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Journals

  1. Wu Y*, Kang J*, Lesniak WG, Lisok A, Zhang HK, Taylor RH, Pomper MG, Boctor EM, Spectroscopic photoacoustic imaging with effective denoising and wavelength optimization for prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeted imaging, Photoacoustics.
  2. Lesniak WG*, Wu Y*, Kang J, Boinapally S, Banerjee SR, Lisok A, Jablonska A, Boctor EM, Pomper MG. Dual contrast agents for fluorescence and photoacoustic imaging: evaluation in a murine model of prostate cancer. Nanoscale. 2021;13(20):9217-28.
  3. Wu Y, Zhang HK, Kang J, Boctor EM. An economic photoacoustic imaging platform using automatic laser synchronization and inverse beamforming. Ultrasonics. 2020 Apr 1;103:106098.
  4. Liu X, Li H, Pang M, Liu J, Song X, He R, He M, Jian X, Ma C, Deng H, Wu Y. Photoacoustic imaging in brain disorders: Current progress and clinical applications. View. 2024:20240023.
  5. Tang Y, Lesniak WG, Gao S, Wu Y, Pomper MG, Zhang HK. Beyond synthetic aperture focusing: deconvolution-based elevation resolution enhancement using simulated point spread function for linear array-based three-dimensional photoacoustic imaging. Biomedical Optics Express. 2024 Mar 1;15(3):1847-60.
  6. Song H, Moradi H, Jiang B, Xu K, Wu Y, Taylor RH, Deguet A, Kang JU, Salcudean SE, Boctor EM. Real-time intraoperative surgical guidance system in the da Vinci surgical robot based on transrectal ultrasound/photoacoustic imaging with photoacoustic markers: an ex vivo demonstration. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2022 Jul 18.

Conference proceedings

  1. Wu Y, Enders J, Williams C, Jiang B, Wiskin J, Rothberg MB, Negussie AH, Klock J, Hazen L, Xu S, Turkbey B. Realistic digital phantoms for prostate ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging. Medical Imaging 2024: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography 2024 Apr 1 (Vol. 12932, pp. 318-327). SPIE.
  2. Wu Y, Jiang B, Song H, Xu K, Moradi H, Boctor EM. Feasibility of Using Low-Energy Pulsed Laser Diode on Clinical Ultrasound Platforms for Photoacoustic and Transrectal Ultrasound Guided Laparoscopic Prostatectomy. In IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) 2022 Oct 13 (pp. 1-4). IEEE.
  3. Kang J, Wu Y, Graham E, Koehler R, Boctor EM. Spectral System Denoising in Spectroscopic Photoacoustic Neuroimaging. In IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) 2022 Oct 12 (pp. 1-2). IEEE.
  4. Wu Y†, Kang J, Lesniak WG, Pomper MG, Boctor EM, Iterative Fluence Compensation and Spectral Unmixing for Spectroscopic Photoacoustic Imaging. In IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) 2021 Sep 12 (pp. 1-4). IEEE.
  5. Moradi H, Wu Y, Salcudean SE, Boctor EM. A photoacoustic image reconstruction method for point source recovery. InPhotons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2021 2021 Mar 5 (Vol. 11642, p. 116423B). International Society for Optics and Photonics.
  6. Gilboy KM, Wu Y, Wood BJ, Boctor EM, Taylor RH. Dual-Robotic Ultrasound System for In Vivo Prostate Tomography. InMedical Ultrasound, and Preterm, Perinatal and Paediatric Image Analysis 2020 Oct 4 (pp. 161-170). Springer, Cham.
  7. Wan Q, Wang C, Xu K, Kang J, Wu Y, Trivedi SB, Gehlbach P, Boctor E. Ultrasound Signal Detection with Multi-bounce Laser Microphone. In 2020 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) 2020 Sep 7 (pp. 1-4). IEEE.
  8. Xie T, Shahbazi M, Wu Y, Taylor RH, Boctor EM. Stabilized ultrasound imaging of a moving object using 2D B-mode images and convolutional neural network. In Medical Imaging 2020: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling 2020 Mar 16 (Vol. 11315, p. 113150C). International Society for Optics and Photonics.
  9. Anas EM, Cheng A, Seifabadi R, Wu Y, Aalamifar F, Wood B, Rahmim A, Boctor EM. CNN and back-projection: limited angle ultrasound tomography for speed of sound estimation. In Medical Imaging 2019: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography 2019 Apr 10 (Vol. 10955, p. 109550M). International Society for Optics and Photonics.
  10. Wu Y, Zhang HK, Boctor EM. Enabling vendor independent photoacoustic imaging systems with asynchronous laser source. InPhotons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2018 2018 Feb 19 (Vol. 10494, p. 104945M). International Society for Optics and Photonics.

