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Dr Atif Shahzad

B.Sc.,M.Sc, PhD

Contact Details

Honorary Research Lecturer
2nd Floor
Lambe Institute of Translational Research
NUI Galway
M: +353857356267
Google Scholar: https://tinyurl.com/ycr262bv
 
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Biography

Dr Atif Shahzad is an honorary research lecturer and joint director of the Smart Sensors Lab, School of Medicine, National University of Ireland, Galway. He received BSc (honours) in computer engineering from COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan, and MSc in electronic engineering from University of Leeds, United Kingdom. His research is focused on sensing and thermal ablation technologies, medical device development, medical signal and image processing, applied electromagnetic, computational modelling, and dielectric spectroscopy.

Dr Shahzad has worked as a lecturer at COMSATS Institute of Informational Technology, Pakistan, from 2006 to 2011, where he developed and delivered undergraduate modules at the Department of Electrical Engineering. He has also worked as a research staff in Computer Vision research group at COMSATS, where he developed real-time video processing techniques for vehicle recognition in forensic applications. He has received 14 national and international awards and is a member of COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action MiMED and COST Action EMF-MED.

Dr Shahzad has contributed to several research and innovation grants worth more than ¿4.7m in past 6 years. He has published more than 75 original research articles, contributed to 6 medical technology inventions and presented at top international conferences in the field of engineering and medical technologies. 

Research Interests

  • Medical Device Development
  • Biosensing
  • Digital Signal and Image Processing
  • Microwave Imaging and Therapeutics
  • Computational Electromagnetics
  • Dielectric Spectroscopy


Research Projects

  Project Start Date End Date
A smart, patient-centric catheter-based solution for treating malignant pleural effusion in the home 26-OCT-21 15-APR-24
DTIF: AuriGen Solution for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation 01-MAY-20 30-APR-28
Addressing Hypertension through the Development of a Novel Thermal Ablation Therapy 01-OCT-18 30-SEP-20
REALTA 01-MAR-17 29-DEC-17

Contract Researchers

  Researcher Name Project Role Funding Body
Mehedi Masud Medical sensors - industry project Postdoctoral Research Fellow DTIF
Riaz Ur Rehman PREVENT - CURAM II Postdoctoral Researcher - Embedded System Design and Development Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
Bilal Amin DTIF: Biosensors Postdoctoral Researcher - Antenna Design for Wireless Sensor Implants DTIF
Muhammad Farooq DTIF: Biosensors Research Assistant - Implantable Sensor Design DTIF
Mr Marcin J Krasny DTIF: Biosensors Postdoctoral Researcher - Bio-impedance sensor design DTIF
Dr Patricia Vazquez DTIF: Biosensors Senior postdoctoral researcher developing implantable biosensors for cardiovascular applications DTIF
Cathal Keane Medical sensors - industry project Research Associate DTIF

