Electrical & Computer Engineering

Babak Mohammadzadeh Asl
Associate Professor
Medical Signal Processing Laboratory
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Tarbiat Modares University
Tehran, Iran
Tel: (98) 21 8288 3370
Fax: (98) 21 8288 4325
Email: babakmasl@modares.ac.ir
Educational Background
? Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering-Bioelectric, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran, 2006-2010
? M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering-Bioelectric, University of Tehran, Iran, 2003-2006
Fields of Interest:
? Biomedical Signal Processing
? Ultrasound Signal Processing
? Adaptive Beamforming
? Array Signal Processing
? Pattern Recognition
Courses Taught
? Circuit Theory
? Signals and Systems
? Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
? Biomedical Signal Processing (BSP)
? Ultrasound in Medicine
? Array Signal Processing in Ultrasound Imaging
Publications
Journal papers:
2018
32- M. Jahanifar, N. Zamani Tajeddin, B. Mohammadzadeh Asl, and A. Gooya, “Supervised Saliency Map Driven Segmentation
of the Lesions in Dermoscopic Images," IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 2018, Accepted for publication.
31- N. Zamani Tajeddin and B. Mohammadzadeh Asl, “Melanoma Recognition in Dermoscopy Images Using Lesion's Peripheral
Region Information," Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 2018, DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2018.05.005. Accepted for
publication.
30- A. M. Deylami and B. Mohammadzadeh Asl, "Iterative Minimum Variance Beamformer with Low Complexity for Medical
Ultrasound Imaging," Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 2018. Accepted for publication.
29- A. T. Jafadideh and B. Mohammadzadeh Asl, "Spatio-Temporal Reconstruction of Neural Sources Using Indirect Dominant
Mode Rejection," Brain Topography, 2018. Accepted for publication.
28- M. Haji Heidari, B. Mohammadzadeh Asl, and S. Faridsoltani, "An Adaptive Synthetic Aperture Method Applied to Ultrasound
Tissue Harmonic Imaging," IEEE Trans. Ultrason., Ferroelect., Freq. Contr., Vol. 65, No. 4, pp. 557-569, Apr. 2018, DOI:
10.1109/TUFFC.2018.2799870.
27- B. Mohammadzadeh Asl and A. M. Deylami, "A Low Complexity Minimum Variance Beamformer for Ultrasound Imaging
Using Dominant Mode Rejection," Ultrasonics, Vol. 85, No. 4, pp. 49-60, Apr. 2018, DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2017.12.012.
2017
26- M. Rahbaripour and B. Mohammadzadeh Asl, “Premature Ventricular Contraction Arrhythmia Detection in ECG Signals via
Combined Classifiers," Journal of Signal and Data Processing, 2017. (In Persian)-Accepted for publication.
25- S. Faridsoltani and B. Mohammadzadeh Asl, "Resolution and Contrast Enhancement of Synthetic Aperture Ultrasound Imaging
Using Dual Stage Beamforming," Journal of Acoustical Society of Iran, 2017. (In Persian)-Accepted for publication.
24- A. T. Jafadideh and B. Mohammadzadeh Asl, "Enhanced Fast Fully Adaptive Beamformer for Localizing Brain Short Time
Activities," Iranian Journal of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 347-359, 2017, DOI:
10.22041/IJBME.2017.72842.1269. (In Persian).
23- A. M. Deylami and B. Mohammadzadeh Asl, "A Fast and Robust Beamspace Adaptive Beamformer for Medical Ultrasound
Imaging," IEEE Trans. Ultrason., Ferroelect., Freq. Contr., Vol. 64, No. 6, pp. 947-958, Jun. 2017, DOI:
10.1109/TUFFC.2017.2685525.
22- H. Ahmadieh and B. Mohammadzadeh Asl, “Fetal ECG Extraction via Type-2 Adaptive Neuro-fuzzy Inference
Systems," Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Vol. 142, pp. 101-108, Apr. 2017, DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2017.02.009.
21- M. Sotoodeh and B. Mohammadzadeh Asl, "Combined Phase Screen Aberration Correction and Minimum Variance
Beamforming in Medical Ultrasound," Ultrasonics, Vol. 75, pp. 71-79, March 2017, DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2016.11.015.
20- A. D. Dolatabadi, S. E. Z. Khadem, and B. Mohammadzadeh Asl, “Automated Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
Patients Using Optimized SVM," Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Vol. 138, pp. 117-126, Jan. 2017, DOI:
10.1016/j.cmpb.2016.10.011.
2016
19- E. Moghimirad, C. A. V. Hoyos, A. Mahloojifar, B. Mohammadzadeh Asl, J. A. Jensen, "Synthetic Aperture Ultrasound Fourier
Beamformation Using Virtual Sources," IEEE Trans. Ultrason., Ferroelect., Freq. Contr., Vol. 63, No. 12, pp. 2018-2030, Dec.
2016, DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2016.2606878.
18- M. Rahimpour and B. Mohammadzadeh Asl, "P Wave Detection in ECG Signals Using an Extended Kalman Filter: an
Evaluation in Different Arrhythmia Contexts," Physiological Measurement, Vol. 37, pp. 1089-1104, July 2016, DOI:
10.1088/0967-3334/37/7/1089.
