Publications

Peer-reviewed Journals:

2020

Kevan Bell, Saad Abbasi, Deepak Dinakaran, Muba Taher, Gilbert Bigras, Frank K.H. van Landeghem, John R. Mackey, Parsin Haji Reza, Reflection-mode virtual histology using photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy, Under review, Nature Biotechnology
Benjamin R. Ecclestone, Kevan Bell, Saad Abbasi, Deepak Dinakaran, Frank K.H. van Landeghem, John R. Mackey, Paul Fieguth, Parsin Haji Reza “Improving Brain Tumor Resection with Photoacoustic Remote Sensing Microscopy Guided Maximal Safe Resection” Under review, Advanced Science.
Saad Abbasi, Deepak Dinakaran, Gilbert Bigras, John R. Mackey, Parsin Haji Reza, All-optical Label-free Human Breast Tissue Block Histology using Photoacoustic Remote Sensing, Optics Letters, submitted.
Saad Abbasi, Kevan Bell, Benjamin Ecclestone, Parsin Haji Reza Real-time and 3D Photoacoustic Imaging, Submitted, QIMS
Zohreh Hosseinaee, Martin Le, Kevan Bell, Parsin Haji Reza “Towards non-contact photoacoustic imaging” Photoacoustic, Under review
Benjamin R. Ecclestone, Kevan Bell, Saad Abbasi, Deepak Dinakaran, John R. Mackey, Parsin Haji Reza, Towards virtual biopsies of gastrointestinal tissues using photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy, Journal of Biomedical Optics
Kevan Bell and Parsin Haji Reza, "Non-contact reflection-mode optical absorption spectroscopy using photoacoustic remote sensing," Opt. Lett. 45, 3427-3430 (2020).
Saad Rasheed Abassi*, Kevan Bell*, Parsin Haji Reza, ”Rapid High-Resolution Mosaic Acquisition for Photoacoustic Remoting Sensing”, Sensors, 20(4), 1027; (2020).

2019

Saad Abbasi*, Martin Le*, Bazil Sonier*, Kevan Bell*, Deepak Dinakaran, Gilbert Bigras, John R. Mackey, and Parsin Haji Reza, "Chromophore selective multi-wavelength photoacoustic remote sensing of unstained human tissues," Biomed. Opt. Express 10, 5461-5469 (2019).
Saad Abbasi*, Martin Le*, Bazil Sonier*, Deepak Dinakaran, Gilbert Bigras, Kevan Bell*, John R. Mackey, Parsin Haji Reza, “All-optical Reflection-mode Microscopic Histology of Unstained Human Tissues” Scientific Reports 9, 13392 (2019).
Jasmine Chan*, Zhou Zheng, Kevan Bell*, Martin Le*, Parsin Haji Reza, John T.W Yeow, “Photoacoustic Imaging with Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers: Principles and Developments” Sensors 2019 Aug 20;19(16). pii: E3617.
Kevan L. Bell (equal contribution), Parsin Haji Reza (equal contribution), and Roger J. Zemp, "Real-time functional photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy," Opt. Lett. 44, 3466-3469 (2019).

2018

Kevan L. Bell, Parsin Haji Reza, and Roger J. Zemp, "Coherence-gated photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy," Opt. Express 26, 23689-23704 (2018).
Parsin Haji Reza, Kevan Bell, Wei Shi, James Shapiro, and Roger J. Zemp, "Deep non-contact photoacoustic initial pressure imaging," Optica 5, 814-820 (2018)( Impact factor 9.2).
Kevan Bell, Parsin Haji Reza, and Roger Zemp, "Scattering cross-sectional modulation in photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy," Opt. Lett. 43, 146-149 (2018)

2017

Kevan L. Bell, Parsin Haji Reza, Wei Shi, and Roger J. Zemp, "Temporal evolution of low-coherence reflectometry signals in photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy," Appl. Opt. 56, 5172-5181 (2017).
Parsin Haji Reza, Wei Shi, Kevan Bell, Robert J. Paproski and Roger Zemp, “Non-Interferometric Photoacoustic Remote Sensing Microscopy” Nature’s Light: Science & Applications (2017) 6, e16278; doi: 10.1038/lsa.2016.278 (Impact Factor: 14.1)

