Research Interests
• Medical devices
• Medical imaging and computing
• Ultrasound imaging
• Electronic medicine
• Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare (D2H2)
Contact Information
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington
Box 355061
William H. Foege Building, Room N510A
Phone: 206-685-2271
Fax: 206-685-3300
E-mail: ykim@u.washington.edu
Honors and Awards
• 2005: Distinguished Achievement Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison College of
Engineering
• 2004-2007: The W. Hunter and Dorothy L. Simpson Endowed Chair
• 2003: Ho-Am Prize in Engineering
• 1996: Fellow of IEEE
• 1991-current: IEEE/EMBS Distinguished Lecturer
• 1995: Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
• 1988: IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Early Career Achievement Award
Professional Experience
• 1982-1986: Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington
• 1986-1990: Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington
• 1990-1998: Professor of Electrical Engineering; Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering,
Radiology, and Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington
• March 1999-June 2007: Chair of Bioengineering, University of Washington
• March 1999-present: Professor of Bioengineering and Electrical Engineering; Adjunct
Professor of Radiology, and Computer Science and Engineering, University of
Washington
• 1984-present: Director of the Image Computing Systems Laboratory, University of
Washington
• Member, Editorial Board of the Telemedicine Journal, 1995-2001.
• Member, Advisory Board of the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 1996-
present.
• Member, Editorial Board of the IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in
Biomedicine, 1996-present.
• Member, Editoral Board of the Annual Reviews of Biomedical Engineering, 1997-2002.
• Member, Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the IEEE, 2002-2007.
• Member, Steering Committee for the IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, 2007-
present.
• Guest Editor of a special issue, Parallel Computing, 1997-1998.
• Guest Editor of a special issue, International Journal of Imaging Systems & Technology,
1997-1998.
• Guest Editor of a special issue, Proceedings of the IEEE, 2004-2005.
• Program Chair of the 11th IEEE/EMBS Conference, 1989.
• Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) Program Evaluator of
Bioengineering and Computer Engineering, 1992-2007.
• Chair, SPIE Medical Imaging: Image Display Conference, 1990-1999.
• Chair, SPIE Medical Imaging Symposium, 1998-2001.
• Member, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging Steering Committee, 1990-1996
(Chair 1993-1994) and 2007-present.
• Chair, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging Editor-in-Chief Search Committee, 1994.
• Member, Administrative Committee of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology
Society (EMBS), Jan. 1995-Dec. 1999 and Jan. 2002-Dec. 2007.
• Chair, IEEE/EMBS Distinguished Lecturers Committee, 1997-1999.
• Chair, IEEE/EMBS Awards Committee, 2001-2002.
• Chair, IEEE/EMBS Fellow Committee, 2003-2004.
• Member, IEEE/EMBS Publications Committee, 1995-1999, 2002-2006.
• Member, IEEE/EMBS Finance Committee, 1995-1999, 2002-2006.
• Member, IEEE/EMBS Fellow Committee, 1998-2001.
• President-Elect, IEEE/EMBS, 2004.
• President, IEEE/EMBS, 2005-2006.
• Member, IEEE Technical Activities Board (TAB) Periodicals Committee, 2006.
• Member, IEEE Awards Board, 2006-2007.
• Chair, IEEE/EMBS Technical Committee, 2007.
• Past President, IEEE/EMBS, 2007.
• Chair, IEEE/EMBS Nominating Committee, 2007.
• Conference Co-Chair, 31st IEEE/EMBS Conference, 2009.
• 80+ Inventions
• 70 Patents
• 25 Commercial Licenses
Selected Publications (from ~450)
• Chalana, V., Linker, D. T., Haynor, D. R., and Kim, Y., “A multiple active contour model for cardiac boundary detection on echocardiographic sequences,” IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, Vol. 15, pp. 290-298, 1996.
