eds.) Design of
Microcomputer-Based Medical Instrumentation, Prentice Hall, 1981, pp. 274-
287. Also Russian edition, 1983.
FULL-LENGTH,
REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS (Selected Items):
1)
G.M.
Nijm, A.V. Sahakian, S. Swiryn and A.C. Larson, “Comparison of Self-Gating
Synchronization Algorithms for Cardiac Cine MRI,” Proceedings of Society for
Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Conference, Feb. 2008.
2)
Ricke AD, Swiryn S, Sahakian AV, Petrutiu S,
Young B, and Rowlandson, GI, “ The relationship Between
Programmed Pacemaker Pulse Amplitude and Surface ECG recorded Amplitude:
Application of a New High Resolution ECG System,” Proceedings of the
International Society for Computerized Electrocardiography, April 2008.
3)
G.M.
Nijm, S. Swiryn, A.C. Larson and A.V. Sahakian, “A 3D Model of
Magnetohydrodynamic Voltages: Comparison with Voltages Observed on the Surface
ECG during Cardiac MRI,” Proceedings of the IEEE Computers in Cardiology
Conference, 2007.
4)
S.
Petrutiu, A. Ricke, A.V. Sahakian, B. Young and S. Swiryn, High Resolution
Electrocardiography Optimized for Recording Pulses from Electronic Pacemakers:
Evaluation of a New Pacemaker Sensing System,” Proceedings of the IEEE
Computers in Cardiology Conference, 2007.
5)
G.M.
Nijm, A.V. Sahakian, S. Swiryn and A.C. Larson, “Comparison of Signal Peak
Detection Algorithms for Self-Gated Cardiac Cine MRI,” Proceedings of the IEEE
Computers in Cardiology Conference, 2007.
6)
S.
Petrutiu, A.V. Sahakian, W. Fisher and S. Swiryn, “Manifestation of Left Atrial
Events in the Surface Electrocardiogram during Atrial Fibrillation,”
Proceedings of the IEEE Computers in Cardiology Conference, 2006.
7)
M.S.
Guillem, A.V. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “Derivation of Orthogonal Leads from the
12-Lead ECG. Accuracy of a Single Transform for the Derivation of Atrial and
Ventricular Waves,” Proceedings of the IEEE Computers in Cardiology Conference,
2006.
8)
G. M.
Nijm, S. Swiryn, A.C. Larson and A.V. Sahakian, “Characterization of the
Magnetohydrodynamic Effect as a Signal from the Surface Electrocardiogram
during Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Proceedings of the IEEE Computers in
Cardiology Conference, 2006.
9)
A.V.
Sahakian, M. Billeter, G. Nijm and B. Yalvac, “A Laboratory Demonstration of
Spatial Encoding in MRI,” Proceedings
of the ASEE Conference, 2006.
10) A.V. Sahakian, C. Hayes and B.
Yalvac, “An inexpensive laboratory module to teach principles of NMR/MRI,”
Proceedings of 2005 ASEE Conference, paper 2005-1952, 2005.
11)
S.
Petrutiu, A.V. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “Dynamics of Fibrillatory Wave
Characteristics in the Surface Electrocardiogram at the Onset of Paroxysmal
Atrial Fibrillation in Humans,” Proceedings of the Heart Rhythm Society 2006
Annual Meeting.
12)
Q.
Xi, A.V. Sahakian, S. Swiryn, “The influence of QRS cancellation on signal
characteristics of atrial fibrillation in the surface electrocardiogram,
Proceedings of the IEEE Computers in Cardiology Conference 2004
13)
S.
Petrutiu, A.V. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “Fibrillatory Wave Analysis of the
Surface ECG to Predict Termination of Atrial Fibrillation: The 2004 Computers
in Cardiology/PhysioNet Challenge,” Computers in Cardiology, Vol. 31, 2004.
14) E.A. Oral and A.V. Sahakian, “3-D
Microwave Imaging of Breast Tumors with Matched Filtering,” Proceedings of the
26th Annual Conference of the IEEE EMBS, pp. 1423-1426, 2004.
15) Q. Xi, A.V. Sahakian, J. Ng and S.
Swiryn, “Stationarity of Surface ECG Atrial Fibrillatory Wave Characteristics
in the Time and Frequency Domains in Clinically Stable Patients,” Computers in
Cardiology, Vol. 30, pp. 133-136, 2003.
