Assistant Professor
Lei Sun photo
Lei SUN
  • PhD, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Bioengineering, 2004
  • MSc, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, Electrical Engineering, 2000
  • BSc, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Electrical Engineering, 1996

    • An Research Associate / Research Assistant position is available
    Brief Outline of Experience and Posts Held
      Jun/08 - Present   Assistant Professor, Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR
    May/07 - May/08 Research Associate, NIH Resource Center for Medical Ultrasonic Transducer Technology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
    May/04 - Apr/07 Post-Doctoral Fellow, NIH Resource Center for Medical Ultrasonic Transducer Technology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
    Aug/00 - Apr/04 Research Assistant, Therapeutic Ultrasound Applications Laboratory, Department of Bioengineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
    Jan/03 - Dec/03 Teaching Assistant. Department of Bioengineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
    Research Interests
    Medical Imaging, Ultrasonic Imaging and Doppler, High Frequency Ultrasound, Magnetic Resonance (MR) guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU), Small Animal Imaging, Heart Regeneration, Cardiac Imaging, Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization, Biomedical Instrumentation, Biomedical Signal and Image Processing
    Professional Activities
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    		•  Invited Session Chair and Associate Editor for 30th International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, August 2008.
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    		•  Invited Speaker of 30th International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, August 2008.
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    		•  Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control.
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    		•  Reviewer, Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
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    		•  Reviewer, International Journal of Hyperthermia.
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    		•  Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), Since 2004
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    		•  Member, Acoustical Society of America (ASA), Since 2004
    Honors and Awards
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    		•  Travel Award for IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2003
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    		•  Graduate Fellowship, Pennsylvania State University, 2000-2004
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    		•  Dong Shi Dong Fang Scholarship, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Science, 1999
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    		•  USTC Outstanding Graduate, University of Science and Technology of China, 1996
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    		•  3rd prize winner of National Mathematics Competition of China (1st prize winner in Liaoning Province),1990
    Representative Publications (Journal Articles, Book Chapters, Monographs and Conference Papers; Total: 35)
    Journal Papers
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    		•  Sun L, Xu X, Feng C, Johnson JA, Shung KK. A high frame rate duplex ultrasound system for in vivo cardiovascular research in mice. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (in press).
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    		•  Chang JH, Sun L, Yen JT, Shung KK. A High-Speed, High-Frequency Ultrasound B-Mode Imaging System. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. (revised).
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    		•  Sun L, Lien C, Shung KK. In vivo cardiac imaging of adult zebrafish using high frequency ultrasound (45-75 MHz). Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 2008;34(1):31-39.
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    		•  Xu X, Sun L, Cannata JM, Yen JT, Shung KK. High-frequency ultrasound Doppler for biomedical applications with a 30 MHz linear array. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 2008;34(4):638-646.
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    		•  Cannata JM, Williams JA, Zhou Q, Yu H, Sun L, Shung KK, Kim ES. Self-Focused ZnO Transducers for Ultrasonic Biomicroscopy. Journal of Applied Physics, 103: 084109. 2008.
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    		•  Sun L, Richard WD, Cannata JM, Ching F, Johnson JA, Yen JT, Shung KK. A high frame rate high frequency ultrasonic system for cardiac imaging in small animals. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics Frequency Control 2007;54(8):1648-1655.
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    		•  Huang CC, Sun L, Dailey SH, Wang SH, Shung KK. High frequency ultrasonic characterization of human vocal fold tissue. Journal of Acoustical Society of America 2007;122(3):1827-1832.
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    		•  Zhou Q, Xu X, Gottlieb EJ, Sun L, Cannata JM, Ameri H, Humayun MS, Han P, Shung KK. PMN-PT single crystal, high-frequency ultrasonic needle transducers for pulsed-wave Doppler application. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics Frequency Control 2007;54(3):668-675.
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    		•  Huang CC, Ameri H, DeBoer C, Rowley AP, Xu X, Sun L, Humayun MS, Shung KK. Evaluation of the hardness of the lens in cataract surgery using high-frequency ultrasonic parameter in vitro. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 2007;33(10):1609-1616.
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    		•  Huang CC, Zhou Q, Ameri H, Wu D, Sun L, Humayun MS, Shung KK. Determining the acoustic properties of the lens using a high-frequency ultrasound needle transducer. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 2007;33(12):1971-1977.
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    		•  Sun L, Collins CM, Schiano JL, Smith MB, Smith NB. Adaptive real-time closed-loop temperature control for ultrasound hyperthermia using magnetic resonance thermometry. Concepts in Magnetic Resonance. Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering. 2005;27B:51-63.
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    		•  Sun L, Zhang M, Li X. Texture Segmentation Based on Wavelet Transform and Markov Random Field Model. Application Research of Computers, 2000:11-19.
    Conference papers
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    		•  Sun L, Lien CL, Wu Q, Chang JH, Shung KK. Longitudinal study of adult zebrafish heart regeneration using high frequency echocardiography. Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Beijing China, 2008.
