Experience  

Associate Professor (11/2016 - Present)  Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China 

Assistant Professor (2/2011 - 10/2016)  Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China 

Ph.D. (08/2005~ 01/2011), Biomedical Engineering, Fudan University   Ph.D. Advisor: Professor Jianguo Yu 

B.S. (09/2001~07/2005), Electrical Engineering, Wuhan University  

Research Interests  

Ultrasound Elastography  Ultrasonic imaging system 

Representative Publications  

1.      Xiao Y, Shen Y, Niu LL, Ling T, Wang CZ, Zheng HR*, Strain Estimation in elastography using scale-invariant keypoints tracking, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 2013，60(4):706-717.  

2.      Xiao Y, Zeng J, Niu LL, Zeng QJ, Wu T, Wang CZ, Zheng RQ, Zheng HR*, Computer-aided Diagnosis Based on Quantitative Elastographic Features with Supersonic Shear Wave Imaging , Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 2014,40(2):275-286.  

3.      Xiao Y, Yu Y, Niu LL, Qian M., Deng ZT, Qiu, WB, Zheng HR*. Quantitative evaluation of peripheral tissue elasticity for ultrasound-detected breast lesions. Clinical Radiology 2016, 71(9), 896-904.  

4.      Xiao Y, Zeng J, Zhang X, Niu LL, Qian M, Wang CZ, Zheng HR, Zhang RQ. Ultrasound Strain Elastography for Breast Lesions: Computer-aided Evaluation with Quantifiable Elastographic Features. Journal of ultrasound in medicine (accepted) 

5.      Zhang X, Xiao Y , Zeng J, Qiu WB, Qian M, Wang CZ, Zheng RQ*, Zheng HR*. Computer-assisted assessment of ultrasound real-time elastography: initial experience in 145 breast lesions, European Journal of Radiology, 2014, 83(1):1-7. 

6.      Zhang Q, Xiao Y, Dai W, Suo JF, Wang CZ, Shi J, Zheng HR Deep learning based classification of breast tumors with shear-wave elastography. Ultrasonics 2016, 72, 150–157. 

7.      Zhang Q*, Xiao Y, Chen S, Wang CZ, Zheng HR*, Quantification of Elastic Heterogeneity Using Contourlet-Based Texture Analysis in Shear-Wave Elastography for Breast Tumor Classification, Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 2015, 41(2):588-600. 

8.      Wang CZ, Zhang J, Huang ZP, Xiao Y, Song D, Zeng J, Zheng HR*, and Zheng RQ*, Influence of Measurement Depth on the Stiffness Assessment of Healthy Liver with Real-time Shear Wave Elastography, Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 2014,40(3):461-469. 

9.      Niu, L., Zhang, Y., Meng, L., Xiao, Y., Wong, K. K. L., Abbott, D., Derek Abbott，Hairong Zheng*, Rongqin Zheng*, Ming Qian. Detection of subclinical atherosclerosis in asymptomatic subjects using ultrasound radiofrequency-tracking technology.  Plos One 2014, 9(11), e111926-e111926. 

10.   Huang ZG, Li YB, Niu LL, Xiao Y, Zheng HR, Qian M. 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, 2015; 14(1):55. 

11.   Niu, L., Zhang, Y., Ming, Q., Yang, X., Long, M., Zheng, R., Zheng HR. (2016). Standard deviation of carotid young's modulus and presence or absence of plaque improves prediction of coronary heart disease risk. Clinical Physiology & Functional Imaging. 

12.   Niu LL, Qian M, Yang W, Meng L, Xiao Y, Kelvin K. L. Wong, Derek Abbott, Xin Liu, Hairong Zheng*. Surface Roughness Detection of Arteries via Texture Analysis of Ultrasound Images for Early Diagnosis of Atherosclerosis. PLoS ONE，2013，8(10): e76880. 

13.   Niu LL, Zhang Y, Qian M, Meng L, Xiao Y, Yuanyuan Wang, Xin Liu, Rongqin Zheng*, Hairong Zheng. Impact of Multiple Cardiovascular Risk Factors on Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Elasticity.  PLoS ONE, 2013, 8(7): e67809. 

14.   Niu, L., Meng, L., Xu, L., Liu, J., Wang, Q., & Xiao, Y., et al. (2015). Stress phase angle depicts differences in arterial stiffness: phantom and in vivo study. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 60(11), 4281-4294. 

15.   Xiaowei Huang, Yanling Zhang, Ming Qian, Long Meng, Yang Xiao,Lili Niu, Rongqin Zheng,and Hairong Zheng Classification of Carotid Plaque Echogenicity by Combining Texture Features and Morphologic Characteristics Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine15.09002; Published Online 2016, 

16.   Qiu WB, Wang CZ, Li YC, Zhou J, Yang G, Xiao Y, Feng G, Jin QF, Mu PT, Qian M, Zheng HR, A Scanning-Mode 2D Shear Wave Imaging (s2D-SWI) System for Ultrasound Elastography.Ultrasonics, 2015, 62:89-96. 

17.   Qiu, W., Ye, Z., Yu, Y., Chen, Y., Chi, L., & Mu, P., et al. Guofeng Li , Congzhi Wang , Yang Xiao , Jiyan Dai , Lei Sun and Hairong Zheng。A digital multigate doppler method for high frequency ultrasound. Sensors, 14(8), 13348-60. 

Intelligent property   

1.      Hairong Zheng, Lili Niu, Ming Qian, Fenglei Sun, Yang Xiao, Congzhi Wang. A Method for vascular wall disease, CN 201310003508.2 

2.      Hairong Zheng, Long Meng, Feiyan Cai, Lili Niu, Fei Li, Yang Xiao. The chip and the method for gene transference, CN 201410197086.1 

yang.xiao@siat.ac.cn