Junguo Bian

Committee on Medical Physics
Department of Radiology
5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC 2026
Chicago, IL 60637
E-mail: junguo%at%uchicago.edu
Office: (773) 834-9051

I am a doctoral student of the Graduate Program in Medical Physics (GPMP) at the University of Chicago. My advisor is Dr. Xiaochuan Pan.

Research Interests:

Cone-beam tomographic image reconstruction

Application of advanced image-reconstruction algorithms in medical imaging and small-animal imaging

Dose reduction for dedicated CT and image-guided applications (IGRT and IGS)

Education:

Ph.D. (Medical Physics), The University of Chicago, 2011 (expected)

M. Sc. (Nuclear Engineering), Purdue University, 2004

B. E. (Engineering Physics), Tsinghua University, 1998

Honors and Awards:

Graduate with Honor, Tsinghua University (1998)

Ross Fellowship, Purdue University (2002)

IEEE Medical Imaging Conference Trainee Award (2006, 2008, 2009)

10th International Meeting on Fully 3D Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine student fellowship (2009)

IEEE Medical Imaging Conference NPSS Student Paper Awards Finalist (2010)

Professional Experiences:

Research Assistant, The University of Chicago (06/2006 - Present)

Research Assistant, Purdue University (05/2002 - 08/2004)

Journal Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Medical Physics, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in BioMedicine

Conference Abstract Reviewer: International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging Conference (ISBI)

Journal Papers:

P. J. La Rivière, J. Bian, and P. A. Vargas, “Penalized-likelihood sinogram restoration in Computed Tomography,” IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Vol. 25, No. 8, pp. 1022-1036, 2006.

P. J. La Rivière, J. Bian, and P. A. Vargas, “Comparison of quadratic- and median-based roughness penalties for penalized-likelihood sinogram restoration in Computed Tomography,” International Journal of Biomedical Imaging, Vol. 2006, Article ID 41380, 2006. doi:10.1155/IJBI/2006/41380.

J. Bian, R. Gao and L. H. Tsoukalas, “Hazardous material identification using a neurofuzzy methodology,” International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Tools, Vol. 16, pp 901-906, 2007.

S. Cho, J. Bian, C. A. Pelizzari, C.-T. Chen, T.-C. He, and X. Pan, “Region-of-interest image reconstruction for circular cone-beam microCT,” Medical Physics, Vol. 34, pp. 4923-4933, 2007.

J. Bian, X. Han, E. Y. Sidky, G. Cao, J. Lu, O. Zhou, and X. Pan, “Investigation of sparse data mouse imaging using micro-CT with a carbon-nanotube-based X-ray source,” Tsinghua Science and Technology, Vol. 15, pp 74-78, 2010.

J. Bian, D. Xia, E. Y. Sidky, and X. Pan, “Region of interest imaging for a general trajectory with the rebinned BPF algorithm,” Tsinghua Science and Technology, Vol. 15, pp 68-73, 2010.

J. Bian, J. H. Siewerdsen, X. Han, E. Y. Sidky, J. L. Prince, C. A. Pelizzari, and X. Pan,“Evaluation of sparse-view reconstruction from flat-panel-detector cone-beam CT,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 55, pp 6575-6599, 2010. (Featured article of Physics in Medicine and Biology(link), Medicalphysicsweb news(link))

X. Han, J. Bian, D. R. Eaker, T. L. Kline, E. Y. Sidky, E. L. Ritman, and X. Pan, “Algorithm-enabled low-dose micro-CT imaging,” IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Vol. 30, pp 606-620, 2011. (link)

Peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings:

J. Bian, H. Zhang, P. Zhang, and X. Pan, “A cone-beam approach to ROI imaging without invoking dynamic illumination collimation,” Proceeding of 9th International Meeting on Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, pp. 386-389, 2007.

I. Reiser, J. Bian, R. M. Nishikawa, E. Y. Sidky, and X. Pan, “Comparison of reconstruction algorithms for digital breast tomosynthesis,” Proceeding of 9th International Meeting on Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, pp. 155-158, 2007.

J. Bian, X. Han, E. Y. Sidky, D. Tward, J. H. Siewerdsen, and X . Pan, “Sparse data reconstruction of flat-panel cone-beam CT for potential use in Image-guided surgery,” Proceeding of 10th International Meeting on Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, pp 231- 233, 2009.

J. Bian, X. Han, E. Y. Sidky, G. Cao, J. Lu, O. Zhou, and X. Pan, “Investigation of sparse-data mouse imaging using micro-CT with a carbon-nanotube X-ray source,” Proceeding of 10th International Meeting on Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, pp 410-413, 2009.

X. Han, J. Bian, D. R. Eaker, E. Y. Sidky, E. L. Ritman, and X. Pan, “Image reconstruction of animal vasculature from under-sampled circular cone-beam micro-CT Data,” Proceeding of 10th International Meeting on Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, pp 442- 445, 2009.

X. Han, S. Cho, J. Bian, E. Pearson, E. Y. Sidky, C. A. Pelizzari, and X. Pan, “Low-dose kilo-voltage cone-beam CT imaging for image-guided radiation therapy, a feasibility study,” Proceeding of 10th International Meeting on Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, pp 389-393, 2009.

J. Bian, J. Wang, X. Han, E. Y. Sidky, J. Ye. L. Shao, and X. Pan, “Reconstruction from sparse data in offset-detector CBCT,” Proceeding of the First International Meeting on Image Formation in X-Ray Computed Tomography, pp 96-100, 2010.

X. Han, J. Bian, D. R. Eaker, E. Y. Sidky, E. L. Ritman, and X. Pan, “Few-view image reconstruction of coronary arteries: a preliminary study using simulation and real data,” Proceeding of the First International Meeting on Image Formation in X-Ray Computed Tomography, pp 260-263, 2010.

D. Xia, J. Bian, X. Han, E. Y. Sidky, J. Lu, O. Zhou, and X. Pan, “Investigation of image reconstruction in CT with a limited number of stationary sources,” Proceeding of the First International Meeting on Image Formation in X-Ray Computed Tomography, pp 90-95, 2010.