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Dr. Cao, Peng



CaoPeng

Department of Diagnostic Radiology, HKU

Assistant Professor

  • Ph.D. (HKU), Postdoc (UCSF)
email caopeng1@hku.hk
Research Interests
  • High-field magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy,
  • Anatomic and metabolic imaging using proton and heteronuclear MRI/MRS,
  • Diffusion MR, MR pulse sequence,
  • Image processing,
  • MRI hardware (radio frequency exciter and transceiver),
  • Machine learning
Selected Publications
  • W Jiang,Y Lin,V Vardhanabhuti,Y Ming, P Cao. Joint Cancer Segmentation and PI-RADS Classification on Multiparametric MRI Using MiniSegCaps Network. Diagnostics 2023, 13(4), https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13040615
  • Y Wang, M He, P Cao, PPC Ip, CY Lin, W Liu, CW Lee, EYP Lee. Tissue Characteristics of Endometrial Carcinoma Analyzed by Quantitative Synthetic MRI and Diffusion-Weighted Imaging. Diagnostics (Basel). 2022 Nov 25;12(12):2956. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics12122956. PMID: 36552962; PMCID: PMC9776551.
  • F Zouari, WY Oon, D Modak, WH Lee, WC Kwok, P Cao, WN Lee, TCC Tam, EC Wong, RW Chan. Affordable, portable and self-administrable electrical impedance tomography enables global and regional lung function assessment. Sci Rep 12, 20613 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24330-2
  • HY Chung, PCH Wong, KH Lee, NCO Ciang, SPY Wong, P Cao, SCW Chan, VWHang Lau, BA Lo, RKL Lee, Hong Kong Society of Rheumatology. MRI in Axial Spondyloarthritis: Position Statements from the Hong Kong Society of Rheumatology. Journal of Clinical Rheumatology and Immunology. 2022/1/12. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2661341722500018
  • F Huang, P Xia, V Vardhanabhuti, E Hui, KK Lau, HKF Mak, P Cao. Semisupervised white matter hyperintensities segmentation on MRI. Human brain mapping. 10 October 2022 https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.26109
  • Z Wang, H Mak, P Cao. Deep-Learning-regularized Single-step Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) Quantification. NMR in Biomedicine. 2023. doi: 10.1002/nbm.4849
  • M Nawaz, R Chan, A Member, P Cao. Hand Gestures Classification using Electrical Impedance Tomography Images. IEEE Sensors Journal, 2022, doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2022.3193718. (last and corresponding author; impact 4.325; JCR ranking in ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC 95/344)
  • Z Lin, Y Lin, F Liang, P Cao, J He, L Huang, Z Li. Deep Learning for Emergency Ascites Diagnosis using Ultrasonography Images. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 10.1002/acm2.13695 (middle author; impact 2.243; JCR rankingin RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 99/136)
  • P Cao, Z Wang, C Liu, T Li, ES Hui, J Cai. Motion-resolved and free-breathing liver MRF. Magn Reson Imaging. 2022 May 26;91:69-80.(Frist and corresponding author; impact 3.130; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 78/200)
  • KYY Lin, P Cao, KH Lee, SCW Chan, HY Chung. Deep learning algorithms for magnetic resonance imaging of inflammatory sacroiliitis in axial spondyloarthritis. Rheumatology. 2022 doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac059. (co-first author; impact 7.046; JCR ranking in RHEUMATOLOGY 6/34)
  • H Zhang, ES Hui, P Cao, HKF Mak. Relationship between Amyloid-β Deposition and the Coupling between Structural and Functional Brain Networks in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease. Brain Sciences 11 (11), 1535. (middle author; impact 3.333; JCR ranking in NEUROSCIENCES 175/274)
  • Z Wang, P Xia, F Huang, H Wei, ESK Hui, HKF Mak, P Cao. A data-driven deep learning pipeline for quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM). Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2022. 88, 89-100. .(Last and corresponding author; impact 3.130; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 78/200)
  • W Wu, D Hu, C Niu, LV Broeke, APH Butler, P Cao, J Atlas. Deep learning based spectral CT imaging. Neural Network. 2022. 144, 342-358. (middle author; impact 9.657; COMPUTER SCIENCE, JCR ranking in ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 16/144)
