Pengfei Song, Ph.D.

Biomedical Engineering

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Pengfei Song, Ph.D. Profile Photo

Research Interests

Super-resolution ultrasound imaging; ultrafast 3D ultrasound imaging; deep learning applications in ultrasound imaging; ultrasound shear wave elastography.

Bio

Dr. Pengfei Song conducted his PhD and postdoctoral training on the topics of ultrasound elastography and microvascular imaging under the supervisions of Drs. James Greenleaf and Shigao Chen at Mayo Clinic. Before joining Duke University, Dr. Pengfei Song was a Y. T. Lo Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His current research interests include ultrafast ultrasound imaging, super-resolution ultrasound, functional ultrasound, 3D ultrasound imaging, deep learning applied to ultrasound imaging, and ultrasound shear wave elastography.

Dr. Song has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal papers with a Google Scholar total citation exceeding 6200 and an h-index of 42 (March 2025). He holds several patents that have been licensed and commercialized by major ultrasound companies and used worldwide in the clinic. Dr. Song has delivered over 30 invited presentations including twice at the Gordon Research Conference. He has been consistently ranked as an excellent instructor by his students.

Dr. Song is a recipient of the NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award, the NSF CAREER Award, the NIBIB Trailblazer Award, the IEEE Ultrasonics Early Career Investigator Award, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) Early Career Acceleration Award, and the Campus Distinguished Promotion Award at the University of Illinois.His research program has been continuously funded by NIH, DOD CDMRP, and NSF. He is an elected Fellow of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM), a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors(NAI), a Senior Member of IEEE, and a Full Member of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA).

Education

Ph.D. Mayo Clinic, 2014

Positions

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

Campus Distinguished Promotion Award. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 2024
List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 2024
Y. T. Lo Faculty Fellow. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 2023
National Science Foundation CAREER Awards - Multiple Sciences. National Science Foundation (NSF). 2023
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) Ben Barres Early Career Acceleration Award. Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) . 2023
IEEE UFFC Society u2013 Ultrasonics Early Career Investigator Award. IEEE. 2023
Deans Award for Excellence in Research for Assistant Professor. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 2022
Early Career Excellence Award for Alumni. University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 2022
Distinguished Reviewer. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 2022
Ultrasound Super-resolution Imaging Challenge Winner (in vivo category). IEEE. 2022
Researchers to Know. Illinois Science & Technology Coalition (ISTC). 2021
NIBIB Trailblazer Award. NIH/NIBIB. 2020
Fellow. American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM). 2020
Senior Member. National Academy of Inventors. 2020
Senior Member. IEEE. 2019
Edward C. Kendall Alumni Award for Meritorious Research. Mayo Clinic. 2018
K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award. NIH/NCI. 2017
IEEE UFFC Society Student Paper Competition Award. IEEE. 2012

