Personal Profile
Dr. Niu joined Shenzhen Bay Laboratory as an associate researcher in January 2023. He graduated with a Ph.D. from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2017 and subsequently spent two years as a postdoctoral researcher at the same university. In 2020, he continued his postdoctoral research training at the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for two additional years. Throughout his academic journey from Ph.D. to postdoctoral stages, he has dedicated up to 12 years to the development of PET instrumentation. He has published more than 10 papers in SCI journals and has presided over projects funded by both the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) at the top-level and Youth Science Foundation. He has also served as a reviewer for the well-known international journal, Physics in Medicine and Biology.
Education & Experience
- 2023-01 - present, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Institute of Medical Engineering, Associate Researcher
- 2020-03 - 2022-12, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Institute of Medical Engineering, Postdoctoral, Co-Supervisor: Yongfeng Yang
- 2018-01 - 2020-03, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, School of Life, Postdoctoral, Co-advisor: Qingguo Xie
- 2009/09 - 2017/06, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering, Ph.D., Supervisor: Qingguo Xie
- 2005/09 - 2009/06, Sichuan University, Medical Information Engineering, Bachelor
Research Interests
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging
- Real-time crystal decoding and image reconstruction using machine learning techniques
- Evaluation of PET systems with advanced crystal decoding in clinical settings
- Optimization of PET system design to enhance energy resolution and spatial resolution
Fundings
- Grant No.62371314 (PI), the General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2024/01-2027/12.
- Grant No.62001466 (PI), the Youth Science Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2021/1-2023/12.
Honor & Awards
- Ming Niu (1/1), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Trainee Grant, 2013
Representative Publications
- Ming Niu, Zhonghua Kuang, Xiaohui Wang, Ning Ren, Ziru Sang, San Wu, Longhan Cong, Tao Sun, Zheng Liu, Zhanli Hu, and Yongfeng Yang*. Comparison of timing measurement methods of dual-ended readout scintillator array PET detectors, IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences, 2024,8 (6), 607-617.
- Ming Niu, Zheng Liu, Zhonghua Kuang, Xiaohui Wang, Ning Ren, Ziru Sang, San Wu, Longhan Cong, Tao Sun, Zhanli Hu, and Yongfeng Yang*. Ultra-high-resolution depth-encoding small animal PET detectors: using GAGG and LYSO crystal arrays, Medical Physics, 2022, 49(05), pp. 3006-3020.
- Ming Niu, Cheng Hua, Tong Liu, Yongfeng Yang, Qingguo Xie, Peng Xiao*. Design and measurement of Trans-PET basic detector module II using 6×6 SiPM array for small-animal PET, Journal of Instrumentation, 2020, 15(09):P09040.
- Ming Niu, Zhonghua Kuang, Xiaohui Wang, Longhan Cong, Dongfang Gao, Tao Sun, Zheng Liu, Zhanli Hu, Yongfeng Yang, Zheng Gu. Effect of inter-crystal scattering events on the performance of dual-ended readout PET detectors. IEEE NSS/MIC, Canada, 05-12. Nov., 2023.
- Ming Niu, Zhonghua Kuang, Xiaohui Wang, Longhan Cong, Dongfang Gao, Tao Sun, Zheng Liu, Zhanli Hu, Yongfeng Yang. Timing resolution of dual-ended readout PET detectors using PETsys TOFPET2 ASIC. IEEE NSS/MIC, Milano, Italy, 05-12. Nov., 2022.
- Ming Niu, Zheng Liu, Zhonghua Kuang, Xiaohui Wang, Ziru Sang, Longhan Cong, Zhanli Hu, Yongfeng Yang. Ultra-high resolution depth encoding small animal PET detectors using GAGG and LYSO crystal arrays. IEEE NSS/MIC, Yokohama, Japan, 16-23. Oct., 2021.
- Zheng Liu, Ming Niu, Zhonghua Kuang, Ning Ren, San Wu, Longhan Cong, Xiaohui Wang, Ziru Sang, Yongfeng Yang. DOI-TOF PET detectors using 6× 6 mm2 SiPM arrays for clinical PET scanners. EJNMMI Phys. 2022; 9(1):29.
- Zhonghua Kuang, Xiaohui Wang, Tianyi Zeng, Ming Niu, Zhanli Hu, Dong Liang, Hairong Zheng, Yongfeng Yang. Physical and Imaging Performance of SIAT aPET under Different Energy Windows and Timing Windows. Medical Physics, 2020;65(23):235013.
- Zhonghua Kuang, Ziru Sang, Xiaohui Wang, Ming Niu, Longhan Cong, Zheng Liu, Tao Sun, Zhanli Hu, Junwei Du and Yongfeng Yang, Journal of Nuclear Medicine, May 2021, 62 (supplement 1) 1708.
- Tong Liu, Ming Niu, Shuguo Gu, Qingguo Xie. A ~0.7 mm spatial resolution all-digital animal PET system using improved Trans-PET detectors. IEEE NSS/MIC, 2016.
- Luyao Wang#, Jun Zhu, Xiao Liang, Ming Niu, Xiaoke Wu, Chien-Min Kao, Heejong Kim and Qingguo Xie#, Performance evaluation of the Trans-PET® BioCaliburn® LH system - A large FOV small-animal PET system. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 2014.
- Xi Wang#, Qingguo Xie*, Yuanbao Chen, Ming Niu, Peng Xiao. Advantages of Digitally Sampling Scintillation Pulses in Pileup Processing in PET. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, pp. 1, 2012.
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