University of Houston, Houston, TX

YING YI

EDUCATION

University of Houston, Houston, TX

Ph.D. Physics, Dec. 2011

Thesis: Radiation doses in cone beam breast computed tomography

Advisor: Professor Chris C. Shaw (UT) and Professor Wu-Pei Su (UH)

GPA: 3.6

Chongqing University, Chongqing, China

M.S. Theoretical physics, Jul. 2007

B.S. Applied physics, Jul. 2004

GPA: 3.2

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Adjunct, Department of Physics, HCC - Central and Stafford campus, TX July 2012 - Now

Course taught: College Physics I & II

Textbook: Serway, Raymond A., & Vuille, Chris, (2012) College Physics 9th Edition.

Cutnell,John D.,Johnson, Kenneth W. Physics 9th Edition

Adjunct, Department of Physics, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC Jan. 2012 - May 2012

Course taught: General Physics II

Textbook: Serway, Raymond A., & Vuille, Chris, (2012) College Physics 9th Edition.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, TX Sep. 2007 – May 2008

Course taught: Physics Lab II (PHYS1122)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Imaging Physics department, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center Sep. 2008 – Dec. 2011

Graduate Research Assistant

•A new methodology has been introduced to accurately investigate breast radiation dose for real breasts in cone-beam breast CT, which requires threshold segmentation method and Monte Carlo simulation.

•Conducted several cone beam CT experiments for mastectomy breasts and phantoms regarding image quality and dose evaluation.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1. Y. Yi, C. J. Lai, T. Han, Y. Zhong, Y. Shen, X. Liu, S. Ge, Z. You, T. Wang, C. C. Shaw, “Radiation doses in cone-beam breast computed tomography: A Monte Carlo simulation study,” Med. Phys. 38, 589-597 (2011).

2. Y. Shen, Y. Yi, Y. Zhong, C. Lai, X. Liu, Z. You, S. Ge, T. Wang, C. Shaw, “High resolution dual detector volume-of-interest cone beam breast CT - demonstration with a bench top system,” Accepted by Med. Phys. (2011)

3.X. Liu, C. Lai, G. Whitman, W. Geiser, Y. Shen, Y. Yi, and C. Shaw, “Effects of exposure equalization on image signal-to-noise ratios in digital mammography: A simulation study with an anthropomorphic breast phantom,” accepted by Med. Phys. (2011)

4. C.J. Lai, L. Chen, H. Zhang, X. Liu, Y. Zhong, Y. Shen, T. Han, S. Ge, Y. Yi, T. Wang, W. T. Yang, G. J. Whitman, C. C. Shaw, “Reduction in x-ray scatter and radiation dose for volume-of-interest (VOI) cone-beam breast CT—a phantom study,”Phys Med Biol. 54(21):6691-709 (2009).

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

•Y. Yi, C. Shaw et al. “Dose Variation with Breast Density in Cone Beam Breast CT- a Monte Carlo Simulation Study Quantitative Comparison,” AAPM 51st Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, 2009

•Y. Yi, C. Shaw, et al. “Multi-Slice CT Versus Cone Beam CT for Breast Imaging: Radiation Dose Distributions with Monte Carlo Simulation,” AAPM 51st Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, 2009

•Y. Yi, C. Shaw, et al. “Comparison of ellipsoidal and cylindrical breast phantoms for accuracy of Monte Carlo dose estimation in cone beam breast CT,” AAPM 52nd Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 2010

•Y. Yi, C. Shaw, et al. “Dose in Volume-of-Interest cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) – a Monte Carlo simulation study,” AAPM 53rd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, 2011

AWARDS

Excellent student Chongqing University, 2001

Excellent league member, Chongqing University, 2002

Excellent leader, Chongqing University, 2002

Government sponsorship scholarship, Chongqing University, 2004-2007

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)

The international society for optics and photonics (SPIE)

Hobbies

Traditional dance, Chinese calligraphy

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