•  Susweta Das , Ria Paul , Soumyajit Sarkar , Makrand Rakshe , Prasanna Gandhi, and Hari M Varma, “A microfluidic based cerebral perfusion phantom for laser speckle imaging in small animals, Oral Presentation, European Conferences on Biomedical Optics 2023, 25-29 June,2023

  • Soumyajit Sarkar, Murali K, and Hari M Varma, “Development of a tunable dynamical tissue phantom for laser speckle imaging of blood flow, Oral Presentation, European Conferences on Biomedical Optics 2023, 25-29 June,2023

  • Soumyajit Sarkar, Mohammad Zaffar, and Hari M Varma, “Laser speckle correlation microscopy system to image microvasculature perfusion, Poster Presentation, European Conferences on Biomedical Optics 2023, 25-29 June,2023

  • Soumyajit Sarkar, Murali K, and Hari M Varma, “A stochastic differential equation-based Monte Carlo simulation to model light propagation in dynamic turbid media.”, Poster Presentation, European Conferences on Biomedical Optics 2023, 25-29 June,2023

  • Sivakumar Panneer Selvam , Murali K , Soumyajit Sarkar , Sibi Raj Bhaskaran , and Hari M Varma, “A deep learning approach to enhance the temporal resolution of laser speckle imaging system for blood flow measurement”, Poster Presentation, European Conferences on Biomedical Optics 2023, 25-29 June,2023

  • Ria Paul, Susweta Das, Soumyajit Sarkar, Mohammad Zaffar,  and Hari M Varma, “Fiber-conduit based Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging device for point of care diagnostics”, Poster Presentation, European Conferences on Biomedical Optics 2023, 25-29 June,2023

  • Ria Paul, Soumyajit Sarkar, Shruti D. Marathe, Murali K, Susweta Das, Nixon M. Abraham, and Hari M Varma, “Functional imaging of olfactory bulb and somatosensory cortex in mice using small-animal blood flow imaging platform” Oral Presentation “Dynamics and Fluctuations in Biomedical Photonics XX, SPIE Photonic West, San Francisco, 28th-2 January 2023.

  • Hari M Varma “Diffuse autocorrelation and speckle contrast based cerebral blood flow imaging: A theoretical and experimental analysis. “ Invited Talk, CLEO 2023, San Jose California, May 2023.

              