17- E. Moghimirad, A. Mahloojifar, and B. Mohammadzadeh Asl, "Computational Complexity Reduction of Synthetic Aperture
Focus in Ultrasound Imaging Using Frequency-Domain Reconstruction," Ultrasonic Imaging, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 175-193, May
2016, DOI: 10.1177/0161734615583461.
16- A. M. Deylami and B. Mohammadzadeh Asl, "Low Complex Subspace Minimum Variance Beamformer for Medical
Ultrasound Imaging," Ultrasonics, Vol. 66, No. 3, pp. 43-53, March 2016, DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2015.11.012.
15- A. M. Deylami and B. Mohammadzadeh Asl, "Amplitude and Phase Estimator Combined with the Wiener Postfilter for Medical
Ultrasound Imaging," Journal of Medical Ultrasonics, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 11-18, Jan. 2016, DOI: 10.1007/s10396-015-0671-z.
2015
14- F. Shahbazi and B. Mohammadzadeh Asl, “Generalized Discriminant Analysis for Congestive Heart Failure Risk Assessment
based on Long-Term Heart Rate Variability," Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Vol. 122, No. 2, pp. 191-198,
Nov. 2015, DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2015.08.007.
13- B. Mohammadzadeh Asl, "Combining the APES and Minimum Variance Beamformers for Adaptive Ultrasound
Imaging," Ultrasonic Imaging, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 239-253, 2015, DOI: 10.1177/0161734615600167.
12- S. A. Izadi, A. Mahloojifar, and B. Mohammadzadeh Asl, "Weighted Capon Beamformer Combined with Coded Excitation in
Ultrasound Imaging," Journal of Medical Ultrasonics, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 477-488, Oct. 2015, DOI: 10.1007/s10396-015-0640-6.
11- M. Sattarpour and B. Mohammadzadeh Asl, “Detection and Estimation of T Wave Alternans Using Multi-Lead ECG Signal
Analysis," Journal of Signal and Data Processing, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 69-80, 2015. (In Persian)
2014
10- A. M. Deylami and B. Mohammadzadeh Asl, "Reducing the Computational Complexity of Minimum Variance Beamformer
in Beamspace," Journal of Acoustical Society of Iran, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 24-30, Apr. 2014. (In Persian)
2013
9- Y. Fathi, A. Mahloojifar, and B. Mohammadzadeh Asl, "Real Time Implementation of Adaptive Beamformer in Medical
Ultrasound Imaging Based on Parallel Processing with Graphical Processing Units," Journal of Acoustical Society of Iran, Vol. 1,
No. 1, pp. 47-56, Oct. 2013. (In Persian)
2012
8- B. Mohammadzadeh Asl, A. R. Sharafat, and S. K. Setarehdan, "An Adaptive Backpropagation Neural Network for Arrhythmia
Classification Using R-R Interval Signal," Neural Network World, Vol. 22, No. 6, pp. 535-548, Dec. 2012.
7- B. Mohammadzadeh Asl and A. Mahloojifar, "A Low-Complexity Adaptive Beamformer for Ultrasound Imaging Using
Structured Covariance Matrix," IEEE Trans. Ultrason., Ferroelect., Freq. Contr., Vol. 59, No. 4, pp. 660-667, Apr. 2012.
2011
6- M. Mohebbi, H. Ghassemian, and B. Mohammadzadeh Asl, "Structures of the Recurrence Plot of Heart Rate Variability Signal
as a Tool for Predicting the Onset of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation," Journal of Medical Signals & Sensors, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 113-
121, May 2011.
5- B. Mohammadzadeh Asl and A. Mahloojifar, "Contrast Enhancement and Robustness Improvement of Adaptive Ultrasound
Imaging Using Forward-Backward Minimum Variance Beamforming," IEEE Trans. Ultrason., Ferroelect., Freq. Contr., Vol. 58,
No. 4, pp. 858-867, Apr. 2011.
2010
4- B. Mohammadzadeh Asl and A. Mahloojifar, "Eigenspace-Based Minimum Variance Beamforming Applied to Medical
Ultrasound Imaging," IEEE Trans. Ultrason., Ferroelect., Freq. Contr., Vol. 57, No. 11, pp. 2381-2390, Nov. 2010.
2009
3- B. Mohammadzadeh Asl and A. Mahloojifar, "Minimum Variance Beamforming Combined with Adaptive Coherence
Weighting Applied to Medical Ultrasound Imaging," IEEE Trans. Ultrason., Ferroelect., Freq. Contr., Vol. 56, No. 9, pp. 1923-
1931, Sep. 2009. (101 Citations until now)
2- B. Mohammadzadeh Asl and A. Mahloojifar, "An Efficient Adaptive Beamforming Method for Simultaneous Improvement of
the Resolution and Contrast of Ultrasound Imaging," Iranian Journal of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 33-46, Mar.
2009. (In Persian)
2008
1- B. Mohammadzadeh Asl, S. K. Setarehdan, and M. Mohebbi, "Support Vector Machine-Based Arrhythmia Classification Using
Reduced Features of Heart Rate Variability Signal," Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 51-64, Sep. 2008. (176
Citations until now)