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  1. Yan Zeng, Po-Hsiang Tsui (equally first author), Kunjing Pang, Guangyu Bin, Jiehui Li, Ke Lv, Xining Wu, Shuicai Wu, and Zhuhuang Zhou, "MAEF-Net: multi-attention efficient feature fusion network for left ventricular segmentation and quantitative analysis in two-dimensional echocardiography," Ultrasonics, Vol. 127, article ID 106855, 2023. (SCI)

  2. Zhuhuang Zhou, Zijing Zhang, Anna Gao, Dar-In Tai, Shuicai Wu, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, "Liver fibrosis assessment using radiomics of ultrasound homodyned-K imaging based on the artificial neural network estimator," Ultrasonic Imaging, Vol. 44, No. 5-6, pp. 229-241, 2022, 8. (SCI)

  3. Chiao-Yin Wang, Zhuhuang Zhou, Yu-Hsuan Chang, Ming-Chih Ho, Chiu-Min Lu, Chih-Horng Wu, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, "Ultrasound single-phase CBE imaging for monitoring radiofrequency ablation of the liver tumor: a preliminary clinical validation," Frontiers in Oncology, Vol. 12, article ID: 894246, 2022, 7. (SCI)

  4. Sinan Li, Po-Hsiang Tsui (equally first author), Shuang Song, Weiwei Wu, Zhuhuang Zhou, and Shuicai Wu, "Detection of microwave ablation coagulation areas using ultrasound Nakagami imaging based on Gaussian pyramid decomposition," Ultrasonics, Vol. 124, article ID 106758, 2022, 5. (SCI)

  5. Chin-Kuo Chen, Yung-Liang Wan, Li-Chun Hsieh, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, "Transmastoid ultrasound detection of middle ear effusion and its association with clinical audiometric tests," Life-Basel, Vol. 12, No. 4, article ID 599, 2022, 4. (SCI)

  6. Jui Fang, Ming-Wei Lai, Hao-Tsai Cheng, Anca Cristea, Zhuhuang Zhou, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, "Imaging the effects of whole-body vibration on the progression of hepatic steatosis by quantitative ultrasound based on backscatter envelope statistics," Pharmaceutics, Vol. 14, No. 4, article ID 741, 2022, 3. (SCI)

  7. Ya-Chun Tang, Po-Hsiang Tsui (equally first author), Chiao-Yin Wang, Yin-Hsiu Chien, Hui‑Ling Weng, Chung-Yi Yang, and Wen-Chin Weng, "Hepatic steatosis assessment as a new strategy for the metabolic and nutritional management of Duchenne muscular dystrophy," Nutrients, Vol. 14, No. 4, article ID 727, 2022, 2. (SCI)

  8. Ching-Fang Hu, Carl Pai-Chu Chen, Po-Hsiang Tsui, Chiao-Nan Chen, and Chih-Chin Hsu, "Stretch-induced healing of injured muscles is associated with myogenesis and decreased fibrosis," The American Journal of Sports Medicine, Vol. 50, No. 6, pp. 1679-1686, 2022, 3 (SCI)

  9. Chiao-Yin Wang, Sung-Yu Chu, Yu-Ching Lin, Yu-Wei Tsai, Ching-Lung Tai, Kuen-Cheh Yang, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, "Quantitative imaging of ultrasound backscattered signals with information entropy for bone microstructure characterization," Scientific Reports, Vol. 12, article ID 414, 2022, 1. (SCI)

  10. Hsien-Jung Chan, Zhuhuang Zhou, Jui Fang, Dar-In Tai, Jeng-Hwei Tseng, Ming-Wei Lai, Bao-Yu Hsieh, Tadashi Yamaguchi, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, "Ultrasound sample entropy imaging: a new approach for evaluating hepatic steatosis and fibrosis," IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health & Medicine, Vol. 9, article ID 1800612, 2021, 12. (SCI)

  11. Chia-Wei Lin, Po-Hsiang Tsui, Chun-Hao Lu, Yi-Hsuan Hung, Meng-Ru Tsai, Jeng-Yi Shieh, and Wen-Chin Weng, "Quantifying lower limb muscle stiffness as ambulation function declines in Duchenne muscular dystrophy with acoustic radiation force impulse shear wave elastography," Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 47, No. 10, pp. 2880-2889, 2021, 7. (SCI)

  12. Yao-Hung Chuang, Chiao-Shan Hsieh, Ming-Wei Lai, Chien-Chang Chen, Hsun-Chin Chao, Hung-Yu Yeh, Hung-Hsiang Lai, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, "Detection of pediatric hepatic steatosis through ultrasound backscattering analysis," European Radiology, Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 3216-3225, 2021, 5. (SCI)

  13. Ai-Ho Liao, Jheng-Ru Chen, Shi-Hong Liu, Chun-Hao Lu, Chia-Wei Lin, Jeng-Yi Shieh, Wen-Chin Weng, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, "Deep learning of ultrasound imaging for evaluating ambulatory function of individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy," Diagnostics, Vol. 11, No. 6, article ID 963, 2021, 5. (SCI)

  14. Yusuke Sato, Kazuki Tamura, Shohei Mori, Dar-In Tai, Po-Hsiang Tsui, Kenji Yoshida, Shinnosuke Hirata, Hitoshi Maruyama, and Tadashi Yamaguchi, “Fatty liver evaluation with double-Nakagami model under low resolution conditions,” Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 60, article ID SDDE06, 2021, 4. (SCI)

  15. Tu-Yung Chang, Shu-Hung Chang, Ying-Hsiu Lin, Wen-Chao Ho, Chiao-Yin Wang, Wen-Juei Jeng, Yung-Liang Wan, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, "Utility of quantitative ultrasound in community screening for hepatic steatosis," Ultrasonics, Vol. 111, article ID 106329, 2021, 3. (SCI)

