Seyed Mohammad Entezarmahdi

Email: mohammad.entezarmahdi@gmail.com

Phone: +(98) 917 706 3776

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Research Interests:

-      Nuclear Medicine Physics and Engineering

-      Quantitative Medical Data and Image Analysis

-      Artificial Intelligence and Information Science

-      Post Processing of Medical Images

-      Reconstruction of Static and Dynamic Tomographic Images

-      Medical Imaging Systems

 

Education:

2019 - 2023:     PhD, Medical Radiation Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.

Areas of focus: Advanced Medical Instrumentation, Nuclear Medicine Imaging, Pattern Recognition, SPECT-CT, PET-CT

Research Projects: Extracting Time Activity Curve from Myocardial Dynamic SPECT, Based on Automatically Image Segmentation

 

2008 - 2010:     MSc, Medical Radiation Engineering, Shiraz University, Iran.

Areas of focus: Medical Imaging Systems, Nuclear Medicine, Advanced Mathematics, Stochastic Process, Video/Image Signal Processing, Physics in Radiotherapy, Medical Instrumentation, Nuclear Physics, Radio Isotopes, Health Physics, Dosimetery, Shielding.

Research Projects: Prediction of Final Extent of Brain Ischemic Infarction from Acute MR Textural Information Using Generalized Linear Regression.

 

2003 - 2007:     Bachelor in Science, Electrical Engineering, Shiraz University, Iran.

Areas of focus: Electrical Circuit Theory, Analogue/Digital Signal and Systems, Electronics, Microprocessor, Control Systems, Electromagnetism, Communication Systems, Microwaves, Antenna Theory.

Research Projects: Cancelling out the Audio Unwanted Positive Feedback in an Amphitheatre with ICA (Independent Components Analysis) Methods and Implementation.

Work Experience:

Nov 19 - Present

Physicist, Nuclear Medicine Department, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Science.

Duties: Teaching, Instrument Maintenance, Health Physic, Research.

 

Feb 17 - 2020

Official Councilor, Hospital Management, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Science.

Duties: Medical Economics for: Medical Image Systems, Radiotherapy Systems, Operation Room Medical Devices.

 

Jan 13 - Present

Scholar Member of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences.

Duties: Research, Project Management.

 

Oct 15 - Nov 19

Head of Nuclear Medicine and CT-Scan Center, Alzahra Charity Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Science.

Duties: Human Resource Management, Cost and Benefit Management, Research and Develop, Medical Imaging Service for Patients.

 

Jul 12 - Oct 15

Physicist, Nuclear Medicine Department, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Science.

Duties: Instrument Maintenance, Health Physic, Research and Development.

 

Dec 10 - Sep 11

Director (Video/Image Signal Processing), Barazesh Pouyan Pars Co.,

Duties: Automation Systems, Electronic Circuits, Image Signal Processing.

 

Oct 10 - Feb 11

Software Developer (Video/Image Signal Processing), Shahab Sagheb Co.,

Duties: Algorithm Development (Object Detection, Distance Recognition, Tracking, Kalman Filter, Fuzzy Algorithms, Artificial Neural Network)



Journal Publications:

1.     1.     Under Review: N. Shahamiri, M. Yazdi, SM. Entezarmahdi, et. al., "Enhancing Coronary Artery Disease Prediction through Radiomics and 3D Left Ventricle Analysis in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging SPECT using QCARD-NM". Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics. Submittet started on Jan. 2025.

2.     2.     Under Review: F. Abbasi, R. Faghihi, SM. Entezarmahdi, et. al., "Comparative Analysis of Quality Control Result of 22 DEXA Systems from Six Manufacturers: A Comprehensive One-Day Protocol". International Journal of Biomedical Imaging. Submittet started on Dec. 2024.

3.     3.     F. Yousefzadeh, M. Yazdi, SM. Entezarmahdi, et. al. "SPECT-MPI iterative denoising during the reconstruction process using a two-phase learned convolutional neural network", EJNMMI physics, 11 (1), 1-22, 2024.

