Fereshteh Aalamifar
Papers
12
Total Citations
137
H-Index
7
About
Fereshteh Aalamifar is a biomedical engineer and robotics researcher whose work sits at the intersection of medical imaging, robotic-assisted interventions, and minimally invasive procedures. Her research spans two primary domains: MRI-guided needle steering for prostate interventions and robot-assisted ultrasound imaging systems, areas in which she has made meaningful contributions to enabling safer, more precise clinical procedures. Aalamifar's most influential work, cited 37 times, pioneered real-time needle tracking using Fiber Bragg Grating sensors embedded in bevel-tip needles, achieving accuracy and bandwidth beyond what real-time MRI alone could provide — a critical step toward fully teleoperated MRI-guided prostate biopsy. Building on this foundation, she developed a continuous MRI-guided master-slave needle steering system that keeps patients in the scanner throughout the procedure, enhancing physician control and patient safety. Her parallel contributions to robotic ultrasound are equally notable. She developed co-robotic ultrasound systems designed to reduce the musculoskeletal burden on ultrasonographers, alongside innovations in ultrasound tomography, synthetic tracked aperture imaging, and photoacoustic computed tomography — all aimed at expanding diagnostic imaging capabilities. With over 110 cumulative citations across her published work, Aalamifar's research represents a sustained commitment to translating advanced robotics into practical clinical tools.
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Top Papers
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- 2Robot-assisted automatic ultrasound calibration18 citations · 2016
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- 4Co-robotic ultrasound imaging: a cooperative force control approach15 citations · 2017
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- 8Co-robotic ultrasound tomography: dual arm setup and error analysis7 citations · 2015
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- 10Enabling technologies for robot assisted ultrasound tomography6 citations · 2016