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| Dr Ata Akin received his Ph.D. on Biomedical Engineering from Drexel University in 1998. While a Research Assistant Professor at the School of Biomedical Engineering in Drexel University during 1999 through 2001, he conducted research on the fields of biomedical optics and biomedical information technology. Dr. Akin's group focuses on the use of near-infrared spectroscopy method in neuroimaging studies of the brain and muscle. His research includes the investigation of neurovascular coupling hypothesis in cognitive neurosciences, muscle perfusion during exercise and rehabilitation. He also develops models and algorithms in further understanding the underlying dynamics of tissue perfusion. |
| Research Areas |
Biomedical optics, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)
Tissue perfusion monitoring by neuroimaging methods (fMRI, fNIRS)
Mathematical modeling of physiological systems (neurovascular coupling,
cerebral hemodynamics, muscle oxygen consumption)
Computational neuroscience
Biomedical signal processing and medical instrumentation
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| Research
Projects |
| 2002 - 2003: |
Functional optical imaging, supported by Drexel University, Principal investigator |
| 2002 - 2003: |
Quantifying sleep disorders in patients with ADHD by
simultaneous monitoring of EEG and fNIR, supported by Boðaziçi
University Research Fund, BURF 02S102, Principal investigator |
| 2002 - 2003: |
Establishment of a Cellular and Molecular Imaging Laboratory,
supported by Boðaziçi University Research Fund, BURF,
Co-Principal investigator |
| 2001 - 2002: |
Functional optical brain imaging sensor for pilot awareness,
Office of Naval Research, Co-PI, |
| 2000 - 2002: |
Functional Near Infrared Imager, Office of Naval Research,Co-PI,
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| 2001 - 2003: |
Impedance Cardiography Signal Analysis, Wantagh Inc.,
Co-PI, |
| 2001 - 2002: |
A new integrated measure of brain hemodynamics with
EEG, Drexel University, Co-PI, |
| 2001 - 2002: |
IAutoflourescence markers for cancer, Drexel University,
Co-PI, |
| 2000 - 2001: |
Real time handheld Near Infrared Breast Cancer Imager,
NIH (SBIR), PI |
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| Recent
Publications |
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A. Akin and H. H. Sun "Non-invasive measurement of gastric
motility with fast Electrogastrogram (fEGG)" Physiological Measurements,
23 (2002) 505-519
A. Akin and H. H. Sun "Non-invasive measurement of gastric
motility" Proceedings of IEEE EMBS 2001.
A. Akin, S. Kim, K. Pourrezaei, B. Chance, S. Nioka, "Design
parameters for wearable optical imagers," presented at Photonics
West 2001, sponsored by SPIE, San Jose CA, January 2001.
A Akin, K. Pourrezaei, B. Chance, "A proposal for a real-time
handheld breast cancer imager," Proceedings of SPIE, 2000.
A. Akin, H. H. Sun, "Time and Frequency Methods for Detecting
Spike Activity of Stomach," Med. & Biol. Engr. & Compt.,
vol. 37, pp. 381-390, 1999.
A. Akin and D. Wei, "Modification of Morlet wavelet to enhance
its time and frequency resolutions," Proc. 33rd Ann. Conf. ISS, vol.
2, pp. 945-948, 1999, Baltimore, MD.
A. Akin, T. Akgul, "Detection of Sleep Spindles by Discrete
Wavelet transform," Proc. 24th IEEE Northeast Bioengineering Conf.,
pp. 15-17, 1998, Hershey, PA.
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| Courses |
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BM 402 Engineering in Medicine [Link]
Undergraduate course, covers fundamentals of biomedical engineering principles.
Introduce the common biomedical instruments and techniques and their principles
to motivate the students in generating creative ideas for novel and better
medical systems
BM 597 Biosensors [Link]
Graduate course, Basics of biosensor technology and applications, Introduce
the concepts of sensing in biology, engineering principles, fabrication
and instrumentation of biosensors, medical applications of biosensors
BM 554 Modelling of Biological Systems [Link]
Graduate course, BTools of modeling, Laplace Transform, parametric, non-parametric estimation techniques, physiological control systems, pharmacokine-tic, pharmacodynamic models, compartment models, cellular dynamics, complex dynamics in biology
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| Laboratory |
Biomedical Optical Imaging and Sensors Laboratory
Biophotonics Laboratory
Cellular and Molecular Imaging Lab
Medical Imaging Lab
Biomedical Information Technology Lab (Drexel Unirversity)
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