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2023) 'Statistical techniques used in analysing simultaneous continuous glucose monitoring and ambulatory electrocardiography in patients with diabetes: A systematic review'
Charamba, B., Liew, A., Nadeem, A., Newell, J., O¿Keeffe, D.T., O¿Brien, T., Wijns, W., Shahzad, A. and Simpkin, A.J. (2023) 'Statistical techniques used in analysing simultaneous continuous glucose monitoring and ambulatory electrocardiography in patients with diabetes: A systematic review'. Plos One, [Details]
(2023) 'Development and Assessment of the Performance of a Shared Ventilatory System that Uses Clinically Available Components to Individualize Tidal Volumes'
David M. Hannon, Tim Jones, Jack Connolly, Conor Judge, Talha Iqbal, Atif Shahzad, Michael G. Madden, Frank Kirrane, Peter Conneely, Brian H. Harte, Martin O¿Halloran, John G. Laffey (2023) 'Development and Assessment of the Performance of a Shared Ventilatory System that Uses Clinically Available Components to Individualize Tidal Volumes'. BMC Anesthesiology, [Details]
(2023) 'Performance of wearable watch-type home blood pressure measurement devices in a real-world clinical sample'
Lunardi, M., Muhammad, F., Shahzad, A., Nadeem, A., Combe, L., Simpkin, A.J., Sharif, F., Wijns, W. and McEvoy, J.W. (2023) 'Performance of wearable watch-type home blood pressure measurement devices in a real-world clinical sample'. Clinical Research In Cardiology, [Details]
(2022) 'Stress Monitoring Using Wearable Sensors: A Pilot Study and Stress-Predict Dataset'
Iqbal, Talha and Simpkin, Andrew J and Roshan, Davood and Glynn, Nicola and Killilea, John and Walsh, Jane and Molloy, Gerard and Ganly, Sandra and Ryman, Hannah and Coen, Eileen and others (2022) 'Stress Monitoring Using Wearable Sensors: A Pilot Study and Stress-Predict Dataset'. Sensors, 22 (21) [Details]
(2022) 'Review on Classification Techniques used in Biophysiological Stress Monitoring'
Iqbal, Talha and Elahi, Adnan and Shahzad, Atif and Wijns, William (2022) 'Review on Classification Techniques used in Biophysiological Stress Monitoring'. arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.16040, [Details]
(2022) 'An Ex Vivo Study of Wireless Linkage Distance between Implantable LC Resonance Sensor and External Readout Coil'
Farooq, Muhammad and Amin, Bilal and Kra\'sny, Marcin J and Elahi, Adnan and Rehman, Muhammad Riaz Ur and Wijns, William and Shahzad, Atif (2022) 'An Ex Vivo Study of Wireless Linkage Distance between Implantable LC Resonance Sensor and External Readout Coil'. Sensors, 22 (21) [Details]
(2022) 'An Optimized Methodology to Achieve Irreversible Bonding between PDMS and Polyimides for Biomedical Sensors'
Farooq, Muhammad and Amin, Bilal and Elahi, Adnan and Wijns, William and Shahzad, Atif (2022) 'An Optimized Methodology to Achieve Irreversible Bonding between PDMS and Polyimides for Biomedical Sensors'. Engineering Proceedings, 27 (1) [Details]
(2022) 'Exploring Unsupervised Machine Learning Classification Methods for Physiological Stress Detection'
Iqbal, Talha and Elahi, Adnan and Wijns, William and Shahzad, Atif (2022) 'Exploring Unsupervised Machine Learning Classification Methods for Physiological Stress Detection'. Frontiers in Medical Technology, 4 [Details]
(2022) 'Experimental Validation of Microwave Imaging Prototype and DBIM-IMATCS Algorithm for Bone Health Monitoring'
Amin, Bilal and Shahzad, Atif and O'halloran, Martin and Mcdermott, Barry and Elahi, Adnan (2022) 'Experimental Validation of Microwave Imaging Prototype and DBIM-IMATCS Algorithm for Bone Health Monitoring'. Ieee Access, 10 :42589-42600 [Details]
(2022) 'Photoplethysmography-Based Respiratory Rate Estimation Algorithm for Health Monitoring Applications'
Iqbal, Talha and Elahi, Adnan and Ganly, Sandra and Wijns, William and Shahzad, Atif (2022) 'Photoplethysmography-Based Respiratory Rate Estimation Algorithm for Health Monitoring Applications'. Journal of medical and biological engineering, 42 (2):242-252 [Details]
