Curriculum Vitae

ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. RAJA RIZAL AZMAN BIN RAJA AMAN

Associate Professor
  • Department of Biomedical Imaging
    Faculty of Medicine
  • 03-79492091

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • RADIOLOGY
    Neuroimaging; MRI; Cardiac imaging; CT

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • MRad, (Radiologists)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • FRCR, (Radiologists)
    Royal College of Radiologist, London
  • MRCP, (Radiologists)
    Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  • MBBS, (Surgery)
    King's College, London

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

  • Coordinator
    01 Dec 2020 - 01 Dec 2021 (Dean Office, Faculty of Medicine)
  • Assistant Director
    15 Sep 2021 - 15 Nov 2021 (University Malaya)
  • Coordinator
    13 Sep 2018 - 14 Sep 2018 (Dean Office, Faculty of Medicine)
  • Coordinator Stage 3 UMMP - MBBS
    08 Dec 2016 - 08 Dec 2017 (Dean Office, Faculty of Medicine)

MEMBERSHIPS

  • SECRETARY AND COUNCIL MEMBER LUNG CANCER NETWORK MALAYSIA (LCNM), SECRETARY
    2023 to present (National)
  • LUNG CANCER NETWORK MALAYSIA (LCNM), COUNCIL MEMBER
    Since 2020 (National)
  • KOREAN SOCIETY OF RADIOLOGY, MEMBER
    Since 2019 (International)
  • AHLI JAWATANKUASA KURIKULUM FAKULTI, MEMBER
    2021 to 2022 (University)
  • PHILIPS MEDICAL MALAYSIA MRI ADVISORY BOARD, ADVISORY BOARD
    2019 to 2020 (National)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • Certificate of appreciation: The 1st National CME/CPD Clinical Conference
    Institut Pengurusan Kesihatan Kuala Lumpur, 2016 (National)
  • Magna Cum Laude for Poster presentation. Cerebral Blood Flow Assessed by Pseudo Continuous Arterial Spin Labelling (PCASL) MRI in Patients with White Matter Hyperintensities
    10th Asia Oceanian Congress of Neuroradiology (AOCNR 2015), 2015 (International)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Foo, J. C., Jawin, V., Yap, T. Y., Bahuri, N. F. A., Ganesan, D., Mun, K. S., . . . Rajagopal, R. (2021). Conduct of neuro-oncology multidisciplinary team meetings and closing the "gaps" in the clinical management of childhood central nervous system tumors in a middle-income country. Childs Nervous System, 37(5), 1573-1580. doi: 10.1007/s00381-021-05080-4
  2. Ismail, U. N., Azlan, C. A., Khairullah, S., Azman, R. R., Omar, N. F., Shah, M. N. M., . . . Ng, K. H. (2021). Marrow Fat Content and Composition in beta-Thalassemia: A Study using(1)H-MRS. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 53(1), 190-198. doi: 10.1002/jmri.27294
  3. Acharya, U. R., Meiburger, K. M., Koh, J. E. W., Ciaccio, E. J., Vicnesh, J., Tan, S. K., . . . Ng, K. H. (2020). Automated detection of calcified plaque using higher-order spectra cumulant technique in computer tomography angiography images. International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology, 30(2), 285-297. doi: 10.1002/ima.22369
  4. Yong, V. W., Tan, Y. J., Ng, Y. D., Choo, X. Y., Sugumaran, K., Chinna, K., . . . Tan, A. H. (2020). Progressive and accelerated weight and body fat loss in Parkinson's disease: A three-year prospective longitudinal study. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 77, 28-35. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2020.06.015