Patents

  1. Pomper MG, Lesniak W, Boctor E, Ray SB, Boinapally S, Kang J, Wu Y, inventors; The Johns Hopkins University, assignee. Low molecular weight and polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimer based PSMA-specific dual contrast agents for optical and photoacoustic imaging and theranostic agents for treating prostate cancer. United States patent application US 17/744,080. 2022 Dec 22.

Abstract and presentations

  1. Parikh SH, Hesswani C, Azar WS, Koller CR, Schuppe KC, Kenigsberg AP, Mendhiratta N, Azari S, Nethala D, Wu Y, Wiskin J. MP30-01 A new look: the promising use of 3-dimensional quantitative transmission ultrasound tomography for the detection of prostate cancer an ex vivo study. The Journal of Urology. 2024 May;211(5S):e490.
  2. Tang Y, Lesniak W, Gao S, Wu Y, Pomper M, Zhang HK. Beyond SAF: deconvolution-based elevation resolution enhancement for linear array-based three-dimensional photoacoustic imaging. In IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) 2022 Oct 12. IEEE.
  3. Wu Y, Kang J, Lesniak WG, Boctor EM, Pomper MG. Photoacoustic imaging of targeted prostate cancer: contrast agents and system-level optimization. Ultrasound Imaging and Tissue Characterization (UITC) 2022, oral presentation, 8 Jun. 2022.
  4. Kang J, Wu Y, Graham EM, Koehler RC, Boctor EM. Spectral system denoising for in vivo spectroscopic photoacoustic neuroimaging. Ultrasound Imaging and Tissue Characterization (UITC) 2022, oral presentation, 8 Jun. 2022.
  5. Enders JJ, Williams C, Rothberg MB, Blake Z, Noun J, Wu Y, Wiskin J, Daneshvar M, Seifabadi R, Negussie AH, Choyke PL, Boctor EM, Toubaji A, Merino MJ, Turkey B, Wood BJ, Pinto PA. Ultrasound tomography for prostate cancer imaging: an ex vivo preliminary study. In 35th Annual meeting 2022 May 15, Engineering and Urology Society.
  6. Wiskin JW, Enders JJ, Turkbey I, Rothberg M, Merino M, Xu S, Boctor E, Wu Y, Negussie A, Klock J, Wood B. Imaging of prostate cancer with 3D ultrasound tomography. In Medical Imaging 2022: Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography 2022 Apr 4 (p. PC1203809). SPIE.
  7. Williams C, Daneshvar M, Wu Y, Owens-Walton J, Yerram N, Gomella PT, OConnor LP, Khondakar N, Ahdoot M, Negussie A, Xu S. MP22-17 Prostate Ultrasound Tomography (UT): Correlation with MRI and Whole Mount Histopathology. The Journal of Urology. 2021 Sep;206(Supplement 3):e398-.
  8. Wu Y, Kang J, Lesniak WG, Boinapally S, Ray S, Lisok A, Jablonska A, Pomper MG, Boctor EM, Multispectral photoacoustic imaging of aggressive prostate cancer in vivo using PAMAM dendrimer conjugated agent, IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, oral presentation, Sept. 11, 2020.
  9. Wu Y, Kang J, Yung C, Le Hanh, Hwang J, Boctor EM, A Cost-Effective Spectral Equalization Method for Multispectral Photoacoustic Imaging, IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, poster presentation, Sept. 8, 2020.
  10. Kang J*, Wu Y*, Lisok A, Pomper MG, Ray S, Boctor EM, Contrast-enhanced molecular photoacoustic imaging of aggressive prostate cancer using fluorescence-quenching prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeted dye, IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, oral presentation, Oct. 8, 2019.
  11. Wu Y*, Kang J*, Zhang HK, Pomper MG, Boctor EM, Effective multi-spectral photoacoustic imaging of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeted agent for aggressive prostate cancer detection, IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, oral presentation, Oct. 8, 2019. Received the Student Travel Support from IEEE UFFC.
  12. Kang J*, Wu Y*, Lisok A, Pomper MG, Ray S, Boctor EM, Contrast-enhanced Spectroscopic Photoacoustic Imaging of Prostate Cancer using Fluorescence-quenching Prostate-specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA)-targeted Contrast Agent, Ultrasound Imaging and Tissue Characterization (UITC) 2019, oral presentation, VA, United States, 5 Jun. 2019.
  13. Gilboy K, Wu Y, Shahbazi M, Taylor RH, Boctor EM, Robotic Hand-Over-Hand Control Framework for Transabdominal Ultrasound with Implications for Co-Robotic Ultrasound Tomography Guided by Endorectal Probe, Ultrasound Imaging and Tissue Characterization (UITC) 2019, oral presentation, VA, United States, 5 Jun. 2019.
  14. Wu Y, Zhang HK, Boctor EM, Feasibility of Low-cost Photoacoustic Imaging Using Clinical Ultrasound Scanners in the Absence of Laser Synchronization, Ultrasound Imaging and Tissue Characterization (UITC) 2019, oral presentation, VA, United States, 6 Jun. 2018.