Selected publications
[W. Choi§, B. Park§], S. Choi, D. Oh, J. Kim, and C. Kim*, “Recent Advances in Contrast-enhanced Photoacoustic Imaging: Overcoming the Physical and Practical Challenges”, Chemical Reviews, Vol. 123, No. 11, pp. 7379-7419 (2023) (selected as a Supplementary Cover of the Thematic Issue: Thermal Materials and Technology). IF: 72.087, Citation > 100
W. Choi, E. Y. Park, S. Jeon, Y. Yang, B. Park, J. Ahn, S. Cho, C. Lee, D. K. Seo, J. H. Cho, and C. Kim*, “Three-dimensional Multistructural Quantitative Photoacoustic and Ultrasound Imaging of Human Feet In Vivo”, Radiology, Vol. 303, pp. 467-473 (2022) (Editorial Reviews and Commentary: https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.213025; Selected as #3 most-cited article in Radiology 2022 publications). IF: 29.146, Citation > 100
[W. Choi§, D. Oh§], and C. Kim*, “Practical Photoacoustic Tomography: Realistic Limitations and Technical Solutions”, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 127, pp. 230903 (2020). IF: 2.546, Citation > 100
[J. Kim§, W. Choi§], E. Park, Y. Kang, K. Lee, H. Kim, W. Kim, and C. Kim*, “Real-time Photoacoustic Thermometry Combined with Clinical Ultrasound Imaging and High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound”, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 66, pp. 3330−3338 (2019) (selected as the front cover and a feature article). IF: 4.288
[W. Choi§, E. Park§, S. Jeon§], and C. Kim*, “Clinical Photoacoustic Imaging Platforms”, Biomedical Engineering Letters, Vol.8, pp. 139−155 (2018). (2019 KOSOMBE Best Paper Award). IF: 3.920, Citation > 200
Publications at ACTS Lab (2023-)
J. Ahn, J. Lee, K. Kim, J. S. Bae, C. K. Jung, M. Kim, W. Choi, [B. Park*, D.-J. Lim*, and C. Kim*], "Smarter biopsy decisions in thyroid nodules via dual-modal photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging", Science Advances, Vol. 11, eady6173 (2025). IF: 12.5
N. Tsedendamba, J.-C. Vial, R. A. Taylor, [J. Kim*, and W. Choi*], "In Vivo Photoacoustic and Ultrafast Ultrasound Doppler Assessment of Vascularity for Potential Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis: A Comprehensive Review", Journal of Physics: Photonics, Vol. 7, 022002 (2025). IF: 4.6
[M. Kim§, J. H. Han§], J. Ahn, E. Kim, C. H. Bang, C. Kim, [J. H. Lee*, and W. Choi*], "In Vivo 3D Photoacoustic and Ultrasound Analysis of Hypopigmented Skin Lesions: A Pilot Study", Photoacoustics, Vol. 43, 100705 (2025). IF: 7.1
[J. Ahn§, M. Kim§], [C. Kim*, and W. Choi*], "In vivo multi-scale clinical photoacoustic imaging for analysis of skin vasculature and pigmentation: a comparative review", Advanced Imaging, Vol. 1, No. 3, 032002 (2024). (selected as "On the Cover" of the Issue)
[H. Lee§, S. Han§, H. Kye§], T. K. Kim, [W. Choi*, and J. Kim*], “A Review on the Roles of Photoacoustic Imaging for Conventional and Novel Clinical Diagnostic Applications”, Photonics, Vol. 10, No. 8, pp. 904 (2023). IF: 2.4
[H. Lee§, W. Choi§], C. Kim, [B. Park*, and J. Kim*], “Review on Ultrasound-Guided Photoacoustic Imaging for Complementary Analyses of Biological Systems In Vivo”, Experimental Biology and Medicine, Vol. 248, No. 9, pp. 762-774 (2023). IF: 4.088
C. Lee, S. Cho, D. Lee, J. Lee, J. Park, H. Kim, S. Park, [W. Choi*, U. Kim*, and C. Kim*], “Panoramic Volumetric Clinical Handheld Photoacoustic and Ultrasound Imaging”, Photoacoustics, Vol. 31, pp. 100512 (2023). IF: 9.656
