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Lawrence H Le
University: 
University of Alberta
Title: 
Professor, Medical Physics
Email: 
lawrence.le@ualberta.ca

Education

● Master of Business Administration, University of Alberta, 1999

● Ph.D. in Physics, University of Alberta, 1991

● M.Sc. in Physics, University of Alberta, 1987

Professional Experiences

● 2014 – Present Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai China

● 2013 – Present Professor, Dept. of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta

● 2011 – Present Adjunct professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Yunnan University, Yunnan China

● 2009 – Present Medical Physicist, Regional Diagnostic Imaging, Edmonton – Alberta Health Services

● 2009 – Present Team Leader, Authorized Radiation Protection Agency, Edmonton

● 2009 – Present Medical Physicist, Diagnostic Imaging, Edmonton – Alberta Health Services

● 2005 – Present Adjunct Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta

● 1999 – Present Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics, University of Alberta

Research Interests

● Ultrasonic physics and imaging of bone tissues

● Ultrasound imaging of the spine

● Ultrasonic wave propagation

● Signal processing/Image processing

Scientific Publications

  1. Tran T N H T, Le L H, Sacchi M D, et al. Sensitivity analysis of ultrasonic guided waves propagating in trilayered bone models: a numerical study[J]. Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology, 2018: 1-11.

  2. Khodaei M, Hill D, Zheng R, et al. Intra-and inter-rater reliability of spinal flexibility measurements using ultrasonic (US) images for non-surgical candidates with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a pilot study[J]. European Spine Journal, 2018: 1-9.

  3. Tran T N, Sacchi M D, Nguyen V H, et al. A nonlinear grid-search inversion for cortical bone thickness and ultrasonic velocities[J]. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2018, 143(3): 1775-1775.

  4. Zhang Y, Jar P Y B, Nguyen K C T, et al. Characterization of ductile damage in polyethylene plate using ultrasonic testing[J]. Polymer Testing, 2017, 62: 51-60.

  5. Nguyen V H, Tran T N H T, Sacchi M D, et al. Computing dispersion curves of elastic/viscoelastic transversely-isotropic bone plates coupled with soft tissue and marrow using semi-analytical finite element (SAFE) method[J]. Computers in biology and medicine, 2017, 87: 371-381.

  6. Zheng R, Hill D, Hedden D, et al. Assessment of Curve Flexibility on Scoliotic Surgical Candidates Using Ultrasound Imaging Method[J]. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 2017, 43(5): 934-942.

  7. Nguyen K C T, Le L H, Kaipatur N R, et al. High-Resolution Ultrasonic Imaging of Dento-Periodontal Tissues Using a Multi-Element Phased Array System[J]. Annals of biomedical engineering, 2016, 44(10): 2874-2886.

  8. Chen W, Le L H, Lou E H M. Reliability of the axial vertebral rotation measurements of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis using the center of lamina method on ultrasound images: in vitro and in vivo study[J]. European Spine Journal, 2016, 25(10): 3265-3273.

  9. Vafaeian B, Le L H, Tran T, et al. Micro-scale finite element modeling of ultrasound propagation in aluminum trabecular bone-mimicking phantoms: A comparison between numerical simulation and experimental results[J]. Ultrasonics, 2016, 68: 17-28.

  10. Zheng R, Young M, Hill D, et al. Improvement on the accuracy and reliability of ultrasound coronal curvature measurement on adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with the aid of previous radiographs[J]. Spine, 2016, 41(5): 404-411.

  11. Nguyen K C T, Le L H, Kaipatur N R, et al. Imaging the cemento-enamel junction using a 20-MHz ultrasonic transducer[J]. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 2016, 42(1): 333-338.

  12. Vo Q N, Lou E H M, Le L H. Measurement of axial vertebral rotation using three-dimensional ultrasound images[J]. Scoliosis, 2015, 10(2): S7.