Emam ElHak Abdel Fatah

Emam ElHak Abdel Fatah

Education

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

 Dissertation Topic: Nonlinear Statistical Modeling Framework for Morphological Analysis.

Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering and systems 2002

Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Professional Experience

IBE Tech. , Cairo, Egypt

Research and Development

Design and development of reconstruction, visualization of 3D and 4D, tracked and freehand ultrasound OEM solution.

2002-2003

BKI Technologies, Cairo , Egypt 2003-2005

Co-founder:

Design and development of karyotyping software for microscopic image acquisition, automatic segmentation and classification of chromosome g-banded images.

IBM, Cairo , Egypt 2003-2005

Software Engineer:

Software Engineer in Websphere business integration department where I worked in the design and development of WBI Business modeler and WBI collaboration.

Consultant in IBM services department for WBI Portal, WBI application server and IBM web services.

Chainofthoughts.com

Owner/Founder:

A social networking website where users connect their ideas using word and images cloud tags.

Research Experience

Center of Musculoskeletal Research University of Tennessee Knoxville , TN

2005-2012

Graduate Research Assistant:

Research Assistant at center of musclo-skeletal research where I applied my experience in medical imaging, statistical modeling, computer vision, pattern recognition and professional software experience in different research areas in biomedical engineering and anthropology, assisting in writing grant applications and teaching graduate and undergraduate courses. Bellow list of important research project I participated in:

Implant Design and Analysis Suite (IDAS):

A software suite realizing different modules for automated three dimensional bone analyses and transforming analysis results into orthopedic prosthesis design. These modules include statistical atlases, automated measurements, and CAD interfaces.

Intelligent Cartilage System (iCS):

Software suite realizing set of integrated modules for generation of patient specific bone and cartilage models, preoperative preplanning and generation of cutting guides for total knee arthroplasty.

Deformable Template Implant (DAT):

Design and development of methods and algorithms for analyzing knee geometry of different ethnical and gender groups, Patient specific implants generation and CAD interfaces.

National institute of justice grant for enhancement of sex estimation using skull:

Design and development of methods and algorithms for semi-automatic segmentation of skull CT, Skull statistical atlas and automated 3D measurements for crania sexing.

National institute of justice grant for Enhancement Facial Reconstruction:

Design and development of methods and algorithms for measuring bone and skin thickness and finding areas of highest correlation between them.

National institute of health grant for lumbar kinematics tracking:

Design and development of methods and algorithms for statistical atlas for lumbar. Integrating statistical atlases with kinematics for three dimensional kinematic tracking of patients in different activities and its use in studying intervertebral disc spacing and its correlation with tendon and ligament length.

Gender Hip Stem:

Design and development of methods and algorithms for automated 3D landmarking of proximal femora, placement of hip stems according to different philosophies, analyzing the change in the shape of proximal femur and bone quality with the progress of osteoporosis.

Gender specific knee:

Design and development of methods and algorithms for automated 3D landmarking of Femur and analyzing femoral shape differences between gender.

Upper extremity trauma plates:

design from patient specific anatomy.

Unilateral tibial plate design:

Design and development of methods and algorithms for modifying lateral tibial plate profile to be more anatomical friendly.

Capacitive micro machined ultrasound (cMUT):

Initial development of cMUT transducer for ultrasound imaging. University of Tennessee Knoxville , TN

Post Doctoral Research Associate

Current

Teaching Experience

Governor School for the Sciences and Engineering (Instructor): Teaching Biomedical engineering

principal, biomedical instrumentation, Medical imaging, and Biomechanics.

BME 645 Advanced Pattern Recognition in Medical imaging (Co-Instructor): preparing lectures and teaching of advanced topics in pattern recognition and its application in medical imaging, assigning projects for students as well as assessing students’ progress and teaching hand-on sessions for applying pattern recognition concepts using PRTools.

BME 674 Advanced Pattern Recognition in Medicine: A Neuro-Fuzzy Systems Approach (Co-Instructor): Teaching of Neural networks and supporting students by teaching hands-on lab sessions.

BME 574 Multi-Dimensional Medical Image Analyses (Co-Instructor): Preparing lectures in image processing, rigid and deformable registration using insight tool kit (ITK). As well as teaching hand-on lab sessions for applying medical image analysis and registration using ITK.

