Jianming Liang
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Mail code: 8620Campus: Dtphx
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Dr. Jianming Liang has a background in both academia and industry: after six years at Siemens, he joined the faculty of Arizona State University (ASU) in December 2008. He is currently a professor with chair privileges in the graduate faculties of biomedical informatics, computer science, computer engineering, and biomedical engineering at ASU.
Drawing upon computer vision, deep learning, visualization, mathematics, and statistics, his research focuses on imaging informatics, developing novel computational methodologies and systems to support clinical decision-making and facilitate precision medicine, addressing a profound challenge facing biomedicine: big data, through a multidisciplinary team-based approach involving cardiology, gastroenterology, radiology, etc.
His research is supported by an R01 grant and several grants from the ASU-Mayo partnerships. To translate his developed technologies into clinical practice and realize their clinical impact, with the assistance of Arizona Technology Enterprises and Mayo Clinic Ventures, he co-founded IMANIN. In addition to his 100+ peer-reviewed publications, he has been awarded 35 US patents with an additional 40+ patents pending, and his research has led to FDA-approved products.
He currently serves as an Associate Editor on the Editor Board of Medical Image Analysis, the best journal in his field. He has served as an area chair for MICCAI and CVPR, the top conferences in his area, and as a Guest Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. He has also served on the NIH study sections.
He has been elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (2021) and received several awards, including President’s Award for Innovation (2015), Faculty Innovation Award (2019), Faculty Mentoring Award (2020), and Distinguished Faculty Award (2023). He was also nominated thrice for the Faculty Teaching Award in 2019, 2020, and 2023. His students received 50+ awards and recognitions for their achievements, including the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) Collegiate Award (2022) and the AMIA Ph.D. dissertation Award [the best dissertation in biomedical informatics worldwide] (2022). His team is the winner of the Elsevier Medical Image Analysis Best Paper Award (2020), one of the most prestigious awards in the field.
His research interests include imaging informatics, computer vision, machine learning, visualization, and computer-aided diagnosis, therapy, and surgery. He has established extensive collaborations with Mayo Clinic. Examples of his projects:
- Computer-aided diagnosis and prognosis of pulmonary embolism. The US Surgeon General has declared pulmonary embolism (PE) a major national health problem. CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) is the diagnostic standard for suspected PE. However, incorrect CTPA interpretations are frequent in general clinical practice, and the wealth of CPTA imaging information useful for PE prognostication is barely utilized for the personalized management of PE patients. Therefore, the goal of this project is to integrate diagnosis with prognosis in a single unified framework.
- Personalized cardiovascular disease risk stratification. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the #1 killer in the US, but it is largely preventable—the key is to identify at-risk individuals prior to adverse events. For stratifying individual CVD risk, carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), a noninvasive ultrasound method, has proven to be valuable. However, interpreting CIMT images is tedious, laborious, and time-consuming, a serious limitation that hinders widespread utilization of CIMT in clinical practice. To overcome this limitation, we are developing an innovative informatics solution to fully automate CIMT image interpretation process.
- Ensuring high-quality colonoscopy. The primary modality for screening and prevention of colorectal cancer is (optical) colonoscopy. However, during colonoscopy, a significant number of polyps are missed—the pooled miss-rate for all polyps is 22% (95% CI, 19%-26%). To reduce the polyp miss-rate of colonoscopy, we are developing computer algorithms to ensure high-quality colonoscopy procedures, resulting in software systems with “built-in” alerts that recognize polyps and distinguish poor video quality.
- Personalized proton therapy for lung cancer. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths. Intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) is revolutionizing radiotherapy because of its extraordinary capability of precisely depositing maximum cell-killing energy in tumors while protecting surrounding healthy tissues. However, the use of IMPT for lung cancer is hindered by a serious limitation: IMPT is highly sensitive to uncertainties caused by patient setup, respiratory motion, anatomic changes, etc. We are aiming to overcome this limitation by developing novel algorithms to achieve personalized proton therapy by explicitly accounting for patient-specific information that can be extracted from the weekly CTs
An overview of my current research: www.tinyurl.com/LiangResearchOverviewSamples of my publications: www.tinyurl.com/LiangRecentPublications (in one PDF)List of my awarded US patents: www.tinyurl.com/LiangPatents
- Liang,Jianming*. Robust Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy for Lung Cancer. ASU-Mayo Seed Grant(1/1/2015 - 12/31/2015).
- Liang,Jianming*. Enhancing the Quality of Optical Colonoscopy. ASU-Mayo Seed Grant(1/1/2014 - 8/3/2015).
- Liang,Jianming*. The Development of a Highly Efficient and User-Friendly Software System for Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Image Interpretation. MAYO CLINIC SCOTTSDALE(7/1/2012 - 6/30/2015).