  • P Cao, D Cui, Y Ming, V Vardhanabhuti, E Lee, E Hui. Accelerating Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting Using Hybrid Deep Learning and Iterative Reconstruction. Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2021. 25 (4), 293-299 (First and corresponding author; new journal, no impact)
  • Y Lin, PL Khong, Z Zou, P Cao. Evaluation of Pediatric Hydronephrosis Using Deep Learning Quantification of Fluid-to-kidney-area Ratio by Ultrasonography. Abdominal Radiology. 2021 Jul 6. doi: 10.1007/s00261-021-03201-w. (last and corresponding author; impact 2.886; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 81/136)
  • M Wang, JAU Perucho, P Cao, V Vardhanabhuti, D Cui, Y Wang, PL Khong, Edward Hui, EYP Lee. Repeatability of MR fingerprinting in normal cervix and utility in cervical carcinoma. Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. Vol. 11, No. 9, 09.2021. (Middle author; impact 4.630; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 41/136)
  • H An, Y Wang, EMF Wong, S Lyu, L Han, JAU Perucho, P Cao, EYP Lee. CT texture analysis in histological classification of epithelial ovarian carcinoma. European Radiology. Vol 31. Pages 5050-5058. 2021; (middle author; impact 7.034; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 20/136)
  • D Cui, E Hui, P Cao. A multi-inversion-recovery magnetic resonance fingerprinting for multi-compartment water mapping. Magn Reson Imaging. 2021 Sep;81:82-87. (First and corresponding author; impact 3.130; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 78/200)
  • G Batsios, C Taglang, P Cao, AM Gillespie, C Najac, E Subramani, DM Wilson, RR Flavell, PEZ Larson, SM Ronen,Viswanath. Imaging 6-phosphogluconolactonase activity in brain tumors in vivo using hyperpolarized δ-[1-13C] gluconolactone. Frontiers in oncology. Vol 11. Pages 1194. 2021 (middle author; impact 5.738; JCR ranking in ONCOLOGY 78/245)
  • W Jiang, F Lin, J Zhang, T Zhan, P Cao, S Wang. Deep-Learning-Based Segmentation and Localization of White Matter Hyperintensities on Magnetic Resonance Images. Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational Life Sciences 2020, 12:438–446. (corresponding author; impact 3.492; JCR ranking in MATHEMATICAL & COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY 18/57)
  • Y Li, J Lee, X Long, Y Qiao, T Ma, Q He, P Cao, X Zhang, H Zheng. A Magnetic Resonance guided Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation System with a Whole Brain Coil Array for Nonhuman Primates at 3 T. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 2020. Doi: 10.1109/TMI.2020.3019087. (middle author; impact 11.037; JCR ranking in COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS 7/113)
  • Jie Ding, P Cao, HC Chang, Y Gao, SHS Chan, V Vardhanabhuti. Deep learning-based thigh muscle segmentation for reproducible fat fraction quantification using fat–water decomposition MRI. Insights into Imaging. Vol 11, issue 1, pages 1-11. 2020. (middle author; impact 5.036; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 34/136)
  • P Cao, D Cui, V Vince, E Hui, Development of Fast Deep Learning Quantification for Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting in vivo. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2020.03.009 .(First and corresponding author; impact 3.130; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 78/200)
  • G Luo, N Zhao, W Jiang, E Hui, P Cao. MRI Reconstruction Using Deep Bayesian Estimation. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2020. Doi: 10.1002/mrm.28274. (Last and corresponding author; impact 3.737; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 56/136)
  • A Morales Martinez, F Caliva, I Flament, F Liu, J Lee, P Cao, R Shah, S Majumdar, V Pedoia. Learning Osteoarthritis Imaging Biomarkers from Bone Surface Spherical Encoding. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2020. doi: 10.1002/mrm.28251.(middle author; impact 3.737; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 56/136)
  • D Chandramohan, P Cao, M Han, H An, J Sunderland, P Kinahan, R Laforest, T Hope, P Larson. Bone material analogues for PET/MRI phantoms. Medical Physics. 2020. 10.1002/mp.14079. (Middle author; impact 4.506; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 44/136)
