Fatima Merchant

Professor

Email: fatima.merchant@ou.edu
Office: Stephenson Research and Technology Center (SRTC) 1004

Education
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (1997)
Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering (1995)
University of Texas at Austin
M.S. Biomedical Engineering (1992)
University of Texas at Austin
B.E. Biomedical Engineering (1989)
University of Bombay, India

Research Focus

Computational medicine
Quantitative biology
Multidimensional image acquisition
Tissue engineering

Selected Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

Oujja A, Abid MR, Boumhidi J, Bourhnane S, Mourhir A, Merchant FA, Benhaddou D, "High-performance computing for SARS-CoV-2 RNAs clustering: a data science-based genomics approach." Genomics & Informatics, 19(4), 2021.
Nicklaus KM, Bui T, Bordes MC, Liu J, Chopra D, Hoffman AS, Reece GP, Hanson SE, Merchant FA, Markey MK, "Goldilocks principle: preference for change in breast size in breast cancer reconstruction patients." Frontiers in Psychology, Volume 12, September 2021.
Nicklaus KM, Wang H, Bordes MC, Zaharan A, Sampathkumar U, Cheong AL, Reece GP, Hanson SE, Merchant FA, Markey MK, "Potential of intra-operative 3D photography and 3D visualization in breast reconstruction." PRS-GO, Oct 7;9(10):e3845, 2021.
Sampathkumar U, Nowroozilarki Z, Bordes MC, Reece GP, Hanson SE, Markey MK, Merchant FA. Review of Quantitative Imaging for Objective Assessment of Fat Grafting Outcomes in Breast Surgery. Aesthetic Surgery Journal. 41(Suppl 1):S39-S49, 2021.
Friguglietti, J, Das S, Le P, Fraga D, Quintela M, Gazze SA, McPhail D, Gu J, Sabek O, Gaber AO, Francis LW, Zagozdzon-Wosik W, Merchant FA. Novel silicon Titanium Diboride Micropatterned Substrates for Cellular Patterning. Biomaterials, 244:119927, 2020.
Jung, S., Cui, Y., Barnes, M., Satam, C., Zhang, S., Chowdhury, R.A., Adumbumkulath, A., Sahin, O., Miller, C., Sajadi, S.M., Sassi, L., Bennett, M., Yu, M., Friguglietti, J., Merchant, FA, Verduzco, R., Roy, S., Vajtai, R., Meredith, J., Youngblood, J., Koratkar, N., Rahman, M., and Ajayan, P. Multifunctional Bio-Nanocomposite Coatings for Perishable Fruits. Advanced Materials, 2020: p. 1908291, 2020.
Chapman BV, Lei X, Patil P, Tripathi S, Nicklaus KM, Grossberg AJ, Shaitelman SF, Thompson AM, Hunt KK, Buchholz TA, Merchant FA, Markey MK, Smith BD, Reddy JP. Quantitative 3-Dimensional Photographic Assessment of Breast Cosmesis After Whole Breast Irradiation for Early Stage Breast Cancer: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. Adv Radiat Oncol. Sep-Oct; 5(5): 824-833, 2020.

Books

Microscope Image Processing, Editors: Qiang Wu, Fatima Merchant, Kenneth Castleman, Publisher: Academic Press; 1st edition, 2008

