Ibtisam Aslam

Postdoctoral Fellow
Dept of Radiology, CHUV/UNIL
Email: ibtisam.aslam@chuv.ch
Mailing address: Centre de Recherche en Radiologie PET3, CHUV
Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
Office: PET3-02-200, Rue Pépinet 3, 1003 Lausanne, Switzerland

By profession, I am an Electrical Engineer, but my journey into biomedical research began during my master’s in electrical engineering, focusing on MR image reconstruction at COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Pakistan. This experience ignited my passion for medical imaging, leading me to specialize further in the field.
In 2019, I embarked on a Ph.D. in Life Sciences at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, with the Functional Cardiac Imaging Group. My doctoral research focused on developing novel MR image acquisition and reconstruction algorithms for cardiac and renal MRI. I created advanced methods to reduce MR scan times and automate the analysis of renal MOLLI T1 and ADC maps using deep learning for chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. During my Ph.D., I optimized multiparametric MRI protocols to enhance the diagnosis and management of patients with renal and cardiac conditions. My work involved both technical development and direct clinical applications, including scheduling and scanning CKD patients and performing extensive data analysis.
In 2024, I joined the Microstructure Mapping Lab to work on Brain Glymphatic System Project. This project aims to measure glymphatic flow in the human brain non-invasively using ultra-high field 7T MRI. This project seeks to overcome the limitations of previous techniques by using a new diffusion MRI acquisition protocol tailored to enhance the specificity and sensitivity of glymphatic flow measurements. My work focuses on developing and validating a new diffusion MRI technique to map and quantify glymphatic flow, addressing challenges such as small vessel size, slow flow, and proximity to blood vessels. I am excited about the future of MRI and its potential to unlock new frontiers in medicine, particularly in combating chronic and degenerative diseases.