Biomedical Optical Imaging Group

 






Journal Articles

    2024
  1. C. Tian, K. Shen, W. Dong, F. Gao, K. Wang, J. Li, S. Liu, T. Feng, C. Liu, C. Li, M. Yang,* S. Wang,* and J. Tian,* "Image reconstruction from photoacoustic projections," Photonics Insights 3, R06 (2024). [Link] (Read the Commentary written by Dr. Alexander A. Oraevsky. News: 光携能、声传信,光声重构生命图谱)
  2. K. Shen, K. Niu, S. Liu, Y. M. Paulus, X. Jiang,* and C. Tian,* "Physics-driven deep learning photoacoustic tomography," Fundamental Research xx, xx (2024). [Link] (in press)
  3. K. Bao, X. Yang, C. Sun, G. Rong, C. Tian, J. Shi, M. Sawan,* and L. Li,* "Photoacoustic Imaging Sensors Based on Integrated Photonics: Challenges and Trends," Laser & Photonics Reviews xx, 2400414 (2024). [Link]
  4. S. Liu#, Z. Tan#, P. Shao, S. Wang, and C. Tian,* "Ultrafast filtered back-projection for photoacoustic computed tomography," Biomedical Optics Express xx, xx (2024). [Link] (in press)
  5. S. Liu, X. Zheng, F. Pan, B. Wang, and C. Tian*, "Adaptive edge-enhanced Markov Chain Monte Carlo method for sound speed reconstruction in ultrasound computed tomography," IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 73, 4508112 (2024). [Link]
  6. S. Liu, C. Zhang, J. Zhang, X. Liu, B. Zhu*, and C. Tian*, "Sub-Nyquist sampling-based high-frequency photoacoustic computed tomography," Optics Letters 49, 1648-1651 (2024). [Link]
  7. S. Liu#, T. Wang#, X. Zheng#, Y. Zhu, and C. Tian*, "On the imaging depth limit of photoacoustic tomography in the visible and first near infrared windows," Optics Express 32, 5460-5480 (2024). [Link]
  8. W. Dong, C. Zhu, D. Xie, Y. Zhang, S. Tao, and C. Tian*, "Image restoration for ring-array photoacoustic tomography system based on blind spatially rotational deconvolution," Photoacoustics 38, 100607 (2024). [Link]
  9. W. Dong#, Q. Wang#, S. Tao, and C. Tian*, "Blind multi-Poissonian image deconvolution with sparse log-step gradient prior," Optics Express 32, 9061-9080 (2024). [Link]
  10. C. Zhang, Z. Tan, and C. Tian*, "Point spread function modeling for photoacoustic tomography – I: three-dimensional detection geometries," Optics Express 32, 1063-1087 (2024). [Link]
  11. C. Zhang, C. Chen, and C. Tian*, "Point spread function modeling for photoacoustic tomography – II: two-dimensional detection geometries," Optics Express 32, 1088-1107 (2024). [Link]
  12. X. Long and C. Tian*, "Spatial and channel attention-based conditional wasserstein gan for direct and rapid image reconstruction in ultrasound computed tomography," Biomedical Engineering Letters 14, 57-68 (2024). [Link]

  13. 2023
  14. X. Long#, J. Chen#, W. Liu, and C. Tian*, "Deep learning ultrasound computed tomography under sparse sampling," IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control 70, 1084-1100 (2023). [Link]
  15. H. Li#, Y. Zhu#, N. Luo, and C. Tian*, "In vivo monitoring of hemodynamic changes in ischemic stroke using photoacoustic tomography," Journal of Biophotonics 16, e202300235 (2023).[Link]
  16. D. Xie#, W. Dong#, J. Zheng, and C. Tian*, "Spatially-variant image deconvolution for photoacoustic tomography," Optics Express 31, 21641-21657 (2023). [Link]
  17. H. Zhang#, Y. Zhu#, B. Zhou, S. Liu, N. He*, and C. Tian*, "Multibeam Minimum Variance Beamforming for Ring Array Ultrasound Imaging," Physics in Medicine & Biology 68, 135005 (2023). [Link]
  18. T. Wang, C. Chen, K. Shen, W. Liu, and C. Tian*, "Streak artifact suppressed back projection for sparse-view photoacoustic computed tomography," Applied Optics 62, 3917-3925 (2023). [Link]

