Yikang Liu
Expert Research Scientist, Medical Imaging AI at United Imaging Intelligence
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolYikang Liu is an Expert Research Scientist in Medical Imaging AI with 11 years of experience developing clinically oriented algorithms for image enhancement, segmentation, tracking, denoising, and super-resolution. Based in Boston, he has advanced AI for interventional C-arm X‑ray systems at United Imaging Intelligence, moving research models into deployed product features. His PhD-trained background in biomedical engineering and prior fMRI and perfusion MRI work inform a strong cross-disciplinary fluency between neuroscience, imaging physics, and machine learning. He has a track record of producing patents and peer-reviewed work, plus hands-on experience deploying self-supervised and artifact-suppression models in commercial workflows. Known for mentoring students and consulting across clinical research groups, he brings practical statistical rigor and production-minded engineering to medical AI problems. Notably, his career blends deep academic research with end-to-end product integration, delivering models that generalize well across real-world imaging hardware.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Biomedical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Biomedical Engineering at Penn State UniversityBachelor's Degree Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor's Degree Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Science and Technology of China
Chinese, EnglishProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
liu-yikang/SHERM-rodentSkullStrip
Apr 2018 - Feb 2021
Contributions:22 commits, 21 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 10 months
liu-yikang/rat_rsfmri_preprocessing
Nov 2019 - Mar 2022
Contributions:43 commits, 39 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
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