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Research Engineer, Department of Radiology
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Electrical/Systems Engineering
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Contact
B1 Stellar-Chance Laboratories
422 Curie Boulevard
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia PA 19104-6100
Tel: 215-573-3866
Fax: 215-573-2113
email: kiarash.emami@uphs.upenn.edu
Education
Ph.D. in Electrical/Systems Engineering (Ongoing), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
M.S. in Bioengineering (2008), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (2003), Villanova University, Villanova, PA
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (1997), KNT University of Technology, Tehran
Recent Work
Research Interests
Hyperpolarized 3He MRI of lung function and structure through regional measurements of ventilation, oxygenation and gas diffusion.
Modelling physiological processes of respiratory system
MR-compatible high precision gas mixing and delivery devices
Honors and Awards
Ruth and William Silen award first prize winner in 2007 New England Science Symposium: A Novel Approach to Measure Regional Lung Ventilation Using Hyperpolarized 3He MRI – Potential in Clinical Studies. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, March 2, 2007.
Publications
Emami K, Cadman RV, Woodburn JM, Fischer MC, Kadlecek SJ, Zhu J, Pickup S, Guyer RA, Law M, Vahdat V, Friscia ME, Ishii M, Yu J, Gefter WB, Shrager JB, Rizi RR: Early Changes of Lung Function and Structure in an Elastase Model of Emphysema – A Hyperpolarized 3He MRI Study, J Appl Physiol 2008, Mar; 104(3):773-86. [Epub 2007 Dec 6].
Torigian DA, Gefter WB, Affuso JD, Emami K, Dougherty L: Application of an Optical Flow Method to Inspiratory and Expiratory Lung MDCT to Assess Regional Air Trapping: A Feasibility Study. Am J Roentgenol 2007,188: W276-280.
Ishii M, Emami K, Kadlecek S, Petersson S, Golman K, Vahdat V, Yu J, Cadman RV, Woodburn JM, Stephen M, Lipson DA, Rizi RR: Hyperpolarized 13C MRI of the Pulmonary Vasculature and Parenchyma, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2007, 57(3):459-63.
Yu J, Ishii M, Kadlecek S, Lipson DA, Emami K, Brainard BM, Clark TW, Rajaei S, Rizi RR: Multiple Regression Method for Pulmonary Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Measurement by Hyperpolarized 3He MRI. Journal of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2007, 25:982–991.
Hopkins SR, Levin DL, Emami K, Kadlecek S, Yu J, Ishii M, Rizi RR: Advances in Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Lung Physiology, J Appl Physiol. 2006, 102(3):1244-54.
Kadlecek S, Emami K, Fischer MC, Yu J, Ishii M, Lipson DA, Gefter WB, Shrager JB and Rizi RR: Imaging physiological parameters with hyperpolarized gas MRI. Progress In Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 2005, 47:187–212.
Haczku A, Emami K, Fischer MC, Ishii M, Kadlecek S, Panettieri RA and Rizi RR: Utility of Hyperpolarized 3He MRI in Asthma: Measurements of Regional Ventilation Following Allergic Sensitization and Challenge in Mice. Academic Radiology 2005, 12:1362-1370.
Fischer MC, Kadlecek S, Yu J, Ishii M, Emami K, Vahdat V, Lipson DA and Rizi RR: Measurements of Regional Alveolar Oxygen Pressure using Hyperpolarized 3He MRI. Academic Radiology 2005, 12:1430-1439.
Spector ZZ, Emami K, Fischer MC, Zhu J, Ishii M, Vahdat V, Yu J, Kadlecek S, Driehuys B, Lipson DA, Gefter W, Shrager JB and Rizi RR: Quantitative Assessment of Emphysema Using Hyperpolarized 3He MRI. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2005, 53(6):1341-1346.
