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Publications

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  • Preprints â€‹

  1. ​Wang, Zhaoqiang, et al. "Kilohertz volumetric imaging of in-vivo dynamics using squeezed light field microscopy." bioRxiv (2024): 2024-03. Link

  2. Ma, Yayao, et al. "Light-field tomographic fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy." Research Square (2023). Link

  3. Park, Jongchan, and Liang Gao. "Cascaded compressed-sensing single-pixel camera for high-dimensional optical imaging." Research Square (2023). Link

  • Journal articles

  1. Park, Jongchan, and Liang Gao. "Advancements in fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy Instrumentation: Towards high speed and 3D." Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science 30:101147 (2024). Link 

  2. Ruixuan Zhao, Qi Cui, Zhaoqiang Wang, and Liang Gao, "Coded aperture snapshot hyperspectral light field tomography," Opt. Express 31, 37336-37347 (2023) Link (Editor’s Pick; Featured Image of the week)

  3. Zhao, R., Yang, C., Smith, R.T., and Gao L. Coded aperture snapshot spectral imaging fundus camera. Sci Rep 13, 12007 (2023). Link

  4. Zhaoqiang Wang, Tzung K. Hsiai, and Liang Gao, "Augmented light field tomography through parallel spectral encoding," Optica 10, 62-65 (2023) Link 

  5. Jaeyul Lee, Xiaoxi Du, Jongchan Park, Qi Cui, Rishyashring R. Iyer, Stephen A. Boppart, and Liang Gao, "Tunable image-mapping optical coherence tomography," Biomed. Opt. Express 14, 627-638 (2023) Link 

  6. Qi Cui, Jongchan Park, Jaeyul Lee, Zhaoqiang Wang, and Liang Gao, "Tunable image projection spectrometry," Biomed. Opt. Express 13, 6457-6469 (2022) Link

  7. Xiaoxi Du, Yosef Koronyo, Nazanin Mirzaei, Chengshuai Yang, Dieu-Trang Fuchs, Keith L Black, Maya Koronyo-Hamaoui, Liang Gao, Label-free hyperspectral imaging and deep-learning prediction of retinal amyloid β-protein and phosphorylated Tau, PNAS Nexus, pgac164 (2022). Link

  8. Feng, X., Ma, Y. & Gao, L. Compact light field photography towards versatile three-dimensional vision. Nat Commun 13, 3333 (2022). Link

  9. Jongchan Park and Liang Gao, "Continuously streaming compressed high-speed photography using time delay integration," Optica 8, 1620-1623 (2021) Link

  10. Qi Cui, Jongchan Park, Yayao Ma, and Liang Gao, "Snapshot hyperspectral light field tomography," Optica 8, 1552-1558 (2021) Link

  11. Jongchan Park, David J. Brady, Guoan Zheng, Lei Tian, Liang Gao, "Review of bio-optical imaging systems with a high space-bandwidth product," Adv. Photon. 3(4) 044001 (2021) Link

  12. Jorge Tordera Mora, Xiaohua Feng, Nikhila Nyayapathi, Jun Xia, Liang Gao, "Generalized spatial coherence reconstruction for photoacoustic computed tomography," J. Biomed. Opt. 26(4) 046002 (2021) Link

  13. Feng, X., Gao, L. Ultrafast light field tomography for snapshot transient and non-line-of-sight imaging. Nat Commun 12, 2179 (2021) (Editor’s Highlights) (Highlighted by Frontier in Photonics). Link 

  14. Ma, Y., Lee, Y., Best-Popescu, C. & Gao, L. High-speed compressed-sensing fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy of live cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, e2004176118 (2021). Link

  15. Park, J., Feng, X., Liang, R., and Gao, L. "Snapshot multidimensional photography through active optical mapping." Nat Commun 11, 5602 (2020). Link

  16. Chenliang Chang, Kiseung Bang, Gordon Wetzstein, Byoungho Lee, and Liang Gao, "Toward the next-generation VR/AR optics: a review of holographic near-eye displays from a human-centric perspective," Optica 7, 1563-1578 (2020) Link