  16. Zhuhuang Zhou, Anna Gao, Weiwei Wu, Dar-In Tai, Jeng-Hwei Tseng, Shuicai Wu, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, "Parameter estimation of the homodyned K distribution based on an artificial neural network for ultrasound tissue characterization," Ultrasonics, Vol. 111, article ID 106308, 2021, 3. (SCI)

  17. Shuang Song, Po-Hsiang Tsui (equally first author), Weiwei Wu, Shuicai Wu, and Zhuhuang Zhou, "Monitoring microwave ablation using ultrasound homodyned K imaging based on the noise-assisted correlation algorithm: an ex vivo study," Ultrasonics, Vol. 110, article ID 106287, 2021, 2. (SCI)

  18. Yu-Wei Tsai, Zhuhuang Zhou, Cihun-Siyong Alex Gong, Dar-In Tai, Anca Cristea, Yu-Ching Lin, Ya-Chun Tang, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, "Ultrasound detection of liver fibrosis in individuals with hepatic steatosis by using the homodyned K distribution," Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 84-94, 2021, 1. (SCI)

  19. Yan Zeng, Po-Hsiang Tsui (equally first author), Weiwei Wu, Zhuhuang Zhou, and Shuicai Wu, "Fetal ultrasound image segmentation for automatic head circumference biometry using deeply supervised attention-gated V-Net," Journal of Digital Imaging, Vol. 34, pp. 134-148, 2021, 1. (SCI)

  20. Jheng-Ru Chen, Yi-Ping Chao, Yu-Wei Tsai, Hsien-Jung Chan, Yung-Liang Wan, Dar-In Tai, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, " Clinical value of information entropy compared with deep learning for ultrasound grading of hepatic steatosis," Entropy, Vol. 22, No. 9, article ID 1006, 2020, 9. (SCI)

  21. Feng Fang, Jui Fang, Qiang Li, Dar-In Tai, Yung-Liang Wan, Kazuki Tamura, Tadashi Yamaguchi, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, " Ultrasound assessment of hepatic steatosis by using the double Nakagami distribution: a feasibility study" Diagnostics, Vol. 10, No. 8, article ID 557, 2020, 8. (SCI)

  22. Dong Yan, Qiang Li, Chia-Wei Lin, Jeng-Yi Shieh, Wen-Chin Weng, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, "Clinical evaluation of Duchenne muscular dystrophy severity using ultrasound small-window entropy imaging," Entropy, Vol. 22, No. 7, article ID 715, 2020, 6. (SCI)

  23. Kun Yang, Qiang Li, Hao-Li Liu, Chin-Kuo Chen, Cheng-Wei Huang, Jheng-Ru Chen, Yu-Wei Tsai, Zhuhuang Zhou, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, "Frequency-domain CBE imaging for ultrasound localization of the HIFU focal spot: a feasibility study," Scientific Reports, Vol. 10, article ID 5468, 2020, 3. (SCI)

  24. Zhuhuang Zhou, Anna Gao, Qiyu Zhang, Weiwei Wu, Shuicai Wu, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, "Ultrasound backscatter envelope statistics parametric imaging for liver fibrosis characterization: a review," Ultrasonic Imaging, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 92-109, 2020, 2. (SCI)

  25. Zhuhuang Zhou, Jui Fang, Anca Cristea, Ying-Hsiu Lin, Yu-Wei Tsai, Yung-Liang Wan, Kee-Min Yeow, Ming-Chih Ho, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, "Value of homodyned K distribution in ultrasound parametric imaging of hepatic steatosis: an animal study," Ultrasonics, Vol. 101, article ID 106001, 2020, 2. (SCI)

  26. Ya-Lun Lee, Sung-Yu Chu, Yen-Ling Huang, Wen-Hui Chan, Ming-Huei Cheng, Ying-Hsiu Lin, Tu-Yung Chang, Chih-Kuang Yeh, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, "Characterization of limb lymphedema using the statistical analysis of ultrasound backscattering," Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 48-56, 2020, 1. (SCI)

  27. Zhuhuang Zhou, Qiyu Zhang, Weiwei Wu, Ying-Hsiu Lin, Dar-In Tai, Jeng-Hwei Tseng, Yi-Ru Lin, Shuicai Wu, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, "Hepatic steatosis assessment using ultrasound homodyned-K parametric imaging: the effects of estimators," Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery, Vol. 9, No. 12, pp. 1932-1947, 2019, 12. (SCI)

  28. Yali Ouyang, Po-Hsiang Tsui (equally first author), Shuicai Wu, Weiwei Wu, and Zhuhuang Zhou, "Classification of benign and malignant breast tumors using H-scan ultrasound imaging," Diagnostics, Vol. 9, No. 4, article ID 182, 2019, 11. (SCI)

  29. Tse-Hwa Hsu, Po-Hsiang Tsui, Wan-Ting Yu, Shiu-Feng Huang, Jennifer Tai, Yung-Liang Wan, and Dar-In Tai, "Cutoff values of acoustic radiation force impulse two-location measurements in different etiologies of liver fibrosis," Journal of Medical Ultrasound, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 130-134, 2019, 5.