(2021) 'A sensitivity analysis of biophysiological responses of stress for wearable sensors in connected health'
Iqbal, T., Redon-Lurbe, P., Simpkin, A.J., Elahi, A., Ganly, S., Wijns, W. and Shahzad, A. (2021) 'A sensitivity analysis of biophysiological responses of stress for wearable sensors in connected health'. Ieee Access, [Details]
(2021) 'Bench test and in-vivo evaluation of longitudinal stent deformation during proximal optimisation'
Toth, Gabor G and Achim, Alexandru and Kafka, Marcel and Wu, Xinlei and Lunardi, Mattia and Biswas, Sinjini and Shahzad, Atif and Thury, Attila and Ruzsa, Zoltan and Johnson, Thomas W and others (2021) 'Bench test and in-vivo evaluation of longitudinal stent deformation during proximal optimisation'. Eurointervention: Journal of Europcr in Collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology, [Details]
(2021) 'Development of a New Detection Algorithm to Identify Acute Coronary Syndrome Using Electrochemical Biosensors for Real-World Long-Term Monitoring'
Redon, Pau and Shahzad, Atif and Iqbal, Talha and Wijns, William (2021) 'Development of a New Detection Algorithm to Identify Acute Coronary Syndrome Using Electrochemical Biosensors for Real-World Long-Term Monitoring'. Bioengineering, 8 (2) [Details]
(2021) 'A Review of Biophysiological and Biochemical Indicators of Stress for Connected and Preventive Healthcare'
Iqbal, Talha and Elahi, Adnan and Redon, Pau and Vazquez, Patricia and Wijns, William and Shahzad, Atif (2021) 'A Review of Biophysiological and Biochemical Indicators of Stress for Connected and Preventive Healthcare'. Diagnostics, 11 (3) [Details]
(2021) 'A Sensitivity Analysis of Biophysiological Responses of Stress for Wearable Sensors in Connected Health'
Iqbal, Talha and Redon-Lurbe, Pau and Simpkin, Andrew J and Elahi, Adnan and Ganly, Sandra and Wijns, William and Shahzad, Atif (2021) 'A Sensitivity Analysis of Biophysiological Responses of Stress for Wearable Sensors in Connected Health'. IEEE Access, 9 :93567-93579 [Details]
(2021) 'Angiography-based 4-dimensional superficial wall strain and stress: a new diagnostic tool in the catheterization laboratory'
Wu, Xinlei and Ono, Masafumi and Kawashima, Hideyuki and Poon, Eric KW and Torii, Ryo and Shahzad, Atif and Gao, Chao and Wang, Rutao and Barlis, Peter and von Birgelen, Clemens and others (2021) 'Angiography-based 4-dimensional superficial wall strain and stress: a new diagnostic tool in the catheterization laboratory'. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 8 [Details]
(2021) 'A feasibility study on microwave imaging of bone for osteoporosis monitoring'
Bilal Amin, Atif Shahzad, Lorenzo Crocco, Mengchu Wang, Martin O’Halloran, Ana González-Suárez, and Muhammad Adnan Elahi (2021) 'A feasibility study on microwave imaging of bone for osteoporosis monitoring'. Medical And Biological Engineering And Computing, [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2020) 'Development and assessment of the performance of a shared ventilatory system that uses clinically available components to individualize tidal volumes'
Laffey, John G and Hannon, David M and Jones, Tim and Connolly, Jack and Judge, Conor and Iqbal, Talha and Shahzad, Atif and Madden, Michael and Kirrane, Frank and Conneely, Peter and others (2020) 'Development and assessment of the performance of a shared ventilatory system that uses clinically available components to individualize tidal volumes'. medRxiv, [Details]
(2021) 'Dielectric Characterization of Ex Vivo Ovine and Human Adrenal Glands for Microwave Thermal Ablation Applications'
Bottiglieri, A.; Shahzad, A.; Donlon, P.; Dennedy, MC.; Lowery, A.; O'Halloran, M.; Farina, L. (2021) 'Dielectric Characterization of Ex Vivo Ovine and Human Adrenal Glands for Microwave Thermal Ablation Applications'. IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology, [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2020) 'Thin-Film Flexible Wireless Pressure Sensor for Continuous Pressure Monitoring in Medical Applications'
