2003/07-2008/06 

Ph.D., Optical Engineering, 

------- Continuous program involving postgraduate & doctoral study 

Nanjing University of  Science and Technology, China 

1999/09-2003/06 

Bachelor of Sciences, majored in Applied Physics, 

Nanjing University of  Science and Technology, China ranking 1st out of 27. 

2016/01-now 

Full Professor 

Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, 

IBHE, SIAT, CAS 

2014/10-2015.12 

Associate Professor 

Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, 

IBHE, SIAT, CAS 

2013/10-2014/10 

Research Scientist& Visiting professor 

NIH Ultrasonic Transducer Resource Center& 

Department of Biomedical Engineering 

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA 

2011/08-2013/10 

Associate Professor 

Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, 

IBHE, SIAT, CAS 

2008/07-2011/07 

Assistant Professor 

Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, 

IBHE, SIAT, CAS 

2005/07-2008/06 

Graduation Project tutor for Master students （Part-time） 

Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China 

2003/09-2005/06 

Teaching assistant for the subject of Physics（Part-time） 

Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China 

Year 

* indicates corresponding author. Names in [ ] indicates those of equal contributions. 

2017 

Huang, Xiaowei; Zhang, Yanling; Meng, Long; Qian, Ming; Wong, Kelvin; Abbott, Derek; Zheng, Rongqin; Zheng, Hairong; Niu, Lili, "Identification of Ultrasonic Echolucent Carotid Plaques Using Discrete Fréchet Distance Between Bimodal Gamma Distributions" IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2017 

2016 

Niu, L., Zhang, Y., Qian, M., Xiao, Y., Meng, L., Zheng, R., & Zheng, H. (2016). Standard deviation of carotid young's modulus and presence or absence of plaque improves prediction of coronary heart disease risk. Clinical physiology and functional imaging. 

2016 

Huang, X. W., Zhang, Y. L., Meng, L., Qian, M., Zhou, W., Zheng, R. Q., ... & Niu, L. L. (2016). The relationship between HbA 1c and ultrasound plaque textures in atherosclerotic patients. Cardiovascular Diabetology, 15(1), 98. 

2016 

Huang, X., Zhang, Y., Qian, M., Meng, L., Xiao, Y., Niu, L., ... & Zheng, H. (2016). Classification of Carotid Plaque Echogenicity by Combining Texture Features and Morphologic Characteristics. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 35(10), 2253-2261. 

2016 

Xiao, Y., Yu, Y., Niu, L., Qian, M., Deng, Z., Qiu, W., & Zheng, H. (2016). Quantitative evaluation of peripheral tissue elasticity for ultrasound-detected breast lesions. Clinical Radiology, 71(9), 896-904. 

2016 

Choi H, Qian M*, Kim MG, Zheng HR, Choi HK, Zhang B, and Shung KK, “Analog Wideband Receiver Architecture for High Frequency Ultrasound Instrumentation” Journal of Medical Imaging and Health Informatics, 2016, 6(1): 47-52。 

2015 

Niu LL, Meng L, Xu LS, Xiao Y, Liu J, Wang QW, Qian M*, Zheng HR*, "Stress phase angle depicts differences in arterial stiffness: phantom and in vivo study." Physics in medicine and biology 60, no. 11 (2015): 4281. 

2015 

Huang, Zhigang, Yuebing Li, Lili Niu, Yang Xiao, Xiaodong Pu, Hairong Zheng, and Ming Qian*. "Dynamic expressions of monocyte chemo attractant protein-1 and CC chamomile receptor 2 after balloon injury and their effects in intimal proliferation." Biomedical engineering online 14, no. 1 (2015): 55. 

2015 

Qiu, Weibao, Congzhi Wang, Yongchuan Li, Juan Zhou, Ge Yang, Yang Xiao, Ge Feng et al. "A Scanning-Mode 2D Shear Wave Imaging (s2D-SWI) System for Ultrasound Elastography." Ultrasonics 62(89–96), 2015. 

