Magda El‐Shenawee Data-verified

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Federal Grant PI High Impact

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University of Arkansas

Last publication 2024 Last refreshed 2026-05-22

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28 h-index 212 pubs 2,663 cited

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Magda El‐Shenawee, a professor at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, investigates the application of terahertz (THz) imaging and polarimetry for the detection and characterization of breast cancer. Her research utilizes biological models, including cell lines and animal models such as Sprague Dawley rats induced with N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea, to evaluate THz imaging techniques. El‐Shenawee employs advanced computational methods, including deep learning algorithms, wavelet transformations, and supervised Bayesian learning, to enhance image interpretation and classification of breast cancer tissues.

Her work has been supported by federal grants, including a $424,545 award from the NIH/National Cancer Institute for research on Terahertz Polarization Imaging for Detecting Breast Tumor Margins. El‐Shenawee leads a research group and collaborates with colleagues at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Nagma Vohra, Jose Santos Batista, Hugh Churchill, and Alexander Nelson, with whom she has co-authored multiple publications. Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 28 and over 2,650 citations across more than 200 publications. El‐Shenawee is recognized as a high-impact researcher and a federal grant principal investigator.

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h-index: 28
Publications: 212
Citations: 2,663

Selected Publications

Polarimetry terahertz imaging of human breast cancer surgical specimens (2024)

3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Supervised Semantic Segmentation of Murine THz Spectroscopy Images with Imprecise Annotations (2024)

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Experimental characterization of a fully polarimetric pulsed terahertz spectroscopy system (2024)

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Polarimetric Terahertz Transmission Imaging of Crystal Quartz Sample (2023)

2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Challenges in Measurement of Broadband THz Photoconductive Antennas (2023)

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Visual Enhancement and Semantic Segmentation of Murine Tissue Scans with Pulsed THz Spectroscopy (2023)

2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Experimental and Computational Analysis of Broadband THz Photoconductive Antennas (2023)

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Comparison of Hall Mobility and Carrier Density of Thin Black Phosphorus Exfoliated from Bulk Crystals Provided by Various Vendors (2022)

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Fabrication and Measurement of LT-GaAs Photoconductive THz Broadband Antennas (2022)

1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Semantic Segmentation of Xenograft Tumor Tissues Imaged with Pulsed Terahertz Technology (2022)

1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Deep Learning Classification of Breast Cancer Tissue from Terahertz Imaging Through Wavelet Synchro-Squeezed Transformation and Transfer Learning (2022)

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Terahertz Signal Generation Measurements in Photoconductive Antennas using Time Domain Spectroscopy System (2021)

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Investigation of Photoconductive Antenna Electrodes on Terahertz Signal Generation (2021)

2 citations DOI OpenAlex
3D Model of Terahertz Photoconductive Antenna using COMSOL Multiphysics (2021)

1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Terahertz Imaging of Breast Cancer using Human and Animal Models (2021)

5 citations DOI OpenAlex