Farooq M;Iqbal T;Vazquez P;Farid N;Thampi S;Wijns W;Shahzad A; (2020) 'Thin-Film Flexible Wireless Pressure Sensor for Continuous Pressure Monitoring in Medical Applications'. Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 20 (22) [DOI] [Details]
(2018) 'Dielectric properties of bones for the monitoring of osteoporosis'
Amin, B; Elahi, M; Shahzad, A; Porter, E; McDermott, B; O'Halloran, M. (2018) 'Dielectric properties of bones for the monitoring of osteoporosis'. Medical And Biological Engineering And Computing, 57 (1):1-13 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2020) 'Dielectric characterization of diseased human trabecular bones at microwave frequency'
Amin, B;Shahzad, A;Farina, L;Parle, E;McNamara, L;O'Halloran, M;Elahi, MA (2020) 'Dielectric characterization of diseased human trabecular bones at microwave frequency'. Medical Engineering & Physics, 78 :21-28 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2020) 'Benefits of Home-Based Solutions for Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes on Health Care Costs: A Systematic Review'
Redón P;Shahzad A;Iqbal T;Wijns W; (2020) 'Benefits of Home-Based Solutions for Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes on Health Care Costs: A Systematic Review'. Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 20 (17) [DOI] [Details]
(2020) 'Proceedings from the 3rd European Clinical Consensus Conference for clinical trials in device-based hypertension therapies'
Mahfoud, Felix and Azizi, Michel and Ewen, Sebastian and Pathak, Atul and Ukena, Christian and Blankestijn, Peter J and Böhm, Michael and Burnier, Michel and Chatellier, Gilles and Durand Zaleski, Isabelle and Grassi, Guido and Joner, Michael and Kandzari, David E and Kirtane, Ajay and Kjeldsen, Sverre E and Lobo, Melvin D and Lüscher, Thomas F and McEvoy, John William and Parati, Gianfranco and Rossignol, Patrick and Ruilope, Luis and Schlaich, Markus P and Shahzad, Atif and Sharif, Faisal and Sharp, Andrew S P and Sievert, Horst and Volpe, Massimo and Weber, Michael A and Schmieder, Roland E and Tsioufis, Costas and Wijns, William (2020) 'Proceedings from the 3rd European Clinical Consensus Conference for clinical trials in device-based hypertension therapies'. European Heart Journal, 41 (16):1588-1599 [DOI] [Details]
(2019) 'Using microwave thermal ablation to develop a subtotal, cortical-sparing approach to the management of primary aldosteronism'
Donlon, PT;Fallahi, H;Beard, WL;Shahzad, A;Heflin, L;Cox, W;Bloomberg, B;Lillic, JD;Ganta, CK;O'Sullivan, GJ;Ruvio, G;O'Shea, PM;O'Halloran, M;Prakash, P;Dennedy, MC (2019) 'Using microwave thermal ablation to develop a subtotal, cortical-sparing approach to the management of primary aldosteronism'. International Journal Of Hyperthermia, 36 :905-914 [DOI] [Details]
(2019) 'Microwave antennas for thermal ablation of benign adrenal adenomas'
Fallahi, H,Clausing, D,Shahzad, A,O'Halloran, M,Dennedy, MC,Prakash, P (2019) 'Microwave antennas for thermal ablation of benign adrenal adenomas'. Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express, 5 [DOI] [Details]
(2019) 'Feasibility of Water Content-Based Dielectric Characterisation of Biological Tissues using Mixture Models'
Robert Balduino, Barry McDermott, Emily Porter, Muhammad Adnan Elahi, Atif Shahzad, Martin O'Halloran, Marta Cavagnaro (2019) 'Feasibility of Water Content-Based Dielectric Characterisation of Biological Tissues using Mixture Models'. Ieee Transactions On Dielectrics And Electrical Insulation, 26 (1):187-193 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2019) 'Gamma Band Light Stimulation in Human Case Studies: Groundwork for Potential Alzheimer's Disease Treatment'
Jones M;McDermott B;Oliveira BL;O'Brien A;Coogan D;Lang M;Moriarty N;Dowd E;Quinlan L;Mc Ginley B;Dunne E;Newell D;Porter E;Elahi MA;O' Halloran M;Shahzad A; (2019) 'Gamma Band Light Stimulation in Human Case Studies: Groundwork for Potential Alzheimer's Disease Treatment'. Journal Of Alzheimers Disease, [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2018) 'Dielectric properties of bones for the monitoring of osteoporosis'
