• M.Sc., Electronics and Communication Engineering, Cairo University, 2006
• M.Sc., University of Minnesota, 2010
• Ph D, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis), 2014

Journal Articles

Ahmed AL Qurri and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2025, "Hybrid MultiResUNet with transformers for medical image segmentation", Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 110, pp. 108056

Ahmed AL-Qurri, Asem Thaher and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2025, "Enhanced Deep Neural Network for Prostate Segmentation in Micro-Ultrasound Images", Sensors, 25, (22), pp. 6815

Matthew Rollins, Thaddeus Harbaugh, Mohamed Fawzi, Mohamed Hamed, Sami Alkasab, Mohamed K. Almekkawy and Islam Elhelf, 2024, "Neurological applications of focused ultrasound: an introduction and update on clinical and research trends", Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 55, (1)

Ahmed AL Qurri and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2023, "Improved UNet with Attention for Medical Image Segmentation", Sensors, 23, (20), pp. 8589

Xilun Liu and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2023, "Ultrasound Localization Microscopy Using Deep Neural Network", IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 70, (7), pp. 625-635

Shaikhah Alkhadhr and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2023, "Wave Equation Modeling via Physics-Informed Neural Networks: Models of Soft and Hard Constraints for Initial and Boundary Conditions", Sensors, 23, (5), pp. 2792

Anita Carevic, Ivan Slapnicar and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2022, "Solving Ultrasound Tomography’s Inverse Problem: Automating Regularization Parameter Selection", IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 69, (8), pp. 2447-2461

Sumukha Prasad and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2022, "DeepUCT: Complex cascaded deep learning network for improved ultrasound tomography", Physics in Medicine & Biology, 67, (6), pp. 065008

Mohammad Wasih, Sahil Ahmad and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2022, "A Robust Cascaded Deep Neural Network for Image Enhancement of Single Plane Wave Ultrasound RF Data", Ultrasonics Journal

Skanda Bharadwaj, Sumukha Prasad and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2021, "An Upgraded Siamese Neural Network for Motion Tracking in Ultrasound Image Sequences", IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 68, (12), pp. 3515-3527

Qinhan Gao and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2021, "ASU-Net++: A nested U-Net with adaptive feature extractions for liver tumor segmentation", Computers in Biology and Medicine, 136, pp. 104688

Brandon Rebholz, Fei Zheng and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2020, "Two-dimensional iterative projection method for subsample speckle tracking of ultrasound images", Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 58, (12), pp. 2937-2951

Mohamed Almekkawy, Anita Carevic, Ahmed Abdou, Jiayu He, Geunseop Lee and Jesse L Barlow, 2020, "Regularization in ultrasound tomography using projection-based regularized total least squares", Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, 28, (4), pp. 556-579

Xilun Liu and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2020, "An Optimized Control approach for HIFU Tissue Ablation Using PDE Constrained Optimization Method", IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, pp. 1-1

Daniel McMahon and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2020, "Elements Selection for Transcostal HIFU Refocusing Method: Simulation Study", IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, pp. 1-1

Mohamed K. Almekkawy and Emad Ebbini, 2019, "The Optimization of Transcostal Phased Array Refocusing Using the Semidefinite Relaxation Method", IEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control

Mohamed K. Almekkawy, J. Chen, M. Ellis, D. Haemmerich, D. Holmes, C. Linte, D. Panescu, J. Pearce, P. Prakash and V. Zderic, 2019, "Therapeutic Systems and Technologies: State-of-the-Art, Applications, Opportunities and Challenges."