4.     4.     F. Farhoudi, SM. Entezarmahdi, M. Haghighatafshar, "Notable visualization of gallbladder on a 99mTc-MDP SPECT/CT bone scintigraphy in a case of brucellosis", IJNM; vol 40, 2024.

5.     5.     SM. Entezarmahdi, R. Faghihi., M. Yazdi et al. "QCard-NM: Developing a semiautomatic segmentation method for quantitative analysis of the right ventricle in non-gated myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging." EJNMMI Phys; vol 10, supp 21; 2023.

6.     S. Sina, M. Karimi-Pourfard, M. Sadeghi, SM. Entezarmahdi, M. Alavi, "Validation and comparison the dose results of simulated head phantom by GATE Monte Carlo code with Thermoluminescent dosimeter responses in PET imaging", Radiation Safety and Measurement, vol 11 (5), 2023.

7.     SM. Entezarmahdi, N. Shahamiri, R. Faghihi, "A new approach to overcome the inconsistency between SPECT and the anatomical map in maximum A-posterior expectation-maximization reconstruction algorithm" Biomed. Phys. Eng. Express, 8, 045013; 2022.

8.     S. Sina, S. Mehdizadeh Naderi, M. Karimipourfard, Z. Molaeimanesh, M. Sadeghi, E. Zamani, F. Lotfalizadeh, SM. Entezarmahdi, R. Faghihi, "Development of a Simple Method for Determining the Absorbed Activity Concentration by the Thyroid Gland of Nuclear Medicine Staff", Iranian Journal of Medical Physics, 18(3), 211-217, 2021.

9.     M. Haghighatafshar, E. Piruzan, SM. Entezarmahdi, F. Shekoohi-Shooli, MR. Parishan. "An applicable count rate saturation correction approach on gamma camera for I-131 labeled radiopharmaceuticals." Results in Physics 12 1901-1904, 2019.

10.   MR. Mohseni, R. Faghihi, M. Haghighatafshar, SM. Entezarmahdi. "Effects of the attenuation correction and reconstruction method parameters on conventional cardiac dynamic SPECT." Medicine 97, no. 39, 2018.

11.   M. Haghighatafshar, M. Ghaedian, Z. Etemadi, SM. Entezarmahdi, T. Ghaedian. "Pilocarpine effect on dose rate of salivary gland in differentiated thyroid carcinoma patients treated with radioiodine." Nuclear medicine communications 39, no. 5: 430-434, 2018.

12.   E. Piruzan, M. Haghighatafshar, R. Faghihi, SM. Entezarmahdi. "Calculation of blood dose in patients treated with 131I using MIRD, imaging, and blood sampling methods." Medicine 95, no. 11, 2016.

13.   S. Mehdizadeh Naderi, M. Karimipourfard, F. Lotfalizadeh, E. Zamani, Z. Molaeimanesh, M. Sadeghi, SM. Entezarmahdi, S. Sina, R. Faghihi. "Establishing a Protocol for Quick Estimation of Thyroid Internal Contamination with 131I in Normal and Emergency Situations." Medical physics 42, no. 6Part6: 3260-3260. 2015.

14.   H. Sadeghpour, M Alavi, M Shahedi, SM. Entezarmahdi, A Sakhteman. "Evaluation of radiochemical purities of some radiopharmaceuticals in Shiraz Namazi teaching hospital." Trends in Pharmaceutical Sciences 1, no. 1: 15-19, 2015.

15.   S. Mehdizadeh Naderi, S. Sina, M. Karimipoorfard, F. Lotfalizadeh, SM. Entezarmahdi, H. Moradi, R. Faghihi. "Design and fabrication of a multipurpose thyroid phantom for medical dosimetry and calibration." Radiation protection dosimetry 168, no. 4: 503-508, 2015.

16.   MM. Kahani Mojorad, A. KamaliAsl, S. Hashemi, H. Ghadiri, SM. Entezarmahdi, J. Khamkhaji. "Simultaneous Use of Two Different Contrast Agents and Assessing their Accuracy in Breast Tissue Using Dual-Energy Digital Mammography." Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences 24, no. 122: 239-251. 2015.