Bilal Amin; Muhammad Adnan Elahi; Atif Shahzad; Emily Porter; Barry McDermott; Martin O’Halloran (2018) 'Dielectric properties of bones for the monitoring of osteoporosis'. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, [DOI] [Details]
(2018) 'Characterization of the Dielectric Properties of the Bladder Over the Microwave Range'
Emily Porter; Saqib Salahuddin; Alessandra La Gioia; M. Adnan Elahi; Atif Shahzad; Arun Kumar; David Kilroy; Martin O'Halloran (2018) 'Characterization of the Dielectric Properties of the Bladder Over the Microwave Range'. IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology, 2 (3):208-215 [DOI] [Details]
(2018) 'An anatomically accurate dielectric profile of the porcine kidney'
Saqib Salahuddin and Alessandra La Gioia and Atif Shahzad and Muhammad Adnan Elahi and Arun Kumar and David Kilroy and Emily Porter and Martin O'Halloran (2018) 'An anatomically accurate dielectric profile of the porcine kidney'. Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express, 4 (2) [DOI] [Details]
(2018) 'Numerical evaluation of microwave thermal ablation to treat small adrenocortical masses'
Ruvio, G,Eaton-Evans, J,Shahzad, A,O'Halloran, M (2018) 'Numerical evaluation of microwave thermal ablation to treat small adrenocortical masses'. International Journal Of Rf And Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, 28 [DOI] [Details]
(2017) 'Minimum information for dielectric measurements of biological tissues (MINDER): A framework for repeatable and reusable data'
E. Porter, A. La Gioia, S. Salahuddin, S. Decker, A. Shahzad, M. A. Elahi, M. O’Halloran, O. Beyan (2017) 'Minimum information for dielectric measurements of biological tissues (MINDER): A framework for repeatable and reusable data'. International Journal Of Rf And Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, e21201 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2017) 'Investigation of the effect of dehydration on tissue dielectric properties in ex vivo measurements'
Shahzad, A,Khan, S,Jones, M,Dwyer, RM,O'Halloran, M (2017) 'Investigation of the effect of dehydration on tissue dielectric properties in ex vivo measurements'. Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express, 3 [DOI] [Details]
(2016) 'A multistage selective weighting method for improved microwave breast tomography'
Shahzad, A,O'Halloran, M,Jones, E,Glavin, M (2016) 'A multistage selective weighting method for improved microwave breast tomography'. Computerized Medical Imaging And Graphics, 54 :6-15 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2014) 'A preprocessing filter for multistatic microwave breast imaging for enhanced tumour detection'
Shahzad, Atif and O'Halloran, Martin and Jones, Edward and Glavin, Martin (2014) 'A preprocessing filter for multistatic microwave breast imaging for enhanced tumour detection'. Progress In Electromagnetics Research B, 57 :115-126 [Details]
(2014) 'Hybrid Artifact Removal for Confocal Microwave Breast Imaging'
Elahi, MA;Shahzad, A;Glavin, M;Jones, E;O'Halloran, M (2014) 'Hybrid Artifact Removal for Confocal Microwave Breast Imaging'. Ieee Antennas And Wireless Propagation Letters, 13 :149-152 [DOI] [Details]
(2013) 'Real-time automatic license plate recognition for CCTV forensic applications'
Sarfraz, M Saquib and Shahzad, A and Elahi, Muhammad A and Fraz, Muhammad and Zafar, Iffat and Edirisinghe, Eran A (2013) 'Real-time automatic license plate recognition for CCTV forensic applications'. Journal of real-time image processing, 8 (3):285-295 [Details]
(2013) 'Prefiltered beamforming for early-stage breast cancer detection'
Shahzad, A and O'halloran, M and Jones, E and Glavin, M (2013) 'Prefiltered beamforming for early-stage breast cancer detection'. Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE, 12 :500-503 [Details]