16) J. Ng, A.V. Sahakian and S. Swiryn,
“Vector Analysis of Atrial Activity from Surface ECGs Recorded During Atrial
Fibrillation,” Computers in Cardiology, Vol. 29, pp. 21-24, 2002.
17) Q. Xi, A.V. Sahakian and S. Swiryn,
“The influence of QRS cancellation on signal characteristics of atrial
fibrillation in the surface electrocardiogram,” Computers in Cardiology, Vol.
29, pp. , 2002.
18) J. Ng, A.V. Sahakian and S. Swiryn,
“P-wave axis shifts due to body position changes during ambulatory ECG
monitoring,” Computers in Cardiology, Vol. 28, pp. 313-316, 2001.
19) S. Shkurovich, A.V. Sahakian, T.V.
Votapka, T. Ji and S. Swiryn, “Multisite Dual-Surface Monophasic Action
Potential Mapping In Vivo: Further Evidence Of Three-Dimensional
Characteristics Of Atrial Repolarization,” Computers in Cardiology Vol. 27, pp.
99-102, 2000.
20)
J.
Ng, A.V. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “Sensing And Documentation Of Body Position
During Ambulatory ECG Monitoring,” Computers in Cardiology Vol. 27, pp. 77-80,
2000.
21)
S.
Shkurovich, A.V. Sahakian, T. Ji, T. Votapka, R. Curran, M. Hamer, and S. Swiryn, “A multichannel monophasic action potential
electrode array for simultaneous epicardial and endocardial repolarization
mapping,” Computers in Cardiology Vol. 26, pp. 281-284, 1999.
22)
A.V.
Sahakian, M.S.L. Peterson, M. Hamer, T. Votapka, T. Ji, and S. Swiryn, “A
simultaneous multichannel monophasic action potential electrode array for
epicardial repolarization mapping,” Computers in Cardiology Vol. 25, pp. 125-128, 1998.
23)
D.K.
Serkland, G.D. Bartolini, P. Kumar, W.L. Kath and A.V. Sahakian, “Rate Doubling
of a Highly-Stable Soliton Source,” in Conference on Optical Fiber
Communication, Vol. 6, OSA Technical Digest Series pp. 292-293, 1997.
24)
S.
Shkurovich, A.V. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “Detection of Atrial Activity from
High Voltage Leads of Implantable Ventricular Defibrillators,” Computers in Cardiology
Vol. 23, pp. 77-79, 1996.
25)
A.T.
Schoenwald, A.V. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “Discrimination of atrial fibrillation
from regular rhythms by spatial precision of activation direction,” proc. IEEE
EMBS Conf., 1995.
26)
S.M.
Shors, A.V. Sahakian, H.J. Sih, and S. Swiryn, “A method for determining
high-resolution activation time delays in unipolar cardiac mapping,” Computers in Cardiology Vol. 21, pp.
157-159, 1994.
27)
A.T.
Schoenwald, A.V. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “The distribution of local activation
directions during human atrial fibrillation: implications for linking,”
Computers in Cardiology Vol. 21, pp. 785-788, 1994.
28)
T.J.
Kostas, L. Mugnier, A.K. Katsaggelos and A.V. Sahakian, “Super-exponential
method for blur identification in
radiographic images,” Proceedings of SPIE conference on Visual Communications
and Image Processing, 2308(II), pp. 921-929, 1994.
29)
A.T.
Schoenwald, A.V. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “A method for determining local
activation directions in the atrium,” proc. IEEE/EMBS Conf., 1994.
30)
N.
Maglaveras, F.J.L. van Capelle, M. Allessie, A.V. Sahakian, C. Pappas and M.
Strintzis, “Dispersion of refractoriness and unidirectional block in a model of
ischemic myocardium,” Computers in
Cardiology Vol. 20, pp. 663-666, 1993.
31)
C.L.
Chan, J.C. Brailean, A.K. Katsaggelos and A.V. Sahakian, “Maximum a-posteriori
displacement field estimation in quantum-limited image sequences,” Proc. SPIE
Conf. on Visual Communications and Image Processing, pp. 396-407, 1993.
32)
A.V.
Sahakian, “Teaching advanced medical instrumentation in the quarter system:
analog and digital signal processing in ten weeks,” (invited), proc. ASEE Conf., pp. 1505-1506, 1993.
33)
N.
