Xinyue Huang

I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the California Institute of Technology, working with Prof. Chiara Daraio on next-generation sensing and wearable technologies in collaboration with Meta Reality Labs.

I received my PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, where I was advised by Prof. Stanislav Emelianov. During my PhD, I also earned an MS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech, specializing in Machine Learning, and interned with the Sensors Team at Meta Reality Labs.

My research focuses on developing ultrasound-based imaging and wearable sensing technologies, spanning ultrasound, photoacoustic, elasticity, and Doppler imaging. I believe ultrasound is a versatile sensing tool capable of revealing far more information than is conventionally recognized.

Before joining Georgia Tech and Emory, I completed my undergraduate studies in Biomedical Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where I was advised by Prof. Puxiang Lai. I later earned my master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, where I was co-advised by Dr. Kai Ding and Dr. Muyinatu Bell.

I am originally from China, born in the south and raised in the northeast. There is far more to me than a biography can capture, getting to know me will tell you the rest!

news

Sep 14, 2026	I joined the California Institute of Technology as a Postdoctoral Scholar, in collaboration with Meta.
Sep 10, 2026	Our paper “Improved Quantification of Photoacoustic Biomarkers through Residual-Based Noise Masking” is published in Photoacoustics.
Jul 30, 2026	I successfully defended my PhD dissertation "Development of Ultrasound-Based Methods for Multiscale Hemodynamic Assessment".
Jul 27, 2026	Our paper “Shear Wave Elasticity Imaging for Monitoring Risk of Skin Breakdown Following Subcutaneous Implantation” is published in Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology.
Mar 24, 2026	Our paper “Evaluating Curvature-Induced Variation in Deep Learning-Based Beamforming for Flexible Transducers in Ultrasound-Guided Radiation Therapy” is published in Bioengineering.
Feb 26, 2026	Our paper “Quantitative Photoacoustic Tomography of Skin Vasculature Predicts Subcutaneous Implant Exposure” is published in Journal of Biomedical Optics.

selected publications

UMB

Ultrasound-Guided Photoacoustic Monitoring of Vascular Ischemia in Implant-Induced Skin Necrosis

Xinyue Huang, Anthony M Yu, Samuel MA Morais, and 4 more authors

Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, Dec 2025

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@article{huang2025ultrasound,
  title = {Ultrasound-Guided Photoacoustic Monitoring of Vascular Ischemia in Implant-Induced Skin Necrosis},
  author = {Huang, Xinyue and Yu, Anthony M and Morais, Samuel MA and Park, Jeong Hun and Zopf, David A and Hollister, Scott J and Emelianov, Stanislav Y},
  journal = {Ultrasound in Medicine \& Biology},
  volume = {51},
  number = {12},
  pages = {2267-2275},
  month = dec,
  year = {2025},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
}

IEEE TMI

Photoacoustic-Strain (PAS) Imaging for Tissue Microcirculation Assessment

Xinyue Huang, David Qin, Samuel Morais, and 2 more authors

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Apr 2025

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@article{huang2025photoacoustic,
  title = {Photoacoustic-Strain (PAS) Imaging for Tissue Microcirculation Assessment},
  author = {Huang, Xinyue and Qin, David and Morais, Samuel and Long, Xing and Emelianov, Stanislav},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging},
  volume = {44},
  number = {8},
  pages = {3299-3310},
  month = apr,
  year = {2025},
  publisher = {IEEE},
}

Cancers

Ultrasound Imaging with Flexible Array Transducer for Pancreatic Cancer Radiation Therapy

Xinyue Huang, Hamed Hooshangnejad, Debarghya China, and 4 more authors

Cancers, Jun 2023

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@article{huang2023ultrasound,
  title = {Ultrasound Imaging with Flexible Array Transducer for Pancreatic Cancer Radiation Therapy},
  author = {Huang, Xinyue and Hooshangnejad, Hamed and China, Debarghya and Feng, Ziwei and Lee, Junghoon and Bell, Muyinatu A Lediju and Ding, Kai},
  journal = {Cancers},
  volume = {15},
  number = {13},
  pages = {3294},
  month = jun,
  year = {2023},
  publisher = {MDPI},
}

IEEE TMI

Deep Learning for Ultrasound Beamforming in Flexible Array Transducer

Xinyue Huang, Muyinatu A Lediju Bell, and Kai Ding

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Jun 2021

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@article{huang2021deep,
  title = {Deep Learning for Ultrasound Beamforming in Flexible Array Transducer},
  author = {Huang, Xinyue and Bell, Muyinatu A Lediju and Ding, Kai},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging},
  volume = {40},
  number = {11},
  pages = {3178-3189},
  month = jun,
  year = {2021},
  publisher = {IEEE},
}