Publications

Lin B-Z, Fan AC, Wang Y, Lowerison MR, Dong Z, You Q, et al. Combined Nanodrops Imaging and Ultrasound Localization Microscopy for Detecting Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Ultrasound in medicine & biology. 2025 Apr;51(4):707u201314.
Wang Y, Lowerison MR, Huang Z, You Q, Lin B-Z, Llano DA, et al. Longitudinal Awake Imaging of Mouse Deep Brain Microvasculature with Super-resolution Ultrasound Localization Microscopy. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd. 2025.
Wang Y, Lowerison MR, Huang Z, You Q, Lin B-Z, Llano DA, et al. Longitudinal Awake Imaging of Mouse Deep Brain Microvasculature with Super-resolution Ultrasound Localization Microscopy. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd. 2025.
Chen X, Lowerison MR, Shin Y, Wang Y, Dong Z, You Q, et al. Improved Microbubble Tracking for Super-Resolution Ultrasound Localization Microscopy using a Bi-Directional Long Short-term Memory Neural Network. bioRxiv. 2025 Feb 14;
Dencks S, Lowerison M, Hansen-Shearer J, Shin YR, Schmitz G, Song P, et al. Super-Resolution Ultrasound: From Data Acquisition and Motion Correction to Localization, Tracking, and Evaluation. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control. 2025 Jan 1;
Zhang J, Huang C, Lok U-W, Dong Z, Liu H, Gong P, et al. Enhancing Row-Column Array (RCA)-Based 3D Ultrasound Vascular Imaging With Spatial-Temporal Similarity Weighting. IEEE transactions on medical imaging. 2025 Jan;44(1):297u2013309.
Kasatkina LA, Ma C, Sheng H, Lowerison M, Menozzi L, Baloban M, et al. Advanced deep-tissue imaging and manipulation enabled by biliverdin reductase knockout. bioRxiv. 2024 Oct 18;
Lin B-Z, Fan AC, Wang Y, Lowerison MR, Dong Z, You Q, et al. Combined Nanodrops Imaging and Ultrasound Localization Microscopy for Detecting Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. 2024.
Kou Z, Lowerison MR, You Q, Wang Y, Song P, Oelze ML. High-Resolution Power Doppler Using Null Subtraction Imaging. IEEE transactions on medical imaging. 2024 Sep;43(9):3060u201371.
Lerendegui M, Riemer K, Papageorgiou G, Wang B, Arthur L, Chavignon A, et al. ULTRA-SR Challenge: Assessment of Ultrasound Localization and TRacking Algorithms for Super-Resolution Imaging. IEEE transactions on medical imaging. 2024 Aug;43(8):2970u201387.
Song P, Andre M, Chitnis P, Xu S, Croy T, Wear K, et al. Clinical, Safety, and Engineering Perspectives on Wearable Ultrasound Technology: A Review. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2024 Jul;71(7):730u201344.
Dong Z, Lok U-W, Lowerison MR, Huang C, Chen S, Song P. Three-Dimensional Shear Wave Elastography Using Acoustic Radiation Force and a 2-D Row-Column Addressing (RCA) Array. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2024 Apr;71(4):448u201358.
Shin Y, Lowerison MR, Wang Y, Chen X, You Q, Dong Z, et al. Context-aware deep learning enables high-efficacy localization of high concentration microbubbles for super-resolution ultrasound localization microscopy. Nature communications. 2024 Apr;15(1):2932.
Wang Y, Lowerison MR, You Q, Lin B-Z, Llano DA, Song P. Longitudinal Awake Imaging of Deep Mouse Brain Microvasculature with Super-resolution Ultrasound Localization Microscopy. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd. 2024.
Lowerison MR, Vaithiyalingam Chandra Sekaran N, Dong Z, Chen X, You Q, Llano DA, et al. Super-Resolution Ultrasound Reveals Cerebrovascular Impairment in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease. The Journal of neuroscienceu202f: the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 2024 Feb;44(9):e1251232024.
Qiao H, Deng X, Qiu L, Qu Y, Chiu Y, Chen F, et al. SARS-COV-2 induces blood-brain barrier and choroid plexus barrier impairments and vascular inflammation in mice. bioRxiv. 2024.
Fan Z, Gong P, Tang S, Lee CU, Zhang X, Song P, et al. Joint localization and classification of breast masses on ultrasound images using an auxiliary attention-based framework. Medical image analysis. 2023 Dec;90:102960.
You Q, Lowerison MR, Shin Y, Chen X, Sekaran NVC, Dong Z, et al. Contrast-Free Super-Resolution Power Doppler (CS-PD) Based on Deep Neural Networks. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2023 Oct;70(10):1355u201368.
Dong Z, Li S, Duan X, Lowerison MR, Huang C, You Q, et al. High-Volume-Rate 3-D Ultrasound Imaging Using Fast-Tilting and Redirecting Reflectors. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2023 Aug;70(8):799u2013809.