  30. Ying-Hsiu Lin, Yung-Liang Wan, Dar-In Tai, Jeng-Hwei Tseng, Chiao-Yin Wang, Yu-Wei Tsai, Yi-Ru Lin, Tu-Yung Chang, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, “Considerations of ultrasound scanning approaches in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease assessment through acoustic structure quantification,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 45, No. 8, pp. 1955-1969, 2019, 5. (SCI)

  31. Yin-Yin Liao, Chih-Kuang Yeh, Kuo-Chin Huang, Po-Hsiang Tsui, and Kuen-Cheh Yang, “Metabolic characteristics of a novel ultrasound quantitative diagnostic index for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease,” Scientific Reports, Vol. 9, article ID 7922, 2019, 5. (SCI)

  32. Cheng-Jen Chen, Pei-Kwei Tsay, Shiu-Feng Huang, Po-Hsiang Tsui, Wan-Ting Yu, Tse-Hwa Hsu, Jennifer Tai, and Dar-In Tai, "Effects of hepatic steatosis on non-Invasive liver fibrosis measurements between hepatitis B and other etiologies," Applied Sciences-Basel, Vol. 9, No. 9, article ID 1961, 2019, 5. (SCI)

  33. Kuen Cheh Yang, Yin-Yin Liao, Po-Hsiang Tsui, Chih-Kuang Yeh, "Ultrasound imaging in nonalcoholic liver disease: current applications and future developments," Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 546-551, 2019, 4. (SCI)

  34. Wen-Chin Weng, Chia-Wei Lin, Hui-Chung Shen, Chien-Cheng Chang, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, “Instantaneous frequency as a new approach for evaluating the clinical severity of Duchenne muscular dystrophy through ultrasound imaging,” Ultrasonics, Vol. 94, pp. 235-241, 2019, 4. (SCI)

  35. Yali Ouyang, Zhuhuang Zhou, Weiwei Wu, Jin Tian, Feng Xu, Shuicai Wu, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, "A review of ultrasound detection methods for breast microcalcification," Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 1761-1785, 2019, 3. (SCI)

  36. Zhuhuang Zhou, Yue Wang, Shuang Song, Weiwei Wu, Shuicai Wu, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, "Monitoring microwave ablation using ultrasound echo decorrelation imaging: an ex vivo study," Sensors, Vol. 19, No. 4, article ID 977, 2019, 2. (SCI)

  37. Zhuhuang Zhou, Qiyu Zhang, Weiwei Wu, Shuicai Wu, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, "Hepatic steatosis assessment using quantitative ultrasound parametric imaging based on backscatter envelope statistics," Applied Sciences-Basel, Vol. 9, No. 4, article ID 661, 2019, 2. (SCI)

  38. Ying-Hsiu Lin, Yin-Yin Liao, Chih-Kuang Yeh, Kuen-Cheh Yang, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, "Ultrasound entropy imaging of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: association with metabolic syndrome," Entropy, Vol. 20, No. 12, article ID 893, 2018, 11. (SCI)

  39. Lin Zhang, Qiang Li, Chiao-Yin Wang, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, "Ultrasound single-phase CBE imaging for monitoring radiofrequency ablation," International Journal of Hyperthermia, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 548-558, 2018, 10. (SCI)

  40. Rui Zhang, Zhuhuang Zhou, Weiwei Wu, Chung-Chih Lin, Po-Hsiang Tsui, and Shuicai Wu," An improved fuzzy connectedness method for automatic three-dimensional liver vessel segmentation in CT images," Journal of Healthcare Engineering, Vol. 2018, article ID 2376317, 2018, 10. (SCI)

  41. Zhuhuang Zhou, Dar-In Tai, Yung-Liang Wan, Jeng-Hwei Tseng, Yi-Ru Lin, Shuicai Wu, Kuen-Cheh Yang, Yin-Yin Liao, Chih-Kuang Yeh, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, “Hepatic steatosis assessment with ultrasound small-window entropy imaging,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 44, No. 7, pp. 1327-1340, 2018, 4. (SCI)

  42. Zhuhuang Zhou, Shuicai Wu, Man-Yen Lin, Jui Fang, Hao-Li Liu, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, “Three-dimensional visualization of ultrasound backscatter statistics by window-modulated compounding Nakagami imaging,” Ultrasonic Imaging, Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 171-189, 2018, 3. (SCI)

  43. Jui Fang, Zhuhuang Zhou, Ning-Fang Chang, Yung-Liang Wan, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, "Ultrasound parametric imaging of hepatic steatosis using the homodyned-K distribution: an animal study," Ultrasonics, Vol. 87, pp. 91-102, 2018, 2. (SCI)

  44. Jui Fang, Ning-Fang Chang, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, Performance evaluations on using entropy of ultrasound log-compressed envelope images for hepatic steatosis assessment: an in vivo animal study,” Entropy, Vol. 20, No. 2, article ID 120, 2018, 2. (SCI)

  45. Cheng-Han Lee, Yung-Liang Wan, Tse-Hwa Hsu, Shiu-Feng Huang, Ming-Chin Yu, Wei-Chen Lee, Po-Hsiang Tsui, Yi-Cheng Chen, Chun-Yen Lin, and Dar-In Tai, “Interpretation US elastography in chronic hepatitis B with or without anti-HBV therapy,” Applied Sciences-Basel, Vol. 7, No. 11, article ID 1164, 2017, 11. (SCI)

  46. Yi-Da Liu, Qiang Li, Zhuhuang Zhou, Yao-Wen Yeah, Chien-Cheng Chang, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*,” Adaptive ultrasound temperature imaging for monitoring radiofrequency ablation,” PLoS ONE, Vol. 12, No. 8, article ID e0182457, 2017, 8. (SCI)

  47. Po-Hsiang Tsui*, Zhuhuang Zhou, Ying-Hsiu Lin, Chieh-Ming Hung, and Yung-Liang Wan, “Effect of ultrasound frequency on the Nakagami statistics of human liver tissues,” PLoS ONE, Vol. 12, No. 8, article ID e0181789, 2017, 8. (SCI)

