Niloufar Saharkhiz

Alumni

Academic Qualifications

Biography

Niloufar is from Tehran, Iran where she completed her Bachelor's of Electrical Engineering, in 2014, at the Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST). She then completed her M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Medical Physics at Imperial College London where she investigated the effects of ultrasound and the physiological parameters on acoustic particle palpation. Now at Columbia, she is researching harmonic motion imaging (HMI).

Awards

  • IEEE best student paper award winner. LAUS 2021 (Virtual conference)

     

Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

Synchronous temperature variation monitoring during ultrasound imaging and/or treatment pulse application: a phantom study

Hermes Kamimura
Niloufar Saharkhiz
Stephen Lee
Elisa Konofagou

Feasibility of Harmonic Motion Imaging Using A Single Transducer: In Vivo Imaging of Breast Cancer in A Mouse Model and Human Subjects

Md Murad Hossain
Niloufar Saharkhiz
Elisa Konofagou

Noninvasive Young's modulus visualization of fibrosis progression and delineation of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) tumors using Harmonic Motion Elastography (HME) in vivo

Alireza Nabavizadehrafsanjani
Thomas Payen
Alina C Iuga
Irina R Sagalovskiy
Deborah Desrouilleres
Niloufar Saharkhiz
Carmine F Palermo
Stephen A Sastra
Paul E Oberstein
Vilma Rosario
Michael D Kluger
Beth A Schrope
John A Chabot
Kenneth P Olive
Elisa E Konofagou

Harmonic motion imaging of human breast masses: an in vivo clinical feasibility

Niloufar Saharkhiz
Richard Ha
Bret Taback
Xiaoyue Judy Li
Rachel Weber
Alireza Nabavizadeh
Stephen A. Lee
Hanina Hibshoosh
Vittorio Gatti
Hermes A. S. Kamimura
Elisa E. Konofagou

Technical Note: In Vivo Young's modulus mapping of pancreatic ductaladenocarcinoma during HIFU ablation using harmonic motionelastography (HME)

Alireza Nabavizadeh
Thomas Payen De La Garanderie
Niloufar Saharkhiz
Matthew McGarry
Kenneth P. Olive
Elisa E. Konofagou

Iterative curve fitting of the bioheat transfer equation for thermocouple-based temperature estimation in vitro and in vivo

Hermes A. S. Kamimura
Christian Aurup
Ethan Bendau
Niloufar Saharkhiz
Min Gon Kim
Elias E. Konofagou

Harmonic Motion Imaging of pancreatic tumor stiffness indicates disease state and treatment response

Thomas Payen
Paul E. Oberstein
Niloufar Saharkhiz
Carmine F. Palermo
Stephen A. Sastra
Yang Han
Alireza Nabavizadeh
Irina Sagalovskiy
Barbara Orelli
Vilma L. Rosario
Deborah D. Desrouilleres
Helen E. Remotti
Michael D. Kluger
Beth A. Schrope
John A. Chabot
Alina C. Iuga
Elisa E. Konofagou
Kenneth P. Olive

Conference abstracts and proceedings

IUS 2020: In Vivo Demonstration of Single Transducer Harmonic Motion Imaging (ST-HMI) in a Breast Cancer Mouse Model and Breast Cancer Patients

Hossain, M. M
Saharkhiz, N
Konofagou, E., E.

IUS 2019: Ex vivo and in vivo human breast tumor comparison study using Harmonic Motion Imaging

Niloufar Saharkhiz
Hermes A. S. Kamimura
Rachel Weber
Bret Taback
Elisa E. Konofagou

IUS 2019: Perilesional region detection in pancreatic adenocarcinoa (PDA) tumors using Harmonic Motion Elastography (HME)

Alireza Nabavizadeh
Thomas Payen
Alina C. Iuga
Irina Sagalovskiy
Niloufar Saharkhiz
Kenneth P. Olive
Elisa E. Konofagou