- Liang,Jianming*. Diagnosis and Prognosis of Pulmonary Embolism in CT Pulmonary Angiography. ASU-Mayo Seed Grant(1/1/2012 - 12/31/2013).
- Liang,Jianming*. ASU-Mayo CMVB Collaborative Agreement: Feasibility Study on the Development of a Computer Algorithm for Measuring Carotid Intima-media Thickness. MAYO CLINIC SCOTTSDALE(5/1/2010 - 8/31/2011).
- Liang,Jianming*. Left Ventricular Untwisting: Diagnostic Role and Biomechanical Evaluation in Acute Mile and Moderate Elevation of Right Ventricul. MAYO CLINIC SCOTTSDALE(1/1/2010 - 12/31/2011).
Courses
2023 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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CSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 584 | Internship |
BMI 584 | Internship |
BMI 792 | Research |
BMI 560 | Teachng Biomedical Informatics |
BMI 482 | Capstone I |
BMI 483 | Capstone II |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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CSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 599 | Thesis |
CSE 792 | Research |
CSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 799 | Dissertation |
CSE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
BMI 799 | Dissertation |
BMI 792 | Research |
BMI 560 | Teachng Biomedical Informatics |
CEN 599 | Thesis |
CEN 580 | Practicum |
CSE 580 | Practicum |
CSE 599 | Thesis |
CSE 580 | Practicum |
CEN 792 | Research |
CEN 799 | Dissertation |
BMI 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEN 590 | Reading and Conference |
BMI 598 | Special Topics |
BMI 484 | Internship |
BMI 598 | Special Topics |
BMI 483 | Capstone II |
BMI 584 | Internship |
BMI 482 | Capstone I |
BMI 591 | Seminar |
CSE 591 | Seminar |
BMI 590 | Reading and Conference |
BME 598 | Special Topics |
CEN 580 | Practicum |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 599 | Thesis |
CSE 792 | Research |
CSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 799 | Dissertation |
CSE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CSE 580 | Practicum |
CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
BMI 799 | Dissertation |
BMI 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEN 599 | Thesis |
CEN 584 | Internship |
CEN 580 | Practicum |
BMI 484 | Internship |
BMI 482 | Capstone I |
BMI 584 | Internship |
BMI 792 | Research |
BMI 560 | Teachng Biomedical Informatics |
BMI 590 | Reading and Conference |
BMI 483 | Capstone II |
BMI 507 | Intro Digital Image Processing |
BME 507 | Intro Digital Image Processing |
CSE 591 | Seminar |
2022 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
---|---|
CSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 584 | Internship |
BMI 584 | Internship |
BMI 792 | Research |
BMI 560 | Teachng Biomedical Informatics |
BMI 482 | Capstone I |
BMI 483 | Capstone II |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
---|---|
CSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 599 | Thesis |
CSE 792 | Research |
CSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 799 | Dissertation |
CSE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
BMI 799 | Dissertation |
BMI 792 | Research |
BMI 560 | Teachng Biomedical Informatics |
CEN 599 | Thesis |
CEN 580 | Practicum |
CSE 580 | Practicum |
CSE 599 | Thesis |
CSE 792 | Research |
CSE 580 | Practicum |
CEN 792 | Research |
CEN 799 | Dissertation |
BMI 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEN 590 | Reading and Conference |
BMI 598 | Special Topics |
BMI 484 | Internship |
BMI 598 | Special Topics |
BMI 483 | Capstone II |
BMI 584 | Internship |
BMI 482 | Capstone I |
BMI 591 | Seminar |
CSE 591 | Seminar |
BMI 590 | Reading and Conference |
BME 598 | Special Topics |
CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
---|---|
CSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 599 | Thesis |
CSE 792 | Research |
CSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 799 | Dissertation |
CSE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CSE 580 | Practicum |
CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
BMI 799 | Dissertation |
BMI 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEN 599 | Thesis |
CEN 580 | Practicum |
CEN 584 | Internship |
BMI 484 | Internship |
BMI 482 | Capstone I |
CSE 792 | Research |
CEN 792 | Research |
BMI 584 | Internship |
BMI 792 | Research |
BMI 560 | Teachng Biomedical Informatics |
BMI 590 | Reading and Conference |
BMI 483 | Capstone II |
BMI 507 | Intro Digital Image Processing |
BME 507 | Intro Digital Image Processing |
2021 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
---|---|
CSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
BMI 584 | Internship |
BMI 792 | Research |
BMI 560 | Teachng Biomedical Informatics |
BMI 482 | Capstone I |
BMI 483 | Capstone II |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
---|---|
CSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 599 | Thesis |
