Selected Publications


Bayhaqi, Y. A., Hamidi, A., Canbaz, F., Navarini, A. A., Cattin, P. C., & Zam, A. "Kalman filtered depth prediction using Optical Coherence Tomography for laser bone cutting." Zenodo. 2021, June 17 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4922992

Bayhaqi, Y. A., Hamidi, A., Canbaz, F., Navarini, A. A., Cattin, P. C., & Zam, A.Deep learning models comparison for tissue classification using optical coherence tomography images: toward smart laser osteotomy. OSA Continuum, 4(9), 2510-2526. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1364/OSAC.435184

Lina M. Beltrán Bernal, Ferda Canbaz, Salim E. Darwiche, Katja M. R. Nuss, Niklaus F. Friederich, Philippe C. Cattin, and Azhar Zam "Optical fibers for endoscopic high-power Er:YAG laserosteotomy," Journal of Biomedical Optics 26(9), 095002. 2021.. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.26.9.095002

Abbasi, H., Guzman, R., Cattin, P. C., & Zam, A.  All-fiber-optic LIBS system for tissue differentiation: A prospect for endoscopic smart laser osteotomy. Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 148, 106765. 2022.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2021.106765

Nguendon Kenhagho, H., Canbaz, F., Hopf, A., Guzman, R., Cattin, P., & Zam, A. Toward optoacoustic sciatic nerve detection using an all-fiber interferometric-based sensor for endoscopic smart laser surgery. Lasers in surgery and medicine, 10.1002/lsm.23473. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1002/lsm.23473

Arsham Hamidi, Yakub A. Bayhaqi, Ferda Canbaz, Alexander A. Navarini, Philippe C. Cattin, and Azhar Zam, "Long-range optical coherence tomography with extended depth-of-focus: a visual feedback system for smart laser osteotomy," Biomed. Opt. Express 12, 2118-2133 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.414300

M. Tajmirriahi, Z. Amini, A. Hamidi, A. Zam and H. Rabbani, "Modeling of Retinal Optical Coherence Tomography Based on Stochastic Differential Equations: Application to Denoising," in IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, doi: 10.1109/TMI.2021.3073174

Shevchik, S, Nguendon Kenhagho, H, Le‐Quang, T, et al. "Machine learning monitoring for laser osteotomy". J. Biophotonics. 2021, e202000352. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbio.202000352

H. Nguendon Kenhagho, F. Canbaz, T.E. Gomez Alvarez-Arenas, R. Guzman, P. Cattin, A. Zam, "Machine learning-based optoacoustic tissue classification method for laser osteotomes using an Air-Coupled Transducer," Lasers Surg. Med. (2020), doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/lsm.23290

H. Nguendon Kenhagho, F. Canbaz, R. Guzman, P. Cattin, and A. Zam, "Miniaturized optoacoustic feedback sensor for smart laser osteotome: Fiber-coupled Fabry-Pérot etalon sensor," Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, vol. 317, p. 112394, 2021, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2020.112394.

H. Nguendon Kenhagho et al., "Optoacoustic Tissue Classification for Laser Osteotomes Using Mahalanobis Distance-Based Method," in New Trends in Medical and Service Robotics, Cham, G. Rauter, P. C. Cattin, A. Zam, R. Riener, G. Carbone, and D. Pisla, Eds., 2021: Springer International Publishing, pp. 202-210. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58104-6_23

Lina M. Beltrán Bernal, Ferda Canbaz, Antoine Droneau, Niklaus F. Friederich, Philippe C. Cattin, and Azhar Zam, "Optimizing deep bone ablation by means of a microsecond Er:YAG laser and a novel water microjet irrigation system," Biomed. Opt. Express 11, 7253-7272 (2020) doi: https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.408914

Lina Marcela Beltrán Bernal, Ferda Canbaz, Niklaus F. Friederich, Philippe C. Cattin, and Azhar Zam "Measurements of coupling efficiency of high power Er:YAG laser in different types of optical fibers", Proc. SPIE 11233, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications XX, 112331H (20 February 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2546048

H. Abbasi, P. C. Cattin and A. Zam, "A Simple Acoustic-Based Method for Lens-toSample Distance Adjustment in µLIBS," 2020 Photonics North (PN), Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, 2020, pp. 1-1, doi: 10.1109/PN50013.2020.9167018

H. Abbasi, N. Sahraei, F. Canbaz, P. C. Cattin, and A. Zam, "Simulation of Echellogram Using Zemax OpticStudio and Matlab for LIBS," in New Trends in Medical and Service Robotics, Cham, G. Rauter, P. C. Cattin, A. Zam, R. Riener, G. Carbone, and D. Pisla, Eds., 2021// 2021: Springer International Publishing, pp. 211-218. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58104-6_24

Hamed Abbasi, Ferda Canbaz, Raphael Guzman, Philippe C. Cattin, and Azhar Zam, "Highly flexible fiber delivery of a high peak power nanosecond Nd:YAG laser beam for flexiscopic applications," Biomed. Opt. Express 12, 444-461 (2021) doi: https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.405825