  48. Xin Guan, Heng Du, Qiang Li, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, “Combination of window-modulated ultrasound Nakagami imaging and Gaussian approximation for radiofrequency ablation monitoring: an in vitro study,” Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, 2017, 7. (SCI, online first)

  49. Wen-Chin Weng, Po-Hsiang Tsui (equally first author), Chia-Wei Lin, Chun-Hao Lu, Chun-Yen Lin, Jeng-Yi Shieh, Frank Leigh Lu, Ting-Wei Ee, Kuan-Wen Wu, and Wang-Tso Lee, “Evaluation of muscular changes by ultrasound Nakagami imaging in Duchenne muscular dystrophy,” Scientific Reports, Vol. 7, article ID 4429, 2017, 6. (SCI)

  50. Zhuhuang Zhou, Weiwei Wu, Shuicai Wu, Kebin Jia, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, “A review of ultrasound tissue characterization with mean scatterer spacing,” Ultrasonic Imaging, Vol. 39, No. 5, pp. 263-282, 2017, 3. (SCI)

  51. Zhuhuang Zhou, Weiwei Wu, Shuicai Wu, Kebin Jia, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, "Empirical mode decomposition of ultrasound imaging for gain-independent measurement on tissue echogenicity: a feasibility study," Applied Sciences-Basel, Vol. 7, No. 4, article ID 324, 2017, 3. (SCI)

  52. Jen-Jen Lin, Jung-Yu Cheng, Li-Fei Huang, Ying-Hsiu Lin, Yung-Liang Wan, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, “Detecting changes in ultrasound backscattered statistics by using Nakagami parameters: comparisons of moment-based and maximum likelihood estimators,” Ultrasonics, Vol. 77, No. 5, pp. 133-143, 2017, 2. (SCI)

  53. Po-Hsiang Tsui*, Chin-Kuo Chen, Wen-Hung Kuo, King-Jen Chang, Jui Fang, Hsiang-Yang Ma, and Dean Chou, “Small-window parametric imaging based on information entropy for ultrasound tissue characterization,” Scientific Reports, Vol. 7, article ID 41004, 2017, 1. (SCI)

  54. Po-Hsiang Tsui*, " Current status and future prospects of scattering statistics in ultrasound imaging,” Journal of Medical Ultrasound, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 83-85, 2016, 9 (invited educational forum)

  55. Po-Hsiang Tsui* and Yung-Liang Wan, “Effects of fatty infiltration of the liver on the Shannon entropy of ultrasound backscattered signals,” Entropy, Vol. 18, No. 9, article ID 341, 2016, 9. (SCI)

  56. Po-Hsiang Tsui*, Chiao-Yin Wang, Zhuhuang Zhou, and Yung-Liang Wan, “Monitoring radiofrequency ablation using ultrasound envelope statistics and shear wave elastography in the periablation period: an in vitro feasibility study,” PLoS ONE, Vol. 10, No. 2, article ID e0162488, 2016, 9. (SCI)

  57. Po-Hsiang Tsui, Ming-Chih Ho, Dar-In Tai, Ying-Hsiu Lin, Chiao-Yin Wang, and Hsiang-Yang Ma, “Acoustic structure quantification by using ultrasound Nakagami imaging for assessing liver fibrosis,” Scientific Reports, Vol. 6, article ID 33075, 2016, 9. (SCI)

  58. Jingjing Xia, Po-Hsiang Tsui, and Hao-Li Liu, "Low-pressure burst-mode focused ultrasound wave reconstruction and mapping for blood-brain barrier opening: a preclinical examination", Scientific Reports, Vol. 6, article ID 27939, 2016, 6. (SCI)

  59. Chin-Kuo Chen, Jui Fang, Yung-Liang Wan, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, “Ultrasound characterization of the mastoid for detecting middle ear effusion: a preliminary clinical validation,” Scientific Reports, Vol. 6, article ID 27777, 2016, 6. (SCI)

  60. Hsiang-Yang Ma, Ying-Hsiu Lin, Chiao-Yin Wang, Chiung-Nien Chen, Ming-Chih Ho, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, “Ultrasound window-modulated compounding Nakagami imaging: resolution improvement and computational acceleration for liver characterization,” Ultrasonics, Vol. 70, pp. 18-28, 2016, 4. (SCI)

  61. Po-Hsiang Tsui* and Yung-Liang Wan, "Application of ultrasound Nakagami imaging for the diagnosis of fatty liver,” Journal of Medical Ultrasound, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 47-49, 2016, 1 (invited educational forum)

  62. John C. Vardakis, Dean Chou, Brett J. Tully, Chang C. Hung, Tsong H. Lee, Po-Hsiang Tsui, and Yiannis Ventikos, "Investigating cerebral oedema using poroelasticity," Medical Engineering & Physics, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 48-57, 2016, 1 (SCI)

  63. Hsiang-Yang Ma, Zhuhuang Zhou, Shuicai Wu, Yung-Liang Wan, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, “A computer-aided diagnosis scheme for detection of fatty liver in vivo based on ultrasound kurtosis imaging,” Journal of Medical Systems, Vol. 40, No. 1, article ID 33, 2016, 1. (SCI)

  64. Po-Hsiang Tsui*, “Ultrasound detection of scatterer concentration by weighted entropy,” Entropy, Vol. 17, No. 10, pp. 6598-6616, 2015, 10. (SCI)

  65. Po-Hsiang Tsui*, Yung-Liang Wan, Dar-In Tai, and Yu-Chen Shu, “Effects of estimators on ultrasound Nakagami imaging in visualizing the change in the backscattered statistics from a Rayleigh distribution to a pre-Rayleigh distribution,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 41, No. 8, pp. 2240-2251, 2015, 8. (SCI)

