Fartash Vasefi

Simon Fraser University, Lawson Health Research Institute

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Fartash Vasefi is a researcher whose work centers on advancing optical imaging through turbid media, with a particular focus on Angular Domain Imaging (ADI) and its application to three-dimensional tomography. His major contributions include the development of novel imaging systems that utilize silicon micro-tunnel arrays to selectively reject scattered photons, enabling the visualization of attenuating targets embedded within scattering environments. This approach addresses a fundamental challenge in biomedical optics: maintaining image contrast and resolution in deep tissue imaging. In his 2011 paper on three-dimensional angular domain optical projection tomography, Vasefi demonstrated how ADI can generate projection images of targets within turbid media, while his 2010 work provided a critical analysis of how contrast and resolution vary with position in ADI-based reconstruction. Although these foundational papers have accumulated modest citation counts (2 each), they represent important technical contributions to the field of optical tomography, offering a pathway for non-invasive imaging in biological tissues. Vasefi’s work is particularly relevant for researchers exploring iterative reconstruction methods and angular filtering techniques in biomedical optics.