Guan Xu

 Guan Xu
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Medical School
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Medical School and College of Engineering
University of Michigan Medical School
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
1000 Wall St Room 437
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
[email protected]
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Guan Xu
Guan Xu
Assistant 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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    • 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;
    • Preprint
      Detecting visual deficits in retinal degeneration mice using photoacoustic tomography
      XU G. 2026 Feb 11; Research Square, DOI:10.21203/rs.3.rs-8735186/v1
    • Preprint
      Detecting visual deficits in retinal degeneration mice using photoacoustic tomography
      Xu G. 2026 Feb 5; bioRxiv, DOI:10.64898/2026.01.30.702640
    • Journal Article
      Characterizing Muscle Components in Intestinal Strictures Using Spectroscopic Photoacoustic Imaging
      Peng X, Ni L, Johnson L, Huang Y, Zhang W, Wang X, Higgins PDR, Xu G. Journal of Biophotonics, 2026 Feb 1; 19 (2): DOI:10.1002/jbio.70237
    • Presentation
      Photoacoustic imaging in vision research
      Xu G. 2025 Apr 22;
    • Journal Article
      Translational photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging catheter for characterizing gastrointestinal inflammation and fibrosis: a study with a pig model in vivo
      Huang Y, Johnson LA, Peng X, Lee Y, Wang X, Higgins PDR, Xu G. Biomedical Optics Express, 2026 Jan 1; 17 (1): 98 - 108. DOI:10.1364/BOE.577556