  • M Wang, A Tsang, V Tam, D Chan, P Cao, Ed X. Wu. Multiparametric MR Investigation of Proteoglycan Diffusivity, T2 Relaxation, and Concentration in an Ex Vivo Model of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2019 Nov 11. doi: 10.1002/jmri.26979. (middle author; impact 5.119; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 33/136)
  • E Milshteyn, G Reed, J Gordon, C von Morze, P Cao, S Tang, A Leynes,P Larson, D Vigneron. Simultaneous T1 and T2 mapping of hyperpolarized 13C compounds using the bSSFP sequence. Journal of Magnetic Resonance, March 2020. 312, article id. 106691. (middle author; impact 2.734; JCR ranking in PHYSICS, ATOMIC, MOLECULAR & CHEMICAL 18/36)
  • G Batsios, C Najac, P Cao, P Viswanath, E Subramani, Y Saito, A Marie Gillespie, H Yoshihara, P Larson, S Sando, S Ronen. In vivo detection of γ-glutamyl-transferase up-regulation in glioma using hyperpolarized γ-glutamyl-[1-13C]glycine. Scientific Report. 2020 (middle author; impact 4.996; JCR ranking in MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES 19/73)
  • C Guglielmetti, T Boucneau, P Cao, A Van der Linden, PEZ Larson, MM Chaumeil. Longitudinal evaluation of demyelinated lesions in a multiple sclerosis model using ultrashort echo time magnetization transfer (UTE-MT) imaging. Neuroimage. 2020 Mar;208:116415. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116415. (middle author; impact 7.400; JCR ranking in NEUROIMAGING 2/14)
  • HY Chen, JW Gordon, RA Bok, P Cao, C von Morze, M van Criekinge, E Milshteyn, L Carvajal, RE Hurd, J Kurhanewicz, DB Vigneron, PEZ Larson. Pulse sequence considerations for quantification of pyruvate-to-lactate conversion kPL in hyperpolarized 13 C imaging. NMR Biomed. 2019 Mar;32(3):e4052. doi: 10.1002/nbm.4052. (middle author; impact 4.478; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 45/136)
  • Z Zhu, X Zhu, MA Ohliger, S Tang, P Cao, L Carvajal, AW Autry, Y Li, J Kurhanewicz, S Chang, R Aggarwal, P Munster, D Xu, PEZ Larson, DB Vigneron, JW Gordon. Coil combination methods for multi-channel hyperpolarized 13C imaging data from human studies. J Magn Reson. 2019 Apr;301:73-79. doi: 10.1016/j.jmr.2019.01.015. (middle author; impact 2.734; JCR ranking in PHYSICS, ATOMIC, MOLECULAR & CHEMICAL 18/36)
  • P Cao, J Liu, SY Tang, AP Leynes, JM Lupo, D Xu, PE Larson. Technical Note: Simultaneous Segmentation and Relaxometry for MRI through Multitask Learning. Medical Physics. 2019.DOI:10.1002/mp.13756. (First and corresponding author; impact 4.506; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 44/136)
  • Y Wang, Y Zhang, W Xuan, E Kao, P Cao, B Tian, K Ordovas, D Saloner, and J Liu. Fully automatic segmentation of 4D MRI for cardiac functional measurements. Med Phys. 2018 Oct 23. PMID: 30352129. (Middle author; impact 4.506; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 44/136)
  • P Cao, X Zhu, S Tang, A Leynes, A Jakary, PE Larson. Shuffled Magnetization-Prepared Multi-Contrast Rapid Gradient Echo Imaging. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2018. doi: 10.1002/mrm.26986. (First author; impact 3.737; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 56/136)
  • H Wei, P Cao, A Bischof, RG Henry, PEZ Larson, C Liu. MRI gradient-echo phase contrast of the brain at ultra-short TE with off-resonance saturation. Neuroimage. 2018 Mar 29; 175:1-11. PMID: 29604452. (middle author; impact 7.400; JCR ranking in NEUROIMAGING 2/14)
  • HY Chen, PEZ Larson, JW Gordon, RA Bok, M Ferrone, M van Criekinge, L Carvajal, P Cao, JM Pauly, AB Kerr, I Park, JB Slater, SJ Nelson, PN Munster, R Aggarwal, J Kurhanewicz, DB Vigneron. Technique development of 3D dynamic CS-EPSI for hyperpolarized 13 C pyruvate MR molecular imaging of human prostate cancer. Magn Reson Med. 2018 Mar 25. PMID: 29575178. doi: 10.1002/mrm.27179. (Middle author; impact 3.737; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 56/136)
  • T Boucneau, P Cao, S Tang, M Han, D Xu, R Henry, P E. Z. Larson. In Vivo Characterization of Brain Ultrashort-T2 Components. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. doi: 10.1002/mrm.27037. (Middle author; impact 3.737; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 56/136)