  66. Jui Fang and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, “Evaluation of thrombolysis by using ultrasonic imaging: an in vitro study,” Scientific Reports, Vol. 5, article ID 11669, 2015, 7. (SCI)

  67. Yung-Liang Wan, Dar-In Tai, Bing-Hao Chiang, Hsiang-Yang Ma, Chin-Kuo Chen, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, “Effects of fatty infiltration in human livers on the backscattered statistics of ultrasound imaging,” Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, Vol. 229, No. 6, pp. 419-428, 2015, 6. (SCI)

  68. Zhuhuang Zhou, Shuicai Wu, King-Jen Chang, Wei-Ren Chen, Yung-Sheng Chen, Wen-Hung Kuo, Chung-Chih Lin, and Po-Hsiang Tsui, “Classification of benign and malignant breast tumors in ultrasound images with posterior acoustic shadowing using half-contour features,” Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 178-187, 2015, 4. (SCI) (JMBE年度優秀論文)

  69. Zhuhuang Zhou, Shuicai Wu, Chiao-Yin Wang, Hsiang-Yang Ma, Chung-Chih Lin, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, “Monitoring radiofrequency ablation using real-time ultrasound Nakagami imaging combined with frequency and temporal compounding techniques,” PLoS ONE, Vol. 10, No. 2, article ID e0118030, 2015, 2. (SCI)

  70. Jui Fang, Chin-Kuo Chen, Ju-Yi Peng, Chung-Hsin Hsu, Yung-Ming Jeng, Yu-Hsin Lee, Jen-Jen Lin, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, “Changes in backscattered ultrasonic envelope statistics as a function of thrombi age: an in vitro study,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 498-508, 2015, 2. (SCI)

  71. Zhuhuang Zhou, Shuicai Wu, Chunlan Yang, and Po-Hsiang Tsui, "Stress decay, imaging plane, and gas bubble need to be considered when using ultrasound strain elastography to monitor hepatic ablations," Academic Radiology, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 265-266, 2015, 2. (SCI)

  72. Jui Fang, Yung-Liang Wan, Chin-Kuo Chen, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, "Discrimination between newly formed and aged thrombi using empirical mode decomposition of ultrasound B-scan image," BioMed Research International, Vol. 2015, article ID 403293, 2015, 1. (SCI)

  73. Po-Hsiang Tsui* and Yu-Wei Tsai, “Artifact reduction of ultrasound Nakagami imaging by combining multifocus image reconstruction and the noise-assisted correlation algorithm,” Ultrasonic Imaging, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 53-69, 2015, 1. (SCI)

  74. Chun-Yi Chiu, Po-Hsiang Tsui, Chao-Ming Su, and Shyh-Liang Lou, “Proliferation Effects of 42 kHz Radiofrequency on Human Foreskin Fibroblasts,” Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 356-362, 2014, 12. (SCI) (JMBE年度最佳論文)

  75. Zhuhuang Zhou, Weiwei Wu, Shuicai Wu, Jingjing Xia, Chiao-Yin Wang, Chunlan Yang, Chung-Chih Lin, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, "A survey of ultrasound elastography approaches to percutaneous ablation monitoring," Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part H – Journal of Engineering in Medicine, Vol. 228, No. 10, pp. 1069-1082, 2014, 10. (SCI)

  76. Zhuhuang Zhou, Weiwei Wu, Shuicai Wu, Po-Hsiang Tsui*, Chung-Chih Lin, Ling Zhang, and Tianfu Wang, "Semi-automatic breast ultrasound image segmentation based on mean shift and graph cuts," Ultrasonic Imaging, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 256-276, 2014, 10. (SCI)

  77. Yu-Sheng Lin, Chin-Chou Chu, Jen-Jen Lin, Chien-Cheng Chang, Chun-Chieh Wang, Chiao-Yin Wang, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, “Optical coherence tomography: a new strategy to image planarian regeneration,” Scientific Reports, Vol. 4, article ID 6316, 2014, 9. (SCI)

  78. Ming-Chih Ho, Po-Hsiang Tsui*, Yu-Hsin Lee, Yung-Sheng Chen, Chiung-Nien Chen, and Chien-Cheng Chang, “Early detection of liver fibrosis in rat using 3D ultrasound Nakagami imaging: a feasibility evaluation,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 40, No. 9, pp. 2272-2284, 2014, 9. (SCI)

  79. Po-Hsiang Tsui*, Hsiang-Yang Ma, Zhuhuang Zhou, Ming-Chih Ho, and Yu-Hsin Lee, “Window-modulated compounding Nakagami imaging for ultrasound tissue characterization,” Ultrasonics, Vol. 54, No. 6, pp. 1448-1459, 2014, 6. (SCI)

  80. Yin-Yin Liao, Chia-Hui Li, Po-Hsiang Tsui, Chien-Cheng Chang, Wen-Hung Kuo, King-Jen Chang, and Chih-Kuang Yeh, “Discrimination of breast microcalcifications using a strain-compounding technique with ultrasound speckle factor imaging,” IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Vol. 61, No. 6, pp. 955-965, 2014, 6. (SCI)

  81. Jingjing Xia, Qiang Li, Pin-Yu Chen, Zhuhuang Zhou, Chiao-Yin Wang, Hao-Li Liu, Jianfu Teng, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, “Considering angle selection when using ultrasound electrode displacement elastography to evaluate radio-frequency ablation of tissues,” BioMed Research International, Vol. 2014, article ID 764320, 2014, 5. (SCI)

