Zhuo Xiao

Zhuo Xiao

Third-year Ph.D. student

I am a third-year Ph.D. student at the Image Processing Center of Beihang University, under the supervision of Professor Fugen Zhou and Associate Professor Bo Liu. My research focuses on medical image analysis, automatic treatment planning for brachytherapy and tumor ablation, as well as the development of treatment planning systems (TPS), many of which have already been applied in clinical practice.

Education & Experience

  • Ph.D. Student in Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems, Beihang University, Image Processing Center (2023 – Present)
    Research focuses on medical image analysis, automatic treatment planning for brachytherapy and tumor ablation, and the development of TPS.
    Supervisors: Prof. Fugen Zhou and Assoc. Prof. Bo Liu.

  • M.Eng. in Electronic and Information Science, Beihang University, Image Processing Center (2019 – 2022)
    Thesis on Automatic planning of seed-implant brachytherapy. Supervisors: Prof. Fugen Zhou and Assoc. Prof. Bo Liu.

  • B.Eng. in Detection, Guidance and Control, NUAA, School of Astronautics (2015 – 2019)
    Graduated with GPA 3.8/5.0, ranked 4/36, and obtained qualification for recommended exemption to graduate study.

  • High School, The First High School of Changsha (2012 – 2015)

  • Research Assistant, Beihang University, Image Processing Center (2022-2023)
    Worked on developing TPS for radiotherapy & ablation planning”.

Highlights

Medical Physics Cover Paper (Editor’s Choice)

Our work on Automatic planning for head and neck seed implant brachytherapy was featured on the cover of Medical Physics in February 2024 and selected as an Editor’s Choice article (DOI:10.1002/mp.16760).

Medical Physics Cover

Treatment Planning System (TPS) Interface

I have also developed Treatment Planning Systems (TPS) for brachytherapy and tumor ablation, incorporating modules for automatic organ and tumor segmentation, needle trajectory planning, dose optimization, and 3D visualization. Several of these systems have been successfully translated into clinical use.

Treatment Planning System ManualSeg
Figure 1. Seed Implant Brachytherapy TPS Interface: Manual Segmentation Page
Treatment Planning System AutoSeg
Figure 2. Seed Implant Brachytherapy TPS: Automatic Segmentation Page, Integrated automatic segmentation algorithms for tumors and organs-at-risk (OARs) across different anatomical sites, including both traditional image processing techniques and deep learning methods.
Treatment Planning System Planning
Figure 3. Seed Implant Brachytherapy TPS Interface: Planning Page.
Treatment Planning System Post
Figure 4. Seed Implant Brachytherapy TPS Interface: A postoperative validation interface that automatically detects implanted seeds and reconstructs the corresponding postoperative dose distribution.
MWA TPS Interface
Figure 5. MWA TPS Interface, developed in collaboration with ECO Medical (Nanjing).
NanoKife TPS Interface
Figure 6. Irreversible Electroporation(Nano) TPS Interface, a demo.

Contact

Mailing Address:
Image Processing Center, School of Astronautics,
Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

Email: pete709@buaa.edu.cn

WeChat: x2778768