Maglaveras, FJL Van Capelle, M. Allessie, A.V. Sahakian, C. Pappas and M. Strintzis, “Ischemia effects on propagation
characteristics and dispersion of refractoriness in a model of ischemic
myocardium,” Proc. IEEE EMBS conf., p.
812, 1993.
34)
C.
Chan, A. Katsaggelos and A. Sahakian, “Restoration of low-dosage cine-
angiographic sequences using a modified expectation maximization algorithm,”
Proc. SPIE Conf. on Visual Communications and Image Processing, Vol 1818, pp.
290-298, 1992.
35)
N.
Maglaveras, F.J.L. VanCapelle, J. De Bakker, M. Allessie, A.V. Sahakian,
C. Pappas and M. Strintzis,
“Extracellular potentials related to tortuocity and functional block in a
two-dimensional model of ventricular myocardium,” Proceedings of the IEEE
Computers in Cardiology conference, pp. 13-16, 1992.
36)
N.
Maglaveras, F.J.L. VanCapelle, J. DeBakker, M. Allessie, A.V. Sahakian, M. Strintzis and C. Pappas, “Relating
tortuocity and extracellular potentials in a two-dimensional model of
ventricular myocardium,” Proc. IEEE/EMBS conf., 14, pp. 596-597, 1992.
37)
N.
Maglaveras, F.J.L. VanCapelle, M. Allessie, A.V. Sahakian, C. Pappas and
M. Strintzis, “Tortuocity effects on
longitudinal and transverse plane-wave propagation in a two-dimensional model
of ventricular tissue,” Computers in Cardiology Vol. 18, pp. 641-644, 1991.
38)
N.
Maglaveras, F.J.L. VanCapelle, M. Allessie, A.V. Sahakian, C. Pappas and
M. Strintzis, “Effects of fast-inward
current inactivation on propagation in a two-dimensional model of ventricular
myocardium,” Proc. IEEE/EMBS conf., 13(2), pp. 613-614, 1991.
39)
C.
Chan, B. Sullivan, A. Sahakian, A. Katsaggelos, T. Frohlich and E. Byrom,
“Spatio-temporal filtering of digital angiographic image sequences corrupted by
quantum mottle,” Proc. SPIE/SPSE Symposium on Electronic Imaging, Vol 1450, pp.
208-217, 1991.
40)
J.Y.Kwak,
S.N. Efstratiadis, A.K. Katsaggelos, A.V. Sahakian, B.J. Sullivan, S. Swiryn,
D.C. Hueter and T. Frohlich, “Motion estimation in digital angiographic images
using skeletons,” Applications of Optical Engineering, Proc. OE/Midwest, 1990;
1396:32-44.
41)
H.J.
Sih, A.V. Sahakian, J.M. Baerman and S. Swiryn, “Effects of uniform anisotropy
on wavelet fractionation and
electrogram simulations in a computer model of fibrillation,” Computers in
Cardiology Vol. 17, pp. 529-532, 1990.
42)
K.M.
Ropella, A.V. Sahakian J.M. Baerman and S. Swiryn, “Coherence estimation from a
single-intra-cardiac lead with two electrode elements,” Proc. IEEE/EMBS conf.,
12(2), pp. 586-587, 1990 (invited)
43)
K.M.
Ropella, S. Swiryn, A.V. Sahakian, H.J. Sih and J.M. Baerman, “Observations on
intra-atrial signals during atrial fibrillation in man,” Proceedings of the
7’th International Congress, Cardiostim, Nice-French Riveria, 1990.
44)
B.
Kaufman, A.V. Sahakian and J.B. Myklebust, “Analysis of the SEP using the
Hilbert Transform,” Proc. IEEE/EMBS conf., 12(2), pp. 887-888. 1990.
45)
N.
Maglaveras, A.V. Sahakian, F. VanCapelle, M. Allessie, C. Pappas and M. Strintzis, “Effects of barriers in plane
wave propagation in a two- dimensional model of anisotropic cardiac tissue,”
Proc. IEEE/EMBS conf., 12(4), pp. 1839-1840, 1990.
46)
S.
Swiryn, H. Sih, J. Baerman, T. Frolich and A. Sahakian, “Computer modeling in
cardiac electrophysiology,” Proc.
IEEE/EMBS conf., 12(2), pp. 603-604, 1990 (invited).
47)
C.
Chan, B. Sullivan, A. Sahakian, A. Katsaggelos, S. Swiryn, D. Hueter and T.
