Personnel Profile



James Jiong Xia DDS PhD  
 Academic Qualification
Membership of Professional Institutions
Scholarship & Research Awards Obtained
Working Experience
Research Interests 
Research Projects 
List of Publications
Contact

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 Academic Qualifications
bulletPh.D. in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Hong Kong
bulletD.D.S. in Stomatology, Shanghai Second Medical University
 

 Membership of Professional Institutions
     Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society

     Society of Aesthetics

     Society of Orthognathic Surgery

bulletMember of International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
bulletMember of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (MIEEE)
bulletMember of Chinese Medical Association
bulletMember of Chinese Association of Stomatology
bulletMember of Hong Kong Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
bulletMember of Chinese Society of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
bulletMember of Shanghai Image and Graphics Association
 

 Scholarship and Research Awards Obtained
bullet University of Hong Kong Postgraduate Studentship for Ph.D Degree (1995-1998)
bulletThe Second Prize of Shanghai Science & Technology Progress Awards (1995)
-- Studies on the Treatment of Jaw Deformities with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
bulletThe Third Prize of Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Awards (1994)
-- Research of One-step Operating Procedure Combining Palatoplasty to Orthognathic Surgery
bullet The Third Prize of Science and Technology Progress Awards, Ministry of Public Health, P.R. China (1993)
-- Systemic Research of Long-term Evaluation Post-Palatoplasty
bullet The Excellent Thesis Awarded, China Association for Science and Technology (1992)
-- A study of detective system of velopharyngeal function - Established methodology of quantitative analysis
bullet Scholarship Awarded by Shanghai Second Medical University (1984-1987)
 

 Working Experience
 
 
1 Research Fellow (1999-) Biomedical Engineering Research Center, School of Mechanical & Production Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
2 Postdoctoral Fellow (1999-1999) Image Computing Group, Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
3 Head & Research Assistant Professor (1994-) Biomedical Imaging Lab, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Shanghai Ninth Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai, China.
4 Head and Engineer (1991-1994) Biomedical Imaging Lab, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Shanghai Ninth Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai, China.
5 Research Fellow (1989-1993) Institute of Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China.
6 Teaching Secretary (1988-1991) Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Shanghai Ninth Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai, China.
7 Resident (1987-1990) Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Shanghai Ninth Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai, China.
 

 Research Interests
bulletThree-dimensional Surgical Planning and Simulation
bulletThree-dimensional Visualization
bulletThree-dimensional Modeling
bulletImmersive Virtual Reality Workbench
bulletComputer-assisted Medical Applications
bulletComputer Graphics
bulletDigital Image Processing
bulletEndoscopy (Nasopharyngeal Fiberscope)
 