Conference Publications

  Year Publication
(2023) 24th International Conference on Applied Electromagnetics and Communications (ICECOM)
Alessia Cannatà, Atif Shahzad, Martin O'Halloran, Adnan Elahi, Marco Pasian, Simona Di Meo, Giulia Matrone, Bilal Amin (2023) Numerical assessment of microwave bone imaging: Reconstruction of realistic phantoms for diagnosing different bone diseases 24th International Conference on Applied Electromagnetics and Communications (ICECOM) [Details]
(2024) 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)
Bilal Amin, Atif Shahzad, Ana González-Suárez, Eoghan Dunne, Aoife Lowery, Martin O'Halloran, Adnan Elahi (2024) Dielectric Characterisation of Human Parathyroid Glands at Microwave Frequencies 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) [Details]
(2015) 2015 9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)
Elahi, M. A. and Shahzad, A. and Glavin, M. and Jones, E. and O'Halloran, M. (2015) GPU accelerated Confocal microwave imaging algorithms for breast cancer detection 2015 9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) , pp.1-2 [Details]
(2018) 12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2018)
Porter, E. and La Gioia, A. and Salahuddin, S. and Shahzad, A. and Elahi, M.A. and O'Halloran, M. (2018) Minimum Reporting Requirements for Dielectric Property Measurements of Biological Tissues 12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2018) [Details]
(2018) 12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2018)
Thomas, L.G. and Elahi, M.A. and O'Halloran, M. and Shahzad, A. (2018) Feasibility of Microwave Dielectric Sensing to Monitor Potassium Concentration in Blood 12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2018) [Details]
(2018) 12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2018)
O'Loughlin, D. and Elahi, M.A. and Porter, E. and Shahzad, A. and Oliveira, B.L. and Glavin, M. and Jones, E. and O'Halloran, M. (2018) Open-source Software for Microwave Radar-based Image Reconstruction 12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2018) [Details]
(2018) Bioengineering in Ireland Conference, 2018
Bilal Amin, Muhammad Adnan Elahi, Emily Porter, Atif Shahzad, and Martin O'Halloran (2018) Dielectric Properties of Bones: A Potential Indicator for Osteoporosis Bioengineering in Ireland Conference, 2018 [Details]
(2018) 12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2018)
Salahuddin, S. and La Gioia, A. and Shahzad, A. and Elahi, M.A. and Kumar, A. and Kilroy, D. and Porter, E. and O'Halloran, M. (2018) Demonstration of dielectric heterogeneity of previously assumed homogeneous tissues: examination of the Heart 12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2018) [Details]
(2019) IEEE 13th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, 2019
Bilal Amin, Atif Shahzad, Laura Farina, Eoin Parle, Laoise McNamara, Martin O'Halloran, and Muhammad Adnan Elahi (2019) Investigating human bone microarchitecture and dielectric properties in microwave frequency range IEEE 13th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, 2019 [Details]
(2020) 42nd International Conferences of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2020
Bilal Amin, Daniel Kelly, Atif Shahzad, Martin O'Halloran, and Muhammad Adnan Elahi (2020) Multilayered Human Calcaneus Phantom for Microwave Imaging of Bone 42nd International Conferences of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2020 [Details]
(2020) IEEE International Microwave Biomedical Conference, 2020
Bilal Amin, Colin Sheridan, Daniel Kelly, Atif Shahzad, Martin O'Halloran, and Muhammad Adnan Elahi (2020) Microwave bone imaging: experimental evaluation of calcaneus bone phantom and imaging prototype IEEE International Microwave Biomedical Conference, 2020 [Details]
(2020) IEEE 14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
Bilal Amin, Daniel Kelly, Atif Shahzad, Martin O'Halloran, and Muhammad Adnan Elahi (2020) Microwave calcaneus phantom for bone imaging applications IEEE 14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation [Details]
(2021) IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, 2021
Bilal Amin, Atif Shahzad, Martin O'Halloran, and Muhammad Adnan Elahi (2021) Microwave Tomographic Imaging of Experimental Bone Phantoms for Bone Imaging Application IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, 2021 [Details]
(2022) Engineering Proceedings
Muhammad Farooq, Bilal Amin, Adnan Elahi, William Wijns, Atif Shahzad (2022) An Optimized Methodology to Achieve Irreversible Bonding between PDMS and Polyimides for Biomedical Sensors Engineering Proceedings [Details]
(2022) 2022 16th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)
Burke, Shauna and Polak-Kra\'sna, Katarzyna and Benchakroun, Hamza and Vazquez, Patricia and O'Halloran, Martin and Shahzad, Atif and Wijns, William and Kra\'sny, Marcin J (2022) Feasibility Study of Plaque Detection using Electrical Impedance Techniques 2022 16th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) , pp.1-4 [Details]
(2021) IRISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
Charamba, B and Liew, A and O'Keeffe, DT and O'Brien, T and Wyns, W and Shahzad, A and Nadeem, A and Simpkin, A (2021) Statistical techniques used in analysing simultaneous continuous glucose monitoring and ambulatory electrocardiogram data in people with diabetes: A systematic review IRISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE , pp.110-111 [Details]
(2018) Bioengineering in Irelan
Amin, B., Elahi, M.A., Porter, E. , Shahzad, A., O’Halloran, M. (2018) DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF BONES: A POTENTIAL INDICATOR FOR OSTEOPOROSIS Bioengineering in Irelan [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2019) 2019 13th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)
Salahuddin, S; McDermott, B; Porter, E; O'Halloran, M; Elahi, M; Shahzad, A. (2019) An Empirical Dielectric Mixing Model for Biological Tissues 2019 13th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) Krakow, Poland, , 31-MAR-19 - 05-APR-19 , pp.1-5 [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2019) 21st European Congress of Endocrinology