• Ritchie, C. J., Crawford, C. R., Godwin, J. D., King, K. F., and Kim, Y., “Correction of computed tomography motion artifacts using pixel-specific back-projection,” IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, Vol. 15, pp. 333-342, 1996.
• Ritchie, C. J., Edwards, W. S., Mack, L. A., Cyr, D. R., and Kim, Y., “Three-dimensional ultrasonic angiography using power-mode Doppler,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 22, pp. 277-286, 1996.
• Chalana, V. and Kim, Y., “A methodology for evaluation of boundary detection algorithms on medical images,” IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, Vol. 16, pp. 642-652, 1997.
• Kim, Y., Kim, J., Basoglu, C., and Winter, T. C., “Programmable ultrasound imaging using multimedia technologies: a next-generation ultrasound machine,” IEEE Trans. Information Technology in Biomedicine, Vol. 1, pp. 19-29, 1997.
• Pathak, S., Grimm, P. D., Chalana, V., and Kim, Y., “Pubic arch detection in transrectal ultrasound guided prostate cancer therapy,” IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging,” Vol. 17,
pp. 762-771, 1998.
• Pagoulatos, N., Edwards, W. S., Haynor, D. R., and Kim, Y., “Interactive 3-D registration of ultrasound and magnetic resonance images based on a magnetic position sensor,” IEEE Trans. Information Technology in Biomedicine, Vol. 3,
pp. 278-288, 1999.
• York, G. and Kim, Y., “Ultrasound processing and computing: review and future directions,” Annual Review of Biomed. Eng., Vol. 1, pp. 559-588, 1999.
• Kim, Y. and Horii, S. C. (Eds.), Handbook of Medical Imaging Volume 3: Display and PACS. SPIE Press, 2000.
• Pathak, S. D., Chalana, V., Haynor, D. R., and Kim, Y., “Edge-guided boundary delineation in prostate ultrasound images,” IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, Vol. 19,
pp. 1211-1219, 2000.
• Pagoulatos, N., Haynor, D. R., and Kim, Y., “A fast calibration method for 3-D tracking of ultrasound images using a spatial localizer,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology,
Vol. 27, pp. 1219-1229, 2001.
• Sikdar, S., Managuli, R., Gong, L., Shamdasani, V., Mitake, T., Hayashi, T., and
Kim, Y., “A single mediaprocessor-based programmable ultrasound system,” IEEE Trans. Information Technology in Biomedicine, Vol. 7, pp. 64-70, 2003.
• Karadayi, K., Markandey, V., Golston, J., Gove, R. J., and Kim, Y., “Strategies in mapping algorithms to mediaprocessors for high performance,” IEEE Micro, Vol. 23,
no. 4, pp. 58-70, 2003.
• Yoo, Y. M., Managuli, R., and Kim, Y., “Adaptive clutter filtering for ultrasound color flow imaging,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 29, pp.1311-1320, 2003.
• Tutar, I. B., Managuli, R., Shamdasani, V., Cho, P. S., Pathak, S. D. and Kim, Y., “Tomosynthesis-based localization of radioactive seeds in prostate brachytherapy,” Medical Physics, Vol. 30, pp. 3135-3142, 2003.
• Shamdasani, V., Managuli, R., Sikdar, S., and Kim, Y., “Ultrasound color-flow imaging on a programmable system,” IEEE Trans. Information Technology in Biomedicine, Vol. 8, pp. 191-199, 2004.
• Wang, M., Lau, C., Matsen III, F. A., and Kim, Y., “Personal health information management system and its application in referral management,” IEEE Trans. Information Technology in Biomedicine, Vol. 8, pp. 287-297, 2004.
• Cross, D. J., Anzai, Y., Flexman, J. A., Keogh, B. P., Kim, Y. and Maravilla, K. R., “Statistical mapping of functional olfactory connections of the rat brain in vivo,” NeuroImage, Vol. 23, pp. 1326-1335, 2004.
• Sikdar, S., Beach, K. W., Vaezy, S., and Kim, Y., “Ultrasonic technique for imaging tissue vibrations: Preliminary results,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 31,
pp. 221-232, 2005.