 Research Projects

  1. 1999- Design and Manufacture of External Facial Prosthesis Using Imaging and CAD Technologies.
  2. 1999- Design and Development of a Mobile Scanner for Craniofacial Reconstructive Surgery.
  3. 1999- Three-dimensional Surgical Planning System in Virtual Reality Environment.
  4. 1999- Fast Three-dimensional Facial Mapping from Color Portrait.
  5. 1996-1998 Computer Measurement System for Velopharyngeal Function under Nasopharyngeal Endoscopy - Completed
  6. 1996-1997 Computerized Three-dimensional Reconstruction of Selective Canals in Dry Skull - Completed
  7. 1996-1997 Computer Measurement System for Airway Space of Asymmetric Deformity - Completed
  8. 1995-1998 Ph.D. Project: Three-dimensional Surgical Planning for the Surgical Correction of Craniofacial Deformity in Virtual Reality World. (Supervisor: Prof. Henk Tideman) (sponsored by CRCG 337/253/0013 & 337/250/0011, University of Hong Kong) - Completed
  9. 1994-1995 Computer Aided Simulation System for 3D Orthognathic Surgical Planning based on CT Sequential Images. - Completed
  10. 1993-1995 Velopharyngeal Incompetence in Norms. - Completed
  11. 1992-1993 Computer Management System of Biomedical Equipment for Hospital Use. - Completed
  12. 1992-1992 Cephalometric Analysis System of Soft and Hard Tissues of Upper Airway in Normal Population. - Completed
  13. 1992-1993 Real Time Administration of Ship Flow in the Island Su-Zhou River. - Completed
  14. 1991-1993 Computer Aided Simulation System for Orthognathic Surgery. - Completed
  15. 1991-1992 Computerized System of Cephalometric Analysis. - Completed
  16. 1991-1991 Computerized Detective System of Velopharyngeal Function. - Completed
  17. 1991-1992 Computerized Image Processing System for X-ray Film. - Completed
  18. 1991-1992 Computerized System of Digital Subtraction Angiography (D.S.A.) - Completed
  19. 1991-1992 Computerized System of Medical Image Processing for Common Use. - Completed
  20. 1991 Establishing Office Automation System for Hospital. - Completed
  21. 1990-1991 Establishing Biomedical Imaging Laboratory. - Completed
  22. 1990 Mechanism Study of Phonetics Distinctness Evaluation Norm of Patient with Repaired Cleft Palate Using Oral Vowels. - Completed
  23. 1989 Functional Restoration of Maxillofacial Deformities. - Completed
  24. 1989-1991 Systemic Research of Long-term Evaluation Post-Palatoplasty. - Completed
  25. 1988-1990 Genetic Research of Patients with Cleft Palate and Lip in China. - Completed
  26. 1988-1989 Computerized System of Research Information Management. - Completed
  27. 1988-1990 Research of Methodological Research of Velopharyngeal Function of Patients with Repaired Cleft Palate. - Completed
 

 List of Publications

     Journal Papers

  1. Xia J, Wang D, Yeung RWK, Samman N, Tideman H. Three-dimensional color facial model generation. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 28(supl):59, 1999
  2. Xia J, Wang D, Yeung R, Samman N, Tideman H. Three-dimensional surgical planning in virtual reality environment. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 28(supl):115, 1999
  3. Yuan W, Xia J, Zhu M. "Study of Physiological Parameters for Velopharyngeal Function by Nasopharyngeal Firbroscope." Chinese J Stomatology. 33:161, 1998
  4. Zhu M, Cai Z, Zhang L, Xia J. "Establishment of three-dimensional analysis system of craniofacial Bones." Chinese J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 8:15, 1998
  5. Xia J, Ip HHS, Kot CSB, Wang DF, Yeung RWK, Samman N., Tideman H. "Computer-Assisted Three-dimensional Virtual Osteotomy." Submitting to Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg
  6. Xia J, Wang DF, Yeung RWK, Tideman H. "Three-dimensional color facial model generation - A basic procedure in three-dimensional surgical planning." Submitting to Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg
  7. Xia J, Qi FH, Yuan WH, Wang DF, Qiu WL Sun Y, Huang YL, Shen GF, Wu HS. Computer aided simulation system of orthognathic surgery. Proceedings of Eighth IEEE Symposium on Computer-based Medical Systems. Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society Press. 11:386-93, 1995
  8. Shen G, Samman N, Qiu W, Tang Y, Xia J, Huang Y. "Cephalometric studies on the upper airway space in normal Chinese." Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 23:243, 1994
  9. Xia J, Yuan W, Shen G, Qiu W, Qi F, Wang D. "Digital Image Processing in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery." West China J Stomatology. 12(Suppl):4, 1994
  10. Xia J, Huang Y, Yuan W, Qiu W, Qi F, Wang D. "A study of computer aided simulation system of orthognathic surgery (CASSOS)." Chinese J Plast Surg Burns. 10:278, 1994
  11. Yao L, Yuan W, Xia J, Yu C, Jiang L. "Evaluation of velopharyngeal function after later surgical repair of cleft palate." Shanghai J Stomatology. 3:65, 1994
  12. Yu C, Yuan W, Xia J, Yao L. "A study of spectrum analysis post-palatoplasty." Shanghai J Biomedical Engineering. 17:16, 1994
  13. Xia J, Yuan W, Yao L, Yu C, Jiang L. "Evaluation of active function of soft palate after surgical repair of cleft palate." Chinese J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 3:141, 1993
  14. Yuan W, Xia J, Yao L, Yu C, Jiang L. "A study of velopharyngeal function post-palatoplasty with different age groups." Shanghai J Stomatology. 2:7, 1993
  15. Xia J, Wang D, Yuan W, Qi F. "Quantitative analytic system of velopharyngeal function." Shanghai J Biomedical Engineering. 15:16, 1992
  16. Shen G, Qiu W, Yuan W, Xia J, Xu G. "Cephalometric analysis of soft and hard tissues of upper airway in normal population." Chinese J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2:27, 1992
  17. Xia J, Yuan W, Shen G, Chen Z: "A study of the mechanism of phonetic distinctness - Evaluation norm of the effectiveness of surgical repair of cleft palate by means of oral vowels." Acta Universitatis Medicinalis Secondae Shanghai. 12:111, 1992
  18. Yuan W, Qiu W, Xia J, Jiang X. "Genetic study of 1055 cases with cleft-lips and cleft-palates." J Shanghai Second Medical University. 5:57, 1991
  19. Yao L, Yuan W, Tang Y, Xia J, Yang Y, Yu C. "Surgical repair of cleft-palate adopting veloplasty - a preliminary report." J Practical Stomatology. 7:74, 1991

