POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

Research topics: "(1) Artificial Intelligence (AI)-aided Personalized Medicine for Retinal Diseases Assessment, and (2) Software Development and Efficacy Evaluation of Therapy for Corneal Diseases.",

Supervisor: Prof. Sina Farsiu (Webpage)

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Iran's National Elites Foundation, Isfahan University of Medical Science Branch, Isfahan, Iran

Research topics: "(1) Retinal OCT Image Analysis, and (2) CAD Software Development.",

Supervisor: Prof. Hossein Rabbani (Webpage)

Ph.D. (BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING-BIOELECTRIC)

Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran, January 2014 - June 2018.

Dissertation title: "Macular OCT Classification Based on Convolutional Neural Networks ",

Supervisors: Prof. Alireza Mehri; Prof. Hossein Rabbani

M.Sc. (BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING-BIOELECTRIC)

Khajeh Nasir Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, September 2010 - December 2012.

Dissertation title: "Classification of Breast Cancer Tumors in DCE-MRI Based on Convolutional Neural Networks ",

Supervisors: Prof. Mohammad Teshnehlab (Link)

B.Sc. (ElECTRONICS ENGINEERING)

Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran, September 2005 - July 2009.

Dissertation title: "Automatic Classification of Digital Modulated Signals in the Presence of Noise and Rayleigh Fading using Artificial Neural Networks",

Supervisors: Prof. Reza Ebrahimpour (Link)

LECTURER IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Jan 2021 - Present

Isfahan, Iran

• Teaching and supervising undergraduate and graduate students.
• Conducting research and publishing papers in academic journals.
• Writing proposals to secure funding for research.
• Assisting with various departmental duties and providing academic support to Professors and other staff.
• Recruiting, training, and mentoring new TAs and other junior staff.
• Providing demonstrations and supervising experiments and investigations.
• Representing the university at conferences and delivering presentations when necessary.
• Answering questions in class or via email or telephone.
• Providing Professors and Department Heads with feedback on student progress.
• Attending faculty and departmental meetings and voicing concerns or providing suggestions for improvement.

National Elite Foundation

2019 - 2020

Isfahan, Iran

• Designing and implementing new research protocols.
• Adopting new procedures, methods, or instrumentation relative to research procedures.
• Collecting, preparing, and analyzing research data in collaboration with the other research lab members.
• Supervising other students/scholars in the research laboratory to coordinate research efforts for increased efficiency.
• Participating in the training of fellows, scholars, students, and volunteer interns.

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

2018 - 2019

Durham, NC, USA

• Designing and implementing new research protocols.
• Adopting new procedures, methods, or instrumentation relative to research procedures.
• Collecting, preparing, and analyzing research data in collaboration with the other research lab members.
• Presenting the research outputs at scientific conferences.
• Supervising other students/scholars in the research laboratory to coordinate research efforts for increased efficiency.
• Participating in the training of fellows, scholars, students, and volunteer interns.
• Assisting with ordering and procurement of supplies and equipment and with general maintenance of the research laboratory.

18. Hamed Aghapanah, Reza Rasti, Faezeh Tabesh, Hamidreza PourAliakbar, Hamid Sanei, Saeed Kermani, "MECardNet: Multiscale Convolutional Mixture of Experts Ensemble Model with Adaptive Deep Supervision for Multiclass CMRI Segmentation " Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, vol. 100, pp. 106919, 2025. (Link)

17. Mohammad Hossein Nikzad, Mohammad Heidari-Rarani, Reza Rasti, "A novel systematically optimized Tabular neural network (TabNet) algorithm for predicting the tensile modulus of additively manufactured PLA parts " Materials Today Communications, vol. 41, pp. 110442, 2024. (Link)

16. Hamed Aghapanah, Reza Rasti, Saeed Kermani, Faezeh Tabesh, Hossein Yousefi Banaem, Hamidreza Pour Aliakbar, Hamid Sanei, William Paul Segars, "CardSegNet: An Adaptive Hybrid CNN-Vision Transformer Model for Heart Region Segmentation in Cardiac MRI " Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, vol. 115, Issue. 6111, pp. 102382, 2024. (Link)

15. Fatemeh Nazem, Reza Rasti, Afshin Fassihi, Alireza Mehri Dehnavi, Fahimeh Ghasemi, " Deep Attention Network for Looking for Ligand-Protein Binding Sites" Journal of Computational Science, vol. 81, pp. 102368, 2024. (Link)

14. Mohammad Hossein Nikzad, Mohammad Heidari-Rarani, Ali Momenzadeh-Kholenjani, Reza Rasti, "Implementation of Specifically Designed Deep Neural Networks for The Prediction and Optimization of Tensile Properties of Aluminum-Copper Alloy " Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, vol. 39, pp. 108964, 2024. (Link)

13. Fatemeh Nazem, Fahimeh Ghasemi, Afshin Fassihi, Reza Rasti, Alireza Mehri Dehnavi, "Deep Attention Network for Looking for Ligand-Protein Binding Sites Prediction " Authorea, 2024. (Link)

