Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications

Mela CA, Papay FA and Liu Y (2021). Enhance Fluorescence Imaging and Remove Motion Artifacts by Combining Pixel Tracking, Interleaved Acquisition, and Temporal Gating, IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 13(1), doi: 10.1109/JPHOT.2021.3055809.

Mela CA, Papay FA and Liu Y. Novel Multimodal, Multiscale Imaging System with Augmented Reality, Diagnostics, 11(3), 441; doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11030441.

Quang TT, Chen WF, Papay FA and Liu Y (2021), Dynamic, Real-Time, Fiducial-Free Surgical Navigation with Integrated Multimodal Optical Imaging, IEEE Photonics Journal, 13(1), doi: 10.1109/JPHOT.2020.3042269.

Askari M and Liu Y. Novel Wearable Thermal-Color Dual Modal Imaging System for COVID-19 Temperature Screening, IEEE I2MTC, accepted

Liu X, Quang TT, Deng W and Liu Y (2021), Deep Convolutional Feature-Based Fluorescence-to-Color Image Registration, Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA), accepted

Liu X, Deng W and Liu Y (2021), Application of Hybrid Network of UNet and Feature Pyramid Network in Spine Segmentation, Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA), accepted

Askari M, Chen WF, Papay FA and Liu Y (2021), Intraoperative Optical Imaging with Distance-Aware RGB-Fluorescence Image Registration, Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA), accepted

Shen D, Xu B, Liang K, Tang R, Sudlow G, Egbulefu C, Guo K, Som A, Gilson R, Maji D, Mondal S, Habimana-Griffin L, Akers W, Li S, Liu Y., Bloch S. et. al., (2020) Selective imaging of solid tumours via the calcium-dependent high-affinity binding of a cyclic octapeptide to phosphorylated Annexin A2. Nature Biomedical Engineering 4, 298–313 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-020-0528-7

Mela CA and Liu Y. (2019) Comprehensive Characterization Method for Fluorescence Imaging System, Applied Optics, 58(30), pp. 8237-8246, doi: 10.1364/AO.58.008237.

Mela CA, Lemmer D, Papay FA, Bao FS, Hicks T and Liu Y. (2019) Real-time Dual-Modal Vein Imaging System. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 14(2):203-213. doi: 10.1007/s11548-018-1865-9.

Quang TT, Zhou M, Papay FA and Liu Y. (2018) Fluorescence to Color Feature-Based Image Registration for Medical Augmented Reality. IEEE ISSPIT Proceedings, DOI: 10.1109/ISSPIT.2018.8705148.

Quang TT, Mela CA, Zhou M and Liu Y. (2018) Mobile Traumatic Brain Injury Assessment System. IEEE ISSPIT Proceedings, DOI: 10.1109/ISSPIT.2018.8705146.

Quang TT, Kim HY, Bao FS, Papay FA, Edwards WB and Liu Y. (2017) Fluorescence Imaging Topography Scanning System for intraoperative multimodal imaging. PLOS ONE. 12(4):e0174928. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174928.

Mela CA, Papay F and Liu, Y. (2016) Intraoperative Fluorescence Imaging and Multimodal Surgical Navigation Using Goggle System, Methods in Molecular Biology, 1444:85,

FS Bao Yu Pang ; W Zhou ; W Jiang ; Y Yang ; Y Liu ; C Qian. (2016) Coverage-Based Lossy Node Localization for Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 16, no. 11, pp. 4648-4656, doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2016.2541159

Mela CA, Patterson C, Thompson WK, Papay F and Liu Y. (2015) Stereoscopic Integrated Imaging Goggles for Multimodal Intraoperative Image Guidance, PLOS ONE, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141956.

Mela CA, Patterson C, Papay F and Liu Y. (2015) Stereoscopic Optical Imaging Goggle for Guiding Surgeries, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 10(1), S240

Mela CA, Patterson C and Liu Y. (2015) A Miniature Wearable Optical Imaging System for Guiding Surgeries, Proceedings of SPIE, 93110Z, doi: 10.1117/12.2076226.

Yu B, Ferris DG, Liu Y & Nagarajan VK (2014). Emerging Optical Techniques for Detection of Oral, Cervical and Anal Cancer in Low-Resource Settings, Austin Journal of Biomedical Engineering, 1(2): 1007.

Liu Y, Zhao Y, Akers W, Tang Z, Fan J, Sun H, Ye Q, Wang L & Achilefu S (2013). First in-human intraoperative imaging of HCC using the fluorescence goggle system and transarterial delivery of near-infrared fluorescent imaging agent: a pilot study., Translational Research, 162(5), 324-31.

Liu Y, Njuguna R, Matthews T, Akers W, Sudlow G, Mondal S, Tang R, Gruev V & Achilefu S (2013). Near-infrared Fluorescence Goggle System with CMOS Imaging Sensor and See-Through Display, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 18(10), 101303.

Liu Y, Akers W, Bauer A, Mondal S, Gullicksrud K, Sudlow G, Culver J & Achilefu S (2013). Intraoperative Detection of Liver Tumors Aided by Fluorescence Goggle System and Multimodal Imaging, Analyst, 138(8), 2254-7.

Liu Y, Solomon M & Achilefu S (2013). Perspectives and Potential Applications of Nanomedicine in Breast and Prostate Cancer, Medicinal Research Reviews, 33(1), 3-32. (Cover Story)

Liu Y, York T, Akers W, Sudlow G, Gruev V & Achilefu S (2012). Complementary Fluorescence-Polarization Microscopy using Division-of-Focal-Plane Polarization Imaging Sensor, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 17(11), 116001.

Liu Y & Achilefu S (2012). Targeted Optical Molecular Imaging with Cytate: From Bench Toward Bedside, in Michael Welch and William Eckelman (ed.), Targeted Molecular Imaging, CRC Press.

Liu Y, Akers W, Bauer AQ, Sudlow G, Liang K, Charanya T, Culver JP & Achilefu S (2012). Fluorescence Goggle System for Image-Guided Surgery, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 7, S177.

Akers W, Liu Y, Sudlow G, Lee J, Yoo JS, Lee BC, Soh KS & Achilefu S (2012). Identification of Primo-Vascular System in Murine Tumors and Viscera, in Kwang-Sup Soh et. al. (ed.), The Primo Vascular System, Springer.

Liu Y, Bauer AQ, Akers W, Sudlow G, Liang K, Shen D, Berezin M, Culver JP & Achilefu S (2011). Hands-free, Wireless Goggles for Near-infrared Fluorescence and Real-time Image-guided Surgery, Surgery, 149(5), 689. (Featured in NCI Cancer Bulletin)

Solomon M, Liu Y, Berezin M & Achilefu S (2011). Optical Imaging in Cancer Research: Basic Principles, Tumor Detection, and Therapeutic Monitoring, Medical Principles and Practice, 20(5), 397.

Cho EC, Liu Y & Xia Y (2010), A Simple Spectroscopic Method for Differentiating Cellular Uptakes of Gold Nanospheres and Nanorods from Their Mixtures, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 49(11), 1976.