Parvin Mousavi

Faculty Member

Professor, Faculty of Arts and Science, School of Computing, Queen’s University

Canada CIFAR Artificial Intelligence Chair

Parvin Mousavi is a Professor of Computer Science, Medicine, Pathology and Biomedical and Molecular Sciences at Queen’s University, and a member of the Royal Society of Canada, College of New Scholars.  She received her PhD from the University of British Columbia, Canada and her MSc from Imperial College, UK.  She has previously held a Senior Scientist position at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and visiting professorships at Harvard Medical School and the University of British Columbia. Her research focus is on developing and leveraging machine learning in computer assisted medical interventions and precision medicine, contributing to the societal impact of AI on the global community. She also leads training of the next generation of AI talent through a multi-institutional NSERC CREATE Training program in Medical Informatics at the intersection of machine learning and digital health.

Research Interests

  • Machine Learning in Computer Assisted Diagnosis and Interventions
  • Image-Guided Interventions
  • Ultrasound Imaging
  • Medical Image Computing
  • Computational Biology
  • Bioinformatics
  • Systems Biology

Highlights

  • Member of the Royal Society of Canada – College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
  • Fellow, Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Interventions, 2021
  • IEEE Canada C.C. Gotlieb Computer Medal, 2019
  • Creative Destruction Laboratory Ideas Award, 2018
  • Scientific Advisory Board, the German National Center for Tumor Disease, 2023-28
  • Review Board, Imaging and Radio-oncology, the German Cancer Research Center, 2023
  • Advisory Board, National Center for Image Guided Therapy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 2021-
  • G7 Academy of Sciences – Representative of Royal Society of Canada on AI, 2018-2019
  • Co-Founder and Executive Committee, Women in MICCAI (WI-MICCAI)
  • Program co-Chair Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Interventions (MICCAI) 2023
  • Program co-Chair, Data Science and Learning Workshop, IEEE Signal Processing Society, 2022
  • Steering Committee and Board, Information Processing in Computer Assisted Interventions, IPCAI 2020-
  • Associate Editor, IEEE Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), 2021.
  • General Chair, Information Processing in Computer Assisted Interventions, IPCAI, 2017-2020
  • Program co-Chair, Data Science and Learning Workshop, IEEE Signal Processing Society, 2021
  • General Chair, Information Processing in Computer Assisted Interventions, IPCAI, 2017-2020
  • Sponsorships and Industry Relations Chair, MICCAI 2020

Publications

Multi-catheter modelling in reconstructed 3D transrectal ultrasound images from prostate brachytherapy

Nicole Kitner and Jessica R Rodgers and Tamas Ungi and Martin Korzeniowski and Timothy Olding and Parvin Mousavi and Gabor Fichtinger

2023

A user-driven machine learning approach for RNA-based sample discrimination and hierarchical classification

Tashifa Imtiaz and Jina Nanayakkara and Alexis Fang and Danny Jomaa and Harrison Mayotte and Simona Damiani and Fiza Javed and Tristan Jones and Emily Kaczmarek and Flourish Omolara Adebayo and Uroosa Imtiaz and Yiheng Li and Richard Zhang and Parvin Mousavi and Neil Renwick and Kathrin Tyryshkin

2023

Molecular characterization of human peripheral nerves using desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry imaging

Diane Tomalty and Olivia Giovannetti and Leah Velikonja and Jasica Munday and Martin Kaufmann and Natasha Iaboni and Amoon Jamzad and Rachel Rubino and Gabor Fichtinger and Parvin Mousavi and Christopher JB Nicol and John F Rudan and Michael A Adams

2023

Manifold DivideMix: A Semi-Supervised Contrastive Learning Framework for Severe Label Noise

Fahimeh Fooladgar and Minh Nguyen Nhat To and Parvin Mousavi and Purang Abolmaesumi

2023

A Review of Low-cost Ultrasound Compatible Phantoms

Leah A Groves and Mohamed Keita and Saidou Talla and Ron Kikinis and Gabor Fichtinger and Parvin Mousavi and Mamadou Camara

2023

Cautery tool state detection using deep learning on intraoperative surgery videos

L March and JR Rodgers and R Hisey and A Jamzad and AML Santilli and D McKay and JF Rudan and M Kaufmann and KYM Ren and G Fichtinger and P Mousavi

2023

Cautery trajectory analysis for evaluation of resection margins in breast-conserving surgery

Chris Yeung and Joshua Ehrlich and Amoon Jamzad and Martin Kaufmann and John Rudan and Cecil Jay Engel and Parvin Mousavi and Tamas Ungi and Gabor Fichtinger

2023

Self-supervised learning and uncertainty estimation for surgical margin detection

Ayesha Syeda and Fahimeh Fooladgar and Amoon Jamzad and Dilakshan Srikanthan and Martin Kaufmann and Kevin Ren and Jay Engel and Ross Walker and Shaila Merchant and Doug McKay and Sonal Varma and Gabor Fichtinger and John Rudan and Parvin Mousavi

