Geng Ku

7.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
62 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Geng Ku is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Geng Ku has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 37 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 30 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Geng Ku's work include Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (56 papers), Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques (27 papers) and Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques (23 papers). Geng Ku is often cited by papers focused on Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (56 papers), Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques (27 papers) and Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques (23 papers). Geng Ku collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Geng Ku's co-authors include Lihong V. Wang, George Stoica, Xueding Wang, Xueyi Xie, Chun Li, Min Zhou, Qian Huang, Shaoli Song, John D. Hazle and Manojit Pramanik and has published in prestigious journals such as Nano Letters, ACS Nano and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Geng Ku

58 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Noninvasive laser-induced photoacoustic tomography for structural and functional in vivo imaging of the brain

2003 1.3k citations Xueding Wang, Geng Ku et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
Copper Sulfide Nanoparticles As a New Class of Photoacoustic Contrast Agent for Deep Tissue Imaging at 1064 nm

2012 475 citations Geng Ku, Min Zhou et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Geng Ku United States	31	5.2k	2.3k	2.1k	547	542	62	5.7k
Srirang Manohar Netherlands	35	3.2k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	314 0.6×	460 0.8×	158	4.0k
Manojit Pramanik Singapore	44	6.3k 1.2×	2.0k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	872 1.6×	1.4k 2.7×	185	7.1k
Liang Song China	39	3.2k 0.6×	912 0.4×	916 0.4×	574 1.0×	1000 1.8×	96	4.0k
Johanna Gellermann Germany	28	3.3k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	294 0.1×	455 0.8×	328 0.6×	61	4.2k
Christopher Favazza United States	23	2.1k 0.4×	836 0.4×	618 0.3×	230 0.4×	361 0.7×	86	2.8k
Lei Xi China	33	3.1k 0.6×	825 0.4×	806 0.4×	405 0.7×	1.0k 1.9×	138	3.6k
Paul Kumar Upputuri Singapore	27	3.1k 0.6×	543 0.2×	475 0.2×	657 1.2×	1.1k 2.1×	60	3.6k
Srivalleesha Mallidi United States	28	3.0k 0.6×	657 0.3×	473 0.2×	476 0.9×	636 1.2×	94	3.5k
Junhui Shi China	30	2.6k 0.5×	985 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	253 0.5×	355 0.7×	118	3.5k
Rinat O. Esenaliev United States	33	2.7k 0.5×	1.7k 0.7×	639 0.3×	279 0.5×	404 0.7×	145	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Geng Ku

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Geng Ku

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Geng Ku. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Geng Ku based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Geng Ku. Geng Ku is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Cao, Qizhen, Wanqin Wang, Min Zhou, et al.. (2020). Induction of antitumor immunity in mice by the combination of nanoparticle-based photothermolysis and anti-PD-1 checkpoint inhibition. Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 25. 102169–102169. 30 indexed citations

Song, Shaoli, Min Zhou, Geng Ku, et al.. (2011). [64Cu]CuS nanoparticles as a dual PET/CT and photoacoustic imaging agent for sentinel lymph nodes mapping. 52. 1506–1506. 1 indexed citations

Song, Shaoli, Chiyi Xiong, Min Zhou, et al.. (2011). Small-Animal PET of Tumor Damage Induced by Photothermal Ablation with ⁶⁴Cu-Bis-DOTA-Hypericin. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 52(5). 792–799. 45 indexed citations

Li, Li, Konstantin Maslov, Geng Ku, & Lihong V. Wang. (2009). Three-dimensional combined photoacoustic and optical coherence microscopy for in vivo microcirculation studies. Optics Express. 17(19). 16450–16450. 83 indexed citations

Lü, Wei, Qian Huang, Geng Ku, et al.. (2009). Photoacoustic imaging of living mouse brain vasculature using hollow gold nanospheres. Biomaterials. 31(9). 2617–2626. 242 indexed citations

Pramanik, Manojit, Geng Ku, & Lihong V. Wang. (2009). Tangential resolution improvement in thermoacoustic and photoacoustic tomography using a negative acoustic lens. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 14(2). 24028–24028. 50 indexed citations

Li, Changhui, Geng Ku, & Lihong V. Wang. (2008). Negative lens concept for photoacoustic tomography. Physical Review E. 78(2). 21901–21901. 39 indexed citations

Xie, Yao, et al.. (2008). Adaptive and Robust Methods of Reconstruction (ARMOR) for Thermoacoustic Tomography. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 55(12). 2741–2752. 32 indexed citations

Li, Changhui, Manojit Pramanik, Geng Ku, & Lihong V. Wang. (2008). Image distortion in thermoacoustic tomography caused by microwave diffraction. Physical Review E. 77(3). 31923–31923. 41 indexed citations

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Wang, Lihong V., Xueding Wang, Geng Ku, Xueyi Xie, & George Stoica. (2005). High-resolution ultrasound-aided biophotonic imaging. PubMed. 4. 5307–5310.

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Ku, Geng, Xueding Wang, Xueyi Xie, George Stoica, & Lihong V. Wang. (2005). Imaging of tumor angiogenesis in rat brains in vivo by photoacoustic tomography. Applied Optics. 44(5). 770–770. 168 indexed citations

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Anastasio, Mark A., Jin Zhang, Xiaochuan Pan, et al.. (2005). Half-time image reconstruction in thermoacoustic tomography. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 24(2). 199–210. 102 indexed citations

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Ku, Geng, Xueding Wang, George Stoica, & Lihong V. Wang. (2004). Multiple-bandwidth photoacoustic tomography. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 49(7). 1329–1338. 158 indexed citations

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Wang, Xueding, et al.. (2004). Noninvasive photoacoustic angiography of animal brains in vivo with near-infrared light and an optical contrast agent. Optics Letters. 29(7). 730–730. 194 indexed citations

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Wang, Xueding, et al.. (2003). Noninvasive laser-induced photoacoustic tomography for structural and functional in vivo imaging of the brain. Nature Biotechnology. 21(7). 803–806. 1283 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Xueding, et al.. (2003). Three-dimensional laser-induced photoacoustic tomography of mouse brain with the skin and skull intact. Optics Letters. 28(19). 1739–1739. 157 indexed citations

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Li, Jun, Geng Ku, & Lihong V. Wang. (2002). Ultrasound-modulated optical tomography of biological tissue by use of contrast of laser speckles. Applied Optics. 41(28). 6030–6030. 77 indexed citations

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Ku, Geng & Lihong V. Wang. (2001). Scanning microwave-induced thermoacoustic tomography: Signal, resolution, and contrast. Medical Physics. 28(1). 4–10. 133 indexed citations

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Xu, Minghua, Geng Ku, & Lihong V. Wang. (2001). Microwave‐induced thermoacoustic tomography using multi‐sector scanning. Medical Physics. 28(9). 1958–1963. 49 indexed citations

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Ku, Geng & Lihong V. Wang. (2000). Scanning thermoacoustic tomography in biological tissue. Medical Physics. 27(5). 1195–1202. 122 indexed citations

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