Publications

M. Z. Islam, T. G. Perk, A. Weisman, M. W. Markowski, K. J. Pienta, Y. E. Whang, M. I. Milowsky, M. G. Pomper, N. Wisniewski, R. A. Bundschuh, R. A. Werner, M. A. Gorin, and S. P. Rowe, “Repeatability of Semi-Quantitative and Volumetric Features from Artificial-Intelligence-Guided Lesion Segmentation on 18F-DCFPyL PSMA-PET/CT Images: Results from a Test-Retest Cohort”, Tomography 2026, 12, 38. https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography12030038. (Journal link, pdf)

J. D. Oldan, A. Anugu, M. Z. Islam, A. Amindarolzarbi, R. A. Werner, M. G. Pomper, L. B. Solnes, F. Almaguel, S. Moschos, B. L. Viglianti, S. P. Rowe, -“Theranostics 2.0: Target-driven, artificial intelligence-enabled cancer therapy across tumor types”, Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diii.2025.07.003 (Journal link)

M. Z. Islam, E. Spiro, P. Yap, M. A. Gorin, S. P. Rowe, “The Potential of Generative AI with Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) PET/CT: Challenges and Future Directions”, Medical Review, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1515/mr-2024-0086  (Journal link) (Pdf link)

M. Z. Islam, E. Abele, F. H. Hossain, A. Ahmad, S. Ekin and J. F. O'Hara, "Free-Space Optical Channel Turbulence Prediction: A Machine Learning Approach,"  in IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 1126-1130, May 2025, doi: 10.1109/LCOMM.2025.3555162. (IEEEXplore link) (pdf link)

B. Martin, M. Z. Islam, C. Gotcher, T. Martinez, J. F. O’Hara, S. Ekin, "Fundamental limits of light-wave sensing for non-contact respiration monitoring," Biomed. Opt. Express 15, 6449-6468 (2024)  (Journal link)

S. P. Rowe, M. Z. Islam, B. Viglianti, L. B. Solnes, E. Baraban, M. A. Gorin, and J. D. Oldan, Molecular imaging for non-invasive risk stratification of renal masses, in Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, 2024, ISSN 2211-5684, doi:10.1016/j.diii.2024.07.003. (Journal link)

M. Z. Islam, B. Martin, C. Gotcher, T. Martinez, J. F. O’Hara, and S. Ekin, “Noncontact Respiratory Anomaly Detection Using Infrared Light-Wave Sensing” in IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 292-303, Jun. 2024, doi: 10.1109/THMS.2024.3381574. (Journal link) (pdf link)

R. Messenger, M. Z. Islam, M. Whitlock, E. Spong, N. Morton, L. Claggett, C. Matthews, J. Fox, L. Palmer, D. C. Johnson, J. F. O'Hara, C. J. Crick, J. D. Jacob, and S. Ekin, “Real-Time Traffic End-of-Queue Detection and Tracking in UAV Video” International Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems Research, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13177-023-00374-0  (Journal link) (pdf link)

M. Z. Islam, J. F. O’Hara, D. Shadoan, M. Ibrahim and S. Ekin, “TV White Space Based Wireless Broadband Internet Connectivity: A Case Study With Implementation Details and Performance Analysis,” IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, vol. 2, pp. 2449-2462, 2021, doi:10.1109/OJCOMS.2021.3123939. (Journal link) (pdf link)

L. Yu, H. Abuella, M. Z. Islam, J. F. O’Hara, C. Crick and S. Ekin, “Gesture Recognition Using Reflected Visible and Infrared Lightwave Signals,” IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 44-55, Feb. 2021, doi: 10.1109/THMS.2020.3043302. (Journal link) (pdf link)

A. Colston, B. Lin, S. Ekin, M. Pomper, E. H. Herskovits, M. A. Gorin, S. P. Rowe, and M. Z. Islam, “What to Do with an Impressive but Imperfect Machine: Ethical Considerations of Generative AI in Medicine,” Journal of American College of Radiology, 2026. (Submitted)

N. Gupta, O. K. Oz, M. G. Pomper, M. A. Gorin, F. L. Almaguel, M. Z. Islam, and S. P. Rowe, "Impact of Whole-Body Field of View on Patient Management in PSMA PET Imaging: A Single Center, Retrospective Study", in Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 2026. (Submitted)

W. P. Choi, M. Z. Islam, L. J. Mazzarelli, L. B. Solnes, B. Shuch, B. L. Viglianti, M. C. Repka, A. Afaq, R. A. Werner, M. A. Gorin, and S. P. Rowe, “Toward a Structured Imaging Reporting System for Kidney Masses: The Molecular Imaging Perspective on KI-RADS,” Molecular Imaging and Biology, 2026. (Submitted)

M. Z. Islam, L. Yu, H. Abuella, J. F. O'Hara, C. Crick and S. Ekin, "Hand Gesture Recognition through Reflected Infrared Light Wave Signals," 2023 10th International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ICEEE), Istanbul, Turkiye, 2023, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ICEEE59925.2023.00008. (IEEEXplore link) (pdf link) (Won best presentation award for this paper)

H. Abuella, M. Z. Islam, R. Messenger, J. O'Hara and S. Ekin, "Analysis and Empirical Validation of Visible Light Path Loss Model for Vehicular Sensing and Communication," 2024 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), Big Island, HI, USA, 2024, pp. 1027-1031, doi: 10.1109/ICNC59896.2024.10556147. (IEEEXplore link) (pdf link)

M. Z. Islam, J. F. O'Hara, S. Ekin, G. Yen "Evolutionary Optimization of 1D-CNN for Non-contact Respiration Pattern Classification," in International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Soft Computing, and Explainable AI (NAFIPS 2024), South Padre Island, TX, USA. (Accepted) (Arxiv preprint link)

M. Z. Islam, B. Martin, C. Gotcher, T. Martinez, J. F. O’Hara, S. Ekin, “Respiratory Anomaly Detection using Reflected Infrared Light Wave Signals,” poster paper presented in 23rd Annual Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS 2024), Oakland, CA, USA. (Conf. proc. front matter) (Arxiv preprint link)

M. Z. Islam, Q. N. Do, J. Wang, D. Yang, N. Desai, R. Hannan, O. K. Oz, M. Pomper, S. P. Rowe, and A. Afaq, "PSMA-PET Radiomics: Overcoming Challenges to Clinical Utility with a Multimodal Fusion AI Solution," in Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) Annual Meeting 2026. (Submitted)

K. Pithadia, Y. Jin, V. Merrill, R. Hannan, N. B. Desai, A. Garant, A. Wang, X. Li, A. Bhatnagar, T. Zhang, C. Shen, J. Wang, M. Z. Islam, S. Rowe, A. Hong, and D. X. Yang, "Use of Multiple PSMA PET Images Among Patients with Prostate Cancer: Analysis of National Claims From 2020 to 2024," in American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting 2026. (Submitted)