Peer-Reviewed Journals:
2023:
  1. J. Tweel*, B. Ecclestone*, H. Gaouda-, D. Dinakaran***, M. Wallace, G. Bigras***, J. Mackey***, P. HajiReza, "Photon Absorption Remote Sensing Imaging of Breast Needle Core Biopsies is Diagnostically Equivalent to Gold Standard H&E Histologic Assessment”. MDPI Current Oncology (Under Review). Preprint: medRxiv, Aug. 9, 2023. doi: 10.1101/2023.08.05.23293672
  2. M. Boktor*, J. Tweel*, B. Ecclestone*, J. Ye, P. Fieguth^, P. HajiReza, " Multi-Channel Feature Extraction for Virtual Histological Staining of Photon Absorption Remote Sensing Images,"  arXiv:2307.01824v1 
  3. J. Tweel*, B. Ecclestone*, M. Boktor*, D. Dinakaran***, J. Mackey***, P. HajiReza, "Automated Whole Slide Imaging for Label-Free Histology using Photon Absorption Remote Sensing Microscopy”. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (Under Review). Preprint: arXiv, Apr. 26, 2023,  arXiv:2304.13736v2 
  4. J. Tweel*, B. Ecclestone*, M. Boktor*, J. Tummon Simmons*, P. Fieguth^, P. HajiReza, "Virtual Histology with Photon Absorption Remote Sensing using a Cycle-Consistent Generative Adversarial Network with Weakly Registered Pairs”. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (Peer Review). Preprint: arXiv, Jun. 26, 2023, arXiv:2306.08583v2
  5. ​N. Pellegrino*, P. Fieguth^, P. HajiReza, “K-Means for noise-insensitive multi-dimensional feature learning,” Pattern Recognition Letters. Accepted, Pattern Recognition Letters, 1-9 (2023) – 9 Pages https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2023.04.009
2022:
  1. L. Mukhangaliyeva*, S. Kocer, A. Warren*, K. Bell**, M. Boktor*, E. Abdel-Rahman^ and P. HajiReza. “Deformable mirror-based photoacoustic remote sensing (PARS) microscopy for depth scanning.” Biomed. Opt. Express 13, 5643-5653 (2022). – 11 Pages https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.471770
  2. A. Kamel, S. Kocer, L. Mukhangaliyeva*, M. Basha, R. Saritas, A. Gulsaran, A. Elhady, P. HajiReza, M. Yavuz, and E. Abdel-Rahman^, “Resonant Adaptive MEMS Mirrors”, Actuators, 11(8), 224, 1-12 (2022). – 12 Pages https://doi.org/10.3390/act11080224. 
  3. N. Pellegrino*, B. R. Ecclestone*, D. Dinakaran***, F. van Landeghem***, P. Fieguth^ and P. HajiReza, "Time-Domain Feature Extraction for Target-Specificity in Photoacoustic Remote Sensing Microscopy.” Opt. Lett. 47, 3952-3955 (2022). – 4 Pages https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.457142
  4. M. Boktor*, B. R. Ecclestone*, V. Pekar-, D. Dinakaran***, J. R. Mackey***, P. Fieguth^ and P. HajiReza, "Virtual Histological Staining of Label-Free Total Absorption Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (TA-PARS).” Scientific Reports, 12, 10296, 1-12 (2022). – 12 Pages https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14042-y
  5. B. R. Ecclestone*, K. Bell**, S. Sparkes#, D. Dinakaran***, J. R. Mackey***, and P. HajiReza, “Label-free complete absorption microscopy using second generation photoacoustic remote sensing.” Scientific Reports 12, 8464, 1-17 (2022). – 17 Pages https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11235-3
  6. Z. Hosseinaee*, N. Pellegrino*, N. Abbasi*, T. Amiri*, J. A. Tummon Simmons*, P. Fieguth^ and P. HajiReza, "In-vivo functional and structural retinal imaging using multiwavelength photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy" Scientific Reports 12, 4562, 1-10 (2022). – 10 Pages https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08508-2​​
To see all of our peer-reviewed journal publications click below:
Selected Proceedings & Presentations:
2023​
  1. Ally-Khan Somani, James Tweel, Ben Ecclestone, John R. Mackey, Parsin Haji Reza, “Total‐absorption photoacoustic remote sensing (TA‐PARS) microscopy provides high-resolution label-free skin images.” 25th World Congress of Dermatology, Singapore, 2023. (Talk).
  2. Ben Ecclestone, James Tweel, Marian Boktor, Deepak Dinakaran, John R. Mackey, Parsin Haji Reza, “Label-Free Histological Imaging with Photon Absorption Remote Sensing (PARS).” Photonics North 2023 (Talk).
