Research information:
I am a PhD student and I joined the lab in April 2010. I have completed a BA in Physics and an MSc in Medical Physics at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences. My master's thesis was in the field of diffusion tensor imaging and focused on white matter tractography algorithms.

My PhD thesis is titled “Multimodal assessment of genetic influences on working memory performance to predict its development in children”. I am currently working on the longitudinal Brainchild project, examining the associations between learning and memory related genes and white matter structure using multimodal neuroimaging techniques, structural, functional and diffusion tensor MRI. My main research interest is to find the white matter pathways and the structural connectivity relating to the working memory functional network.


Refereed journal articles:

Darki F, Oghabian MA, Ahmadian A, Soltanian Zadeh H, Zarei M. Fractional Anisotropy Weighted Front Evolution Algorithm for White Matter Tractography Based on Diffusion Tensor Imaging Data. International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology, International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology 2011; 21(4): 307–314.

Darki F, Oghabian MA. Accurate activation map detection using bootstrap resampling of single fMRI data. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2009: 4783-6.

Gharehaghaji N, Oghabian MA, Sarkar S, Darki F, Beitollahi A. How size evaluation of lymph node is protocol dependent in MRI when using ultrasmall super-paramagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 2009; 321(10):1563-5.

Darki F, Oghabian MA, Ahmadian A, Soltanian Zadeh H, Zarei M, Boroomand A. Modified fast marching tractography algorithm and its ability to detect fibre crossing. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2007: 319-22.