Xiaohan Xing | Biomedical Engineering | Young Scientist Award

Dr. Xiaohan Xing | Engineering | Young Scientist Award

Dr. Xiaohan Xing, Stanford University, United States.

Dr. Xiaohan XING is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Stanford University specializing in Biomedical AI, medical image analysis, and deep learning. πŸŽ“ He holds a Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering from CUHK and has received prestigious awards, including the MICCAI Young Scientist Award (2022) πŸ† and ASTRO Best of Physics Award (2024) πŸ₯‡. His research focuses on developing efficient AI models for disease diagnosis πŸ₯πŸ“Š. As an academic leader, he has served as MICCAI 2024 Area Chair and a reviewer for top-tier journals. ✨

🌟 Professional Profile

πŸŽ“ Early Academic Pursuits

Dr. Xiaohan Xing began his academic journey at Shandong University, where he pursued a B.E. in Biomedical Engineering with outstanding academic performance, ranking 1st among 200+ students. His undergraduate thesis, Bleeding Detection in Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Images, earned him the Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award. Following this, he pursued a Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) under the supervision of Prof. Max Q.-H. Meng and Prof. Hongsheng Li. His doctoral research focused on efficient deep learning algorithms for disease diagnosis, a field at the intersection of medical imaging, artificial intelligence, and healthcare.

πŸ’Ό Professional Endeavors

Dr. Xing has held prestigious postdoctoral positions at leading institutions. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University’s Department of Radiation Oncology, working under Prof. Lei Xing. Prior to this, he served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at City University of Hong Kong (CityU), collaborating with Prof. Yixuan Yuan. He also gained industry experience as a Research Intern at Tencent AI Healthcare, where he worked under Dr. Jianhua Yao and Dr. Fan Yang to develop AI-driven healthcare solutions.

πŸ”¬ Contributions and Research Focus On Biomedical Engineering

Dr. Xing’s research is centered on Biomedical AI, integrating medical imaging, deep learning, omics analysis, and data science to enhance clinical decision-making. His key research contributions include:

  • Data-efficient algorithms for medical image analysis πŸ₯

  • Interpretable AI models for omics data analysis 🧬

  • Multi-modal learning approaches integrating medical images and genomic data πŸ–ΌοΈβž•πŸ“Š

  • Trustworthy AI models for precision medicine applications πŸ₯

His innovative solutions have tackled challenges such as modality gaps in multi-modal learning, low-field MRI reconstruction, small lesion detection in endoscopy images, and cancer survival prediction. His research outputs have been published in top-tier journals such as Medical Image Analysis (MedIA), IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (TMI), and Bioinformatics.

🌍 Impact and Influence

Dr. Xing’s work significantly impacts precision medicine and AI-assisted healthcare. His publications in top-tier journals and conferences, including Medical Image Analysis (MedIA) and MICCAI, showcase his groundbreaking innovations. He has also contributed to patents in AI-driven disease detection.

πŸ… Awards and HonorsΒ 

Dr. Xing’s excellence in research has been recognized with prestigious awards, including:

  • ASTRO Best of Physics 2024 (Ranked 1st among medical imaging papers, top 5 out of 1,650).

  • MICCAI Young Scientist Award 2022 (Equivalent to Best Paper Award, only 5 recipients worldwide).

  • National Scholarship (China Ministry of Education, Top 1%), the highest honor for students in China.

  • Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award (SDU, Top 1%).

  • First-class and Full Postgraduate Scholarships, recognizing academic excellence.
    These honors highlight his exceptional contributions to medical AI and deep learning, positioning him as a rising leader in the field.

πŸŽ’ Teaching and Mentorship

Dr. Xing has actively contributed to academia as a teaching assistant for:

  • Digital Circuits and Systems
  • Linear Algebra for Engineers
  • Digital Image Processing

Additionally, he has mentored Ph.D. and master’s students from CUHK, UCLA, and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

πŸ“š Academic Citations

Dr. Xing has been recognized in leading scientific communities, serving as an Area Chair for MICCAI 2024 and a reviewer for IEEE TMI, IEEE TIP, and MedIA. His papers are highly cited, reflecting his influence in AI-powered medical research.