2014 

Niu LL, Zhang YL, Meng L, Xiao Y, Wong K, Abbott D, Zheng HR*,Zheng RQ*,Qian M*, “Detection of subclinical atherosclerosis in asymptomatic subjects using ultrasound radiofrequencytracking technology”, Plos One 2014,9(11): e111926 

2014 

Qian M*, Niu LL, Wong K, Abbott D, Zhou QF, Zheng HR*, “Pulsatile Flow Characterization in A Vessel Phantom With Elastic Wall Using Ultrasonic Particle Image Velocimetry Technique: The Impact of Vessel Stiffness on Flow Dynamics,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 61(9): 2444-2450 2014 

2014 

LiFei, CaiFY, Liu ZY, Meng L, Qian M, Wang C, Cheng Q,Qian ML, Liu X, Wu JR, Li JY, and Zheng HR*, “Phononic-Crystal-Based Acoustic Sieve for Tunable Manipulations of Particlesby a Highly Localized Radiation Force”,Physical Review Applied, 1, 051001 (2014) 

2013 

Niu LL, Qian M*, Yang W, Meng L, Xiao Y, Wong K.K.L., Abbott D, Liu X, Zheng HR*, “Surface Roughness Detection of Arteries via Texture Analysis of Ultrasound Images for Early Diagnosis of Atherosclerosis” PLOS One, 8(10):e76880, 2013. 

2013 

Niu LL, Zhang YL, Qian M, Meng L, Xiao Y, Liu X, Zheng RQ, Zheng HR*, “Impact of multiple cardiovascular risk factors on carotid intima-media thickness and elasticity,” PLOS One, 8(7): e67809, 2013. 

2013 

Zhang X, Xiao Y, Zeng J, Qiu WB, Qian M, Wang CZ, Zheng RQ, and ZhengHR. "Computer-assisted assessment of ultrasound real-time elastography: Initial experience in 145 breast lesions."EuropeanJournal of Radiology (2013). 

2012 

Niu LL, Qian M, Song RB, Li YM, Xiao Y, Meng L, Liu X, and Zheng HR*, “A Texture Matching Method Considering Geometric Transformations in Noninvasive Ultrasonic Measurement of Arterial Elasticity,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 38(3):524-533, 2012. 

2012 

Niu LL, Qian M, Song RB, Meng L, Liu X, and Zheng HR*, “A 2D Noninvasive Ultrasonic Method for Simultaneous Measurement of Arterial Strain and Flow Pattern,” Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging, 32:323–329, 2012. 

2011 

Niu L, Qian M, Yan L, Yu W, Jiang B, Jin Q, Wang Y, Shandas R, Liu X, Zheng H. “Real-Time Texture Analysis for Identifying Optimum Microbubble Concentration in 2D Ultrasonic Particle Image Velocimetry,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 37(8): 1280-1291, 2011. 

2011 

Jiang CX, Li X, Yan F, Wang ZH, Qian M, Liu X, Zhang LJ, and Zheng HR*, “Microfluidic-assisted formation of multifunctional monodisperse microbubbles for diagnostics and therapeutics,” Micro & Nano Letters, 6(6):417–421, 2011. 

2010 

Qian M, Niu LL, Yan L, Jiang B, Jin QF, Jiang CX, and Zheng HR*, “Measurement of flow velocity fields in small vessel-mimic phantoms and vessels of small animals using micro ultrasonic particle image velocimetry (microEPIV),” Physics in Medicine &Biology. 55: 6069–6088, 2010 

2010 

[Niu LL, Qian M], Wan Q, Yu WT, Ling T, Jin QF, Gao S, and Zheng HR*, “Ultrasonic Particle Image Velocimetry for Improved Flow Gradient Imaging: Algorithms, Methodology and Validation,” Physics in Medicine and Biology 55:2103–2120, 2010. 

2010 

Qian M*, Yan Q, Ni XW*, and Zheng HR, “Detection of nanoparticle Brownian motions in a nanofluid using laser speckle velocimetry” Lasers in Engineering, 20: 117-128, 2010. 