  5. Azman, R. R., Shah, M. N. M., Ng, K. H. (2019). Radiation Safety in Emergency Medicine: Balancing the Benefits and Risks. Korean Journal of Radiology, 20(3), 6. doi:10.3348/kjr.2018.0416
Scopus
  1. Dogan S., Barua P.D., Baygin M., Chakraborty S., Ciaccio E.J., Tuncer T., Abd Kadir K.A., Md Shah M.N., Azman R.R., Lee C.C., Ng K.H., Acharya U.R. (2022). Novel multiple pooling and local phase quantization stable feature extraction techniques for automated classification of brain infarcts, Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering. 42(3), 815-828. doi:10.1016/j.bbe.2022.06.004
  2. Ismail U.N., Azlan C.A., Khairullah S., Azman R.R., Lee K.J., Yeong C.H., Omar N.F., Ramli N., Md Shah M.N., Jackson N., Ng K.H. (2022). Bone Marrow Fat Distribution in Patients With -Thalassemia: A Study Using Chemical Shift-Based Water-Fat MRI, Academic Radiology. 29(4), e39-e48. doi:10.1016/j.acra.2021.03.028
Others
  1. Ismail, U. N., Azlan, C. A., Khairullah, S., Azman, R. R., Lee, K. J., Yeong, C. H., ... & Ng, K. H. (2022). Bone Marrow Fat Distribution in Patients With -Thalassemia: A Study Using Chemical Shift-Based Water-Fat MRI. Academic Radiology, 29(4), e39-e48.
  2. Foo, J. C., Jawin, V., Yap, T. Y., Bahuri, N. F. A., Ganesan, D., Mun, K. S., ... & Rajagopal, R. (2021). Conduct of neuro-oncology multidisciplinary team meetings and closing the gaps in the clinical management of childhood central nervous system tumors in a middle-income country. Child's Nervous System, 1-8.
  3. Ismail, U. N., Azlan, C. A., Khairullah, S., Azman, R. R., Lee, K. J., Yeong, C. H., ... & Ng, K. H. (2021). Bone Marrow Fat Distribution in Patients With -Thalassemia: A Study Using Chemical Shift-Based Water-Fat MRI. Academic Radiology.
  4. Rajagopal R, Leong SH, Jawin V, Foo JC, Ahmad Bahuri NF, Mun KS, Azman RR, Loh J, Yap TY, Ariffin H, Moreira DC, Gottardo NG, Bouffet E, Ganesan D. Challenges in the Management of Childhood Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors in Middle-Income Countries: A 20-Year Retrospective Review From a Single Tertiary Center in Malaysia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol . 2021 Feb 25. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000002116.
  5. Ismail UN, Azlan CA, Khairullah S, Azman RR et al (2020) Marrow fat content and composition in beta thalassaemia: A study using H-MRS. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.27294
  6. Ismail UN, Azlan CA, Khairullah S, Azman RR, Omar NF, Md Shah MN, Yeong CH, Jackson N, Ng KH. Marrow fat content and composition in thalassemia: A study using 1H MRS. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2020 Aug 15:e27294.
  7. Tan, Y. J., Lim, S. Y., Yong, V. W., Choo, X. Y., Ng, Y. D., Sugumaran, K., ... & Grossmann, M. (2020). Osteoporosis in Parkinson's Disease: Relevance of Distal Radius Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) and Sarcopenia. Journal of Clinical Densitometry.
  8. Yong, V. W., Tan, Y. J., Ng, Y. D., Choo, X. Y., Sugumaran, K., Chinna, K., ... & Grossmann, M. (2020). Progressive and accelerated weight and body fat loss in Parkinson's disease: A three-year prospective longitudinal study. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 2020;77:28-35. (Impact factor 4.4 in 2020).
