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Lee Ultrasound Imaging Group

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
The University of Hong Kong

Publications

Journal Papers

  1. J. Zhang, B. Dai, H. Guan, and W.-N. Lee*, “ MSAF: A Multi-level Sensing Adversarial Framework for Signal Recovery in Synthetic Aperture Ultrasound,” IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 2025 (Early access).
  2. R. Wang, Q. Liu, X. Zhao, and W.-N. Lee*, “Versatile Vasculature Chips for Ultrasound Localization Microscopy,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, 2025 (Early Access).
  3. Y. Tang, H. Li, X. Deng, X. Zhang, B. Feng, W. Yip, and W.-N. Lee*, “ Coordinate-independent Ultrasound Assessment for Complex Tissue Kinematics: A Preliminary Study on Median Nerve Mobility,” IEEE Trans. Biomedical Engineering, 2025 (Early access).
  4. R. Wang+ and W.-N. Lee*, “Automated Microbubble Discrimination in Ultrasound Localization Microscopy by Vision Transformer,” IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelectr. Freq. Control, Vol. 72, No. 8, pp. 1134-1146, 2025.
  5. X. Wu+ and W.-N. Lee*, “Directional Coherence Factor for Volumetric Ultrasound Imaging with Matrix Arrays,” IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelectr. Freq. Control, Vol. 72, No. 6, pp. 817-827, 2025.
  6. Y. Xu+, K-H Yiu, and W.-N. Lee*, “ Near-Field Clutter Mitigation in Speckle Tracking Echocardiography,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 2025.
  7. X. Zhang+, J. Dong+, and W.-N. Lee*, “ Fourier energy spectrum centroid: a robust and efficient approach for shear wave speed estimation in ω-k space,” Physics in Medicine and Biology , 70, 025023, 2025.
  8. X. Wu+ and W.-N. Lee*, “ Row Transmission for High Volume-Rate Ultrasound Imaging with a Matrix Array,” IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control , vol. 71, no. 6, pp. 659-672, 2024.
  9. H. Guan+, J. Dong+, and W.-N. Lee*, “ Towards Real-time Training of Physics-informed Neural Networks: Applications in Ultrafast Ultrasound Blood Flow Imaging,” arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.04755.
  10. X. Sun, H. Li, and W.-N. Lee*, “ Constrained CycleGAN for effective generation of ultrasound sector images of improved spatial resolution,” Physics in Medicine and Biology , 68, 125007, 2023.
  11. J. Dong, J. Zhao, X. Liu, and W.-N. Lee*, “ Nondestructive ultrasound evaluation of microstructure-related material parameters of skeletal muscle: an in silico and in vitro study,” Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Volume 142, 105807, 2023.
  12. Y. Xu, K-H Yiu, and W.-N. Lee*, “ Fast and Robust Clutter Filtering in Ultrafast Echocardiography,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology , vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 441-453, 2023.
  13. Y. Tang+, R. C. Roberts; C. H. Michael Lam; W. S. Wong; M. Yang; L. Lao, and W.-N. Lee*, “ Design of a Barometer-Based Pulse-Taking Device With In Vivo Validation Against High-Frequency Ultrasound Pulse Wave Imaging,” IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 22, No. 7, pp. 7219-7230, 2022.
  14. J. Dong+ and W.-N. Lee*, “ Noninvasive Assessment of In Vivo Passive Skeletal Muscle Mechanics as a Composite Material Using Biomedical Ultrasound,” IEEE Trans. Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 69, No. 3, pp. 1162-1172, 2022.
  15. F. Zouari, W. Y. Oon+, D. Modak, W. H. Lee, W. C. Kwok, P. Cao, W.-N. Lee, T. C. C. Tam, E. C. Wong, and R. W. Chan, “Affordable, portable and self-administrable electrical impedance tomography enables global and regional lung function assessment,” Scientific Reports, 12:20613, 2022.
  16. D. Ran+, J. Dong+, H. Li+ and W.-N. Lee*, “ Spontaneous Extension Wave for In Vivo Assessment of Arterial Wall Anisotropy,” American Journal of Physiology- Heart and Circulatory Physiology , 320, H2429–H2437, 2021. This paper was tweeted by the journal on https://twitter.com/ajpheartcirc/status/1402694587450376192.
  17. Y.-C. Lai, Y.-H. Chao, C.-Y. Kuo, W.-N. Lee, L. Chuang, T. T.F. Shih, C. Rolf, and H.-K. Wang, “ Microcirculatory Responses to Muscle and Tendon Exercises in Individuals With and Without Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and the Association Between Microcirculatory and Exercise Performance,” Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders , Vol. 19, No. 6, pp. 325-331, 2021.
  18. Y. Wang+ and W.-N. Lee*, “ Non-invasive Estimation of Localized Dynamic Luminal Pressure Change by Ultrasound Elastography in Arteries with Normal and Abnormal Geometries,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering , vol. 68, no. 5, pp. 1627-1637, 2021.
  19. C.Y. Kuo, W.-N. Lee, S. S. M. Fong, P. Chaiyawat, G. Bashford, T. T.-F. Shih, L. M. Chuang, H. K. Wang, “ Ultrasound Tissue Characteristics of Diabetic Muscles and Tendons: Associations with Strength and Laboratory Blood Tests,” Muscle, Ligaments and Tendons Journal , vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 399-407, 2020.
  20. W. K. Cheung+, P. Y. Cheung, and W.-N. Lee, “ Role of ultrasound in Low Back Pain- A Review ,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology , vol. 46, No. 6, pp. 1344-1358, 2020.
  21. J. Dong+, Y. Zhang+, and W.-N. Lee*, “ Walled vessel-mimicking phantom for ultrasound imaging using 3D printing with a water-soluble filament: design principle, fluid-structure interaction (FSI) simulation, and experimental validation ,” Physics in Medicine and Biology , vol. 65, 085006, 2020.
  22. Y. Zhang+, H. Li+, and W.-N. Lee*, “ Imaging Heart Dynamics with Ultrafast Cascaded-wave Ultrasound (uCUS) ,” IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelectr. Freq. Control , vol. 66, No. 9, pp. 1465-1479, 2019.
  23. Y. Wang+, H. Li+, Y. Guo+, and W.-N. Lee*, “ Bidirectional Ultrasound Elastographic Imaging Framework for Non-invasive Assessment of the Non-linear Behavior of a Physiologically Pressurized Artery ,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 1184-1196, 2019.
