Research Interests:
- Augmented Reality in Medicine
- Medical Image Analysis
- Breast Cancer: Mammographic Density, Risk, Imaging Markers, Focal Density
- Echocardiographic Imaging
- Deep Learning Applied to Medical Image Analysis
Editorial Experience and External Engagements
Guest Editor: Nature British Journal of Cancer (BJC), 2021 special issue on 'AI Applied to Cancer'
Guest Editor: Journal of Imaging, 2022 Special Issue on 'Advances in IoMT, Deep Learning and Computer Vision for Mammographic Image Analysis'
Workshop Chair: IEEE AIVR 2020, 'Extended Reality in Medical Imaging'
Session Chair: At the 35th IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC’13) conference Osaka, Japan.
Daniel Turnberg Fellow:To the University of Jordan, sponsored by the Academy of Medical Sciences (2019)
Daniel Turnberg Fellow:To the Arab Academy of Sciences, Cairo, Egypt, sponsored by the Academy of Medical Sciences (2021)
Visting Lecturer, University of Sichuan, China (2019)
Director and Board Governor – Lincoln University Technical College (UTC, 2020 – 2021)
Town Councilor for North Hykeham, East Midlands, UK (2020 – 2021)
Projects
- Developing a deep learning architecture for cardiac image analysis (2018-present)
- Medical image analysis with Augmented Reality and Microsoft HoloLens (2017-present)
- Developing a new breast cancer risk and prediction imaging marker (2018-present)
- Oesophagal cancer detection using deep learning (2017-19)
- Stem cells tracking using machine learning – University of Cambridge UK (2016)
- ASSURE European Commission 7th Framework– breast cancer risk prediction (2013 –2015)
- Shape analysis in mammograms, DPhil project at the University of Oxford (2011 – 2014)
- Breast cancer classification using Artificial Neural Networks, University of Liverpool (2007)
- Cement plant simulator design using microprocessor chip programming (2006)
- Modulation and de-modulation of wireless communication channels (2004)
Publications
Janan, Faraz and Brady, Michael (2021) RICE: A method for quantitative mammographic image enhancement. Medical Image Analysis, 71 . ISSN 1361-8415
Janan, Faraz and Asma, Tariq (2020) Personal Tutorage System for Schools in Pakistan: A Policy Proposal. SocArXiv . ISSN 2570-1479, DOI 10.31235/osf.io/jzm6p