2015

Parsin Haji Reza, Jason Sorge, Michael Brett, and Roger Zemp, "In vivo optical resolution photoacoustic microscopy using glancing angle-deposited nanostructured Fabry–Perot etalons," Opt. Lett. 40, 1350-1353 (2015) (4 pages)

2014

Parsin Haji Reza, Alexander Forbrich and Roger J. Zemp" In-vivo functional optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy with stimulated Raman scattering fiber-laser source" "Biomed. Opt. Express 5, 539-546 (2014) (8 pages)

2013

Shi, W., Shao, Parsin Haji Reza, P., Forbrich, A. and Zemp, R. J., “In vivo dynamic process imaging using real-time optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy ”, J. Biomed. Opt. 18, 026001 (2013) (5 pages)
Parsin Haji Reza, Tyler Harrison, Alexander Forbrich and Roger Zemp "Optical resolution photoacoustic microendoscopy with ultrasound-guided insertion and array system detection", J. Biomed. Opt. Letters 18(9), 090502 (Sep 25, 2013). (3 pages)
Parsin Haji Reza, Alexander Forbrich, and Roger J. Zemp, "Multifocus optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy using stimulated Raman scattering and chromatic aberration," Opt. Lett. 38, 2711-2713 (2013) (also Vol. 8, Iss. 9 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics) (3 pages)
Parsin Haji Reza, Kathleen Krause, Michael Brett, and Roger Zemp, "Glancing angle deposited nanostructured film Fabry-Perot etalons for optical detection of ultrasound," Optics Express 21, 6391-6400 (2013) (also Vol. 8, Iss. 4 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics) (10 pages)
Parsin Haji Reza, W. Shi and R. J. Zemp, "Label-Free In Vivo GRIN-Lens Optical Resolution Photoacoustic Micro-Endoscopy ", Laser Phys. Lett. 10 055603 (2013). (3 pages)

2012

Peng Shao, Wei Shi, Parsin Haji Reza, and Roger J. Zemp, "Integrated micro-endoscopy system for simultaneous fluorescence and optical-resolution photoacoustic imaging ", J. Biomed. Opt. 17, 076024 (2012). (4 pages)

2011

Wei Shi, Parsin Haji Reza, Peng Shao, Alexander Forbrich, and Roger J. Zemp, "In vivo near-realtime volumetric optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy using a high-repetition-rate nanosecond fiber-laser," Opt. Express 19, 17143-17150 (2011) (also Vol. 6, Iss. 9 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics) (8 Pages).
Parsin Haji Reza, W. Shi, and R. J. Zemp, "Label-free in vivo fiber-based optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy," Opt. Lett. 36, 4107-4109 (2011) (also Vol. 6, Iss. 11 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics) (3 pages).
Parsin Haji Reza, Wei Shi, and Roger J. Zemp, "Real-time handheld optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy," Opt. Express 19, 20097-20102 (2011) ( also Vol. 6, Iss. 11 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics ) (6 Pages).

