Imaging & Image Processing - R&D Director & Expert

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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Dr. Dagher’s Expert Witness experience spans the field of Imaging Systems, Cameras, Optics, Image and Video Processing, Image and Video Compression, Image Quality Assessment, Camera and Sensor Technology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Medical Imaging. Dr Dagher has experience in depositions, writing reports & rebuttals, valuations, patents and intellectual property. Career highlights include: — More than 25 years of Research and Development experience in Imaging Science: Imaging Systems, Optical Systems, Camera Systems, Sensors, Image and Video Processing and, Data Analysis Algorithms.  — Formal education & decades of hands-on experience in Signal and Image Processing such as Image and Video Compression, Computer Vision, Image Enhancement, Image forensics, Image Analysis, Machine Vision, Image Reconstruction, Image Quality, Inverse Problems, etc. — More than a decade experience in Medical Imaging Systems (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), Brain Imaging Research, functional MRI image analysis, Designing MRI Protocols to detect micro bleeds/micro-hemorrhages in the brain, MRI for Concussion Imaging, MRI protocols, MRI pulse sequences, MRI Image Enhancement and Image Processing. — Contributed to the development of the world's first cellphone cameras at Omnivision & CDM Optics, designed multi-aperture multi-lens cellphone imaging systems for low light imaging, improved image quality, extended depth of field, image zoom, super-resolution and ranging. — Hands on and R&D experience with diverse set of imaging systems systems including Scientific Imaging Devices (microscopes, Hyperspectral, Laser Radar, Acoustic Sensors, Neuromorphic Cameras), Warfare Technology (LIDAR, RADAR, Interferometric Telescopes) — Professional expertise in the major three sectors: academic (as a Professor), industrial (as a Senior Scientist) and governmental (as a Principal Investigator in a Federally Funded R&D Center). — Holder of a DoD Secret Clearance — Recipient of the prestigious Career Award by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIH-NIBIB) — Broad patent expertise, more than 10 patents (as inventor), 10 years support role for patent lawyers, experience in patent litigation support. — More than 11 journal papers (as first & senior author), and 20+ conference presentations and proceedings. — Winner of Best Paper Awards, best presentations, Best Instructor. — Expert Witness experience: 2 depositions, 1 Inter Partes Review case (challenger), 30 hour training course on How to Start and Run an Expert Witness Practice, and Expert Witness in Patent Cases, from SEAK, Inc. — Expert Witness Highlights: Recently retained by Amazon in a Class Action lawsuit involving the definition of an “HD/1080p Camera” and quantifying the resolution/quality of the Amazon Blink Camera Suites. Other cases include a defense firm in a patent and trade secret case, and startup companies in Patent Inter-Partes Review cases.