General
Yakang Dai, PhD, Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, CAS 
Email: daiyk@sibet.ac.cn
Telephone: 0512-69588115
Address: No.88, Keling Road, Suzhou New District
Postcode: 215163

Research Areas

Biomedical Engineering / Medical Image Computing

Education

2004.9--2009.7: PhD, Computer Applied Technology, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2000.9--2004.7: BS, Electrical Engineering, Hunan University

Experience

   
Work Experience
2012.10--Now:   Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, CAS
2011.7--2012.9:  Postdoc, Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA 
2009.7--2011.7:  Postdoc, Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota--Twin Cities, USA

Honors & Distinctions

2008 -- Climbing Scholarship, CASIA 
2004 -- Outstanding Graduate Student of Hunan Province 

Publications

   
Papers
1. Yakang Dai, Yaping Wang, Li Wang, Guorong Wu, Feng Shi, Dinggang Shen. aBEAT: A Toolbox for Consistent Analysis of Longitudinal Adult Brain MRI. PLoS ONE, 2013, 8(4): e60344. (SCI)
2. Yakang Dai, Feng Shi, Li Wang, Dinggang Shen. iBEAT: A Toolbox for Infant Brain Magnetic Resonance Image Processing. Neuroinformatics. 2012, Vol.11, No.2, pp.211-225. (SCI)
3. Yakang Dai, Wenbo Zhang, Deanna L. Dickens, Bin He. Source Connectivity Analysis from MEG and its Application in Epilepsy Source Localization. Brain Topography. Vol.25, No.2, pp.157-166, 2012. (SCI)
4. Yakang Dai, Jie Tian, Di Dong, Guorui Yan, Hairong Zheng. Real-time Visualized Freehand 3D Ultrasound Reconstruction Based on GPU. IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine. Vol.14, No.6, pp.1338-1345, 2010. (SCI) 
5. Bin He1, Yakang Dai1, Laura Astolfi, Fabio Babiloni, Han Yuan, Lin Yang. eConnectome: A MATLAB Toolbox for Mapping and Imaging of Brain Functional Connectivity. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. Vol.195, No.2, pp.261-269, 2011. (Co-first, SCI)
6. Yakang Dai*, Jian Zheng, Yuetao Yang, Duojie Kuai, Xiaodong Yang. Volume-rendering-based Interactive 3D Measurement for Quantitative Analysis of 3D Medical Images. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. 2013, In Press. (SCI)
7. Feng Shi, Li Wang, Yakang Dai, John H Gilmore, Weili Lin, Dinggang Shen. Pediatric Brain Extraction Using Learning-based Meta-algorithm. Neuroimage. Vol.62, No.3:1975-1986.2012. (SCI)
8. Jie Tian, Jian Xue, Yakang Dai, Jian Chen, Jian Zheng. A Novel Software Platform for Medical Image Processing and Analyzing. IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine. Vol.12, No.6, November 2008, pp.800-812. (SCI)
9. Di Dong, Jie Tian, Yakang Dai, Guorui Yan, Fei Yang, Ping Wu. Unified Reconstruction Framework for Multi-modal Medical Imaging. Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology. Vol.19, No.1, pp.111-126, 2011. (SCI)
10. Yunhai Zhang, Bian Hu, Yakang Dai*, Haomin Yang, Wei Huang, Xiaojun Xue, Fazhi Li, Xin Zhang, Chenyu Jiang, Fei Gao and Jian Chang. A New Multichannel Spectral Imaging Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. 2013, Vol.2013, Article ID 890203. (SCI)
11. Guorui Yan, Jie Tian, Shouping Zhu, Yakang Dai, Chenghu Qin. Fast Conebeam CT Image Reconstruction Using GPU Hardware. Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology. Vol.16, No.4, 2008, pp.225-234. (SCI)
12. Jian Chen, Jie Tian, Zichun Tang, Jian Xue, Yakang Dai, Jian Zheng. Retinal Vessel Enhancement and Extraction Based on Directional Field. Journal of X-ray Science and Technology. Vol.16, No.3, 2008, pp.189-201. (SCI)
13. Guorui Yan, Jie Tian, Shouping Zhu, Chenghu Qin, Yakang Dai, Fei Yang, Di Dong, Ping Wu. Fast Katsevich algorithm based on GPU for helical conebeam computed tomography. IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine. Vol.14, No.4, pp.1053-1061, 2010. (SCI)
14. Jian Zheng, Peirong Lu, Dehui Xiang, Yakang Dai, Zhaobang Liu, Duojie Kuai, Hui Xue, Yuetao Yang. Retinal Image Graph-Cut Segmentation Algorithm Using Multi-Scale Hessian Enhancement Based Non-Local Mean Filter. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. 2013, Vol.2013, Article ID 927285. (SCI)
15. Yakang Dai, Jie Tian, Jian Xue. A Real-Time and Interactive Freehand Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Imaging System. Journal of Software. 2006, 17(zk):28-37. (EI)
16. Jian Xue, Jie Tian, Yakang Dai, Jian Chen. Processing Framework and the Fast Volume Rendering Algorithms for Out- of-Core Medical Data. Journal of Software. 2008, 19(12):3237-3248. (EI)
17. Jian Chen, Jie Tian, Jian Xue, Yakang Dai. Levelset Method with Multi-Speed-Function and Its Application in Segmentation of Medical Images. Journal of Software, 2007, 18(4):842-849. (EI)
18. Yakang Dai, Bin He. MEG-based Brain Functional Connectivity Analysis Using eConnectome. 8th International Symposium on Noninvasive Functional Source Imaging of the Brain and Heart and the 8th International Conference on Bioelectromagnetism. Banff, Alberta, Canada, May 13-16, 2011. (EI)
19. Yakang Dai, Jie Tian, Jian Zheng. Semiautomatic Determination of the Reconstruction Volume for Real-time Freehand 3D Ultrasound Reconstruction. Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging, 7265(72651E), 2009. (EI)
20. Yakang Dai, Jie Tian, Jian Xue, Jiangang Liu. A Qualitative and Quantitative Interaction Technique for Freehand 3D Ultrasound Imaging. Proceedings of the IEEE EMBS 2006. New York, USA, August 30–September 3, 2006, pp.2750-2753. (EI)
21. Jian Zheng, Jie Tian, Yakang Dai, Kexin Deng, Jian Chen. Retinal Image Registration Based on Salient Feature Regions. International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society 2009. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, September, 2-6, 2009. (EI)
22. Jian Zheng, Jie Tian, Yakang Dai, Xing Zhang, Di Dong, Min Xu. Ultrasound directed Robotic System for Thermal Ablation of Liver Tumors: a Preliminary Report, Proceedings of SPIE Symposium on Medical Imaging 2010, San Diego, California, USA, February 13-18, 2010. (EI)
23. Jiangang Liu, Jie Tian, Yakang Dai. Multi-modal Medical Image Registration Based on Adaptive Combination of Intensity and Gradient Field Mutual Information. Proceedings of the IEEE EMBS 2006. New York, USA, August 30–September 3, 2006, pp.1429-1432. (EI)
24. Yanrong Guo, Guorong Wu, Yakang Dai, Jianguo Jiang, Dinggang Shen. Robust Anatomical Correspondence Detection by Graph Matching with Sparsity Constraint. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (MICCAI Workshop MCV). 2013, Vol.7766, pp.20-28. (EI)
25. Chenghu Qin, Jie Tian, Kai Liu, Yakang Dai. The Forward Problem Algorithm Based on Modified Element Free Galerkin Method for Bioluminescence Tomography. Proceedings of the IEEE EMBS 2008. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, August 20–24, 2008. (EI)
26. Jian Xue, Jie Tian, Jian Chen, Yakang Dai. An Efficient Out-of-Core Volume Ray Casting Method for the Visualization of Large Medical Data Sets. Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging 2007: Visualization and Image-Guided Procedures. San Diego, CA, USA, Sunday 18 February, 2007, Vol.6509, 650920. (EI)
27. Xing-Guang Duan, Gui-Bin Bian, Yuan-Feng Li, Hong-Lei Shen, Qiang Huang, Yakang Dai, Min Xu. Trajectory planning and 3-D image reconstruction of an ultrasound guided robot aiming radio frequency ablation surgery. Proceedings of the World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA), 2008, pp.8261-8264. (EI)
28. Jie Tian, Jian Xue, Yakang Dai. Development and Implementation of Medical Imaging Algorithm Toolkit. Tsinghua University Press. 2007.11.1

