Amir Pourmorteza, PhD
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Biography
Amir Pourmorteza, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Pourmorteza is a biomedical engineer and CT physicist specializing in cardiovascular imaging, spectral computed tomography, tomographic reconstruction and artificial intelligence in medical imaging including the use of radiogenomics in cancer.
EducationDr. Pourmorteza received his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Bioelectrics) from University of Tehran. He obtained his PhD in Biomedical Engineering and completed a fellowship in Tomographic Reconstruction from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
Titles & Roles
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Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology and Imaging SciencesEmory University School of Medicine
Research
Dr. Pourmorteza's research is focused on bench-to-bedside translation and validation of novel imaging technologies with a special interest in spectral and high-resolution CT. Prior to joining Emory, he led the National Institute of Health photon-counting CT group where he carried out the first clinical studies of photon-counting CT.
Publications
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Photon-counting CT in cancer radiotherapy: technological advances and clinical benefits. Physics in medicine and biology |
KD Shah, J Zhou, J Roper, A Dhabaan, H Al-Hallaq, A Pourmorteza, X Yang | 05/16/2025 |
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Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography |
PM Rubio, HM Garcia-Garcia, AA Sanchez, A Alfaddagh, D Andreini, A Baggiano, A Canan, M Chen, BJW Chow, A Chelliah, E Conte, CN DeCecco, T Fairbairn, M Ferencik, G Feuchtner, B Föellmer, C Fuss, H Gransar, A Hamdan, BK Han, S Jamieson, B Ko, JA Leipsic, N Madan, F Michallek, S Mushtaq, P Nagpal, MY Ng, E Nicol, H Niinuma, G Pontone, A Pourmorteza, A Reid, JR Weir-McCall, S Whelton, M Williams, J Yu, A Arbab-Zadeh | 04/22/2025 |
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European radiology experimental |
A Pourmorteza, AR Choux, TW Holmes, UJ Schoepf, M van Assen, C De Cecco, T Emrich, A Varga-Szemes | 03/19/2025 |
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Academic radiology |
E Abbaspour, A Pourmorteza, AA Malayeri, N Nezami | 02/01/2025 |
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Photon-Counting CT in Cancer Radiotherapy: Technological Advances and Clinical Benefits. ArXiv |
KD Shah, J Zhou, J Roper, A Dhabaan, H Al-Hallaq, A Pourmorteza, X Yang | 12/04/2024 |
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Phase-Contrast CT: A Grand Challenge for Radiology. Radiology |
DA Bluemke, A Pourmorteza | 07/01/2024 |
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Radiology |
TW Holmes, Z Yin, R Bujila, P Madhav, C Kim, JS Maltz, A Pourmorteza | 06/01/2024 |
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ArXiv |
C Huang, P Vaska, Y Gao, S Chang, TW Holmes, A Pourmorteza, J Liang | 01/31/2024 |
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Cardiac-induced motion of the pancreas and its effect on image quality of ultrahigh-resolution CT. European radiology experimental |
TW Holmes, Z Yu, R Thompson, JN Oshinski, A Pourmorteza | 01/04/2024 |
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Radiology |
PC Douek, S Boccalini, EHG Oei, DP Cormode, A Pourmorteza, L Boussel, SA Si-Mohamed, RPJ Budde | 10/01/2023 |
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Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography |
TW Holmes, Z Yin, GM Stevens, S Slavic, DR Okerlund, JS Maltz, A Pourmorteza | 01/01/2023 |
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Photon-counting CT to Virtual Noncontrast CT Images. Radiology |
A Pourmorteza | 01/01/2023 |
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Spectral photon-counting CT in cardiovascular imaging. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography |
V Sandfort, M Persson, A Pourmorteza, PB Noël, D Fleischmann, MJ Willemink | 01/01/2021 |
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Next-Generation Hardware Advances in CT: Cardiac Applications. Radiology |
AC Kwan, A Pourmorteza, D Stutman, DA Bluemke, JAC Lima | 01/01/2021 |
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Photon-counting CT: Scouting for Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers. Radiology |
A Pourmorteza | 01/01/2021 |
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Coronary artery calcium scoring with photon-counting CT: first in vivo human experience. The international journal of cardiovascular imaging |
R Symons, V Sandfort, M Mallek, S Ulzheimer, A Pourmorteza | 04/01/2019 |
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Photon-counting CT: Technical Principles and Clinical Prospects. Radiology |
MJ Willemink, M Persson, A Pourmorteza, NJ Pelc, D Fleischmann | 11/01/2018 |
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Abdominal radiology (New York) |
F Farhadi, M Nikpanah, X Li, R Symons, A Pourmorteza, MJ Merino, WM Linehan, AA Malayeri | 10/01/2018 |
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Abdominal radiology (New York) |
AK Paschall, SM Mirmomen, R Symons, A Pourmorteza, R Gautam, A Sahai, AJ Dwyer, MJ Merino, AR Metwalli, WM Linehan, AA Malayeri | 09/01/2018 |
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Precision of regional wall motion estimates from ultra-low-dose cardiac CT using SQUEEZ. The international journal of cardiovascular imaging |
A Pourmorteza, N Keller, R Chen, A Lardo, H Halperin, MY Chen, E McVeigh | 08/01/2018 |
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Dose Efficiency of Quarter-Millimeter Photon-Counting Computed Tomography: First-in-Human Results. Investigative radiology |
A Pourmorteza, R Symons, A Henning, S Ulzheimer, DA Bluemke | 06/01/2018 |
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Quarter-millimeter spectral coronary stent imaging with photon-counting CT: Initial experience. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography |
R Symons, Y De Bruecker, J Roosen, L Van Camp, TE Cork, S Kappler, S Ulzheimer, V Sandfort, DA Bluemke, A Pourmorteza | 01/01/2018 |
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Regional myocardial strain measurements from 4DCT in patients with normal LV function. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography |
ER McVeigh, A Pourmorteza, M Guttman, V Sandfort, F Contijoch, S Budhiraja, Z Chen, DA Bluemke, MY Chen | 01/01/2018 |