I.A. Shehata Elhelf, H. Albahar, U. Shah, A. Oto, E. Cressman and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2018, "High intensity focused ultrasound: The fundamentals, clinical applications and research trends", Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, 99, (6), pp. 349-359

Jingwei Xu, Yi Zheng, Mohan Chirala and Mohamed Almekkaway, 2018, "An FPGA Implementation of Resource-Optimized Dynamic Digital Beamformer for a Portable Ultrasound Imaging System", Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal, 3, (4), pp. 59-71

Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2015, "Anatomical-based model for simulation of HIFU-induced lesions in atherosclerotic plaques", International Journal of Hyperthermia, 31, (4), pp. 433-442

Mohamed K. Almekkawy, Yasaman Adibi, Fei Zheng, Mohan Chirala and Emad S. Ebbini, 2014, "Two-dimensional speckle tracking using zero phase crossing with Riesz transform", The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 136, (4), pp. 2280-2280

A. Singal, A. Hamel, M. Larson, H. Kelner, Mohamed K. Almekkawy, Mohamed K. Almekkawy and P. Eckman, 2014, "Peripheral Pulse Wave Analysis Technique to Detect Aortic Valve State in Continuous-flow LVADs", The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 33, (4), pp. S75

Ashish Singal, Mitsuhiro Oura, Mohamed K. Almekkawy, Aimee Hamel, Matt Larson and Peter Eckman, 2013, "Device Optimization Using Pulse Wave Analysis Techniques", Journal of Medical Devices, 7, (2), pp. 020903

Conference Proceedings

Mohammad Wasih and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2025, "Physics-based Speed of Sound Estimation in Ultrasound Tomography guided by Differentiable Physics", IEEE, pp. 1-4

Mohammad Wasih, Asem Thaher and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2025, "Adaptively learning Speed of Sound for improving Single Plane Wave Ultrasound Imaging", IEEE, pp. 1-3

Joseph Kang, Ahmed Al-Qurri and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2025, "Fast and Resource-Efficient Ultrasound Segmentation Using FPGAs", IEEE, pp. 1-5

Ahmed AL-Qurri and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2025, "Improved UNet++ Based on Kolmogorov-Arnold Convolutions", IEEE, pp. 905-910

Mohammad Sabih, Afnan Alqarni and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2025, "KAN-ULM: Advancing Super Resolution Imaging in Ultrasound Localization Microscopy Through Compact Deep Learning Model", IEEE, pp. 1-5

Hasan Yazar, Shaikhah Alkhadhr, Gulsah Yildiz and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2025, "Comparative Analysis of PINN Architectures for Solving the Non-Dimensionalized Pennes’ Bioheat Equation in Non-Homogeneous Domain", IEEE, pp. 1-5

Ahmed Al-Qurri and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2025, "Enhancing Medical Image Segmentation with Mamba and UNet++", IEEE, pp. 1-5

Ahmed AL-Qurri, Afnan Alqarni and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2025, "Trifuse: Triplet Encoders Network for Medical Image Segmentation", IEEE, pp. 1-5

Afnan Alqarni and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2025, "Ultrasound localization microscopy using ensemble learning", SPIE, pp. 51

Qinhan Gao and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2024, "Deep Learning Based Ultrasound Tomography for Real-Time Brain Imaging", IEEE, pp. 1-6

Xilun Liu and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2024, "3D Ultrasound Microbubbles Localization Using Object Detection Model", IEEE, pp. 1-4

Mohammad Wasih and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2024, "A Differentiable Physics Approach for Unsupervised Ultrasound Computed Tomography", IEEE, pp. 1-3

Shaikhah Alkhadhr and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2024, "Multifrequency Encoding in PINNs for Precision Wave Equation Modeling in Inhomogeneous Media", IEEE, pp. 1-4

Ahmed Al-Qurri and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2024, "Ultrasound Image Segmentation using a Model of Transformer and DFT", IEEE, pp. 1-4

Qinhan Gao and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2023, "Deep Learning based Ultrasound Computed Tomography for Real-Time Construction", IEEE

Mohammed S. Alshahrani, Mohammad Wasih and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2023, "Imposing Object’s Trajectory and Dynamic Template Updates to Track ROIs in Ultrasound Image Sequences", IEEE

Shaikhah Alkhadhr and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2023, "Modeling a Multi-Element Ultrasound Transducer via Component-Focused Physics-informed Neural Networks", IEEE

Xilun Liu and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2023, "Ultrasound Microbubbles Localization Using Object Detection Model", IEEE