17.   Z. Shahpouri, A. Kamali-Asl, A. Bitarafan-Rajabi, J. Hossain, SM. Entezarmahdi, S Mohseni, N. Yaghoobi, A. Rahmim. "A Comparative Assessment of Dynamic and Conventional Thallium-201 SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: Monte Carlo Simulations and Case Studies." Frontiers in Biomedical Technologies 1, no. 2, 2015.

18.   S. Mohseni, A. Kamali-Asl, A. Bitarafan-Rajabi, SM. Entezarmahdi, Z. Shahpouri, N. Yaghoobi. "Effects of filtration on right ventricular function by the gated blood pool SPECT." Annals of nuclear medicine 29, no. 4: 384-390, 2015.

 

Presented as the Invited Speaker:

1.        SM. Entezarmahdi, "Quantitative Evaluation of Medical Imaging Instruments", 6th Iranian Imaging Informatics Conference, Tehran (IIIC 2015), Iran, 2015.

2.        SM. Entezarmahdi, "Informatics of Nuclear Medicine Imaging". Iranian Congress of Nuclear Medicine (ICNM 2015). Hamedan, Iran, 2015.

3.        SM. Entezarmahdi. "Computer in Nuclear Medicine". Iranian Congress of Nuclear Medicine (ICNM 2013). Shiraz, Iran, 2013.

 

Conference Presentations:

1.     SM. Entezarmahdi, H. Azami, T. Ghaedian. "Enhancing diagnostic sensitivity of 131I-MIBG scans using optimal transport theory." Iran Journal of Nuclear Medicine; Vol 33(1), pp 18; Tehran Congress, 2025.

2.     SM. Entezarmahdi, et. al. "Assessing the effects of calcium and vitamin D supplements usage in preventing the bone mineral density loss for postmenopausal women." Iran Journal of Nuclear Medicine; Vol 33(1), pp 42; Tehran Congress, 2025.

3.     M. Dehghani, T. Ghaedian, SM. Entezarmahdi. "Comparison of the planar images findings and split renal function with SPECT or SPECT/CT images inthe 99mTc-DMSA renal cortical scintigraphy." Iran Journal of Nuclear Medicine; Vol 33(1), pp 31; Tehran Congress, 2025.

4.     F. Abbasi, SM. Entezarmahdi, et. al. "Assessment of repeatability and in vitro short-term precision among different DEXA bone densitometer". Iran Journal of Nuclear Medicine; Vol 33(1), pp 17; Tehran Congress, 2025.

5.     SM. Entezarmahdi, et. al. "TB-GAN: A new developed Deep Learning Framework for SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Image Denoising". European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, EP-0848, Hamburg, Germany, 2024.

6.     SM. Entezarmahdi, et. al. "Evaluation of Radiomics Based Information to Detect Stenosis in Gated Myocardial Perfusion Imaging", European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, EP-1296, Hamburg, Germany, 2024.

7.     SM. Entezarmahdi, A. Karimi, F. Dehghan, R. Faghihi. "SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Image Denoising by means of Dual-Branches GAN deep Neural Network". Iranian Conference of Nuclear Medicine, Tehran, Sep. 2023. Best Paper Award.

8.     M. Ariaei, N. Shahamiri, M. Yazdi, M. Haghighatafshar, T. Ghaedian, SM. Entezarmahdi. "Evaluation of the Left Ventricular Segmentation Algorithm Using B-Spline Explicit Active Surface Model in Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Images in the Presence of Perfusion Defect." In EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING; 49 (supplement 1), S534, Sep 2022.