πŸš€Future Vision and Impact

Dr. Xing envisions pioneering AI-driven healthcare by developing trustworthy and interpretable AI models. His future work aims to bridge the gap between medical imaging and omics data for next-generation precision medicine. As a rising leader in Biomedical AI, his legacy is set to transform medical diagnostics and patient care.

Publications Top Notes

 

  • πŸ₯ Automatic Polyp Recognition in Colonoscopy Images Using Deep Learning and Two-Stage Pyramidal Feature Prediction
    πŸ“– IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
    πŸ‘₯ Cited by: 108 πŸ“† Year: 2020

  • πŸ”¬ DT-MIL: Deformable Transformer for Multi-Instance Learning on Histopathological Images
    πŸ“– Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI)
    πŸ‘₯ Cited by: 97 πŸ“† Year: 2021

  • πŸŽ₯ Wireless Capsule Endoscopy: A New Tool for Cancer Screening in the Colon with Deep-Learning-Based Polyp Recognition
    πŸ“– Proceedings of the IEEE
    πŸ‘₯ Cited by: 90 πŸ“† Year: 2019

  • 🩺 Zoom in Lesions for Better Diagnosis: Attention Guided Deformation Network for WCE Image Classification
    πŸ“– IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
    πŸ‘₯ Cited by: 48 πŸ“† Year: 2020

  • πŸ₯ Categorical Relation-Preserving Contrastive Knowledge Distillation for Medical Image Classification
    πŸ“– Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI)
    πŸ‘₯ Cited by: 45 πŸ“† Year: 2021

  • 🩸 Bleeding Detection in Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Image Video Using Superpixel-Color Histogram and a Subspace KNN Classifier
    πŸ“– IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Conference
    πŸ‘₯ Cited by: 44 πŸ“† Year: 2018

  • 🧬 Multi-Level Attention Graph Neural Network Based on Co-Expression Gene Modules for Disease Diagnosis and Prognosis
    πŸ“– Bioinformatics
    πŸ‘₯ Cited by: 40 πŸ“† Year: 2022

  • πŸ₯ Multi-Modal Multi-Instance Learning Using Weakly Correlated Histopathological Images and Tabular Clinical Information
    πŸ“– Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI)
    πŸ‘₯ Cited by: 33 πŸ“† Year: 2021

  • 🧠 Discrepancy and Gradient-Guided Multi-Modal Knowledge Distillation for Pathological Glioma Grading
    πŸ“– Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI)
    πŸ‘₯ Cited by: 28 πŸ“† Year: 2022

  • 🩸 A Saliency-Aware Hybrid Dense Network for Bleeding Detection in Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Images
    πŸ“– IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI)
    πŸ‘₯ Cited by: 21 πŸ“† Year: 2019

  • πŸ€– Medical Federated Learning with Joint Graph Purification for Noisy Label Learning
    πŸ“– Medical Image Analysis
    πŸ‘₯ Cited by: 18 πŸ“† Year: 2023

  • 🩸 Discrepancy-Based Active Learning for Weakly Supervised Bleeding Segmentation in Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Images
    πŸ“– Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI)
    πŸ‘₯ Cited by: 18 πŸ“† Year: 2022

  • 🧬 An Interpretable Multi-Level Enhanced Graph Attention Network for Disease Diagnosis with Gene Expression Data
    πŸ“– IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM)
    πŸ‘₯ Cited by: 17 πŸ“† Year: 2021

  • πŸ‘ Boundary-Enhanced Semi-Supervised Retinal Layer Segmentation in Optical Coherence Tomography Images Using Fewer Labels
    πŸ“– Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
    πŸ‘₯ Cited by: — πŸ“† Year: 2023