Frolich “Simulation of Poisson noise in digital angiographic images,”
Proc. SPIE/SPSE Symposium on Electronic
Imaging, Vol 1245, Biomedical Image Processing, pp. 104-110, 1990.
48)
A.Sahakian,
K. Ropella, J. Baerman and S. Swiryn, “Adaptive coherence estimation on brief
intracardiac recordings,” Proc. IEEE/EMBS 11th ann. conf., pp.
224-225, 1989. (invited)
49)
K.
Ropella, A. Sahakian, J. Baerman and S. Swiryn, “Effect of data segmentation on
coherence estimates of cardiac rhythms,” Proc. IEEE/EMBS 11th ann.
conf., pp. 16-17, 1989. (invited)
50)
A.
Sahakian, K. Ropella, J. Baerman and S. Swiryn, “Median frequency and coherence
measures of atrial and ventricular fibrillation,” Proc. IEEE/EMBS tenth ann.
conf., pp. 16-17, 1988. (invited)
51)
A.Sahakian,
K. Ropella, J. Baerman and S. Swiryn, “Coherence measures of cardiac
arrhythmias from intra-cardiac and epicardial leads,” Computers in Cardiology
Vol. 15, pp. 329-332, 1988.
52)
A.
Sahakian, N. Maglaveras and G. Myers, “Boundary conditions for modeling
propagating cardiac action potentials,” Proc. IEEE/EMBS ninth ann. conf,
pp. 311-312, 1987. (invited)
53)
J.
Slocum, A. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “Computer detection of atrial fibrillation
on the surface electrocardiogram,”
Computers in Cardiology Vol. 14, pp.
253-254, 1987.
54)
J.
Slocum, A. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “Characterization of atrial fibrillation,”
Proceedings of the 1986 Engineering Foundation Conference, (Computerized
interpretation of the electrocardiogram XI), pp. 102-105.
55)
A.V.
Sahakian and K.H. Kuo, “Canceling the cardiogenic artifact in impedance
pneumography,” IEEE Frontiers of Engineering and Computing in Health Care,
1985, pp. 855-859.
56)
J.
Slocum, L. McCarthy, E. Byrom, A. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “Detection of A-V
dissociation in wide-QRS tachycardias,” IEEE Frontiers of Engineering and
Computing in Health Care, 1985, pp. 762-763.
57)
J.
Slocum, L. McCarthy, E. Byrom, A. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “Detection of A-V
dissociation on the surface ECG,” Proceedings of the 1985 Engineering
Foundation Conference (Computerized interpretation of the electrocardiogram X),
pp. 9-11.
58)
A.V.
Sahakian, W.J. Tompkins and J.G. Webster, “Reducing electrode motion artifacts
in electrical impedance pneumography,”
IEEE Frontiers of Engineering and Computing in Health Care, 1984, pp. 334-336.
59)
A.V.
Sahakian and G.S. Furno, “An adaptive filter for distorted line- frequency
noise,” Biomedical Sciences
Instrumentation, 19, 1983, pp. 47-52.
60)
A.V.
Sahakian and W.J. Tompkins, “A multi-microcomputer-based neonatal apnea
monitor,” Proceedings of the 10th Annual Northeast Bioengineering
Conference, 1982, pp. 151-156.
REFEREED
ABSTRACTS (Selected
Items):
1)
A.
Heifetz, K. Huang, A. Sahakian, X. Li, A. Taflove, V. Backman, “Experimental
Confirmation of Backscattering Enhancement Induced by a Photonic Jet,” American
Physical Society, Abstract ID: BAPS.2007.MAR.P38.14, March 2007.
2)
Grille,
H. Polster, E. Buldt, F. Asbeck, S. Shkurovich, A. Sahakian, S. Naik and T.
Markowitz, “Atrial sensing performance using a novel VDD lead,” Proceedings of
Cardiostim 2000 conference, May, 2000.
3)
A.T.
Schoenwald, A.V. Sahakian and S.Swiryn, “Effect of segment length on
discrimination of atrial fibrillation by spatial precision of local activation
direction,” Proceedings of NASPE conference, May, 1996.
4)
H.J.
Sih, A.V. Sahakian, C.E. Arentzen and S. Swiryn, “Epicardial maps of very short
wavelength, acetylcholine modulated,
swine atrial fibrillation,” PACE Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, 18
(part II):804, 1995.
5)
A.T.