9.     N. Shahamiri, M. Yazdi, SM. Entezarmahdi, M. Haghighatafshar, I. Shiri; "Right Ventricular Segmentation and Quantification Using Spherical Model in Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Imaging: A Phantom and Patients Study"; Journal of Nuclear Medicine 63 (supplement 2) 2434; Jun 2022

10.  F. Yousefzadeh, M. Yazdi, SM. Entezarmahdi, R. Faghihi, F. Dehghan, I. Shiri, "Improving the Efficiency of Deep Learning-Based Denoising in SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Image by Two-Phase Learning Algorithm." Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 63 (supplement 2) 3227; Jun 2022

11.  N. Shahamiri, M Yazdi, SM. Entezarmahdi, R Faghihi, F Dehghan, I Shiri, "An empirical update of left ventricular 3D segmentation algorithm in myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging", European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 62 (supplement 1), 1691-1691, Virtual Congress, 2021

12.  SM. Entezarmahdi, F. Dehghan, S. Ghasempoor and M. Haghighatafshar, "Efficacy of Solid Fatty Meal Versus of Fatty Cream in Prevention Interfering Extra-Cardiac Activity in 99mTc-sestamibi Myocardial Perfusion Imaging", European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 45, Barcelona, Spain, 2019.

13.  S Ghasempoor, SM. Entezarmahdi, "Necessity of extrinsic versus intrinsic calibration in gamma camera systems", European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Geramny, 2018.

14.  SM. Entezarmahdi, A. Banani, A. Kamali-asl, R. Faghihi, and M. Haghighatafshar. "Computationally efficient method for fully 4-D voxel based direct estimation of time activity curve in dynamic myocardial SPECT." European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, vol. 43, pp. S502-S502. 233 Spring ST, New York, NY 10013 USA: Springer, Barcelona, Spain, 2016.

15.  M. Haghighatafshar, SM. Entezarmahdi, S Mortazavi, F Khajerahimi, "How the change in time interval between 99mTc-sestamibi injection and image acquisition may effect on quantitative data of gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging at stress phases", European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 42, S532-S533, Hamburg, Germany, 2015.

16.  SM. Entezarmahdi, A. Kamali-asl, M. Haghighatafshar, F. Gheisari, "Assessing the effect of the amount of injected 99mTC-MIBI on the calculated cardiac volume in the myocardial Gated-SPECT, A clinical survey", European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 42, S351-S352, Hamburg, Germany, 2015.

17.  SM. Entezarmahdi, M. Haghighatafshar, A. Kamaliasl, S. Mohseni, "Evaluate the relation between administered radioactivity and functional quantitative parameters in myocardial perfusion imaging".11th Iranian congress of medical physics, Tehran, Iran, 2014.

18.  M. Mohseni, R. Faghihi, A. Kamaliasl, SM. Entezarmahdi, M. Haghighatafshar. "Evaluate the triple head SPECT systems for dynamic SPECT approaches." 11th Iranian congress of medical physics, Tehran, Iran, 2014.

19.  SM. Entezarmahdi, A. Kamaliasl, M. Kheirabadi, "Compare the Weighted Bowsher method with Conventional Bowsher one for SPECT Brain Image Reconstruction Using a Priori Anatomical Knowledge", European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 41, S360-S360, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2014.

20.  N. Chabi, M. Yazdi, SM. Entezarmahdi, M. Bordbar, "SPECT/MRI Brain Images Fusion by Using both Amplitude and Phase of Wavelet Coefficients", European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 41: S364-S364, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2014.

21.  A. Banani, A. Mohseni, R. Faghihi, SM. Entezarmahdi, et. Al. "Evaluate the delicacy of Dynamic-SPECT with common gamma camera systems". 5th Iranian Imaging Informatics Conference (IIC2014), Shiraz, Iran, 2014. Best Paper Award.

22.  M. Kheirabadi, A. Kamali-asl, SM. Entezarmahdi, "Evaluation of a New Maximization a Posterior SPECT Reconstruction Algorithem by Means of Magnetic Resonance Image as a Priori Knowledge". 5th Iranian Imaging Informatics Conference (IIC2014), Shiraz, Iran, 2014.

23.  SM. Entezarmahdi, R. Faghihi, H. Bagher-Ebadian, et. Al. "Predicting Final Extent of Ischemic Infarction in Patients with Stroke with MR Textural Feature Analyisis". 5th Iranian Imaging Informatics Conference (IIC2014), Shiraz, Iran, 2014.

24.  S. Mohseni, A. Kamaliasl, A. Bitarafan Rajabi, SM. Entezarmahdi, et. al., "Evaluation of Ventricular Function by Gated Blood Pool SPECT: A Simulation Study". European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 40: S440-S440, Lyon, France, 2013.