  24. W.-N. Lee*, E. J.-H. Chang+, Y. Guo+, Y. Wang+, “Experimental Investigation of Guided Wave Imaging in Thin Soft Media in Various Coupling Conditions,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, vol. 44, No. 12, pp. 2821-2837, 2018.
  25. Y. Zhang+, Y. Guo+, and W.-N. Lee*, “Ultrafast ultrasound imaging using cascaded dual-polarity waves,” IEEE Trans. Med. Imaging, vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 906-917, 2018.
  26. Y. Guo+, Y. Wang+, E. J.-H. Chang+, and W.-N. Lee*, “ Multi-directional estimation of arterial stiffness using vascular guided wave imaging (VGWI) with geometry correction,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 884-896, 2018.
  27. Y. Zhang+, Y. Guo+, and W.-N. Lee*, “ Ultrafast ultrasound imaging using combined transmissions with cross-coherence-based reconstruction,” IEEE Trans. Med. Imaging, vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 337-348, 2018.
  28. Y. Guo+, H. Lo+, and W.-N. Lee*, “Transmural Transverse Stiffness Estimation in Vascular Shear Wave Imaging: A Simulation and Phantom Study,” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 110, 193701, 2017.
  29. H. Li+ and W.-N. Lee*, “Effects of tissue mechanical and acoustic anisotropies on the performance of a cross-correlation-based ultrasound strain imaging method”, Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 62, pp. 1456-1479, 2017.
  30. H. Li+, Y. Guo+, and W.-N. Lee*, “Systematic performance evaluation of a cross-correlation-based ultrasound strain imaging method,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, vol. 42, no. 10, pp. 2436-2456, 2016.
  31. M. pernot, W.-N. Lee, A. Bel, P. Mateo, M. Couade, M. Tanter, B. Crozatier, and E. Messas, “Shear wave imaging of passive diastolic myocardial stiffness: stunned versus infarcted myocardium,” Journal of American College of Cardiology- Cardiovascular Imaging, vol. 9, no. 9, pp. 1023-1030, 2016.
  32. X. Yu+, Y. Guo+, S.-M. Huang, M.-L. Li, and W.-N. Lee*, “Beamforming Effects on Generalized Nakagami Imaging,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 60, pp. 7513-7531,2015.
  33. Y.-Y. Liao,W.-N. Lee, M.-J. Lee, W.-S. Chen, H.-J. Chiou, T.-T. Kuo, and C.-K. Yeh, “Carpal tunnel syndrome: US strain imaging for diagnosis,” Radiology, vol. 275, no. 1, pp. 205-214, 2015. (Featured Article)
  34. W.-N. Lee, B. Larrat, M. Pernot, and M. Tanter, “Ultrasound Elastic Tensor Imaging: Comparison with MR Diffusion Tensor Imaging in the Myocardium,”Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 57, pp. 5075-5095, 2012. (Featured Article)
  35. W.-N. Lee, M. Pernot, M. Couade, E. Messas, P. Bruneval, A. Bel, A. A. Hagège, M. Fink, and M. Tanter, “Mapping Myocardial Fiber Orientation Using Echocardiography-Based Shear Wave imaging,” IEEE Trans. Med. Imaging, vol. 31, pp. 554-562, 2012.
  36. H.M. Langevin, J. R. Fox, C. Koptiuch, G. J. Badger, A. C. Greenan-Naumann, N. A. Bouffard, E. E. Konofagou, W.-N. Lee, J. J. Triano, S. M. Henry, “Reduced Thoracolumbar Fascia Shear Strain in Human Chronic Low Back Pain”, BMC Musculoskelet Disord. vol. 12: 203, 2011.
  37. E. E. Konofagou, W.-N. Lee, J. Luo, J. Provost, and J. Vappou, “Physiologic Cardiovascular Strain and Intrinsic Wave Imaging,” Annu. Rev. Biomed. Eng., vol. 13, pp. 477-505, 2011.
  38. J. Provost, W.-N. Lee, K. Fujikura, E. E. Konofagou. “Imaging the electromechanical activity of the heart in vivo.” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, vol. 108, no. 21, pp. 8565-8570, 2011. (Selected reading listed in 2013 Special Report: ASE Roadmap for 2020)
  39. W.-N. Lee, J. Provost, K. Fujikura, J. Wang, and E. E. Konofagou, “In Vivo Study of Myocardial Elastography under Graded Ischemia Conditions”, Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 56, No. 4, pp. 1155-1172, 2011. (Selected reading listed in 2013 Special Report: ASE Roadmap for 2020)
  40. J. Provost, W.-N. Lee, K. Fujikura, and E. E. Konofagou, “Electromechanical Wave Imaging of Normal and Ischemic Hearts in Vivo,” IEEE Trans. Med. Imaging, vol. 29, no. 10, pp. 625-635, 2010.
  41. J. Luo, W.-N. Lee, and E. E. Konofagou, “Fundamental Performance Assessment of 2-D Myocardial Elastography in a Phased Array Configuration,” IEEE Trans. on Ultrason. Ferroelectr. Freq. Control, Vol. 56, No. 10, pp. 2320-2327, 2009.
  42. W.-N. Lee, Z. Qian, C. L. Tosti, T. R. Brown, D. N. Metaxas, and E. E. Konofagou, “Preliminary Validation of Angle-Independent Myocardial Elastography Using MR Tagging in a Clinical Setting,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 2008 Dec; 34(12):1980-97.
  43. W.-N. Lee and E. E. Konofagou, “Angle-Independent and Multi-Dimensional Myocardial Elastography- from Theory to Clinical Validation,” Ultrasonics 2008 Nov; 48(6-7):563-7.
  44. S. Wang, W.-N. Lee, J. Provost, J. Luo, and E. E. Konofagou, “A Composite High-Frame-Rate System for Clinical Cardiovascular Imaging,” IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelectr. Freq. Control, Vol. 55, No. 10, pp. 2221-2233, 2008.
  45. W.-N. Lee, C. M. Ingrassia, S. D. Fung-Kee-Fung, K. D. Costa, J. W. Holmes, and E. E. Konofagou, “Theoretical Quality Assessment of Myocardial Elastography with In Vivo Validation,” IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelectr. Freq. Control, Vol. 54, No. 11, pp.2233-2245, 2007.
  46. I. K. Zervantonakis, S. D. Fung-Kee-Fung, W.-N. Lee, and E. E. Konofagou, “A Novel, View-Independent Method for Strain Mapping in Myocardial Elastography: Eliminating Angle- and Centroid-Dependence,” Physics in Medicine and Biology52(14): 4063-4080, 2007.
  47. W.-N. Lee and P.-C. Li, “Strain Compounding: Improvement in Contour Extraction of Ultrasonic Breast Imaging”, J. Med. Biol. Eng., Vol. 23, No.3, 103-109, 2003.
  48. P.-C. Li and W.-N. Lee, “An Efficient Speckle Tracking Algorithm for Ultrasonic Imaging”, Ultrasonic Imaging 24, 215-228, 2002.