2023

Navigated surgical resection cavity inspection for breast conserving surgery

Olivia Radcliffe and Laura Connolly and Tamas Ungi and Caitlin Yeo and John F Rudan and Gabor Fichtinger and Parvin Mousavi

2023

ViPRE: an open-source software implementation for end-to-end analysis of mass spectrometry data

H Elmi and A Jamzad and M Sharp and JR Rodgers and M Kaufmann and T Jamaspishvili and R Iseman and D Berman and J Rudan and G Fichtinger and P Mousavi

2023

Determining the time-delay of a mass spectrometry-based tissue sensor

J Ehrlich and C Yeung and M Kaufman and A Jamzad and J Rudan and P Mousavi and G Fichtinger and T Ungi

2023

Tracked tissue sensing for tumor bed inspection

David Morton and Laura Connolly and Leah Groves and Kyle Sunderland and Amoon Jamzad and John F Rudan and Gabor Fichtinger and Tamas Ungi and Parvin Mousavi

2023

Percutaneous nephrostomy needle guidance using real-time 3D anatomical visualization with live ultrasound segmentation

Andrew Kim and Chris Yeung and Robert Szabo and Kyle Sunderland and Rebecca Hisey and David Morton and Ron Kikinis and Babacar Diao and Parvin Mousavi and Tamas Ungi and Gabor Fichtinger

2024

Benchmarking image transformers for prostate cancer detection from ultrasound data

Mohamed Harmanani and Paul FR Wilson and Fahimeh Fooladgar and Amoon Jamzad and Mahdi Gilany and Minh Nguyen Nhat To and Brian Wodlinger and Purang Abolmaesumi and Parvin Mousavi

2024

Development of a Research Testbed for Intraoperative Optical Spectroscopy Tumor Margin Assessment

David Morton, Laura Connolly, Leah Groves, Kyle Sunderland, Tamas Ungi, Amoon Jamzad, Martin Kaufmann, Kevin Ren, John F Rudan, Gabor Fichtinger, Parvin Mousavi

2023

A clinical application of SlicerROS2: Virtual fixture guidance in breast conserving surgery

Laura Connolly Anton Deguet Tamas Ungi Aravind Kumar Aravind Kumar Andras Lasso Kyle SunderlandAxel Krieger Simon Leonard Gabor Fichtinger Parvin Mousavi Russell Taylor

2023

LensePro: Label noise-tolerant prototype-based network for improving cancer detection in prostate ultrasound with limited annotations

Minh Nguyen Nhat To and Fahimeh Fooladgar and Paul Wilson and Mohamed Harmanani and Mahdi Gilany and Samira Sojoudi and Amoon Jamzad and Silvia Chang and Peter Black and Parvin Mousavi and Purang Abolmaesumi

2024

Toward confident prostate cancer detection using ultrasound: a multi-center study

Paul FR Wilson and Mohamed Harmanani and Minh Nguyen Nhat To and Mahdi Gilany and Amoon Jamzad and Fahimeh Fooladgar and Brian Wodlinger and Purang Abolmaesumi and Parvin Mousavi

2024

ProstNFound: Integrating Foundation Models with Ultrasound Domain Knowledge and Clinical Context for Robust Prostate Cancer Detection

Paul FR Wilson and Minh Nguyen Nhat To and Amoon Jamzad and Mahdi Gilany and Mohamed Harmanani and Tarek Elghareb and Fahimeh Fooladgar and Brian Wodlinger and Purang Abolmaesumi and Parvin Mousavi

2024

SlicerROS2: A Research and Development Module for Image-Guided Robotic Interventions

Laura Connolly and Aravind S Kumar and Kapi Ketan Mehta and Lidia Al-Zogbi and Peter Kazanzides and Parvin Mousavi and Gabor Fichtinger and Axel Krieger and Junichi Tokuda and Russell H Taylor and Simon Leonard and Anton Deguet

2024

From quantitative metrics to clinical success: assessing the utility of deep learning for tumor segmentation in breast surgery

Chris Yeung and Tamas Ungi and Zoe Hu and Amoon Jamzad and Martin Kaufmann and Ross Walker and Shaila Merchant and Cecil Jay Engel and Doris Jabs and John Rudan and Parvin Mousavi and Gabor Fichtinger

2024

ImSpect: Image-driven self-supervised learning for surgical margin evaluation with mass spectrometry

Laura Connolly and Fahimeh Fooladgar and Amoon Jamzad and Martin Kaufmann and Ayesha Syeda and Kevin Ren and Purang Abolmaesumi and John F Rudan and Doug McKay and Gabor Fichtinger and Parvin Mousavi

2024

Assessing the Performance of Foundation Models in Prostate Segmentation Across Different Ultrasound Modalities