25.  S. Mohseni, A. Kamaliasl, A. Bitarafan Rajabi, SM. Entezarmahdi, et. Al. "The Effect of Filtrating and Reconstruction Method on Ventricular Function by the Gated Blood Pool SPECT", European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 40: S516-S516, Lyon, France, 2013.

26.  N. Chabi, M. Yazdi, SM. Entezarmahdi, "An efficient image fusion method based on dual tree complex wavelet transform". 8th Iranian Conference on Machine Vision and Image Processing (MVIP 2013). Zanjan, Iran, 2013.

27.  SM. Entezarmahdi, A. Kamali Asl, M. Haghighatafshar, S. Sefidbakht. "A Comparison between SPECT/CT and SPECT/MR Hybrid Imaging for Brain Scan: A Phantom Study". IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (2013 IEEE MIC) Seoul, South Korea, 2013.

28.  M. Kheirabadi, A. Kamali-Asl, SM. Entezarmahdi, "Compare the Weighted Bowsher method with Conventional Bowsher one for SPECT Brain Image Reconstruction Using a Priori Anatomical Knowledge". Iranian Congress of Nuclear Medicine (ICNM 2013). Shiraz, Iran, 2013.

29.  N. Chabi, M. Yazdi, SM. Entezarmahdi, "SPECT/MRI Brain Images Fusion Based on Complex Wavelet Transform". Iranian Congress of Nuclear Medicine (ICNM 2013). Shiraz, Iran, 2013.

30.  S. Mohseni, A. Kamali asl, A. Bitarafan Rajabi, A. Rahmim, SM. Entezarmahdi, et. al. "An Assessment of the Sensitivity and Accuracy of the Cedars-Sinai Quantitative Gated blood pool SPECT (QBS): A Simulation Study". Iranian Congress of Nuclear Medicine (ICNM 2013). Shiraz, Iran, 2013.

31.  Z. Shahpouri, A. Kamali asl, A. Bitarafan Rajabi, A. Rahmim, SM. Entezarmahdi, et. al. "Evaluation of the 4D NCAT Phantom to Simulate Organ Dynamics". Iranian Congress of Nuclear Medicine (ICNM 2013). Shiraz, Iran, 2013. Best Paper Award.

32.  A. Mehravar, A. Bitarafan-Rajabi, H. Malek, SM. Entezarmahdi, M khaligh. "Evaluation of HRFB Collimator Influence in improvement of Myocardial Perfusion SPECT: A simulation study". Iranian Congress of Nuclear Medicine (ICNM 2013). Shiraz, Iran, 2013.

33.  A. Mehravar, A. Bitarafan-Rajabi, H. Malek, SM. Entezarmahdi, M khaligh. "Feasibility Study of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with Fan-Beam in Comparison of Parallel-Hole Collimator". Iranian Congress of Nuclear Medicine (ICNM 2013). Shiraz, Iran, 2013.

34.  S. Sina, S. Mehdizadeh, M. Haghighatafshar, M.S. Shobeiry, H. Moradi, SM. Entezarmahdi. "Equivalent dose to staffs in different procedures of Nuclear Medicine". Iranian Congress of Nuclear Medicine (ICNM 2013). Shiraz, Iran, 2013.

35.  S. Mehdizadeh, S. Sina, M. Alavi, SM. Entezarmahdi, Aida Banani. "Radioactive waste handling and disposal at nuclear medicine departments in Shiraz, Iran". Iranian Congress of Nuclear Medicine (ICNM 2013). Shiraz, Iran, 2013.

36.  S. Mehdizadeh, S. Sina, M. Alavi, F. Gheisari, SM. Entezarmahdi, et. al. "Investigation of implementation of health physics protocols and radiation protection standards in nuclear medicine sections of Shiraz hospitals". Iranian Congress of Nuclear Medicine (ICNM 2013). Shiraz, Iran, 2013.