  9. Acharya, U. Rajendra, Kristen M. Meiburger, Joel EW Koh, Edward J. Ciaccio, Jahmunah Vicnesh, Sock K. Tan, Jeannie HD Wong, Raja RAR Aman, and Kwan H. Ng. "Automated detection of calcified plaque using higher order spectra cumulant technique in computer tomography angiography images." International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology.
  10. Acharya, U. Rajendra, Kristen M. Meiburger, Joel En Wei Koh, Jahmunah Vicnesh, Edward J. Ciaccio, Oh Shu Lih, Sock Keow Tan, Raja Rizal Azman Raja Aman, Filippo Molinari, and Kwan Hoong Ng. "Automated plaque classification using computed tomography angiography and Gabor transformations." Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (2019): 101724.
  11. Mah SS, Azman RR, Shah M, Nazri M. Lucent thoracic lesion in a newborn with respiratory distress. Paediatrics & Child Health. 2019 Feb 11.
  12. Nazimah Ab Mumin, Raja Rizal Raja Aman, Wai Yee Chan. Venous congestion from brachiocephalic vein stenosis mimicking sclerotic vertebral lesions. MED J MALAYSIA Vol 74 No. 3, June 2019 240-242
  13. Tan, S. K., Ng, K. H., Yeong, C. H., Raja Aman, R. R. A., Sani, F. M., Abdul Aziz, Y. F., & Sun, Z. (2019). Personalized administration of contrast medium with high delivery rate in low tube voltage coronary computed tomography angiography. Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery.
  14. Tan, S. K., Yeong, C. H., Raja Aman, R. R. A., Ng, K. H., Abdul Aziz, Y. F., Chee, K. H., & Sun, Z. (2018). Low tube voltage prospectively ECG-triggered coronary CT angiography: a systematic review of image quality and radiation dose. The British journal of radiology, 91(xxxx), 20170874
  15. Givenchi, S., Safari, M.J., Tan S.K., Md Shah, M.N.B., Sani, F.B.M., Azman, R.R., Sun, Z., Yeong, C.H., Ng, K.H., Wong, J.H.D.(2017) Measurement of coronary bifurcation angle with coronary CT angiography: A phantom study. Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics.
  16. Abdul-Rahman NA, Azman RR, Kumar G. Adult female with acute renal failure and weight loss. Saudi Med J 2016; Vol. 37 (5): 584-586
  17. M Didi, A.L., Azman R.R., Nazri, M. 2016. Sex determination from carpal bone volumes: A Multi Detector Computed Tomography (MDCT) study in a Malaysian population. Legal Medicine 20 : 49-52.
  18. Pui San Loh, Shahrul Amry Hashim, Raja Rizal Azman Raja Aman, Lee-Lee Lai, Lucy Chan. A challenging case of tracheal bronchus with concurrent tracheal stenosis for one lung ventilation. Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care Volume 5, Issue 5, October 2015, Pages 136 139
  19. Sumitha Balasingam, Raja Rizal Azman, Mohammad Nazri. Contrast media induced transient cortical blindness. QJM, 109(2), 121-122
  20. Faridah Abdul Aziz, Yang; Fadzli, Farhana; Rizal Azman, Raja; Mohamed Sani, Fadhli; Vijayananthan, Anushya; Nazri, Mohammad. State of the Heart: CMR in Coronary Artery Disease. Curr Med Imag Rev. 2013 Aug;9(3):201-213
  21. H.Abu Hassan, M.Nazri, R.R.Azman, 2012. An Incidental Detection of Popliteal Vein Aneurysm during Labeled Leukocyte Scintigraphy. World Journal of Nuclear Medicine 11(2) : 82-84.
  22. C.J. Lim, K.H. Ng*, N. Ramli, R.R. Azman. Evaluation of the Application of Chemical Shift for the Detection of Lipid in Brain Lesion. Radiography 17 (2011) 43-48

