Education:
B.S., National Chiao Tung University, TAIWAN, Applied Mathematics
M.S., Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA, Electrical Engineering
Ph.D., Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA, Electrical Engineering

Professional Experience:
Affiliated Scientist, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, US National Institutes of Health (2012~2018)
Postdoctoral research fellow, Dept. of Regenerative Medicine, US Naval Medical Research Center
Research intern, Division of Image and Applied Mathematics, US FDA (Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education Fellowship)

Research Interests:
Multi/Hyperspectral Image and Data Analysis,
Medical Image processing,
Biomedical Signal processing,
Detection and Estimation theory,
Pattern Recognition,
Multivariate Data Analysis

Patent:
N. Safdar, B. Ramakrishna, C.-I Chang, W. Liu, K. Siddiqui, E. Siegel, Detecting Meniscal Tears in Non-Invasive Scans, US 8,180,126 B2.

Publications

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Workshop/Poster/Talk:
H. D. Komarow, J. Meyer, A. M. Gorbach, W. Liu, N. Medic1, M. Young, C. Nelson1, S. Arceo1, A. Desai1, D. D. Metcalfe, "Real-time Imaging Assessment of Blood Flow, Temperature and Skin Color on Patients with Cold-induced Urticaria: Correlation with Histamine and Tryptase Release", AAAAI Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, March, 2012.

W. Liu, "From remote Sensing to Medical Imaging", Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Culture University, Dec. 29, 2011.

H. Ackerman, A. Gorbach, W. Liu, J. Meyer, P. Littel, C. Seamon, E. Footman, A. Chi, S. Zorca, M. Krajewski, M. Cuttica, R. F. Machado, R. O. Cannon 3rd, and Gregory J. Kato, "Infrared Imaging for Assessment of Blood Flow in Adults with Sickle Cell Anemia," 5th Annual Sickle Cell Disease Research and Educational Symposium & Annual National Sickle Cell Disease Scientific Meeting, Hollywood, Florida, USA, Feb. 2011.

W. Liu, “Observing Temperature Dynamics in Humans Using Infrared Imaging,” graduate student seminar in Dept. of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, Nov. 5, 2010.

A. Dementyev, C.G. Scully, W. Liu, J. Meyer, and A.M. Gorbach, "Continuous Monitoring of Skin Temperature Fluctuations using High Resolution Dermal Patches," mHealth Summit, Washington DC, USA, Nov. 8-10, 2010.

W. Liu, J. Meyer, G. Kato, E. Elster, and A. Gorbach, "Functional Infrared Imaging: A Supplemental Tool for Strain Gauge Plethysmography," Research Festival, National Institute of Health, Maryland, USA, Oct, 5-8, 2010.

J. Meyer, W. Liu, C. Scully, and A Gorbach, "Monitoring Forearm Blood Flow using Infrared, Laser Speckle, and TiVi Imaging Simultaneously," Research Festival, National Institute of Health, Maryland, USA, Oct, 5-8, 2010.

C. Scully, W. Liu, J. Meyer, A. Dementyev, F. Levi, and A. Gorbach, "Skin Temperature as a Potential Marker of Ultradian and Circadian Rhythmicity," Research Festival, National Institute of Health, Maryland, USA, Oct, 5-8, 2010.

A.M. Gorbach, W. Liu, B. Wiedenbeck, A. Chen, and J. Yanovski, “An Attempt to Identify Brown Fat in Humans with Functional Infrared Imaging: Pilot Study,” Research Festival, National Institute of Health, MD, USA, Oct 6-9, 2009.

A. Gorbach, W. Liu, B. Wiedenbeck, and J. Yanovski, “Pilot Studies to Identify Brown Fat in Humans Using Functional Infrared Imaging,” Human Brown Adipose Tissue Workshop, National Institute of Health, MD, USA, Apr 2009.

W. Liu and C.–I. Chang, "Automatic hyperspectral target detection using maximum orthogonal subspace projection," International Symposium of Spectral Sensing Research (ISSSR), Hoboken, NJ, USA, June 2008.

N. M. Safdar, K. M. Siddiqui, W. Kim, B. Ramakrishna, W. Liu, G. Saiprasad, and E. L. Siegel, “Comparison of a Novel Computer-aided Detection Tool in Identifying Meniscal Tears with Radiologist Interpretations,” RSNA 93rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, Nov. 2007.

B. Ramakrishna, W. Liu, N.M. Safdar, K. M. Siddiqui, W. Kim, G. Saiprasad, C. -I. Chang, and E. L. Siegel, "Demonstration of a newly Computer-Aided Detection Tool for Meniscal Tears," RSNA 93rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, Nov. 2007.

B. Ramakrishna, W. Liu, K. Siddiqui, W. Kim, K. Juluru, C.-I Chang, and E. Siegel, “An Automated Tool for Assessment of Tumor Viability and Tumor Burden in Liver Tissue on MRI Scans,” Computer Assisted Radiology and Surger, Berlin, Germany, June. 2007.