  • I Marco-Rius, C Morze, R Sriram, P Cao, GY Chang, E Milshteyn, RA. Bok, MA Ohliger, D Pearce, J Kurhanewicz1, P Larson, DB Vigneron, and M Merritt. Monitoring acute metabolic changes in the liver and kidneys induced by fructose and glucose using hyperpolarized [2-13C]dihydroxyacetone. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2017 77:65–73. doi: 10.1002/mrm.26525, (Middle author; impact 3.737; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 56/136)
  • P Cao, F Hyder, IY Zhou, JW Zhang, VB Xie, A Tsang, EX Wu. Simultaneous spin-echo and gradient-echo BOLD measurements by dynamic MRS. NMR in Biomedicine. 2017. doi: 10.1002/nbm.3745. (First author; impact 4.478; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 45/136)
  • P Cao, P Shin, I Park, C Najac, I Marco-Rius, DB Vigneron, SJ Nelson, S Ronen, PE Larson. Accelerated High Bandwidth MR Spectroscopic Imaging Using Compressed Sensing. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2016 Aug;76(2):369-79. doi: 10.1002/mrm.26272. (First author; impact 3.737; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 56/136)
  • P Cao, EX Wu. In vivo diffusion MRS investigation of non-water molecules in biological tissues. NMR in Biomedicine. 2016 Jan 21. doi: 10.1002/nbm.3481. (First author; impact 4.478; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 45/136)
  • P Cao, X Zhang, I Park, C Najac, SJ Nelson, S Ronen, PE Larson. 1H-13C independently tuned radiofrequency surface coil applied for in vivo hyperpolarized MRI. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2016 Nov;76(5):1612-1620. (First author; impact 3.737; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 56/136)
  • P Cao, SJ Fan, AM Wang, VB Xie, ZW Qiao, GM Brittenham, EX Wu: In Vivo Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Monitors Changes in Size of Intramyocellular Lipid Droplet. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2015 Jan; 73(1):59-69. (First author; impact 3.737; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 56/136)
  • P Cao, EX Wu: Accelerating Phase-encoded 1H Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging by Compressed Sensing. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2015 Feb; 41(2): 487-95. (First author; impact 5.119; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 33/136)
  • O Rutledge, T Kwak, P Cao, X Zhang. Design and test of a double-nuclear RF coil for 1H MRI and 13C MRSI at 7T. Journal of Magnetic Resonance 2016 Apr 7; 267:15-21.(middle author; impact 2.734; JCR ranking in PHYSICS, ATOMIC, MOLECULAR & CHEMICAL 18/36)
  • I Marco-Rius, P Cao, C von Morze, M Merritt, KX Moreno, GY Chang, MA Ohliger, D Pearce, J Kurhanewicz, PE Larson, DB Vigneron. Multiband spectral-spatial RF excitation for hyperpolarized [2-13C]dihydroxyacetone 13C-MR metabolism studies. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2016 Mar 28. doi: 10.1002/mrm.26226. (Middle author; impact 3.737; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 56/136)
  • AM Wang, GK Leung, KM Kiang, D Chan, P Cao, EX Wu. Separation and quantification of lactate and lipid at 1.3 ppm by diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2016 Feb 1. doi: 10.1002/mrm.26144. (middle author; impact 3.737; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 56/136)
  • AM Wang, P Cao, A Yee, D Chan, EX Wu. Detection of extracellular matrix degradation in intervertebral disc degeneration by diffusion magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2015 May; 73(5):1703-12. (Middle author; impact 3.737; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 56/136)
  • IY Zhou, DS Gao, AM Chow, SJ Fan, MM Cheung, CC Ling, XB Liu, P Cao, H Guo, K Man, EX Wu. Effect of diffusion time on liver DWI: An experimental study of normal and fibrotic livers. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2014 Nov; 72(5):1389-96. (Middle author; impact 3.737; JCR ranking in RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 56/136)
  • Z Bo, EX Wu, P Gao, P Cao, LJ Jiang. The Serial Resonant Antenna for the Large Field of View Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Progress In Electromagnetics Research, 2013. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2528/PIER12112612. (middle author; impact 6.000; JCR ranking inENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC 43/276)