Hengyong Yu, PhD

Research Scientist

Associate Director of CT Lab

Biomedical Imaging Division

VT-WFU School of Biomedical Engineering & Sciences

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Room 320, ICTAS Building, Stanger Street (MC:0298)

Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA

(540) 231-0619 (O) , (540) 231-0970(F)

 

I received my Bachelor's degrees in information science & technology (1998), computational mathematics (1998), and my PhD in information & telecommunication engineering (2003) from Xi'an Jiaotong University, which is one of the most prestigious universities in China. I was Instructor and Associate Professor with the College of Telecommunication Engineering, Hangzhou Dianzi University, from July 2003 to Sept. 2004. During Sept. 2004 and Nov. 2006, I was postdoctoral fellow and Associate Research Scientist with the Department of Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. Currently, I am a Research Scientist, the Associate Director of CT Lab, Biomedical Imaging Division, VT-WFU School of Biomedical Engineering & Science, Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, VA, USA. My interests include computed tomography and medical image processing. I have authored or coauthored >100 peer-reviewed journal or conference papers. I serve as the Editorial Board members of Signal Processing, International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Consumer Health Informatics and Open Medical Imaging Journal, and Guest Editor of the International Journal of Biomedical Imaging for the special issue entitled "Development of Computed Tomography Algorithms". I am a senior member of the IEEE and member of the Chinese Institute of Electronics. In 2005, I was honored for an outstanding doctorial dissertation by Xi'an Jiaotong University, and received the first prize for a best natural science paper from the Association of Science & Technology of Zhejiang Province.