Emad S. Ebbini

The power to FOCUS, SEE, and HEAL with ultraSOUND

Research Interests:

Ultrasonic Signal Processing, Image-Guided Therapeutic Systems, Real-Time 3D Ultrasonic Imaging, Diffraction Tomography and Inverse Problems, Phased-Array Pattern Synthesis, Imaging Through Inhomogeneities.

Graduate Students

Teaching Interests:

Digital Signal Processing, Real-Time DSP Design, Array Signal Processing and Imaging Systems, and Image Processing.

Recently Taught Courses

EECS 451 Digital Signal Processing And Analysis
EECS 452 Digital Signal Processing Design Laboratory
EECS 556 Signal and Image Processing (HomePage under construction)

Honors and Memberships

NSF Young Investigator Award (1993-1998)
Rackham/OVPR Research Partnership (1993-1994, with my student Phil vanBaren)
Member IEEE (UFFC and SP Societies)
Member North American Hyperthermia Society

Technical Activities

Member of the AdCom of the IEEE UFFC Society
Publication Chair of ICASSP-95
Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control: Special Issue on Therapeutic Ultrasound.
Reviewer/Consultant NSF, NIH, A number of local firms, A number of IEEE Journals, JASA, Medical Physics, Int. J. Hyperthermia.

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

E. Ebbini, S. Umemura, M. Ibbini, and C. Cain, " A cylindrica-section ultrasound phased-array applicator for hyperthermia cancer therapy," IEEE Trans. Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, vol 35, no. 5, pp. 561-572, 1988.
E. Ebbini and C. Cain, " Multiple-focus ultrasound phased-array pattern synthesis: optimal driving-signal distributions for hyperthermia," IEEE Trans. Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 540-548, 1989.
M. Ibbini, E. Ebbini, and C. Cain, " $N\times N$ square-element ultrasound phased array applicator: Simulated temperature distributions associated with directly synthesized heating patterns," IEEE Trans. Ultrasonics Ferroelec. Freq. Control, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 491-500, 1990.
E. Ebbini, and C. Cain, " A spherical-section ultrasound phased array applicator for deep localized hyperthermia" IEEE Trans. Biomedical Engineering, vol. 38, no. 7, pp. 634-643, 1991.
E. Ebbini and C. Cain, " Experimental evaluation of a prototype cylindrical section ultrasound hyperthermia phased array applicator," IEEE Trans. on Ultrason., Ferroelec., and Freq. Control, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 510-519, 1991.
E. Ebbini, and C. Cain, " Optimization of the intensity gain of multiple-focus phased-array heating patterns" Int. J. Hyperthermia, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 953-973, 1991.
H. Wang, E. Ebbini, and C. Cain, " Effects of phase quantization errors on field patterns generated by an ultrasound phased array hyperthermia applicator" IEEE Trans. Ultrasonics Ferroelec. Freq. Control, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 521-531, 1991.
R. McGough, E. Ebbini, and C. Cain, " Computation of optimal ultrasound phased array driving signals from specified temperature distribution for hyperthermia," IEEE Trans. Biomedical Engineering, vol. 39, no. 8, pp. 825-835, 1992.
P.-C. Li, E. Ebbini, and M. O'Donnell, " A new filter design technique for coded excitation systems," IEEE Trans. Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, vol. 39., no. 6, pp. 693-699, 1992.
P.-C. Li, S. Flax, E. Ebbini, and M. O'Donnell, " Blocked Element Compensation in Phased Array Imaging," IEEE Trans. Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 283-292, 1993.
H. Wang, E. Ebbini, M. O'Donnell, and C. Cain, " Phase aberration correction and motion compensation for ultrasonic hyperthermia phased arrays: Experimental results" IEEE Trans. on Ultrason., Ferroelec., and Freq. Control, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 34-43, 1994.
R. McGough, H. Wang, E. Ebbini, and C. Cain, " Mode scanning: heating pattern synthesis with ultrasound phased arrays," Int. Journal of Hyperthermia, vol. 10, no. 3, 433-442, 1994.
R. Seip, P. VanBaren, and E. S. Ebbini, "Dynamic Focusing in Ultrasound Hyperthermia Treatments Using Implantable Hydrophone Arrays," IEEE Transactions on Ultrasound, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Vol. 41, No. 5, Sept. 1994, pp. 706-713.
P. VanBaren and E. S. Ebbini, "Multi-Point Temperature Control During Hyperthermia Treatments: Theory and Simulation," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 41, No. 5, Aug. 1995, pp. 706-713.
R. Seip and E.S. Ebbini, "Non-invasive Estimation of Tissue Temperature Response to Heating Fields Using Diagnostic Ultrasound, " IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 42, No. 8, August 1995, pp. 828-839.
J. Shen and E. S. Ebbini, " A New Coded-Excitation Ultrasound Imaging System: Part I - Basic Principles , " IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control , Vol. 43, No. 1, January 1996.
J. Shen and E. S. Ebbini, " A New Coded-Excitation Ultrasound Imaging System: Part II - Operator Design , " IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control , Vol. 43, No. 1, January 1996.
R. Seip, P. VanBaren, C.A. Cain, and E.S. Ebbini, "Noninvasive Realtime Multipoint Temperature Control For Ultrasound Phased Array Treatments," to appear in the IEEE Transactions on Ultrasound, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Special Issue on Therapeutics, September 1996.

