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Research Interests

AI in medicine and other fields, particularly ML and CV techniques applied on big data and images. 

  • Anatomical modeling and automated image segmentation using active shape models and deep learning
  • Disease diagnosis using deep learning and other ML methods
  • Surgical robotics
  • Transfer learning and fine tuning of foundation models
  • Bioinformatics, EHR integration and real time predictive analytics
  • Medical device research and development

Current Research

  • Predicting autism from lung CT scans using deep learning
  • Predicting atrial fibrillation from echocardiograms, also using deep learning
  • Large-scale querying of EHR records for medical images and other data
  • AI-based simulated data generation

Publications/Conference Proceedings/Patents

Coupled active shape models for automated segmentation and landmark localization in high-resolution CT of the foot and ankle

Authors: Michael Brehler, Asef Islam, Levon Vogelsang, Dong Yang, W Sehnert, Delaram Shakoor, Shadpour Demehri, Jeffrey H Siewerdsen, Wojciech Zbijewski
Publication date: 2019/3/15
Conference: Medical Imaging 2019: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging
Publisher: SPIE

Comparison of manual and automated measurements of tracheobronchial airway geometry in three Balb/c mice

Authors: Asef Islam, Michael J Oldham, Anthony S Wexler
Publication date: 2017/11
Journal: The Anatomical Record

Landmark-free morphometric analysis of knee osteoarthritis using joint statistical models of bone shape and articular space variability

Authors: Nicolas Charon, Asef Islam, Wojciech Zbijewski
Publication date: 2021/7/1
Journal: Journal of Medical Imaging
Publisher: SPIE

Lung airway geometry as an early predictor of autism: A preliminary machine learning-based study

Authors: Asef Islam, Anthony Ronco, Stephen M. Becker, Jeremiah Blackburn, Johannes C. Schittny, Kyoungmi Kim, Rebecca Stein-Wexler, Anthony S. Wexler
Publication date: 2023/1/13
Journal: arXiv Machine Learning

Design Of An Extendable Tuohy Needle For Use In Epidural Anesthesia For Adult Patients Of All Body-mass-indices

Authors: Gabriel Fernandes, Amanda Li, Eshan Joshi, Diego Arevalo, Chenyi Zhu, Asef Islam, Ernesto Lozano, Matthew Zhao, Youseph Yazdi, Andrew Malinow
Publication date: 2020/10/3
Publisher: American Society of Anesthesiologists

Diffeomorphic morphometry of the tibio-femoral joint for quantitative assessment of osteoarthritis

Authors: Nicolas Charon, Asef Islam, Wojciech Zbijewski
Publication date: 2020/3/2
Publisher: American Physical Society

Quantifying Similarity in Histopathology Images Using Pathology-specific Deep-learned Features

Authors: Qian Cao, Asef Islam, Zihang Fang, Jaylen Kang, Alexander Baras, Wojciech Zbijewski
Publication date: 2020/3/2
Publisher: American Physical Society

Extendable Needle

Inventors: Youseph Yazdi, Amanda Li, Eshan Joshi, Diego Arevalo, Asef Islam, Ernst Lippert Lozano, Chenyi Zhu, Matthew Zhao, Gabriel Fernandes, Andrew Malinow
Patent Number: WO2021159087
Issued Date: Aug 12, 2021