2009 

Yan Q, Qian M, Ni XW*, Lu J, Li Q, Xuan YM, “Numerical Simulations on the Formation of Speckles in Nanofluids Illuminated by a TEM00 Laser Beam,” Chinese Physics Letters, 26:044201, 2009. 

2009 

Qian M, Yan Q, Shen ZH, Lu J, Ni XW*, Li Q, and Xuan YM, “Monte Carlo simulations of the formation of speckles with nanofluids,” Lasers in Engineering  19:109-119, 2009. 

2008 

Qian M, Shen ZH, Lu J, Ni XW*, Li Q, and Xuan YM, “Numerical simulations on the formation of laser speckles with nanofluids,” Optics and Lasers in Engineering 46:461-468, 2008. 

2008 

Qian M, Liu J, Shen ZH, Lu J, Ni XW*, Li Q, and Xuan YM, “Measurement of the velocities of nanoparticles in nanofluids with laser speckle velocimetry,” Lasers in Engineering18:203-214, 2008. 

2006 

Qian M, Liu J, Yan MS, Shen ZH, Lu J, Ni XW*, Li Q, and Xuan YM, “Investigation on utilizing laser speckle velocimetry to measure the velocities of nanoparticles in nanofluids,” Optics Express 14:7559-7566, 2006. 

Applied 60 patents, of which 14 have already been granted. 

1 

ZhengH, NiuL, QianM, “Image-based method for measuring elasticity of biological tissues and system thereof,”United States patent, pending. Filing date: Aug 29, 2012, Publication number: WO2013029546 A1. 

2 

Zheng H, Qian M, Ling T, “Ultrasonic Particle Image Velocimetry method and system” Chinese patent, granted. CN101846693 B (Aug 21, 2013) 

3 

Li Y; Zheng H; Chen Z; Qian M; Zhang J; Lin S; Zhou X; Zeng C, “Three-row mixing linear array ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic wave gene transfection system” Chinese patent, granted. CN203059751 U (Jul 17, 2013) 

4 

Qian M; Zheng H; Li Y; Wang C; Xiao Y; Niu L, “Ultrasonic transducer” Chinese patent, granted. CN202802550 U (Mar 20, 2013). 

5 

Zheng H; Niu L; Qian M; Meng L; Xiao Y; Wang C, “Tube wall stress phase angle measuring method and system” Chinese patent, pending.Filing date: May 31, 2013; Publication number: CN103340620 A. 

6 

Zheng H; Niu L; Qian M; Sun F; Xiao Y; Wang C, “Vascular wall pathological changes detection method” Chinese patent, pending.Filing date: Jan 6, 2013; Publication number: CN103054563 A. 

7 

Wang C; Zheng H; Qian M; Xiao Y; Li Y; Niu L , “Noninvasive continuous blood pressure measurement device and method” Chinese patent, pending.Filing date: Sep 12, 2012; Publication number: CN103110431 A. 

8 

Qiu W; Wang C; Qian M; Yu Y; Sun L; Zheng H, “Ultrasonic modulation imaging system and method” Chinese patent, pending.Filing date: Dec 28, 2012; Publication number: CN103070701 A. 

9 

Li Y; Zheng H; X Bai; Qian M; Lin S; Zhou X; Lin R; Wang C, “Flattening device ”, Chinese Patent, pending. Aug 28, 2012, Publication number: CN102785384 A. 

10 

Wang C; Zeng C; Zheng H; Ming Y; Yang P; Yang G; Xiao Y; Li Y; Qian M; Qiu W, “Device and method for reducing interference of physiological activities to medical imaging or measuring results” Chinese patent, pending.Filing date: Dec 24, 2012; Publication number: CN103040524 A. 

11 

Wang C; Yang P; Zheng H; Zeng C; Yang G; Xiao Y; Li Y; Ming Y; Qian M; Qiu W, “Method and system for measuring biological tissue viscoelasticity” Chinese patent, pending.Filing date: Dec 24, 2012; Publication number: CN103054552 A.