Vivian Nguyen and Amoon Jamzad and Paul Wilson and Mahdi Gilany and Purang Abolmaesumi and Michael Leveridge and Robert Siemens and Parvin Mousavi

2024

Extracting 3D Prostate Geometry from 2D Optically-Tracked Transrectal Ultrasound Images

Colton Barr and Leah Groves and Tamas Ungi and D Robert Siemens and Babacar Diao and Ron Kikinis and Parvin Mousavi and Gabor Fichtinger

2024

Towards Improving Surgical Margins in Tumour Resection Using Mass Spectrometry Imaging

Jade Warren and Amoon Jamzad and Tamara Jamaspishvili and Rachael Iseman and Ayesha Syeda and Martin Kaufmann and John Rudan and Gabor Fichtinger and David M Berman and Parvin Mousavi

2024

AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)

Sophia Mannina and Shamel Addas and Purang Abolmaesumi and Parvin Mousavi and Nooshin Maghsoodi

2024

Can point cloud networks learn statistical shape models of anatomies?

P Mousavi and S Salcud-ean and J Duncan and T Syeda and R Taylor

2024

Abstract PO2-23-07: Three-dimensional navigated mass spectrometry for intraoperative margin assessment during breast cancer surgery

Martin Kaufmann and Amoon Jamzad and Tamas Ungi and Jessica R Rodgers and Teaghan Koster and Chris Yeung and Josh Ehrlich and Alice Santilli and Mark Asselin and Natasja Janssen and Julie McMullen and Kathryn Solberg and Joanna Cheesman and Alessia Di Carlo and Kevin Yi Mi Ren and Sonal Varma and Shaila Merchant and Cecil Jay Engel and G Ross Walker and Andrea Gallo and Doris Jabs and Parvin Mousavi and Gabor Fichtinger and John F Rudan

2024

Digital Nudges in Healthcare Contexts: An Information Systems Perspective

Sophia Mannina and Shamel Addas and Purang Abolmaesumi and Parvin Mousavi and Nooshin Maghsoodi and Sarah Nassar and David Maslove

2024

211 Three-Dimensional Navigated Mass Spectrometry for Intraoperative Margin Assessment During Breast Cancer Surgery

Amira Othman and Martin Kaufmann and Teaghan Koster and Amoon Jamzad and Tamas Ungi and Jessica Rodgers and Julie Mcmullen and Chris Yeung and Natasja Janssen and Kathryn Solberg and Joanna Cheesman and John Rudan and Parvin Mousavi and Gabor Fichtinger and Andrea Gallo Hoyos and Doris Jabs and Jay Engel and Shaila Merchant and Ross Walker and Kevin Ren and Sonal Varma

2025

TRUSWorthy: toward clinically applicable deep learning for confident detection of prostate cancer in micro-ultrasound

Mohamed Harmanani and Paul FR Wilson and Minh Nguyen Nhat To and Mahdi Gilany and Amoon Jamzad and Fahimeh Fooladgar and Brian Wodlinger and Purang Abolmaesumi and Parvin Mousavi

2025

Optimizing Stroke Detection Using Evidential Networks and Uncertainty-Based Refinement

Faranak Akbarifar and Sean P Dukelow and Albert Jin and Parvin Mousavi and Stephen H Scott

2025

A Comprehensive Survey on Inverse Constrained Reinforcement Learning: Definitions, Progress and Challenges

Guiliang Liu, Sheng Xu, Shicheng Liu, Ashish Gaurav, Sriram Ganapathi Subramanian, Pascal Poupart

2025

Risk, Reward, and Reinforcement Learning in Hockey Analytics

Sheng Xu, Oliver Schulte, Yudong Luo, Pascal Poupart, Guiliang Liu

2024

Label Alignment Regularization for Distribution Shift

Ehsan Imani, Guojun Zhang, Runjia Li, Jun Luo, Pascal Poupart, Philip H.S. Torr, Yangchen Pan

2024

Subject-driven Text-to-Image Generation via Preference-based Reinforcement Learning

Yanting Miao, William Loh, Suraj Kothawade, Pascal Poupart, Abdullah Rashwan, Yeqing Li

2024

A Simple Mixture Policy Parameterization for Improving Sample Efficiency of CVaR Optimization

Yudong Luo, Yangchen Pan, Han Wang, Philip Torr, Pascal Poupart

2024

A Sober Look at LLMs for Material Discovery: Are They Actually Good for Bayesian Optimization Over Molecules?

Agustinus Kristiadi, Felix Strieth-Kalthoff, Marta Skreta, Pascal Poupart, Alan Aspuru-Guzik, Geoff Pleiss

2024

Confidence Aware Inverse Constrained Reinforcement Learning

Sriram Ganapathi Subramanian, Guiliang Liu, Mohammed Elmahgiubi, Kasra Rezaee, Pascal Poupart

2024