Boran Zhou

Assistant Professor

Email

boran.zhou@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor: Radiation Oncology
Baylor College of Medicine

Addresses

2525 HOLLY HALL (Hospital): Houston
United States

Education

BE from Harbin Institute of Technology: 06/2009 - Harbin, China

PhD from University of South Carolina: 12/2014 - Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Residency at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital: 07/2023 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Selected Publications

Zhou, B., Ravindran, S., Ferdous, J., Kidane, A., Sutton, M. A., & Shazly, T.. " Using Digital Image Correlation to Characterize Local Strains on Vascular Tissue Specimens " Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2016 ; 107 : e53625–e53625.
Zhou, Boran ; Shao, Juntao ; Kisby, Cassandra K. ; Zhang, Xiaoming. " Ultrasound vibro- elastography for assessing mechanical properties of porcine reproductive tissues in an ex vivo model " Clinical Biomechanics. 2020 ; 78 : 105093.
Zhou, Boran ; Wang, Jing ; Yang, Xiaofeng ; Henry, Simone ; Lin, Jolinta Y. ; Torres, Mylin A. ; Liu, Tian. " Ultrasound Histogram Assessment of Acute Breast Toxicity after Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy: A Prospective Longitudinal Study " Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 2023 ; 49 (1) : 309-317.
Zhou, Boran ; Yang, Xiaofeng ; Zhang, Xiaoming ; Curran, Walter J. ; Liu, Tian. " Ultrasound Elastography for Lung Disease Assessment " IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. 2020 ; 67 (11) : 2249-2257.
Zhou, B., Alshareef, M., Prim, D., Collins, M., Kempner, M., Hartstone-Rose, A., Eberth, J. F., Rachev, A., & Shazly, T. " The perivascular environment along the vertebral artery governs segment-specific structural and mechanical properties " Acta Biomaterialia. 2016 ; 45 : 286-295.
Zhou, Boran ; Zhang, Xiaoming. " The effect of pleural fluid layers on lung surface wave speed measurement: experimental and numerical studies on a sponge lung phantom " Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials,. 2019 ; 89 : 13-18.
Zhou, Boran ; Bartholmai, Brian J. ; Kalra, Sanjay ; Zhang, Xiaoming. " Predicting lung mass density of patients with interstitial lung disease and healthy subjects using deep neural network and lung ultrasound surface wave elastography " Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 2020 ; 104 : 103682.
Zhou, B., Sit, A. J., & Zhang, X. " Noninvasive measurement of wave speed of porcine cornea in ex vivo porcine eyes for various intraocular pressures " Ultrasonics. 2017 ; 81 : 86-92.
Zhou, B., Bartholmai, B. J., Kalra, S., Osborn, T. G., & Zhang, X.. " Lung Ultrasound Surface Wave Elastography in Interstitial Lung Disease Staging " Radiology. ; 291 (2) : 479-484.
Zhou, B., Bartholmai, B. J., Kalra, S., Osborn, T., & Zhang, X. " Lung Mass Density Prediction using Machine Learning based on Ultrasound Surface Wave Elastography and Pulmonary Function Testing " Journal of Acoustic Society of America. 2021 ; 149 (2) : 1318-1323.
Zhou, B., & Zhang, X. " Lung Mass Density Analysis using Deep Neural Network and Lung Ultrasound Surface Wave Elastography " Ultrasonics. 2018 ; (89) : 173-177.
Zhou, Boran ; Shao, Juntao ; Schaefbauer, Kyle J. ; Egan, Ashley M. ; Carmona, Eva M. ; Limper, Andrew H. ; Zhang, Xiaoming. " Grading Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis in ex vivo Mouse Lungs Using Ultrasound Image Analysis " Journal of ultrasound in medicine. 2020 ; 40 (4) : 763-770.
Zhou, B., Prim, D. A., Romito, E. J., McNamara, L. P., Spinale, F. G., Shazly, T., & Eberth, J. F.. " Contractile Smooth Muscle and Active Stress Generation in Porcine Common Carotids " Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 2018 ; 0145011-0145016.
Zhou, B., Rachev, A., & Shazly, T.. " Biaxial vasoactivity of the Porcine Primary Renal Artery " Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 2015 ; 48 : 28-37.
Zhou, Boran ; Yang, Xiaofeng ; Curran, Walter J. ; Liu, Tian. " Artificial Intelligence in Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging: A Survey " Journal of ultrasound in medicine. 2022 ; 41 (6) : 1329-1342.
Zhou, B., Yang, X., & Liu, T.. " Artificial Intelligence in Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging. " Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 2021 ;
Zhou, Boran ; Chen, John J. ; Kazemi, Arash ; Sit, Arthur J. ; Zhang, Xiaoming. " An Ultrasound Vibro-Elastography Technique for Assessing Papilledema " Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. ; 45 (8) : 2034-2039.
ZHOU, B., WOLF, L., RACHEV, A., & SHAZLY, T. " A Structure-motivated Model of the Passive Mechanical Response of the Primary Porcine Renal Artery " Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology. 2014 ; 14 (3) : 1450033.
Prim, D. A., Zhou, B., Hartstone-Rose, A., Uline, M. J., Shazly, T., & Eberth, J. F.. " A mechanical argument for the differential performance of coronary artery grafts " Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 2016 ; 54 : 93-105.