CSE 792 | Research |
CSE 799 | Dissertation |
CSE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
BMI 799 | Dissertation |
BMI 792 | Research |
BMI 560 | Teachng Biomedical Informatics |
CEN 599 | Thesis |
CEN 580 | Practicum |
CSE 580 | Practicum |
CSE 599 | Thesis |
CSE 792 | Research |
CSE 580 | Practicum |
CEN 792 | Research |
CEN 580 | Practicum |
CEN 799 | Dissertation |
BMI 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEN 590 | Reading and Conference |
BMI 598 | Special Topics |
BMI 484 | Internship |
BMI 598 | Special Topics |
BMI 483 | Capstone II |
BMI 584 | Internship |
BMI 482 | Capstone I |
BMI 591 | Seminar |
CSE 591 | Seminar |
BMI 590 | Reading and Conference |
BME 598 | Special Topics |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
---|---|
BME 592 | Research |
BME 599 | Thesis |
BME 792 | Research |
CSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
CSE 599 | Thesis |
CSE 792 | Research |
CSE 799 | Dissertation |
CSE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CSE 580 | Practicum |
CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
BMI 799 | Dissertation |
BMI 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEN 599 | Thesis |
CEN 580 | Practicum |
CEN 584 | Internship |
BMI 484 | Internship |
CEN 792 | Research |
BMI 584 | Internship |
BMI 792 | Research |
BMI 593 | Applied Project |
BMI 560 | Teachng Biomedical Informatics |
BMI 590 | Reading and Conference |
BMI 507 | Intro Digital Image Processing |
BME 507 | Intro Digital Image Processing |
2020 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
---|---|
CSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
BMI 584 | Internship |
BMI 792 | Research |
BMI 560 | Teachng Biomedical Informatics |
BMI 482 | Capstone I |
BMI 483 | Capstone II |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
---|---|
BME 792 | Research |
BME 592 | Research |
BME 599 | Thesis |
CSE 599 | Thesis |
CSE 792 | Research |
CSE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
BMI 799 | Dissertation |
BMI 792 | Research |
BMI 560 | Teachng Biomedical Informatics |
CEN 599 | Thesis |
CEN 580 | Practicum |
CSE 580 | Practicum |
CSE 599 | Thesis |
CSE 580 | Practicum |
CEN 792 | Research |
CEN 580 | Practicum |
CEN 799 | Dissertation |
BMI 790 | Reading and Conference |
BMI 593 | Applied Project |
CEN 590 | Reading and Conference |
BMI 598 | Special Topics |
BMI 598 | Special Topics |
BMI 483 | Capstone II |
BMI 584 | Internship |
CEN 590 | Reading and Conference |
BMI 482 | Capstone I |
BMI 591 | Seminar |
CSE 591 | Seminar |
BME 598 | Special Topics |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
---|---|
BME 592 | Research |
BME 599 | Thesis |
BME 792 | Research |
CSE 599 | Thesis |
CSE 792 | Research |
CSE 799 | Dissertation |
CSE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
BMI 799 | Dissertation |
BMI 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEN 599 | Thesis |
CEN 580 | Practicum |
CEN 584 | Internship |
BMI 484 | Internship |
CEN 584 | Internship |
CEN 792 | Research |
BMI 584 | Internship |
BMI 792 | Research |
BMI 593 | Applied Project |
BMI 560 | Teachng Biomedical Informatics |
BMI 590 | Reading and Conference |
BMI 507 | Intro Digital Image Processing |
CSE 591 | Seminar |
2019 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
---|---|
BMI 584 | Internship |
BMI 792 | Research |
2019 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
---|---|
BME 792 | Research |
BME 592 | Research |
BME 599 | Thesis |
CSE 792 | Research |
CSE 590 | Reading and Conference |
CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
BMI 560 | Teachng Biomedical Informatics |
CEN 599 | Thesis |
CEN 580 | Practicum |
CSE 580 | Practicum |
CSE 580 | Practicum |
CEN 799 | Dissertation |
BMI 790 | Reading and Conference |
BMI 593 | Applied Project |
BMI 598 | Special Topics |
BMI 598 | Special Topics |
CEN 590 | Reading and Conference |
BMI 507 | Intro Digital Image Processing |
BMI 591 | Seminar |
CSE 591 | Seminar |
2018 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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BME 592 | Research |
BME 599 | Thesis |
BME 792 | Research |
CSE 599 | Thesis |
CSE 792 | Research |
BMI 799 | Dissertation |
BMI 790 | Reading and Conference |
CEN 599 | Thesis |
CEN 584 | Internship |
BMI 484 | Internship |
BMI 492 | Honors Directed Study |
CEN 584 | Internship |
BME 592 | Research |
BMI 584 | Internship |
BMI 792 | Research |
BMI 593 | Applied Project |
BMI 560 | Teachng Biomedical Informatics |
BMI 590 | Reading and Conference |
BMI 792 | Research |
BMI 590 | Reading and Conference |
2018 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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CSE 580 | Practicum |
BMI 584 | Internship |
BMI 792 | Research |
CEN 595 | Continuing Registration |
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