Senior Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- najat.salameh@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
Over the last 20+ years I have developed a strong expertise in MR imaging, with multidisciplinary skills ranging from fundamental physics to microsurgery in rodents. I position myself at the interface between Physics and Medicine, easily navigating between developing new methods for MRI and technology transfer to clinical and preclinical applications. Over the years, I have designed, implemented, and validated imaging protocols with very diverse magnetic fields ranging from 0.0065 T to 9.4 T. My area of expertise includes MR elastography in the liver and brain, thermometry, metabolic imaging, and low magnetic field MRI.
Together with Dr. Sarracanie, we co-founded the Center for Adaptable MRI Technology (AMT Center) in 2017 when we were assistant professors in Basel, and have recently (April 2023) relocated our entire low-field MRI platform in Aberdeen, at the Institute of Medical Sciences. Extensive refurbishment of the Biomedical Physics building is currently happening, where three of our fixed, low-field scanners along with 2 Field-Cycling whole-body systems will find their new home. This joint effort with me, Dr. Sarracanie, Dr. Broche, and Dr. Ross will contribute to the largest low-field MR technology platform ever built with about 900 m2 of lab and office space, at the heart of the Foresterhill campus.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Institute of Medical Sciences, Medical Imaging Technologies - Theme lead
Center for Adaptable MRI Technology (AMT Center) / co-founder and co-head since 2017
- External Memberships
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European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (member since 2005)
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (member since 2006)
Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine (MAGMA) (Editorial board member since 2023)
Scottish Imaging Network:A Platform for ScientificExcellence (SINAPSE) (member since 2023)
European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (Congress Planning Committee / 2023 - 2024)
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (Annual Meeting Program Committee / 2022, 2023, 2024)
Prizes and Awards
EIC Pathfinder grant (co-I) / 2023 - 2027 (~£470k)
Swiss National Science Foundation (PI - extension grant) / 2021 - 2023 (~£750k)
Swiss National Science Foundation (PI - prize fellowship) / 2017 - 2021 (~£1.5m)
Department of Biomedical Engineering (Best lecture Award) / 2019 - 2021 (Hands-on MRI, University of Basel)
COST Action (Management committee member) / 2016 - 2020
Swiss National Science Foundation (PI - mobility fellowship @Harvard University) / 2013 - 2014 (~£50k)
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine - Summa Cum Laude Merit Award / 2013
Fonds pour la Recherche dans l'Industrie et l'Agriculture (PI - PhD scholarship) / 2005 - 2009 (~£60k)
- Publications
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Early Detection of Steatohepatitis in Fatty Rat Liver by Using MR Elastography
Radiology, vol. 253, no. 1, pp. 90-97Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/radiol.2523081817
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2523081817
MR elastography of liver fibrosis: preliminary results comparing spin-echo and echo-planar imaging
European Radiology, vol. 18, no. 11, pp. 2535-2541Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-008-1051-5
Magnetic Resonance Elastography for the Noninvasive Staging of Liver Fibrosis
Gastroenterology, vol. 135, no. 1, pp. 32-40Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2008.03.076
Liver Fibrosis: Noninvasive Assessment with MR Elastography versus Aspartate Aminotransferase–to-Platelet Ratio Index
Radiology, vol. 245, no. 2, pp. 458-466Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2452061673
Hepatic viscoelastic parameters measured with MR elastography: Correlations with quantitative analysis of liver fibrosis in the rat
Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 956-962Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.21099
L’élastographie du foie, c’est quoi ?
Feuillets de Radiologie, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 211-215Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0181-9801(06)70517-6
Liver fibrosis: non‐invasive assessment with MR elastography
NMR in Biomedicine, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 173-179Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/nbm.1030