BME 455/465 Biomedical Engineering Design:

Mentoring senior design groups by providing

technical requirements for their projects and guidance on how to conduct research and

implement scientific algorithms to achieve project goals.

Activities

EMBC conference Peer Reviewer (2009-present).

IEEE Student Member (2008-present).

Technical Experience

Programing Languages: C, C++, Java, Pascal, Perl, Visual Basic, C#, XML, X86 Assembly, Java script, HTML, CSS, SVG.

Frameworks: RPC, JRMI, EMF, and J2EE.

API’s: JSP, Servlets, EJB, JMS, Qt, Opengl, Open Inventor, CGAL, LAPACK, OpenMesh, VTK, ITK, NX-Open, SimLib, DirectX, OpenCV.

Concepts: OOA/OOD, UML, Design Patterns, Refactoring, Networking,Globalization, Obfuscation, Multi-threading, Unit, Integration and system level testing, Rational Unified Process, Cluster Computing.

Software: Visual Studio, J-Builder, Eclipse, Websphere MQWF, WMQI, ICS, Websphere Application Developer, Websphere Application Server, Rational Requiste Pro, IBM ClearCase, CMVC, Websphere Interchange Server, Websphere Portal Server, Websphere Message Broker, Websphere Business Modeler, Domino Server, Rational Software Developer, Visual Paradigm,McCabe,Microsoft SQL Server, DB2 Server, Oracle Server 8i and Developer,Microsoft Access DB, Crystal Report, and MySQL, Amira, Analyze, MIMICS, Unigraphics NX4 , Rapid Form, Geomagic, ImageJ, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Project, Matlab.

Systems: Windows, UNIX, Mac OS.

Hardware: RAID 1, 5, 6, Network configuration, Cluster Configuration

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Publications

Journals

1. Moore, Thompson, Abdel Fatah, Mahfouz, “Skeletal Manifestations of Obesity” submitted to American Journal of Physical Anthropology (In Review).

2. Moore, Abdel Fatah, Mahfouz, "Body mass estimation from human femoral midshaft cross-sectional area," American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement: 44 pp. 173-174 ,2007

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3. Mahfouz, Merkl, Abdel Fatah,“Automatic Methods for Characterizing of Sexual Dimorphism of Adult Femora: Distal Femur,” Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering CMMBE Journal, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 447-456, 2007.

4. Mahfouz, Badawi, Merkl, Abdel Fatah, Pritchard, Kesler, Moore, Jantz, Jantz, “Patella Sex Determination by 3D Statistical Shape Models and Nonlinear Classifiers,” Forensic Science International, vol. 173, no. 2-3, pp. 161-170, 2007.

5. Mahfouz, Abdel Fatah, Merkl, Mitchell, “Automatic and Manual Methodology for 3-Dimensional Measurements of Distal Femoral Gender Differences and Femoral Component Placement,” Journal of Knee Surgery, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 294-304, 2009.

6. Mahfouz, Abdel Fatah, Bowers, Scuderi, “Three-dimensional Morphology of the Knee Reveals Ethnic Differences,” Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, vol. 470, no. 1, pp. 172-85, 2011.

7. Abdel Fatah, Shirley, Jantz, Mahfouz, “Improving Sex Estimation from Crania Using a Novel Three-dimensional Quantitative Method,” Journal of Forensic Science, 2012. (accepted).

8. Abdel Fatah, Shirley, Mahfouz, Auerbach, “A Three-dimensional Analysis of Bilateral Directional Asymmetry in the Human Clavicle,” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, DOI 10.1002/ajpa.22156, 2012.

Book Chapters

1. Shirley, Abdel Fatah, Mahfouz, “Beyond Black and White: Human Biological Affinity in Forensic Contexts,” Beyond the Cranium: Ancestry Estimation from the Femur and Tibia, Edited by GE Berg and SC Ta’ala. Scheduled publication date: 2013.

Conferences

1. Mitchell, Mahfouz, Komistek, Cheng, Abdel Fatah, “Motion-Based Linear Stress Analysis of the Lumbar Intervertebral Discs,” 25th Annual Congress of the International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty, Sydney, Australia, 2012

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2. Shirley , Abdel Fatah, Jantz, Mahfouz , “Improving Sex Estimation from the Human Cranium Using 3D CT Scans,” American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2011 Annual Meetings in Chicago, IL.