Duverney, C., Abbasi, H., Berkelaar, M., Pelttari, K., Cattin, P. C., Barbero, A., Zam, A., and Rauter, G. (January 8, 2021). "Sterile Tissue Ablation Using Laser Light—System Design, Experimental Validation, and Outlook on Clinical Applicability." ASME. J. Med. Devices. March 2021; 15(1): 011104. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4049396

Benjamin Lengenfelder, Martin Hohmann, Margarete Röhm, Michael Schmidt, Azhar Zam, Zeev Zalevsky, and Florian Klämpfl "Image reconstruction for remote photoacoustic tomography using speckle-analysis", Proc. SPIE 11363, Tissue Optics and Photonics, 113631F (2 April 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2553080

Arsham Hamidi, Yakub A. Bayhaqi, Ferda Canbaz, Alexander Navarini, Philippe C. Cattin, and Azhar Zam "Imaging photothermal-induced expansion of bone during laser osteotomy by phase-sensitive OCT: preliminary results", Proc. SPIE 11359, Biomedical Spectroscopy, Microscopy, and Imaging, 113590K (1 April 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2555675

Zam, A. (2020) ‘Laser-Tissue Interaction’, in Stübinger, S., Klämpfl, F., Schmidt, M., and Zeilhofer, H.-F. (eds) Lasers in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Springer Nature Switzerland AG: Springer, pp. 25-34. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29604-9_3

Beltrán Bernal, L. M., Abbasi, H. and Zam, A. (2020) ‘Laser in Bone Surgery’, in Stübinger, S., Klämpfl, F., Schmidt, M., and Zeilhofer, H.-F. (eds) Lasers in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Springer Nature Switzerland AG: Springer, pp. 99-109. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29604-9_9

Canbaz, F., and Zam, A. (2020) ‘Laser Safety’, in Stübinger, S., Klämpfl, F., Schmidt, M., and Zeilhofer, H.-F. (eds) Lasers in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Springer Nature Switzerland AG: Springer, pp. 255-262. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29604-9_20

Hamed Abbasi, Lina M. Beltrán Bernal, Arsham Hamidi, Antoine Droneau, Ferda Canbaz, Raphael Guzman, Steven L. Jacques, Philippe C. Cattin, and Azhar Zam, "Combined Nd:YAG and Er:YAG lasers for real-time closed-loop tissue-specific laser osteotomy," Biomed. Opt. Express 11, 1790-1807 (2020) doi: https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.385862

Lina M. Beltrán Bernal, Ferda Canbaz, Niklaus F. Friederich,, Philippe C. Cattin, and Azhar Zam, "Measurements of coupling efficiency of high power Er:YAG laser in different types of optical fibers", Proc. SPIE 11233, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications XX, 112331H (20 February 2020) doi: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2546048

H. N. Kenhagho, F. Canbaz, G. Rauter, R. Guzman, P. Cattin and A. Zam. A First Approach to Miniaturized Optoacoustic Feedback Sensor for Smart Laser Osteotome : Fiber-Coupled Fabry-Pérot Etalon Sensor. 2019 IEEE SENSORS, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2019, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORS43011.2019.8956743

L. Iafolla, L. Witthauer, S. Freund, L. Fasel, A. Zam, G. Rauter and P. C. Cattin. Preliminary Tests of the Miniaturization of a Novel Concept of Angular Sensors. 2019 IEEE SENSORS, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2019, pp. 1-4. doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORS43011.2019.8956732

L. Iafolla, L. Witthauer, S. Freund, A. Zam, G. Rauter and P. C. Cattin. Data Acquisition System for a Medical Tracking Device based on a Novel Angular Sensor : How to Acquire and Process Data from the ASTRAS Tracking System. 2019 IEEE SENSORS, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2019, pp. 1-4. doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORS43011.2019.8956777

U. Nahum, A. Zam, P. C. Cattin. (2019) Bone Reconstruction and Depth Control During Laser Ablation. In: Vrtovec T., Yao J., Zheng G., Pozo J. (eds) Computational Methods and Clinical Applications in Musculoskeletal Imaging. MSKI 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11404. Springer, Cham. 

S. Manavi, L. Witthauer, L. Iafolla, A. Zam, G. Rauter, and P. C. Cattin. Temperature-compensated FBG-based 3D shape sensor using single-mode fibers. In: Advanced Photonics 2018, Zurich Switzerland, paper JTu6C.1. read

H. N. Kenhagho, I. Sugiarto, R. Guzman, P. Cattin and A. Zam, "Contact-free Crater Depth Monitoring Using Measured Acoustic Shock Waves for Smart Laser Surgery Applications: Preliminary Result," International Conference on Radar, Antenna, Microwave, Electronics, and Telecommunications (ICRAMET), Tangerang, Indonesia (23-24 Oct. 2019) doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRAMET47453.2019.8980427

H. Abbasi, I. Sugiarto, G. Rauter, R. Guzman, P. C. Cattin, and A. Zam. "Pilot Ex Vivo Study of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy to Detect Bone Dehydration: An Approach for Irrigation Feedback in Laserosteotomy". International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (ICEECS), Bali, Indonesia (21October 2019) doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3514693

Y. A. Bayhaqi, G. Router, A. Navarini, P. C. Cattin, and A. Zam "Fast optical coherence tomography image enhancement using deep learning for smart laser surgery: preliminary study in bone tissue", Proc. SPIE 11207, Fourth International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, 112070Z (3 October 2019); doi: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2527293

H. N. Kenhagho, G. Rauter, R. Guzman, P. Cattin and A. Zam,"Optoacoustic Tissue Differentiation using a Mach-Zehnder Interferometer," IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control. pp. 1-1 (2019) doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TUFFC.2019.2923696 IF=2.989.