12. Reza Rasti, Armin Biglari, Mohammad Rezapourian, Ziyun Yang, Sina Farsiu, "RetiFluidNet: A Self-Adaptive and Multi-Attention Deep Convolutional Network for Retinal OCT Fluid Segmentation" IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, vol. 42, Issue. 5, pp. 1413-1423, May 2023. (Link)

11. Fatemeh Nazem, Fahimeh Ghasemi, Afshin Fassihi, Reza Rasti, Alireza Mehri Dehnavi, "A GU-Net based architecture predicting ligand-protein binding atoms " Journal of Medical Signals and Sensors, vol. 13, Issue. 1, pp. 1-10, 2023. (Link)

10. Masoumeh Sharafi, Mohammadreza Yazdchi, Reza Rasti, Fahimeh Nasimi, " A Novel Spatio-Temporal Convolutional Neural Framework for Multimodal Emotion Recognition " Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, vol. 78, pp. 103970, September 2022. (Link)

9. Zhenxi Song, Liangyu Xu, Jiang Wang, Reza Rasti, Ananth Sastry, Jianwei D Li, William Raynor, Joseph A Izatt, Cynthia A Toth, Lejla Vajzovic, Bin Deng, Sina Farsiu, "Lightweight Learning based Automatic Segmentation of Subretinal Blebs on Microscope-Integrated Optical Coherence Tomography Images" American Journal of Ophthalmology , vol. 221, pp. 154-168, 2021. (Link)

8. Reza Rasti, Michael J. Allingham, Priyatham S. Mettu, Sam Kavousi, Scott W. Cousins, Sina Farsiu, "Deep Learning-based Single-shot Prediction of Differential Effects of Anti-VEGF Treatment in Patients with Diabetic Macular Edema" Biomedical Optics Express, vol. 11, Issue. 2, pp. 1139-1152, 2020. (Link)

7. Reza Rasti, Alireza Mehridehnavi, Hossein Rabbani, Fedra Hajizadeh, "Convolutional mixture of experts model: A comparative study on automatic macular diagnosis in retinal optical coherence tomography imaging" Journal of Medical Signals and Sensors, vol. 9, Issue. 1, pp. 1-14, 2019. (Link)

5. Reza Rasti, Alireza Mehridehnavi, Hossein Rabbani, Fedra Hajizadeh, " Automatic Diagnosis of Abnormal Macula in Retinal Optical Coherence Tomography Images Using Wavelet-Based Convolutional Neural Network Features and Random Forests Classifier" Journal of Biomedical Optics , vol. 23, Issue. 3, p. 035005, 2018. (Link)

4. Reza Rasti, Hossein Rabbani, Alireza Mehridehnavi, Fedra Hajizadeh, " Macular OCT Classification using a Multi-Scale Convolutional Neural Network Ensemble" IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging , vol. 37, Issue. 4, pp. 1024-1034, 2018. (Link)

3. Reza Rasti, Mohammad Teshnehlab, Son Lam Phung, " Breast Cancer Diagnosis in DCE-MRI using Mixture Ensemble of Convolutional Neural Networks", Pattern Recognition , vol. 72, No. C, pp. 381-390, 2017. (Link)

2. Mitra Khaleghian, Alireza Mehridehnavi, Reza Rasti, " Binocular Rivalry Model based on Hodgkin-Huxley Neuron ", Journal of Isfahan Medical School, vol. 34, No. 404, pp. 1256-1261, 2016. (Link)

1. Reza Rasti, Mohammad Teshnehlab, Reza Jafari, "A CAD System for Identification and Classification of Breast Cancer Tumors in DCE-MR Images Based on Hierarchical Convolutional Neural Networks" Computational Intelligence in Electrical Engineering, vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 1-14, 2015. (Link) 

2024

4. Hamed Aghapanah, Ali Saeeidi Rad, Reza Rasti, "A Survey of Deep learning in Advancing Steel Industry Standards " 2024 20th CSI International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Signal Processing (AISP), Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran, pp. 1-7, 2024. (Link)

2021

3. Hanieh Arabian, Alireza Karimian, Reza Rasti, Hossein Arabi and Habib Zaidi, "Deep Attention-based Seminal Segmentation: A Practical Deep Learning Framework for Accurate Segmentation of the Hippocampus from Magnetic Resonance Images, 2021 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), October 16-23, pp. 1-3, 2021. (Link) 

2017

2. Reza Rasti, Alireza Mehridehnavi, Hossein Rabbani, Fedra Hajizadeh, "Wavelet-based Convolutional Mixture of Experts Model: An Application to Automatic Diagnosis of Abnormal Macula in Retinal Optical Coherence Tomography Images", 10th Iranian Conference on Machine Vision and Image Processing (MVIP), Isfahan, Iran, November 22-23, pp. 192-196, 2017. (Link)

2016

1. Reza Rasti, Hossein Rabbani, Alireza Mehridehnavi, Raheleh Kafieh, "Discrimination between Diabetic Macular Edema and Normal Retinal OCT B-Scan Images Based on Convolutional Neural Networks", IEEE Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing (MMSP), Montreal, Canada, September 21-23, 2016. (Link)