Medical Engineering Special Seminar Series, Prof. Chulhong Kim

Trans-energy imaging modalities have been significantly explored to overcome existing problems in conventional imaging modalities with respect to spatial/temporal resolutions, penetration depth, signal-to-noise ratio, contrast, and so on. Among them, photoacoustic imaging, an emerging hybrid modality that can provide strong endogenous and exogenous optical absorption contrasts with high ultrasonic spatial resolution, has overcome the fundamental depth limitation while keeping the spatial resolution. The image resolution, as well as the maximum imaging depth, is scalable with ultrasonic frequency within the reach of diffuse photons. In this presentation, the following topics will be discussed; (1) multiscale and multiparametric trans-energy imaging systems, (2) novel deep-learning powered image processing, (3) recent clinical study results in pathology, endocrinology, oncology, cardiology, dermatology, and radiology, (4) label-free ultrafast ultrasound Doppler imaging, and (5) efforts to commercialization.

Biography: Dr. Chulhong Kim studied for his Ph.D. degree under Prof. Lihong Wang at Washington University in St. Louis. He currently holds Namgo Chair Professorship of School of Convergence Science and Technology (Head) at Pohang University of Science and Technology in Republic of Korea. He is the Director of Medical Device Innovation Center supported by Ministry of Education. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of Opticho Inc. He was the recipients of the 2022 Korean Presidential Award from Ministry of SMEs and Startups, the 2020-2021 IEEE EMBS Distinguished Lecturer, the 2017 IEEE EMBS Early Career Achievement Award, the 2017 KAST Young Scientist Award, etc. He has published 277 peer-reviewed journal articles (Nature and Science portfolio journals, PNAS, etc). His Google Scholar h-index and citations have reached 84 and over 22,800, respectively. His group's works have been selected for the 2022/2025 Best Paper Award in Photons Plus Ultrasound Conference (Photonics West, SPIE). He has currently served as a Deputy Editor of Photoacoustics Journal, a Senior Area Editor of IEEE T. Medical Imaging, an Associate Editor of IEEE T. Biomedical Engineering. He is also elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, SPIE, OPTICA, IAMBE and AIMBE. https://www.chulhongkim.com/