37.  M. Rezaeian, A. Bitarafan Rajabi, A. Kamali-asl, SM. Entezarmahdi, et. al. "Evaluating of NeuroGam software accuracy in semi quantitative analysis of brain SPECT images by using clinical data". Iranian Congress of Nuclear Medicine (ICNM 2013). Shiraz, Iran, 2013.

38.  S. Mohseni, A. Kamali-asl, A. Bitarafan Rajabi, SM. Entezarmahdi, et. al. "Do different filtration methods affect on calculated volume and ejection fraction value by the GBPS?" Iranian Congress of Nuclear Medicine (ICNM 2013). Shiraz, Iran, 2013.

39.  Z. Shahpouri, A. Bitarafan Rajabi, A. Kamali-asl, J Hossain, A. Rahmim, SM. Entezarmahdi, et. al. "Investigation of Accuracy of Dynamic Myocardial Perfusion 201-Thallium SPECT in comparison to Conventional Static Imagin". Iranian Congress of Nuclear Medicine (ICNM 2013). Shiraz, Iran, 2013.

40.  SM. Entezarmahdi, S. Mohseni. "Investigation of Health Care in MR Department of Tehran Hospitals". 9th Congress of SBMT, Toronto, Canada, June, 2012.

41.  Z. Shahpouri, SM. Entezarmahdi, SM. AghaMiri. "Investigation of Health Care in mammography Department of Tehran Hospitals". Asia Oceania Congress of Nuclear Medicine and Biology (AOFNMB). Tehran, IRAN, 2012.

42.  SM. Entezarmahdi, H. B. Ebadian, R. Faghihi, P.D. Mitsias, M. Chopp, J. R. Ewing. "Prediction of final extent of brain ischemic infarction from acute MR textural information using generalized linear regression". European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB-2011), Leipzig, DE, 2011.

43.  SM. Entezarmahdi, M. Yazdi. "Stationary Image Resolution Enhancement on the Basis of Contourlet Transform and Wavelet Transform by means of the Artificial Neural Network". Iranian Conference on Machine Vision and Image Processing (MVIP-2010),P:120-108, Isfahan, Iran, 2010.

44.  SM. Entezarmahdi, H. B. Ebadian, R. Faghihi, P.D. Mitsias, M.H. Asgari, M. Chopp, J. R. Ewing. "MR Morphological Feature Anlysis for Prediction Final Extent of Ischemic Infarction in Patients with Stroke". The International Brain Mapping and Intraoperative Surgical Planning society (IBMISPS-2010), Maryland, U.S., 2010.

45.  SM. Entezarmahdi, R. Ghayour, "Neutralize Audio Unwanted Positive Feedback with Blind De-convolution Method Based on Bussgang Algorithm and Implement That". 3rd Broadcast Engineering Conference (BEC-2009), IRIB University, Tehran, Iran, P: 67-74, 2009.

46.  SM. Entezarmahdi, S. Mahdizadeh, "CT scan Radiographers` Knowledge on Radiation Protection Principles and Their Utilization in Tehran". LOWRAD-2008, Lisbon, Portugal, 2008.

 

Dissertation Advisor:

1.    Spec. MD. Thesis: M. Amiri

Supervisor: M. Haghighatafshar

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran.

Title: Assessing model of treatment response in prostate cancer patients treated by 177Lu-PSMA

Approved: 2025

Defended: Not yet

2.    Spec. MD. Thesis: S. Rezaei

Supervisor: M. Haghighatafshar

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran.

Title: Quantitative analysis of post therapy images in prostate cancer patients treated by 177Lu-PSMA

Approved: 2025

Defended: Not yet

 

3.    MSc. Thesis: M. Zare

Supervisor: R. Faghihi

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi

Department of Medical Radiation Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.

Title: Enhance the image quality of fast-acuisition SPECT-MPI by optimal transporting

Approved: 2025

Defended: Not yet

 

4.    MSc. Thesis: M. Mortezanejad

Supervisor: R. Faghihi

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi

Department of Medical Radiation Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.

Title: Machine learning approach in selecting stress-only protocole for MPI-SPECT.

Approved: 2022

Defended: 2024

5.    MD. Thesis: M. Danaei

Supervisor: T. Ghaedian

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran.