Shaikhah Alkhadhr and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2023, "Modeling the Wave Equation Using Physics-Informed Neural Networks Enhanced With Attention to Loss Weights", IEEE

Xilun Liu and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2023, "Full Wave Inversion For Ultrasound Tomography Using Physics Based Deep Neural Network", IEEE

Xilun Liu and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2023, "Ultrasound Super Resolution Using Deep Learning Based on Attention Mechanism", IEEE

Mohammad Wasih and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2022, "A Robust Deep Neural Network Approach for Ultrafast Ultrasound Imaging using Single Angle Plane Wave", IEEE

Anita Carevic, Ivan Slapnicar and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2022, "Automating Regularization Parameter Selection of the Inverse Problem in Ultrasound Tomography", IEEE

Shaikhah Alkhadhr and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2022, "Physics-Informed Neural Networks with Resampling Technique to Model Ultrasound Wave Propagation of a Multi-Element Transducer", IEEE

Xilun Liu and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2022, "Ultrasound Super Resolution using Vision Transformer with Convolution Projection Operation", IEEE

Mohammad Wasih and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2022, "Analysis of Advanced Siamese Neural Networks for Motion Tracking of Sonography of Carotid Arteries", IEEE

Sumukha Prasad and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2022, "DL-UCT: A Deep Learning Framework for Ultrasound Computed Tomography", IEEE

Shaikhah Alkhadhr and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2021, "A Combination of Deep Neural Networks and Physics to Solve the Inverse Problem of Burger’s Equation", IEEE

Mohammad Wasih and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2021, "A Novel Deep Learning Approach for Tracking Regions of Interest in Ultrasound Images*", IEEE

Aishwarya Mallampati and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2021, "Measuring Tissue Elastic Properties Using Physics Based Neural Networks", IEEE

Niranjan Thirusangu and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2021, "Segmentation of Breast Ultrasound Images using Densely Connected Deep Convolutional Neural Network and Attention Gates", IEEE

Yuzhang Wang and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2021, "Simulation of Temperature Distribution During HIFU Therapy Using Physics Based Deep Learning Method", IEEE

Xilun Liu and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2021, "Temperature Control of the Focal Point of Focused Ultrasound Excitation Using Neural Network Approach", IEEE

Xilun Liu and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2021, "Ultrasound Computed Tomography using physical-informed Neural Network", IEEE

Shaikhah Alkhadhr, Xilun Liu and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2021, "Modeling of the Forward Wave Propagation Using Physics-Informed Neural Networks", IEEE

Shaikhah Alkhadhr and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2021, "Modeling of the Wave Propagation of a Multi-Element Ultrasound Transducer Using Neural Networks", IEEE

Mohammad Wasih and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2021, "Motion Tracking of Carotid Artery in Ultrasound Images Using Lucas Kanade Method with Advanced Siamese Neural Networks", IEEE

Yuzhang Wang, Shaikhah Alkhadhr and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2021, "PINN Simulation of the Temperature Rise Due to Ultrasound Wave Propagation", IEEE

Umar Farooq Mohammad and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2021, "A Substitution of Convolutional Layers by FFT Layers - A Low Computational Cost Version", IEEE

Mohammad Wasih and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2021, "Advanced Deep Learning Network with Harris Corner based Background Motion Modeling for Motion Tracking of Targets in Ultrasound Images", IEEE

Umar Farooq Mohammad and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2021, "Automated Detection of Liver Steatosis in Ultrasound Images Using Convolutional Neural Networks", IEEE

Brandon Rebholz and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2020, "Analysis of Speckle Tracking Methods: Correlation and RF Interpolation", IEEE

Michael S. Maslakowski, Sheikh J. Ilham, Timothy Hall, Thyagarajan Subramanian, Mehdi Kiani and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2020, "The Characterization and Assembly of an Efficient, Cost Effective Focused Ultrasound Transducer", IEEE

Brandon Rebholz and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2020, "Constrained RF Level Interpolation for Normalized Cross Correlation Based Speckle Tracking", IEEE

Skanda Bharadwaj and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2020, "Deep Learning Based Motion Tracking of Ultrasound Image Sequences", IEEE