2010

S. D. Emami, Parsin Haji Reza, F. Abd-Rahman, H. A. Abdul-Rashid, H. Ahmad, and S. W. Harun "wide-band hybrid amplifier operating in s-band region”,Progress In Electromagnetics Research, PIER 102, 301- 313, 2010, (13 pages).
S. D. Emami, Parsin Haji Reza, F. Abd-rahman, H. A. Abdul-rashid, H. Ahmad, S. W. Harun," Application of high concentration thulium-doped fiber for achieving S-band gain flattened hybrid optical amplifier" Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, Vol.12, ISS.7, p. 1446 - 1451, 2010, (6 pages). (6 pages).
Parsin Haji Reza , S. D. Emami, C. L. Cham, D. Kumar, S. W. Harun and H. A. Abdul-Rashid” Linear All-fiber Temperature Sensor based on Macro-Bent Erbium Doped Fiber” ,Laser Phys. Lett., vol. 7, No. 10, pp. 739-742, Wiley 2010, (4 pages).
Parsin Haji Reza, S. D. Emami, S. Abbasizargaleh, S. W. Harun and H. A. Abdul-Rashid “Optimization of gain flattened C-band EDFA using macro-bending” Laser Physics Journal, Vol. 20, No. 6, pp. 1433-1437, Springer 2010, (5 pages).
Parsin Haji Reza, S. D. Emami, S. Abbasizargaleh, S. W. Harun, D. Kumar, and H. A. Abdul-Rashid, "Temperature insensitive broad and flat gain c-band edfa based on macro-bending," Progress In Electromagnetics Research,PIER C, Vol. 15, 37-48, 2010. (11 pages).
Parsin Haji Reza, Emami, S. D., Abbasizargaleh, S., Harun, S. W., Kumar, D. & Abdul-Rashid, H. A. ,”Application of macro-bending for flat and broad gain EDFA. Journal of Modern Optics”, 57(16), 1534-1541. (2010). (8 pages).

Selected Proceedings & Presentations:

2020

Saad Abbasi, Martin Le, Benjamin Ecclestone, Serene Abu-Sardanah, Kevan Bell, Deepak Dinakaran, Gilbert Bigras, John R. Mackey, Parsin Haji Reza, “All-optical Reflection-mode Microscopic Histology of Unstained Human Tissues,” OSA Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics 2020. (Talk)
Martin Le, Saad Abbasi, Kevan Bell, Parsin Haji Reza, “All-Visible Non-Interferometric Pulsed Detection Photoacoustic Remote Sensing Microscopy,” OSA Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics 2020. (Poster)
Kevan Bell, Saad Abbasi, Nicholas Pellegrino, Parsin Haji Reza, “Hyperspectral Photoacoustic Remote Sensing Microscopy,” OSA Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics 2020. (Talk)
Saad Abbasi, Kevan Bell, Benjamin Ecclestone, Parsin Haji Reza, “Real Time & 3D Photoacoustic Remote Sensing,” OSA Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics 2020. (Poster)
Serene O. Abu-Sardanah, Chandravadni Subramaniam, Saad Rasheed Abbasi, Parsin Haji Reza, “A comprehensive characterization of a stimulated Raman scattering fiber-laser source for multi-wavelength dependent photoacoustic microscopy techniques” SPIE Photonics West 2020. (Talk)
Saad Rasheed Abbasi, Martin Le, Serene O. Abu-Sardanah, Benjamin R. Ecclestone, Kevan Bell, Deepak Dinakaran, Gilbert Bigras, John R. Mackey, Parsin Haji Reza, “All-optical reflection-mode microscopic histology of unstained human tissues.” SPIE Photonics West 2020. (Talk)
Benjamin R. Ecclestone, Amirmohammad Farzaneh, Kevan Bell, Parsin Haji Reza, “Deep optical resolution photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy” SPIE Photonics West 2020. (Talk)
Benjamin R. Ecclestone, Saad Rasheed Abbasi, Kevan Bell, Parsin Haji Reza, “Detection and excitation defined systems in photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy.” SPIE Photonics West 2020 (Poster)
Saad Rasheed Abbasi, Nicholas Pellegrino, Serene O. Abu-Sardanah, Benjamin R. Ecclestone, Kevan Bell, Paul Fieguth, Parsin Haji Reza, “Real time & 3D photoacoustic remote sensing.” SPIE Photonics West 2020. (Poster)
Nicholas Pellegrino, Saad Rasheed Abbasi, Kevan Bell, Deepak Dinakaran, Gilbert Bigras, John R. Mackey, Paul Fieguth, Parsin Haji Reza, “Chromophore selective multi-wavelength photoacoustic remote sensing.” SPIE Photonics West 2020 (Talk)

2019

Saad Abbasi, Kevan Bell, Parsin Haji Reza, "Towards Non-Contact Microscopic Histology of Unstained Human Tissues" WMIC 2019, (Talk).
K. Bell, Parsin Haji Reza, and R.J. Zemp, “Label-free non-contact imaging of cell nuclei using ultraviolet photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy” SPIE Photonics West 2019 (Talk)
D. Mildenberger, K. Bell, Parsin Haji Reza, and R.J. Zemp “Fiber based architecture for widefield photoacoustic remote sensing” SPIE Photonics West 2019.