Donlon, Padraig and Fallahi, Hojjatollah and Beard, Warren and Shazad, Atif and Heflin, Lindsay and Cox, Whitney and Bloomberg, Brooke and Lillich, James and Ganta, Chanran and Gerard, O and others (2019) Microwave ablation of the adrenal gland for treatment of functioning adrenocortical tumours: porcine in vivo study 21st European Congress of Endocrinology [Details]
(2018) 2018 EMF-MED 1ST WORLD CONFERENCE ON BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS (EMF-MED 2018)
Bottiglieri, A;Elahi, A;Shahzad, A;Donlon, PT;Dennedy, MC;O'Halloran, M (2018) Experimental evaluation of the effective ablation zone on ex-vivo bovine liver samples 2018 EMF-MED 1ST WORLD CONFERENCE ON BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS (EMF-MED 2018) [Details]
(2019) 2019 13TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION (EUCAP)
Amin, B;Shahzad, A;Farina, L;Parle, E;McNamara, L;O'Halloran, M;Elahi, MA (2019) Investigating human bone microarchitecture and dielectric properties in microwave frequency range 2019 13TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION (EUCAP) [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2019) 2019 13TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION (EUCAP)
Bottiglieri, A;Farina, L;Shahzad, A;O'Loughlin, D;O'Halloran, M;Elahi, MA (2019) Microwave Thermal Ablation: focusing energy in target tissue using fat layer 2019 13TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION (EUCAP) [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2014) 2014 36TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBC)
Shahzad, A;O'Halloran, M;Glavin, M;Jones, E (2014) A Novel Optimized Parallelization Strategy to Accelerate Microwave Tomography for Breast Cancer Screening 2014 36TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBC) , pp.2456-2459 [Details]
(2017) 2017 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTROMAGNETICS IN ADVANCED APPLICATIONS (ICEAA)
Shahzad, A;Elahi, A;O'Halloran, M;Jones, E;Glavin, M (2017) A Massively Parallel SIMD Framework for Fast 3D Microwave Tomography 2017 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTROMAGNETICS IN ADVANCED APPLICATIONS (ICEAA) , pp.1477-1480 [Details]
(2017) 2017 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTROMAGNETICS IN ADVANCED APPLICATIONS (ICEAA)
Shahzad, A;Clausing, D;Prakash, P;Dennedy, MC;O'Halloran, M (2017) Broadband Dielectric Properties of Adrenal Gland for Accurate Anatomical Modelling in Medical Applications 2017 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTROMAGNETICS IN ADVANCED APPLICATIONS (ICEAA) , pp.1465-1468 [Details]
(2017) 2017 11TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION (EUCAP)
Fallahi, H;Shahzad, A;Clausing, D;O'Halloran, M;Dennedy, MC;Prakash, P (2017) Technological Requirements for Microwave Ablation of Adrenal Masses 2017 11TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION (EUCAP) , pp.3713-3716 [Details]
(2018) Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)
Declan O’Loughlin, M Adnan Elahi, Emily Porter, Atif Shahzad, Bárbara L Oliveira, M Galvin, Edward Jones, Martin O’Halloran (2018) Open-source Software for Microwave Radar-based Image Reconstruction Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) [Details]
(2018) 2018 EMF-Med 1st World Conference on Biomedical Applications of Electromagnetic Fields (EMF-Med)
Anna Bottiglieri ; Adnan Elahi ; Atif Shahzad ; Padraig T Donlon ; Michael C Dennedy ; Martin O’Halloran (2018) Experimental evaluation of the effective ablation zone on ex-vivo bovine liver samples 2018 EMF-Med 1st World Conference on Biomedical Applications of Electromagnetic Fields (EMF-Med) [DOI] [Details]
(2018) 2018 EMF-Med 1st World Conference on Biomedical Applications of Electromagnetic Fields (EMF-Med)
Bilal Amin ; Muhammad Adnan Elahi ; Atif Shahzad ; Eoin Parle ; Laoise McNamara ; Martin O’Halloran (2018) An insight into bone dielectric properties variation: a foundation for electromagnetic medical devices 2018 EMF-Med 1st World Conference on Biomedical Applications of Electromagnetic Fields (EMF-Med) [DOI] [Details]
(2017) 2017 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTROMAGNETICS IN ADVANCED APPLICATIONS (ICEAA)
Salahuddin, S,La Gioia, A,Elahi, MA,Porter, E,O'Halloran, M,Shahzad, A, (2017) Comparison of in-vivo and ex-vivo Dielectric Properties of Biological Tissues 2017 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTROMAGNETICS IN ADVANCED APPLICATIONS (ICEAA) , pp.582-585 [Details]
(2017) Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), 2017 International Conference on
Shahzad, A and Elahi, A and O'Halloran, M and Jones, E and Glavin, M (2017) A massively parallel SIMD framework for fast 3D microwave tomography Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), 2017 International Conference on , pp.1477-1481 [Details]
(2017) Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), 2017 International Conference on
Salahuddin, Saqib and La Gioia, Alessandra and Elahi, Muhammad Adnan and Porter, Emily and O'Halloran, Martin and Shahzad, Atif (2017) Comparison of in-vivo and ex-vivo dielectric properties of biological tissues Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), 2017 International Conference on , pp.582-585 [Details]
(2015) 36th Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium
Oliveira, BL and Shahzad, A and O'Halloran, M and Conceicao, RC and Glavin, M and Jones, E (2015) Combined Breast Microwave Imaging and Diagnosis System 36th Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium [Details]
(2012) NUIG/UL Research day abstract
Shahzad, A and O'Halloran, M and Jones, E and Glavin, M (2012) MICROWAVE IMAGING FOR BREAST CANCER DETECTION USING FORWARD-BACKWARD TIME-STEPPING NUIG/UL Research day abstract [Details]
(2011) VISAPP
Shahzad, A and Fraz, Muhammad and Elahi, Muhammad A and Sarfraz, M Saquib (2011) Real Time Localization, Tracking and Recognition of Vehicle License Plate VISAPP , pp.685-688 [Details]

