Dr Syed Naqvi
Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellow
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Journal Articles
Naqvi, Syed Akbar Raza, Rajmohan, Indu Jiji, Xue, Fei, Foong, Damien and Abbosh, Amin (2025). Electromagnetic techniques and systems for non-invasive skin cancer detection and classification: current status and future perspectives. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 74 4017524, 1-24. doi: 10.1109/tim.2025.3604920
Awal, Md. Abdul, Naqvi, Syed Akbar Raza, Foong, Damien and Abbosh, Amin (2024). Adaptive weighted vector means optimization for healthy and malignant skin modeling at microwave frequencies using clinical data. IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology, 8 (2), 1-12. doi: 10.1109/jerm.2024.3374090
Naqvi, Syed Akbar Raza, Mobashsher, Ahmed Toaha, Mohammed, Beadaa, Foong, Damien and Abbosh, Amin (2024). Handheld Microwave System for In-vivo Skin Cancer Detection: Development and Clinical Validation. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 73 6006816, 1-1. doi: 10.1109/tim.2024.3398123
Naqvi, Syed Akbar Raza, Mobashsher, Ahmed Toaha, Mohammed, Beadaa, Foong, Damien and Abbosh, Amin (2023). Benign and malignant skin lesions: dielectric characterization, modelling and analysis in frequency band 1 to 14 GHz. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 70 (2), 628-639. doi: 10.1109/tbme.2022.3199094
Naqvi, Syed Akbar Raza, Manoufali, Mohamed, Mohammed, Beadaa, Mobashsher, Ahmed Toaha, Foong, Damien and Abbosh, Amin (2020). In-Vivo Human Skin Dielectric Properties Characterization and Statistical Analysis at Frequencies from 1 to 30 GHz. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 70 9252167, 1-10. doi: 10.1109/tim.2020.3036767
Mohammed, Beadaa, Manoufali, Mohamed, Naqvi, Syed Akbar Raza, Bialkowski, Konstanty, Mills, Paul C. and Abbosh, Amin (2019). Using dielectric properties of solid fraction and water content to characterize tissues at different health and age conditions. IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology, 4 (1) 8892576, 69-77. doi: 10.1109/JERM.2019.2952054
Conference Papers
Zhou, Haoyu, Guo, Lei, Raza Naqvi, Syed Akbar, Fumeaux, Christophe and Abbosh, Amin (2025). Continuously tunable K/Ka-band phase shifter implemented using coplanar waveguides. 2025 6th Australian Microwave Symposium (AMS), Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 10-11 February 2025. Piscataway, NJ USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/AMS63679.2025.10937830
Rajmohan, Indu Jiji, Raza Naqvi, Syed Akbar and Abbosh, Amin (2025). Circular waveguide probe using broadband dielectric lens for skin cancer detection. 2025 6th Australian Microwave Symposium, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 10-11 February 2025. Piscataway, NJ USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/AMS63679.2025.10937841
Awal, Md Abdul, Naqvi, Syed Akbar Raza and Abbosh, Amin (2024). Integrating dielectric modelling with machine learning for skin cancer classification. 2024 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Bali, Indonesia, 17-20 November 2024. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/apmc60911.2024.10867598
Jiji Rajmohan, Indu, Naqvi, Syed Akbar Raza and Abbosh, Amin (2024). Dielectric loaded tapered circular waveguide probe for early stage skin cancer detection. 2024 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Bali, Indonesia, 17-20 November 2024. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/apmc60911.2024.10867588
Naqvi, Syed Akbar Raza, Rajmohan, Indu Jiji and Abbosh, Amin (2024). Toward clinical microwave skin anomaly detection: impact of dermal composite layers on skin dielectric properties. 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INC/USNC‐URSI Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/INC-USNC-URSI), Firenze, Italy, 14-19 July 2024. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/ap-s/inc-usnc-ursi52054.2024.10686481
Manoufali, Mohamed, Naqvi, Syed Akbar Raza and Abbosh, Amin M. (2018). Accurate fourth-order debye model for the head tissues across the 0.1–1 GHz band using metaheuristic genetic algorithm. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/jerm.2018.2809621
Mohammed, B. J., Naqvi, S. A. R., Manoufali, M., Bialkowski, K. and Abbosh, A. M. (2018). Changes in epidermal dielectric properties due to skin cancer across the band 1 to 50 GHz. Australian Microwave Symposium (AMS), Brisbane, Australia, 6-7 February 2018. New York, NY, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/AUSMS.2018.8346990
Manoufali, Mohamed, Naqvi, S. A. R. and Abbosh, Amin (2018). Development of 4th order optimized debye model for the human head tissues at the sub-1GHz. Australian Microwave Symposium (AMS), Brisbane, Australia, 6-7 February 2018. New York, NY, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/AUSMS.2018.8346973
Naqvi, S. A. R., Mohammed, B. and Abbosh, A. M. (2017). Fourth order debye model for the skin at the millimetre-wave band using heuristic genetic algorithm. 21st International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, ISAP 2016, Okinawa, Japan, 24 - 28 October 2016. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Khokhar, Umair, Naqvi, S. A. R., Al-Badri, Noor, Bialkowski, K. and Abbosh, Amin (2017). Near-Field Tapered Waveguide Probe Operating at Millimeter Waves for Skin Cancer Detection. International Symposium of IEEE-Antennas-and-Propagation-Society / USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, San Diego CA, United States, Jul 09-14, 2017. Piscataway, NJ United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/APUSNCURSINRSM.2017.8072440
Naqvi, Syed Akbar Raza, Manoufali, Mohamed, Al-Badri, N., Mohammed, Beadaa, Bialkowski, Konstanty and Abbosh, Amin (2017). Skin tissue characterization of canine at microwave and millimeter-wave frequencies. 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, San Diego CA, USA, 9-14 July 2017. Piscataway, NJ., United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/APUSNCURSINRSM.2017.8072151
Thesis
Naqvi, Syed Akbar Raza (2021). Characterization and detection of skin malignancies using microwave techniques. PhD Thesis, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (ITEE), The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/da7737c