Publications before ACTS Lab (-2023)
[W. Choi§, B. Park§], S. Choi, D. Oh, J. Kim, and C. Kim*, “Recent Advances in Contrast-enhanced Photoacoustic Imaging: Overcoming the Physical and Practical Challenges”, Chemical Reviews, Vol. 123, No. 11, pp. 7379-7419 (2023) (selected as a Supplementary Cover of the Thematic Issue: Thermal Materials and Technology). IF: 72.087
[W. Kim§, W. Choi§], J. Ahn, C. Lee, and C. Kim*, “Wide-field Three-dimensional Photoacoustic/Ultrasound Scanner using a 2D Matrix Transducer Array”, Optics Letters, Vol. 48, pp. 343-346 (2022). IF: 3.56
T. Kim, Y. M. Lee, W. Choi, H. J. Kim, J. Lee, J. Kim, J. Kim, J.-H. Kim, C. Kim, and W. J. Kim*, “Deep brain stimulation by blood–brain-barrier-crossing piezoelectric nanoparticles generating current and nitric oxide under focused ultrasound”, Nature Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 7, pp. 149-163 (2023). IF: 29.23
G. Lee, J. H. Lee, W. Choi, C. Kim, and S. K. Hahn, “Hyaluronate–Black Phosphorus–Upconversion Nanoparticle Complex for Non-invasive Theranosis of Skin Cancer”, Biomacromolecules, Vol. 23, pp. 3602-3611 (2022). IF: 6.978
W. Choi, E. Y. Park, S. Jeon, Y. Yang, B. Park, J. Ahn, S. Cho, C. Lee, D. K. Seo, J. H. Cho, and C. Kim*, “Three-dimensional Multistructural Quantitative Photoacoustic and Ultrasound Imaging of Human Feet In Vivo”, Radiology, Vol. 303, pp. 467-473 (2022) (Editorial Reviews and Commentary: https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.213025; Selected as #3 most-cited article in Radiology 2022 publications). IF: 29.146
S. Jeon, W. Choi, B. Park, and C. Kim*, “A Deep Learning-Based Model That Reduces Speed of Sound Aberrations for Improved In Vivo Photoacoustic Imaging”, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, Vol. 30, pp. 8773-8784 (2021). IF: 10.856
J. Ahn, J. Kim, W. Choi, and C. Kim*, “High-resolution Functional Photoacoustic Monitoring of Vascular Dynamics in Human Fingers”, Photoacoustics, Vol. 23, 100282 (2021). IF: 8.484
J. Kim, B. Park, J. Ha, I. Steinberg, S. Hooper, E. Y. Park, W. Choi, T. Liang, Y. Kim, S. S. Gambhir*, D. J. Lim*, and C. Kim*, “Multiparametric Photoacoustic Analysis of Human Thyroid Cancers In Vivo”, Cancer Research, Vol. 81, pp. 4849-4860 (2021). IF: 12.701
[C. Choi§, W. Choi§], J. Kim, and C. Kim*, “Non-invasive Photothermal Strain Imaging of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Live Animals”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Vol. 40, pp. 2487−2495 (2021). IF: 10.048
W. Choi and C. Kim*, “Synergistic Agents for Tumor-specific Therapy Mediated by Focused Ultrasound Treatment”, Biomaterials Science, Vol. 9, pp. 422−436 (2021). IF: 6.843
B. Park, C. Bang, C. Lee, J. Han, W. Choi, J. Kim, G. Park, J. Rhie, [J. Lee*, and C. Kim*], “3D Wide-field Multispectral Photoacoustic Imaging of Human Melanomas In Vivo: A Pilot Study”, Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology & Venereology, Vol. 35, pp. 669-676 (2020). IF: 6.166
[M. Han§, W. Choi§], J. Ahn, and C. Kim*, “In Vivo Dual-modal Photoacoustic and Ultrasound Imaging of Sentinel Lymph Nodes using a Solid-state Dye Laser System”, Sensors, Vol. 20, pp. 3714 (2020). IF: 3.576
S. Cho, S. Jeon, W. Choi, R. Managuli, and C. Kim*, “Nonlinear p-th root Spectral Magnitude Scaling Beamforming for Clinical Photoacoustic and Ultrasound Imaging”, Optics Letters, Vol. 45, pp. 4575-4578 (2020). IF: 3.776