2018

K. Bell, Parsin Haji Reza, and R.J. Zemp, Photoacoustic Remote Sensing, WMIC 2018, Seattle (Talk)
K. Bell, Parsin Haji Reza, and R.J. Zemp, Coherence-Gated Photoacoustic Remote Sensing Microscopy, Accepted, SPIE Photonics West 2018 (Talk).
Kevan Bell, Parsin Haji Reza and R.J. Zemp, Electro-Optical Modulator-Based Fast-Wavelength Switching for Multispectral Photoacoustic Remote Sensing Microscopy, Accepted, SPIE Photonics West 2018 (Poster)
Afshin Kashani Ilkhechi, Ben Greenlay, Mohammad Maadi, Christopher Ceroici, Parsin Haji Reza, and Roger J. Zemp, Design and Fabrication of Capacitive Micromachined Optical Focusing Deformable MEMS Mirrors for Ultrafast Tunable Focusing, Accepted, SPIE Photonics West 2018 (Talk)
Logan Snider, Kevan Bell, Parsin Haji Reza, and Roger Zemp, High-Speed Photoacoustic Remote Sensing Microscopy, Accepted, SPIE Photonics West 2018 (Talk).

2017

Parsin Haji Reza, Invited presentation at the 2017 European Conferences on Biomedical Optics (ECBO) meeting, SPIE&OSA, Munich Germany (June 2017). (Talk)
Kevan Bell, Parsin Haji Reza, Wei Shi, and Roger Zemp, “Spherical Scatterer Cross Section Modulation in Photoacoustic Remote Sensing Microscopy”, 2017 European Conferences on Biomedical Optics (ECBO) meeting, SPIE & OSA, Munich Germany (June 2017). (Talk)
Parsin Haji Reza, Wei Shi, Kevan Bell and Roger Zemp, ‘Non-interferometric deep optical resolution photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy' SPIE Photonics West 2017. (Talk)
Wei Shi, Parsin Haji Reza, Kevan Bell and Roger Zemp, "‘Photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy with lock-in amplification" SPIE Photonics West 2017. (Poster)
Kevan Bell, Parsin Haji Reza, Wei Shi, and Roger Zemp, ‘Temporal evolution of low-coherence reflectometry signals in photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy,’ SPIE Photonics West 2017. (Talk)

2016

Parsin Haji Reza, Wei Shi, Kevan Bell and Roger Zemp, “Multi-Scale functional photoacoustic remote sensing” SPIE Photonics West 2016. (Talk)
Wei Shi ; Parsin Haji Reza and Roger Zemp " Photoacoustic imaging using lock-in amplification and pulsed fiber lasers ",Proc. SPIE 9708, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2016, 97084I (2016)

2015

Parsin Haji Reza, Tyler Harrison, Wei Shi and Roger Zemp “Motorized Photoacoustic Remote Sensing Microscopy “Optics in the Life Sciences Congress, Vancouver, Canada 2015. (Talk)
Parsin Haji Reza, and Roger Zemp “Common Path Optical-Resolution Photoacoustic Remote Sensing Microscopy” European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, Munich, Germany, 2015. (Talk)
Parsin Haji Reza, and Roger Zemp “Photoacoustic remote sensing (PARS)” SPIE Photonics West 2015. (Talk)

2014

Parsin Haji Reza, Jason Sorge, Michael Brett, and Roger Zemp “Photoacoustic Micro-Endoscopy using Glancing Angle Deposited Fabry-Perot Etalons” SPIE Photonics West 2014. (Talk)
Parsin Haji Reza, Alexander Sampaleanu and Roger J. Zemp, “Optical Resolution Photoacoustic Microscopy using Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer” SPIE Photonics West 2014. (Talk)

