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Classes Taught

• EGRB 690 Biomedical Engineering Seminar
• EGRB 615 Medical Imaging
• EGRB 507 Biomedical Electronics and Instrumentation
• EGRB 491 Biomedical Engineering Senior Design
• EGRB 407 Physical Principles of Medical Imaging
• EGRB 307 Biomedical Instrumentation

Current Projects

• Development of new instruments for applications in telemedicine
• Rapid measurement of aortic wave velocity using magnetic resonance
• Development of ultrasonic angle independent Doppler color imaging (AIDCI) technique for applications in the vascular system

Education

• B.S. Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 1963
• M.S. Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 1965
• Ph.D. Bioengineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1986

Publications

• Fei, D.Y. and Shung, K.K.: Ultrasonic backscatter from mammalian tissues. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 78: 871-876, 1985.
• Shung, K.K., Fei, D.Y. and Ballard, III J.O.: Further studies on ultrasonic properties of blood clots. J. Clin. Ultrasound, 14: 269-275, 1986.
• Fei, D.Y., Shung, K.K. and Wilson, T.M.: Ultrasonic backscatter from bovine tissues: variation with pathology. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 81: 166-172, 1987.
• Rittgers, S.E. and Fei, D.Y.: Flow dynamics in a stenosed carotid bifurcation model; Part II: derived indices. Ultrasound in Med. & Biol., 14: 33-42, 1988.
• Fei, D.Y., Billian, C. and Rittgers, S.E.: Flow dynamics in a stenosed carotid bifurcation model; Part I: basic velocity measurement. Ultrasound in Med. & Biol., 14: 21-31, 1988
• Kraft, K.A., Fatouros, P.P., Fei, D.Y. and Rittgers, S.E.: MR imaging of model fluid velocity profiles. J. Mag. Reson. Imag., 7, 69-77, 1989.
• Fei, D.Y., Kraft, K.A. and Fatouros, P.P.: Model studies of nonsteady flow using magnetic resonance imaging. J. Biomech. Eng., 112, 93-99, 1990.
• Kraft, K.A., Fei, D.Y., and Fatouros, P.P.: Quantitative phase-velocity MR imaging of in-plane laminar flow: effect of fluid velocity, vessel diameter, and slice thickness. Med. Physics, 19, 79-85, 1992.
• Fei, D.Y., Thomas, J.D. and Rittgers, S.E.: The effect of angle and flow rate upon hemodynamics in distal vascular graft anastomoses: a numerical model study. J. Biomech. Eng., 116, 331-336, 1994.
• Fei, D.Y., Fu, C.T., Brewer, W.H. and Kraft, K.A.: Angle independent Doppler color imaging: determination of accuracy and a method of display. Ultrasound in Med. & Biol., 20: 147-155, 1994.
• Fei, D.Y., Fu, C.T., Liu, D.D.: Computer implementation for reconstruction of 2-D flow velocity fields in ultrasound Doppler color imaging. Computers in Med. & Biol., 25: 495-503, 1995.
• Fei, D.Y.: A theory to correct the systematic error caused by the imperfectly matched beam width to vessel diameter ratio for volumetric flow measurements using ultrasound techniques. Ultrasound in Med. & Biol., 21: 1047-1057, 1995.
• Kraft, K.A., Fatouros, P.P., Corwin, F.D. and Fei, D.Y. Rapid MR measurement of wave velocity: An in vitro validation study, J. Magn. Reson. 126, 103-109, 1997.
• Fei, D.Y., Liu, D.D., Fu, C.T., Makhoul, R.G., Fisher, R.M.: Feasibility of angle independent Doppler color imaging for in vivo application: Preliminary study on carotid arteries. Ultrasound in Med. & Biol., 22: 59-67, 1997.
• Fei, D.Y., Kraft, K.A., Rittgers, S.E. and Liu, D.D.: Velocity profiles in a bifurcation model: A correlation study of magnetic resonance imaging and numerical simulation. J. Vasc. Invest., 2, 87-95, 1998.
• Fei, D.Y., Fu, C.T., New method to obtain angle independent Doppler color images using a sector transducer, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 27, 1-7, 1999.
• Harkins, S.W., Price, D.D., Roy, A, Itskovich, V.V., Fei, D.Y. Somatosensory evoked potentials associated with thermal activation of type II A-delta mechanoheat nociceptive afferents. International Journal of Neuroscience, 104, 93-111, 2000.
• Itskovich VV, Harkins SW, Fei, D.Y. Psychophysiological and psychophysical responses to experimental pain induced by two types of cutaneous thermal stimuli. International Journal of Neuroscience, 105, 63-75, 2000.
• Itskovich, V.V., Kraft, K.A., Fei, D.Y. Rapid aortic wave velocity measurement using magnetic resonance. Radiology, 219, 551-557, 2001.
• Kraft, K.A., Itskovich, V.V., Fei, D.Y. Rapid measurement of aortic wave velocity: In vivo evaluation, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 46, 95-102, 2001.
• Fei, D.Y., Kraft, K.A., Tangwancharoenchai, N., Jiang, T.L. Novel method to correct profile image and calculate flow vector fields using saturation-tagging MR imaging. Physiol. Chem.Phys. & Med. NMR 33, 49-62, 2001.
• Fei, D.Y., Fu, C.T. Chen X. C. Using an ultrasonic error compensation method to correct instrumental and systematic errors in volumetric flow measurements, Ultrasonic Imaging, 24, 47-62, 2002.
• Zeng, H., Fei, D.Y., Fu, C.T., Kraft K.A., Internet (WWW) based system of ultrasonic image processing tools for remote image analysis, Computer Method and Programs in Biomedicine, In press.

Research Topics

• Telemedicine
• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques for studies of vessel properties and vascular hemodynamics
• Ultrasonic imaging techniques for studies of cardiovascular dynamics