Lab head – Professor Haim Azhari
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Technion, Israel
Office: Silver 366
Email: haim@bm.technion.ac.il
Web Site: http://bme.technion.ac.il/members/haim-azhari/
Phone: +972(4)8294145
Fax : +972(4)8294599
ORCiD ID: 0000-0001-5862-2206
Lab Engineer:
Aharon Alfasi
Medical Imaging Labs Engineer & Faculty Electrical Engineer
Office: Silver 351
Phone: +972(4)8294604
Email: aaron@technion.ac.ill
GRADUATE STUDENTS
PhD Students
Or Perlman
Office: Silver Bld. 354
E-mail: perlman@bm.technion.ac.il
Phone: +972-4-829-4152
Research interest:
- MRI
- Ultrasound
- Multimodal medical imaging of nanoparticles for cancer detection
- Image and signal processing
Current research topic: “Investigation of multimodal methods for detection and imaging of nanoparticles”
Daniel Dahis
Office: Silver Bld. 354
E-mail: dahisdaniel@campus.technion.ac.il
Phone: +972-4-829-4152
Research interest:
- MRI
- Ultrasound, Focused Ultrasound ( HIFU )
- Multimodal medical imaging of nanoparticles for cancer Detection & Therapies
- Image and signal processing
- Theranostics
Current research topic: Multimodal medical imaging of nanoparticles for cancer Detection & Therapies
M.Sc. Students
Omri Ziv
Office: Silver Bld. 354
E-mail: zivo@campus.technion.ac.il
Phone: +972-4-829-4152
Research interest:
- Medical image processing
- Image time series analysis
- Optical flow
M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering, in progress (exp. January 2017): Noninvasive thermal ablation monitoring using image features.
Alon Razon
Office: Silver Bld. 354
E-mail:alonraz@campus.technion.ac.il
Phone: +972-4-829-4152
Research interest:
- M.Sc. Dissertation – “Noninvasive monitoring thermal ablation of needle-type applicators using ultrasonic imaging”.
Roana Schiopu
Office: Silver Bld. 354
E-mail:sroanis@campus.technion.ac.il
Phone: +972-4-829-4152
Research interest:
- Noninvasive monitoring of ultrasound-induced hyperthermia mediated by nanoparticles using ultrasound and MR imaging
Alumni:
Completed Theses
1990 Yafa Tilbor – M.Sc. Dissertation: “A Two-Dimensional Finite Element Solution of the
Flow Within the Left Ventricle.” (Secondary Advisor;
Principal Advisor- Prof.U.Dinnar)
1994 Amir Lushakov – M.Sc. Dissertation: “A Mechanical Model for Performance
Analysis of Implanted Stents.”
1994 Arie Amara – M.Sc. Dissertation: “A Comparison of Power Spectrum Estimators for
Ultrasonic Color Doppler Flow Imaging.”
1994 Leonid Perlov – M.Sc. Dissertation (In Applied Mathematics): “Development of a
Mathematical Tomographic Algorithm Using Multiple Ultrasonic B-Scan
Images.”
1995 Alexander Blizhevsky – M.Sc. Dissertation: “Study of a Non-Invasive Method for
Blood Pressure Measurements.” (Secondary Advisor;
Principal Advisor- Prof. U. Dinnar).
1996 Silvia Stolarski – M.Sc. Dissertation: “Investigation of Breast Imaging Techniques
Using Ultrasonic Tomography.”
1997 Olga Danisova – D.Sc. Dissertation: “Rapid Magnetic Resonance Imaging and
Tagging for Assessment of Myocardial Geometry and Function.”
1997 Benjamin Perelman – M.Sc. Dissertation: “An Investigation of Ultrasonic
Impediography; Imaging Methods and Applications.”
1997 Dina (Didi) Tabero-Sazbon – M.Sc. Dissertation: “Three Dimensional Spiral
Ultrasonic Tomography; Application to Female Breast Imaging.”
1997 Daniel Goldberg Zimring – M.Sc. Dissertation: “Automated Detection and
Characterization of Multiple Sclerosis Lesions in the Human Brain Using
MR Image Processing.”
1998 Eitan Rapps – M.Sc. Dissertation: “Development of a Computerized Method for
Automatic Analysis of Tagged Magnetic Resonance Images.”
1998 Liora Shumacher-Fredo – M.Sc. Dissertation (Thesis terminated): “Investigation
ofsono-mammographic projections: Processing of the ultrasonic image to detect irregular
structures in the breast.”