Chen X, Lowerison MR, Dong Z, Chandra Sekaran NV, Llano DA, Song P. Localization Free Super-Resolution Microbubble Velocimetry Using a Long Short-Term Memory Neural Network. IEEE transactions on medical imaging. 2023 Aug;42(8):2374u201385.
Tang Y, Dong Z, Wang N, Del Aguila A, Johnston N, Vu T, et al. Non-invasive Deep-Brain Imaging with 3D Integrated Photoacoustic Tomography and Ultrasound Localization Microscopy (3D-PAULM). ArXiv. 2023 Jul 27;
Kou Z, You Q, Kim J, Dong Z, Lowerison MR, Sekaran NVC, et al. High-Level Synthesis Design of Scalable Ultrafast Ultrasound Beamformer With Single FPGA. IEEE transactions on biomedical circuits and systems. 2023 Jun;17(3):446u201357.
Dong Z, Lok U-W, Lowerison M, Huang C, Chen S, Song P. Three-dimensional Shear Wave Elastography Using Acoustic Radiation Force and A 2-D Row-Column Addressing (RCA) Array. bioRxiv. 2023.
Dong Z, Li S, Duan X, Lowerison M, Huang C, You Q, et al. High Volume Rate 3-D Ultrasound Imaging Using Fast-Tilting and Redirecting Reflectors. bioRxiv. 2023.
Shin Y, Lowerison M, Wang Y, Chen X, You Q, Dong Z, et al. Context-Aware Deep Learning Enables High-Efficacy Localization of High Concentration Microbubbles for Super-Resolution Ultrasound Localization Microscopy. bioRxiv. 2023.
Wang Y, Lowerison M, Huang Z, You Q, Lin B-Z, Llano D, et al. Longitudinal Awake Imaging of Mouse Deep Brain Microvasculature with Super-resolution Ultrasound Localization Microscopy. bioRxiv. 2023.
You Q, Trzasko JD, Lowerison MR, Chen X, Dong Z, ChandraSekaran NV, et al. Curvelet Transform-Based Sparsity Promoting Algorithm for Fast Ultrasound Localization Microscopy. IEEE transactions on medical imaging. 2022 Sep;41(9):2385u201398.
Chen X, Lowerison MR, Dong Z, Han A, Song P. Deep Learning-Based Microbubble Localization for Ultrasound Localization Microscopy. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2022 Apr;69(4):1312u201325.
Lowerison M, Zhang W, Chen X, Fan T, Song P. Characterization of Anti-Angiogenic Chemo-Sensitization via Longitudinal Ultrasound Localization Microscopy in Colorectal Carcinoma Tumor Xenografts. IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering. 2022 Apr;69(4):1449u201360.
Kim J, Lowerison MR, Sekaran NVC, Kou Z, Dong Z, Oelze ML, et al. Improved Ultrasound Localization Microscopy Based on Microbubble Uncoupling via Transmit Excitation. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2022 Mar;69(3):1041u201352.
You Q, Dong Z, Lowerison MR, Song P. Pixel-Oriented Adaptive Apodization for Plane-Wave Imaging Based on Recovery of the Complete Dataset. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2022 Feb;69(2):512u201322.
Dong Z, Kim J, Huang C, Lowerison MR, Lok U-W, Chen S, et al. Three-Dimensional Shear Wave Elastography Using a 2D Row Column Addressing (RCA) Array. BME frontiers. 2022 Jan;2022:9879632.
You Q, Lowerison M, Shin Y, Chen X, Chandra Sekaran NV, Dong Z, et al. Contrast-free Super-resolution Doppler (CS Doppler) based on Deep Generative Neural Networks. bioRxiv. 2022.
You Q, Trzasko J, Lowerison M, Chen X, Dong Z, Chandra Sekaran NV, et al. Curvelet Transform-based Sparsity Promoting Algorithm for Fast Ultrasound Localization Microscopy. bioRxiv. 2022.
Lowerison M, Chandra Sekaran NV, Dong Z, Chen X, You Q, Llano D, et al. Super-resolution ultrasound imaging of cerebrovascular impairment in a mouse model of Alzheimeru2019s disease. bioRxiv. 2022.
Chen X, Lowerison M, Dong Z, Han A, Song P. Deep Learning-based Microbubble Localization for Ultrasound Localization Microscopy. bioRxiv. 2022.
Gong P, Song P, Huang C, Lok U-W, Tang S, Zhou C, et al. Noise Suppression for Ultrasound Attenuation Coefficient Estimation Based on Spectrum Normalization. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2021 Aug;68(8):2667u201374.
Huang C, Song P, Trzasko JD, Gong P, Lok U-W, Tang S, et al. Simultaneous Noise Suppression and Incoherent Artifact Reduction in Ultrafast Ultrasound Vascular Imaging. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2021 Jun;68(6):2075u201385.
Dong Z, Li S, Lowerison MR, Pan J, Zou J, Song P. Fast Acoustic Steering Via Tilting Electromechanical Reflectors (FASTER): A Novel Method for High Volume Rate 3-D Ultrasound Imaging. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2021 Mar;68(3):675u201387.