Recent Conference Papers

J. Shen and E. S. Ebbini, " An Optimal Image Operator Design Technique for Coded-Excitation Ultrasound Imaging System , " IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings , 1994.
J. Shen, H. Wang, C. Cain and E. S. Ebbini, " Post-Beamforming Processing Technique for Enhancing Conventional Pulse-Echo Ultrasound Imaging Contrast Resolution , " IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings , 1995.
J. Shen and E. S. Ebbini, " On the Design of a Transversal Filter Bank for Parallel Processing Multiple Image Lines in Real-Time Acoustic Imaging , " IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing , 1996.
H. Wang, E. Ebbini, M. O'Donnell, R. Seip and C. Cain, " Adaptive 2-D Cylindrical Section Phased Array System for Ultrasonic Hyperthermia, " Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings , Vol. 2, pp. 1261-1264, 1992.
R. Seip, E. S. Ebbini, J. H. Mo and A. L. Robinson, " Characterization of a Needle Hydrophone Array for Acoustic Feedback during Ultrasound Hyperthermia Treatments, " Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings , Vol. 2, pp. 1265-1269, 1992.
R. Seip, P. VanBaren and E. S. Ebbini, " Dynamic Focusing in Ultrasound Hyperthermia Treatments Using Implantable Hydrophone Arrays, " IEEE Transactions on Ultrasound, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control , Vol. 41, No. 5, September 1994, pp. 706-713.
O. S. Haddadin, S. D. Lucas and E. S. Ebbini, " Solution to the Inverse Scattering Problem using a Modified Distorted Born Iterative Algorithm , " IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings , 1995.
H. Wang, E. Ebbini, M. O'Donnell, R. Seip and C. Cain, "Adaptive 2-D Cylindrical Section Phased Array System for Ultrasonic Hyperthermia," Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 2, 1992, p p. 1261-1264.
R. Seip, E. S. Ebbini, J. H. Mo and A. L. Robinson, "Characterization of a Needle Hydrophone Array for Acoustic Feedback during Ultrasound Hyperthermia Treatments," Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 2, 1992, pp. 1265-1269.
E. Ebbini, " Optimal transversal filter bank for 3D real-time acoustical imaging," Proc. 26th Annual Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, vol. 2, pp. 831-835, 1992.
P. VanBaren, R. Seip, and E. S. Ebbini, "A new algorithm for dynamic focusing of phased-array hyperthermia applicators through tissue inhomogeneities," IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 2, 1993, pp. 1221-1224.
R. Seip, E.S. Ebbini, M. O'Donnell, and C.A. Cain, "Non-Invasive Detection of Thermal Effects due to Highly Focused Ultrasonic Fields," Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 2 , 1993, pp. 1229-1232.
R. Seip and E.S. Ebbini, "Invasive and Non-Invasive Feedback for Ultrasound Phased Array Thermotherapy," Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 3, 1994, pp. 1821-1824.
P. VanBaren, R. Seip, and E. S. Ebbini, "Real-time Dynamic Focusing through Tissue Inhomogeneities during Hyperthermia Treatments with Phased Arrays," Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 3, 1994, pp. 1815-1819.
R. Seip, P.VanBaren, C. Simon, and E.S. Ebbini, "Non-invasive Spatio-temporal Temperature Change Estimation using Diagnostic Ultrasound," to appear in the 1995 Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings.
C. Simon, R. Seip, and E.S. Ebbini, "Estimation of Mean Scatterer Spacing Based on Autoregressive Spectral Analysis of Prefiltered Echo Data," to appear in the 1995 Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings.
P. VanBaren, J.U. Kluiwstra, R. Seip, Y. Zhang, E.S. Ebbini, and C.A. Cain, "2D Large Aperture Ultrasound Phased Arrays for Hyperthermia Cancer Therapy: Design, Fabrication and Experimental Results," to appear in the 1995 Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings.

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