  19. 2022
  20. K. Niu and C. Tian*, "Zernike polynomials and their applications," Journal of Optics 24, 123001 (2022). [Link]
  21. T. Wang, M. He, K. Shen, W. Liu, and C. Tian*, "Learned regularization for image reconstruction in sparse-view photoacoustic tomography," Biomedical Optics Express 13, 5721-5737 (2022). [Link]
  22. Y. Zhao#, C. Zhang#, S. Liu, and C. Tian*, "Ultrasound-guided adaptive photoacoustic tomography," Optics Letters 47, 3960-3963 (2022). [Link]
  23. W. Fu#, D. Zhao#, Z. Li#, S. Liu, C. Tian*, K. Huang*, "Ultracompact Meta-imagers for Arbitrary All-optical Convolution," Light: Science & Applications 11, 62 (2022). [Link]
    • ESI highly-cited paper, 1%
  24. Q. Zhu, W. Jiang, K. Ye, S. Jin, W. Dong, S. Liu, G. Zhang, C. Tian, Y. Luo, Y. Wang, and J. Jiang, "Hydrogenated oxide material for self-targeting and automatic-degrading photothermal tumor therapy in the NIR-II bio-window," Advanced Functional Materials 32, 2110881 (2022). [Link]

  25. 2021
  26. C. Tian*, C. Zhang, H. Zhang, D. Xie and Y. Jin, "Spatial Resolution in Photoacoustic Computed Tomography," Reports on Progress in Physics 84, 036701 (2021). [Link]
  27. C. Tian*, J. Xia, X. Wang, "Optics and Ultrasound in Biomedicine: Sensing, Imaging, and Therapy," Frontiers in Physics 9, 712405 (2021). (Editorial) [Link]
  28. K. Shen#, S. Liu#, T. Feng, J. Yuan, B. Zhu*, and C. Tian*, "Negativity artifacts in back-projection based photoacoustic tomography," Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 54, 074001 (2021). [Link]
  29. S.-L. Chen* and C. Tian*, "Review recent developments in photoacoustic imaging and sensing for nondestructive testing and evaluation," Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art 4, 1-13 (2021). [Link]

  30. 2020
  31. C. Tian*, M. Pei, K. Shen, S. Liu, Z. Hu, and T. Feng*, "Impact of System Factors on the Performance of Photoacoustic Tomography Scanners," Physical Review Applied 13, 014001 (2020). [PDF] [Link]
  32. S. Liu, H. Wang, C. Zhang, J. Dong, S. Liu, R. Xu, and C. Tian*, "In Vivo Photoacoustic Sentinel Lymph Node Imaging Using Clinically-Approved Carbon Nanoparticles," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 67, 2033-2042, (2020). [Link]
  33. T. Wang, W. Liu, and C. Tian*, "Combating Acoustic Heterogeneity in Photoacoustic Computed Tomography: a Review," Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences 13, 2030007 (2020). [Link]

  34. 2019
  35. H. Wang, S. Liu, T. Wang, C. Zhang, T. Feng, and C. Tian*, "Three-dimensional interventional photoacoustic imaging for biopsy needle guidance with a linear array transducer," Journal of Biophotonics, e2300 (2019). [Link]
  36. V. Nguyen, Y. Li, W. Qian, B. Liu, C. Tian, W. Zhang, Z. Huang, A. Ponduri, M. Tarnowski, X. Wang, and Y. M. Paulus*, "Contrast Agent Enhanced Multimodal Photoacoustic Microscopy and Optical Coherence Tomography for Imaging of Rabbit Choroidal and Retinal Vessels in vivo," Scientific Reports 9, 5945 (2019). [Link]