IUS 2019: Mechanical properties of the metastatic liver in a breast cancer mouse model using Harmonic Motion Imaging

Xiaoyue Li
Niloufar Saharkhiz
Saurabh Singh
Indranil Basu
Chandan Guha
Elisa E. Konofagou

UITC 2019: Characterization of in-vivo human breast tumors using Harmonic Motion Imaging (HMI) - Initial clinical feasibility

Niloufar Saharkhiz
Hermes A. S. Kamimura
Rachel Weber
Bret Taback
Richard Ha
Elisa E. Konofagou

FUSF 2018: A feasibility study of in-vivo human breast tumor detection and differentiation using Harmonic Motion Imaging (HMI)

Niloufar Saharkhiz
Yang Han
Alireza Nabavizadeh
Elisa E. Konofagou

IUS 2018: A Harmonic Motion Imaging (HMI) clinical system for detection and characterization of in-vivo human breast tumors - Initial feasibility

Niloufar Saharkhiz
Yang Han
Alireza Nabavizadeh
Elisa E. Konofagou

IUS 2018: Feasibility of Young's modulus mapping in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDA) tumors

Alireza Nabavizadeh Rafsanjani
Thomas Payen De La Garanderie
Niloufar Saharkhiz
Kenneth P. Olive
Elisa E. Konofagou

ISTU 2018: Young's modulus mapping of the ablated region before during and after HIFU ablation

Alireza Nabavizadeh Rafsanjani
Yang Han
Niloufar Saharkhiz
Elisa E. Konofagou

ISTU 2018: Monitoring the mechanical effects of chemotherapy drugs on Pancreatic Ducal Adenocarcinoma in a transgenic mouse model using Harmonic Motion Imaging

Niloufar Saharkhiz
Thomas Payen
Carmine Palermo
Steve Sastra
Kenneth Olive
Elisa E. Konofagou

ORS 2018: High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU)-Treated Cartilage Explants Maintain Viability and Enhanced Tissue Integration with Extended Culture Time

William T. Yu
Andrea R. Tan
Yang Han
Sosa Barbosa
Niloufar Saharkhiz
Gerard A. Ateshian
Elisa E. Konofagou
Clark T. Hung

ASA 2017: Imaging of tissue displacement induced during focused ultrasound neuromodulation in vivo

Stephen A. Lee
Matthew E. Downs
Yang Han
Niloufar Saharkhiz
Diana Kim
Elisa E. Konofagou

IUS 2017: Mechanical effects of Cisplatin on Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma in a transgenic mouse model using Harmonic Motion Imaging

Thomas Payen
Niloufar Saharkhiz
Carmine F. Palermo
Stephen A Sastra
Kenneth P. Olive
Elisa E. Konofagou

IUS 2017: Imaging of tissue displacement during focused ultrasound peripheral neuromodulation

Stephen A. Lee
Matthew E. Downs
Yang Han
Niloufar Saharkhiz
Diana Kim
Elisa E. Konofagou

IUS 2020: Frequency dependence of inclusion characterization in harmonic motion imaging

Niloufar Saharkhiz
Hermes Kamimura
Md Murad Hossain
Elisa Konofagou

LAUS 2021: Chemotherapeutic Response Monitoring of a Murine Breast Cancer Using Harmonic Motion Imaging and Functional Ultrasound

Niloufar Saharkhiz
Stephen A. Lee
Xiaoyue Judy Li
Hermes A. S. Kamimura
Cei Lim Kim
Saurabh Singh
Indranil Basu
Chandan Guha
Elisa E. Konofagou

FUN 2021: Imaging assessment of mechanical and thermal effects during focused ultrasound sequences

Hermes A. S. Kamimura
Niloufar Saharkhiz
Stephen A. Lee
Elisa E. Konofagou

ITEC 2020: Amplitude-modulation frequency optimization for Harmonic Motion Imaging (HMI)

Niloufar Saharkhiz
Hermes Kamimura
Md Murad Hossain
Elisa Konofagou