Yiping Shao, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Nuclear Medicine
(716) 838-5889

shao2@buffalo.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Nuclear Physics, 1994, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
M.S., Electrical Engineering, 1993, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Fremont, California
M.S. Nuclear Physics Theory, 1985, Soochow University, P.R. China

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Post-Doctoral Scholar, 1994-1996, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Scientist, 1996-2000, University of California, Los Angeles
Senior Biomedical Engineer, 2001-2004, GE Global Research Center, Niskayuna, New York
Associate Professor, SUNY Buffalo, 2004 – present

CURRENT RESEARCH INTEREST

Design and development of radiation detector and system for medical and biomedical imaging applications; Methodology and algorithm development for new imaging technology; Multi-modality imaging approaches.

CURRENT PROJECT

High performance PET detector development for mammo and other imaging applications
Small animal PET performance improvement and application expansion
Investigation of new methodology and algorithm for clinical functional imaging applications

CURRENT STUDENT RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY
Research Assistant for PET imaging technology development are open for application, see more details.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Y. Shao , S.R. Cherry, S. Siegel, R.W. Silverman. A Study of Inter-crystal scatter in small scintillator arrays designed for high resolution PET imaging . IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 1996; 43: pp. 1938

Y. Shao , S.R. Cherry, S. Siegel, R.W. Silverman, S. Majewski. Evaluation of multi-channel PMTs for readout of scintillator arrays . Nucl. Inst. Meth. A 390: pp. 209-218, 1997

Y. Shao , S.R. Cherry, K. Farahani, R. Slates, R.W. Silverman, K. Meadors, A. Bowery, S. Siegel, P.K. Marsden, P. Garlick, A. Cave, H. Parkes, M. Buchanan. Development of a PET Detector System Compatible with MR/NMR Systems. IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.,1997; 44: pp. 1167

S.R. Cherry, Y. Shao, S. Siegel, R.W. Silverman, K. Meadors, J. Young, W.F. Jones, D. Newport, C. Moyers, E.U. Mumcuoglu, A. Chatziioannou, T. Farquhar, M. Andreaco, M. Paulus, D. Binkley, R. Nutt and M.E. Phelps. MicroPET: A High Resolution PET Scanner for Imaging Small Animals. IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., 1997; 44: pp. 1161

Y. Shao , S.R. Cherry, K. Farahani, K. Meadors, S. Siegel, R.W. Silverman, P.K. Marsden . Simultaneous PET and MR imaging. Phys. Med. Biol. 1997; 42: pp. 1965-1970

P.B. Garlick, P.K. Marsden, A.C. Cave, H.G. Parkes, R. Slates, Y. Shao, R.W. Silverman, S.R. Cherry. PET and NMR Dual Acquisition (PANDA): Applications to Isolated, Perfused Rat Hearts. NMR In Biomedicine , 1997; 10: pp. 138-142

Y. Shao , S.R. Cherry. A Study of Depth of Interaction Measurement using Bent Optical Fibers. IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., 1999; 46: pp. 618-623

A.F. Chatziioannou, S.R. Cherry, Y. Shao, R.R. Silverman, K. Meadors, T.H. Farquhar, M. Pedarsani and M.E. Phelps. Performance evaluation of microPET: Performance Evaluation of microPET: A High-Resolution Lutetium Oxyorthosilicate PET Scanner for Animal Imaging. J. Nucl. Med., 1999; 40, pp 1164-1175

Y. Shao , R.W. Silverman and S.R. Cherry. Evaluation of Hamamatsu R5900 series PMTs for readout of high resolution scintillator arrays. Nucl. Inst. Meth. A 454: pp. 379-388, 2000

Y. Shao , R.W. Silverman, R. Farrell, L. Cirignano, R. Grazioso, K.S. Shaa, G. Visser, M. Clajus, T.O. Tumer and S.R. Cherry. Design tudies of a high resolution PET detector using APD arrays. IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., 2000, 47: pp.1051-1057

N.K. Doshi, Y. Shao, R.W. Silverman, and S.R. Cherry. Design and evaluation of an LSO PET detector for breast cancer imaging. Med. Phys. 2000, 27: pp. 1535-1543

Y. Shao , H.B. Barber. S. Balzer, S.R. Cherry. Measurement of coincidence timing resolution with CdTe detectors. SPIE 45 th annual conference proceedings, Vol. 4142, pp. 254-264, 8/2000

Y. Shao , S.R. Cherry, and A.F. Chatziioannou. Design and development of 1 mm resolution PET detectors with position-sensitive PMTs. Nucl. Inst. Meth. 2002, A477: 486-490

Y. Shao , K. Meadors, R.W. Silverman, R. Farrell, L. Cirignano, R. Grazioso, K.S. Shah, and S.R. Cherry. Dual APD array readout of LSO crystals: optimization of crystal surface treatment. IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., 2002, 49: pp.649-654

Last updated: December 6, 2005