Title: Machine learning approach in differentiating ischemic vs non-ischemic myocardial myopathy.

Approved: 2023

Defended: 2024

6.    MSc. Thesis: Z. Zare

Supervisor: R. Faghihi

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi

Department of Medical Radiation Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.

Title: Using artificial intelligence for osteoporosis disease progress assessment based on bone mineral density measurement by DEXA and clinical risk factors

Approved: 2022

Defended: 2024

7.    MSc. Thesis: F. Abbasi

Supervisor: R. Faghihi

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi

Department of Medical Radiation Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.

Title: Assessment of In-Vitro Precision of Different DEXA systems

Approved: 2022

Defended: 2024

8.    MD. Thesis: F. Hashemi

Supervisor: T. Ghaedian

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran.

Title: Evaluation of machine learning algorithm, to make an estimate of the angiography findings based on diagnostic parameters of myocardial perfusion scan in nuclear medicine

Approved: 2021

Defended: 2022

9.    MSc. Thesis: M. Khalafkhan

Supervisor: R. Faghihi

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi

Department of Medical Radiation Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.

Title: Evaluation of Shape Features Radiomics Analysis in Myocardial Perfusion Images for Coronary Artery Disease classification

Approved: 2021

Defended: 2024

10.  Spec. MD. Thesis: Z. Abouei

Supervisor: M. Haghighatafshar

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran.

Title: Evaluating 3D OSEM reconstruction method to mitigate the effect of acquisition time reduction in myocardial perfusion imaging

Approved: 2021

Defended: 2024

11.  Spec. MD. Thesis: Y. Moafpourian

Supervisor: M. Haghighatafshar

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran.

Title: Visual and Quantitative Analysis of Right Ventricular in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

Approved: 2021

Defended: 2022

12.  MSc. Thesis: F. Yousefzade

Supervisor: M. Yazdi

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi

Department of Medical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.

Title: SPECT Images Denoising During Reconstruction Process Using Deep Networks

Approved: 2020

Defended: 2022

13.  MSc. Thesis: M. Karimi

Supervisor: R. Faghihi

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi

Department of Medical Radiation Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.

Title: SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Image Denoising by Self-Supervised Deep Network

Approved: 2020

Defended: 2021

14.  MSc. Thesis: N. Shahamiri

Supervisor: M. Yazdi

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi

Department of Medical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.

Title: Whole Organs Segmentation in Cardiac SPECT

Approved: 2020

Defended: 2021

15.  MSc. Thesis: M. Shariati

Supervisor: R. Faghihi

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi

Department of Medical Radiation Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.

Title: Effect of rediomics features as an additive value to diagnose the Ischemia in cardiac SPECT

Approved: 2019

Defended: 2021

16.  MSc. Thesis: M. Kharestani

Supervisor: A. Kamali-asl.

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi

Department of Medical Radiation Engineering, University of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Iran.

Title: Develop a reconstruction algorithm for variable resolution micro-cone beam CT to reduce the redundancy in short scan view.

Approved: 2015

Defended: 2017

17.  MSc. Thesis: A. Kargar

Supervisor: A. Kamali-asl, H. Bagher-ebadian

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi

Department of Medical Radiation Engineering, University of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Iran.

Title: Develop a multi-level prediction algorithm based on acute MR images to predict outcome of a patient with stroke

Approved: 2014

Defended: 2015

18.  MSc. Thesis: E. Piroozan

Supervisor: R. Faghihi, M. Haghighatafshar

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi

Department of Medical Radiation Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.

Title: Evaluating the blood DNA double strand breaks in thyroid cancer patiants treated with I-131, comparing with blood dose

Approved: 2014

Defended: 2015

 

19.  M.D. Thesis: R. Noushad

Supervisor: M. Haghighatafshar

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran.

Title: The study of the effect of chewing sugar-free gums after recieving I-131, on I-131 absorbed dose and its side effects in the salivary glands of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer.

Approved: 2013

Defended: 2015

 

20.  M.D. Thesis: M. Ghaedian

Supervisor: M. Haghighatafshar

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran.