[W. Choi§, D. Oh§], and C. Kim*, “Practical Photoacoustic Tomography: Realistic Limitations and Technical Solutions”, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 127, pp. 230903 (2020). IF: 2.546
[C. Lee§, W. Choi§], J. Kim, and C. Kim, “Three-dimensional Clinical Handheld Photoacoustic/Ultrasound Scanner”, Photoacoustics, Vol. 18, pp. 100173 (2020). IF: 8.484
J. Kim, E. Park, B. Park, W. Choi, K. Lee, and C. Kim*, “Towards Clinical Photoacoustic and Ultrasound Imaging: Probe Improvement and Real-time Graphical User Interface”, Experimental Biology and Medicine, Vol. 245, pp. 321−329 (2020). IF: 2.691
[H. Choi§, W. Choi§], J. Kim, W. H. Kong, K. S. Kim, C. Kim*, and S. K. Hahn*, “Multi-functional Nanodroplets Encapsulating Naphthalocyanine and Perfluorohexane for Bimodal Image-guided Therapy”, Biomacromolecules, Vol. 20, pp. 3767−3777 (2019). IF: 5.667
Y. Kang, J. Kim, J. Park, Y. Lee, G. Saravanakumar, K. Park, W. Choi, K. Kim, E. Lee*, C. Kim*, and W. Kim*, “Tumor Vasodilation by N-Heterocyclic Carbene-based Nitric Oxide Delivery Triggered by High-intensity Focused Ultrasound and Enhanced Drug Homing to Tumor Sites for Anti-cancer Therapy”, Biomaterials, Vol. 217, pp. 119297 (2019). IF: 10.273
S. Jeon, E. Park, W. Choi, R. Managuli, K.J. Lee, and C. Kim*, “Real-time Delay-Multiply-and-Sum Beamforming with Coherence Factor for In Vivo Clinical Photoacoustic Imaging of Humans”, Photoacoustics, Vol. 15, pp. 100136 (2019). IF: 5.25
W. Choi and C. Kim*, “Toward In Vivo Translation of Super-resolution Localization Photoacoustic Computed Tomography using Liquid-state Dyed Droplets”, Light Science & Applications, Vol. 8, pp. 57 (2019). IF: 13.6
[J. Kim§, W. Choi§], E. Park, Y. Kang, K. Lee, H. Kim, W. Kim, and C. Kim*, “Real-time Photoacoustic Thermometry Combined with Clinical Ultrasound Imaging and High Intensity Focused Ultrasound”, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 66, pp. 3330−3338 (2019) (selected as the front cover and a feature article). IF: 4.288
[W. Choi§, E. Park§, S. Jeon§], and C. Kim*, “Clinical Photoacoustic Imaging Platforms”, Biomedical Engineering Letters, Vol.8, pp. 139−155 (2018). (2019 KOSOMBE Best Paper Award). IF: 3.920
S. Park, G. Park, J. Kim, W. Choi, U. Jeong*, and C. Kim*, “Bi2Se3 Nanoplates for Contrast-enhanced Photoacoustic Imaging at 1064 nm”, Nanoscale, Vol. 10, pp. 20548−20558 (2018). IF: 7.367
T. K. Kim, W. Choi, and G. H. Im*, “Efficient Codebook Design for Cooperative MIMO Systems with Decode-and-forward Relay”, IEEE Commun. Lett., Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 598−601 (2016). IF: 2.699
E. Y. Park, M. G. Song, W. Choi, and G. H. Im*, “Maximization of Long-term Average Throughput for Cooperative Secondary System with HARQ-based Primary System in Cognitive Radio Network”, IEEE Commun. Lett., Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 356−359, (2016). IF: 2.699
W. Choi, M. G. Song, J. Ahn, and G. H. Im*, “Soft Combining for Cooperative Spectrum Sensing over Fast-fading Channels”, IEEE Commun. Lett., Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 193−196, (2014). IF: 2.528
Book Chapters
[W. Choi§, C. Lee§], and C. Kim*, “Chapter 12: Photoacoustic Tomography”, Biomedical Optical Imaging: From Nanoscopy to Tomography, AIP Publishing.