H. N. Kenhagho, S. Shevchik, F. Saeidi, N. Faivre, B. Meylan, G. Rauter, R.Guzman, P. C. Cattin, K. Wasmer, A. Zam, "Characterization of Ablated Bone and Muscle for Long-Pulsed Laser Ablation in Dry and Wet Conditions." Materials 2019, 12, 1338. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12081338 IF=2.972.

Y. A. Bayhaqi, A. Navarini, G. Rauter, P. C. Cattin, and A. Zam "Neural network in tissue characterization of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) image for smart laser surgery: preliminary study", Proc. SPIE 11044, Third International Seminar on Photonics, Optics, and Its Applications (ISPhOA 2018), 1104402 (11 April 2019); doi: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2503214

L. Beltrán,, I. T. Schmidt, N. Vulin, J. Widmer, J. G. Snedeker , P. C. Cattin, A. Zam, and G. Rauter . “Optimizing controlled laser cutting of hard tissue (bone).Optimierung von Kontrollierter Laserosteotomie“, at-Automatisierungstechnik, 2018, 66. Jg., Nr. 12, S. 1072-1082. doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/auto-2018-0072

H. N. Kenhagho, G. Rauter, R. Guzman, P. Cattin and A. Zam, "Optoacoustic Tissue Differentiation Using a Mach-Zehnder Interferometer: Preliminary Results," 2018 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), Kobe/Japan, pp. 1-9 (2018) doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.2018.8579654

U. Nahum, A. Zam, and P. C. Cattin, "Bone Reconstruction and Depth Control During Laser Ablation." In: Computational Methods and Clinical Applications in Musculoskeletal Imaging. MSKI. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11404. Springer, Cham (2018) doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11166-3_11

H. Abbasi, G. Rauter, R. Guzman, P. C. Cattin, A. Zam, “Differentiation of femur bone from surrounding soft tissue using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy as a feedback system for tissue-specific laser surgery”, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 10685, in Photonics Europe (2018). doi: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309473

H. Abbasi, G. Rauter, R. Guzman, P. C. Cattin, A. Zam, “Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy as a potential tool for autocarbonization detection in laserosteotomy”, Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 23, No. 7, p. 071206 (2018). doi: https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.23.7.071206

H. Abbasi, G. Rauter, R. Guzman, P. C. Cattin, A. Zam, “Plasma plume expansion dynamics in nanosecond Nd:YAG laserosteotome”, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 10505, in Photonics West: BIOS (2018). doi: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2290980

L. Beltrán, G. Shayeganrad, G. Kosa, Marek Zelechowski, G. Rauter, N. Friederich, P. C. Cattin, and A. Zam, "Performance of Er:YAG laser ablation of hard bone under different irrigation water cooling conditions", Proc. SPIE 10492, Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells XXIX, 104920B (2018); doi: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2290929

H. N. Kenhagho, G. Rauter, R. Guzman, P. C. Cattin, and A. Zam, "Comparison of acoustic shock waves generated by micro and nanosecond lasers for a smart laser surgery system," in SPIE BiOS, San Francisco/USA, , vol. 10484 (2018) doi: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2290094

H. Abbasi, L. Beltrán, G. Rauter, R. Guzman, P. C. Cattin, A. Zam, “Effect of cooling water on ablation in Er:YAG laserosteotome of hard bone”, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 10453, in AOP (2017). doi: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2272138

L. Beltrán, H. Abbasi, G. Rauter, N. Friederich , P. C. Cattin, A. Zam, "Effect of laser pulse duration on ablation efficiency of hard bone in microseconds regime", Proc. SPIE 10453, Third International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, 104531S (2017) doi: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2272253

H. N. Kenhagho, N. Faivre, B, Meylan, S. Shevchik, G. Rauter, R. Guzman, P. C. Cattin, K. Wasmer, and A. Zam, "Characterization of ablated porcine bone and muscle using laser-induced acoustic wave method for tissue differentiation," in European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, Munich/Germany, SPIE, vol. 10417, p. 10 (2017) doi: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2286121

Sergey A. Alexandrov, Hrebesh M. Subhash, Azhar Zam, and Martin Leahy, "Nano-sensitive optical coherence tomography" Nanoscale 6, no.7 (2014):3545-3549. IF=7.394. doi: http://xlink.rsc.org/?DOI=c3nr06132a

Azhar Zam. “Optical Tissue Differentiation for Sensor-Controlled Tissue-Specific Laser Surgery” (Book) Meisenbach, 2011.