Yakang Dai

Postdoctoral Associate
ydai@umn.edu

Research Interests

Education

Postdoctoral Associate in Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Since 2009
Ph.D., Computer Applied Technology, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2009
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Hunan University, 2004

Honors and Awards

2nd Prize of Climbing Scholarship, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2008.
Excellent Student Honor, Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2007.
Outstanding Undergraduate Student Honor, Hunan Province, 2004.
Hugo Shong / Yuanyu Zhong Endowed Scholarship, 2003 / 2002.
1st Prize Scholarship & Excellent Student Honor, Hunan University, 2002-2003.
Special Grade Scholarship & Pacesetter of Outstanding Students Honor, Hunan University, 2001.

Selected Publications

Yakang Dai, Jie Tian, Jian Zheng. “Semiautomatic Determination of the Reconstruction Volume for Real-time Freehand 3D Ultrasound Reconstruction”, Proceeding of SPIE Medical Imaging, 7265 (72651E), 2009.
Jie Tian, Jian Xue, Yakang Dai, Jian Chen, Jian Zheng, “A Novel Software Platform for Medical Image Processing and Analyzing”, IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, 12(6): 800-812, 2008.
Jie Tian, Yakang Dai, Kexin Deng, Jian Zheng, Xiaoqian Dai, “MITK & 3DMed: An Integrated Platform Applicable for the Development of Computer Assisted Intervention Systems”, Workshop on Systems and Architectures for Computer Assisted Interventions at MICCAI, 2008.
Yakang Dai, Jie Tian, Jian Xue, Jiangang Liu. “A Qualitative and Quantitative Interaction Technique for Freehand 3D Ultrasound Imaging”, Proceeding of the IEEE EMBS, 2750-2753, 2006.
Yakang Dai, Jie Tian, Jian Xue, “A Real-time and Interactive Freehand Three-dimensional Ultrasound Imaging System”, Journal of Software. 17 (zk): 28-37, 2006.