Summary
Dr Karim studies cardiac big data using computational analysis for knowledge discovery and for gaining new insights into cardiac diseases. It also involves writing research software that require deep scientific information and visualisation of such data
He obtained a PhD in image analysis from the Department of Computing at Imperial College London. He is an Honorary Lecturer at Imperial College London.
His major works include visualising atrial fibrosis in MRI datasets, algorithm evaluation for left atrial wall thickness and measuring myocardial infarction. He has also proposed 2D maps of the heart by reducing its 3D geometric dimensions into 2D for harmonising its different shape variations.
Publications
Journals
Williams S, Harrison J, Chubb H, et al., The Effect of Contact Force in Atrial Radiofrequency Ablation : Electroanatomical, Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and Histological Assessment in a Chronic Porcine Model, Jacc: Clinical Electrophysiology
Karim R, Bhagirath P, Claus P, et al., 2016, Evaluation of state-of-the-art segmentation algorithms for left ventricle infarct from late Gadolinium enhancement MR images, Medical Image Analysis, Vol:30, ISSN:1361-8415, Pages:95-107
Ataollahi A, Karim R, Fallah AS, et al., 2016, Three-Degree-of-Freedom MR-Compatible Multisegment Cardiac Catheter Steering Mechanism, Ieee Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol:63, ISSN:0018-9294, Pages:2425-2435
Arujuna A, Karim R, Zarinabad N, et al., 2015, A randomized prospective mechanistic cardiac magnetic resonance study correlating catheter stability, late gadolinium enhancement and 3 year clinical outcomes in robotically assisted vs. standard catheter ablation., Europace, Vol:17, Pages:1241-1250
Harrison JL, Sohns C, Linton NW, et al., 2015, Response to letter from Bisbal et al regarding, "Repeat left atrial catheter ablation: cardiac magnetic resonance prediction of endocardial voltage and gaps in ablation lesion sets"., Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol, Vol:8, Pages:754-755