Halleh Ghaderi

Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University

I obtained my bachelor of applied science (Electrical and Computer Engineering – biomedical specialization option) in 2010 from University of British Columbia and then fast tracked to PhD biomedical program at McGill University. I am currently pursuing my PhD studies under supervision of Prof. G. Bruce Pike at Montreal Neurological Institute. The broad objective of my research thesis is to develop novel quantitative Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI) acquisition and analysis methods that can improve the target localization and pre-operative planning in image guided neurosurgery of deep brain structures. This project integrates anatomical, functional, and vascular and diffusion MRI information into an automated decision support software framework in order to facilitate pre-operative target localization and trajectory planning.

Related content: Professor Bruce Pike; DBS methodology and challenges; Pre-operative planning in image guided surgery of deep brain structures; High Resolution Near Field Arrays for Non-Invasive Brain Activity Mapping; Functional target localization for neurosurgery: task-based fMRI versus resting state fMRI study; Multi-contrast unbiased non-linear brain atlas of Parkinson’s disease patients,; Brain network extraction from probabilistic ICA using functional Magnetic Resonance Images and advanced template matching techniques”; Functional target localization for neurosurgery: task-based fMRI (tb-fMRI) versus resting state fMRI (rs-fMRI); Comparing target localization methods for deep brain surgery: Combination of functional and diffusion MRI versus a generic atlas; MRI Acquisition and Analysis Methods for Image-guided Deep Brain Neurosurgery: Target Localization and Decision Making Platform for Pre-operative Planning; Automatic, rapid, non- invasive and precise localization of thalamic nuclei for deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery using a combination of diffusion and functional MRI.