  17. Qi Cui, Shuaishuai Zhu, and Liang Gao, "Developing an optical design pipeline for correcting lens aberrations and vignetting in light field cameras," Opt. Express 28, 33632-33643 (2020) Link

  18. Rishyashring R. Iyer, Mantas Žurauskas, Qi Cui, Liang Gao, R. Theodore Smith, and Stephen A. Boppart, "Full-field spectral-domain optical interferometry for snapshot three-dimensional microscopy," Biomed. Opt. Express 11, 5903-5919 (2020) Link

  19. Yayao Ma, Xiaohua Feng, and Liang Gao, "Deep-learning-based image reconstruction for compressed ultrafast photography," Opt. Lett. 45, 4400-4403 (2020) Link

  20. Xiaohua Feng and Liang Gao, "Improving non-line-of-sight image reconstruction with weighting factors," Opt. Lett. 45, 3921-3924 (2020) Link

  21. Qi Cui, Jongchan Park, Rishyashring R. Iyer, Mantas Žurauskas, Stephen A. Boppart, R. Theodore Smith, and Liang Gao, "Development of a fast calibration method for image mapping spectrometry," Appl. Opt. 59, 6062-6069 (2020) Link

  22. J. Orellanos-Rios, S. Yokoyama, A. Bhuiyan, L. Gao, O. Otero-Marquez, and R. Theodore Smith, (2020) “Translational Retinal Imaging”, Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology, 9(3), 269-277. Link

  23. Wei Cui, Chenliang Chang, and Liang Gao, “Development of an ultra-compact optical combiner for augmented reality using geometric phase lenses,” Opt. Lett. 45, 2808-2811 (2020) Link

  24. S. Zhu, X. Lv, X. Feng, J. Lin, P. Jin and L. Gao, “Plenoptic Face Presentation Attack Detection,” IEEE Access. (2020) Link

  25. Dalong Qi, Shian Zhang, Chengshuai Yang, Yilin He, Fengyan Cao, Jiali Yao, Pengpeng Ding, Liang Gao, Tianqing Jia, Jinyang Liang, Zhenrong Sun, Lihong V. Wang, “Single-shot compressed ultrafast photography: a review,” Adv. Photon. 2(1) 014003 (28 February 2020) Link

  26. Qi Cui, Jongchan Park, R. Theodore Smith, and Liang Gao, “Snapshot hyperspectral light field imaging using image mapping spectrometry,” Opt. Lett. 45, 772-775 (2020) Link  (Editor’s Pick)

  27. Chenliang Chang, Wei Cui, and Liang Gao, “Foveated holographic near-eye 3D display,” Opt. Express 28, 1345-1356 (2020) Link

  28. Chang, C., Cui, W., Park, J., and Gao, L. Computational holographic Maxwellian near-eye display with an expanded eyebox. Sci Rep 9, 18749 (2019) Link

  29. Chenliang Chang, Wei Cui, and Liang Gao, “Holographic multiplane near-eye display based on amplitude-only wavefront modulation,” Opt. Express 27, 30960-30970 (2019) Link

  30. Jorge Tordera Mora, Xiaohua Feng, and Liang Gao, “Photoacoustic shadow-casting microscopy,” Opt. Lett. 44, 3897-3900 (2019) Link (Editor’s Pick)

  31. Feng, X. and Gao, L. (2019). “Robust structured-light depth mapping via recursive decomposition of binary codes.” Opt. Eng., 58(6): 1-4, 4. Link

  32. Cui, W, Gao, L. Development of a parameterization image stitching algorithm for ultrashort throw laser MEMS projectors. J Soc Inf Display. (2019). 1– 7. Link

  33. Cui, W. and Gao, L. “All-passive transformable optical mapping near-eye display.” Sci Rep 9(1): 6064. (2019) Link

  34. Chengshuai, Y., Dalong, Q., Jinyang, L., Xing, W., Fengyan, C., Yilin, H., Xiaoping, O., Baoqiang, Z., Wenlong, W., Tianqing, J., Jinshou, T., Liang, Gao, Zhenrong, S., Shian, Z. & Lihong, V. W. “Compressed ultrafast photography by multi-encoding imaging”. Laser Phys Lett 15, 116202 (2018). Link

  35. Shuaishuai Zhu, Liang Gao, Yu Zhang, Jie Lin, and Peng Jin, “Complete plenoptic imaging using a single detector,” Opt. Express 26, 26495-26510 (2018) Link (Featured on Spotlight in Optics).