  3. James Tweel, Ben Ecclestone. Marian Boktor, Kevan Bell, Parsin Haji Reza, “Label-free automated whole slide imaging system for histopathological assessment of tissue with photoabsorption remote sensing.” SPIE Photonics West 2023. (Talk).
  4. Marian Boktor, Ben Ecclestone, Vladimir Pekar, Deepak Dinakaran, John R. Mackey, Paul Fieguth, Parsin Haji Reza, “Toward automated deep learning-based virtual histological staining of slide-free photon absorption photoacoustic remote sensing (PARS). SPIE Photonics West 2023. (Talk).
  5. James A. Tummon Simmons, Nima Abbasi, Ben Ecclestone, Parsin Haji Reza, “Label-free vasculature imaging using total absorption photoacoustic remote sensing.” SPIE Photonics West 2023. (Talk).
  6. Ben Ecclestone, James Tweel, Marian Boktor, Krystal Li, Lixin Chu, Hager Gaouda, Kevan Bell, Deepak Dinakaran, Parsin Haji Reza, "Virtual histology with total-absorption photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy.” SPIE Photonics West 2023. (Talk).
  7. Ben Ecclestone, James Tweel, Krystal Li, Hager Gaouda, Kevan Bell, Deepak Dinakaran, Muba Taher, John R. Mackey, Parsin Haji Reza, “ Exploration of photoacoustic remote sensing virtual histology in skin malignancies.” SPIE Photonics West 2023. (Talk).
2022
  1. Nima Abbasi, James Tummon Simmons, Parsin Haji Reza," A dual-modal photoacoustic remote sensing and optical coherence tomography system for in-vivo non-contact functional and structural imaging in ophthalmic tissues.” Photonics North 2022 (Talk).
  2. Alkris Warren and Parsin Haji Reza, “All-optical forward-viewing photoacoustic remote sensing endoscope for high resolution label-free imaging in vivo.” Photonics North 2022 (Talk).
  3. Lyazzat Mukhangaliyeva, Samed Kocer, Alkris Warren, Marian Boktor, Kevan Bell, Eihab Abdel-Rahman, Parsin Haji Reza, “Focus Control in Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (PARS).” Photonics North 2022 (Talk).
  4. Benjamin Ecclestone, Kevan Bell, James Tweel, Marian Boktor, Deepak Dinakaran, Vlad Pekar, John Mackey, Parsin Haji Reza, “Label Free Histology with Total Absorption Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (TA-PARS). Photonics North 2022 (Invited Talk)
  5. James Tweel, Benjamin Ecclestone, Marian Boktor, Deepak Dinakaran, Vlad Pekar, Muba Taher, John Mackey, Parsin Haji Reza, “Clinical Validation of Photoacoustic Remote Sensing Histology in Skin Malignancies” Photonics North 2022 (Talk).
  6. Marian Boktor, Benjamin Ecclestone, Vlad Pekar, Deepak Dinakaran, John Mackey, Paul Fieguth, Parsin Haji Reza,“ Deep Learning-Based Virtual H&E Staining of Label-Free Total Absorption Photoacoustic Remote Sensing. Photonics North 2022 (Talk).
  7. James Tummon Simmons,  Zohreh Hosseinaee, Nicholas Pellegrino, Nima Abbasi, James Tweel, Paul Fieguth, Parsin Haji Reza,“Functional Ophthalmic Imaging Using Photoacoustic Remote Sensing.” Photonics North 2022 (Talk). 
  8. James Tweel, Nicholas Pellegrino, Benjamin Ecclestone, Paul Fieguth, Parsin Haji Reza, "Tissue-Specific Labelling using Temporal Feature Extraction in Photoacoustic Remote Sensing" Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics 2022 (Talk).
  9. Benjamin Ecclestone; Kevan Bell; Marian Boktor, Vlad Pekar; Deepak Dinakaran, John Mackey, Parsin Haji Reza, “Label-Free Histology with Total Absorption Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (TA-PARS).” Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics 2022 (Talk).
  10. Marian Boktor, Benjamin Ecclestone, Vlad Pekar; Deepak Dinakaran, John Mackey, Paul Fieguth; Parsin Haji Reza, “Deep-Learning-Based Virtual H&E Staining Using Total-Absorption Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (TA-PARS).” Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics 2022 (Talk).
  11. James Tummon Simmons, Nima Abbasi Firoozjah, James Tweel, Parsin Haji Reza, “Functional and Structural Ophthalmic Imaging using Photoacoustic Remote Sensing and Optical Coherence Tomography.” Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics 2022 (Talk).
