MR Biophysics Lab

Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center

Fahad Salman


Ph.D. student


About

Fahad is currently undertaking his graduate studies in Biomedical Engineering. His research focuses on the analysis of iron levels in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients over time, using Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM). He is currently working on improving and automating the QSM reconstruction process, with the aim of applying it to a large dataset of both MS patients and healthy individuals. Fahad enjoys the challenge of finding the best way to bring different methods together to produce an optimal and robust output.

In his free time, Fahad loves to stay active and informed. He reads new papers related to his field, works out, and learns more about nutrition and body. Fahad is a God-fearing person who cherishes spending time with himself and his family. He also has a deep appreciation for nature, which he enjoys exploring by taking walks.

Awards

  • 2023, ISMRM Magna Cum Laude Award
  • 2022, UB Graduate Student Association, Travel stipend
  • 2022, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Educational stipend 
  • 2021, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Educational stipend 

Publications

Paramagnetic rim lesion prevalence, clinical differences, and radiological associations using a standardized classification criteria


M. Mohebbi*, J.A. Reeves*, D. Jakimovski, N. Bergsland, F. Salman, F. Schweser, B. Weinstock-Guttman, M.G. Dwyer, R. Zivadinov

Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis Forum 2023, San Diego, CA


A Fully Automated Pipeline for the Determination of the Iron Microstructure Coefficient (IMC) from Multi-Echo GRE Data


Mir S, Salman F, Jakimovski D, McGranor C, Zivadinov R, Schweser F

Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med, Singapore, 2024


Optimizing QSM-T1w Neuroimaging Templates: Exploring the Impact of the Number of Subjects on Template Quality


Salman F, Bergsland N, Dwyer MG, Weinstock-Guttman B, Zivadinov R, Schweser F

Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med, Singapore, 2024


Strategized Replication: Exploring Inconsistencies in QSM-Based Studies of Brain Iron in Multiple Sclerosis


Salman F, Bergsland N, Dwyer MG, Weinstock-Guttman B, Zivadinov R, Schweser F

Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med, Singapore, 2024


Multi-parametric investigation of thalamic iron and neurotransmitter dyshomeostasis in multiple sclerosis patients with high disability


Salman F, Murdoch JB, Jakimovski D, McGranor C, Zivadinov R, Schweser F

Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med, Singapore, 2024


Decoding Sensitivity of Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping: Influence of Background Field Removal and Inversion Algorithms


Salman F, Ramesh A, Prayer M, Adegbemigun A, Jochmann T, Bergsland N, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R, Schweser F

Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med, Singapore, 2024


Decoding Deep Gray Matter Susceptibility: Variance from the reference region, not dipole inversion artifacts, dominates reproducibility


Salman F, Ramesh A, Prayer M, Adegbemigun A, Jochmann T, Bergsland N, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R, Schweser F

Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med, Singapore, 2024


Nonsusceptibility frequency shift reveals subtypes of multiple sclerosis lesions and predicts 5-year disappearance of paramagnetic rim.


Jochmann T., Reeves J.A., Salman F., Jakimovski D., Hametner S., Mohebbi M., Bergsland N., Weinstock-Gutman B., Dwyer M.G., Zivadinov R., Haueisen J., Schweser F.

Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2023


Nonsusceptibility frequency contributions and brain size affect quantitative susceptibility mapping in a region-dependent manner.


Jochmann T., Salman F., Adegbemigun A., Haueisen J., Schweser F.

Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2023


Novel MRI Technique Reveals Subtypes of Paramagnetic Rim Lesions and Predicts 5-year Rim Disappearance


J.A. Reeves*, T. Jochmann*, M. Mohebbi, D. Jakimovski, S. Hametner, F. Salman, N. Bergsland, B. Weinstock-Guttman, M.G. Dwyer, R. Zivadinov, F Schweser

Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis Forum , San Diego, CA, 2023


Paramagnetic rim lesion prevalence, clinical differences, and radiological associations using a standardized classification criteria.


Reeves J, Jakimovski D, Bergsland N, Salman F, Schweser F, Weinstock-Guttman B, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R

Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis Forum, San Diego, CA, 2023


Associations between different QSM lesion subtypes and brain atrophy in multiple sclerosis.