Brandon Rebholz and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2020, "Efficacy Of Kriging Interpolation In Ultrasound Imaging; Subsample Displacement Estimation", IEEE

Skanda Bharadwaj and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2020, "Faster Search Algorithm for Speckle Tracking in Ultrasound Images", IEEE

Anita Carevic, Xingzhao Yun and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2019, "Adaptive truncated total least square on distorted born iterative method in ultrasound inverse scattering problem", 10955, pp. 1095515

Anita Carevic,, Ahmed Abdou, Ivan Slapnivcar, and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2019, "Employing methods with generalized singular value decomposition for regularization in ultrasound tomography", 10955, pp. 1095509

James Cunningham, Yi Zheng, Thyagarajan Subramanian and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2018, "Improved Real-Time Capability for Nonlinear Seperable Harmonic Filtering of Ultrasound Images Using a Damped Regularization Method With In-Vivo Results", IEEE

Poojitha Kale, J. Vinita Acharya, Jayant Acharya, Thyagarajan Subramanian and Mohammed Almekkawy, 2018, "Normalized Transfer Entropy as a Tool to Identify Multisource Functional Epileptic Networks", IEEE

Anita Carevic, Ali E. Abdou, Jesse L Barlow and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2018, "Using Filter Factors for Regularization in Ultrasound Tomography", IEEE

J. Cunningham, Y. Zheng, T. Subramanian and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2018, "Regularization Methods for Solving Third-Order Volterra Filter with Improved Convergence Speed: In-Vivo Application", pp. 1187-1190

James Cunningham, Yi Zheng, Thyagarajan Subramanian and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2018, "Regularization methods for solving third-order volterra filter with improved convergence speed: In-vivo application", IEEE

Mohamed Almekkawy, Anita Carevic, Xingzhao Yun, Ivan Slapnicar, Ali Abdou, Geunseop Lee and Jesse L Barlow, 2018, "Solving the ultrasound inverse scattering problem of inhomogeneous media using different approaches of total least squares algorithms", SPIE

A. Carevic, X. Yun, G. Lee, I. Slapnicar, Jesse L Barlow and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2018, "Reconstruction of ultrasound tomography for cancer detection using total least squares and conjugate gradient method"

Anita Carevic, X. Yun, G. Lee, I. Slapnicar, Jesse L Barlow and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2018, "Solving the ultrasound inverse scattering problem of inhomogeneous media using different approaches of total least squares algorithms"

J. Cunningham, T. Subramanian and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2017, "Adaptive l 0-norm Sparse Third Order Volterra Filter for Transcranial Ultrasound Image Enhancement: In-Vivo Results"

P. Kale, T. Gilmour, V. Acharya, J. Acharya, T. Subramanian and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2017, "Prediction of Multifocal Epileptogenic Zones using Normalized Transfer Entropy"

Mohamed Almekkawy, Daniel McMahon, Hanan Alqarni and Jiayu He, 2017, "Optimization of Transcostal Phased-array Refocusing Using Sparse Semidefinite Relaxation Method", IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, pp. 1449-1452

Mohamed Almekkawy, James Cunningham, Yi Song, Hadeel Albahar and Thyagarajan Subramanian, 2017, "In-vivo transcranial ultrasound imaging of induced Substantia Nigra hyperechogenicity using adaptive sparse Third Order Volterra Filter", IEEE, pp. 367-370

James Cunningham, Justice Lee, Thyagarajan Subramanian and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2017, "Transcranial enhanced Ultrasound Imaging of induced substantia nigra in brain using adaptive Third Order Volterra Filter: In-vivo results", IEEE, pp. 684-687

Mohamed Almekkawy and Emad Ebbini, 2017, "Two-dimensional speckle tracking using parabolic polynomial expansion with Riesz transform", IEEE, pp. 201-205

Mohamed Almekkawy, I. A. Shehata, A. Haritonova, J. Ballard, A. Casper and E. Ebbini, 2017, "Image-based numerical modeling of HIFU-induced lesions", 1816, (1)

