Di Xiao

Software Engineer

Contact

The Australian e-Health Research Centre
ICT, CSIRO
65 Brockway Rd
Floreat, Perth 6014
Australia

Email

Themes

• E-Health

Projects

• Pilbara Project

Science Area

• Imaging and Computer Vision

Biography

Dr. DI XIAO received his B.E. in Biomedical Engineering and Instruments, M.E. in Electrical Engineering from Chongqing University, PR China, and Ph.D. from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, respectively in 1990, 1993 and 2004. From 1993 to 1999, he worked as a lecturer in Department of Electronic Eng. at Chongqing University, and was mainly engaged in the research on biomedical signal processing and biomedical instrument design, especially in EEG and ECG. From 2002 to 2004, he worked as a research scientist for the project of prostate needle biopsy robot at Singapore General Hospital. From 2004 to 2007, he was a senior research fellow and team leader at National University Hospital (Singapore) for anorectal image processing and reconstruction project. He was also visiting instructor at U. of Rochester, USA for prostate brachytherapy project from 2004 to 2007. From 2007 to 2010 he was a Post Doctoral Fellow at E-Health Research Center, ICT, CSIRO for project Molecular Image Analysis for Small Animals. He is a software engineer in Pilbara project in ICT, CSIRO. His research interests include biomedical signal processing, biomedical image processing and medical robotic design.

Academic Qualifications

1999-2002	PhD in image processing, gained in 2004, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
1990-1993	Master Degree of Engineering, Signal Processing, Depart of Electrical Eng., Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
1986-1990	Bachelor Degree of Engineering, Biomedical Instruments & Engineering, Dept. of Electronic Eng., Chongqing University, Chongqing, China

Recent Professional Experience

2011-present	Software Engineer, AEHRC, ICT, CSIRO
2007-2010	Post Doctoral Fellow, AEHRC, ICT, CSIRO
2004–2007	Senior Research Fellow, National University Hospital (NUH), Singapore
2005-2006	Project consultant and Software Developer (part-time), James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, U. of Rochester, USA
2004	Visiting Instructor, James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, U. of Rochester, USA (Dec 2004)
2002-2004	Research Scientist, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
1993-1999	Research Engineer, Lecturer, Biomedical Engineering Research Institute, Chongqing University, China

Achievements & Awards

2011	Victorian Government Inspiration iAward, National iAwards 2011, Pilbara tele-ophthalmology project “Remote-I”, Australia.
2008	Best paper award: Flexible Needle-Tissue Interaction Modeling using Depth-varying Mean Parameter. The HKIE Transactions.
2006	Inclusion in Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 2006-2007 (Edition).
2005	Best Paper Award : Ultrasound Guided Robotic System for Transperineal Biopsy of the Prostate, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 18-22, April, 2005, Barcelona, Spain.
2005	Best Poster Presentation :Direct correlation of MRI and MRS with Histology for prostate carcinoma, 14th Singapore Radiological Society Annual Scientific Meeting, 19-20, Feb., 2005, Singapore.
2004	Best Presentation Award :A Robotic Prostate Biopsy Device: The Answer to Our Current Inaccurate Manual Biopsy System, Urology Fair, Feb., 2004, Singapore.
2002	Best Research Paper :Hardware and Algorithm Design for Rectal Wall Ultrasound Image Acquisition and Analysis, International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, June 5-8, 2002, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
1996	Excellent Paper Award :A detection method for 40Hz EEG Bursts in ‘Focused Arousal’ condition, awarded by Electrotechnical Society of Sichuan Province, Nov. 1996, China.
1996	Excellent Paper Award :A detection method for 40Hz EEG Bursts in ‘Focused Arousal’ condition, awarded by China Electrotechnical Society, June 1996, China.

Summary of Science & Technical Output

Grants

2003	Biomedical Research Council Singapore “3D Anorectal Ultrasound Image Acquisition, Processing and Reconstruction (2003 – 2007)” co-Investigator

Student Supervision

2012	Daniel Engelke, CSIRO vacation student.
2003-2006	Kaiguo Yan, PhD student (Instructor).
2006-2007	Xiaobin Gao, PhD student (Instructor).

