Principal investigator of the following projects:
● 2023 - 2025, C-Arm Spectral CT Technology Innovation for Precision Brain Imaging in Interventional Diagnostic and Treatment, The National Key R&D Program Key Program
● 2021 - 2024, Oral Cone-Beam CT Spectral Imaging, The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Key Program of Joint Fund
● 2021 - 2024, Quantitative Cone-Beam CT Imaging Using Spatial-Temporal Combined Spectral Modulation, NSFC General Program
● 2019 - 2022, Wide-coverage multi-energy CT imaging, Startup Funding for young scholar
● 2018 - 2021, Novel CT imaging for image guidance, Startup funding for new faculty
Key contributor to the following projects:
● 2022-2025, R&D of ultra-fast high-definition Stationary CT equipment for customs package inspection, The National Key R&D Program Key Program
● 2016 - 2018, Biology-guiding Radiotherapy, New product R&D, Reflexion Medical, CA, USA
● 2013 - 2016, Revolution CT GSI Xtream, New product R&D, GE Healthcare, WI, USA
● 2010 - 2013, Revolution CT, New technology R&D, GE Global Research, NY, USA
● 2010 - 2013, Cardiac CT: advanced architectures and algorithms, NIH Grant, USA
● 2008 - 2010, Efficient scatter correction, NIH Grant, USA
Selected publications
● Chengpeng Wu, Yuxiang Xing, Li Zhang*, Zhiqiang Chen, Xiaohua Zhu, Xi Zhang, and Hewei Gao*, “Fluence adaptation for contrast-based dose optimization in x-ray phase-contrast imaging,” Medical Physics, 48(10): 6106-6120, 2021.
● Chengpeng Wu, Yuxiang Xing, Li Zhang*, Xinbin Li, Xiaohua Zhu, Xi Zhang, and Hewei Gao*, “Fourier-based interpretation and noise analysis of the moments of small-angle x-ray scattering in grating-based x-ray phase contrast imaging,” Optics Express, 29(14): 21902-21920, 2021.
● Hewei Gao*, Tao Zhang, N. Robert Bennett, and Adam S. Wang, “Densely sampled spectral modulation for x-ray CT using a stationary modulator with flying focal spot: a conceptual and feasibility study of scatter and spectral correction,” Medical Physics, 48(4): 1557-1570, 2021.
● Tao Zhang, Zhiqiang Chen, Hao Zhou, N. Robert Bennett, Adam S. Wang, and Hewei Gao*, “An analysis of scatter characteristics in x-ray CT spectral correction,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, 66(7): 075003, 2021.
● Tao Zhang, Li Zhang, Zhiqiang Chen*, Yuxiang Xing, and Hewei Gao*, “Fourier Properties of Symmetric-Geometry Computed Tomography and Its Linogram Reconstruction with Neural Network,” IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 39(12): 4445-4457, 2020.
● Tao Zhang, Yuxiang Xing, Li Zhang, Xin Jin, Hewei Gao*, and Zhiqiang Chen*, “Stationary computed tomography with source and detector in linear symmetric geometry: Direct filtered backprojection reconstruction,” Medical Physics, 47(5): 2222-2236, 2020.
● Chengpeng Wu, Li Zhang, Zhiqiang Chen, Yuxiang Xing, Xinbin Li, Xiaohua Zhu, Carolina Arboleda, Zhentian Wang, and Hewei Gao*, “The trigonometric orthogonality of phase-stepping curves in grating-based x-ray phase-contrast imaging: Integral property and its implications for noise optimization,” Medical Physics, 47(3): 1189-1198, 2020.
● Hewei Gao*, Li Zhang, Rainer Grimmer, and Rebecca Fahrig, “Physics-based spectral compensation algorithm for X-ray CT with primary modulator,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, 64(12): 125006, 2019.
● Hewei Gao*, Lei Zhu, and Rebecca Fahrig, “Virtual Scatter Modulation for X-ray CT Scatter Correction Using Primary Modulator,” Journal of X-ray Science and Technology, 25(6):869-885, 2017.
● Hewei Gao*, Li Zhang*, Zhiqiang Chen, Yuxiang Xing, Hui Xue, and Jianping Cheng, “Straight-Line-Trajectory-Based X-Ray Tomographic Imaging for Security Inspections: System Design, Image Reconstruction and Preliminary Results,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 60(5):3955-3968, 2013.
● Hewei Gao*, Lei Zhu, and Rebecca Fahrig, “Modulator design for X-ray scatter correction using primary modulation: Material selection,” Medical Physics, 37(8):4029-4037, 2010.
● Hewei Gao*, Rebecca Fahrig, N. Robert Bennett, Mingshan Sun, Josh Star-Lack, and Lei Zhu, “Scatter correction method for X-ray CT using primary modulation: Phantom studies,” Medical Physics, 37(2):934-946, 2010.
● Hewei Gao*, Li Zhang*, Yuxiang Xing, Zhiqiang Chen, and Jianping Cheng, “An improved form of linogram algorithm for image reconstruction,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 55(1):552-559, 2008.
● Hewei Gao*, Li Zhang, Zhiqiang Chen, Yuxiang Xing, Jianping Cheng, and Yigang Yang, “Application of X-ray CT to liquid security inspection: system analysis and beam hardening correction,” Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A, 579(1):395-399, 2007.
● Hewei Gao*, Li Zhang, Yuxiang Xing, Zhiqiang Chen, Jian Zhang, and Jianping Cheng, “Volumetric imaging from a multisegment straight-line-trajectory and a practical reconstruction algorithm,” Optical Engineering, 46(7):077004, 2007.
● Hewei Gao*, Li Zhang, Zhiqiang Chen, Yuxiang Xing, Jianping Cheng, and Zhihua Qi, “Direct filtered-backprojection-type reconstruction from a straight-line trajectory,” Optical Engineering, 46(5):057003, 2007.
● Hewei Gao*, Li Zhang*, Zhiqiang Chen, Yuxiang Xing, and Shuanglei Li, “Beam hardening correction for middle-energy industrial computerized tomography,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 53(5):2796-2807, 2006.
All publications in my Google Scholar academic profile:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JOl6xOoAAAAJ&hl=zh-CN&oi=ao