  82. Zhuhuang Zhou, Chih-Chung Huang, K. Kirk Shung, Po-Hsiang Tsui*, Jui Fang, Hsiang-Yang Ma, Shuicai Wu, and Chung-Chih Lin, “Entropic imaging of cataract lens: an in vitro study,” PLoS ONE, Vol. 9, No. 4, article ID e96195, 2014, 4. (SCI)

  83. Xiaonan Geng, Zhuhuang Zhou, Qiang Li, Shuicai Wu, Chiao-Yin Wang, Hao-Li Liu, Ching-Cheng Chuang, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, “Comparison of ultrasound temperature imaging with infrared thermometry during radiofrequency ablation,” Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 53, No. 4, article ID 047001, 2014, 3. (SCI)

  84. Jingjing Xia, Qiang Li, Hao-Li Liu, Wen-Shiang Chen, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, “An approach for the visualization of temperature distribution in tissues according to changes in ultrasonic backscattered energy,” Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, Vol. 2013, article ID 682827, 2013, 11. (SCI)

  85. Kin Fong Lei, Kuan-Hao Chen, Po-Hsiang Tsui, and Ngan-Ming Tsang, “Real-time electrical impedimetric monitoring of blood coagulation process under temperature and hematocrit variations conducted in a microfluidic chip,” PLoS ONE, Vol. 8, No. 10, article ID e76243, 2013, 10. (SCI)

  86. Yu-Sheng Lin, Chin-Chou Chu, Po-Hsiang Tsui*, and Chien-Cheng Chang, “Evaluation of zebrafish brain development using optical coherence tomography,” Journal of Biophotonics, Vol. 6, No. 9, pp. 668-678, 2013, 9. (SCI)

  87. Chang-Wei Huang, Der-Hsien Lien, Jay Shieh, Ben-Ting Chen, Po-Hsiang Tsui, Chuin-Shan Chen, and Wen-Shiang Chen, “Ultrasound thermal mapping based on a hybrid method combining cross-correlation and zero-crossing tracking,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 134, No. 2, pp. 1530-1540, 2013, 8. (SCI)

  88. Po-Hsiang Tsui*, “Potential of ultrasound Nakagami imaging in clinical tissue characterization,” Journal of Medical Ultrasound, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 51-53, 2013, 8. (invited editorial)

  89. Chiao-Yin Wang, Xiaonan Geng, Ta-Sen Yeh, Hao-Li Liu, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, “Monitoring radiofrequency ablation with ultrasound Nakagami imaging,” Medical Physics, Vol. 40, No. 7, article ID 072901, 2013, 6. (SCI)

  90. Ming-Chih Ho, Yu-Hsin Lee, Yung-Ming Jeng, Chiung-Nien Chen, King-Jen Chang, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, “Relationship between ultrasound backscattered statistics and the concentration of fatty droplets in livers: an animal study,” PLoS ONE, Vol. 8, No. 5, article ID e63543, 2013, 5. (SCI)

  91. Po-Hsiang Tsui*, Yung-Liang Wan, Yu-Ting Chien, Chia-Chun Yeh, and Chiao-Yin Wang, “Dependency of ultrasonic Nakagami images on the mechanical properties of scattering medium,” Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 95-102, 2013, 2. (SCI)

  92. Chin-Kuo Chen, Yung-Liang Wan, Fang Jui, Chien-Huang Lin, Wen-Ta Chiu, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, “Post-mastoidectomy effusion measurement using a delay-line ultrasound transducer: cadaver experiments,” Ultrasonic Imaging, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 45-56, 2013, 1. (SCI)

  93. Po-Hsiang Tsui*, Yung-Liang Wan, and Chin-Kuo Chen, “Ultrasound imaging of the larynx and vocal folds: recent applications and developments,” Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Vol. 20, No. 6, pp. 437-442, 2012, 12. (SCI) (officially invited paper)

  94. Po-Hsiang Tsui*, Yu-Ting Chien, Hao-Li Liu, Yu-Chen Shu, and Wen-Shiang Chen, “Using ultrasound CBE imaging without echo shift compensation for temperature estimation,” Ultrasonics, Vol. 52, No. 7, pp. 925-935, 2012, 9. (SCI)

  95. Chin-Kuo Chen, Philip Kuo-Ting Chen, Wen-Ta Chiu, Wei-De Cheng, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, “Comparison of high-resolution computed tomography with conventional injection fitting method for fabricating hearing aid shells,” Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Vol. 147, No. 1, pp. 170-172, 2012, 7. (SCI)

  96. Po-Hsiang Tsui* and Yu-Ting Chien, “Effect of frequency on the change in backscattered ultrasound energy as a function of temperature,” Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 51, No. 5, article ID 057001-1-057001-6, 2012, 5. (SCI)

  97. Po-Hsiang Tsui*, Chih-Kuang Yeh, and Chih-Chung Huang, “Noise-assisted correlation algorithm for suppressing noise-induced artifacts in ultrasonic Nakagami images,” IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 314-322, 2012, 5. (SCI)

  98. Yin-Yin Liao, Chia-Hui Li, Po-Hsiang Tsui, Chien-Cheng Chang, Wen-Hung Kuo, King-Jen Chang, and Chih-Kuang Yeh, “Strain-compounding technique with ultrasound Nakagami imaging for distinguishing between benign and malignant breast tumors,” Medical Physics, Vol. 39, No. 5, pp. 2325-2333, 2012, 5. (SCI)

  99. Po-Hsiang Tsui*, Yu-Chen Shu, Wen-Shiang Chen, Hao-Li Liu, Ing-Tsung Hsiao, and Yu-Ting Chien, “Ultrasound temperature estimation based on probability variation of backscatter data,” Medical Physics, Vol. 39, No. 5, pp. 2369-2385, 2012, 5. (SCI)