Science Citizenship

2011	Reviewer, Optical Engineering
2011	Reviewer, The Journal of Health and Technology
2010	Reviewer, Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering
2009	Reviewer, Journal of Electronic Imaging.
2009	Reviewer, International Symposium on Optical Engineering and Photonic Technology.
2007-2008	Member, MICCAI
2006-2007	Member, SPIE 2006-2007
2005	Reviewer, IEEE Conf. on Control Applications, Toronto, Canada.

Top 10 Publications

Publication details
Di Xiao, David Zahra, Pierrick Bourgeat, Paula Berghofer, Oscar Acosta Tamayo, Catriona Wimberley, Marie C. Gregoire, Olivier Salvado. An accurate 3D shape context based non-rigid registration method for mouse whole-body skeleton registration.In Proc. of SPIE, Medical Imaging 2011: Image processing, Vol. 7962, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA, February 2011.
Di Xiao, David Zahra, Pierrick Bourgeat, Paula Berghofer, Oscar Acosta Tamayo, Heather Green, Marie Claude Gregoire, Olivier Salvado. Mouse whole-body organ mapping by non-rigid registration approach. In Proc. of SPIE, Medical Imaging 2011: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, Vol. 7965, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA, February 2011.
D. Xiao, D. Zahra, P. Bourgeat, P. Berghofer, O. Acosta , C. Winberley, M.C. Gregoire, and O. Salvado. A non-rigid registration approach for mouse whole body skeleton registration. In Proc. of SPIE, Medical Imaging 2010: Bimedical Applications in Melecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, Vol. 7626, 76261N, San Diego, USA, February 2010.
D. Xiao, D. Zahra, P. Bourgeat, P. Berghofer, O. A. Tamayo , C. Winberley, M.C. Gregoire, and O. Salvado. An improved 3D shape context based non-rigid registration method and its application to small animal skeletons registration. Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, 34(4):321-332, June 2010.
K.G. Yan, Y. Yu, D. Xiao, T. Podder, I. Bruzovic and Y.D. Hu, and W.S. Ng. Flexible Needle-Tissue Interaction Modeling using Depth-varying Mean Parameter. The HKIE Transactions, 15(4), December 2008.
D Xiao, WS Ng, Charles B Tsang, Abeyratne R. Udantha, A region and gradient based active contour model and its application in boundary tracking on anal canal ultrasound images, Pattern Recognition, 40(21), 3522-3539, Dec, 2007, published by Elsevier Ltd.
Di Xiao, Xiaobin Gao, Gaoyu Xiao, Deli Li, Wan Sing Ng, Charles B. Tsang, Active contour model for internal sphincter boundary tracking in a sequence of ultrasound images, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 2(supp 1), S108-S111, June 2007.
Louis Phee, John Yuen, Di Xiao, Chee Fatt Chan, Henry Ho, Choon Hua Thng, Puay Hoon Tan, Christopher Cheng, Wan Sing Ng. Ultrasound Guided Robotic Biopsy of the Prostate. International Journal of Humanoid Robotics (IJHR), 3(4), 463-483, 2006, published by World Scientific Publishing Company.
D Xiao, Ng WS, Abeyratne UR, Tsang CBS, Multigradient field active contour model for multilayer boundary detection of ultrasound rectal wall image, Journal of Electronic Imaging 14(03), 1-14, July, 2005, published by SPIE.
J.S. Yuen, C.H. Thng, P.H. Tan, L.W. Khin, S.J.L. Phee , D. Xiao, W.K.O. Lau, W.S. Ng, and C.W.S. Cheng. Endorectal Magnetic Resonance Imaging And Spectroscopy For The Detection of Tumor Foci In Men With Prior Negative TRUS Prostate Biopsy. Journal of Urology, 171(4):1482-1486, April 2004.

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