Yuliang Xiao 肖宇亮

Ph.D. student developing physics-informed AI for MRI and surgical robotics.

Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto Physical Science Platform, Sunnybrook Research Institute

Biography

I am currently a third-year Ph.D. student (2024.01 - Now), working in Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, with Prof. Simon J. Graham and Prof. Mark Chiew. I am also affiliated with Physical Science Platform, Sunnybrook Research Institute. My work is about Physics-Informed Deep Learning for Reduced Field-of-View Parallel Transmission MRI at Ultra-High Field.

I got M.S.E. degree in Robotics at Johns Hopkins University in 2023, working in Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics, advised by Prof. Russell H. Taylor and Dr. Manish Sahu, and got B.Sc. degrees in Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering at University of Pittsburgh and Sichuan University in 2021.

I spent wonderful time at JHU Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare with Prof. Swaroop S. Vedula, at Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) with Prof. Qi Dou, and at Tianjin University with Dr. Xinan Sun.

News

[2026/05/02] SelExNet is accepted by Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2026.
[2026/02/03] SelExNet and Multi-shot MRSI get accepted by ISMRM 2026, and SelExNet is selected as PowerPitch Oral, see you in Cape Town.

[2025/01/30] One paper abstract is accepted by IGT × ImNO Joint Symposium 2025, and selected as Pitch-and-Poster Presentation, see you in Toronto.

[2024/08/05] SSCDM gets accepted by IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 2024.
[2024/06/03] AutoSeg4Sinonasal gets accepted by Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 2024.
[2024/04/10] AutoSeg4ETICA gets accepted by Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 2024.
[2024/01/03] I join Simon Graham's Lab as a PhD student, and relocate to Sunnybrook Research Institute.

[2023/09/01] Start my PhD journey at Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto.
[2023/05/15] Graduate from JHU, thanks Prof. Taylor and Dr. Sahu for their supervision.
[2023/02/12] Get admission from Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto. See you in Toronto!
[2023/02/12] Start research assistant at CUHK with Dr. Qi Dou.

[2022/09/01] Start research assistant at Malone Health Center with Dr. Swaroop S. Vedula working on Surgical Video Analysis.
[2022/09/01] Start teaching assistant in 601.455/655 Computer Integrated Surgery (CIS I) instructed by Prof. Russell H. Taylor.
[2022/01/01] Start research assistant at LCSR with Prof. Russell H. Taylor working on Image-guided Surgery.

[2021/08/31] Enroll in MSE in Robotics program at JHU.
[2021/08/15] Graduate as honor student from University of Pittsburgh with B.Sc. in CS and ME. Congrats to myself!
[2021/03/15] Get admission from Johns Hopkins University. See you in Baltimore!

[2020/11/15] Obtain Honor Student and Dean's List Award from Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh.
[2020/05/01] Receive Undergraduate Summer Research Scholarship from Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh.

Publications

Representative works are highlighted (*/† equal contribution, # corresponding author)

	SelExNet: A Self-Supervised Physics-Informed Framework for Multi-Channel Joint RF and Gradient Waveform Optimization in 2D Spatially Selective Excitation Yuliang Xiao#, Jason Rock, Zhe Wu, Jamie Near, Mark Chiew, Simon J. Graham Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2026 Intro Home Code
	Self-Supervised Cyclic Diffeomorphic Mapping for Soft Tissue Deformation Recovery in Robotic Surgery Scenes Shizhan Gong, Yonghao Long, Kai Chen, Jiaqi Liu, Yuliang Xiao, Alexis Cheng, Zerui Wang, Qi Dou IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 2024 Intro Home Paper Code Bibtex
	A Label-Efficient Framework for Automated Sinonasal CT Segmentation in Image-Guided Surgery Manish Sahu, Yuliang Xiao, Jose L. Porras, Ameen Amanian, Aseem Jain, Andrew Thamboo, Russell H. Taylor, Francis X. Creighton, Masaru Ishii Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 2024 Intro Home Paper Code Bibtex
	A Deep Learning Framework for Analysis of the Eustachian Tube and the Internal Carotid Artery Ameen Amanian, Aseem Jain, Yuliang Xiao, Chanha Kim, Andy S. Ding, Manish Sahu, Russell H. Taylor, Mathias Unberath, Bryan K. Ward, Deepa Galaiya, Masaru Ishii, Francis X. Creighton Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 2024 Intro Home Paper Code Bibtex
	Statistical Shape Model of the Eustachian Tube for Understanding and Managing Eustachian Tube Dysfunction Ameen Amanian, Yuliang Xiao, Zhiwei Gong, Manish Sahu, Brian Westerberg, Francis X. Creighton Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings 2023 (Oral) Intro Paper Bibtex
	Automated Segmentation of the Eustachian Tube for Applications in the Management of Eustachian Tube Dysfunction - A Deep Learning Framework Ameen Amanian, Yuliang Xiao, Zhiwei Gong, Deepa Galaiya, Russell H. Taylor, Mathias Unberath, Manish Sahu, Francis X. Creighton Conference on Machine Intelligence in Medical Imaging 2022 (Oral) Intro Paper Bibtex

Academic Service

MRI Physics & Medicine:
- Conference Reviewer: ISMRM
Medical Imaging Analysis:
- Conference Reviewer: CMIMI, COSM
- Journal Reviewer: TMI
Robotics:
- Journal Reviewer: RA-L