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Conference Proceedings / Abstracts

  1. Yuchen Tang, Wei Yi Oon, Baiqian Qi, and W.-N. Lee, “ Signal Enhancement in Acoustoelectric Imaging using Cascaded Dual-polarity Waves, ” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Sep 15-18, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2025.
  2. Wei Yi Oon, Baiqian Qi, Yuchen Tang, and W.-N. Lee, “ Synthetic Aperture for High Spatial Resolution Acoustoelectric Imaging, ” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Sep 15-18, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2025.
  3. Renxian Wang, Qi Liu, Xin Zhao, and W.-N. Lee, “ On-Chip Versatile Vasculatures for Ultrasound Localization Microscopy Analyses, ” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Sep 15-18, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2025.
  4. Jiajing Zhang, Bingze Dai, and W.-N. Lee, “ UltraTTT: Self-Supervised Test-Time Training for Synthetic Aperture Ultrasound Image Denoising, ” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Sep 15-18, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2025.
  5. Shiqi Yang, Yuchen Tang, Baiqian Qi and W.-N. Lee, “ Fabrication of Artery-Mimicking Phantoms with Spiral Anisotropy, ” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Sep 15-18, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2025. (Student Travel Award)
  6. Bingze Dai and W.-N. Lee, “ Wafer Bonding Defect Detection with Coded Ultrasound Array Imaging and Fourier Domain Analysis, ” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Sep 15-18, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2025. (Student Travel Award)
  7. Baiqian Qi, Jiajing Zhang, and W.-N. Lee, “ A Deep Learning-Assisted Ultrasound Imaging Workflow for Patient-Specific Carotid Artery Modeling and Phantom Fabrication, ” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Sep 15-18, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2025.
  8. Jiajing Zhang and W.-N. Lee, “ An Adversarial-Learning Framework to Recover IQ Signals from Random Sparse-Aperture Transmissions in Synthetic Aperture Ultrasound", 2025 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Sep 15-18, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2025.
  9. Yang Leng and W.-N. Lee, “ A Cross-domain Framework for Motion Estimation in Ultrasound Imaging, ” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Sep 15-18, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2025.
  10. Xi Zhang and W.-N. Lee, “ Shear Wave Denoising via a Conditional Diffusion Probabilistic Model, ” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Sep 15-18, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2025.
  11. Bingze Dai, Zhengchang Kou, Michael L. Oelze, and W.-N. Lee, “ Diverging Wave Null Subtraction Imaging (DWNSI) for Deep Tissue Imaging, ” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Sep 15-18, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2025.
  12. Renxiang Guan and W.-N. Lee, “ Supersonic Shear Tomography for Inclusion Detection: A Simulation-Based Comparison Study on Reconstruction Strategies, ” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Sep 15-18, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2025.
  13. A. Wang, B. Wu, S. Chen, Z. Chen, H. Guan, W.-N. Lee, L. E. Li, C. Gan, “SOK-Bench: A Situated Video Reasoning Benchmark with Aligned Open-World Knowledge” Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, pp. 13384-13394, 2024.
  14. W.-N. Lee, “Ultrasound elastographic Methods to Elucidate in Vivo Mechanics of Vascular and Skeletal Muscles,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, Sep 22-26, 2024. (Invited Talk)
  15. Y. Xu and W.-N. Lee, “New Observations and Analysis of Natural Myocardial Vibrations for Myocardial Passive Stiffness Assessment,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, Sep 22-26, 2024. (Student Travel Award)
  16. Y. Tang and W.-N. Lee, “Modeling of Acoustoelectric Effect with Electrokinetic Phenomenon: A Simulation Study Based on Ion-Solvent Interaction,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, Sep 22-26, 2024.
  17. X. Wu and W.-N. Lee, “Directional Coherence Factor for Volumetric Ultrasound Imaging with Matrix Arrays,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, Sep 22-26, 2024.
  18. J. Zhang and W.-N. Lee, “A Multilevel Sensing Adversarial Framework for Signal Recovery in Ultrafast Ultrasound,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, Sep 22-26, 2024.
  19. W. Oon, Y. Tang, and W.-N. Lee, “Confounding Electrode Effects in Acoustoelectric Signal Measurements,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, Sep 22-26, 2024.
  20. B. Dai and W.-N. Lee, “ High-Resolution and High frame-Rate Ultrasound Strain Imaging (USI) with Null Subtraction Imaging (NSI) and Coded Planewaves,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, Sep 22-26, 2024.
  21. Y. Tang and W.-N. Lee, “Dynamic Divergence Imaging: New Ultrasound-Based Assessment with a Preliminary Application on Median Nerve Compression,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Montreal, Canada, Sep 3-8, 2023. (Student Travel Award)
  22. Y. Xu and W.-N. Lee, “Near Field Clutter Mitigation in Speckle Tracking Echocardiography,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Montreal, Canada, Sep 3-8, 2023.
  23. W. Oon, Y. Tang, and W.-N. Lee, “A Comprehensive Computational Model for Simulating the Acoustoelectric Effect,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Montreal, Canada, Sep 3-8, 2023.
  24. A. Wang, Y. Xu, and W.-N. Lee, “A Multi-Task Ultrasound Image Analysis Model with Vision-Language Co-Training,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Montreal, Canada, Sep 3-8, 2023.
  25. H. Guan and W.-N. Lee, “Fast Training of PINN for Ultrafast Doppler Ultrasound with Initial In-Vivo Results,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Montreal, Canada, Sep 3-8, 2023.
  26. X. Wu and W.-N. Lee, “Hadamard-Encoded Diverging Wave Transmissions with Pulse Inversion for Enhanced Tissue Harmonic Imaging,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Montreal, Canada, Sep 3-8, 2023.
