Research Interests:Medical image processing, Intelligent medical system development, Mixed reality, Serious games, Artificial intelligence, Human-computer interaction, Ergonomics
Main Achievements:Dr. Xiaopeng Yang has hosted and participated in 4 projects funded by National Research Foundation of Korea, 2 Korea ministerial level projects, and 1 project funded by a national university hospital in Korea (total funding completed: 6.8 million). He has been focusing on research areas about intelligent medical system development and ergonomic product design. He has published more than 50 papers (27 as first author) on well-known journals and conferences in the areas of computer technology in biomedicine and human factors, including 13 SCI papers (6 as first author). He has 1 Korean patent authorized and 1 Chinese patent under review. He has two intelligent healthcare products commercialized in Korea, a 3D virtual liver surgery planning system Dr. Liver and a brain fitness system Smart Harmony for preventing dementia. The invented products won the bronze prize of the Korea Invention Patent Exhibition and the ergonomic design award of Jr. Grand Prix. The products have been purchased by more than 30 medical institutions and rehabilitation centers in Korea.
Current Projects:Development of liver surgery navigation system, 3D reconstruction of fetal specimens based on sequentially scanned high-definition RGB images, Optical brain-machine interface based on real-time calcium imaging and its application, Anatomical basis and operation of the knee under arthroscopy based on VR, Virtual human body science museum construction