Biomedical Imaging Interest Group

 

Yuan Xu
Postdoctoral Associate
 

Education

  • B.S., Physics, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, 1992.
  • M.S., Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Shanghai, China, 1995.
  • Ph.D., Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 1999.
  • Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 2003.

Research Interests

  • Non-invasive real-time brain imaging
  • Imaging modalities combining ultrasound with electromagnetic waves
  • Bioelectric/biomagnetic imaging

Selected Publications

  • Y. Xu and L.-H. V. Wang, “Time reversal and its application to tomography with diffracting sources,” Physical Review Letters , 92 (3), 033902 (2004).
  • Y. Xu and L.-H. V. Wang, “Reconstructions in limited-view thermoacoustic tomography,” Medical Physics , 31 (4), 724–733 (2004)
  • Y. Xu and L.-H. Wang, “Effects of acoustic heterogeneity in breast thermoacoustic tomography,” IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control , 50 (9), 1134–1146 (2003).
  • M. Xu, Y. Xu , and L.-H. Wang, “Thermoacoustic imaging in biological tissues: time-domain reconstruction algorithms,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering , 50 (9), 1086–1099 (2003).
  • Y. Xu , D. Feng, and L. Wang, “Exact frequency-domain reconstruction for thermoacoustic tomography: I. Planar geometry,” IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging , 21 (7), 823–828 (2002).
  • Y. Xu , M. Xu, and L. Wang, “Exact frequency-domain reconstruction for thermoacoustic tomography: II. Cylindrical geometry,” IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging , 21 (7), 829–833 (2002).
  • X. Wang, Y. Xu , M. Xu, S. Yokoo, E. S. Fry and L.-H. Wang “Photoacoustic tomography of biological tissues with high cross-section resolution: Reconstruction and experiment,” Medical Physics , 29 (12), 2799–2805 (2002).
  • Y. Xu and L. Wang, “Signal processing in scanning thermoacoustic tomography in biological tissues,” Medical Physics 28, 1519–1524 (2001).
  • D. Feng, Y. Xu , G. Ku, and L. Wang, “Microwave-induced thermoacoustic tomography: reconstruction by synthetic aperture,” Medical Physics , 28 (12), 2427–2431 (2001).
  • Y. Xu and Y. Chen, “The nonlinear properties of Debye sphere ,” Physica Scripta 60 (2): 176 - 180 (1999).
  • Y. Xu and X. Yan, “Cooper pairing near the boundary in the -U Hubbard model,” Chinese Physics Letters 14 (9): 698 - 700 (1997).

Professional Activities

  • Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
  • Reviewer of Applied Optics
  • Reviewer of Inverse Problems .

 

 

 

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