  37. 2018
  38. T. Köker, N. Tang, C. Tian, W. Zhang, X. Wang, R. Martel, and F. Pinaud*, "Cellular imaging by targeted assembly of hot-spot SERS and photoacoustic nanoprobes using split-fluorescent protein scaffolds," Nature Communications 9, 607 (2018). [Link]
  39. J. Jo#, C. Tian#, G. Xu, E. Schiopu, G. Girish*, and X. Wang*, "Photoacoustic tomography for human musculoskeletal imaging and inflammatory arthritis detection," Photoacoustics 12, 82-89 (2018). (# Equal contribution) [Link]
  40. C. Tian, W. Zhang, V. Nguyen, X. Wang, and Y. M. Paulus*, "Novel Photoacoustic Microscopy and Optical Coherence Tomography Dual-modality Chorioretinal Imaging in Living Rabbit Eyes ", Journal of Visualized Experiments 132, e57135 (2018). [VIDEO] [Link]

  41. 2017 and before
  42. C. Tian, W. Zhang, A. Mordovanakis, X. Wang and Y. Paulus*, "Noninvasive chorioretinal imaging in living rabbits using integrated photoacoustic microscopy and optical coherence tomography", Optics Express 25, 15947-15955 (2017). [Link]
  43. K. H. Kim, W. Luo, C. Zhang, C. Tian, L. J. Guo, X. Wang, and X. Fan*, "Air-coupled ultrasound detection using capillary-based optical ring resonators," Scientific Reports, 7, 109 (2017). [Link]
    • Highlighted by AZO Sensors
  44. C. Tian and S. Liu*, "Phase retrieval in two-shot phase-shifting interferometry based on phase shift estimation in a local mask", Optics Express 25, 21673-21683 (2017). [Link]
  45. Z. Yang*, J. Du, C. Tian, J. Dou, Q. Yuan, and Z. Gao, "Generalized shift-rotation absolute measurement method for high-numerical-aperture spherical surfaces with global optimized wavefront reconstruction algorithm," Optics Express 25, 26133-26147 (2017). [Link]
  46. S. Liu, X. Dong, X. Yu*, X. Chen, C. Tian, "Hybrid wavelength- and frequency-division multiplexed fiber laser sensor array," Optics Letters 42, 159-162 (2017). [Link]
  47. X. Yu, X. Chen, C. Tian, S. Liu, "Large-scale multi-longitudinal mode fiber laser sensor array with wavelength/frequency division multiplexing," Journal of Lightwave Technology 35, 2299-2305 (2017). [Link]
  48. C. Tian, W. Qian*, X. Shao, Z. Xie, X. Cheng, S. Liu, Q. Cheng, B. Liu, and X. Wang*, "Plasmonic nanoparticles with quantitatively controlled bioconjugation for photoacoustic imaging of live cancer cells," Advanced Science, 1600237 (2016). [Link]
  49. C. Tian, T. Feng, C. Wang, S. Liu, Q. Cheng, D. E. Oliver, X. Wang, and G. Xu*, "Non-contact photoacoustic imaging using a commercial heterodyne interferometer," IEEE Sensors Journal 16, 8381-8388 (2016). [Link]
  50. R. K. Keswani#, C. Tian#, T. Peryea, G. Girish, X. Wang*, and G. R. Rosania*, "Repositioning Clofazimine as a macrophage-targeting photoacoustic contrast agent," Scientific Reports 6, 23528 (2016). (# equal contribution) [Link]
  51. C. Tian and S. Liu*, "Two-frame phase-shifting interferometry for testing optical surfaces," Optics Express 24, 18695-18708 (2016). [Link]
  52. C. Tian, X. Chen, and S. Liu*, "Modal wavefront reconstruction in radial shearing interferometry with general aperture shapes," Optics Express 24, 3572-3583 (2016). [Link]
  53. C. Tian and S. Liu*, "Demodulation of two-shot fringe patterns with random phase shifts by use of orthogonal polynomials and global optimization," Optics Express 24, 3202-3215 (2016). [Link]