Title: Studying the effect of using oral pilocarpine on absorbed salivary gland dose and side effects in patients on radioiodine thrapy

Approved: 2013

Defended: 2016

 

21.  M.D. Thesis: AR. Nekooe

Supervisor: M. Haghighatafshar

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran.

Title: Assessing the effect of imaging time on the functional and perfusion parameters of gated SPECT MPI.

Approved: 2012

Defended: 2013

 

22.  MSc. Thesis: Negar Chabi

Supervisor: M. Yazdi

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi, M. Haghighatafshar

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.

Title: SPECT/MR Image Fusion by Mean of Transform Domain.

Approved: 2012

Defended: 2013

 

23.  MSc. Thesis: Mohammadreza Mohseni

Supervisor: R. Faghihi, M. Haghighatafshar

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi

Department of Medical Radiation Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.

Title: Evaluation of Dynamic SPECT Accuracy: Using a Physical Heart Phantom.

Approved: 2012

Defended: 2014

 

24.  MSc. Thesis: Aida Banani

Supervisor: R. Faghihi

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi, M. Haghighatafshar

Department of Medical Radiation Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.

Title: The effect of different optimization algorithms in Dynamic SPECT image reconstruction

Approved: 2012

Defended: 2014

 

25.  MSc. Thesis: Mahin Kheirabadi

Supervisor: A. Kamali-asl

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi

Department of Medical Radiation Engineering, University of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Iran.

Title: Evaluation of a New Maximization a Posterior SPECT Reconstruction Algorithem by Means of Magnetic Resonance Image as a Priori Knowledge.

Approved: 2012

Defended: 2014

 

26.  MSc. Thesis: Mahdi Kahani

Supervisor: A. Kamali-asl

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi

Department of Medical Radiation Engineering, University of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Iran.

Title: Assessing the possibility of three component distinction with dual energy X-ray.

Approved: 2012

Defended: 2013

 

27.  MSc. Thesis: Masoume Rezaeian

Supervisor: A. Kamali-asl, A. Bitarafan Rajabi

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi, H. Malek

Department of Medical Radiation Engineering, University of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Iran.

Title: Evaluating of Nurogam software accuracy in semi quantitative analysis of brain SPECT images

Approved: 2012

Defended: 2013

 

28.  MSc. Thesis: Samane Mohseni

Supervisor: A. Kamali-asl, A. Bitarafan Rajabi

Advisor: SM. Entezarmahdi, N. Yaghoobi

Department of Medical Radiation Engineering, University of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Iran.

Title: Evaluation of right ventricular function by Gated blood pool SPECT, using simulation study and comparison with clinical data

Approved: 2012

Defended: 2013

 

 

 

 

 

Honors:

-      Ranked 1st, graduating class, PhD degree in Medical Engineering, Radiation Application in Medicine, Shiraz University.

-      Ranked 1st, Entrance exam, PhD candidacy in Medical Radiation Engineering

-      Ranked 2nd, graduating class, Master degree in Medical Engineering, Radiation Application in Medicine, Shiraz University.

-      Passed 60 (28 extra) units of courses successfully at Master degree in Medical Engineering.

-      Ranked 5th, graduating class, Bachelor degree in Electronic Engineering, Shiraz University.

-      Ranked first at scientific competition in Fars state. (1998)

 

 

 

Scientific Skills:

-      Calibration and Quality Control of Medical Imaging Systems (Nuclear Medicine, DEXA bone mineral densitometry)

-      Post Processing and Analysing Package of Medical Images: CT scan, PET scan, SPECT

-      Troubleshooting and Maintenance of Medical Images Instruments: SPECT, CT scan, Angiography, Digital X-ray.

-      MATLAB, Python

-      Statistical Software: SPSS, Excel, MedCalc

 

 

 

Reference:

1- M. Haghighatafshar, MD.

Assistant Professor of Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shiraz university of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran.

Phone: +(98) 914 441 7649

Email: afsharm@sums.ac.ir

 

2- Reza Faghihi, PhD.

Assistant Professor of Shiraz University,

Department of Medical Engineering

Phone: +(98) (917) 714-7665

Email: faghihir@shirazu.ac.ir