Woei Chyn, Chu （朱唯勤）
Refereed Articles: (December 2003)
1. Jonckheere E. A., Kwoh Y. S., Chu W. C. and Bavarian B., “Correction of Distortion of MR Pictures for MR-guided Robotic Stereotactic Procedures,” Journal of Optical Engineering, Vol. 29, No. 12, 1469-1477, 1990. (SCI)
2. Ahn C. B. and Chu W. C., “Optimal Imaging Strategies for Three-Dimensional Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Microscopy,”
Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 94, 455-470, 1991. (SCI)
3. Chu W. C., Ahn C. B., Bavarian B., Mourad S. A. and Jacobs R. E., “Finite Element Analysis of Gradient Coil Deformation
and Vibration in NMR Microscopy,” IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Vol. 11, No. 3, 330-335, 1992. (SCI)
4. Chu W. C. and Ahn C. B., “Theoretical and Experimental Resolution Limits in High Resolution NMR Imaging and Microscopy,” Journal of Biomedical Engineering - Applications, Basis and Communications, Vol. 4, No. 6, 637-644, 1992. (EI)
5. Chiou J. Y., Yu B. C., Chai J. W., Kao T. and Chu W. C., “Application of Diffusion-weighted Imaging to Human Brain
Diseases,” Chinese Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, Vol. 13, No. 2, 125-136, 1993. (EI)
6. Chu W. C., “Restricted Diffusion in NMR Microscopy,” Journal of Image and Recognition, Vol. 2, No. 5, 15-25, 1994.
(NSC 82-0115-E-010-013)
7.* Chu W. C., Lee S. H., Chu William, Wang T. J. and Lee M. C., "The Use of Arch Index to Characterize Arch Height: a Digital
Image Processing Approach," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 42, No. 11, 1088-1093, 1995. (NSC 83-
0420-E-010-009) (SCI)
8.* Fung Y. R., Cheng H. C., Lien C. C. and Chu W. C., “Accuracy and Precision Studies in MR Flow Quantification,” Chinese
Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, Vol. 15, No. 3, 205-216, 1995. (NSC 83-0420-B-010-045-M08) (EI)
9. Kuo W. Y., Chu W. C., Wu M. C., Chung W. Y., Gwan W. P., Lee Y. L., Pan H. C. and Chang C. Y., “An Evaluation of the
Accuracy of Magnetic Resonance-Guided Gamma Knife Surgery,” Stereotactic Functional Neurosurgery, Vol. 66, 85-92,
1996.(NSC 84-2213-E-010-003) (SCI)
10. Sun T. T., Chu W. C., Lo C. C., Yeh J. and Lee J. S., “Comparison of Dose Distribution and Sensitivity with Radiochromic
and Silver Halide Films for Stereotactic Radiosurgery,” Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Vol. 3, No. 2, 121-127,
1996. (NSC 85-2213-E-010-005)
11.* Chu W., Lee S. H. and Chu W. C., “Correlation Studies Among Footprint Parameters Extracted from Foot Roentgenogram,”
Journal of Biomedical Engineering - Applications, Basis and Communications, Vol. 8, No. 3, 24-29, 1996. Also included in Bioengineering Now, Vol. 11, April, 1997. (EI)
12.* Cheng H. C., Chu W. C. and Chai J. W., “Convergent Flow Phenomenon Mimics the Appearance of Venous Thrombosis in
Gradient-Echo Images with or without the Presence of a Contrast Agent,” Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Vol. 15, No.7,
863-867, 1997. (NSC 85-2331-B-010-080 M08) (SCI)
13.* Shiang T. Y., Lee S. H., Lee S. J. and Chu W. C., “The Evaluation of Different Footprint Parameters as a Predictor of Arch
Height,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 17, No. 6, 62-66, 1998. (NSC 85-2213-E-010-005) (SCI)
14.* Wu M. C., Chu W. C., Kuo W. Y., Chung W. Y. and Pan D. H. C., “Using Ferrous Sulphate Gel and Fast Spin-Echo MR
Images to Measure Radiation Dose Absorption,” Chinese Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, Vol. 18, No. 1,
29-38, 1998. (NSC 85-2213-E-010-005) (EI)
15.* Tzeng Y. J., Chu W. C., Chung W. Y. and Pan D. H. C., “Artificial Neural Network Assisted Gamma Knife Stereotactic
Radiosurgery - Basic Study,” Chinese Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, Vol. 18, No. 2, 97-106, 1998.