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2011 - 2014, Geran Penyelidikan Universiti Malaya (UMRG)
    The prevalence of myocarditis in dengue patients: Non- invasive detection of cardiac involvement and evaluation of cardiac function using contrast enhanced MRI ( Consultant)
  2. 2011 - 2013, High Impact Research (HIR)
    Evaluation of Chemical Shift Echo squence in 3T MRI in detection of H-MRS visible lipids in Intracranial tumour ( Consultant)
  3. 2011 - 2012, Geran Penyelidikan Universiti Malaya (UMRG)
    NEUROIMAGING IN ANTI-NMDA RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS ( Consultant)

PAPER PRESENTED

INVITED SPEAKER
  1. Advances in Imaging Technology for Brain tumours, Neuro-Oncology & Radiosurgery Hybrid Symposium., Neurosurgical Association of Malaysia (National) (21 May 2022 - 21 May 2022)
  2. Advances in imaging technology for brain tumours, Inaugural Neuro-oncology and radiosurgery hybrid symposium, Neurosurgical Association Malaysia (National) (21 May 2022 - 23 May 2022)
  3. AI/3D CT reconstruction for thoracic imaging, 21st annual scientific meeting of the Malaysian Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons (MATCVS), Malaysian Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons (MATCVS) (National) (09 Sep 2021 - 11 Sep 2021)
  4. Common artifacts in clinical images, Clinical Knowledge Related To Radiation Safety : Road Towards Radiation Application With Safe Techniques , Medical Physics Unit, UMMC (University) (09 Apr 2021 - 09 Apr 2021)
  5. Diagnostic imaging in oral cancer, Oral Cancer Module 2021, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University Malaya (University) (23 Mar 2021 - 23 Mar 2021)
  6. Navigating Academia: Hubs and Mentors, ADeC Leadership and Wellbeing Webinar, Academic enhancement and leadership development center (ADeC) (University) (04 Mar 2021 - 04 Mar 2021)
  7. Low dose CT screening for lung cancer, Lung Cancer Digital Module Conquering Lung Cancer Together , Lung Cancer Network Malaysia (National) (04 Jul 2020 - 04 Jul 2020)
  8. VIVA sessions, VIVA marathon 2020 , Hospital Pakar Sultanah Fatimah, Muar, Johor (National) (29 Feb 2020 - 01 Mar 2020)
  9. Radiological Evaluation of cavernomas and arteriovenous malformations, Symposium on vascular malformations, Neurosurgical Association of Malaysia (National) (21 Nov 2019 - 21 Nov 2019)
  10. Radiomics of brain tumors, 31st Annual Scientific Congress of the Malaysian Oncological Society (ASCOMOS) 2019, Malaysian Oncological Society (MOS) (National) (31 Oct 2019 - 03 Nov 2019)
  11. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for brain tumors, 6th Asia Pacific Congress of Interventional Oncology (APCIO), Malaysian Society of Interventional Radiology (MySIR) (International) (02 Oct 2019 - 05 Oct 2019)
  12. Low dose CT for lung cancer screening, Lung Cancer Network Malaysia GP forum , Lung cancer Network Malaysia (National) (24 Aug 2019 - 24 Aug 2019)
  13. Low dose CT for lung cancer Screening, 22nd Asian Congress of Surgery, College of Surgeons Malaysia (International) (02 Aug 2019 - 04 Sep 2019)
  14. Imaging of implants and devices, MRI safety in clinical practice course, UPM (National) (20 Jul 2019 - 20 Jul 2019)
  15. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, The Annual General Meeting of the Medico-Legal Society of Malaysia, Medico-Legal Society Malaysia (National) (21 Jun 2019 - 21 Jun 2019)
  16. Single Best Answer Questions , Anaesthesia SBA workshop, Department of Anaesthesis, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya (University) (09 Mar 2019 - 09 Mar 2019)
  17. Imaging of gliomas, Malaysian Oncological Society Neuro oncology updates workshop, Malaysian Oncological Society (National) (26 Apr 2014 - 26 Apr 2014)
EVENT ORGANISER
  1. Converting ultrasound Images to Clinical Excellence, The 11th Congress of Asian Federations of Ultrasound in Medicine (AFSUMB), Malaysian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (International) (30 Oct 2014 - 01 Nov 2014)
ORAL PRESENTER
  1. Intracranial artery calcifications and their association with white matter hyperintensities of the brain in patients presenting with stroke symptoms., SYMPOSIUM NEURORADIOLOGICUM XXI - WORLD CONGRESS OF RADIOLOGY, WORLD FEDERATION OF NEURORADIOLOGY (International) (18 Mar 2018 - 23 Mar 2018)
  2. INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT IMAGING PARAMETERS ON THE CT NUMBER OF CORONARY PLAQUES IN CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY: A PHANTOM STUDY, ASEAN Association of Radiology Congress 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, College of Radiology Malaysia (International) (28 Sep 2017 - 30 Sep 2017)
POSTER PRESENTER
  1. Effect of CT head referral criteria on detection of significant CT findings following mild head injury, The 75th Korean Congress of Radiology, Korean Society of Radiology (International) (18 Sep 2019 - 21 Sep 2019)
  2. Relationship of Cerebral Blood Flow by Pseudo-continuous Arterial Spin Labeling and Stenosis in Middle Cerebral Artery Territory in Patients Evaluated for Acute Ischemic Stroke, INTERNATIONAL STROKE CONFERENCE 2017, AMERICAN STROKE ASSOCIATION (International) (22 Feb 2017 - 24 Apr 2017)
  3. Effect of brain microbleeds on the structural brain network after stroke, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 24th Annual Meeting, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (International) (07 May 2016 - 13 May 2016)
  4. Age related alterations in glutamatergic neurotransmission in the anterior and posterior cingulate cortices, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 24th Annual Meeting, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (International) (07 May 2016 - 13 May 2016)
  5. Cerebral Blood Flow Assessed by Pseudo Continuous Arterial Spin Labelling (PCASL) MRI in Patients with White Matter Hyperintensities , Asia Oceania Congress of Neuroradiology, Asia Oceania Congress of Neuroradiology (International) (05 Nov 2015 - 07 Nov 2015)
  6. Evaluation of the Ability of Fused SPECT-AC Perfusion Scintigraphy and Clot Characteristic on CTPA in Predicting Signs of Right Ventricular Dysfunction on CT , Asian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging (ASCI 2015), National Heart Association Malaysia  (International) (11 Jun 2015 - 13 Jun 2015)