  27. X. Zhang, J. Dong, and W.-N. Lee, “A Fourier-Based Method for Shear Wave Group Velocity Estimation,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Montreal, Canada, Sep 3-8, 2023.
  28. J. Dong, I.C. Cheung and W.-N. Lee, “Ultrasound Shear Wave Imaging of decellularized Muscles,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Montreal, Canada, Sep 3-8, 2023.
  29. X. Wu and W.-N. Lee, “ A New Transmission Scheme to Approach Azimuth-Elevation Isoplanar Resolution in a 1024-Element Matrix Probe Configuration,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Venice, Italy, Oct 10-13, 2022. (Student Travel Award)
  30. H. Guan and W.-N. Lee, “ Towards Real-Time Training of Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Doppler Ultrasound,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Venice, Italy, Oct 10-13, 2022.
  31. X. Wu, D. Ran, and W.-N. Lee, “ Three-Dimensional Spatiotemporal Coding for Myocardial Motion Estimation,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Venice, Italy, Oct 10-13, 2022.
  32. Y. Tang, H. Li, X. Deng, X. Zhang, B. Feng, WY Ip, and W.-N. Lee, “ Quantitative Assessment of Median Nerve Transverse Mobility Using Ultrasound Strain Imaging During Decomposed Hand Gestures at Functional and Compressional Wrist Angles,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Venice, Italy, Oct 10-13, 2022.
  33. Y. Xu and W.-N. Lee, “ A Fast and Robust Clutter Filter for Mapping Blood Flow Dynamics in Ultrafast Echocardiography,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Venice, Italy, Oct 10-13, 2022.
  34. J. Dong and W.-N. Lee, “ Composite tissue-Mimicking Phantom Fabrication by 3D-Printing of Hydrogels for Ultrasound Shear Wave Imaging,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Venice, Italy, Oct 10-13, 2022.
  35. J. Dong and W.-N. Lee, “ A numerical-model-Based Optimization Strategy for Design and Fabrication of Transversely Isotropic tissue-Mimicking Phantoms,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Venice, Italy, Oct 10-13, 2022.
  36. A. Wang, Y. Xu, and W.-N. Lee, “ Interpretable Singular Value Decomposition Clutter Filtering in High frame-Rate Ultrasound Imaging,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Venice, Italy, Oct 10-13, 2022.
  37. R. Wang and W.-N. Lee, “ A General Deep Learning Model for Ultrasound Localization Microscopy,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Venice, Italy, Oct 10-13, 2022.
  38. A. Wang, W.-N. Lee, and X Qi, “HINT: Hierarchical Neuron Concept Explainer”, Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), pp. 10254-10264, 2022.
  39. A. Wang, T.C.C. Tam, and W.-N. Lee, “ 3D airway reconstruction enabled by a novel bronchiole-sensitive deep-learning model for planning of navigation bronchoscopy,” The 107th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Nov 28-Dec 3, 2021.
  40. D. Ran and W.-N. Lee, “ Randomly Sparse Reception with Channel-Domain Signal Recovery for High-Volume-Rate Ultrasound Imaging,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Xi’an, China, Sep 11-16, 2021.(Student Paper Finalist)
  41. Y. Xu, Y. Wang, and W.-N. Lee, “ Noninvasive In Vivo Left-Ventricular Pressure Estimation by Ultrasound: Preliminary Results,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Xi’an, China, Sep 11-16, 2021.
  42. Y. Wang, Y. Zhang, and W.-N. Lee, “ A Weighted Line-Focused Beam with Coded Imaging for In Vivo Strain-Stiffness Relationships of Human Carotid Arteries,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Xi’an, China, Sep 11-16, 2021.
  43. D. Ran and W.-N. Lee, “ Phase Velocity Estimation with Singular Value Decomposition and Phase Shift Tracking for Robust Pulse Wave Analysis,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Xi’an, China, Sep 11-16, 2021.
  44. W.K. Cheung, P.Y. Cheung, and W.-N. Lee, “ Panoramic Shear Wave Imaging for Assessment of Transversus Abdominis Symmetry,” AIUM Annual Convention, April 11-14, 2021.
  45. D. Ran, Y. Zhang, and W.-N. Lee, “ Raw Radiofrequency (RF) Tensor Completion from Sparse Observation in 3D Ultrafast Ultrasound Imaging,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium , Las Vegas, USA, Sep 6-11, 2020.
  46. D. Ran, H. Li, and W.-N. Lee, “ Quantitative Assessment of Arterial Anisotropy by Spontaneous Pulsatile Waves,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium , Las Vegas, USA, Sep 6-11, 2020.
  47. Y. Xu and W.-N. Lee, “ Stress Estimation by ultrasound: A Proof of Concept with Preliminary Results,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium , Las Vegas, USA, Sep 6-11, 2020.
  48. Y. Tang and W.-N. Lee, “ Wrist-side Pulse Sensing: Pilot Comparison between Ultrasound Imaging and a Wearable Pulse-taking Sensor,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium , Las Vegas, USA, Sep 6-11, 2020.
  49. Y.-L. Huang, W.-C. Lo, H. Li, W.-N. Lee, and C. K. Yeh “ Plane-Wave Imaging Guided Acoustic Vortex Trapping Microbubbles Under Flow Conditions,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium , Las Vegas, USA, Sep 6-11, 2020.
  50. D. Ran, J. Dong, H. Li and W.-N. Lee, “ Computational and ultrafast ultrasound assessment of arterial bi-directional stiffness from spontaneous pulsatile waves,” 178th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Diego, California, U.S.A., Dec 2-6, 2019.(Student Travel Award)
  51. Y. Zhang and W.-N. Lee, “ Ultrasound Angiography with Tissue Echoes Filtering and Adaptive Beamforming,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Glasgow, Scotland, Oct 6-9, 2019.
  52. J. Dong, Y. Zhang, and W.-N. Lee, “ Influence of blood vessel wall nonlinearity on flow velocity: a fluid-structure interaction (FSI) simulation study with in vitro validation,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Glasgow, Scotland, Oct 6-9, 2019.
  53. Y. Wang and W.-N. Lee, “ Non-invasive estimation of localized intraluminal pressure in the artery by an ultrasound elastographic imaging framework,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Glasgow, Scotland, Oct 6-9, 2019.