     Conference Papers (First Author) (Under construction!)
  1. Xia J, Wang D, Yeung RWK, Samman N, Tideman H. Three-dimensional color facial model generation. 14th International Conference on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Washington DC, USA. Pp.59, 1999
  2. Xia J, Wang D, Yeung RWK, Samman N, Tideman H. Three-dimensional surgical planning in virtual reality environment. 14th International Conference on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Washington DC, USA. Pp115, 1999
  3. Xia J, Wang DF, Yeung RWK, Tideman H. Individual facial model and color texture mapping in three-dimensional prediction of orthognathic surgery. Shanghai, 2nd Chinese International Congress on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shanghai, PRC. Pp45-46, 1998
  4. Hamed M, Samman N, Xia J, Ormiston I. Cephalometric airway measurement in anterior open bite deformity. 2nd Chinese International Congress on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shanghai, PRC. Pp42, 1998
  5. Xia J, Wang D, Yeung RWK, Samman N, Tideman H. Three-dimensional Facial Mapping from Side Views. The First International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI'98). Boston, MA, USA. 1998
  6. Xia J, Tideman H, Wang D, Yeung RWK, Yu S. Local Feature Based Three-dimensional Facial Mapping from Two Side views. First International Congress on Computer in the areas of Integrated Head and Spine Surgery. Linz, Austria. 1997
  7. Xia J, Qi FH, Yuan WH, Wang DF, Qiu WL Sun Y, Huang YL, Shen GF, Wu HS. Computer aided simulation system of orthognathic surgery. Eighth IEEE Symposium on Computer-based Medical Systems. Lubbock, TX, USA. 1995
  8. Xia J, Shen GF, Yuan WH, Qiu WL. Application of 3-D Image Processing in Orthognathic Surgery. The Second Conference of Chinese Society of Orthognathic Surgery. Hainan, PRC. Pp50, 1995
  9. Xia J, Shen GF, Yuan WH, Qiu WL. Digital Image Processing in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. West-China J Stomatol. 1994
  10. Xia J, Huang YL, Yuan WH, Qiu WL, Hu HS. A study of computer-assisted cephalometric analysis system. The Fifth Academic Annual Stomatological Conference of Chinese Medical Association. Beijing, PRC. 1992
  11. Xia J, Yuan WH, Wang DF, Qi FH, Yao LH, Yu ChQ, Jiang LP. A study of detective system of velopharyngeal function - Established methodology of quantitative analysis. The First Academic Annual Conference of Youths (Medical Science) of China Association for Science and Technology, Beijing, PRC. 1992
  12. Xia J, Yuan WH, Chen ZM, Qiu WL. A study of the mechanism of phonetic distinctness by means of oral vowels. The 2nd Conference of Chinese Society of Young Stomatologists. Xian, PRC. 1991
 

 Contact

Dr.  James Jiong Xia

School of Mechnological & Production Engineering, N2-1B-67
Biomedical Engineering Research Center
Nanyang Technological University
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Singapore 639798

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