  36. Chenfei Hu, Shuaishuai Zhu, Liang Gao, and Gabriel Popescu, “Endoscopic diffraction phase microscopy,” Opt. Lett. 43, 3373-3376 (2018) Link (Editor’s Pick)

  37. Shuaishuai Zhu, Peng Jin, Rongguang Liang, Liang Gao, “Optical design and development of a snapshot light-field laryngoscope,” Opt. Eng. 57(2), 023110 (2018) Link

  38. Chengshuai Yang, Dalong Qi, Xing Wang, Fengyan Cao, Yilin He, Wenlong Wen, Tianqing Jia, Jinshou Tian, Zhenrong Sun, Liang Gao, Shian Zhang, and Lihong V. Wang, “Optimizing codes for compressed ultrafast photography by the genetic algorithm,” Optica 5, 147-151 (2018) Link

  39. Shuaishuai Zhu, Andy Lai, Katherine Eaton, Peng Jin, and Liang Gao, “On the fundamental comparison between unfocused and focused light field cameras,” Appl. Opt. 57, A1-A11 (2018) Link (Editor’s Pick)

  40. Wei Cui and Liang Gao, “Optical mapping near-eye three-dimensional display with correct focus cues,” Opt. Lett. 42, 2475-2478 (2017) Link

  41. J. Liang, C. Ma, L. Zhu, Y. Chen, L. Gao, L. V. Wang, “Single-shot real-time video recording of a photonic Mach cone induced by a scattered light pulse”, Science Advances, 3, e1601814 (2017). Link 

  42. L. Zhu, Y. Chen, J. Liang, Q. Xu, L. Gao, C. Ma, L. V. Wang, “Space- and intensity-constrained reconstruction for compressed ultrafast photography”, Optica, 3, 694-697 (2016). Link 

  43. H. Mikami, L. Gao, and K. Goda, “Ultrafast optical imaging technology: principles and applications of emerging methods”, Nanophotonics, 5, 98-110 (2016). Link

  44. L. Gao and L. V. Wang, “A review of snapshot multidimensional optical imaging: measuring photon tags in parallel”, Physics Report (2015), doi:10.1016/j.physrep.2015.12.004. Link

  45. J. Liang, L. Gao, P. Hai, and L. V. Wang, “Encrypted three-dimensional dynamic imaging using snapshot compressed ultrafast photography”, Sci Rep 5 (2015), 15504. Link

  46. L. Gao, “QSIM: Quantitative structured illumination microscopy image processing in ImageJ,” BioMedical Engineering OnLine 14 (2015), doi:10.1186/1475-925X-14-4. Link

  47. L. Gao, J. Liang, C. Li, and L. V. Wang, “Single-shot compressed ultrafast photography at one hundred billion frames per second”, Nature, 516, 74-77 (2014) (Cover Article) Link.

  48. L. V. Wang and L. Gao, “Photoacoustic microscopy and computed tomography: from bench to bedside”, Annu. Rev. Biomed. Eng. 16, 155 (2014). Link PDF

  49. L. Gao and R. T. Smith, “Optical hyperspectral imaging in microscopy and spectroscopy – a review of data acquisition”, J. Biophotonics (2014). DOI 10.1002/jbio.201400051. Link PDF

  50. L. Zhu, L. Li, L. Gao, and L. V. Wang, “Multi-view optical resolution photoacoustic microscopy”, Optica. 1(4), 217 (2014). Link PDF

  51. J. Liang, L. Gao, C. Li, and L. V. Wang, “Spatially Fourier-encoded photoacoustic microscopy using a digital micromirror device”, Opt. Letts. 39(3), 430 (2014). Link PDF