1999 Michal Konstantino – M.Sc. Dissertation: “Polymeric Matrices for Controlled Drug
Release Systems.” (Co-Advisor; P.A. – Prof. N. Lotan, Dr. Y. Sela).
1999 Avshalom Shenhav – M.Sc. Dissertation: “Study of MR Artifacts of Implanted
Stents.”
1999 Shirrie Rosenthal – M.Sc. Dissertation: “Investigation of Fast-Scan MRI Sequences
using Curved Trajectories in the Spatial-Frequency Domain.”
1999 Gil Kovalski – M.Sc. Dissertation: “Quantitative Intravascular Ultrasonic Imaging.”
2001 Baruch Berdugo – D.Sc. Dissertation: “Implementation of Directional Hearing
Mechanism in Automatic Systems for Speaker localization and
AcousticImaging”. (Principal Advisor; Secondary Advisor- Prof. Y Rosenhouse).
2002 Daniel Goldberg Zimring – D.Sc. Dissertation: “Quantitative Computerized
Assessment and Follow-up of Demyelinating Lesions Using Brain MRI.”
(Principal Advisor; Secondary Advisor, Dr. Anat Achiron- Tel Hashomer Medical Center).
2003 Eyal Kochavi – M.Sc. Dissertation -“Real Time MRI Needle Tracking”.
2004 Ziv Kalfon – M.Sc. Dissertation -“Thermographic Imaging using Ultrasonic
Tomography”.
2007 John A. Kennedy – D.Sc. Dissertation – “An Investigation of Methods for Image
Fusion in a Combined PET and X-ray CT System”. (Principal Advisor; Secondary
Advisor- Associate Prof. Ora Israel Faculty of Medicine).
2007 Yoav Levy – D.Sc. Dissertation – “”Investigation of new techniques for
ultrasonic imaging”
2008 Elina Monker– M.Sc. Dissertation – “Design Of Ultrasonic Scanner Table For
Diagnosis And Treatment Of Breast Cancer”. (Thesis in Industrial Design at
the Faculty Architecture – (Co-Advisor- Dr. Noemi Bitterman, Faculty of Architecture and
Town Planning).
2009 Azi Ben-Lavi– M.Sc. Dissertation – “Improving Gamma Camera Imaging by Using
Temporal Data”. (Principal Advisor; Secondary Advisor- Prof. Ora Israel Faculty of Medicine).
2009 Tanya Glozman– M.Sc. Dissertation – “Integrated Ultrasonic Imaging Combining
Computed Tomography and Elastography”.
2009 Tamara Rothstein – M.Sc. Dissertation – “Feasibility study of breast tumour
detection and characterization using computerized ultrasonic mammography and
contrast materials”.
2010 Gil Kovalski – D.Sc. Dissertation – “Investigation of new methods for cardiac SPECT
imaging”.
2011 Noam Weiss – M.Sc. Dissertation – “Thermal Monitoring of HIFU Treatment with X-
Ray CT of Fat Tissue”.
2011 Oren Gargir – M.Sc. Dissertation – “Application of Coded Excitations in Ultrasonic
Imaging and Thermal Therapy Monitoring”.
2012 Lilach Kariti – M.Sc. Dissertation – “Ultrasonic Imaging and Measurement of Thermal
Properties of a Tissue”.
2012 Malka (Mali) Hugeri – M.Sc. Dissertation – “Feasibility study of MRI assessment of
tissue mechanical properties changes during HIFU treatment”
2013 Ilana Kats – M.Sc. Dissertation – “Feasibility study of breast imaging by ultrasound using
through transmission coded signals”
2016 Noam Weiss – D.Sc. Dissertation – “Prediction of thermal ablation outcomes using X-ray
and CT to detect changes in Temperature and Coagulation”. (Principal Advisor;
Secondary Advisor- Prof. Nahum S. Goldberg Hadassah University Hospital).
2020 Efrat Shimron PhD – Collaborator
Shimron E., Grissom, W., and Azhari, H. “Temporal Differences (TED) Compressed Sensing for Fast MR-guided-HIFU”. NMR in Biomedicine (2020).
Shimron E., Webb, A.G., and Azhari, H. “CORE-Deblur: Parallel MRI with Deblurring by Compressed Sensing. MRI (2020).
Shimron E., Webb, A.G., and Azhari, H. “CORE-PI: Non-iterative Convolution-based Reconstruction for Parallel MRI in the Wavelet Domain”. Medical Physics (2019).