  100. Po-Hsiang Tsui*, “Minimum requirement of artificial noise level for using the noise-assisted correlation algorithm to suppress artifacts in ultrasonic Nakagami images,” Ultrasonic Imaging, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 110-124, 2012, 4. (SCI)

  101. Ming-Chih Ho, Jen-Jen Lin, Yu-Chen Shu, Chiung-Nien Chen, King-Jen Chang, Chien-Cheng Chang, and Po-Hsiang Tsui*, “Using ultrasound Nakagami imaging to assess liver fibrosis in rats,” Ultrasonics, Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 215-222, 2012, 2. (SCI)

  102. Chin-Kuo Chen, Yung-Liang Wan, Po-Hsiang Tsui*, Wen-Ta Chiu, and Fang Jui, “Using 1 MHz pulse-echo ultrasound externally applied to detect mastoid effusion: cadaver experiments,” Ultrasonics, Vol. 52, No. 5, pp. 663-667, 2012, 1. (SCI)

  103. Po-Hsiang Tsui*, Chih-Chung Huang, Qifa Zhou, and K. Kirk. Shung, “Cataract measurement by estimating the ultrasonic statistical parameter using an ultrasound needle transducer: an in vitro study,” Physiological measurement, Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 513-522, 2011, 5. (SCI)

  104. Po-Hsiang Tsui*, Chih-Chung Huang, Lei Sun, Seth H. Dailey, and K. Kirk. Shung, “Characterization of lamina propria and vocal muscle in human vocal fold tissue by ultrasound Nakagami imaging,” Medical Physics, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 2019-2026, 2011, 4. (SCI)

  105. Yin-Yin Liao, Po-Hsiang Tsui, Chia-Hui Li, King-Jen Chang, Wen-Hung Kuo, Chien-Cheng Chang, and Chih-Kuang Yeh, “Classification of scattering media within benign and malignant breast tumors based on ultrasound texture-feature-based and Nakagami-parameter images,” Medical Physics, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 2198-2207, 2011, 4. (SCI)

  106. Hao-Li Liu, Meng-Lin Li, Po-Hsiang Tsui, Ming-Shi Lin, Sheng-Min Huang, and Jing Bai, “A unified approach to combine temperature estimation and elastography for thermal lesion determination in focused ultrasound thermal therapy,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 169-186, 2011, 1. (SCI)

  107. Po-Hsiang Tsui*, Yung-Liang Wan, Chih-Chung Huang, and Ming-Chen Wang, “Effect of adaptive threshold filtering on ultrasonic Nakagami parameter to detect variation in scatterer concentration,” Ultrasonic Imaging, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 229-242, 2010, 11. (SCI)

  108. Yin-Yin Liao, Po-Hsiang Tsui, and Chih-Kuang Yeh, “Classification of benign and malignant breast tumors by ultrasound B-scan and Nakagami-based images,” Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, Vol. 30, No. 5, pp. 307-312, 2010, 10. (SCI) (JMBE年度最佳論文)

  109. Po-Hsiang Tsui, Cheng-Wei Hsu, Ming-Chih Ho, Yung-Sheng Chen, Jen-Jen Lin, Chien-Cheng Chang, and Chin-Chou Chu, “Three-dimensional ultrasonic Nakagami imaging for tissue characterization,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 55, No. 19, pp. 5849-5866, 2010, 10. (SCI)

  110. Po-Hsiang Tsui, Yin-Yin Liao, Chien-Cheng Chang, Wen-Hung Kuo, King-Jen Chang, and Chih-Kuang Yeh, “Classification of benign and malignant breast tumors by two-dimensional analysis based on contour description and scatterer characterization,” IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 513-522, 2010, 2. (SCI)

  111. Po-Hsiang Tsui, Chih-Kuang Yeh, Yin-Yin Liao, Chien-Cheng Chang, Wen-Hung Kuo, King-Jen Chang, and Chiung-Nien Chen, “Ultrasonic Nakagami imaging: a strategy to visualize the scatterer properties of benign and malignant breast tumors,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 209-217, 2010, 2. (SCI)

  112. Po-Hsiang Tsui, Chien-Cheng Chang, and Norden E. Huang, “Noise-modulated empirical mode decomposition,” Advances in Adaptive Data Analysis, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 25-37, 2010, 1.

  113. Po-Hsiang Tsui, Chien-Cheng Chang, Ming-Chih Ho, Yu-Hsin Lee, Yung-Sheng Chen, Chien-Chung Chang, Norden E. Huang, Zhao-Hua Wu, and King-Jen Chang, “Use of Nakagami statistics and empirical mode decomposition for ultrasound tissue characterization by a nonfocused transducer,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 35, No. 12, pp. 2055-2068, 2009, 12. (SCI)

  114. Chih-Chung Huang, Ruimin Chen, Po-Hsiang Tsui, Qifa Zhou, Mark S. Humayun, and K. Kirk Shung, “Measurements of attenuation coefficient for evaluating the hardness of cataract lens by a high frequency ultrasonic needle transducer,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 54, No. 19, pp. 5981-5994, 2009, 10. (SCI)

  115. Po-Hsiang Tsui, Chien-Cheng Chang, Chien-Chung Chang, Norden E. Huang, and Ming-Chih Ho, “An adaptive threshold filter for ultrasound signal rejection,” Ultrasonics, Vol. 49, No. 4-5, pp. 413-418, 2009, 4. (SCI)

  116. Po-Hsiang Tsui, Chih-Kuang Yeh, and Chien-Cheng Chang, “Microvascular flow estimation by microbubble-assisted Nakagami imaging,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 653-671, 2009, 4. (SCI)

  117. Po-Hsiang Tsui*, Chih-Kuang Yeh, and Chien-Cheng Chang, “Microvascular flow estimation by contrast-assisted ultrasound B-scan and statistical parametric images,” IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 360-369, 2009, 3. (SCI) (封面論文)

