Aris Dermitzakis was born in 1983 in Athens. He entered the University of Patras in 2000, and completed his undergraduate studies as an Electrical and Computer Engineer.
During the academic year 2007, he attended the Interdepartmental European Postgraduate Programmme in Biomedical Engineering, organized by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Patras, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens.
During the academic year of 2008, he worked as a visiting researcher in the field of Ultrasound Imaging Contrast Agents in the Department of Medical Physics, at the University of Edinburgh.
Currently he is doing his PhD in the Department of Medical Physics, University of Patras in the field of Brain Gliomas Simulation for use in X-ray Imaging Techniques.
He is a member of the Auditing Committee of the Hellenic Society of Biomedical Engineering.
Main scientific interests:
X-ray imaging simulation, Brain modeling and imaging, Image processing, Ultrasound Contrast Agents (UCAs), Ultrasound Imaging
Selected publications:
The Acoustic Scatter from Single biSphere Microbubbles. Thomas DH, Butler MB, Dermitzakis A, Anderson T, McDicken WN, Sboros V. Ultrasound Med Biol. 36(11): 1884-1892, 2010.
X-ray Brain Imaging: Simulation Study. Dermitzakis A, Malliori A, Bliznakova K, Gatzounis G, Pallikarakis N. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering — WC2012, Beijing, China, IFMBE Proceedings Vol. 39, May 26-31, 2012.
Simulation of X-Ray Brain Imaging: Initial Results. Dermitzakis A, Malliori A, Bliznakova K, Gatzounis G, Pallikarakis N. European Medical Physics and Bioengineering Conference — EMPEC 2012, Sofia, Bulgaria, October 18-20, 2012.
Evaluation of the Effect of Acquisition Parameters on Image Quality in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis: Simulation Studies. Malliori A, Bliznakova K, Dermitzakis A, Pallikarakis N. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering — WC2012, Beijing, China, May 26-31, 2012, IFMBE Proceedings Vol. 39, p. 2211
Dual Energy Studies with Synchrotron Radiation: Preliminary Results for Low-Contrast Features. Malliori A, Bliznakova K, Dermitzakis A, Pallikarakis N. European Medical Physics and Bioengineering Conference — EMPEC 2012, Sofia, Bulgaria, October 18-20, 2012.
Survival of Single Microbubbles Insonated in Solution and in Narrow Tubes. Butler M, Dermitzakis A, Thomas D, Pye SD, Sboros V. Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), Rome, Italy, September 20-23, 2009, IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings, pp. 1259-1261.
Fuzzy Logic Controller for Weaning of Conscious Patients from Mechanical Ventilation: a Simulation Study. Dermitzakis A, Buliev I, Filos K. 6th European Symposium on Biomedical Engineering — ESBME 2008, Chania, Crete Island, Greece, June 19-21, 2008.