Guan Xu

 Guan Xu
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Medical School
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Medical School and College of Engineering
Office:
University of Michigan Medical School
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
1000 Wall St Room 437
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Email:
[email protected]
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Guan Xu
Guan Xu
Associate Professor
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    • Qualifications
    • Postdoctoral training
      University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States
      2012 - 2014

    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Rogel Cancer Center

    Research Overview

    Biomedical optics imaging technologies, including diffuse optical tomography, optical coherence tomography and photoacoustic tomography;
    Multi-modality imaging combining ultrasound and optical imaging technologies;
    Application the imaging technologies in functional brain imaging, glaucoma, non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases, inflammatory bowel disease, finger arthritis, as well as prostate cancer.
    Elasticity measurements using strain-photoacoustic imaging and its application in ophthalmology.

    Links
    • https://sites.google.com/umich.edu/gxbib/hom

    Recent Publications

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    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      An All Optical Photoacoustic Imaging Needle for Assessing Microscopic Tissue Morphology
      Xu G. 2026 Oct 4;
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Assessing Intestinal Fibrosis Using a Translational Endoscopic Photoacoustic/Ultrasound Balloon Catheter
      Xu G. 2026 Oct 4;
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Photoacoustic Imaging of Evoked Cortical and Subcortical Responses in the Brain of free-Moving Mice
      Xu G. 2026 Oct 4;
    • Presentation
      Clinical application of endoscopic photoacoustic imaging
      2026 Sep 5;
    • Journal Article
      An intelligent point-of-care photoacoustic and ultrasound dual-modality imaging system for Rheumatoid arthritis in fingers: Technical development and initial clinical test
      Peng X, Koo K, Qiu J, Karageorgos G, Dentinger A, Xu Z, Ragupathi S, Yang Z, Ghose S, Jo J, Abdulaziz N, Xu G, Zhao W, Chamberland D, Draelos M, Gandikota G, Mills D, Wang X. Photoacoustics, 2026 Aug 1; 50: DOI:10.1016/j.pacs.2026.100849
    • Journal Article
      Imprinted high-Q polymer micro-ring resonator array for high-resolution photoacoustic tomography
      Kim H, Lin WK, Ni L, Ali M, Wang X, Xu G, Guo LJ. Opto Electronic Advances, 2026 Jun 1; 9 (6): DOI:10.29026/oea.2026.250215
    • Presentation
      Photoacoustic imaging in abdominal imaging and vision research
      Xu G. 2025 Apr 22;
    • Presentation
      Identifying Prostrate Cancer using Microring Resonator Array based Photoacoustic Tomography
      Xu G. 2026 Sep 13;