  54. Y. Zhang, J. Dong, and W.-N. Lee, “ Noninvasive Coronary Angiography with Ultrafast Cascaded-wave Ultrasound,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Glasgow, Scotland, Oct 6-9, 2019.
  55. X. Sun and W.-N. Lee, “ Generation of Quasi-Linear-Array Ultrasound Images Using Cycle Generative Adversarial Networks,” IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, Venice, Italy, April 8-11, 2019.
  56. W.-N. Lee, Y. Zhang, and H. Li, “A novel high quality ultrafast ultrasound imaging method for mapping heart dynamics,” EuroEcho- Imaging, Milan, Italy, Dec 5-8, 2018. (Selected in the Highlight Session)
  57. H. Li and W.-N. Lee, “High-frame-rate Ultrasound Motion Estimation Based on Pre-beamformed Multiangle Plane Wave Images,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Kobe, Japan, Oct 22-25, 2018.
  58. Y. Wang, D. Ran, H. Li, and W.-N. Lee, “Bi-directional Ultrasound Assessment of Nonlinear Mechanical Behavior of Physiologically Pressurized Artery in Both Normal and Hardening Conditions, ” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium , Kobe, Japan, Oct 22-25, 2018.
  59. Y. Zhang, H. Li, and W.-N. Lee, “Ultrafast imaging of the heart dynamics with cascaded-wave ultrasound,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium , Kobe, Japan, Oct 22-25, 2018.
  60. J. Dong, H. Li, Y. Zhang, and W.-N. Lee, “Noninvasive estimation of material parameters for in vivo skeletal muscle using ultrasound,” International Tissue Elasticity Conference, Avignon, France, Sep 9-12, 2018. (Student paper award finalist)
  61. D. Ran, Y. Wang, and W.-N. Lee, “A comparison study of mapping stiffness distribution of partially stiffened porcine aorta,” International Tissue Elasticity Conference, Avignon, France, Sep 9-12, 2018.
  62. Y. Wang, H. Li, Y. Guo, and W.-N. Lee, “ Assessment of Direction-dependent Strain-Stiffness Relationship of Physiologically Pressurized Artery Using Ultrasound Elastographic Imaging, ” 2018 American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) Annual Convention, New York, NY, USA, March 24-28, 2018.
  63. Y. Zhang, Y. Guo, and W.-N. Lee, “ A novel coding scheme and its application to ultrafast ultrasound imaging, ” 174th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Dec 4-8, 2017. (Student Travel Award)
  64. Y. Wang, H. Li, Y. Guo, and W.-N. Lee, “ Assessment of Direction-dependent Strain-Stiffness Relationship of Physiologically Pressurized Artery Using Ultrasound Elastographic Imaging, ” 5th International Conference on Biomedical Ultrasound, Hong Kong, Dec 2-4, 2017.
  65. Y. Zhang and W.-N. Lee, “ Ultrafast ultrasound cascaded wave imaging, ” 5th International Conference on Biomedical Ultrasound, Hong Kong, Dec 2-4, 2017.
  66. H. Li, Y. Guo, Z. Zhen, S. Liao, H. F. Tse, and W.-N. Lee, “In Vivo Mapping of Transverse Shear and Principal Strains in Interventricular Septum Using Coherent Diverging Wave Compounding,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Washington D.C., U.S.A., Sep 6-9, 2017.
  67. Y. Guo, Y. Wang, E. J.-H. Chang, and W.-N. Lee, “Estimation of arterial transverse stiffness using vascular guided wave imaging (VGWI) in comparison with pulse wave imaging (PWI),” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Washington D.C., U.S.A., Sep 6-9, 2017.
  68. J. Dong, H. Li, Y. Zhang, Y. Guo, and W.-N. Lee, “Multi-plane estimation of the third- and fourth-order elastic constants of soft material,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Washington D.C., U.S.A., Sep 6-9, 2017.
  69. P.-H. Yeung and W.-N. Lee, “A New Method for Shear Wave Speed Estimation in Anisotropic Tissues Using Wavelet Transform and Dynamic Programming,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Washington D.C., U.S.A., Sep 6-9, 2017.
  70. E. J.-H. Chang,Y. Guo, and W.-N. Lee, “Experimental investigation of Shear Wave Imaging in Thin Soft Media in Various Coupling Conditions,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Washington D.C., U.S.A., Sep 6-9, 2017.
  71. J.E.T. Kabigting, A.D. Chen, E. J.-H. Chang, W.-N. Lee, and R.C. Roberts,“MEMS pressure sensor array wearable for Traditional Chinese Medicine pulse-taking,”2017 IEEE 14th International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN). IEEE, 2017, 59-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/BSN.2017.7936007
  72. E. J.-H. Chang,Y. Guo, and W.-N. Lee, “Shear Wave Elastography for the Characterization of Arterial Wall Stiffness: A Thin-Plate Phantom and Ex Vivo Aorta Study,” Proc. In IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, Melbourne, Australia, April 18-21, 2017.
  73. H. Li and W.-N. Lee, “In Vivo Mapping of Transverse Shear Strain in Interventricular Septum Using Ultrasound Coherent Diverging Wave Compounding,” IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, Melbourne, Australia, April 18-21, 2017.
  74. Y. Zhang, Y. Guo, and W.-N. Lee, “High Contrast Ultrafast Ultrasound Plane Wave Imaging with Angular Coherence based Reconstruction,” IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, Melbourne, Australia, April 18-21, 2017.
  75. Y. Guo, H. Y. Lo, and W.-N. Lee, “Bi-Plane Arterial Wall Stiffness Estimation Using Shear Wave Imaging: A Simulation and Phantom Study,” International Tissue Elasticity Conference, Vermont, New England, Oct 16-19, 2016.
  76. Y. Zhang, Y. Guo, and W.-N. Lee, “Ultrafast Imaging Using Combined Transmissions with Cross-correlation Reconstruction,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Tours, France, Sep 18-21, 2016.
  77. X. Yu, H. Li, S. H. Yu, Y.-Y. Liao, C.-K. Yeh, and W.-N. Lee, “Median Nerve Mobility Assessed by Ultrasound Strain Imaging at Different Wrist Postures,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Tours, France, Sep 18-21, 2016.
  78. L. Li, T.S. Mak, Y. F. Yeung, W.-N. Lee, “Mapping Local Tissue Mechanical Responses to Manual Acupuncture and Electro-acupuncture Using Ultrasound Elastography,” 15th Consortium for Globalization of Chinese Medicine (CGCM) Meeting, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, August 23-25, 2016. (selected as Highlight)(Student Travel Award)
