Wei-Ning "Winnie" Lee, M.S. (Former Ph.D. Student)

Academic Qualifications

• M.S., Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University (Taipei, Taiwan), 2003
• B.S., Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University (Taipei, Taiwan), 2001

Biography

Wei-Ning Lee was born in Taichung, Taiwan, on August 27, 1979. She received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. in 2001 and 2003, respectively, both in Electrical Engineering. She was a research assistant with the department of Electrical Engineering from 2003 to 2004. In September 2004, she enrolled in Columbia University's PhD program. Her current research interest is cardiac ultrasound.

Publications

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Journal Articles

	Reduced thoracolumbar fascia shear strain in human chronic low back pain Hélène M. Langevin, James R. Fox, Cathryn Koptiuch, Gary J. Badger, Ann C. Greenan-Naumann, Nicole A. Bouffard, Elisa E. Konofagou, Wei-Ning Lee, John J. Triano, Sharon M. Henry BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, Volume 12, Number 203, Pages 1-11, September 2011 Digital Object Identifier: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-203 Download Full Text (PDF) | Download Citation (BibTeX)
	Physiologic cardiovascular strain and intrinsic wave imaging Elisa E. Konofagou, Wei-Ning Lee, Jianwen Luo, Jean Provost, Jonathan Vappou Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, Volume 13, Pages 477-505, August 2011 Digital Object Identifier: 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-071910-124721 Download Full Text (PDF) | Download Citation (BibTeX)
	Imaging the electromechanical activity of the heart in vivo Jean Provost, Wei-Ning Lee, Kana Fujikura, Elisa E. Konofagou Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, Volume 108, Number 21, Pages 8565-8570, May 2011 Digital Object Identifier: 10.1073/pnas.1011688108 Download Full Text (PDF) | Download Citation (BibTeX)
	In vivo study of myocardial elastography under graded ischemia conditions Wei-Ning Lee, Jean Provost, Kana Fujikura, Jie Wang, Elisa E. Konofagou Physics in Medicine and Biology, Volume 56, Number 4, Pages 1155-1172, February 2011 Digital Object Identifier: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/4/017 Download Full Text (PDF) | Download Citation (BibTeX)
	Electromechanical wave imaging of normal and ischemic hearts in vivo Jean Provost, Wei-Ning Lee, Kana Fujikura, Elisa E. Konofagou IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Volume 29, Number 3, Pages 625-635, March 2010 Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/TMI.2009.2030186 Download Full Text (PDF) | Download Citation (BibTeX)
	Fundamental performance assessment of 2-D myocardial elastography in a phased array configuration Jianwen Luo, Wei-Ning Lee, Elisa E. Konofagou IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Volume 56, Number 10, Pages 2320-2327, October 2009 Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1313 Download Full Text (PDF) | Download Citation (BibTeX)
	Preliminary validation of angle-independent myocardial elastography using MR tagging in a clinical setting Wei-Ning Lee, Zhen Qian, Christina L. Tosti, Truman R. Brown, Dimitris N. Metaxas, Elisa E. Konofagou Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Volume 34, Number 12, Pages 1980-1997, December 2008 Digital Object Identifier: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.05.007 Download Full Text (PDF) | Download Citation (BibTeX)
	Angle-independent and multi-dimensional myocardial elastography - from theory to clinical validation Wei-Ning Lee, Elisa E. Konofagou Ultrasonics, Volume 48, Number 6-7, Pages 563-567, November 2008 Digital Object Identifier: 10.1016/j.ultras.2008.07.005 Download Full Text (PDF) | Download Citation (BibTeX)
	A composite high-frame-rate system for clinical cardiovascular imaging Shougang Wang, Wei-Ning Lee, Jean Provost, Jianwen Luo, Elisa E. Konofagou IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Volume 55, Number 10, Pages 2221-2233, October 2008 Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/TUFFC.921 Download Full Text (PDF) | Download Citation (BibTeX)
	Theoretical quality assessment of myocardial elastography with in vivo validation Wei-Ning Lee, Christopher M. Ingrassia, Simon D. Fung-Kee-Fung, Kevin D. Costa, Jeffrey W. Holmes, Elisa E. Konofagou IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Volume 54, Number 11, Pages 2233-2245, November 2007 Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/TUFFC.2007.528 Download Full Text (PDF) | Download Citation (BibTeX)
	A novel, view-independent method for strain mapping in myocardial elastography: eliminating angle- and centroid-dependence Ioannis K. Zervantonakis, Simon D. Fung-Kee-Fung, Wei-Ning Lee, Elisa E. Konofagou Physics in Medicine and Biology, Volume 52, Number 14, Pages 4063-4080, July 2007 Digital Object Identifier: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/14/004 Download Full Text (PDF) | Download Citation (BibTeX)