ACADEMIC/PROF. SERVICES

Evaluation
  1. (2022) Clinical Investigation of Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease Presented to University Veterinary Hospital, Universiti Putra Malaysia (2018 - 2021): Causative Pathogens, Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Ultrasonographic Features, National, (External Examiner)
  2. (2022) Reviewer, International, (Reviewer)
  3. (2021) Reviewer for Neurology Asia, (Reviewer)
  4. (2021) UMSC CA.RE fund research grant reviewer, (Reviewer)
  5. (2019) Panel Pemeriksa MBBS February 2019, University, (Internal Examiner)
  6. (2018) Invited Speaker - Intermediate CT course 17/3/2018, (Lecturer)
  7. (2016) Reviewer for Journal of Primatology, (Reviewer)
  8. (2016) Reviewer for Journal of Clinical Health Sciences, (Reviewer)
  9. (2015) Reviewer for the Hong Kong Medical Journal, (Reviewer)
Contribution to external organisation
  1. (2022) Early Lung Cancer Screening Consensus - Advisory Board, National, (Expert Advisor)
Contribution to event
  1. (2021) Speaker: Ai/3d Ct Reconstruction in Thoracic Surgery Imaging, National, (Panelist/Moderator)
  2. (2021) Poster Presentation: The Effect of Thyroid Nodule Risk Stratification Systems On Measures of Accuracy, International, (Participant)
Media appearance
  1. (2022) Enabling Early Lung Cancer Detection With State of The Art Ai X-Ray, National, (Panelist/Moderator)

SUPERVISION

Postgraduate Student
Master
  1. (2015) Volumetric and Regional wall motion abnormality comparison between cardiac MRI and echicardiography, Edmund Ng KT
  2. (2015) The grading of Gliomas using multiparametric MRI, Win Myint Tu
  3. (2015) An analysis of intracranial artery calcifications and their association with ischaemic changes of the brain, Hazwan Amzar Khairul Anwar
  4. (2014) Sex determination from carpal bones using multidetector CT, Aishath Leela M Didi
  5. (2014) Prognostic value of clot burden on CTPA and perfusion defects on SPECT CT, Nor Azizah bt Abdul Rahman

TEACHING

Master
  1. (2014) MRAD - Master of Radiology
  2. (2012) MRAD - Master of Radiology
  3. (2011) MRAD - Master of Radiology
  4. (2010) MRAD - Master of Radiology
Bachelor
  1. (2016) UMMP - Ummp

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACTIVITIES

  • University of Malaya Medical Alumni Association Committee Member, (01 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022) (University)
  • Volunteer Radiologist, (01 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022) (National)
  • Careers Day Workshop Speaker - Help International School, (05 Nov 2019 - 05 Nov 2019)
  • Public Education - Outlining Diagnostic Imaging - Bfm Radio, (21 Oct 2019 - 21 Oct 2019)
  • Volunteer Speaker for Radiation Protection Seminar Organised by Radiography Undergraduate Students., (01 Nov 2014 - 01 Nov 2014)