Palmeri ML, Milkowski A, Barr R, Carson P, Couade M, Chen J, et al. Radiological Society of North America/Quantitative Imaging Biomarker Alliance Shear Wave Speed Bias Quantification in Elastic and Viscoelastic Phantoms. Journal of ultrasound in medicineu202f: official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. 2021 Mar;40(3):569u201381.
Kim J, Lowerison M, Sekaran NC, Kou Z, Dong Z, Oelze M, et al. Improved Ultrasound Localization Microscopy based on Microbubble Uncoupling via Transmit Excitation (MUTE). bioRxiv. 2021.
Lowerison M, Sekaran NC, Zhang W, Dong Z, Chen X, Llano D, et al. Aging-related cerebral microvascular changes visualized using Ultrasound Localization Microscopy in the living mouse. bioRxiv. 2021.
Dong Z, Kim J, Huang C, Lowerison M, Chen S, Song P. Three-dimensional Shear Wave Elastography Using a 2D Row Column Addressing (RCA) Array. bioRxiv. 2021.
Chen X, Lowerison M, Dong Z, Chandra Sekaran NV, Huang C, Chen S, et al. Localization free super-resolution microbubble velocimetry using a long short-term memory neural network. bioRxiv. 2021.
Huang C, Song P, Mellema DC, Gong P, Lok U-W, Tang S, et al. Three-dimensional shear wave elastography on conventional ultrasound scanners with external vibration. Physics in medicine and biology. 2020 Nov;65(21):215009.
Tang S, Song P, Trzasko JD, Lowerison M, Huang C, Gong P, et al. Kalman Filter-Based Microbubble Tracking for Robust Super-Resolution Ultrasound Microvessel Imaging. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2020 Sep;67(9):1738u201351.
Lowerison MR, Huang C, Kim Y, Lucien F, Chen S, Song P. In Vivo Confocal Imaging of Fluorescently Labeled Microbubbles: Implications for Ultrasound Localization Microscopy. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2020 Sep;67(9):1811u20139.
Huang C, Lowerison MR, Trzasko JD, Manduca A, Bresler Y, Tang S, et al. Short Acquisition Time Super-Resolution Ultrasound Microvessel Imaging via Microbubble Separation. Scientific reports. 2020 Apr;10(1):6007.
Yi H, Cai B, Ai X, Li K, Song P, Zhang W. Early Identification of Residual Tumors following Microwave Ablation Using Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography in a Rabbit VX2 Liver Cancer Model. BioMed research international. 2020 Jan;2020:2462058.
Huang C, Song P, Gong P, Trzasko JD, Manduca A, Chen S. Debiasing-Based Noise Suppression for Ultrafast Ultrasound Microvessel Imaging. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2019 Aug;66(8):1281u201391.
Huang C, Lowerison MR, Lucien F, Gong P, Wang D, Song P, et al. Noninvasive Contrast-Free 3D Evaluation of Tumor Angiogenesis with Ultrasensitive Ultrasound Microvessel Imaging. Scientific reports. 2019 Mar;9(1):4907.
Song P, Cuellar CA, Tang S, Islam R, Wen H, Huang C, et al. Functional Ultrasound Imaging of Spinal Cord Hemodynamic Responses to Epidural Electrical Stimulation: A Feasibility Study. Frontiers in neurology. 2019 Jan;10:279.
Song P, Manduca A, Trzasko JD, Daigle RE, Chen S. On the Effects of Spatial Sampling Quantization in Super-Resolution Ultrasound Microvessel Imaging. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2018 Dec;65(12):2264u201376.
Song P, Chen S. Spatiotemporal clutter filtering methods for in vivo microvessel imaging. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2018 Mar 1;143(3_Supplement):1900u20131900.
Kijanka P, Qiang B, Song P, Amador Carrascal C, Chen S, Urban MW. Robust Phase Velocity Dispersion Estimation of Viscoelastic Materials Used for Medical Applications Based on the Multiple Signal Classification Method. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2018 Mar;65(3):423u201339.
Song P, Trzasko JD, Manduca A, Huang R, Kadirvel R, Kallmes DF, et al. Improved Super-Resolution Ultrasound Microvessel Imaging With Spatiotemporal Nonlocal Means Filtering and Bipartite Graph-Based Microbubble Tracking. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2018 Feb;65(2):149u201367.
Gong P, Song P, Chen S. Hadamard-Encoded Multipulses for Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2017 Nov;64(11):1674u201383.
Song P, Manduca A, Trzasko JD, Chen S. Noise Equalization for Ultrafast Plane Wave Microvessel Imaging. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2017 Nov;64(11):1776u201381.