(NSC 86-2213-E-010-004) (EI)
16.* Chu W. C., Kuo W. Y., Wu M. C., Chung W. Y. and Pan D. H. C., “The Radiation Induced MR Image Intensity Change
Provides a More Efficient Three-dimensional Dose Measurement in MRI-Fricke-agarose Dosimetry,” Medical Physics,
Vol. 25, No. 12, 2326-2332, 1998. (NSC 86-2213-E-010-004) (SCI)
17.* Kao Y-H, Winkler S. S., Backer E. H., Turski P. A., and Chu W. C., “A Post-Processing Method for Displaying Vessels
from Routine Fast-Spin-Echo Images: MRI-Derived Angiography,” Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Vol. 17, No. 7,
1057-1063, 1999. (SCI)
18. Chung P. C., Chang C. Y., Lin H. C., Chu W. C. and Chiu N. T., “Nasopharyngeal Medical Image Registration under
Different Image Acquisition Angle,” Chinese Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, Vol. 20, No. 2, 103-113,
2000. (EI)
19.* Chu W. C. and Wang J., “Exploring the Dose Gradient Dependency in Ferric Ion Diffusion in MRI-Fricke-infused Gel
Dosimetry,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 45, No. 12, L63-L64, 2000. (SCI)
20.* Chu W. C., “Radiation Dosimetry Using Fricke-infused Gels and Magnetic Resonance Imaging,” Proceedings of the
National Science Council, Part B: Life Science, Vol. 25, No. 1, 1-11, 2001. (NSC 88-2314-01-B-010-089-M08, AEC
N4I04) (PubMed)
21. Chai J. W., Lin Y. C., Chen J. H., Wu C. C., Lee C. P., Chu W. C. and Lee S. K., “In vivo magnetic resonance (MR) study
of fatty liver: importance of intracellular ultrastructural alteration for MR tissue parameters change,” J. Magnetic Resonance
Imaging, Vol. 14, No. 1, 35-41, 2001. (SCI)
22. Sun S-W, Song S-K, Hong C-Y, Chu W. C. and Chang C., “Improving Relative Anisotropy Measurement using Directional Correlation of Diffusion Tensors,” Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Vol. 46, No. 6, 1088-1092, 2001. (NSC 89-2314-B
-001-012-M08) (SCI)
23. Chen J. H., Chai J. W., Chu W. C., Chang J. M., Shen W. C., Lee S. K., “Free breathing magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) at end expiration: a new technique to expand clinical application,” Hepatogastroenterology, Vol. 49, No. 45, 593-6, 2002. (SCI)
24.* Tseng Y. J., Chu W. C., Chung W. Y., Guo W. Y., Kao Y-H, Wang J. and Huang S-C, “The Role of Dose Distribution Gradient
in the Observed Ferric Ion Diffusion Time Scale in MRI-Fricke-Agarose Gel Dosimetry,” Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Vol. 20,
No. 6, 495-502, 2002. (NSC 89-2320-B-010-078, AEC N4I04) (SCI)
25.* Chai Jyh-Wen, Chen Jeon-Hor, Kao Yi-Hsuan, Liao Jan-Ray, Chen Clayton Chi-Chang, Lee San-Kan and Chu W. C., “SPGR
as An Arterial Spin Tagging Technique for Quick Evaluation of Local Perfusion,” J. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Vol. 16, No. 1,
51-59, 2002. (NSC 88-3011-B-075A-002-NU, NSC 89-2745-7-B-075A-001-NU) (SCI)
26.* Sun S-W, Song S-K, Hong C-Y, Chu W. C. and Chang C., “Directional Correlation Characterization and Classification of White
Matter Tracts,” Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Vol. 49, No. 2, 271-275, 2003. (NSC 89-2314-B-001-012-M08) (SCI)
27. Chung P. C., Chang C. Y., Chu W. C. and Lin H. C., “Reconstruction of Medical Images under Different Image Acquisition
Angles,” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics – Part B: Cybernetics, Vol. 33, No. 3, 503-509, 2003. (SCI)
28.* Tseng Y. J., Chang H. H, Chung W. Y., Shiau C. Y., Pan D. H. C. and Chu W. C., “A PC-based Dose Planning System for
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, Vol. 22, No. 5, 92-107, 2003. (SCI)
29.* Tseng Y.J., Huang Sung-Cheng and Chu W. C., “An Image Based Approach to Calculate Ferric ion Diffusion Coefficient in
Fricke-infused agarose gel,” manuscript in preparation.
30.* Wu Y. H., Kao Y-H, Chung W. Y. and Chu W. C., “Dose-response Sensitivity Improvement in the Image-based
MRI-Fricke-infused Gel Dosimetry,” manuscript in preparation.
Conference Presentations: (all refereed)
1. Chu W. C., Bavarian B., Ahn C. B., Kwoh Y. S. and Jonckheere E. A., "Distortion Compensation in MR Images for Robotic
Stereotactic Procedures," Proc. SPIE 1349, 421, 1990.
2. Chu W. C., Ahn C. B. and Cho Z. H., "Monte Carlo Simulation of Diffusion in NMR Microscopy," Book of Abstracts, Society
of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 394, 1990.
3. Cho Z. H., Ahn C. B., Juh S. C., Chu W. C., Friendenberg R. M., Jacobs R. E. and Fraser S. E., "Three Dimensional NMR
Microscopy Towards in vivo Cellular Imaging," IEEE Medical Imaging Conference, 1990.
4. Ahn C. B., Chu W. C. and Cho Z. H., "Optimal Imaging Strategies in 3-D NMR Microscopy," Book of Abstracts, Society of
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 344, 1991.
5. Chu W. C., Ahn C. B., Cho Z. H. and Mourad S. A., "Study of Gradient Coil Vibrations in NMR Microscopy Using Finite
Element Analysis," Book of Abstracts, Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 879, 1991.
6. Chu W. C. and Ahn C. B., "Simulation Study of Resolution Degradation in NMR Microscopy due to Time-varying Gradient,"
Book of Abstracts, Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 4608, 1992.
7. Chu W. C. and Ahn C. B., "Theoretical and Experimental Resolution Limits in Microscopic NMR Imaging," Biomedical
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