3. Wood , Jantz, Jantz , Mahfouz, Abdel Fatah “Improving Forensic Facial Reproductions Using Empirical Modeling,” American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2011 Annual Meetings in Chicago, IL.

4. Mahfouz, Battaglia, Abdel Fatah, Zingde, Komistek, “Total Knee Replacement Implant Classification Using Neural Networks, 78th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, San Diego, CA, 2011.

5. Mahfouz, Scuderi, Abdel Fatah, Bowers, “Three-Dimensional Morphology of the Knee, An Ethnic Study,” Knee Society Members Meeting, Rochester, MN, 2010.

6. Abdel Fatah, Mahfouz, “Knee Cartilage Modeling and its Effects on the Accuracy of Surgical Landmarks Identification,” 22nd Annual Congress of the International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty, Waikoloa, HI, 2009.

7. Mahfouz, Shirley, Abdel Fatah, “CT Scanning the William M. Bass Donated Collection” Mountain, Swamp, and Beach Regional Forensic Meetings in Knoxville, TN 2009.

8. Abdel Fatah, Mahfouz, Bowers, “Automatic Three Dimensional Distal Radius Analysis Using Statistical Atlases,” 22nd Annual Congress of the International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty, Waikoloa, HI, 2009.

9. Mahfouz, Abdel Fatah, El Dakhakhni, Tadross, Komistek, “Three-Dimensional Bone Creation and Landmarking Using Two Still X-Rays,” 75th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, San Francisco, CA, 2008.

10. Mahfouz, Abdel Fatah, El Dakhakhni, “Analysis of Variation and Automated Measurement of Adult Proximal Femora Using Sex-Specific Atlases,” 8th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Porto, Portugal, 2008.

11. Moore, Abdel Fatah , “Body mass estimation from human femoral midshaft cross sectional area,” Annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Philadelphia, PA, 2007.

12. El Dakhakhni, Mahfouz, Abdel Fatah, Pritchard, “An Automatic Calibration Method for Bi-planar X-ray 3D Reconstruction,” 3rd Cairo International Biomedical Engineering Conference, Cairo, Egypt, 2006.

13. Mahfouz, Abdel Fatah, El Dakhakhni, Mesiha, Kesler, Smith, “Proximal Femur 3-D Morphological Analysis Utilizing Statistical Bone Atlas,” 3rd Cairo International Biomedical Engineering Conference, Cairo, Egypt, 2006.

14. Abdel Fatah, Mahfouz, Jantz, “Automated Skull 3D Geodesic and Volumetric Measurements for Cranial Morphology Tracking”, 3rd Cairo International Biomedical Engineering Conference, Cairo, Egypt, 2006. 15. Mahfouz, Badawi, Merkl, Abdel Fatah, Pritchard, Kesler, Moore, Jantz, “3D Statistical Shape Models of

Patella for Gender Classification,” 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, New York, New York, 2006.

16. Mahfouz, Badawi, Merkl, Abdel Fatah, Pritchard, Kesler, Moore, Jantz, “3D Statistical Shape Models of Patella for Gender Classification,” 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, New York, New York, 2006.

17. Mahfouz, Badawi, Abdel Fatah, Kuhn, Merkl, “Reconstruction of 3D Patient-Specific Bone Models From Biplanar Xray Images Utilizing Morphometric Measurements,” International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition, Las Vegas, NV, 2006.

18. Mahfouz, Booth Jr., Argenson, Merkl, Kuhn, Abdel Fatah, Pritchard, “Utilization of Biplanar X-Ray Images in 3D Reconstruction of Patient-Specific Bones and Automatic Morphometric Measurements,” 7th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Antibes, Cote d’Azur, France, 2006.

19. Abdel Fatah, Badawi, Mahfouz, "Fast 3D CT Diffusion Enhancement: A Neural Networks Filter," CMBBE, 7th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Cote De Azure, France, 2006

20. Moore, Mahfouz, Abdel Fatah, Badawi, "Comparison of Dry and In Vivo Bone Densities from CT Images using Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks," CMBBE, 7th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Cote De Azure, France, 2006.

21. Mahfouz, Abdel Fatah, Badawi, Jantz, "Automated Skull 3D Geodesic and Volumetric Measurements for Cranial Morphology Tracking and Facial Reconstruction," CMBBE, 7th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Cote De Azure, France, 2006.

