Publications

Selected Journal Articles

(Trainees are in Bold)

  1. Kim-Cuong T. Nguyen, Binh M. Le, Mengxun Li, Fabiana T. Almeida, Paul W. Major, Neelambar R. Kaipatur, Edmond H.M. Lou, Kumaradevan Punithakumar, Lawrence H. Le, Localization of cementoenamel junction in intraoral ultrasonographs with machine learning, Accepted by Journal of Dentistry (July 2021).

  2. Thanh-Tu Pham, Binh M. Le, Lawrence H. Le, John Andersen, Edmond Lou, Assessment of hip displacement in children with cerebral palsy using machine learning approach, Accepted by Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing (Jun 2021).

  3. Kim-Cuong T. Nguyen, Yuening Yan, Neelambar R. Kaipatur, Edmond H. Lou, Paul W. Major, Kumaradevan Punithakumar, Lawrence H. Le, Computer-assisted Identification of cemento-enamel junction in intraoral ultrasonographs, Applied Sciences 11(13), 5850, 2021 ( https://doi.org/10.3390/app11135850).

  4. Mahdieh Khodaei, Tehzeeb Sayed, Doug L. Hill, Eric C. Parent, Marc Moreau, Kyle Stampe, Sarah Southon, Lawrence H. Le, Edmond H. Lou, Reliability of Measurements of a Reflection Coefficient Index to Indicate Spinal Bone Strength on Adolescents with Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS): A Pilot Study, European Spine Journal, 2021 (doi: 10.1007/s00586-021-06871-8).

  5. Hoai T.L. Nguyen, Vu-Hieu Nguyen, Quyen T.L. Bui, Kim-Cuong T Nguyen, Haidang Phan, Lawrence H. Le, Beam-steering ultrasonic guided waves in a bone-mimicking plate by time-delaying the excitation of the elements in a multi-element array: a simulation study, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (Special Issues), 60, SDDE20, 2021. (doi.org/10.35848/1347-4065/abf74f)

  6. Tho N.H.T. Tran, Feng He, Zhenggang Zhang, Mauricio D. Sacchi, Dean Ta, Lawrence H. Le, Single- and multi-channel dispersion analysis of ultrasonic guided waves propagating in long bones: a comparison study, Ultrasonic Imaging, 43(3), pp. 157-163, 2021 (doi.org/10.1177/01617346211006660).

  7. Radu Chifor, Mengxun Li, Kim-Cuong T Nguyen, Tudor Arsenescu, Loana Chifor, Alexandru F Badea, Mindra E Badea, Mircea Hotoleanu, Paul W Major, Lawrence H Le, Three-dimensional periodontal investigations using a prototype handheld ultrasound scanner with spatial positioning reading sensor, Medical Ultrasonography, 2021 (DOI: 10.11152/mu-2837).

  8. Si-jia Lou, Zhen-li Liu, Kai-liang Xu, Chang Zhou, Lawrence H. Le, Dean Ta, Ultrasonic Lamb waves multimodal separation through independent component analysis in the timefrequency domain, Acta Acustica (Chinese), 46(1), pp. 103-110, 2021.

  9. Xiao Lou, Youzhe Zhu, Kumaradevan Punithakumar, Lawrence H Le, Baosheng Li, Esophagus segmentation in computed tomography images using a U-Net neural network with a semiautomatic labeling method, IEEE Access, 8, pp. 202459-202468, 2020 (DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3035772).

  10. Jiaqiang Yia, Kim-Cuong T. Nguyen, Wenda Wang, Wenshuai Yang, Mingfei Pan, Edmond Lou, Paul W. Major, Lawrence H. Le, Hongbo Zeng, Mussel-inspired adhesive double-network hydrogel for intraoral ultrasound imaging, ACS Applied Bio Materials, 3, pp. 8943-8952, 2020 (doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.0c01211).

  11. Jiaqiang Yia, Kim-Cuong T. Nguyen, Wenda Wang, Wenshuai Yang, Mingfei Pan, Edmond Lou, PaulW.Major, Lawrence H. Le, Hongbo Zeng, Polyacrylamide/Alginate double-network tough hydrogels for intraoral ultrasound imaging, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 578, pp. 598-607, 2020 (doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2020.06.015).

  12. Mengxun Li, Xaingyang Xu, Kumaradevan Punithakumar, Lawrence H. Le, Neelambar Kaipatur, Bin Shi, Automated integration of facial and intra-oral images of anterior teeth, Computers in Biology and Medicine, 122, 1-9, 2020 (doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2020.103794).

  13. Kim-Cuong T. Nguyen, Dat Q. Duong, Fabiana T. Almeida, Paul W. Major, Thanh-Tu Pham, Neelambar R. Kaipatur, Edmond H.M. Lou, Michelle Noga, Kumaradevan Punithakumar, and Lawrence H. Le, Machine learning-based segmentation of alveolar bone in intraoral ultrasonographs, Journal of Dental Research, 99(9), pp. 1054-1061, 2020 (doi.org/10.1177/0022034520920593).

  14. Thorarin A. Bjarnason, Robert Rees, Judy Kainz, Lawrence H. Le, Errol E.Stewart, Brent Preston, Idris Elbakri, Ingvar A. J. Fife, Ting-Yim Lee, Ir Martin Benoıt Gagnon, Clément Arsenault, Pierre Therrien, Edward Kendall, Elena Tonkopi, Michelle Cottreau, John E. Aldrich, COMP Report: A survey of radiation safety regulations for medical imaging x-ray equipment in Canada, Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 21(3), pp. 10-19, 2020 (DOI: 10.1002/acm2.12708).

  15. Yun-Qing Li, Chen Jiang, Ying Li, Feng Xu, Kai -Liang Xu, Dean Ta, Lawrence H. Le, Multi-layer velocity model based synthetic aperture ultrasound imaging of cortical bone, Acta Physica Sinica, 68, 184302, 2019 (DOI: 10.7498/aps.68.20190763).

  16. Quang N. Vo, Lawrence H. Le, Edmond Lou, A semi-automatic 3D ultrasound reconstruction method to assess the true severity of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 57, pp.2115-2128, 2019 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11517-019-02015-9).

  17. Boyi Li, Dan Li, Chengcheng Liu, Feng Xu, Lawrence H. Le, Dean Ta, Weiqi Wang, Effect of spectral estimation on ultrasonic backscatter measurements of cancellous bones, IEEE Access, 7, pp.83034-93045, 2019 (doi 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2924041).

  18. Tho N.H.T. Tran, Mauricio D. Sacchi, Dean Ta, Vu-Hieu Nguyen, Edmond Lou, Lawrence H. Le, Nonlinear inversion of ultrasonic dispersion curves for cortical bone thickness, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 47(11), pp. 2178-2187, 2019 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-019-02310-4).

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