Admir Horta, Eric Gernux, Matt Couceiro, Dieter Haemmerich and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2016, "Body temperature control circuit", IEEE

Mohamed K. Almekkawy, Jingwei Xu and Mohan Chirala, 2014, "An optimized ultrasound digital beamformer with dynamic focusing implemented on FPGA", IEEE

Mohamed K. Almekkawy, J. R. Ballard, D. Liu, A. J. Casper, Y. Wan and E. Ebbini, 2012, "Multiple-frequency phased array patterns for therapeutic ultrasound", 1481, (1), pp. 9-13

Mohamed K. Almekkawy, A. Casper, J. Ballard and E. Ebbini, 2012, "Nonlinear modeling of pulsed and CW HIFU beams for dual-mode ultrasound arrays", 1481, (1), pp. 3-8

J. R. Ballard, D. Liu, Mohamed K. Almekkawy, E. S. Ebbini, A. Casper and A. Haritonova, 2011, "Multiple-frequency phased array pattern synthesis for HIFU surgery"

Mohamed K. Almekkawy, A. M. Mahmoud, A. Zavochikove and A. E. Salama, 2005, "Reliable design of the CAN bit synchronization block"

Abstracts

Umar Farooq Mohammmad and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2021, "Automated detection of liver steatosis in ultrasound images using convolutional neural networks", The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 149, (4), pp. A114-A115

Anita Carevic, Ivan Slapnicar and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2021, "Automated regularization parameters method for the inverse problem in ultrasound tomography", The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 149, (4), pp. A42-A42

Skanda Bharadwaj and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2021, "Improved Siamese Network for motion tracking in ultrasound images", The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 149, (4), pp. A114-A114

Qinhan Gao and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2021, "Ultrasound liver tumor segmentation with nested U-Net and dynamic feature extraction", The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 149, (4), pp. A115-A115

Umar Farooq Mohammmad, Mohammad Wasih and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2021, "A substitution of convolutional layers by FFT layers—A low computational cost version", The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 149, (4), pp. A114-A114

Sumukha Prasad and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2020, "A fast and efficient ultrasound tomography using deep learning", The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 148, (4), pp. 2450-2450

Skanda Bharadwaj and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2020, "Motion estimation for ultrasound image sequences using deep learning", The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 148, (4), pp. 2487-2487

Niranjan Thirusangu, Thyagarajan Subramanian and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2020, "Segmentation of induced substantia nigra from transcranial ultrasound images using deep convolutional neural network", The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 148, (4), pp. 2636-2637

I Shehata, H Abdelaal, A Almekkawy, H Albahar and Mohamed K. Almekkawy, 2018, "The Emerging Role of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) in cancer Immunomodulation"

Jesse L Barlow, Anita Carevic, X Yun, I Slapnicar and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2018, "Adaptive Truncated Total Least Squares for an Inverse Scattering Problem from Ultrasound Tomography"

Brandon Rebholz and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2018, "Multidimensional Motion Estimation with Stochastic Interpolation via Disjunctive Kriging,"

Anita Carevic, Jesse L Barlow and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2018, "Projection Based Total Least Square Algorithm for Ultrasound Tomography"

Anita Carevic, Jesse L Barlow, I Slapnicar and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2018, "Regularization of Inverse Scattering Problem in Ultrasound Tomography"

D. McMahon and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2017, "Optimization of Transcostal Phased-array Refocusing Using Iterative Sparse Semidefinite Relaxation Method"

A. Lee, Mohamed K. Almekkawy, P. Kale, T. Gilmour, T. Subramanian, M. Sather, V. Acharya and J. Acharya, 2017, "Can Normalized Transfer Entropy Be Used as an Informational Transfer Measure of Ictal Pathophysiology in Patients Undergoing Stereo-EEG for Epilepsy Surgery?"

Mohamed K. Almekkawy, I. Shehata, A. Casper, J. Ballard, M. Troutman and E. Ebbini, 2012, "Modeling Thermal Lesion Formation in Atheromatous Plaque Tissue using high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU): comparison within vivo results"

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