2013

Parsin Haji Reza, Alexander Forbrich and Roger J. Zemp" Multi-focus optical resolution photoacoustic microscopy" , IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium 2013 (IUS 2013), Czech republic (Talk)
Parsin Haji Reza, Kathleen Krause, Michael Brett, Roger Zemp, "All-Optical Ultrasound Detection using Glancing Angle Deposited (GLAD) Nanostructured Films" , SPIE Photonics West 2013. (Talk)
Parsin Haji Reza; Alexander Forbrich; Wei Shi; Roger J. Zemp" In-vivo multi-wavelength optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy with stimulated Raman scattering fiber-laser source" , SPIE Photonics West 2013. (Talk)
T. Harrison (equal contribution), Parsin Haji Reza (equal contribution) and R. J. Zemp, "Optical-resolution photoacoustic micro-endoscopy with ultrasound array system detection", SPIE Photonics West 2013. (Talk)

2012

R. J. Zemp, W. Shi, P. Shao, and Parsin Haji Reza, "Fiber Laser Based Realtime Optical-Resolution Photoacoustic Microscopy and Microendoscopy," in Biomedical Optics, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2012), paper BSu3A.56. (Poster)
Parsin Haji Reza; Wei Shi; Alexander Forbrich; Peng Shao; Roger J. Zemp" In vivo imaging with GRIN-lens optical resolution photoacoustic micro-endoscopy", Proc. SPIE 8223, 82230I ( SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, 2012) (Talk)
Wei Shi; Peng Shao; Parsin Haji Reza; Alexander Forbrich; Roger J. Zemp "Imaging dynamic processes using fiber laser optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy", Proc. SPIE 8223, 82230Y ( SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, 2012) (Talk)
Peng Shao; Wei Shi; Parsin Haji Reza; Roger J. Zemp " Combined optical resolution photoacoustic and fluorescence micro-endoscopy " , Proc. SPIE 8223, 822318 (SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, 2012) (Talk)

2011

Parsin Haji Reza, Wei Shi, Alexander Forbrich, Roger J. Zemp, "Feasibility of in vivo imaging using realtime optical-resolution photoacoustic micro-endoscopy" World Molecular Imaging Congress ( San Diego 2011) (Talk)
Parsin Haji Reza, W. Shi and R. J. Zemp " Photoacoustic Microscopy, Optical resolution, handheld, real-time, Image guide", IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium 2011 (IUS 2011), Caribe Royale, Orlando, Florida, USA (Talk)
Parsin Haji Reza, W. Shi, P. Shao, S. Kerr and R. J. Zemp, "Optical-resolution photoacoustic micro-endoscopy using image-guide fibers and fiber laser technology", Proc. SPIE 7899, 78990P (San Francisco, 2011); doi:10.1117/12.875127 (Talk)
Wei Shi, Parsin Haji Reza, Peng Shao, Shaun Kerr and Roger J. Zemp, "Real-time optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy using fiber-laser technology", Proc. SPIE 7899, 789939 (San Francisco, 2011); doi:10.1117/12.875130 (Poster)

2010

Parsin Haji Reza , S. D. Emami, S. Abbasizargaleh, D. Kumar, S. W. Harun and H. A. Abdul-Rashid ‘Numerical Study of Macro Bending Effect on High Concentration EDFA’ International IEEE Conference on Computer & Communication Engineering (ICCCE), Malaysia 2010. (Talk)
Parsin Haji Reza, N. S. Shahabuddin, H. A. Abdul-Rashid, S. D. Emami, S. Abbasi-Zargaleh and Z. Yusoff ‘Performance of a High-Concentration Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier With 100nm Amplification Bandwidth’" American Institute of Physics , AIP Conf. Proc. -- July 7, 2010 -- Volume 1250, pp. 145-148, doi:10.1063/1.3469620. (Talk)