Song P, Trzasko JD, Manduca A, Huang R, Kadirvel R, Kallmes DF, et al. Notice of Removal: Robust ultrasound super-resolution microvessel imaging with spatiotemporal nonlocal means filtering and bipartite graph-based microbubble tracking. In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2017.
Gong P, Song P, Chen S. Hadamard encoded multi-pulses for contrast enhanced ultrasound imaging. In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2017.
Gong P, Song P, Chen S. Delay-encoded harmonic imaging (DE-HI) in multiplane-wave compounding. In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2017.
Gong P, Song P, Chen S. Delay-encoded harmonic imaging (DE-HI) in multiplane-wave compounding. In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2017.
Gong P, Song P, Chen S. Hadamard-encoded multi-pulses for contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging. In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2017.
Gong P, Song P, Chen S. Improved contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging with multiplane wave imaging. In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2017.
Gong P, Song P, Chen S. Improved contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging with multiplane wave imaging. In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2017.
Song P, Manduca A, Trzasko JD, Chen S. Notice of Removal: Singular value decomposition-based noise equalization for ultrafast plane wave microvessel imaging. In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2017.
Song P, Trzasko JD, Manduca A, Qiang B, Kadirvel R, Kallmes DF, et al. Notice of Removal: Fast and robust spatiotemporal microvessel clutter filtering with randomized singular value decomposition (rSVD) and randomized spatial downsampling. In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2017.
Mellema D, Song P, Manduca A, Urban M, Kinnick R, Greenleaf J, et al. A model-free approach to probe motion artifacts suppression for in vivo imaging with probe oscillation shear wave elastography (PROSE). In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2017.
Eby SF, Zhao H, Song P, Vareberg BJ, Kinnick RR, Greenleaf JF, et al. Quantifying spasticity in individual muscles using shear wave elastography. Radiology case reports. 2017 Jun;12(2):348u201352.
Ping Gong, Pengfei Song, Shigao Chen. Ultrafast Synthetic Transmit Aperture Imaging Using Hadamard-Encoded Virtual Sources With Overlapping Sub-Apertures. IEEE transactions on medical imaging. 2017 Jun;36(6):1372u201381.
Song P, Trzasko JD, Manduca A, Qiang B, Kadirvel R, Kallmes DF, et al. Accelerated Singular Value-Based Ultrasound Blood Flow Clutter Filtering With Randomized Singular Value Decomposition and Randomized Spatial Downsampling. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2017 Apr;64(4):706u201316.
Gong P, Song P, Chen S. Delay-Encoded Harmonic Imaging (DE-HI) in Multiplane-Wave Compounding. IEEE transactions on medical imaging. 2017 Apr;36(4):952u20139.
Song P, Manduca A, Trzasko JD, Chen S. Ultrasound Small Vessel Imaging With Block-Wise Adaptive Local Clutter Filtering. IEEE transactions on medical imaging. 2017 Jan;36(1):251u201362.
Brandenburg JE, Eby SF, Song P, Kingsley-Berg S, Bamlet W, Sieck GC, et al. Quantifying passive muscle stiffness in children with and without cerebral palsy using ultrasound shear wave elastography. Developmental medicine and child neurology. 2016 Dec;58(12):1288u201394.
Eby S, Zhao H, Song P, Vareberg BJ, Kinnick R, Greenleaf JF, et al. Quantitative Evaluation of Passive Muscle Stiffness in Chronic Stroke. American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation. 2016 Dec;95(12):899u2013910.
Ping Gong, Pengfei Song, Shigao Chen. Advanced ultrafast imaging with synthetic transmit aperture (USTA) imaging. In: 2016 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS). IEEE; 2016. p. 1u20132.
Mellema DC, Song P, Kinnick RR, Urban MW, Greenleaf JF, Manduca A, et al. Probe Oscillation Shear Elastography (PROSE): A High Frame-Rate Method for Two-Dimensional Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography. IEEE transactions on medical imaging. 2016 Sep;35(9):2098u2013106.
Song P, Bi X, Mellema DC, Manduca A, Urban MW, Pellikka PA, et al. Pediatric Cardiac Shear Wave Elastography for Quantitative Assessment of Myocardial Stiffness: A Pilot Study in Healthy Controls. Ultrasound in medicine & biology. 2016 Aug;42(8):1719u201329.
