Rafeef Garbi née Abugharbieh

Rafeef Garbi (née Abugharbieh) is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on medical image computing, computer vision, image analysis, machine learning for medical imaging, and biomedical applications. She is the Founder and Director of the Biomedical Signal and Image Computing Lab (BiSICL), a multidisciplinary research laboratory at UBC. Dr. Garbi's work develops computational techniques for analyzing biomedical data to assess disease and evaluate therapies. She teaches courses such as ELEC 202, ELEC 221, ELEC 421, ELEC 442, EECE 570, and is affiliated with the IEEE and the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.

Rafeef Garbi is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of British Columbia, specializing in Medical Image Computing, Biomedical Image Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, and Machine Learning. His research focuses on developing advanced computational techniques for medical imaging, including 3D image segmentation, ultrasound image analysis, and medical image compression. He has contributed to the development of interactive segmentation tools, automated segmentation algorithms for brain MRI, and methods for bone segmentation and fracture detection in ultrasound. His work emphasizes the integration of artificial intelligence and computer vision to improve diagnostic accuracy and efficiency in biomedical applications.