  118. Po-Hsiang Tsui, Chih-Kuang Yeh, Chien-Cheng Chang, and Yin-Yin Liao, “Classification of breast masses by ultrasonic Nakagami imaging: a feasibility study,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 53, No. 21, pp. 6027-6044, 2008, 11. (SCI)

  119. Po-Hsiang Tsui, Chih-Kuang Yeh, and Chien-Cheng Chang, “Feasibility exploration of blood flow estimation by contrast-assisted Nakagami imaging,” Ultrasonic Imaging, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 133-150, 2008, 7. (SCI)

  120. Po-Hsiang Tsui, Chih-Kuang Yeh, Chien-Cheng Chang, and Wen-Shiang Chen, “Performance evaluation of ultrasonic Nakagami image in tissue characterization,” Ultrasonic Imaging, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 78-94, 2008, 4. (SCI)

  121. Po-Hsiang Tsui, Chih-Kuang Yeh, and Chien-Cheng Chang, “Noise effect on the performance of Nakagami image in ultrasound tissue characterization,” Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 197-202, 2008, 4. (SCI)

  122. Po-Hsiang Tsui, Chih-Chung Huang, Chien-Cheng Chang, Shyh-Hau Wang, and K. Kirk Shung, “Feasibility study of using high-frequency ultrasonic Nakagami imaging for characterizing the cataract lens in vitro,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 52, No. 21, pp. 6413-6425, 2007, 11. (SCI)

  123. Po-Hsiang Tsui, Lian-Yu Lin, Chien-Chung Chang, Juey-Jen Hwang, Jen-Jen Lin, Chin-Chou Chu, Chiung-Nien Chen, King-Jen Chang, and Chien-Cheng Chang, “Arterial pulse waveform analysis by the probability distribution of amplitude,” Physiological measurement, Vol. 28, No. 8, pp. 803-812, 2007, 8. (SCI)

  124. Po-Hsiang Tsui and Chien-Cheng Chang, “Imaging local scatterer concentrations by the Nakagami statistical model,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 608-619, 2007, 4. (SCI)

  125. Chih-Chung Huang, Po-Hsiang Tsui, and Shyh-Hau Wang, “Detection of coagulating blood under steady flow by statistical analysis of backscattered signals,” IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Vol. 54, No. 2, pp. 435-442, 2007, 2. (SCI)

  126. Po-Hsiang Tsui, Shyh-Hau Wang, and Chih-Chung Huang, “Reply to comments on “The effect of logarithmic compression on estimation of Nakagami parameter for ultrasonic tissue characterization: a simulation study,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 51, No. 8, pp. L27-L29, 2006, 4. (SCI)

  127. Po-Hsiang Tsui*, Chih-Chung Huang, and Shyh-Hau Wang, “Use of Nakagami distribution and logarithmic compression in ultrasonic tissue characterization,” Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 69-73, 2006, 2. (SCI)

  128. Chih-Chung Huang, Shyh-Hau Wang, and Po-Hsiang Tsui, “In vitro study on the assessment of blood coagulation and clot formation using Doppler ultrasound,” Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 44, No. 12, pp. 8727-8732, 2005, 12. (SCI)

  129. Chih-Chung Huang, Shyh-Hau Wang, and Po-Hsiang Tsui, “Detection of blood coagulation and clot formation using quantitative ultrasonic parameters,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 31, No. 11, pp. 1567-1573, 2005, 11. (SCI)

  130. Po-Hsiang Tsui, Shyh-Hau Wang, and Chih-Chung Huang, “The effect of logarithmic compression on estimation of Nakagami parameter for ultrasonic tissue characterization: a simulation study,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 50, No. 14, pp. 3235-3244, 2005, 7. (SCI)

  131. Po-Hsiang Tsui, Shyh-Hau Wang, and Chih-Chung Huang, “In vitro effects of ultrasound with different energies on the conduction properties of neural tissue,” Ultrasonics, Vol. 43, No. 7, pp. 560-565, 2005, 6. (SCI)

  132. Chih-Chung Huang, Po-Hsiang Tsui, Shyh-Hau Wang, and Chun-Yi Chiu, “Detecting the process of blood coagulation and clot formation with high frequency ultrasound,” Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 171-177, 2005, 4. (SCI)

  133. Po-Hsiang Tsui, Shyh-Hau Wang, Chih-Chung Huang, and Chun-Yi Chiu, “Quantitative analysis of noise influence on the detection of scatterer concentration by Nakagami parameter,” Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 45-51, 2005, 2. (SCI)

  134. Po-Hsiang Tsui and Shyh-Hau Wang, “The effect of transducer characteristics on the estimation of Nakagami parameter as a function of scatterer concentration,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 30, No. 10, pp. 1345-1353, 2004, 10. (SCI)

  135. Shyh-Hau Wang and Po-Hsiang Tsui, “Ultrasonic techniques to access the properties of hard and soft biological tissues,” Key Engineering Materials, Vols. 270-273, No. 7, pp. 2055-2060, 2004, 7.

  136. Po-Hsiang Tsui and Shyh-Hau Wang, “A study on the simulation of medical ultrasound using a simplified model for ultrasonic backscattering,” Journal of Health Management, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 193-198, 2004, 2.

  137. Shyh-Hau Wang, Yen-Ting Chen, Chin-Song Weng, Po-Hsiang Tsui, Jei-Liang Huang, and Kuo-Ching Chiang, “A clinical therapeutic assessment for the application of different ultrasounds to stimulate the Zusanli acupuncture point of hypertension patients,” Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 221-228, 2003, 4. (SCI)

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