  79. X. Yu and W.-N. Lee, “Assessment of Transmural Myocardial Orientation Using Nakagami Imaging in a Phased Array Configuration,”IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, Oct 21-24, 2015.
  80. H. Li and W.-N. Lee, “The effect of tissue anisotropy on ultrasound strain imaging (USI): a preliminary study,” Proc. of IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 1-4, 2015. (Student travel award)
  81. H. Li and W.-N. Lee, “A pilot comparison between elastic registration and radio-frequency-based block matching in transversely isotropic media,” International Tissue Elasticity Conference, Verona, Italy, September 21-24, 2015.
  82. H. Li and W.-N. Lee, “Tissue anisotropy on ultrasound strain imaging: comparison between radio-frequency-based block matching and elastic registration,” 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Milano, Italy, August 25-29, 2015.
  83. X. Yu and W.-N. Lee, “Generalized Ultrasound Nakagami Imaging: beamforming effects and application on the myocardial characterization,” Asian University Symposium on Biomedical Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, December 12-14, 2014.
  84. H. Li and W.-N. Lee, “Performance Assessment of Ultrasound Strain Imaging in Anisotropic Media,” Asian University Symposium on Biomedical Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, December 12-14, 2014.
  85. H. Li and W.-N. Lee, “Two-Dimensional Ultrasound Strain Imaging in a Transversely Isotropic Medium,” International Tissue Elasticity Conference, Snowbird, UT, USA, September 7-10, 2014.
  86. Y. Guo and W.-N. Lee, “On the feasibility of speckle reduction in echocardiography using strain compounding,”Proc. of IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 1316-1319, 2014.
  87. X. Yu and W.-N. Lee, “Characterization of the Heart Muscle Anisotropy Using Ultrasound Nakagami Imaging,”Proc. of IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 2367-2370, 2014.
  88. W.-N. Lee, Y.-Y. Liao, M.-J. Lee, and C.-K. Yeh, “Mapping Kinematics of human Carpal Tunnel Using Ultrasound Strain Imaging,” 2014 American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) Annual Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, March 29-April 2.
  89. W.-N. Lee, Y.-Y. Liao, M.-J. Lee, and C.-K. Yeh, “Mapping the Mechanical Behavior in Carpal Tunnel Using Ultrasound Strain Imaging,” 2013 International Conference on Biomedical Ultrasound (ICBMU), Taipei, Taiwan, Oct 22-23. (Invited)
  90. Y.-Y. Liao, W.-N. Lee, M.-J. Lee, and C.-K. Yeh, “Ultrasound strain imaging in peripheral neuropathy: a preliminary in vivo study,” 2013 Joint UFFC, EFTF and PFM symposia, July 21-25, Prague, Czech Republic.
  91. T.-T. Kuo, M.-R. Lee, Y.-Y. Liao, W.-N. Lee, Y.-W. Hsu, J.-P. Chen, and C.-K. Yeh, “Assessment of median nerve mobility by ultrasound dynamic imaging in carpal tunnel syndrome diagnosis,” 2013 Proceedings of Joint UFFC, EFTF and PFM symposia, pp. 876-879.
  92. B. Arnal, W.-N. Lee, M. Pernot, M. Fink, and M. Tanter, “Monitoring the lesion formation during histotripsy treatment using shear wave imaging,” AIP Conf. Proc. 1503, 129 (2012).
  93. M. Pernot, W.-N. Lee, P. Mateo, A. Bel, M. Couade, M. Tanter, B. Crozatier, and E. Messas, “Quantitative Assessment of Systolic and Diastolic Myocardial Stiffness Using Shear Wave Imaging: In vivo Validation in a Large Animal Model” American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Nov. 3-7, 2012.
  94. M. Pernot, W.-N. Lee, M. Couade, P. Mateo, B. Crozatier, A. Bel, M. Tanter, and E. Messas, “In vivo non invasive quantitative assessment of passive diastolic stiffness of infarcted myocardium using shear wave imaging,” European Society of Cardiology Congress, Munich, Germany, Aug 25-29, 2012.
  95. W.-N. Lee, B. Larrat, E. Messas, M. Pernot, and M. Tanter, “Mapping Myocardial Fiber Orientation using Echocardiography-Based Shear Wave Imaging- Comparison with Histology and Diffusion Tensor Imaging,” Euroecho, Budapest, Hungary, Dec 7-10, 2011. (selected in the Highlight Session)(cited in European Heart Journal,- Cardiovascular Imaging (2012) 13, 127-131: EuroEcho and other imaging modalities: highlight)
  96. W.-N. Lee, B. Larrat, M. Pernot, and M. Tanter, “Mapping Myocardial Structure using Shear Wave Imaging- Comparison with Diffusion Tensor Imaging,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Orlando, FL, USA, October 18-21, 2011.
  97. M. Pernot, W.-N. Lee, M. Couade, P. Mateo, B. Crozatier, E. Messas, A. Bel, and M. Tanter, “In vivo passive elastic properties of normal and infarcted myocardium using shear wave imaging,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Orlando, FL, USA, October 18-21, 2011.
  98. W.-N. Lee, M. Pernot, M. Couade, A. Bel, P. Bruneval, A. A. Hagège, M. Fink, M. Tanter, and E. Messas, “Noninvasive Assessment of Myocardial Fiber Orientation using Echocardiography-Based Shear Wave Imaging,” European Society of Cardiology Congress, Paris, France, Aug 27-31, 2011. (Also selected in the Basic Science Reception)
  99. J. Provost, W.-N. Lee, K. Fujikura, and E. E. Konofagou, “Electromechanical wave imaging for noninvasive mapping of the 3D electrical activation sequence in vivo,” American Heart Association Scientific Sessions (Chicago, IL, USA), November 13 to 17, 2010
  100. J. Provost, W.-N. Lee, K. Fujikura, and E. E. Konofagou, “Mapping the electrical activation sequence of the heart using electromechanical wave imaging: a validation study in canines,” 9th International Tissue Elasticity Conference (Snowbird, UT, USA), October 16 to 19, 2010. (Student Best Paper Award: Third Place)
  101. W.-N. Lee, M. Couade, C. Flanagan, M. Fink, M. Pernot, and M. Tanter, “Noninvasive Assessment of Myocardial Anisotropy in Vitro and in Vivo using Supersonic Shear Wave Imaging,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, San Diego, CA, USA, October 11-14, 2010.
  102. S. Okrasinski, E. Wan, W.-N. Lee, Y. Oe, and E. E. Konofagou, “Early Detection of Coronary Stenosis with Myocardial Elastography: A Clinical Feasibility Study,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, San Diego, CA, USA, October 11-14, 2010.