• Sikdar, S., Beach, K. W., Paun, M., Vaezy, S., and Kim, Y. “Ultrasonic interrogation of tissue vibrations in arterial and organ injuries: Preliminary in vivo results,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology,Vol. 32, pp. 1203-1214, 2006.
• Tutar, I. B., Pathak, S. D., Gong, L., Cho, P. S., Wallner, K., and Kim, Y., “Semi-
automatic 3D prostate segmentation from TRUS images using spherical harmonics,” IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, Vol. 25, pp. 1645-1654, 2006.
• Zhang, F., Yoo, Y. M., Koh, L. M., and Kim, Y., “Nonlinear diffusion in laplacian pyramid domain for ultrasonic speckle reduction,” IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, Vol. 26,
pp. 200-211, 2007.
• Bae, U., Dighe, M., Dubinsky, T., Minoshima, S., Shamdasani, V., and Kim, Y., “Ultrasound thyroid elastography using carotid artery pulsation: Preliminary study,” Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, Vol. 26, pp. 797-805, 2007.
• Sikdar, S., Lee, J. C., Remington, J., Zhao, X. Q., Goldberg, S. L., Beach, K. W., and Kim, Y., “Ultrasonic Doppler vibrometry: Novel method for detection of left ventricular wall vibrations caused by post-stenotic coronary flow,” Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, Vol. 20, pp. 1386-1392, 2007.
• Agarwal, A., Yoo, Y. M., Schneider, F. K., Gao, C., Koh, L. M., and Kim, Y., “New modulation method for efficient phase rotation beamforming,” IEEE Trans. Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, Frequency Control, Vol. 54, pp. 1656-1668, 2007.
• Kim, Y., “Sustainable healthcare delivery paradigm for the 21st century,” Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 95, pp. 1895-1897, 2007.
• Bae, U. and Kim, Y., “Angular strain estimation method for elastography,” IEEE Trans. Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Vol. 54, pp. 2653-2661, 2007.
• Tutar, I. B., Gong, L., Narayanan, S., Pathak, S. D., Cho, P. S., Wallner, K., and
Kim, Y., “Seed-based TRUS-fluoroscopy registration method for intraoperative dosimetry analysis of prostate brachytherapy,” Medical Physics, Vol. 35, pp. 840-848, 2008.
• Dighe, M., Bae, U., Minoshima, S., Dubinsky, T., and Kim, Y., “Differential diagnosis of thyroid nodules by ultrasound elastography using carotid artery pulsation,” Radiology, Vol. 248, pp. 662-669, 2008.
• Shamdasani, V., Bae, U., Sikdar, S., Yoo, Y. M., Karadayi, K., Managuli, R., and Kim, Y., “Research interface on a programmable ultrasound scanner,” Ultrasonics, Vol. 48,
pp. 159-168, 2008.
• Yoo, Y. M., Sikdar, S., Karadayi, K., Kolokythas, O., and Kim, Y., “Adaptive clutter
rejection for 3D color Doppler imaging: Preliminary clinical study,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 34, pp. 1221-1231, 2008.
• Agarwal, A., Yoo, Y. M., Schneider, F. K., and Kim, Y., “Adaptive field-of-view imaging for efficient receive beamforming in medical ultrasound imaging systems,”
Ultrasonics, Vol. 48, pp. 384-393, 2008.
• Janardhanan, L., Leow, Y. H., Chio, M. T. W., Kim, Y., and Soh, C. B., “Experience with the implementation of a web-based teledermatology system in a nursing home in Singapore,” Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, accepted, 2008.
• Flexman, J. A., Cross, D. J., Lewellen, B. L., Miyoshi, S., Kim, Y. and Minoshima, S., “Magnetically targeted viral envelopes: A PET investigation of initial biodistribution,” IEEE Trans. Bionanoscience, Vol. 7, pp. 223-232, 2008.
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