Our team is pursuing reseach in the field of bioelectromagnetics with the aim of developing diagnostic and medical treatment procedures. The following are some main areas of focus.
- Computational bioelectromagnetic, including estimation of the electric/magnetic field inside the body, tissue, and cellular micro-structures in response to the field sources outside the body (e.g. antenna, high-voltage power line, and etc.) and computational estimation of the field effects.
- Design and construction of the wave applicators in both low and high frequency ranges (microwave frequencies or higher) to run bioelectromagnetic experiments.
- Experimental studies on the effects of the waves on biological samples including cellular samples and, specifically, the effects of electric/magnetic fields on cellular behavior (proliferation, differentiation, migration, and so on) and identification of the mechanism of action at the group-level.
2019
J Mahdi Imani, Sepide Kazemi, Mehrdad Saviz, Leila Farahmand, Behnam Sadeghi, and Reza Faraji-dana, Morphological changes induced in Avian Nucleated Blood Cells by Extremely low Frequency Electric Fields , Bioelectromagnetics, Accepted for publication.
J A Zeighami, F Alizadeh, M Saviz, Optimal currents for electrical stimulation of bone fracture repair: A computational analysis including variations in frequency, tissue properties, and fracture morphology, Bioelectromagnetics 40 (2), 128-135
2018
J Oliver Spathmann, René Schürmann, Martin Zang, Joachim Streckert, Volkert Hansen, Mehrdad Saviz, Markus Clemens, Thermal Impact on the Human Oral Cavity Exposed to Radiation from Biomedical Devices Operating in the Terahertz Frequency Range, Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves 39 (9), 926-941
J E Sharifi, A.H. Bouchali, M Saviz, Creating 3D Geometric models of Cells and Organelles for Bioelectromagnetic Simulations, Modares Journal of Biotechnology 9 (2), 187-192
J S Nikzad, H Noshad, M Saviz, Response of A Saline Solution Containing A Macromolecule To An External Electric Field, AUT Journal of Electrical Engineering 50 (2), 121-128
J S Marzban, M Saviz, F Towhidkhah, Significance of biological membranes for accurate computational dosimetry of low frequency electric fields, Journal of Electrical Bioimpedance 9 (1), 48-51
2017
J R Aminzadeh, M Saviz, AA Shishegar, Comments on “Wideband Skin-Equivalent Phantom for V-and W-Band”, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters 16, 3257-3257
J S Nikzad, H Noshad, M Saviz, Steady state behavior of a finite rodlike macromolecule in salt free solution, Results in physics 7, 2658-2662
C A.M. Shamaee, M Saviz, Voltage Transfer Functions for in-Vitro Cell Stimulation: A Computational Study, 24th National and 2nd International Iranian Conference on Biomedical Engineering (ICBME), 2017.
J P Nassiri, M Saviz, M Helmi-kohnehShahri, M Pourhosein, R Divani, Measurement and Computational Modeling of Radio-Frequency Electromagnetic Power Density Around GSM Base Transceiver Station Antennas, AUT Journal of Electrical Engineering 49 (2), 179-186
2016
C E Sharifi, AHB Safiee, M Saviz, Steps towards an integrated platform for computational microdosimetry: From realistic cell shape modeling to electric field distributions, 23rd Iranian Conference on Biomedical Engineering and 2016
J R Goodarzi, M Saviz, Estimation of optimal frequencies for electrical impedance-based diagnosis of osteoporosis based on numerical modeling of cancellous bone tissue, Journal of Electrical Bioimpedance 7 (1), 68-71
J Saeed Rafizadeh-Tafti, Mohammad Hossein Haqiqatkhah, Mehrdad Saviz, Mohsen Janmaleki, Reza Faraji Dana, Somayeh Zanganeh, Mohammad Abdolahad, An electrical bio-chip to transfer and detect electromagnetic stimulation on the cells based on vertically aligned carbon nanotubes, Materials Science and Engineering: C 70, 681-688
2015
J O. Spathmann, M.Saviz, J.Streckert, M. Zang, V. Hansen, and M. Clemens, "Numerical Verification of the applicability of the effective medium theory with respect to dielectric properties of biological tissue," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 51, Issue. 3, March 2015.
J O. Spathmann, M. Zang, J. Streckert, V. Hansen, M. Saviz, T. M. Fiedler, K. Statnikov, U. R. Pfeiffer, and M. Clemens, "Numerical Computation of Temperature Elevation in Human Skin Due to Electromagnetic Exposure in the THz Frequency Range," IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, Vol. 5, No. 6, pp. 978 – 989, November 2015.
C R. Aminzadeh, M. Saviz, A. A. Shishegar, " Characterization of Low-Cost Tissue Mimicking Materials at Millimeter-Wave Frequencies," In Proc. The 23'rd Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering, Tehran, Iran, 2015.
2014
J R. Aminzadeh, M. Saviz, A. A. Shishegar, "'Theoretical and experimental broadband tissue-equivalent phantoms at microwave and millimeter-wave frequencies," Electronics Letters, vol. 50, no. 8, Mar. 2014.
J A. Banaei, R. Faraji Dana, M. Saviz, H. Naghavi, R. Amjadi, R. Hosseinzadeh, A.A. Moosavi Movahedi, “Change in oxygen absorbing of human adult and fetal hemoglobin due to 940 MHz electromagnetic field radiation,” Biomacromol. J. vol. 1, no. 2,187-195, Dec. 2015.