Conference Papers and Presentations

	Electromechanical wave imaging for noninvasive mapping of the 3D electrical activation sequence in vivo Jean Provost, Wei-Ning Lee, Kana Fujikura, Elisa E. Konofagou American Heart Association Scientific Sessions (Chicago, IL, USA), November 13 to 17, 2010 Download Citation (BibTeX)
	Mapping the electrical activation sequence of the heart using electromechanical wave imaging: a validation study in canines Jean Provost, Wei-Ning Lee, Kana Fujikura, Elisa E. Konofagou 9th International Tissue Elasticity Conference (Snowbird, UT, USA), October 16 to 19, 2010 Download Citation (BibTeX)
	A noninvasive direct method for cardiac mapping: electromechanical wave imaging Jean Provost, Stanley J. Okrasinski, Wei-Ning Lee, Kana Fujikura, Elisa E. Konofagou 31st Heart Rhythm Society Annual Scientific Sessions (Denver, CO, USA), May 12 to 15, 2010 Download Citation (BibTeX)
	Frame rate dependence of myocardial elastography estimates using a physiologic 3D biventricular finite-element model of the heart with preliminary in vivo validation Wei-Ning Lee, K. M. Parker, Jianwen Luo, Jeffrey W. Holmes, Elisa E. Konofagou IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (Rome, Italy), September 18 to 21, 2009 Download Citation (BibTeX)
	Electromechanical wave imaging: non-invasive localization and quantification of partial ischemic regions in vivo Jean Provost, Wei-Ning Lee, Kana Fujikura, Elisa E. Konofagou IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (Rome, Italy), September 18 to 21, 2009 Download Citation (BibTeX)
	In vivo validation of myocardial elastography to quantify variable levels of myocardial ischemia Wei-Ning Lee, Jean Provost, Kana Fujikura, Jie Wang, Elisa E. Konofagou 34th International Symposium on Ultrasonic Imaging and Tissue Characterization (Arlington, VA, USA), June 10 to 12, 2009 Invited Contribution Download Citation (BibTeX)
	Noninvasive imaging of pulse wave propagation and assessment of wall properties in human abdominal aortas in vivo Jianwen Luo, Wei-Ning Lee, Shougang Wang, Elisa E. Konofagou American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Annual Convention (New York, NY, USA), April 2 to 5, 2009 Download Citation (BibTeX)
	In vivo validation of left-ventricular strains at variable levels of myocardial ischemia Wei-Ning Lee, Jean Provost, Kana Fujikura, Jie Wang, Elisa E. Konofagou American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Annual Convention (New York, NY, USA), April 2 to 5, 2009 Download Citation (BibTeX)
	Pulse wave imaging of human abdominal aortas in vivo Jianwen Luo, Wei-Ning Lee, Shougang Wang, Elisa E. Konofagou Proceedings of the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (Beijing, China), November 2 to 5, 2008 Download Full Text (PDF) | Download Citation (BibTeX)
	In vivo validation of 2-D myocardial elastography at variable levels of ischemia Wei-Ning Lee, Jean Provost, Shougang Wang, Kana Fujikura, Jie Wang, Elisa E. Konofagou Proceedings of the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (Beijing, China), November 2 to 5, 2008 Download Full Text (PDF) | Download Citation (BibTeX)
	Fundamental performance assessment of 2-D myocardial elastography in a phased array configuration Jianwen Luo, Wei-Ning Lee, Elisa E. Konofagou Proceedings of the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (Beijing, China), November 2 to 5, 2008 Download Full Text (PDF) | Download Citation (BibTeX)
	A composite high frame-rate system for clinical cardiovascular imaging Shougang Wang, Wei-Ning Lee, Jean Provost, Jianwen Luo, Elisa E. Konofagou IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (Beijing, China), November 2 to 5, 2008 Download Citation (BibTeX)
	Electromechanical wave propagation in the normal and ischemic canine myocardium in vivo Jean Provost, Wei-Ning Lee, Kana Fujikura, Elisa E. Konofagou 7th International Tissue Elasticity Conference (Austin, TX, USA), October 27 to 30, 2008 Download Citation (BibTeX)
	The effect of frame rate on image quality of myocardial elastography in vivo Jianwen Luo, Wei-Ning Lee, Shougang Wang, Elisa E. Konofagou 6th International Tissue Elasticity Conference (Santa Fe, NM, USA), November 2 to 5, 2007 Download Citation (BibTeX)
	Importance of principal strain estimation in clinical myocardial elastography with validation against MRI tagging Wei-Ning Lee, Zhen Qian, Dimitris N. Metaxas, Elisa E. Konofagou 6th International Tissue Elasticity Conference (Santa Fe, NM, USA), November 2 to 5, 2007 Download Citation (BibTeX)
