Exploring the Intersection of Deep Learning for

biomedical Imaging and Postdoc Research: A

Journey Through My Background and Current
Investigations
ABDUL WAHID TAREEN,
BUITEMS-NCRA
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PhD research

Projects

Graduate and Undergraduate Research

Outline
Co-PI CARL Lab

Q and A

References
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 Deeplearning for classification of

PhD research MRI images
 Deeplearning for restoration of under
sampled MRI images
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1-Deep learning for MRI image classification
of Knee ACL tear

 Application of Deep learning techniques in knee MR image

classification for Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) tears
 Labelled dataset collected at Hospital Kuala Lumpur for the
research
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Implementation and Results

 Implementation of
an optimal multilayered Convolutional Sparse
Coding (ML-CSC) framework for knee MR image classification
 Comparison with traditional convolutional neural network (CNN)
based classifiers
 Empiricalresults demonstrating the effectiveness of the ML-CSC
framework
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Classification of MR Images of Knee ACL Tear

 Achieved better classification

accuracy as compared to state of the
art
 Dataaugmentation technique to
improve classification accuracy of
imbalanced class
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ACL tear Classification Framework

Labeled Knee MR
images Classifier Output

Complete
Pre-processing Fully
Convolution
Encoding ISTA-Module Connected Classifier Normal
and pooling layer
Partial
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2- Compressed Sensing MR Image
Reconstruction

 Challenges: Effects of patient fatigue and Claustrophobia, need for

faster MRI scans for time-sensitive imaging
 Role of Compressive Sensing (CS) in biomedical signal acquisition
and reconstruction
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Proposed Solution

 Proposal of a multi-layer basis pursuit framework that combines

objective-based CS reconstructions and deep learning-based
reconstruction
 Implemented Iterative thresholding algorithms, training of a CS-MRI
restoration framework on GPU
 Aftertraining on GPU, The optimized model used to restore images
on machines without GPUs.
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ML-CSC - Training Module

Backward Forward
Encoding Saved
Pairs of images compute compute Convolutions
Layers parameters
Layers
with CS
measurements
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ML-CSC Test Module

Backward Forward
Encoding compute compute
Layers Layers
Convolutions

Test Restored
images Images
Saved parameters
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Results and Comparisons

 Experimental results on four MRI datasets (Brain and knee)

 Comparison with state-of-the-art frameworks in terms of
convergence, PSNR/SSIM, and restoration efficiency
 With slight increase in number of parameters as compared to the
state of the art, improved results were achieved
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Projects
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Past Collaborative projects

 Research project in collaboration with UniKL Malaysia and

Hospital Kuala Lumpur for development of classification
framework for labeled Knee ACL tear MR images
 HEC’s NRPU project for compressive sensing MR image
reconstruction on GPU
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Undergraduate and Graduate research

 AI assisted disease diagnosis (Published)

 Leveraging Computer Vision for attendance management system
(Published)
 Under sampled MRI Image Reconstruction Using Generative
Adversarial Networks (GANs) (submitted)
 Lung Cancer detection Using Machine learning
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Co-PI Control THE NATIONAL CENTRE OF

ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION
Automation and IS A CONSORTIA OF 11 LABS
OVER 13 UNIVERSITIES
Robotics Lab OF PAKISTAN.
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NCRA/CARL- active areas of Research
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Exploratory
Rovers

Medical
Analytics

Autonomous
Vehicles
Social
Interactive
Robots ICT based
Environment
al Solutions
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NCRA CARL- active areas of Research

 Computerized Disease Registry for Chronic Disease in Balochistan-

Population based registry
 Social Service Robots- Employing NLP for social interaction
 Disaster management Robot
 Letter of Intent was signed with UniKL BMI campus Malaysia in June 2023,
for research collaboration in healthcare
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CARL LAB Facilities

Ultimaker NVIDEA Snapmaker

Mbot S3 DGX server 2.0

Super Micro Motion

Dynamixels Data-storage capture TurtleBot 3
Server System
 References

 A. Wahid, J. A. Shah, A. U. Khan, M. Ullah, and M. Z. Ayob, ”Multi-Layered Basis Pursuit Algorithms for
Classification of MR Images of Knee ACL Tear,” in IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 205424-205435, 2020, doi:
10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3037745.
 A. Wahid, J. A. Shah, A. U. Khan, M. Ahmed, and H. Razali, ”Multi-Layer Basis Pursuit for Compressed
Sensing MR Image Reconstruction,” in IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 186222-186232, 2020, doi:
10.1109/ACCESS. 2020.3028877.
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Q and A