Reviews

  Year Publication
(2019) A review of the dielectric properties of the bone for low frequency medical technologies.
Amin, B;Elahi, MA;Shahzad, A;Porter, E;O'Halloran, M (2019) A review of the dielectric properties of the bone for low frequency medical technologies. BRISTOL: IOP PUBLISHING LTD Reviews [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2019) Dielectric properties of bones for the monitoring of osteoporosis.
Amin, B;Elahi, MA;Shahzad, A;Porter, E;McDermott, B;O'Halloran, M (2019) Dielectric properties of bones for the monitoring of osteoporosis. HEIDELBERG: SPRINGER HEIDELBERG Reviews [DOI] [Details]
(2018) Open-Ended Coaxial Probe Technique for Dielectric Measurement of Biological Tissues: Challenges and Common Practices.
La Gioia, A;Porter, E;Merunka, I;Shahzad, A;Salahuddin, S;Jones, M;O'Halloran, M (2018) Open-Ended Coaxial Probe Technique for Dielectric Measurement of Biological Tissues: Challenges and Common Practices. BASEL: MDPI Reviews [DOI] [Details]

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2018 GOI Postdoctoral Fellowship Irish Research Council
2016 SFI-NSF Innovation Corp (iCorp) Fellowship Science Foundation Ireland
2016 New Foundations Award Irish Research Council
2011 Hardiman Research Scholarship National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
2008 Postgraduate Scholarship Award Ministry of Science and Technology, Pakistan
2003 Presidential Award for Distinguished Achievers Ministry of Education, Pakistan
2002 Undergraduate Partial Scholarship Award COMSTATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan
2002 Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievements Punjab Board of Technical Education, Pakistan
1999 College Scholarship Award Swedish Institute of Technology, Pakistan

Professional Associations

  Association Function From / To
Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) Pakistan Engineering Council is a professional body for accreditation of engineering education and regulation of engineering profession in Pakistan. /
MDPI Biosensors journal Topic Editor /
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. /

Employment

  Employer Position From / To
National University of Ireland, Galway Honorary Research Lecturer (Research Fellow) 12-FEB-18 /
National University of Ireland, Galway Postdoctoral researcher 19-OCT-15 / 11-FEB-18
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore, Pakistan Lecturer 01-JUL-07 / 31-AUG-11
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Lab Engineer (Electrical Engg.) 01-SEP-06 / 30-JUN-07

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
2018 National University of Ireland, Galway PhD Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Medical Devices)
2009 University of Leeds, United Kingdom Msc Electronic and Electrical Engineering
2006 COMSATS Institute of Information Technology BSc (Hons) Computer Engineering
2002 Swedish Institute of Technology, Pakistan Diploma in Engineering Computer Systems

Languages

  Language
English

Teaching Interests

  • MedTech Innovation
  • Bioelectronics
  • Smart Sensors for Connected Health and Prevention
  • Novel Medical Imaging Technologies

Recent Postgraduate Students

  Graduation Name Degree Primary Supervisor
2021 Edmund Regan MASTERS OF SCIENCE
2023 Talha Iqbal PhD
2023 Muhammad Farooq PhD
2021 Bilal Amin PhD