Brief Biography
B.Sc. Eng. Hons. (Moratuwa), M.Eng (UTokyo), Ph.D (UTokyo)
Designation :
Senior Lecturer
Email:
rukshanil@uom.lkDr. Rukshani Liyanaarachchi is a graduate from the Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. She received her M.Eng and PhD degrees from the Department of Bioengineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan. Her PhD dissertation was on an intraoperative laparoscopic positron emission tomography system for diagnosing lymph node metastases in gastric cancer surgeries. Before Joining the present university, she has worked as a researcher at the Bio-Medical Precision Engineering Laboratory, University of Tokyo. She is working in Biomedical engineering area and her research interests are biomedical imaging and computer aided surgery. Currently she is working as a Senior Lecturer, at the Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa.
Research Interests
Biomedical imaging, Computer aided surgery
Journals
- MR Liyanaarachchi, K Shimazoe, H Takahashi, E Kobayashi, I Sakuma, “Simulation study on system configuration refinement for the PET–laparoscope system—an intraoperative tool for surgical navigation in gastric cancer surgery”, Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express, 2018
- MR Liyanaarachchi, K Shimazoe, H Takahashi, E Kobayashi, K Nakagawa, I Sakuma, “Prototype detector for intraoperative PET-laparoscope system with a multi-layer movable detector”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 2020
- Madhushanka R Liyanaarachchi, Kenji Shimazoe, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Keiichi Nakagawa, Etsuko Kobayashi, Ichiro Sakuma, “Development and evaluation of a prototype detector for an intraoperative laparoscopic coincidence imaging system with PET tracers”, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 2021
Conferences
- Ishanka S Perera, Fathima A Muthalif, Mathuranthagaa Selvarathnam, Madhushanka R Liyanaarachchi, Nuwan D Nanayakkara, “Automated diagnosis of cardiac abnormalities using heart sounds”, 2013 IEEE Point-of-Care Healthcare Technologies (PHT), 2013
- O Kenichiro, MR Liyanaarachchi, K Shimazoe, H Takahashi, S Aiko, Y Seto, M Takahashi, T Momose, “Development of the intraoperative movable PET imaging system for radio guided surgery”, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING, 2020
- Madhushanka R Liyanaarachchi, Kenji Shimazoe, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Keiichi Nakagawa, Etsuko Kobayashi, Ichiro Sakuma, “PET-Laparoscope System with a Multi-layer Movable Detector: Feasibility Study with an Abdominal Phantom”, Asian-Pacific Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering, 2020
- MR Liyanaarachchi, K Shimazoe, H Takahashi, E Kobayashi, K Nakagawa, I Sakuma, “Development of a prototype of intraoperative PET-laparoscope system for surgical navigation in cancer surgery”, VCI2019 – The 15th Vienna Conference on Instrumentation, 2019
- M R Liyanaarachchi, K Shimazoe, H Takahashi, E Kobayashi, I Sakuma, “Fabrication and Preliminary Evaluation of Detectors for PET-Laparoscope System”, 2017 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 2017
- M Liyanaarachchi, K Shimazoe, H Takahashi, E Kobayashi, I Sakuma, “Image reconstruction for surgical navigation using intraoperative PET-laparoscope”, CARS 2016-Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery Proceedings of the 30th International Congress and Exhibition, 2016
- MR Liyanaarachchi, FA Muthatif, KIS Perera, M Selvarathnam, NWN Dayananda, “Disease detection system from heart sounds”, 17th Annual Research Symposium, Faculty of Engineering Research Unit, University of Moratuwa, 2011
Honors and Awards
| 2016 – 2019 | Super Global University Project (SGU) Scholarship |
| 2014-2016 | Monbukagakusho Scholarship |