Expertise:

Diagnostic Neuroradiology

Interventional Neuroradiology

Artificial Intelligence Implementation in Radiology

Research Interests:

Imaging of Neurovascular and Neuro-oncological Diseases

Radiology AI and Health Economics

Foundational Models in Radiology Education

Extended Reality (XR) in Interventional Radiology

Biography:

Dr Mahboobani attained his primary medical qualification from The University of Hong Kong, after which he underwent residency training in radiology in Princess Margaret Hospital. He completed his residency training in 2017 and joined the Department of Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology in Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) in 2018 where his main area of work was in diagnostic and interventional neuroradiology. He is a Credentialled Specialist under the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Credentialling for Endovascular Neurointerventional Procedures, and is accredited by Hong Kong College of Radiologists in the Subspecialty of Interventional Radiology. He was a key member in the establishment of the multi-disciplinary intra-arterial thrombectomy service for acute ischaemic stroke in QEH, and was actively involved in the planning and development of the Neuroscience Centre in the future New Acute Hospital in Kai Tak. He joined the Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2025.

Dr Mahboobani has also been actively involved in the use and adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology. He is the Convener of the Task Force on Artificial Intelligence under the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine and the Chairman of the Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee of Hong Kong College of Radiologists. He played a central role in the territory wide implementation of AI for the detection of acute intracranial haemorrhage and midline shift on non-contrast CT brain scans in 17 public hospitals in Hong Kong.

Awards & Accolades:

Dr Mahboobani is passionate about teaching, be it teaching general radiology to junior residents, neuroradiology and interventional radiology to senior residents, young specialists, or allied health professionals. He was the Training Head at his former workplace in the Department of Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology in Queen Elizabeth Hospital where he was one of the youngest, if not the youngest Training Head in the radiology residency programs in Hong Kong. He holds and has held numerous roles in training, education, and examinations:

Hong Kong College of Radiologists:

Hospital Authority:

Prince of Wales Hospital:

Queen Elizabeth Hospital:

Dr Mahboobani serves as a Honorary Consultant in the Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Prince of Wales Hospital where he provides general radiology, neuroradiology and interventional radiology services. He also serves or has served the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, Hong Kong College of Radiologists, Hospital Authority and Queen Elizabeth Hospital in various roles and capacities:

Hong Kong Academy of Medicine:

Hong Kong College of Radiologists:

Hospital Authority:

Queen Elizabeth Hospital:

Dr Mahboobani joined the Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology in the Faculty of Medicine at The Chinese University of Hong Kong with an ambition to drive advances in radiology and healthcare services with artificial intelligence (AI), and to pursue academia after a primarily service oriented career in the public healthcare sector of Hong Kong in his early years. He is also enthusiastic about bridging conventional interventional techniques with extended reality (XR).

Research Awards:

World Federation of Interventional & Therapeutic Neuroradiology (WFITN) Award for best clinical paper by a junior author (2017)

Dr Gui Lin-Zijiang Liu E-poster Award (Asia-Pacific Congress of Cardiovascular & Interventional Radiology 2016)

Hong Kong Society of Interventional Radiology Award for The Best Proffered Paper Presentation (2015)

Hong Kong Society of Diagnostic Radiologists Trust Fund Award for The Best Proffered Paper Presentation (2015)

List of publications:

1. KDD Leung, PP Ng, BCK Chow, KWH Chiu, N Mahboobani, YW Cheng, ECY Wong, AKC Chan, ASF Chui, MKY Lee, JCY Lee. Machine learning-based Computed Tomography-Derived Fractional Flow Reserve (CT-FFR) predicts need for coronary revascularization prior to Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI). Cardiovasc Imaging Asia. 2025;9(1):2-8
2. Cheung IHW, Mahboobani NR, Poon WL. Case report of a large solitary skull base metastasis from renal cell carcinoma as initial clinical presentation: Radiological findings and Radiol Case Rep. 2024; 19:5376-5379
3. Liu SH, Chan NL, Mahboobani NR, Poon TL, Poon WL. Case report of ruptured cervical radiculomedullary artery mycotic aneurysm presented with intracranial and spinal subarachnoid haemorrhage. Hong Kong J Radiol. 2023; 26:168-73
4. Fung KH, Mahboobani NR, Ng JC, Ko KWS, Chan VWT, Shek KW, Chan NL, Sham JK, Chau CSK, Lo JWT, Poon TL, Fok KF, Poon WL. Transradial access for neurointervention: A case series from a tertiary centre in Hong Kong. Hong Kong J Radiol. 2023; 26:84-90
5. You J, Yu PLH, Tsang ACO, Tsui ELH, Woo PPS, Lui CSM, Leung GKK, Mahboobani N, Chu CY, Chong WH, Poon WL. 3D Dissimilar-Siamese-U-Net for Hyperdense Middle Cerebral Artery Sign Segmentation. Comput Med Imaging Graph. 2021; 90: 101898
6. Mahboobani NR, Cheng LF, Ma JKF. Percutaneous treatment of a large iatrogenic pseudoaneurysm in the artery supplying a haemodialysis arteriovenous fistula by repeated thrombin injections. Hong Kong J Radiol. 2018; 21:e12-7
7. Lo WK, Mahboobani NR, Siu D. Phlebosclerotic colitis: A rare but increasingly recognized cause of ischemic colitis with telltale imaging features. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017; 32(11):1792.
8. Mahboobani NR, Chong WH, Lam SS, Siu CWJ, Tan CB, Wong YC. Treatment of intracranial aneurysms with Flow Re-direction Endoluminal Device – a single centre experience with short-term follow-up results. 2017; 12(1):11-19.
9. Mahboobani NR, Cheng LF, Ma JKF. A child with giant perivascular spaces. Hong Kong Med J. 2017; 23(4):416
10. Teo KC, Mahboobani NR, Lee R, Siu CW, Cheung RTF, Ho SL, Lau KK, Chan KH. Warfarin associated intracerebral haemorrhage in Hong Kong Chinese. Neurol Res. 2014; 36:143-9