  103. W.-N. Lee, M. Couade, C. Flanagan, M. Pernot, and M. Tanter, “Noninvasive Assessment of Myocardial Anisotropy in Vitro using Supersonic Shear Wave Imaging,” 6th World Congress on Biomechanics, Singapore, August 1-6, 2010.
  104. W.-N. Lee, K. M. Parker, J. Luo, J. W. Holmes, and E. E. Konofagou, “Frame Rate Dependence of Myocardial Elastography Estimates Using a Physiologic 3D Biventricular Finite-Element Model of the Heart with Preliminary In Vivo Validation,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Roma, Italy, September 20-23, 2009.
  105. J. Provost, W.-N. Lee, K. Fujikura, and E. E. Konofagou, “Electromechanical Wave Imaging: Non-invasive Localization and Quantification of Partial Ischemic Regions In Vivo,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Roma, Italy, September 20-23, 2009.
  106. W.-N. Lee, J. Provost, K. Fujikura, J. Wang, and E. E. Konofagou, “In Vivo Validation of Left-Ventricular Strains at Variable Levels of Myocardial Ischemia,” AIUM Annual Convention, New York, NY, April 2-5, 2009. (New Investigator Award)
  107. W.-N. Lee, J. Provost, S. Wang, K. Fujikura, J. Wang, and E. E. Konofagou, “In Vivo Validation of 2D Myocardial Elastography at Variable Levels of Ischemia,” Proc. of IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 962-965, 2008. (Student Travel Award)
  108. J. Luo, W.-N. Lee, S. Wang, and E. E. Konofagou, “Pulse Wave Imaging of Human Abdominal Aortas In Vivo,” Proc. of IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 859-862, 2008.
  109. J. Luo, W.-N. Lee, and E. E. Konofagou, “Fundamental Performance Assessment of 2-D Myocardial Elastography in a Phased Array Configuration,” Proc. of IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 954-957, 2008.
  110. W.-N. Lee, Z. Qian, D. N. Metaxas, and E. E. Konofagou, “Clinical Validation of Angle-Independent Myocardial Elastography Using MRI Tagging,” Proc. of IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 749-752, 2007.
  111. W.-N. Lee, Z. Qian, D. N. Metaxas, and E. E. Konofagou, “Importance of Principal Strain Estimation in Clinical Myocardial Elastography with Validation Against MRI Tagging,” International Conference on the Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Santa Fe , NM, USA, Nov 2-5, 2007.
  112. J. Luo, W.-N. Lee, S. Wang, and E. E. Konofagou, “The Effect of Frame Rate on Image Quality of Myocardial Elastography in-vivo,” International Conference on the Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Santa Fe, NM, USA, Nov 2-5, 2007.
  113. W.-N. Lee, Z. Qian, C. L. Tosti, T. R. Brown, D. N. Metaxas, and E. E. Konofagou, “Validation of 2D Ultrasound-Based Strain Estimates With MR Tagging,” International Society of MR in Medicine (ISMRM), Berlin, Germany, May 15, 2007.
  114. W.-N. Lee, Z. Qian, C. L. Tosti, S. V. Swaminathan, T. R. Brown, D. N. Metaxas, and E. E. Konofagou, “Validation of Myocardial Elastography Using MR Tagging in Normal and Abnormal Human Hearts In Vivo,” 4th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro - Proceedings, pp. 384-387, 2007.
  115. J. Luo, W.-N. Lee, S. Wang, and E. E. Konofagou, “An In-Vivo Study of Frame Rate Optimization for Myocardial Elastography,” Proc. of IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 1933-1936, 2007.
  116. S. Wang, W.-N. Lee, J. Luo, and E. E. Konofagou, “A Composite Imaging Technique for High Frame-Rate And Full-View Cardiovascular Ultrasound And Elasticity Imaging,” Proc. of IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 880-883, 2007.
  117. V. Gamarnik, J. Luo, W.-N. Lee, and E. E. Konofagou, “Experimental Assessment of Angle-Independent Myocardial Elastography Performance Using a Left-Ventricular Phantom Undergoing Physiologic Motion,” Proc. of IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 741-744, 2007.
  118. Z. Qian, W.-N. Lee, E. E. Konofagou, D. N. Metaxas, and L. Axel, “Ultrasound Myocardial Elastography And Registered 3D Tagged MRI: Quantitative Strain Comparison,” International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention. 2007;10(Pt 1):800-808, 2007.
  119. Z. Qian, W.-N. Lee, E. E. Konofagou, D. N. Metaxas, and L. Axel, “Ultrasound Myocardial Elastography And Registered 3D Tagged MRI: Quantitative Strain Comparison,” Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4791 LNCS (PART 1), pp. 800-808, 2007.
  120. E. E. Konofagou, W.-N. Lee, S. D. Fung-Kee-Fung, “Angle-Independent Myocardial Elastography - Theoretical Analysis And Clinical Validation,” Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, 6513, art. no. 65130G, 2007.
  121. W.-N. Lee and E. E. Konofagou, “Analysis of 3D Motion Effects in Myocardial Elastography,”Proc. of IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 1217-1220, 2006.
  122. E. E. Konofagou E.E., S. D. Fung-Kee-Fung, and W.-N. Lee, “Principal Strain Imaging for the Detection of Infarcts,” Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Annual Conference, Boston, MA, July 7-10, 2006 (Invited).
  123. W.-N. Lee, C. M. Ingrassia, and E. E. Konofagou, “A 3D Simulation Model for Performance Assessment of 2D Myocardial Elastography,” International Conference on the Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity, Austin, TX, Oct. 17-20, 2005.
  124. S. D. Fung-Kee-Fung, W.-N. Lee, C. M. Ingrassia, K. D. Costa, and E. E. Konofagou, “Angle-Independent Strain Mapping in Myocardial Elastography 2D Strain Tensor Characterization And Principal Component Imaging,” Proc. of IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 516-519, 2005.
  125. E. E. Konofagou, W.-N. Lee, and C. M. Ingrassia, “A Theoretical Performance Assessment Tool for Myocardial Elastography,” Proc. of IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2005;1:985-8.
  126. E. E. Konofagou and W.-N. Lee, “Full Strain Representation In Myocardial Elastography”, Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Annual Conference, July 11-15, 2005 (Invited).
  127. W.-N. Lee and P.-C. Li, “An Efficient Speckle Tracking Technique for Ultrasonic Imaging Based on Block Sum Pyramid Algorithm”, Symposium of Annual Conference of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C., December 14-15, 2002. (Distinguished Poster Award)