  52. L. Gao, L. Zhu, C. Li, and L. V. Wang, “Nonlinear light-sheet fluorescence imaging by photobleaching imprinting microscopy”, J. R. Soc. Interface 11, 20130851 (2014). Link PDF

  53. L. Gao , A. Garcia-Uribe , Y. Liu , C. Li, and L. V. Wang, “Photobleaching imprinting microscopy: seeing clearer and deeper”, J. Cell. Sci. (2013). doi: 10.1242/jcs.142943. Link PDF

  54. C. Li, L. Gao, Y. Liu, and L. V. Wang, “Optical sectioning by wide-field photobleaching imprinting microscopy”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 183703 (2013). Link PDF

  55. C. Li, C. Zhang, L. Gao, A. Garcia-Uribe, and L. V. Wang, “Photoacoustic recovery after photothermal bleaching in living cells”, J. Biomed. Opt. 18,106004 (2013). Link PDF

  56. L. Gao, C. Zhang, C. Li, and L. V. Wang, “Intracellular temperature mapping with fluorescence-assisted photoacoustic-thermometry,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 193705 (2013). Link PDF

  57. L. Gao, L. Wang, C. Li, Y. Liu, H. Ke, C. Zhang, and L. V. Wang, “Single-cell photoacoustic thermometry,” J. Biomed. Opt. 18, 026003 (2013). Link PDF

  58. L. Gao, L. Wang, C. Li, A. Garcia-Uribe, and L. V. Wang, “Photothermal bleaching in time-lapse photoacoustic microscopy,” J. Biophotonics 6, 543 (2012). Link PDF

  59. J. J. Yao, C. H. Huang, L. D. Wang, J. M. Yang, L. Gao, K. I. Maslov, J. Zou and L. H. V. Wang, “Wide-field fast-scanning photoacoustic microscopy based on a water-immersible MEMS scanning mirror,” J. Biomed. Opt. 17(8), (2012). Link PDF

  60. N. Bedard, N. Hagen, L. Gao and T. S. Tkaczyk, “Image mapping spectrometry: calibration and characterization,” Opt. Eng. 51(11), 111711 (2012). Link PDF

  61. A. D. Elliott, L. Gao, A. Ustione, N. Bedard, R. Kester, D. W. Piston, and T. S. Tkaczyk, “Real-time hyperspectral fluorescence imaging of pancreatic β-cell dynamics with the image mapping spectrometer (IMS),” J. Cell. Sci. 125, 4833 (2012). Link PDF

  62. N. Hagen, L. Gao and T. S. Tkaczyk, “Quantitative sectioning and noise analysis for structured illumination microscopy,” Opt. Express 20(1), 403 (2012). Link PDF

  63. L. Gao and T. S. Tkaczyk, “Correction of vignetting and distortion errors induced by two-axis light beam steering,” Opt. Eng. 51(2012). Link PDF

  64. L. Gao, N. Hagen, and T. S. Tkaczyk, “Quantitative comparison between full-spectrum and filter-based imaging in hyperspectral fluorescence microscopy,” J. Microsc. 246, 113 (2012). Link PDF

  65. L. Gao, R. T. Smith, and T. S. Tkaczyk, “Snapshot hyperspectral retinal camera with the Image Mapping Spectrometer (IMS),” Biomed. Opt. Express 3, 48 (2012).  Link PDF

  66. N. Hagen, R. T. Kester, L. Gao and T. S. Tkaczyk, “Snapshot advantage: a review of the light collection improvement for parallel high-dimensional measurement systems,” Opt. Eng.51(11), 111702 (2012). Link PDF

  67. L. Gao, N. Bedard, N. Hagen, R. T. Kester, and T. S. Tkaczyk, “Depth-resolved image mapping spectrometer (IMS) with structured illumination,” Opt. Express 19, 17439 (2011). Link PDF

  68. R. T. Kester, N. Bedard, L. Gao, and T. S. Tkaczyk, “Real-time snapshot hyperspectral imaging endoscope,” J. Biomed. Opt. 16, 056005(2011). Link PDF