2009

C.E. Chan, S.D. Emami, Parsin Haji Reza, H.Y. Beh, S.A. Daud, S.S. Pathmanathan, S.W. Harun, H. Ahmad and H.A. Abdul Rashid ‘Optimization of Fiber Length and Bending Diameter in Depressed Cladding Erbium-doped Fiber Amplifier’ Communications (MICC), IEEE 9th Malaysia International Conference, pp. 276 – 279, 10.1109/MICC.2009.5431512, 2009. (Talk)
S. D. Emami, Parsin Haji Reza, H. A. Abdul-Rashid , S. W. Harun, H. Ahmad ‘Gain Flatted Hybrid Optical Amplifier Using Thulium Doped Fiber and Raman Amplifier’ The 5th Mathematics and Physical Sciences Graduate Congress (Thailand 2009). (Talk)
Nurul Shahrizan, Parsin Haji Reza ,Hairul Azhar Abdul-Rashid ,Zulfadzli Yusoff ,Sharife Shahi ,Sulaiman Wadi Harun ‘An Efficient Bismuth-based Erbium-doped Fiber Amplifier’ International Conference on Recent and Emerging Advanced Technologies in Engineering (iCREATE) Malaysia, 2009. (Talk)
H.Y. Beh, S.D. Emami, C.E. Chan, Parsin Haji Reza, S.A. Daud, S.S. Pathmanathan, S.W. Harun, H. Ahmad and H.A. Abdul Rashid ‘Optimization of Fiber Length and Bending Diameter in macro bent S-band EDFA’ ISMOT, Dec 16-19, New Delhi, India, 2009. (Talk)

Patents:

Parsin Haji Reza, Kevan Bell “Methods for PARS™ imaging” PCT,USA, Germany 2019.
Parsin Haji Reza, Kevan Bell, "Optical imaging methods for non-contact tissue imaging" United States, Canada, PCT
Parsin Haji Reza, Kevan Bell, " single source photoacoustic remote sensing (SS-PARS)" United States, Canada, PCT
Parsin Haji Reza, Roger Zemp, “Photoacoustic remote sensing (PARS™)” United States, Canada and PCT. 62/067,197
Parsin Haji Reza, Roger Zemp, “Non-interferometric photoacoustic remote sensing (NI-PARS™)” United States, 3817-3us.
Parsin Haji Reza, Roger Zemp, “Camera-based photoacoustic remote sensing (C-PARS™)” Provisional United States
Parsin Haji Reza, Kevan Bell, Roger Zemp, “Coherence gated photoacoustic remote sensing (CG-PARS™)” Provisional United States.
Parsin Haji Reza, Wei Shi, Peng Shao, and Roger J. Zemp, “Handheld and Fiber-Based Optical Resolution Photoacoustic Microscopy and Micro-Endoscopy” (2011058) SN: 61/531,519

Invited Talks:

Photoacoustic remote Sensing, 42nd Annual International Conferences of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Montreal Canada.
Alumni night, Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo
Invited presentation at the 2017 European Conferences on Biomedical Optics (ECBO) meeting , SPIE & OSA, Munich Germany (June 2017)
2017 Alberta Imaging Symposium, University of Calgary
Opening keynote speaker of Sixth Annual Graduate Research Symposium at the University of Alberta (2015), Non-Academic talk.
IEEE NCS EMBS Chapter meeting in northern Canada, Edmonton, November 2011
Motivational talk at Grad Studies Info night (ECE undergrad students), March 2012

Book Chapters:

S. D. Emami, P. Hajireza, H. A. Abdul-Rashid and S. W. Harun, " Thulium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers", Nova Science Publishers, pp. 91-132, 2011, ISBN: 978-1-61761-984-7 (42 pages).
S. W. Harun, S. D. Emami, H. Arof, P. Hajireza and H. Ahmad (2011). LabVIEW Applications for Optical Amplifier Automated Measurements, Fiber-Optic Remote Test and Fiber Sensor Systems, Labview - Modeling, Programming and Simulations, Riccardo De Asmundis (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-307-521-1, ( 36 pages).