Song P, Bi X, Mellema DC, Manduca A, Urban MW, Greenleaf JF, et al. Quantitative Assessment of Left Ventricular Diastolic Stiffness Using Cardiac Shear Wave Elastography: A Pilot Study. Journal of ultrasound in medicineu202f: official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. 2016 Jul;35(7):1419u201327.
Amador C, Song P, Meixner DD, Chen S, Urban MW. Improvement of Shear Wave Motion Detection Using Harmonic Imaging in Healthy Human Liver. Ultrasound in medicine & biology. 2016 May;42(5):1031u201341.
Song P, Mellema DC, Sheedy SP, Meixner DD, Karshen RM, Urban MW, et al. Performance of 2-Dimensional Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography in Liver Fibrosis Detection Using Magnetic Resonance Elastography as the Reference Standard: A Pilot Study. Journal of ultrasound in medicineu202f: official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. 2016 Feb;35(2):401u201312.
Urban MW, Qiang B, Song P, Nenadic IZ, Chen S, Greenleaf JF. Investigation of the effects of myocardial anisotropy for shear wave elastography using impulsive force and harmonic vibration. Physics in medicine and biology. 2016 Jan;61(1):365u201382.
Palmeri M, Nightingale K, Fielding S, Rouze N, Deng Y, Lynch T, et al. RSNA QIBA ultrasound shear wave speed Phase II phantom study in viscoelastic media. In: 2015 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2015. 2015.
Song P, Bi X, Mellema DC, Manduca A, Urban MW, Greenleaf JF, et al. A systematic investigation of feasible acoustic windows and the impact of myocardial anisotropy for in vivo human cardiac shear wave elastography. In: 2015 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2015. 2015.
Amador C, Song P, Meixner DD, Chen S, Urban MW. In vivo liver shear wave motion detection and shear wave speed comparison between fundamental and harmonic imaging. In: 2015 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2015. 2015.
Urban MW, Qiang B, Song P, Nenadic IZ, Chen S, Greenleaf JF. Investigation of the effects of myocardial anisotropy for shear wave elastography using acoustic radiation force and harmonic vibration. In: 2015 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2015. 2015.
Song P, Bi X, Mellema DC, Manduca A, Urban MW, Chen S, et al. Implementation of shear wave elastography on pediatric cardiac transducers with pulse-inversion harmonic imaging and time-aligned sequential tracking. In: 2015 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2015. 2015.
Mellema DC, Song P, Manduca A, Urban MW, Kinnick RR, Greenleaf JF, et al. A high frame-rate and low-cost Elastography system by generating shear waves through continuous vibration of the ultrasound transducer. In: 2015 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2015. 2015.
Denis M, Bayat M, Mehrmohammadi M, Gregory A, Song P, Whaley DH, et al. Update on Breast Cancer Detection Using Comb-Push Ultrasound Shear Elastography. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2015 Sep;62(9):1644u201350.
Song P, Urban MW, Manduca A, Greenleaf JF, Chen S. Coded excitation plane wave imaging for shear wave motion detection. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2015 Jul;62(7):1356u201372.
Brandenburg JE, Eby SF, Song P, Zhao H, Landry BW, Kingsley-Berg S, et al. Feasibility and reliability of quantifying passive muscle stiffness in young children by using shear wave ultrasound elastography. Journal of ultrasound in medicineu202f: official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. 2015 Apr;34(4):663u201370.
Song P, Urban MW, Manduca A, Greenleaf JF, Chen S. 2083648 Robust and Ultrafast Detection of Shear Wave Motion Using Coded Excitation. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 2015 Apr;41(4):S97u20138.
Nabavizadeh A, Song P, Chen S, Greenleaf JF, Urban MW. Multi-source and multi-directional shear wave generation with intersecting steered ultrasound push beams. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2015 Apr;62(4):647u201362.
Itoigawa Y, Sperling JW, Steinmann SP, Chen Q, Song P, Chen S, et al. Feasibility assessment of shear wave elastography to rotator cuff muscle. Clinical anatomy (New York, NY). 2015 Mar;28(2):213u20138.
Dillman JR, Chen S, Davenport MS, Zhao H, Urban MW, Song P, et al. Superficial ultrasound shear wave speed measurements in soft and hard elasticity phantoms: repeatability and reproducibility using two ultrasound systems. Pediatric radiology. 2015 Mar;45(3):376u201385.
