Hairong Shi

Hairong Shi, Ph.D

Research Assistant

Department Affiliations

Medical Physics

Education

  • Ph.D, Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2007
  • M.S., Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003
  • M.S., Physics, Nanjing University, China, 2000
  • B.S., Physics, Nanjing University, China, 1997

    Research

    Research Interests:

    Ultrasound Imaging, Ultrasound Elastography

    Doctoral Research Advisor:

    Tomy Varghese, Ph.D

    Doctoral Dissertation: 

    Atherosclerotic Carotid Plaque Characterization using Ultrasound and Elastography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2007.

    Positions

    • 06/2001-06/2006, Research Assistant, Department of Medical Physics
    • 6/2006-11/2008, Medical Physicist, Great River Medical Center, IA, USA
    • 11/2008-03/2014, Medical Physicist, Cancer Care Associates, OK, USA
    • 14/2014-02/2016, Chief Medical Physicist and Radiation Safety Officier, Tulsa Cancer Institute, OK, USA
    • 06/2014-Present, Instructor, Medical Imaging Physics, Oklahoma State University Medical Center, OK, USA
    • 02/2016-Present, Chief Medical Physicist and Radiation Safety Officier, Oklahoma Cancer Specialists and Research Institutes, OK, USA

    Awards and Honors

    Memberships

    • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
    • The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, (AAPM)

    Publications @ UW

    • H. Shi, T Varghese, C.C. Mitchell, M. McCormick, R.J. Dempsey, M.A. Kliewer, "In-vivo attenuation and equivalent scatterer size parameters for atherosclerotic carotid plaque: preliminary results", Ultrasonics, Vol. 49, No. 8, pp. 779-785, 2009. (PMCID: PMC2785011). [Abstract]
    • M.A. Hobson, E.L. Madsen, G.R. Frank, J. Jiang, H. Shi, T.J. Hall, T Varghese, "Anthropomorphic phantoms for assessment of strain imaging methods involving saline infused sonohysterography", Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, (Epub 2008 May 30), Vol. 34, No.10, pp. 1622-1637, 2008. [Abstract]
    • H. Shi, T Varghese, R.J. Dempsey, M.S. Salamat, J.A. Zagzebski, "Relationship between ultrasonic attenuation, size and axial strain parameters for ex-vivo atherosclerotic carotid plaque," Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, (Epub 2008 May 17), Vol. 34, No.10, pp. 1666-1677, 2008. (PMCID: PMC2679642). [Abstract]
    • H. Shi, C.C. Mitchell, M. McCormick, M.A. Kliewer, R.J. Dempsey, T Varghese, "Preliminary in-vivo atherosclerotic carotid plaque characterization using the accumulated axial strain and relative lateral shift based strain indices", Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 53, No. 22, pp. 6377-6394, 2008. (PMCID: PMC2891504). [Abstract]
    • H. Chen, H. Shi, and T Varghese, "Improvement of elastographic displacement estimation using a two-step cross-correlation method," Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 33, No.1, pp. 48-56, January 2007. (PMCID: PMC1829320). [Abstract]
    • M. Rao, Q. Chen, H. Shi, T Varghese, E.L. Madsen, J.A. Zagzebski and T.A. Wilson, "Normal and shear strain estimation using beam steering on linear-array transducers", Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 33, No.1, pp. 57-66, January 2007. (PMCID: PMC1839057). [Abstract]
    • H. Shi and T Varghese, "Two-dimensional multi-level strain estimation for discontinuous tissue", Physics in Medicine and Biology, (Epub 2006 December 29), Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 389-401, January 2007. [Abstract]
    • H. Shi, H. Tu, R.J. Dempsey, and T Varghese, "Ultrasonic attenuation estimation in small plaque samples using a power difference method," Ultrasonic Imaging, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 15-30, January 2007. [Abstract]
    • E.L. Madsen, M.A. Hobson, H. Shi, T Varghese and G.R. Frank, "Stability of heterogeneous elastography phantoms made from oil dispersions in aqueous gels", Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 32, No.2, pp. 261-270, February 2006. [Abstract]
    • M. Rao, Q. Chen, H. Shi, T Varghese, "Spatial-angular compounding for elastography using beam steering on linear array transducers", Medical Physics, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 618-626, March 2006. (PMCID: PMC1815397). [Abstract]
    • E.L. Madsen, M.A. Hobson, G.R. Frank, H. Shi, J. Jiang, T J Hall, T Varghese, M M. Doyley and J B Weaver, "Anthropomorphic breast phantoms for testing elastography systems", Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 32, No.6, pp. 857-874, June 2006[Abstract]
    • H. Shi, Q. Chen, and T Varghese, "A general solution for catheter position effects for strain estimation in intravascular elastography",Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 31, No. 11, pp. 1509-1526, November 2005. [Abstract]
    • E.L. Madsen, M.A. Hobson, H. Shi, T Varghese, and G.R. Frank, "Tissue-mimicking agar/gelatin materials for use in heterogeneous elastography phantoms, Physics in Medicine and Biology, (Epub 2005 November 16), Vol. 50, No.23, pp. 5597-5618, December 2005. [Abstract]
    • E.L. Madsen, G.R. Frank, M.A. Hobson, H. Shi, J. Jiang, T Varghese and T.J. Hall, "Spherical lesion phantoms for testing the performance of elastography systems", Physics in Medicine and Biology (Epub 2005 December 6), Vol. 50, No.24, pp. 5983-5995, December 2005. [Abstract]
    • T Varghese, H. Shi, Elastographic Imaging Of Thermal Lesions In Liver In-Vivo Using Diaphragmatic Stimuli, Ultrasonic Imaging, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 18-28, 2004.[Abstract]
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