  12. Samed Kocer , Lyazzat Mukhangaliyeva , Resul Saritas , Ahmet Gulsaran, Alaa Elhady, Kevan Bell, Amr Kamel, Mohamed Basha, Taylan Das, Muhammed Kayaharman, Parsin Hajireza, Mustafa Yavuz, and Eihab Abdel-Rahman." IEEE International Conference MEMS 2022 (Talk). 
  13. Kevan Bell and Parsin Haji Reza, "Improved sensitivity with angle-incidence photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy." SPIE Photonics West 2022 (Talk). 
  14. Ben Ecclestone, Kevan Bell, Muba Taher, Deepak Dinakaran, John Mackey, Parsin Haji Reza, "Second Generation Photoacoustic Remote Sensing Virtual Histology. SPIE Photonics West 2022. (Talk).
  15. Ben Ecclestone, Kevan Bell, Muba Taher, Deepak Dinakaran, John Mackey, Parsin Haji Reza, "Label-free histological imaging of skin cancers with photoacoustic remote sensing virtual histology." SPIE Photonics West 2022. (Talk).
  16. James A Tummon Simmons, Benjamin R Ecclestone, Kevan L Bell, Parsin Haji Reza, "High-resolution mid-infrared imaging using detection defined photoacoustic remote sensing." SPIE Photonics West 2022. (Talk).
  17. James A Tummon Simmons, Zohreh Hosseinaee, Nima Abbasi, Nicholas Pellegrino, Lyazzat Mukhangaliyeva, Layla Khalili, Tahereh Amiri, Parsin Haji Reza, "Functional and structural ophthalmic imaging using photoacoustic remote sensing and optical coherence tomography." SPIE Photonics West 2022. (Talk).
  18. Kevan L. Bell, Benjamin Ecclestone, Parsin Haji Reza, "Towards single-wavelength photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy." SPIE Photonics West 2022. (Talk).
  19. Marian Boktor, Nicholas Pellegrino, Benjamin R Ecclestone, Paul Fieguth, Parsin Haji Reza, "Virtual Labelling in Photoacoustic Remote Sensing Microscopy through Time-domain Feature Extraction." SPIE Photonics West 2022. (Talk).
  20. Alkris Warren, Lyazzat Mukhangaliyeva, Parsin Haji Reza, "All-optical forward-viewing photoacoustic remote sensing endoscope for high resolution label-free vascular imaging in vivo." SPIE Photonics West 2022. (Talk).
  21. Nima Abbasi Firoozjah, Zohreh Hosseinaee, Nicholas Pellegrino, Layla Khalili, Lyazzat Mukhangaliyeva, Parsin Haji Reza, "In-vivo non-contact functional and structural ophthalmic imaging using a dual-modal photoacoustic remote sensing and swept-source optical coherence tomography system." SPIE Photonics West 2022. (Talk).
  22. Nima Abbasi Firoozjah, James A Tummon Simmons, Tahereh Amiri, Zohreh Hosseinaee, Nicholas Pellegrino, Parsin Haji Reza, "Towards in-vivo non-contact measurement of the metabolic rate of oxygen in ophthalmic tissues using a dual-modal photoacoustic remote sensing and swept-source optical coherence tomography imaging system." SPIE Photonics West 2022. (Talk).
  23. Alkris Warren, Parsin Haji Reza, "All-optical real-time thermoscopy based on photoacoustic remote sensing." SPIE Photonics West 2022. (Talk).
  24. Lyazzat Mukhangaliyeva, Zohreh Hosseinaee, Benjamin Ecclestone, Nicholas Pellegrino, Marian Boktor, Layla Khalili, Paul Fieguth, and Parsin Haji Reza, "Large field of view functional photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy using a stabilized temperature-regulated stimulated Raman scattering light source." SPIE Photonics West 2022. (Talk).
  25. Lyazzat Mukhangaliyeva, Samed Kocer, Kevan Bell, Marian Boktor, Eihab Abdel-Rahman, Parsin Haji Reza, "Deformable mirror-based focus control in Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (PARS) microscopy." SPIE Photonics West 2022. (Talk).​​
To see all of our conference proceedings click below:
Patents:
Issued/Approved Patents:
  • Haji Reza, P. et al., “Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (PARS),” 10,117,583, United States. (Issued).
  • Haji Reza, P. et al., “Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (PARS),” 10,682,061, United States. (Continuation, Issued).
  • Haji Reza, P. et al., “Non-interferometric Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (NI-PARS),” 10,327,646, United States. (Issued).