Song P, Macdonald M, Behler R, Lanning J, Wang M, Urban M, et al. Two-dimensional shear-wave elastography on conventional ultrasound scanners with time-aligned sequential tracking (TAST) and comb-push ultrasound shear elastography (CUSE). IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2015 Feb;62(2):290u2013302.
Mehrmohammadi M, Song P, Meixner DD, Fazzio RT, Chen S, Greenleaf JF, et al. Comb-push ultrasound shear elastography (CUSE) for evaluation of thyroid nodules: preliminary in vivo results. IEEE transactions on medical imaging. 2015 Jan;34(1):97u2013106.
Denis M, Mehrmohammadi M, Song P, Meixner DD, Fazzio RT, Pruthi S, et al. Comb-push ultrasound shear elastography of breast masses: initial results show promise. PloS one. 2015 Jan;10(3):e0119398.
Eby SF, Cloud BA, Brandenburg JE, Giambini H, Song P, Chen S, et al. Shear wave elastography of passive skeletal muscle stiffness: influences of sex and age throughout adulthood. Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon). 2015 Jan;30(1):22u20137.
Brandenburg JE, Eby SF, Song P, Zhao H, Brault JS, Chen S, et al. Ultrasound elastography: the new frontier in direct measurement of muscle stiffness. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation. 2014 Nov;95(11):2207u201319.
Zhao H, Song P, Meixner DD, Kinnick RR, Callstrom MR, Sanchez W, et al. External vibration multi-directional ultrasound shearwave elastography (EVMUSE): application in liver fibrosis staging. IEEE transactions on medical imaging. 2014 Nov;33(11):2140u20138.
Zhao H, Song P, Meixner DD, Kinnick RR, Callstrom MR, Sanchez W, et al. Liver elasticity imaging using external Vibration Multi-directional Ultrasound Shearwave Elastography (EVMUSE). In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2014. p. 979u201382.
Nabavizadeh A, Song P, Chen S, Greenleaf JF, Urban MW. Shear wave generation with steered ultrasound push beams. In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2014. p. 647u201350.
Song P, Macdonald MC, Behler RH, Lanning JD, Wang MH, Urban MW, et al. Shear wave elastography on the GE LOGIQ E9 with Comb-push Ultrasound Shear Elastography (CUSE) and time aligned sequential tracking (TAST). In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2014. p. 1101u20134.
Song P, Zhao H, Urban MW, Manduca A, Mellema DC, Greenleaf JF, et al. Dual-frequency shear wave motion detection. In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2014. p. 1109u201312.
Song P, Urban MW, Chen S, Manduca A, Zhao H, Nenadic IZ, et al. In vivo transthoracic measurement of end-diastolic left ventricular stiffness with ultrasound shear wave elastography: A pilot study. In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2014. p. 109u201312.
Mehrmohammadi M, Denis M, Song P, Chen S, Fatemi M, Alizad A. Comb-Push Ultrasound Shear Elastography of thyroid: Preliminary in vivo human study. In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2014. p. 213u20136.
Brandenburg JE, Eby S, Song P, Zhao H, Landry BW, Chen S, et al. Poster 548 Gender and Foot Dominance Do Not Influence Passive Muscle Stiffness of the Gastrocnemius Muscle in Typically Developing Children. PM&R. 2014 Sep;6(9S).
Song P, Manduca A, Zhao H, Urban MW, Greenleaf JF, Chen S. Fast shear compounding using robust 2-D shear wave speed calculation and multi-directional filtering. Ultrasound in medicine & biology. 2014 Jun;40(6):1343u201355.
Song P, Manduca A, Zhao H, Urban MW, Greenleaf JF, Chen S. Fast shear compounding using directional filtering and two-dimensional shear wave speed calculation. In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2013. p. 1264u20137.
Hall TJ, Milkowski A, Garra B, Carson P, Palmeri M, Nightingale K, et al. RSNA/QIBA: Shear wave speed as a biomarker for liver fibrosis staging. In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2013. p. 397u2013400.
Zhao H, Song P, Manduca A, Kinnick RR, Urban MW, Greenleaf JF, et al. Two-dimensional shear elasticity imaging using external mechanical vibration. In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2013. p. 1256u20139.
Pengfei Song, Heng Zhao, Urban MW, Manduca A, Pislaru SV, Kinnick RR, et al. Improved Shear Wave Motion Detection Using Pulse-Inversion Harmonic Imaging With a Phased Array Transducer. IEEE transactions on medical imaging. 2013 Dec;32(12):2299u2013310.
Eby SF, Song P, Chen S, Chen Q, Greenleaf JF, An K-N. Validation of shear wave elastography in skeletal muscle. Journal of biomechanics. 2013 Sep;46(14):2381u20137.