Schoenwald, A.V. Sahakian, H.J. Sih and S. Swiryn, “Constant direction of
multiple episodes of linking during
atrial fibrillation: Implications for possible mechanisms,” Journal of the
American College of Cardiology, February, 1994:1A-484A, p. 444A.
6)
H.J.
Sih, A.V. Sahakian, C.E. Arentzen and S. Swiryn, “Observations from epicardial
maps on the termination of atrial
fibrillation in a swine model,” Journal of the American College of
Cardiology, February, 1994:1A-484A, p.
458a.
7)
S.
Swyrin, E.P. Gerstenfeld, H.J. Sih, A. Srinivasan and A. Sahakian, “The
organization of atrial fibrillation,”
The Journal of Electrocardiology, 25:147, 1993.
8)
H.J.
Sih, A.V. Sahakian, C.E. Arentzen and S. Swiryn, “A frequency domain analysis
of epicardial maps,” PACE, 16:907, 1993.
9)
H.J.
Sih, K.M. Ropella, S. Swiryn, E.P. Gerstenfeld and A.V. Sahakian, “Observations
on the termination of atrial fibrillation in humans,” Journal of the American
College of Cardiology, 16:228A, 1992.
10)
E.P.
Gerstenfeld, A.V. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “Further observations on the
transient linking of atrial excitation during atrial fibrillation in man,” Journal
of the American College of Cardiology, 19:64A, 1992.
11)
E.P.
Gerstenfeld, A.V. Sahakian, J.M. Baerman and S. Swiryn, “Transient “linking” of
atrial excitation during atrial fibrillation in man,” PACE, 14:625, 1991.
12)
K.M.
Ropella, J.M. Baerman, A.V. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “Differentiation of
ventricular tachyarrhythmias for an
implantable device,” PACE, 13:537, 1990.
13)
E.P.
Gerstenfeld, A.V. Sahakian, K.M. Ropella, J.M. Baerman and S. Swiryn,
“Discrimination of antegrade from retrograde conduction using an orthogonal
catheter,” PACE, 13:550, 1990.
14)
J.M.
Baerman, K.M. Ropella, A.V. Sahakian, J.A. Kirsh and S. Swiryn, “Effect of
bipolar catheter configuration on
electrogram morphology during atrial fibrillation,” PACE, 12:661, 1989.
15)
J.A.
Kirsh, A.V. Sahakian, J.M. Baerman K.M. Ropella and S. Swiryn, “Physiologic
significance of electrogram signal characteristics during atrial fibrillation:
simulated electrograms in a computer model,” PACE, 12:657, 1989.
16)
A.
Sahakian, K. Ropella, J. Baerman and S. Swiryn, “Characterization of rhythms
from intra-cardiac and epicardial leads using coherence spectra,” the Journal
of Electrocardiography, 22(supplement):231, 1989.
17)
J.A.
Kirsh, A.V. Sahakian, J.M. Baerman and S. Swiryn, “Ventricular response in
atrial fibrillation: role of atrioventricular conducting pathways, PACE,
11:519, 1988.
18) K.M. Ropella, A.V. Sahakian, J.M.
Baerman and S. Swiryn, “Discrimination of fibrillatory from non-fibrillatory
rhythms: coherence spectra,” PACE, 11:519, 1988.
19) K.M. Ropella, A.V. Sahakian, J.M.
Baerman and S. Swiryn, “ Effect of procainamide on atrial electrograms during atrial fibrillation: a
potential drug-device interaction,” Journal of the American College of
Cardiology, 11:165A, 1988.
20) K.Ropella, A. Sahakian and S.
Swiryn, “Effect of procainamide on atrial electrograms during atrial fibrillation: a potential drug-device
interaction,” Clinical Research, 35(6):836A, 1987.
21) J. Slocum, A. Sahakian and S.
Swiryn, “Computer detection of atrial fibrillation on the surface electrocardiogram,” Computers in Cardiology,
1986, (paper 52).
22) A. Sahakian and A. Baur, “Data
compression in impedance pneumography,” Proceedings of the ACEMB 39th
Annual Meeting, 1986, p. 225.
23) P.G. Gross, B.M. Matsumoto, R.W.
Glover and A.V. Sahakian, “Apnea
monitoring using lung sounds,” Proceedings of AAMI 21st Annual
Meeting, 1986, p. 33.
24) J. Slocum, A. Sahakian and S.
Swiryn, “Characterization of atrial fibrillation in the frequency domain,”
Circulation, 72:III-434, 1985.