  • Haji Reza, P. et al., “Camera-based Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (C-PARS),” 10,627,338, United States. (Issued).
  • Haji Reza, P. et al., “PARS Imaging Methods,” 11,122,978, United States. (Issued).
  • Haji Reza, P. et al., “Dual-Modality Photoacoustic Remote Sensing and Optical Coherence Tomography (PARS-OCT), and Thermally Enhanced Photoacoustic Remote Sensing Microscopy (TE-PARS),” 63/040,866, United States. (Approved).
  • Haji Reza, P. et al., “Handheld and Fiber-Based Optical Resolution Photoacoustic Microscopy and Micro-Endoscopy” (2011058) SN: 61/531,519 
Utility Models:
  • Haji Reza, P. et al., “Coherence Gated Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (CG-PARS),” 2020018006427, Germany. (Registered Utility Model).
  • Haji Reza, P. et al., “Single Source Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (SS-PARS),” 202020102104, Germany. (Registered Utility Model).
  • Haji Reza, P. et al., “Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (PARS), and Related Methods of Use,” 202019005398, Germany. (Registered Utility Model).
​Pending Patents:
  • Haji Reza, P. et al., Total-Absorption Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (TA-PARS) 63/241,170 United States.
  • Haji Reza, P. et al., “Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (PARS),” 16/847,182, United States. (Second Continuation, Pending).
  • Haji Reza, P. et al., “Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (PARS),” 2,908,992, Canada. (Pending).
  • Haji Reza, P. et al., “Non-interferometric Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (NI-PARS),” 2019/0320908, United States. (Continuation, Pending).
  • Haji Reza, P. et al., “Camera-based Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (C-PARS),” 16/814,539, United States. (Continuation, Pending).
  • Haji Reza, P. et al., “Coherence Gated Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (CG-PARS),” 2018405426, Australia. (Pending).
  • Haji Reza, P. et al., “Coherence Gated Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (CG-PARS),” 3743709, Europe. (Pending).
  • Haji Reza, P. et al., “Coherence Gated Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (CG-PARS),” 2020/0359903, United States. (Pending).
  • Haji Reza, P. et al., “Coherence Gated Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (CG-PARS),” 276252, Israel. (Pending).
  • Haji Reza, P. et al., “Coherence Gated Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (CG-PARS),” 111742210, China. (Pending).
  • Haji Reza, P. et al., “Coherence Gated Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (CG-PARS),” 2020-561953, Japan. (Pending).
  • Haji Reza, P. et al., “Coherence Gated Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (CG-PARS),” 3089693, Canada. (Pending).
  • Haji Reza, P. et al., “Single Source Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (SS-PARS),” PCT/IB2020/051804, International. (Pending).
  • Haji Reza, P. et al., “Single Source Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (SS-PARS),” 16/647,076, United States. (Pending).
  • Haji Reza, P. et al., “Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (PARS), and Related Methods of Use,” PCT/IB2019/061131, International. (Pending).
  • Haji Reza, P. et al., “Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (PARS), and Related Methods of Use,” 16/629,371, United States. (Pending). 

Invited Talks:​
  • “Revolutionizing the field of Surgical Oncology,” Karmanos Cancer Institute Molecular Imaging Program Presentation Series, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, (August 2021).
  • ​​“Towards non-contact photoacoustic imaging: Photoacoustic remote sensing (PARS) microscopy," Photonics North 2021 (May 31- June 2, 2021, Virtual Conference).
  • “Photoacoustic Remote Sensing,”  42nd Annual International Conferences of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society  in Conjunction with the 43rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (July 20-24, 2020, Virtual Conference).
  • “Photoacoustic Imaging,” Annual Systems Design / Biomedical lunch, lecture, and design symposium. Invited speaker, Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, (March 2019).
  • “Optical resolution photoacoustic microscopy,” IEEE NCS EMBS for Chapter meeting in Northern Canada, Edmonton, Alberta, (November 2011).
  • Invited presentation “Photoacoustic Remote Sensing the future of optical imaging” at the European Conferences on Biomedical Optics (ECBO) meeting, SPIE & OSA, Munich, Germany, (June 2017).
  • “Photoacoustic Imaging for Clinical Applications,”  Alberta Imaging Symposium at the University of Calgary (May 2017).
  • “The Key to Success,” Opening Keynote Speaker of Sixth Annual Graduate Research Symposium at the University of Alberta, TED Talk style (April 2015). 
  • “How to Become a Successful Graduate Student,” Motivational Talk at Graduate Studies Information Night (ECE Undergrad Students), University of Alberta, (July 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).​
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