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    		•  Sun L, Lien CL, Wu Q, Shung KK. High frequency echocardiography study of adult zebrafish heart regeneration. Proceeding of 30th Annual International Conference of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, August 2008 (invited).
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    		•  Sun Y, Park J, Stephens DN, Jo JA, Sun L, Cannata JM, Zhou Q, Shung KK, Marcu L. Tissue diagnostic system combining time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy and ultrasound imaging for localization and characterization of atherosclerotic plaques, Proceeding of SPIE Medical Imaging 2008, San Diego, CA, February 2008.
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    		•  Sun L, Lien C, Shung KK. In vivo cardiac imaging of adult zebrafish using high frequency ultrasound. Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, New York, October 2007.
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    		•  Xu X, Zhang L, Sun L, Yen JT, Cannata JM, Shung KK. High-frequency Duplex Ultrasound Imaging System for Biomedical Applciations Using a 30 MHz Linear Array. Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, New York, October 2007.
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    		•  Chang JH, Yen JT, Sun L, Shung KK. High-Speed Backend Processing System for High Frame Rate High Frequency Ultrasound B-mode Imaging, Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, New York, October 2007.
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    		•  Cannata JM, Williams JA, Zhou Q, Yu H, Sun L, Kim ES, Shung KK. Self-focused ZnO transducers for ultrasonic biomicroscopy. Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, New York, October 2007.
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    		•  Sun Y, Park J, Jo JA, Stephens DN, Sun L, Cannata JM, Shung KK, Marcu L. Development of a tissue diagnostic system combining time resolved fluorescence spectroscopy and high frequency ultrasound imaging. 2007 BMES Annual Fall Meeting, Los Angeles, September, 2007.
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    		•  Sun L, Xu X, Lien C, Cannata JM, Shung KK. High frequency ultrasound in pre-clinical and clinical applications. 8th Annual Ultrasonic Transducer Engineering Conference, Los Angeles, CA, April 2007.
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    		•  Xu X, Sun L, Cannata JM, Zhou Q, Wu D, Yen JT, Shung KK. High-frequency ultrasound Doppler system for biomedical applications with 30 MHz linear array and PMN-PT needle transducer. 8th Annual Ultrasonic Transducer Engineering Conference, Los Angeles, CA, April 2007.
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    		•  Sun L, Feng C, Cannata J, Johnson J, Shung KK. High frame rate high frequency ultrasound imaging system for small animal cardiac imaging. 5th International Conference on Ultrasonic Biomedical Microimaging, Cargese, France, September 2006 (Invited).
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    		•  Sun L, Sangkatumvong S, Shung KK. A high resolution digital ultrasound system for imaging of zebrafish. Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, October 2006, pp.2202-2205.
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    		•  Sun L, Feng C, Cannata, JM, Johnson JA, Yen JT, Shung KK. A real-time high frame rate high frequency ultrasonic system for cardiac imaging in small animals. Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, October 2006, pp.2206-2209.
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    		•  Sun L, Johnson J, Cannata J, Yen J, Feng C, Shung KK. Development of a high frame rate ultrasonic system for cardiac imaging in small animals. Proceeding of SPIE Medical Imaging 2006, San Diego, CA, February 2006, pp. 61470R1-7.
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    		•  Chang JH, Yen JT, Sun L, Shung KK. Implementation of high frame rate digital scan converter for high frequency ultrasound mechanical sector scanner. Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, October 2006, pp.2226-2229.
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    		•  Kim HH, Cannata, JM, Liu R, Sun L, Shung KK, Silverman RH, Babar S. Dual element transducers for high frequency harmonic imaging. Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, October 2006, pp.2325-2328.
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    		•  Jo JA, Fang Q, Papaioannou T, Qiao JH, Fishbein MC, Beseth B, Dorafshar AH, Reil T, Baker D, Freischlag J, Shung KK, Sun L, Marcu L. Diagnosis of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques by time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy and ultrasound imaging. Proceedings of the 28th IEEE EMBS Annual International Conference, New York, NY, August 2006, pp.2663-2666.
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    		•  Xu X, Hu C, Sun L, Yen J, Shung KK. High frequency high frame rate ultrasound imaging system for small animal imaging with linear arrays. Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 2005, pp. 1431-1434.
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    		•  Sun L, Collins CM, Smith MB, Smith NB. Fast adaptive control for MRI-guided ultrasound hyperthermia treatment for prostate disease: in vitro and in vivo results. Proceedings of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Twelfth Scientific Meeting, Kyoto, Japan, 2004.
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    		•  Sun L, Schiano JL, Smith NB. Novel adaptive control system for ultrasound hyperthermia treatment of prostate disease. Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Honolulu, HI, October 2003, pp. 1274-1277.
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    		•  Sun L, Schiano JL, Smith NB. An adaptive control method for ultrasound prostate hyperthermia. International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) International Conference, Applied Modeling and Simulation (AMS 2002), Boston, MA, September 2002, pp 347-352.