Patents

1. Jie Tian, Yakang Dai, Jian Xue. A Real-time Freehand 3D Ultrasound Imaging System and Method. China Innovation Patent. ZL200610011160.1
2. Jie Tian, Yakang Dai, Xiaoqian Dai, Xin Yang. An Interactive Volume Clipping Method Based on 3D Plane Widgets. China Innovation Patent. 200810113295.8

Software
1. MITK (free): A Medical Imaging and Image Processing Algorithm Toolkit (C++)
2. 3DMed (open source): A 3D Medical Image Analysis System 
3. eConnectome (open source): EEG/MEG-based Functional Connectivity Analysis toolkit (MATLAB) 
4. iBEAT (free): MR-image-based Infant Brain Extraction and Analysis System
5. aBEAT (free): MR-image-based Longitudinal Adult Brain Extraction and Analysis System

Research Interests

Medical Image Analysis (MRI, CT, PET, etc.), EEG/MEG Signal Processing, 3D Ultrasound Imaging, 3D Visualization, Software Platform for Medical Image Computing

Conferences

1. Yakang Dai, Wenbo Zhang, Deanna L. Dickens, Bin He. Source Connectivity Analysis from Interictal MEG in Epilepsy Patients. American Epilepsy Society 65th Annual Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland, USA, December 2-6, 2011.
2. Bin He, Yakang Dai, Laura Astolfi, Fabio Babiloni, Lin Yang, Han Yuan. eConnectome: An Open Software for Mapping and Imaging of Brain Functional Connectivity. 16th Annual Meeting of Human Brain Mapping, 2010.
3. Jie Tian, Yakang Dai. An Integrated Medical Image Processing and Analyzing Platform. The 94th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA2008). Chicago, USA, November 30–December 5, 2008.
4. Jie Tian, Yakang Dai, Kexin Deng, Jian Zheng, Xiaoqian Dai. MITK & 3DMed: An Integrated Platform Applicable for the Development of Computer Assisted Intervention Systems. Workshop on Systems and Architectures for Computer Assisted Interventions at MICCAI 2008. New York, USA, September 6, 2008. Midas Journal.