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Popular Press

Y.-Y. Liao, W.-N. Lee, M.-J. Lee, W.-S. Chen, H.-J. Chiou, T.-T. Kuo, and C.-K. Yeh, “Carpal tunnel syndrome: US strain imaging for diagnosis,” Radiology, vol. 275, no. 1, pp. 205-214, 2015 

This work is featured on Health Imaging (http://www.healthimaging.com/topics/diagnostic-imaging/strain-imaging-successful-diagnosing-carpal-tunnel-syndrome) and to be featured in the August issue of RSNA news.

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W.-N. Lee, B. Larrat, M. Pernot, and M. Tanter, “Ultrasound Elastic Tensor Imaging: Comparison with MR Diffusion Tensor Imaging in the myocardium,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 57, no. 16, pp. 5075-5095, 2012

This work is featured on MedicalPhysicsWeb (http://medicalphysicsweb.org/cws/article/research/50586).

 

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Book Chapter

  1. 1. Z. Qian, W.-N. Lee, E. E. Konofagou, D. N. Metaxas, L. Axel, Registered 3D Tagged MRI and Ultrasound Myocardial Elastography: Quantitative Strain Comparison. In A. S. El-Baz, M. Mirmehdi, R. Acharya U, and J. S. Suri, Multi Modality State-of-the-Art Medical Image Segmentation and Registration Methodologies, Vol. 1, Chapter 10, 281-307, Springer Scient+Business Media, LLC, New York, 2011.
  2. E. E. Konofagou, W.-N. Lee, and Luo J., Cardiovascular Elasticity Imaging. In Fatemi M, Al-Jumaily A, Eds. Biomedical Applications of Vibration and Acoustics in Imaging and Characterizations, Chapter 6, 93-117, New York, NY: ASME Press, 2008.

 

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