25) A.V. Sahakian and K.H. Kuo,
“Canceling the cardiogenic artifact in impedance pneumography,” IEEE Trans.
Biomed. Eng., BME-32(10), 1985, p. 893.
26) J. Slocum, L. McCarthy, E. Byrom,
A. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “Detection of A-V dissociation in wide-QRS
tachycardias,” IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., BME- 32(10), 1985, p. 891.
27) J. Slocum, E. Byrom, L. McCarthy,
A. Sahakian and S. Swiryn, “Detection of A-V dissociation on the surface ECG,”
Proceedings of the Engineering Foundation Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, 1985.
28) A.V. Sahakian, W.J. Tompkins and
J.G. Webster, “Reducing electrode motion artifacts in electrical impedance pneumography,” IEEE Trans. Biomed.
Eng., BME-31(8), 1984, p. 570.
29) W.J. Tompkins, A.V. Sahakian, B.M.
Tompkins and J.F. Kreul, “A microprocessor-based arrhythmia monitor/recorder
for the operating room,” Proceedings of AAMI Annual Meeting, 1980, p. 217.
30) W.J. Tompkins, J.G. Webster, A.V.
Sahakian, N.V. Thakor and W.C. Mueller, “Long-term, portable, ECG arrhythmia
monitoring,” Proceedings of AAMI Annual Meeting, 1979, p. 278.
1)
Pending
European Patent #03732007.4-2305-US0301714 “Methods and Apparatus for Detection
and Treatment of Syncope.”
2)
U.S.
Patent # 6895275 “Methods and apparatus for detection and treatment of
syncope,” co-inventor with H.T. Markowitz, M.K. Erickson and A. Schuler, issued
May 17, 2005.
3)
U.S.
Patent # 6061589 “Microwave antenna for cancer detection system,” co-inventor
with J.E. Bridges, A. Taflove and S.C. Hagness, Issued May 9, 2000.
TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS AND SESSIONS CHAIRED (Selected items):
2008 –
Invited Presentation: “The Incoherent Heart,” Illinois Institute of Technology
Biomedical Engineering Department, February.
2007 –
Invited presentation: “Put a Little Computer in Your Heart: Advances in
Implantable Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators,” Northwestern University
Alumni Continuing Education, May.
2007 –
Invited Presentation: “The Incoherent Heart,” Center for Photonic
Communications and Computing, March.
2006 –
Paper Presentation: “A Laboratory Demonstration of Spatial Encoding in MRI,
ASEE Conference, Chicago.
2000 –
Seminar presentation: “Mapping of cardiac tissue repolarization in-vivo,”
University of Illinois – Chicago, October.
2000 –
Invited paper presentation: “Multi-site monophasic action potential mapping of
atrial repolarization in vivo: is atrial repolarization a two or three
dimensional process?” International Society for Computerized Electrocardiology,
Yosemite, CA, May.
1999 -
Invited paper presentation: “Processing signals from the atrium of the heart,”
Biomedical Signal Interpretation Workshop, Rosemont, IL, June.
1998 -
Paper presentation: “A simultaneous multichannel monophasic action potential
electrode array for epicardial repolarization mapping,” IEEE Computers in
Cardiology conference, Cleveland, September.
1996 -
Seminar presentation: “Applications of DSP in implantable medical devices,”
Northern Illinois University, February.
1995
- Seminar presentation: “Applications
of digital signal processing in the treatment of the atrial cardiac
arhythmias,” Illinois Institute of Technology, December.
1995
- Invited plenary presentation:
“Organization of atrial fibrillation,” International Society for Computerized Electrocardiography Annual
conference, Amelia Island Plantation, Fernandina, FL.
1995
- Invited plenary presentation: “Applications
of digital signal processing in cardiac pacing,” IEEE Great Lakes Biomedical
Engineering Conference, April.
1994 -
Invited plenary presentation: “Applications of DSP in understanding, diagnosing
and automatically treating atrial cardiac arrhythmias,” IEEE DSP Workshop,
Yosemite, CA.
1993 -
Paper presentation: “Ischemia effects on propagation characteristics and
dispersion of refractoriness in a model of ischemic myocardium,” IEEE/EMBS
conference, San Diego.
1991 -
Paper presentation: “Effects of fast-inward current inactivation on propagation
in a two-dimensional model of ventricular myocardium,” IEEE/EMBS conference,
Orlando.