  • Paul, R., Murali, K, and Hari M Varma, A Spatially Weighted Filter Design for High Density Diffuse Correlation Tomography : Biophotonics Conference : Biomedical Optics 24-27 April, 2022 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
  • Murali, K, and Hari M Varma. , A stochastic differential equation based algorithm to simulate laser speckles for deep-tissue blood flow imaging applications: Biophotonics Conference: Biomedical Optics 24-27 April, 2022 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
  • Murali, K., and Hari M Varma Exploring different source configurations for laser speckle-based blood flow measurement system. In European Conference on Biomedical Optics (pp. EM1A-23) (2021, June). Optical Society of America.
  • Paul, R., Murali, K., Chetia, S., and Hari M Varma. A simple algorithm for diffuse optical tomography (DOT) without matrix inversion. In European Conference on Biomedical Optics (pp. EM1A-21). (2021, June) Optical Society of America.
  • Murali, K., and Hari M. Varma. “A low frame rate camera based Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy (DCS) system to measure blood flow in human adult brain.” In Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy, pp. STu4D-7. Optical Society of America, 2020. (Oral Presentation by first author)
  • Murali, K., A. K. Nandakumaran, Turgut Durduran, and Hari M. Varma. “An in-expensive diffuse correlation spectroscopy system using low frame rate camera.” In Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy, pp. OTu2D-4. Optical Society of America, 2018. (Oral Presentation by first author)
  • Claudia P. Valdes, Hari M. Varma, Tanja Dragojevi ́, Anna K. Kristoffersen , Clara Castellvi ,Carles Justicia , Joseph P. Culver, and Turgut Durduran , “Deep tissue blood flow imaging with speckle contrast optical tomography”, EB 103-62 oral presentation (30 minutes) 24 June 2015,European conference on Biomedical Optics, Munich, Germany. (Second authorship shared with first author)
  • Tanja Dragojević , Danilo Bronzi , Hari M. Varma , Claudia P. Valdes , Clara Castellvi , Alberto Tosi , Franco Zappa , Carles Justicia , Turgut Durduran, “Multi-exposure, continuous laser speckle contrast imaging of mouse brain enabled by a novel single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) array” (oral presentation 10 minutes) XXVIIth International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow, Metabolism and Function & XIIth International Conference June 27-30, 2015, Vancouver, Canada.
  • Tanja Dragojević , Danilo Bronzi , Hari M. Varma , Claudia P. Valdes , Clara Castellvi , Alberto Tosi ,Franco Zappa , Carles Justicia , Turgut Durduran, “Single shot multi-exposure laser speckle contrast imaging with a novel single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) array”, oral presentation (30 minutes) 24 June 2015, European conference on Biomedical Optics, Munich, Germany
  • M. Varma, C. P. Valdes, A. K. Kristoffersen, J. P. Culver, and T. Durduran, “Laser Speckle based tomographic imaging of deep tissue blood flow,” ( Oral presentation, Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy 2014, Ecole Polytechnique Montreal October 10-12 2014)
  • H. M. Varma, C. P. Valdes, A. K. Kristoffersen, J. P. Culver, and T. Durduran, “Speckle contrast optical tomography (SCOT): Reconstructing the three dimensional distribution of blood flow in deep tissues,” (Oral presentation, Biomedical Optics (BIOMED), Optical Society of America (OSA) 2014 ).
  • P. Valdes, H. M. Varma, A. K. Kristoffersen, J. P. Culver, and T. Durduran, “Multi-Exposure and Multi-Distance Speckle Contrast Spectroscopy for Measuring Blood Flow in Deep Tissues,”(Poster presentation, Biomedical Optics (BIOMED), Optical Society of America (OSA) 2014 ).
  • P. Valdes, H. M. Varma, A. K. Kristoffersen, J. P. Culver, and T. Durduran, “Speckle contrast measurements for blood f low imaging in deep tissues,” (23rd International Commission for Optics (ICO) conference, Santiago de Compostela 26-29 August 2014)
  • Nandakumaran, H. M. Varma, and R. M. Vasu, Direct reconstruction of complex refractive index distribution from boundary measurements,” Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics , 7, 2010017-2010018 (2007)
  • Murali K and Hari M Varma: “A scanless optical tomographic system” (2022) Indian Patent Awarded
  • Murali K and Hari M Varma: “Systems and methods for high density diffusing wave spectroscopy” (2019-20) Indian Patent PENDING
  • Turgut Durduran, Claudia Valdes, Anna Kristoffersen, Hari Varma, Joseph Culver “Speckle contrast optical tomography” EP2888994 A1, Europe and US patent applicant: ICFO,  Washington University (GRANTED)

Invited talks

  • Hari M Varma “Diffuse autocorrelation and speckle contrast based cerebral blood flow imaging: A theoretical and experimental analysis. “ Invited Talk, Advances in Neuroimaging, Conference on Laser and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2023), San Jose California, May 2023. 
  • Hari M varma “Bio-imaging using noise: Application of laser speckles for deep tissue blood flow imaging” BRICS workshop on Biophotonics, 2023 (online among different BRICS countries)
  • “Laser speckle contrast based three dimensional tomographic imaging of deep tissue blood flow.” Indigo policy on September 22 & 23, 2016 at IISc, Bangalore.
  • Advances in Scientific and Industrial Instrumentation (ASCII-2019): national seminar conducted by the Department of Instrumentation, Cochin University of Science and Technology. “”Diffuse optical tomography: methods and applications” 15-02-2019. 

Workshop

  • AICTE ATAL sponsored Faculty Development Program : Sardar Patel Institute of Technology , Mumbai. “ Quantitative  methods in medical imaging” 24/11/2020
    DBT STAR college scheme “ Webinar series on pure and applied mathematics” Vimala college Thrissur, Kerala “ The role of mathematics in medical imaging”, 15 December ,2020. 
  • IEEE EMB Webinar on  “Diffuse optics for in vivo imaging”, IEEE EMBS SBC, IIT Kharagpur, 11 September, 2020.
  • Department of Instrumentation, CUSAT: Students induction program: “A roadmap for an academic career”. 03/12/2020. 
  • One day workshop on optical imaging. Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics, Indian Institute of Science, “A method to achieve inexpensive diffuse-correlation spectroscopy system” 29/07/2019