C R. Aminzadeh, M. Saviz, A. A. Shishegar, "Dielectric Properties Estimation of Normal and Malignant Skin Tissues at Millimeter-Wave Frequencies Using Effective Medium Theory," Proc. 22'nd Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering, Tehran, Iran, 2014.
C M. Saviz, R. Faraji-Dana, "Realistic Cell and Organelle Shape Modeling for Computational Microdosimetry : A New Open-Source Toolbox," In Proc. The 22'nd Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering, Tehran, Iran, 2014.
C O. Spathmann, M. Saviz, J. Streckert, M. Zang, V. Hansen and M. Clemens, "Numerical Verification of the Applicability of the “Effective Medium Theory” with Respect to Dielectric Material Properties," Submitted to IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation, CEFC, Annecy, France, 2014.
C A. Saviz, M. Saviz, "Improving the efficacy of psychological counseling centers in universities: The IUST Counselling center experience during 2008-2013", In Proc. Of the 7'th Iranian Conference on Student Mental Health, April 2014, Isfahan, Iran.
C A. Saviz, M. Saviz, "Quality of student-professor interaction and its influence on adaptation capability and success among Engineering students", In Proc. Of the 7'th Iranian Conference on Student Mental Health, April 2014, Isfahan, Iran.
C R. Aminzadeh, A. A. Shishegar, M. Saviz, "Numerical and experimental assessment of millimeter-wave reflectometry for non-invasive diagnosis of skin cancers," In Proc. Eucap 2014 (Selected among the Top-ten nominees for best paper award).
2013
J M.Saviz, R. Faraji-Dana, "Theoretical Modeling of the Frequency-dependent Dielectric properties of cornea at Microwave Frequencies," Progress in Electromagnetics Research (PIER), vol. 137, pp. 389-406, 2013.
J M.Saviz, L. M. Toko, O. Spathmann, J. Streckert, V. Hansen, M. Clemens, R. Faraji-Dana, " A new open-source toolbox for estimating the electrical properties of biological tissues in the terahertz frequency band," Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, vol. 34, Issue 9, pp. 529-538, 2013.
J M.Saviz, O. Spathmann, J. Streckert, V. Hansen, M. Clemens, R. Faraji-Dana, " Theoretical Estimations of Safety Thresholds for Terahertz Exposure of Surface Tissues," IEEE Trans. THz Sci. Tech., vol. 3, issue 4, Jul. 2013.
J Y. Sefidbakht, S. Hosseinkhani, M. Mortazavi, I. Tavakolnia, M. RezaKhellat, M. Shakiba-Herfeh, M. Saviz, R. Faraji-Dana, A. A. Saboury,N. Sheibani, and A. A. Moosavi-Movahedi, “Effectsof 940 MHz EMFon Luciferase Solution:Structure,Function, and dielectric studies,” Bioelectromagnetics, vol. 34, issue 4,May 2013.
J M.Saviz, S. Shirinpour, A. Abedi, R. Faraji-Dana, "A novel method for the computation of induced electromagnetic fields in biological cells based on sequential transfer functions," Iranian J. Biomedical Engineering, vol. 6, Issue 2, Spring 2012, Page 133-140
J M. Saviz, R. Faraji-Dana, "Simplified Estimation of Membrane Potentials Induced by High-Frequency Electric Signals," J. Electrical Bioimpedance (JEB), vol.5, 2014.
C O. Spathmann, V. Hansen, M. Saviz, J. Streckert, M. Zang, M. Clemens, “Estimation of Dielectric Material Properties in THz-Frequency Range Using Effective Medium Theory,” proc. EMC Europe 2013, Brugge, Belgium.
C O. Spathmann, V. Hansen, M. Saviz, J. Streckert, M. Zang, M. Clemens, "Assessment of Dielectric Material Properties for Near-Surface Body Tissues in the THz-Frequency Range," URSI Kleinheubacher Tagung, Miltenberg, Germany, Sep. 2013.
C M.Saviz, I. Tavakolnia, A. Banaei, M. shakiba-Herfeh, A. Barzegari, R. Faraji-Dana, "Design and fabrication of a dual-polarization waveguide applicator for bioelectromagnetic experiments in the GSM frequency band," In Proc. 2'nd Iranian Conference on Bioelectromagnetics., Tehran, Iran,2013.
C M.Saviz, H.Miladi, S.Arab, M.H.Haqiqat khah, R.Faraji-Dana ," Dielectric Spectroscopy of Aqueous TRIS Buffer Solutions at Microwave Frequencies," In Proc. 2nd Iranian Conference on Bioelectromagnetics, Tehran, Iran, 2013
2012
J M.Saviz, R. Faraji-Dana, "Accurate and Robust Computation of Floquet-Wave based Time-domain Periodic Green's Functions", J. Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES), vol. 27, no. 11, pp. 873-886, Nov.2012.
J Z.Kolahdouz, J. Koohsorkhi, M. Cheraghi, M.Saviz, and Shams Mohajerzadeh, "A gradual tilting exposure photo and nano-litography technique," Journal of Applied Optics, vol. 51, Issue 16, pp. 3329-3337, 2012.
C O. Spathmann, T. Fiedler, V. Hansen, M. Saviz, J. Streckert, M. Zang, M. Clemens, K. Statnikov, U. Pfeiffer, "Attempts for exposure assessment in the THz Frequency range using numerical computations," in Proc. EMC Europe 2012, Rome, Italy.