Shyam Bharat, Ph.D

Research Assistant

Department Affiliations

Medical Physics

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Education

• Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2009
• M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2006
• B.S., Vivekanad Education Society's Institute of Technology, University of Bombay, India, 2003

Research

Research Interests:

Ultrasound Imaging, Ultrasound Elastography

Doctoral Research Advisor:

Tomy Varghese, Ph.D

Doctoral Dissertation: 

Electrode Displacement Strain Imaging for Thermally Ablative Therapies, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Positions

• 01/2004-01/2009, Research Assistant, Department of Medical Physics
• 02/2009-Present, Clinical Research Scientist at Philips Radiation Oncology Systems - Philips Healthcare, St. louis, M), USA
• 02/2009-Present, Member, Research Staff, Phillips Research North America, Briarcliff Manor, NY, USA

Awards and Honors

Memberships

• Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Publications @ UW

• R.J. DeWall, S. Bharat, T Varghese, M.E. Hanson, R.M. Agni, M.A. Kliewer, "Characterizing thecompression dependent viscoelastic properties of human hepatic pathologies using dynamic compression testing", Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 57, No. 8, pp. 2273-2286, 2012. [Abstract]
• N. Rubert, S. Bharat, R.J. Dewall, A. Andreano, C. Brace, J. Jiang, and T Varghese, "Electrode Displacement Strain Imaging of Thermally-Ablated Liver Tissue in an in-vivo Animal Model", Medical Physics, Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 1075-1082, 2010. (PMCID: PMC2837725). [Abstract]
• S. Bharat, T Varghese, "Radiofrequency electrode vibration-induced shear wave imaging for tissue modulus estimation: a simulation study" Journal Acoustic Society of America, Vol. 128, No.4, pp. 1582-1585, 2010. Also reproduced in Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, Vol. 20, Issue 9, 2010. (PMCID: PMC2981108). [Abstract]
• S. Bharat, T Varghese, E. L. Madsen, and J. A. Zagzebski, "Radiofrequency ablation electrode displacement elastography: A phantom study," Medical Physics, Vol. 35, No. 6, pp. 2432-2442, June 2008. (PMCID: PMC2673634). [Abstract]
• S. Bharat, T.G. Fisher, T Varghese, T.J. Hall, J. Jiang, E.L. Madsen, J.A. Zagzebski, and F.T. Lee Jr., "Three-dimensional electrode displacement elastography using the Siemens C7F2 fourSight four-dimensional ultrasound transducer," Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, (Epub 2008 March 26), Vol. 34, No. 8, pp. 1307-1316, 2008. (PMCID: PMC2597045). [Abstract]
• S. Bharat and T Varghese, "Contrast transfer improvement for electrode displacement elastography," Physics in Medicine and Biology, (Epub 2006 November 27), Vol. 51, No. 24, pp. 6403-6418, December 2006. [Abstract]
• S. Bharat, U. Techavipoo, M.Z. Kiss, W. Liu, and T Varghese, Monitoring Stiffness Changes in Lesions after Radiofrequency Ablation at Different Temperatures and Durations of Ablation, Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 415-422, 2005. [Abstract]

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