
Dr. Ning Zhu PhD
Adjunct Professor Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Division of Biomedical EngineeringResearch Area(s)
- Synchrotron X-ray Computed Tomography Imaging
- Live Animal Imaging
- Image Processing with Deep Learning
- Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
Selected Publications
Papers in Refereed Journals
- Duan X, Ding XF, Khoz S, Chen XB, and Zhu N. (2025) Development of A Low-Dose Strategy for Propagation-based Imaging Helical Computed Tomography (PBI-HCT): High Image Quality and Reduced Radiation Dose. Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express 11, 015049
- Li N, Duan X, Ding XF, Zhu N, and Chen XB. (2025) Characterization of hydrogel-scaffold mechanical properties and microstructure by using synchrotron propagation-based imaging. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 163, 106844
- Duan X, Ding XF, Khoz S, Chen XB, and Zhu N. (2025) Development of A deep Learning-based algorithm for High-Pitch helical computed tomography imaging. Expert Systems with Applications 262, 125663
- Li H, Agrawal SK, Zhu N, Cacciabue DI, Rivolta MN, Hartley DEH, Jiang D, Ladak HM, O’Donoghue GM, and Rask-Andersen H (2024) A Novel Therapeutic Pathway to the Human Cochlear Nerve. Scientific Reports 14:26795
- Duan X, Ding XF, Li N, Wu FX, Chen XB, and Zhu N. (2023) Sparse2noise: low-dose synchrotron x-ray tomography without high-quality reference data. Computers in Biology and Medicine 165, 107473
- Ding XF, Zeinali Danalou S, Zhang L, and Zhu N. (2023) In situ wet pharmaceutical granulation captured using synchrotron radiation based dynamic micro-CT. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 30 (2), 430-439
- Duan X, Li N, Cooper DML, Ding XF, Chen XB, and Zhu N. (2023) Low-density tissue scaffold imaging by synchrotron radiation propagation-based imaging computed tomography with helical acquisition mode. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 30 (2), 417-429
- Duan X, Li N, Chen XB. and Zhu N (2021) Characterization of Tissue Scaffolds Using Synchrotron Radiation Microcomputed Tomography Imaging. Tissue Engineering: Part C 27(11):573-588
- Ning L, Zhu N (Co-first author), Smith A, Rajaram A, Hou, H, Srinivasan, S, Mohabatpour F, He L, Mclnnes A, Serpooshan V, Papagerakis P, and Chen XB (2021) Noninvasive Three-Dimensional In Situ and In Vivo Characterization of Bioprinted Hydrogel Scaffolds Using the X‑ray Propagation-Based Imaging Technique. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 12(40): 44563-44577
- Ning LQ, Sun HY, Lelong T, Guilloteau R, Zhu N, Schreyer D, and Chen D (2018) 3D Bioprinting of scaffolds with living Schwann cells for potential nerve tissue engineering applications. Biofabrication 10(3): 035014
- Iyer JS, Zhu N, Gasilov S, Ladak HM, Agrawal SK, and Stankovic KM (2018) Visualizing the 3D cytoarchitecture of the human cochlea in an intact temporal bone using synchrotron radiation phase contrast imaging. Biomedical Optics Express 9(8), 3757-3767
- Hedayat A, Nagy N, Packota G, Monteith J, Allen D, Wysokinski T and Zhu N (2016) Synchrotron-radiation-based X-ray micro-computed tomography reveals dental bur debris under dental composite restorations. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 23(3): 777-782
- Zhu N, Chapman D, Cooper D, Schreyer D, and Chen XB (2011) Diffraction enhanced imaging as a new methodology for low density scaffold visualization for soft tissue engineering application. Tissue Engineering Part C. 17(11): 1071-1080
- Zhu N, Li MG, Guan YJ, Schreyer D, and Chen XB (2010) Effects of laminin blended with chitosan on axon guidance on patterned substrates. Biofabrication. 2(4): 045002