	Experimental assessment of angle-independent myocardial elastography performance using a left-ventricular phantom under physiologic motion Viktor Gamarnik, Jianwen Luo, Wei-Ning Lee, Elisa E. Konofagou Proceedings of the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (New York, NY, USA), October 28 to 31, 2007 Download Full Text (PDF) | Download Citation (BibTeX)
	Clinical validation of angle-independent myocardial elastography using MRI tagging Wei-Ning Lee, Zhen Qian, Dimitris N. Metaxas, Elisa E. Konofagou Proceedings of the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (New York, NY, USA), October 28 to 31, 2007 Download Full Text (PDF) | Download Citation (BibTeX)
	An in-vivo study of frame rate optimization for myocardial elastography Jianwen Luo, Wei-Ning Lee, Shougang Wang, Elisa E. Konofagou Proceedings of the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (New York, NY, USA), October 28 to 31, 2007 Download Full Text (PDF) | Download Citation (BibTeX)
	A composite imaging technique for high framerate and full-view cardiovascular ultrasound and elasticity imaging Shougang Wang, Wei-Ning Lee, Jianwen Luo, Elisa E. Konofagou Proceedings of the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (New York, NY, USA), October 28 to 31, 2007 Download Full Text (PDF) | Download Citation (BibTeX)
	Validation of 2D ultrasound-based strain estimates with MR tagging Wei-Ning Lee, Zhen Qian, Christina L. Tosti, Truman R. Brown, Dimitris N. Metaxas, Elisa E. Konofagou Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (Berlin, Germany), May 19 to 25, 2007 Download Full Text (PDF) | Download Citation (BibTeX)
	Validation of ultrasound myocardial elastography using MR tagging in normal and abnormal human hearts in vivo Wei-Ning Lee, Zhen Qian, Christina L. Tosti, Truman R. Brown, Dimitris N. Metaxas, Elisa E. Konofagou Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (Washington, DC, USA), April 12 to 15, 2007 Download Full Text (PDF) | Download Citation (BibTeX)
	Angle-independent and multi-dimensional myocardial elastography: from theory to clinical validation Wei-Ning Lee, Elisa E. Konofagou International Congress on Ultrasonics (Vienna, Austria), April 9 to 12, 2007 Download Citation (BibTeX)
	Angle-independent myocardial elastography: theoretical analysis and clinical validation Elisa E. Konofagou, Wei-Ning Lee, Simon D. Fung-Kee-Fung Proceedings of the IEEE SPIE Medical Imaging Conference (San Diego, CA, USA), February 17 to 22, 2007 Download Full Text (PDF) | Download Citation (BibTeX)
	Analysis of 3D motion effects in 2D myocardial elastography Wei-Ning Lee, Elisa E. Konofagou Proceedings of the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (Vancouver, BC, Canada), October 2 to 5, 2006 Download Full Text (PDF) | Download Citation (BibTeX)
	Principal strain imaging for the detection of infarcts Elisa E. Konofagou, Simon D. Fung-Kee-Fung, Wei-Ning Lee Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics Annual Meeting (Boston, MA, USA), July 7 to 10, 2006 Invited Contribution Download Citation (BibTeX)
	A 3D simulation model for performance assessment of 2D myocardial elastography Wei-Ning Lee, Christopher M. Ingrassia, Elisa E. Konofagou 4th International Tissue Elasticity Conference (Austin, TX, USA), October 17 to 20, 2005 Download Citation (BibTeX)
	Angle-independent strain mapping in myocardial elastography: 2-D strain tensor characterization and principal component imaging Simon D. Fung-Kee-Fung, Wei-Ning Lee, Christopher M. Ingrassia, Kevin D. Costa, Elisa E. Konofagou Proceedings of the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), September 17 to 20, 2005 Download Full Text (PDF) | Download Citation (BibTeX)
	A theoretical performance assessment tool for myocardial elastography Elisa E. Konofagou, Wei-Ning Lee, Christopher M. Ingrassia Proceedings of the 27th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (Shanghai, China), September 1 to 4, 2005 Invited Contribution Download Full Text (PDF) | Download Citation (BibTeX)
	Full strain tensor representation in myocardial elastography Elisa E. Konofagou, Wei-Ning Lee Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics Annual Meeting (New Orleans, LA, USA), July 11 to 15, 2005 Invited Contribution Download Citation (BibTeX)

Thesis

Myocardial elastography: a strain imaging technique for the reliable detection and localization of myocardial ischemia in vivo Wei-Ning Lee Ph.D. Thesis, Columbia University (New York, NY, USA), 2010 Download Full Text (PDF) | Download Citation (BibTeX)

Book Chapter

Cardiovascular elasticity imaging Elisa E. Konofagou, Wei-Ning Lee, Jianwen Luo Chapter 6 of Biomedical applications of vibration and acoustics in imaging and characterizations (ASME Press, New York, NY, USA), Pages 93-117, 2008 Download Citation (BibTeX)