I am an Assistant Professor in Department of Computer Science and Technology, School of Informatics, Xiamen University. I received my B.S. and Ph.D. degrees (Hons.) in Biomedical Engineering from Tsinghua University. I joined the Cardiovascular Imaging and Dynamics Laboratory in KU Leuven as a Visiting Scholar in 2015. My research interests include ultrasound beamforming, high-frame-rate ultrasound imaging, volumetric ultrasound, microvascular imaging, and medical image processing and analysis.

Research Interests

• Medical ultrasound imaging
• Ultrasound beamforming
• Microvascular imaging
• Volumetric ultrasound Imaging
• Medical image processing and analysis
• Machine learning and deep learning

Contact

E-mail: yinran_chen@xmu.edu.cn

Experience

• 2019.10 - present: Assistant Professor, School of Informatics, Xiamen University
• 2014.08 - 2019.07: Doctor of Philosophy (Hons.), Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University (Advisor: Prof. Jianwen Luo)
• 2015.07 - 2015.08: Visiting Scholar, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven (Advisor: Prof. Jan D’hooge)
• 2010.08 - 2014.07: Bachelor of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University

Projects

• 2025.01 - 2028.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China (国家自然科学基金面上项目), PI.
• 2021.01 - 2023.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China (国家自然科学基金青年项目), PI.
• 2023.07 - 2025.06, Enterprise-College Cooperation Project (企业-高校横向合作项目), PI.
• 2024.11 - 2027.11, Fujian Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (福建省自然科学基金面上项目), PI.
• 2020.01 - 2023.12, Fujian Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (福建省自然科学基金青年创新项目), PI.
• 2024.07 - 2027.06, Natural Science Foundation of Xiamen, China (厦门市自然科学基金面上项目), PI.
• 2024.01 - 2025.12, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (厦门大学校长基金), PI.
• 2021.01 - 2022.12, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (厦门大学校长基金), PI.
• 2020.01 - 2020.12, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (厦门大学校长基金), PI.

Service

Conference Committee

• Technical Program Committee (TPC) Member of IEEE IUS
• Poster Session Chair: 2023 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS 2023)
• Technical Committee: 2023 International Conference on Medical Computer Vision and Robotics
• Local Committee Co-Chair: 2022 International Conference on Control and Computer Vision

Reviewer

• IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (Distinguished Reviewer 2023-2024)
• IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
• IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control
• IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
• IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
• IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
• IET Image Processing
• Physics in Medicine and Biology
• Computers in Biology and Medicine
• Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention Society (MICCAI 2024, 2025)
• IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2023, 2024, 2025)

Awards

• 2024: IEEE UFFC-JS Student Travel Grant Award
• 2022: Young Teachers Teaching Skills Competition of Xiamen University (Second Prize)
• 2021: High-Calibre Talent, Class B, Fujian Province (福建省引进高层次人才B类)
• 2019: IEEE IUS Student Travel Grant Award
• 2019: National Scholarship
• 2019: Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Tsinghua University (Top 10%)
• 2019: Excellent Graduate of Tsinghua University
• 2016: IEEE IUS Student Travel Grant Award