Leslie Ying PhD
Leslie Ying
PhD
Professional Summary:
Leslie Ying received her B. Eng. in Electronics Engineering from Tsinghua University, China in 1997 and both her M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign in 1999 and 2003, respectively. She is now an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering at SUNY-Buffalo. Before joining SUNY-Buffalo, she was on faculty at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. Her research interests include magnetic resonance imaging, compressed sensing, and image reconstruction. She received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation in 2009. She was elected as an AdCom member of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society in 2012. She is a Deputy Editor of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and a senior member of IEEE.
Education and Training:
- PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2003)
Employment:
- Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (2018-present)
- Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering/Electrical Engineering, University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (2012–2018)
- Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (2009–2012)
- Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (2003–2009)
Awards and Honors:
- NSF CAREER Award (2009)
Patents:
- Systems and methods for accelerating the acquisition and reconstruction of (2013)
- Toeplitz random encoding for reduced acquisition in compressed sensing magn (2012)
- Methods and apparatus for joint image reconstruction and coil sensitivity e (2010)
Journal Articles:
- Wang S, Tan S, Gao Y, Liu Q, Ying L, Xiao T, Liu Y, Liu X, Zheng H, Liang D, Ying LL. (2018) Learning Joint-Sparse Codes for Calibration-Free Parallel MR Imaging. IEEE Trans Med Imaging (Jan), 37(1): 251-261.
- Nakarmi U, Wang Y, Lyu J, Liang D, Ying L, Ying LL. (2017) A Kernel-Based Low-Rank (KLR) Model for Low-Dimensional Manifold Recovery in Highly Accelerated Dynamic MRI. IEEE Trans Med Imaging (Nov), 36(11): 2297-2307.
- Cheng J, Jia S, Ying L, Liu Y, Wang S, Zhu Y, Li Y, Zou C, Liu X, Liang D, Ying LL. (2017) Improved parallel image reconstruction using feature refinement. Magn Reson Med (Nov).
- Zhu Y, Peng X, Wu Y, Wu EX, Ying L, Liu X, Zheng H, Liang D, Ying LL. (2017) Direct diffusion tensor estimation using a model-based method with spatial and parametric constraints. Med Phys (Feb), 44(2): 570-580.
- Tang J, Yang B, Wang Y, Ying L, Ying LL. (2016) Sparsity-constrained PET image reconstruction with learned dictionaries. Phys Med Biol (Sep), 61(17): 6347-6368.
- Wang S, Liu J, Liu Q, Ying L, Liu X, Zheng H, Liang D, Ying LL. (2016) Iterative feature refinement for accurate undersampled MR image reconstruction. Phys Med Biol (May), 61(9): 3291-3316.
- She H, Chen RR, Liang D, Chang Y, Ying L, Ying LL. (2015) Image reconstruction from phased-array data based on multichannel blind deconvolution. Magn Reson Imaging (Nov), 33(9): 1106-1113.
- Liu Q, Wang S, Ying L, Peng X, Zhu Y, Liang D, Ying LL. (2013) Adaptive dictionary learning in sparse gradient domain for image recovery. IEEE Trans Image Process (Dec), 22(12): 4652-4663.
- Wu Y, Zhu YJ, Tang QY, Zou C, Liu W, Dai RB, Liu X, Wu EX, Ying L, Liang D, Ying LL. (2013) Accelerated MR diffusion tensor imaging using distributed compressed sensing. Magn Reson Med (Mar).
- Ding Y, Ying L, Zhang N, Liang D, Ying LL. (2013) Noise behavior of MR brain reconstructions using compressed sensing. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc (Jan), 2013: 5155-5158.
- Chang Y, Liang D, Ying L, Ying LL. (2012) Nonlinear GRAPPA: a kernel approach to parallel MRI reconstruction. Magn Reson Med (Sep), 68(3): 730-740.
- Liang D, DiBella EV, Chen RR, Ying L, Ying LL. (2012) k-t ISD: dynamic cardiac MR imaging using compressed sensing with iterative support detection. Magn Reson Med (Jul), 68(1): 41-53.
- Liang D, Wang H, Chang Y, Ying L, Ying LL. (2011) Sensitivity encoding reconstruction with nonlocal total variation regularization. Magn Reson Med (May), 65(5): 1384-1392.
- Wu M, Zhang X, Koenig L, Lynch J, Wirtz T, Mao E, Ying L, Ying LL. (2010) Web-based training method for interpretation of dental images. J Digit Imaging (Aug), 23(4): 493-500.
- Wu CL, Jordan KW, Ratai EM, Sheng J, Adkins CB, Defeo EM, Jenkins BG, Ying L, McDougal WS, Cheng LL, Ying LL. (2010) Metabolomic imaging for human prostate cancer detection. Sci Transl Med (Jan), 2(16): 16 8-16 8.
- Liang D, Ying L, Ying LL. (2010) Compressed-sensing dynamic MR imaging with partially known support. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc (Jan), 2010: 2829-2832.
- Sheng J, Wiener E, Liu B, Boada F, Ying L, Ying LL. (2009) Improved self-calibrated spiral parallel imaging using JSENSE. Med Eng Phys (Jun), 31(5): 510-514.
- Steckner MC, Liu B, Ying L, Ying LL. (2009) A new single acquisition, two-image difference method for determining MR image SNR. Med Phys (Feb), 36(2): 662-671.
- Wang H, Liang D, Ying L, Ying LL. (2009) Pseudo 2D random sampling for compressed sensing MRI. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc (Jan), 2009: 2672-2675.
- Liu B, King K, Steckner M, Xie J, Sheng J, Ying L, Ying LL. (2009) Regularized sensitivity encoding (SENSE) reconstruction using Bregman iterations. Magn Reson Med (Jan), 61(1): 145-152.
- Ying L, Sheng J, Ying LL. (2007) Joint image reconstruction and sensitivity estimation in SENSE (JSENSE). Magn Reson Med (Jun), 57(6): 1196-1202.
- Ying LL, Zou YM, Klemer DP, Wang JJ. (2007) Determination of fiber orientation in MRI diffusion tensor imaging based on higher-order tensor decomposition. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc (Jan), 2007: 2065-2068.
Abstracts:
- Wood R, Iacobucci G, Khobragade P, Ying L, Snyder KV, Wack DS, Rudin S, Ionita CN. (2014) SU-E-QI-6 Design and initial validation of a precise capillary phantom to test perfusion systems. Medical Physics, (Jun) 378
Service Activities:
- Biomedical Imaging Technology A;; Ad Hoc Reviewer (2014–present)
- Biosensing;; Panel Member (2009)
- bioengineering;; Panel Member (2006)