1991 -
Invited paper presentation: “Atrial electrograms and the characterization of
atrial fibrillation,” International Society for Computerized Electrocardiology,
Santa Barbara.
1990 -
Invited paper presentation: “Coherence estimation from a single- intra-cardiac
lead with two electrode elements,”
IEEE/EMBS conference, Philadelphia.
1989 -
Invited paper presentation: “Adaptive coherence estimation on brief
intracardiac recordings,” IEEE/EMBS
conference, Seattle.
1989 -
Invited paper presentation: “Characterization of rhythms from intra- cardiac
and epicardial leads using coherence spectra,” Conference of the International Society
for Computerized Electrocardiography, Santa Barbara, CA, April.
1988 -
Paper presentation: “Coherence measures of cardiac arrhythmias from
intra-cardiac and epicardial leads,” IEEE Computers in Cardiology conference,
Bethesda, MD.
1987 -
Invited paper presentation: “Active boundary conditions for modeling
propagating cardiac action potentials,” IEEE/EMBS conference Boston.
1986 -
Paper presentation: “Data compression in impedance pneumography,” 39th
ACEMB conf. Baltimore.
1985 -
Invited tutorial session: “Design, analysis, and realization of elementary
digital filters.” IEEE-EMBS/ACEMB annual conference, Chicago.
1985 -
Paper presentation: “Canceling the cardiogenic artifact in impedance
pneumography.” IEEE/EMBS conference, Chicago.
1983 -
Paper presentation: “An adaptive filter for distorted line-frequency noise.”
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation Annual Meeting, Mayo
Clinic, Rochester.
1983 -
Lecture: “Adaptive and feature filtering.” University of Wisconsin - Extension,
Madison.
2006 –
Session Chair: Bringing Modern technology into Biomedical Engineering, BMES
Conference, Chicago.
2004 –
Co-chairman, Plenary Session, IEEE Computers in Cardiology Conference, Chicago.
1999 -
Co-chairman, Mapping Biosignals Session, Biosignal Interpretation Workshop,
Chicago.
1996 -
Chairman, Physiological Data Acquisition Systems Session, IEEE EMBS Conference,
Amsterdam.
1996 -
Chairman, ECG Signal Processing Session, IEEE Computers in Cardiology
Conference, Indianapolis.
1994 -
Chairman, Instrumentation track, (Technical Program Committee) IEEE EMBS
Conference, Baltimore.
1992 -
Co-chairman, Intelligent Sensors and Transducers track, IEEE EMBS Conference,
Paris.
1991 -
Chairman, Instrumentation track, (Technical Program Committee) IEEE/EMBS
Conference, Orlando.
1991 -
Chairman, Clinical and Diagnostic Instrumentation Session, IEEE/EMBS
Conference, Orlando.
1991 -
Co-Chairman, Electrocardiography II session, IEEE/EMBS conference, Orlando.
1990 -
Chairman, Neural Networks session, IEEE Computers in Cardiology Conf., Chicago.
1990 -
Chairman, Instrumentation track, IEEE/EMBS Conf., Philadelphia.
1990 -
Chairman, Cardiovascular Instrumentation session, IEEE/EMBS Conf.,
Philadelphia.
1989 -
Chairman, Instrumentation track, IEEE/EMBS Conf., Seattle.
1989 -
Chairman, Diagnostic Instrumentation session, IEEE/EMBS Conf., Seattle.
1987 -
Chairman, Modeling and Simulation session, IEEE/EMBS conf. Boston.
1986 -
Chairman, Medical Instrumentation Session, 39th ACEMB conf.
Baltimore.
IEEE
(Fellow) and IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Microwave Theory
and Techniques Society, Antennas and Propagation Society.
American
Society for Engineering Education (member and Northwestern University campus
representative).
Sigma Xi
(member)
IEEE:
Distinguished Lecturer, EMBS (1993-present).
Fellows
Committee, IEEE EMBS (2003-2005 and 2006-2007)
Advisory
Board: IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine
(1998-present)
Steering
Committee, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (1998 through 2000)
Vice
President for Publications and Technical Activities of the Engineering in
Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) (1996 and 1997/1998 terms)
Region-4
(north-central US) Administrative Committee (AdCom) representative for EMBS
(1993/95 and 95/97 terms)
Chairman,
Emerging Technologies Committee, EMBS (1993 through 1995).
Chairman,
Publications Committee, EMBS (1996 through 1998)
Member
and Chapter Activities Committee, EMBS (1993 through 1997).