22. Mahfouz, Booth Jr., Argenson, Merkl, Abdel Fatah, Kuhn, “Analysis of Variation of Adult Femora Using Sex-Specific Statistical Atlases,” 7th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Antibes, Cote d’Azur, France, 2006.

23. Kuhn, Mahfouz, Abdel Fatah, Merkl, Pritchard, “3D Bone Reconstruction from Biplanar X-Rays,” International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Singapore, 2005.

24. Kuhn, Mahfouz, Abdel Fatah, Merkl, “Reconstruction of 3D Patient-Specific Bone Models from Biplanar X-ray Images,” 12th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Singapore, 2005.

25. Mahfouz, Fathy, Yang, Abdel Fatah, Badawi, "See-Through-Wall Imaging using Ultra Wideband Pulse Systems," In Proceedings of AIPR 2005, 34th Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition ,Washington, D.C., 2005.

26. Badawi, El-Mahdy, Abdel Fatah, "4D-Echocardiographic System for Wall Motion and Cardiac Parameters Quantification," In Proceedings of The 46th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), Cairo, Egypt, 2003.

27. Badawi, Hasan, Abdel Fatah, Tadross, "Chromosomes Classification Based on Neural Networks, Fuzzy Rule Based, and Template Matching Classifiers," In Proceedings of The 46th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), Cairo, Egypt, 2003.

Conference Poster Presentation (Full Paper Review)

1. Abdel Fatah, Mahfouz, "Three Dimensional Articulating Cartilage Modeling Using Statistical Atlases", 11th International Symposium of Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (CMBBE), Salt Lake City, UT, 2013.

2. Abdel Fatah, Mahfouz,"Restoration of full anatomy from partial bones"", 11th International Symposium of Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (CMBBE), Salt Lake City, UT, 2013. 3. Mahfouz, Scuderi, Abdel Fatah, Bowers, “Evaluation of Tibial Component Coverage in Total Knee

Arthroplasty,” 80th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Scientific Exhibit, Chicago, IL, 2013.

4. Abdel Fatah, Shirley, Auerbach, Mahfouz, “Bilateral Directional Asymmetry in the Human Clavicle,” American Anatomy Association Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology, San Diego, CA, 2012.

5. Mahfouz, Scuderi, Abdel Fatah, Bowers, “Three-dimensional Morphology of the Knee, An Ethnic Study,” 78th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Scientific Exhibit, San Diego, CA, 2011.

6. Shirley, Abdel Fatah, “Ancestry Estimation from the Tibia: Size and Shape Differences between American Blacks and Whites,” Poster Symposium at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meetings, Seattle, Washington, 2010.

7. Mahfouz, Abdel Fatah, Hartzband, Glassman, Smith, “Three Dimensional Assessment of Proximal Femoral Morphology: Can It Predict the Bone Quality?” 54th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, San Francisco, CA, 2008.

8. Abdel Fatah, Mahfouz, Merkl, Hartzband, “Automatic Method for Calculation of Clinical Transepicondylar Axis Using Statistical Atlases,” 54th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, San Francisco, CA, 2008.

9. Mahfouz, Abdel Fatah, Hartzband, Glassman, “Automatic 3D Morphological Analysis of Proximal Femur,” 54th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, San Francisco, CA, 2008.

10. Mahfouz, El Dakhakhni, Abdel Fatah, Tadross, Komistek, “Three-dimensional Bone Creation and Landmarking using Two X-rays,” 54th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, San Francisco, CA, 2008.

11. Mahfouz, Booth, Argenson, Merkl, Abdel Fatah, Kuhn, Pritchard, “Analysis of Variation and Automated Measurement of Adult Femora Using Sex-specific Atlases,” 74th Annual Meeting of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, San Diego, CA, 2007.

12. Mahfouz, Booth, Argenson, Merkl, Abdel Fatah, Kuhn, “3D Morphological Data from Biplanar X-ray Images for TKA Using Sex-specific Atlases,” 74th Annual Meeting of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, San Diego, CA, 2007.

13. Abdel Fatah, Mahfouz, El Dakhakhni, Tadross, “3D Reconstruction of Patient Specific Bone Utilizing Biplanar X-Ray Images and Sex Specific Atlases,” Orthopaedic Research Society, HI, 2007.

14. Abdel Fatah, Mahfouz, “Automatic 3D Analysis of Proximal Femur Utilizing Statistical Atlases,” 6th Combined Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Societies, Honolulu, HI, 2007.