Rasa Eskandari

Karagulleoglu-Kunduraci, S., Kamar, F., Eskandari, R., Samaei, S., Diop, M. (2025, October). Neonatal cerebral hemodynamics under elevated intracranial pressure: a near-infrared spectroscopy study in piglets. Pediatric Research.

Eskandari, R., Li, N. C., Samaei, S., Milej, D., St. Lawrence, K., Diop, M. (2025, August). Quantification of oxidized and reduced cytochrome-c-oxidase by combining discrete-wavelength time-resolved and broadband continuous-wave near-infrared spectroscopy. Biomedical Optics Express, 16(9), 3797-3812.

Ping, A.¹, Haque, R.¹, Li, N. C., Eskandari, R.^#, & Diop, M.^# (2025, April). Minimum spectral resolution for continuous-wave hyperspectral near-infrared tissue spectroscopy. Journal of Biomedical Optics (Vol. 30, Issue 4, 047002).

Eskandari, R., Milkovich, S., Kamar, F., Goldman, D., Welsh, D. G., Ellis, C. G., & Diop, M. (2024, December). Non-invasive point-of-care optical technique for continuous in vivo assessment of microcirculatory function: Application to a preclinical model of early sepsis. The FASEB Journal, 38(23), e70204.

Mawdsley, L.¹, Eskandari, R.¹, Kamar, F., Rajaram, A., Yip, L. C. M., Abayomi, N., Milkovich, S., St. Lawrence, K., Carson, J. J. L., Ellis, C. G., & Diop, M. (2024, August). In vivo optical assessment of cerebral and skeletal muscle microvascular response to phenylephrine. FASEB BioAdvances, 6(9), 390.

Kamar, F., Shoemaker, L. N., Eskandari, R., Milej, D., Drosdowech, D., Murkin, J. M., St. Lawrence, K., Chui, J., & Diop, M. (2024). Assessing changes in regional cerebral hemodynamics in adults with a high-density full-head coverage time-resolved near-infrared spectroscopy device. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 29(S3), S33302-S33302.

Eskandari, R., Milkovich, S., Kamar, F., Goldman, D., Welsh, D. G., Ellis, C. G., & Diop, M. (2025, March). Optical biomarkers for sepsis-related microcirculatory impairment. In Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy of Tissue XV (Vol. 13314, pp. 146-148). SPIE.

Niculescu, S., Eskandari, R., Li, N. C., & Diop, M. (2025, March). Effects of epidermal pigmentation on the accuracy of hyperspectral versus commercial near-infrared spectroscopy tissue oximeters. In Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy of Tissue XVI (Vol. 13314, pp. 66-71). SPIE.

Kamar, F., Samaei, S., Eskandari, R., Shoemaker, L. N., Milej, D., Diop, M., & Lawrence, K. S. (2025, March). Reproducibility of a hybrid time-resolved NIRS/DCS system: towards daily cerebral metabolism monitoring in the ICU. In Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy of Tissue XVI (Vol. 13314, pp. 149-152). SPIE.

Oh, E., Haque, R., Eskandari, R., & Diop, M. (2025, March). Absorption properties of common chromophores for tissue-mimicking phantoms in Intralipid and glass microspheres. In Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy of Tissue XVI (Vol. 13314, pp. 36-41). SPIE.

Eskandari, R., Milkovich, S., Kamar, F., Welsh, D. G., Goldman, D., Ellis, C. G., & Diop, M. (2024, April). Assessing Progressive Microvascular Dysfunction in Early Sepsis with Non-invasive Optical Spectroscopy. In Clinical and Translational Biophotonics (pp. TW1B-3). Optica Publishing Group.

Eskandari, R., Milkovich, S., Kamar, F., Welsh, D. G., Goldman, D., Ellis, C. G., & Diop, M. (2024, April). Continuous monitoring of microvascular function and perfusion in early onset of sepsis with noninvasive optical spectroscopy. In Critical Care Canada Forum 2023 Forum Abstracts (Vol. 71, pp. 50-53). Canadian Journal of Anesthesia.

Kamar, F., Eskandari, R., Shoemaker, L. N., Milej, D., Drosdowech, D., Murkin, J. M., St. Lawrence, K., Diop, M., & Chui, J. (2024, March). Effects of multiple intravenous administrations of phenylephrine on scalp and brain blood oxygenation: a pilot study with a full-head coverage time-resolved near-infrared spectroscopy device. In Critical Care Canada Forum 2023 Forum Abstracts (Vol. 71, pp. 69-72). Canadian Journal of Anesthesia.

Eskandari, R., & Diop, M. (2023, March). Ideal light scatterer for near-infrared spectroscopy tissue mimicking phantoms. In Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy of Tissue XV (Vol. 12376, pp. 30-33). SPIE.

Eskandari, R., Milkovich, S., Kamar, F., Goldman, D., Welsh, D. G., Ellis, C. G., & Diop, M. (2025, January). Optical biomarkers for sepsis-related microcirculatory impairment. Invited oral talk at SPIE Photonics West 2025 (San Francisco, CA, USA).

Eskandari, R., Milkovich, S., Kamar, F., Goldman, D., Welsh, D. G., Ellis, C. G., & Diop, M. (2024, September). Early Detection of Sepsis-Related Microvascular Dysfunction with NIRS. Poster at fNIRS 2024 (Birmingham, UK).

Eskandari, R., Milkovich, S., Kamar, F., Welsh, D. G., Goldman, D., Ellis, C. G., & Diop, M. (2024, May). Non-invasive optical monitoring of peripheral and cerebral vasomotion in early sepsis. Oral talk at the 2024 Canadian Association of Physicists Congress (London, ON, Canada).

Eskandari, R., Milkovich, S., Kamar, F., Welsh, D. G., Goldman, D., Ellis, C. G., & Diop, M. (2024, April). Assessing progressive microvascular dysfunction in early sepsis with non-invasive optical spectroscopy. Oral talk at the 2024 Optica Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics (Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA).

Eskandari, R., Milkovich, S., Kamar, F., Welsh, D. G., Goldman, D., Ellis, C. G., & Diop, M. (2023, November). Continuous monitoring of microvascular function and perfusion in early onset of sepsis with non-invasive optical spectroscopy. E-poster presentation at Critical Care Canada 2023 Forum (Toronto, ON, Canada).

Eskandari, R., Milkovich, S., Kamar, F., Welsh, D. G., Goldman, D., Ellis, C. G., & Diop, M. (2023, September). Continuous monitoring of microcirculatory deterioration in septic rats with non-invasive optical spectroscopy. Poster at Sepsis Canada 2023 Scientific Meeting (Hamilton, ON, Canada).

Eskandari, R., & Diop, M. (2023, March). The ideal composition of tissue-mimicking phantoms for near-infrared spectroscopy. Poster presentation at Imaging Network Ontario 2023 Symposium (London, ON, Canada).

Eskandari, R., & Diop, M. (2023, January). Ideal light scatterer for near-infrared spectroscopy tissue mimicking phantoms. Oral talk at SPIE Photonics West 2023 (San Francisco, CA, USA).

Eskandari, R., & Diop, M. (2022, March). The ideal chromophore for Intralipid-based phantom experiments. Poster presentation at Imaging Network Ontario 2022 Symposium (Virtual).