Selected Articles in Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings

Sampathkumar U, Nowroozilarki N, Reece GP, Hanson SE, Merchant FA. Spherical harmonics for modeling shape transformations of breasts following breast surgery. Proc. of SPIE Medical Imaging 2020: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, 11315:113152H, 2020.
Nowroozilarki Z, Bordes MC, Sampathkumar U, Hanson SE, Reece GP, Markey MK, and Merchant FA. Investigation of Smallest Volume Difference Measurable Using 3D Imaging. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference and Exhibition on 3D Body Scanning and Processing Technologies (3DBODY.TECH), Virtual Conference, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15221/20.26
Sampathkumar U, Cheong A, Reece GP, Bordes MC, Hanson SE, Markey MK, Merchant FA. Interactive visualization of breast shape for breast surgery. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference and Exhibition on 3D Body Scanning and Processing Technologies (3DBODY.TECH), Lugano Switzerland, pp 34-42, 2019.
Nicklaus KM, Jewett E, Liu C, Liu J, Reece GP, Hanson SE, Merchant FA, Markey MK. Trends in breast measurements of unilateral breast reconstruction patients to inform bra design. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference and Exhibition on 3D Body Scanning and Processing Technologies (3DBODY.TECH), Lugano Switzerland, 2019.
Cheong AL, Hanson SE, Reece GP, Markey MK, Merchant FA. Potential of 3D surface imaging for quantitative analysis of fat grafting. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference and Exhibition on 3D Body Scanning and Processing Technologies (3DBODY.TECH), Lugano Switzerland, pp 57 - 63, 2018. doi: 10.15221/18.057
Yen F, Pati D, Merchant FA. 3D modeling of chromosomes territories in normal and aneuploid nuclei. Proc. SPIE 10578, Medical Imaging 2018: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 105782K, 12 March, pp 105782K-1 - 105782K-9, 2018.
Nicklaus KM, Chu J, Liu C, Reece GP, Merchant FA, Fingeret MC, Markey MK. Correspondence of breast measurements for bra design after reconstruction surgery. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference and Exhibition on 3D Body Scanning and Processing Technologies (3DBODY.TECH), Montreal Canada, pp 106-112, 2017. doi:10.15221/17.106
Cheong AL, Reece GP, Markey MK, Fingeret MC, Merchant FA. Quantitative analysis of localized changes in breast shape. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference and Exhibition on 3D Body Scanning and Processing Technologies (3DBODY.TECH), Montreal Canada, pp 130-138, 2017. doi:10.15221/17.130
Hans C, McCollum C, Bondesson M, Shah S, Merchant FA. Gradient Weighted Co-HOG for Analysis of Caudal Vein Structural Changes in Toxin Exposed Zebrafish Embryo, Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium of Biomedical Imaging, New York, In Press, 2015.

Book Chapters

Wu X, Shah S, and Merchant FA. Automated Prototype Generation for Multi-Color Karyotyping. Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, 6:145-163, 2013.
Merchant FA and Castleman KR. Computer-Assisted Microscopy. The Essential Guide to Image Processing, (ed. A.C. Bovik), Academic Press, pp. 777-828, 2009.
Merchant FA, Shah SK, and Castleman KR. Object Measurements. Microscope Image Processing, (eds. Q.J. Wu, F.A. Merchant, & K.R. Castleman), 1st Edition, Elsiever, pp. 195-214, 2008.
Merchant FA and Periasamy A. Fluorescence Microscopy. Microscope Image Processing, (eds. Q.J. Wu, F.A. Merchant, & K.R. Castleman), 1st Edition, Elsiever, pp. 247-290, 2008.
Merchant FA. Three-dimensional Imaging. Microscope Image Processing, (eds. Q.J. Wu, F.A. Merchant, & K.R. Castleman), 1st Edition, Elsiever, pp. 329-289, 2008.
Merchant FA, and Castleman KR. Computer Assisted Microscopy. Handbook of Image and Video Processing, (ed. A.C. Bovik), 2nd Edition, Academic Press, pp. 1311-1340, 2005.
Bovik AC, Aggarwal SJ, Merchant FA, Kim NH, and Diller KR. Automatic area and volume measurement from digital biomedical images. Image Analysis: Methods and Applications, (ed. D.P. Häder), 2nd Edition, CRC Press, pp. 23-64, 2001.
Merchant FA, Bartels KA, Bovik AC, and Diller KR. Confocal Microscopy. Handbook of Image and Video Processing, (ed. A.C. Bovik), Academic Press, pp. 853-868, 2000.
Diller KR, and Merchant FA. Network thermodynamic modeling of coupled osmotic and viscoelastic behavior of a tissue during cryopreservation. Macroscopic and Microscopic Heat Transfer in Biomedical Engineering, (eds. K.R. Diller & A. Shitzer), Elsevier Press, pp. 327-342, 1992.