Kai Yang

Research Interests

• Development and evaluation of cone beam CT, x-ray based breast imaging, and other advanced x-ray imaging modalities including Compton scattered imaging and static CT.
• Quantitative image quality analysis for medical images.
• Image guidance for surgical and interventional procedures.
• Updated and automated x-ray shielding methods.

Education

• University of California, Davis
  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering

• Tsinghua University
  Master of Science (MS), Engineering Physics

• Tsinghua University
  Bachelor's degree, Engineering Physics

Companies

• Assistant Professor Harvard Medical School (2019)
• Medical Physicist Massachusetts General Hospital (2015)
• Instructor Harvard Medical School (2016 — 2019)
• Assistant Professor University of Oklahoma (2014 — 2015)
• Assistant Adjunct Professor UC Davis Health System (2010 — 2014)
• Postdoctoral Researcher UC Davis Medical Center (2008 — 2010)