  54. X. Zhu, K. Li, P. Zhang, J. Zhu*, J. Zhang, C. Tian, and S. Liu*, "Implementation of dispersion-free slow acoustic wave propagation and phase engineering with helical-structured metamaterials," Nature Communications 7, 11731 (2016). [Link]
    • ESI highly-cited paper, 1%
  55. C. Tian, Z. Xie*, M. L. Fabiilli, S. Liu, C. Wang, Q. Cheng, and X. Wang, "Dual-pulse nonlinear photoacoustic technique: a practical investigation," Biomedical Optics Express 6, 2923-2933 (2015). [Link]
  56. C. Tian, Z. Xie, M. L. Fabiilli, and X. Wang*, "Imaging and sensing based on dual-pulse nonlinear photoacoustic contrast: a preliminary study on fatty liver," Optics Letters 40, 2253-2256 (2015). [Link]
  57. R. Li, C. Tian, Y. Zhang, J. Zhang, X. Chen, and S. Liu, "Simultaneous Measurement of Force and Temperature by a Multi-Position Fiber Loop Ringdown Sensor Array," Journal of Lightwave Technology 33, 3607-3612 (2015). [Link]
  58. K. Li, C. Tian, S. Liu*, J. Zhang, H. Lv, and X. Zhu*, "Near infrared microcoupler with multilayer isotropic metamaterials," Journal of Applied Physics 118, 143105 (2015). [Link]
  59. T. Feng, K. M. Kozloff, C. Tian, J. E. Perosky, Y.-S. Hsiao, S. Du, J. Yuan*, C. X. Deng, and X. Wang, "Bone assessment via thermal photo-acoustic measurements," Optics Letters 40, 1721-1724 (2015). [Link]
  60. L. Zhang, C. Tian, D. Liu*, T. Shi, Y. Yang, H. Wu, and Y. Shen, "Non-null annular subaperture stitching interferometry for steep aspheric measurement," Applied Optics 53, 5755-5762 (2014). [Link]
  61. T. Ling, D. Liu*, Y. Yang, L. Sun, C. Tian, and Y. Shen, "Off-axis cyclic radial shearing interferometer for measurement of centrally blocked transient wavefront," Optics Letters 38, 2493-2495 (2013). [Link]
  62. C. Tian, Y. Yang*, and Y. Zhuo, "Computer-aided aberration compensation in optical system assembly," Optik 124, 1930-1935 (2013). [Link]
  63. C. Tian, Y. Yang*, Y. Zhuo, T. Ling, and H. Li, "Polynomial approximation method for tomographic reconstruction of three-dimensional refractive index fields with limited data," Optics and Lasers in Engineering 50, 496-501 (2012). [Link]
  64. C. Tian, Y. Yang*, and Y. Zhuo, "Generalized data reduction approach for aspheric testing in a non-null interferometer," Applied Optics 51, 1598-1604 (2012). [Link]
  65. C. Tian, Y. Yang*, Y. Zhuo, T. Wei, and T. Ling, "Tomographic reconstruction of three-dimensional refractive index fields by use of a regularized phase-tracking technique and a polynomial approximation method," Applied Optics 50, 6495-6504 (2011). [Link]
  66. C. Tian, Y. Yang*, T. Wei, and Y. Zhuo, "Nonnull interferometer simulation for aspheric testing based on ray tracing," Applied Optics 50, 3559-3569 (2011). [Link]
  67. C. Tian, Y. Yang*, T. Wei, T. Ling, and Y. Zhuo, "Demodulation of a single-image interferogram using a Zernike-polynomial-based phase-fitting technique with a differential evolution algorithm," Optics Letters 36, 2318-2320 (2011). [Link]
  68. C. Tian, Y. Yang*, D. Liu, Y. Luo, and Y. Zhuo, "Demodulation of a single complex fringe interferogram with a path-independent regularized phase-tracking technique," Applied Optics 49, 170-179 (2010). [Link]
  69. C. Tian, Y. Yang*, S. Zhang, D. Liu, Y. Luo, and Y. Zhuo, "Regularized frequency-stabilizing method for single closed-fringe interferogram demodulation," Optics Letters 35, 1837-1839 (2010). [Link]