Reeves J, Jakimovski D, Salman F, Bergsland N, Schweser F, Weinstock-Guttman B, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R

Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis Forum, San Diego, CA, 2023


Short-term susceptibility correlations are sensitive to disrupted iron dynamics in multiple sclerosis


Reeves JA, Salman F, Dwyer MG, Bergsland N, Muldoon S, Zivadinov R, Schweser F

Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2023, p297


Systematic assessment of published QSM inversion algorithms for detecting longitudinal changes in brain susceptibility


Salman F, Ramesh A, Jochmann I, Payer M, Bergsland N, Dwyer MG, Jakimovski D, Zivadinov R, Schweser F

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Community Research Day, Buffalo, NY, 2023


Systematic assessment of published QSM inversion algorithms for detecting longitudinal changes in brain susceptibility


Salman F, Ramesh A, Jochmann T, Payer M, Bergsland N, Dwyer MG, Jakimovski D, Zivadinov R, Schweser F

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Community Research Day, Buffalo, NY, 2023


Systematic assessment of published QSM inversion algorithms for detecting longitudinal changes in brain susceptibility


F. Salman, A. Ramesh, M. Prayer, T. Jochmann, N. Bergsland, G. M. Dwyer, R. Zivadinov, F Schweser

Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2023


Susceptibility networks reveal independent patterns of brain iron abnormalities in multiple sclerosis


Jack A. Reeves, N. Bergsland, M. Dwyer, G. Wilding, D. Jakimovski, Fahad Salman, B. Süle, Nicklas Meineke, B. Weinstock-Guttman, R. Zivadinov, F. Schweser

NeuroImage, 2022


A Fully Automated Pipeline for the Determination of the Iron Microstructure Coefficient (IMC) from Multi-Echo GRE Data


Mir S, Salman F, Jakimovski D, McGranor C, Zivadinov R, Schweser F

Joint Workshop on MR phase, magnetic susceptibility and electrical properties mapping, Lucca, Italy, 2022


A Pipeline for the Determination of the Iron Microstructure Coefficient (IMC) from MGRE Data.


Mir S, Salman F, Schweser F

15th Annual Buffalo Neuroscience Research Day, Buffalo, NY, 2022


Development of a computational pipeline for the multi-dimensional analysis of multi-echo MRI data.


Mir S, Salman F, Schweser F

SUNY Annual Undergraduate Research Conference, Buffalo, NY, 2022


Discovery of two novel deep gray matter brain iron networks through an Independent Component Analysis of Quantitative Susceptibility Maps


Reeves J, Bergsland N, Jakimovski D, Salman F, Damm J, Meineke N, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R, Schweser F

Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med, 2022, p. 789


Two Novel Brain Iron Networks Explain Aging-related Variation in Deep Gray Matter


Reeves J, Bergsland N, Jakimovski D, Salman F, Damm J, Meineke N, Dwyer MG, Zivadinov R, Schweser F

American Academy of Neurology (AAN), Seattle, WA, 2022, p. 1950


Temporal evlution of iron concentration and content in the pulvinar of patients with MS.


Salman F, Bergsland N, Dwyer MG, Weinstock-Guttman B, Zivadinov R, Schweser F

15th Annual Buffalo Neuroscience Research Day, Buffalo, NY, 2022


Effect of limited segmentation performance on regional qMRI parameter estimations using FSL FIRST in anatomical regions with poor T1 contrast.


Salman F, Bergsland N, Dwyer MG, Weinstock-Guttman B, Zivadinov R, Schweser F

Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med, 2022, p. 885


Effect of limited segmentation performance on regional susceptibility estimations using FSL FIRST in anatomical regions with poor T1 contrast.


Salman F, Bergsland N, Dwyer M, Weinstock-Guttman B, Zivadinov R, Schweser F

Joint Workshop on MR phase, magnetic susceptibility and electrical properties mapping, Lucca, Italy, 2022


Temporal evolution of the concentration and content of tissue iron in the pulvinar of patients with multiple sclerosis.


Salman F, Bergsland N, Dwyer M, Weinstock-Guttman B, Zivadinov R, Schweser F

Joint Workshop on MR phase, magnetic susceptibility and electrical properties mapping, Lucca, Italy, 2022


Decline of both iron concentration and iron content within the thalamus of patients with multiple sclerosis over two years.


Salman F, Bergsland N, Dwyer MG, Weinstock-Guttman B, Zivadinov R, Schweser F

Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med, 2021, p. 2805


Trajectories of magnetic susceptibility in the pulvinar provide further evidence for accelerated decline of thalamic iron in multiple sclerosis.


Salman F, Zivadinov R, Bergsland N, Dwyer MG, Weinstock-Guttman B, Schweser F

Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med, 2020, p. 1385