Brandenburg JE, Eby S, Landry BW, Hoffman AM, Chen S, Zhao H, et al. Shear Wave Elastography for Noninvasive Quantification of Passive Muscle Stiffness in Typically Developing Children. PM&R. 2013 Sep;5(9S).
Song P, Urban MW, Manduca A, Zhao H, Greenleaf JF, Chen S. Comb-push ultrasound shear elastography (CUSE) with various ultrasound push beams. IEEE transactions on medical imaging. 2013 Aug;32(8):1435u201347.
Kulig K, Landel R, Chang Y-J, Hannanvash N, Reischl SF, Song P, et al. Patellar tendon morphology in volleyball athletes with and without patellar tendinopathy. Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports. 2013 Mar;23(2):e81u20138.
Zhao H, Qiang B, Amador C, Song P, Urban MW, Kinnick RR, et al. Measure elasticity and viscosity using the out-of-plane shear wave. In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2012. p. 212u20135.
Song P, Urban MW, Manduca A, Zhao H, Greenleaf JF, Chen S. Comb-push Ultrasound Shear Elastography (CUSE): A novel and fast technique for shear elasticity imaging. In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2012. p. 1842u20135.
Xie H, Shamdasani V, Zhao H, Song P, Zhou S, Robert JL, et al. A phantom study to cross-validate multimodality shear wave elastography techniques. In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2012. p. 1858u201361.
Zhao H, Amador C, Urban MW, Song P, Greenleaf JF, Chen S. Shear wave speed measurement using repeated short push pulses. In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2012. p. 1854u20137.
Song P, Zhao H, Manduca A, Urban MW, Greenleaf JF, Chen S. Comb-push ultrasound shear elastography (CUSE): a novel method for two-dimensional shear elasticity imaging of soft tissues. IEEE transactions on medical imaging. 2012 Sep;31(9):1821u201332.
Zhao H, Song P, Urban MW, Greenleaf JF, Chen S. Shear wave speed measurement using an unfocused ultrasoundu00a0beam. Ultrasound in medicine & biology. 2012 Sep;38(9):1646u201355.
Chen S, Zhao H, Song P, Urban MW, Greenleaf JF. Shear wave speed measurement using an unfocused ultrasound push beam. In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2011. p. 1171u20134.
Zhao H, Song P, Urban MW, Kinnick RR, Yin M, Greenleaf JF, et al. Shear wave speed measurements using ultrasound radiation force can be depth dependent. In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2011. p. 2392u20135.
Zhao H, Song P, Urban MW, Greenleaf JF, Chen S. Robust shear wave speed measurement using comb-push ultrasound radiation force. In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2011. p. 1270u20133.
Zhao H, Song P, Urban MW, Kinnick RR, Yin M, Greenleaf JF, et al. Bias observed in time-of-flight shear wave speed measurements using radiation force of a focused ultrasound beam. Ultrasound in medicine & biology. 2011 Nov;37(11):1884u201392.
Song P, Manduca A, Li Z, Zhao H, Urban MW, Greenleaf JF, et al. Two-dimensional shear elasticity imaging using comb-push acoustic radiation force and algebraic direct inversion of the motion differential equation. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2011 Oct 1;130(4_Supplement):2424u20132424.
Song P, Linstrom KR, Boye AJ, Kulig K, Burnfield JM, Bashford GR. Tendinopathy discrimination using spatial frequency parameters and artificial neural networks. In: Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium. 2009. p. 1902u20135.
Song P, Davis LM, Bashford GR. Single molecule diffusion coefficient estimation by image analysis of simulated CCD images to aid high-throughput screening. Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Annual International Conference. 2009 Jan;2009:1396u20139.
Jingjing L, Zhi Z, Pengfei S, Enmin S, Daoyu H, Qingguo X. Automatic skeletonization for 3D hepatic portal vein in CT angiography. In: IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. 2008. p. 5396u20139.
Song P, Macdonald MC, Behler RH, Lanning JD, Wang MH, Urban MW, et al. Two-Dimensional Shear Wave Elastography on Conventional Ultrasound Scanners With Time-Aligned Sequential Tracking (TAST) and Comb-Push Ultrasound Shear Elastography (CUSE).
Song P, Macdonald MC, Behler RH, Lanning JD, Wang MH, Urban MW, et al. Two-Dimensional Shear Wave Elastography on Conventional Ultrasound Scanners With Time-Aligned Sequential Tracking (TAST) and Comb-Push Ultrasound Shear Elastography (CUSE).