Duke University · Biomedical EngineeringLab for Advanced Urological Imaging
Junjie Yao · Durham, North Carolina
Research Focus
Dr. Junjie Yao's research focuses on improving treatments for urinary stone disease using advanced imaging techniques. His work aims to develop a new technology that can visualize cavitation bubbles during laser treatments in real-time, which could lead to more effective and safer procedures. By enhancing our understanding of how these bubbles contribute to stone fragmentation, the lab hopes to optimize laser lithotripsy techniques, ultimately benefiting patients suffering from this common condition.
laser lithotripsyurinary stone diseasecavitationreal-time imaging3D mappingmedical technologyultrasoundsurgical procedureshealthcare optimization
Research Aims
3AIM 01Develop a 3D super-resolution passive cavitation mapping system for laser lithotripsy treatments.
AIM 02Validate and optimize the new imaging system using kidney phantoms to correlate cavitation characteristics with stone damage.
AIM 03Conduct in vivo evaluations of the optimized imaging technology to assess its clinical feasibility for urinary stone disease patients.
Skills the Lab Values
3D imagingultrasound technologyfiber optic trackingreal-time data analysisexperimental designin vivo testingswine modelscavitation mappingmedical instrumentation
Output against the department
Publications449top 19% of dept.113th of 595
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Citations16ktop 23% of dept.139th of 595
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