Ishii M, Fischer MC, Emami K, Alavi A, Spector ZZ, Yu J, Baumgardner JE, Itkin M, Kadlecek SJ, Zhu J, Bono M, Gefter WB, Lipson DA, Shrager JB and Rizi RR: Hyperpolarized 3He MR imaging of pulmonary function. Radiol Clin North Am 2005, 43(1):235-246.
Spector ZZ, Emami K, Fischer MC, Zhu J, Ishii M, Yu J, Shrager JB and Rizi RR: A small animal model of regional alveolar ventilation using HP 3He MRI. Academic Radiology 2004, 11(10):1171-1179.
Fischer MC, Spector ZZ, Ishii M, Yu J, Emami K, Itkin M and Rizi RR: Single-acquisition sequence for the measurement of oxygen partial pressure by hyperpolarized gas MRI. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2004, 52(4):766-773.
Selected Conference Proceedings
Emami K, Guyer R, Kadlecek S, Woodburn JM, Zhu J, Vahdat V, Yu J, Ishii M, Cadman R, Rajaei S, Cox C, Law M, Stephen M, Shrager JB, Lipson DA, Gefter WB, Rizi RR, A Novel Approach to Measure Regional Lung Ventilation Using Hyperpolarized 3He MRI – Potential in Clinical Studies; International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Sixteenth Scientific Meeting, Berlin, Germany: 2007.
Emami K, Kadlecek S, S. Pickup, J.M. Woodburn, Zhu J, Yu J, Vahdat V, Ishii M, R.V. Cadman, Rajaei S, Cox C, Guyer R, Law M, Stephen M, Shrager JB, Lipson DA, Gefter WB, Rizi RR, An Improved Technique for Measurement of Gas Diffusion Anisotropy in Lung; International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Sixteenth Scientific Meeting, Berlin, Germany: 2007.
Emami K, Kadlecek S, Cadman RV, S. Pickup, Vahdat V, Zhu J, Woodburn JM, Yu J, Ishii M, Rajaei S, Cox C, Guyer R, Law M, Stephen M, Shrager JB, Lipson, DA, Gefter WB, Rizi RR, Dependency of Gas Diffusion Measurements in Lung on Respiratory Pressure–Volume; International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Sixteenth Scientific Meeting, Berlin, Germany: 2007.
Emami K, Kadlecek S, Woodburn JM, Zhu J, Yu J, Vahdat V, Ishii M, Cadman RV, Rajaei S, Nakayama T, Cox C, Guyer R, Law M, Stephen M, Shrager JB, Lipson, DA, Gefter WB, Rizi RR, A Robust Technique for Measurement of Regional Partial Pressure of Oxygen in Rodents; International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Sixteenth Scientific Meeting, Berlin, Germany: 2007.
Emami K, Fischer MC, Zhu J, Gefter WB, Shrager JB, Rizi RR, Early Detection of Emphysema by Hyperpolarized Helium-3 MRI through Measuring Regional Fractional Ventilation; RSNA 92nd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, Nov 2006, SSQ05-01.
Emami K, Ishii M, Kadlecek S, Yu J, Gefter WB, Rizi RR, Diffusion-corrected Reconstruction of Alveolar Oxygen Tensions Images; RSNA 92nd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, Nov 2006, SSM19-02.
Emami K, Fischer MC, Zhu J, Ishii M, Vahdat V, Kadlecek SJ, MacDuffie Woodburn J, Friscia ME, Yu J, Rizi RR, Shrager JB, Early Detection of Emphysema by Hyperpolarized 3He MRI Through Measuring Regional Fractional Ventilation; International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Fifteenth Scientific Meeting, Seattle, Washington: 2006.
Emami K, Ishii M, Zhu J, MacDuffie Woodburn J, Yu J, Kadlecek SJ, Vahdat V, Brainard BM, Friscia ME, Shrager B, Rizi RR, Quantitative Assessment of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Effectiveness in Improving Functional Pulmonary Performance of Emphysematous Subjects – A Small Animal Model; International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Fifteenth Scientific Meeting, Seattle, Washington: 2006.
