Dr. Xi Chen

 

    Xi Chen, Ph.D, Associate Professor

 

School of Information and Communications Engineering

Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering

Xi'an Jiaotong University

Contact

E-mail: xi_chen@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

Office:  Rm348, East 2 Building
Xi'an Jiaotong University

28 Xianning West Rd
Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049 China

Professional Affiliation and Services

AAPM member (The American Association of Physicists in Medicine)

 
SPIE member (Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers)
 
SPIE Scholarship Committee member （2015-2018）
 
Regular reviewer for 《Physics in Medicine and Biology》、《Medical Physics》、《Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment》, etc.

Scientific Research

  •  Predictive modeling and algorithms in artificial intelligence
  •    Automated machine learning (AutoML)
   Predictive modeling in medicine
   Medical image analysis, Radiomics

Medical imaging and image processing
  •     Medical physics, image reconstruction 
    Medical image segmentation
    Image quality assessment
 

Education

2004.09-2010.06     Ph.D       Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU), China   

                                Signal and Information Processing,   Supervisor: Prof. Xuanqin Mou

2002.09-2004.06     Master     Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU), China 
                                Communications and Information System,   Supervisor: Prof. Guizhong Liu

1998.09-2002.07     Bachelor   Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU), China
                                Computer Science and Technology,   Honor Class

Work Experience

2019.01-Now: 

             Associate Professor, School of Information and Communications Engineering,
                                              Xi’an Jiaotong University, P.R.China

2010.07-2018.12:        
             Assistant Professor, Department of Information and Communications Engineering,
                                              Xi’an Jiaotong University, P.R.China

2015.04-2017.04:
             Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology,
                                              UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA.

2009.03-2009.09:
             Non-degree student, Department of Radiology, Supervisor: Prof. Robert Nishikawa
                                              The University of Chicago, USA.

2008.12-2009.02:        
            Research Assisstant, Department of Computing,
                                              The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Research Funds

National Natural Science Foundation of China (2015.1-2017.12), Grant No. 61401349，Digital Mammography Technique with Increased Calcification Sensitivity, total costs: 250,000 RMB (PI)

New Subject Foundation of Xi'an Jiaotong University (2010.10-2012.10), Grant No. xjj20100154, Dual-energy digital Mammography for Calcification Imaging, total costs:70,000 RMB (PI)

UUU Trip Network Technology Co., Ltd.(2019.6-2021.6), Artificial Intelligence Algorithms for Customization System, total costs:60,000 RMB (PI)

National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016.7-2021.6), Grant No: 2016YFA0202003, Research on Tomographic Image Based on Planar X-ray Source and Detector, total costs:7,500,000 RMB (CO-PI)

National Natural Science Foundation of China (2016.1-2019.12), Grant No: 61571359, Research on Dynamic Cone Beam CT Reconstruction, total costs:670,000 RMB (CO-PI)

Publications（2019~）

1. Shaojie Chang, Mengfei Li, Hengyong Yu, Xi Chen, Shiwo Deng, Peng Zhang, and Xuanqin Mou, "Spectrum Estimation-Guided Iterative Reconstruction Algorithm for Dual Energy CT," IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (Accepted), 2019.

2. Xi Chen, Zhiguo Zhou, Raquibul Hannan, Kimberly Thomas, Payal Kapur, Ivan Pedrosa, Jing Wang, "A Reliable Multi-Classifier Multi-Objective Model for Predicting Gene Mutation in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma," Accepted by AAPM 2019, Oral Presentation, San Antonio, TX, USA. 
3. Zhiguo Zhou, Michael Dohopolski, Liyuan Chen, Xi Chen, Steve Jiang, David Sher, Jing Wang, "AutoMO: An Automated Multi-Objective Model for Reliably Predicting Lymph Node Metastasis in Head & Neck Cancer," Accepted by AAPM 2019, Oral Presentation, San Antonio, TX, USA. 
4. Xi Chen, Zhiguo Zhou, Kimberly Thomas, Michael Folkert, Nathan Kim, Asal Rahimi, and Jing Wang, "A Reliable Multi-classifier Multi-objective Model for Predicting Recurrence in Triple Negative Breast Cancer," Accepted by the 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC’19, Oral Presentation, Berlin, Germany.
5. Shaojie Chang, Xi Chen, Jiayu Duan, and Xuanqin Mou, " A hybrid ring artifact reduction algorithm based on CNN in CT images," in Proceedings of the 15th International Meeting on Fully Three-dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Philadelphia, USA, 2019.
6. Zhiguo Zhou, Michael Dohopolski, Liyuan Chen, Xi Chen, Steve Jiang, David Sher, and Jing Wang, "Reliable lymph node metastasis prediction in head & neck cancer through automated multi-objective model," Accepted by IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical & Health Informatics,IEEE- BHI 2019, Oral Presentation, Chicago, IL, USA.