  69. R. T. Kester, L. Gao, and T. S. Tkaczyk, “Development of image mappers for hyperspectral biomedical imaging applications,” Appl. Opt. 49, 1886 (2010). Link PDF

  70. L. Gao, R. T. Kester, N. Hagen, and T. S. Tkaczyk, “Snapshot Image Mapping Spectrometer (IMS) with high sampling density for hyperspectral microscopy,” Opt. Express 18, 14330 (2010). Link PDF

  71. L. Gao, R. T. Kester, and T. S. Tkaczyk, “Compact Image Slicing Spectrometer (ISS) for hyperspectral fluorescence microscopy,” Opt. Express 17, 12293 (2009). Link PDF

  72. J. Xu, J. Bao, B. H. Guo, H. Ma, T. L. Yun, L. Gao, G. Q. Chen, and T. Iwata, “Imaging of nonlinear optical response in biopolyesters via second harmonic generation microscopy and its dependence on the crystalline structures,” Polymer 48(1), 348 (2007). Link PDF

  73. L. Gao, L. Jin, P. Xue, J. Xu, Y. Wang, H. Ma, and D. Chen, “Reconstruction of complementary images in second harmonic generation microscopy,” Opt. Express 14, 4727 (2006). Link PDF

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  • Book chapters

  1. Oktem, Figen S., Liang Gao, and Farzad Kamalabadi. “Computational Spectral and Ultrafast Imaging via Convex Optimization.” Handbook of Convex Optimization Methods in Imaging Science. Springer, Cham, 2017. 105-127. Link

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  • Magazines

  1. X. Feng and L. Gao, "Toward Non-Line-of-Sight Videography", Optics & Photonics News 32(11), 25 (2021). Link

  2. L. Gao, “Optical Mapping Delivers Realistic, 3D Images for AR”, Photonics Spectra, 2018, May. Link

  3. J. Liang, L. Gao, C. Li, and L. V. Wang, “Compressed Ultrafast Photography for Watching Flying Photons”, Optics & Photonics News 26(12), 55 (2015). Link

  4. L. Gao, J. Liang, and L. V. Wang, “Watching photons on the fly by compressed ultrafast photography“, SPIE Newsroom, DOI: 10.1117/2.1201504.005816. Link

  5. L. Gao, R. T. Kester, N. Hagen, and T. S. Tkaczyk, “Snapshot Image-Mapping Spectrometer for Hyperspectral Fluorescence Microscopy,” Optics & Photonics News 21(12), 50 (2010).Link  

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  • Patents

  1. Maya Koronyo; Yosef Koronyo; Keith L. Black, Nazanin Mirzaei; Liang Gao, "A method to detect retinal amyloidosis and tauopathy using snap hyperspectral imaging and/or snap hyperspectral optical coherence tomography", WO2023283637. Link

  2. L. Gao, X. Feng, “Ultrafast  Light  Field  Tomography”, WO2021217031. Link

  3. L. Gao, B. Fei, “Label-Free Real-Time Hyperspectral Endoscopy for Molecular-Guided Cancer Surgery”, WO2021226493. Link

  4. L. Gao, W. Cui, “Method and System for Near-eye Three Dimensional Display”, United States US10935786B2. Link. 

  5. L. Gao, Ivana Tosic, and Noah Bedard, “Disparity-to-Depth Calibration for Plenoptic Imaging Systems”, United
    States US10194139B2. Link

  6. L. Gao, Ivana Tosic, “Construction of an Individual Eye Model Using a Plenoptic Camera” United States US9955861B2. Link

  7. L. Gao, Ivana Tosic, and Noah Bedard. “Optical Design of a Light Field Otoscope.” United States US10098529B2. Link 

  8. L. V. Wang, J. Liang, and L. Gao, “Compressed-sensing Ultrafast Photography”, WO2016085571. Link

  9. T. Tkaczyk, R. T. Kester and L. Gao, “Image mapping spectrometers,” United States US US8654328B2. Link

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