Student
activities committee, EMBS (1993 through 1997).
Biomedical
Engineering Society:
Editorial
Board, Instrumentation section, for the Annals of Biomedical Engineering,
(1990-93).
Recent
reviewer for:
IEEE
Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging,
IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, Annals of
Biomedical Engineering, Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing,
Circulation, Biotechnology Progress, Medical and Biological Engineering and
Computing.
Charles
Deering McCormick Chaired Professorship in Teaching Excellence, 1999-2002.
Associated
Student Government (ASG) faculty honor roll for years 1996, 1997, and 2002.
McCormick
School of Engineering and Applied Science Advisor of the Year Award, 1995-96.
Bette
and Neison Harris Chaired Professorship in Teaching Excellence, 1993-95.
Northwestern
University Alumni Association: Award for Teaching Excellence, 1992.
McCormick
School of Engineering and Applied Science Award for Teaching Excellence, 1990.
McCormick
School of Engineering and Applied Science Teaching Honor Roll, 1990.
2007:
Elected a Fellow of IEEE “For
contributions to electrophysiology of atrial cardiac arrhythmias’
1996:
Distinguished Alumnus and Outstanding Achievement Awards, University of
Wisconsin - Parkside.
1995:
Outstanding IEEE Student Branch Advisor, Region-4.
From the Department of Defense, “Nanoparticle Contrast Agents for Enhanced Microwave Imaging and Thermal Treatment of Breast Cancer’” $506,537, September, 2007 – October, 2009, Co-investigator with Xu Li as PI.
From the Defense Intelligence Agency (subcontract from Argonne National Labs), Remote detection of intent, co-pi at NU.
From Honeywell, Inc. (through Segal Design Institute), SafeCar vehicle for first-responders (undergrad research/design).
From the Dr. Scholl Foundation, “Mechanisms of Atrial Fibrillation, a Study Focusing on Issues of Repolarization,” Cumulative: $317,600 through 11/2008, Co-PI with Steven Swiryn.
From the
National Science Foundation through the VaNTH Center: “A module teaching
principles of Cardiovascular Signal Processing,” and “A module teaching
principles of magnetic resonance imaging using a bench-top instrument” Approx.
$250,000, through 8/2007.
From
Medtronic, Inc., “Signal processing for implantable cardiac pacemakers”
Cumulative: $281,000, through 10/2007.
From the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), “Lightweight cryptographic techniques,” Co-PI with Horace Yuen and Majid Sarrafzadeh, $967,043, 6/1/00 – 5/01/03.
From the
O’Shaughnessy Foundation, “Instrumentation to correlate body position with
cardiac arrhythmias in ambulatory patients,” $25,000, (co-investigator with S.
Swiryn), 12/1/99 through 11/30/00.
From
AT+T/Lucent Technologies, Special Purpose Grant to Establish a
Multidisciplinary Laboratory for the Development of Technology for Optical
Video Networks, $65,000, (with P. Kumar and A. Katsaggelos as co-PI’s), 11/96
through 10/97.
From the
NIH, “Microwave Breast Cancer Detection,” (SBIR grant subcontract from
Interstitial, Inc, with J. Bridges and A. Taflove), 6/96 through 7/97.
From the
Federal Aviation Administration, “Image Processing for Radiographic Inspection”
through the Center for Aviation Systems Reliability, Iowa State University,
$120,000, 9/90 through 2/95.
From
Siemens: “Processing enhancements for digital angiographic image sequences,”
(with A. Katsaggelos as co-investigator), $276,827, 12/1/89 through 12/31/92.
From
Siemens: Photoelectron-statistic-limited X- ray angiography, (with A. Katsaggelos and B. Sullivan as
co-investigators), $18,000, 5/1/89 through 11/30/89.
From the
Microelectronics Systems Center: “Multi-processor for modeling complex
two-dimensional arrays in matrix representations,” $2,500, 10/1/88 - 9/30/89.
From
Evanston Hospital “Atrial fibrillation: studies from atrial electrograms,”
(co-investigator with S. Swiryn), $32,598, 12/1/87 through 11/30/88.
From
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. (St. Paul, MN) “Conversion of atrial fibrillation
using low-energy intra-atrial countershocks,” (co-investigator with J.M. Baerman), $10,000, 10/1/87 through 12/31/87.
From University Research Grants Committee: “Algorithm studies for long-term neonatal apnea monitoring,” $2,000,