Electrical Impedance Tomography Technology and Application;
High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Technology and Related Quality Assurance Issues.

Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Tianjin University, China, March 1999
Master Degree, Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Tianjin University, China, March 1996
Bachelor Degree, Department of Engineering, North China University of Technology, July 1993

Feb 2008 – Now: Associate Professor, Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
July 2004 – Jan 2008: Electronic Engineering Research Fellow, Joint Department of Physics, Institute of Cancer Research, UK. Supported by EPSRC project.
Dec 2000 – Jun 2004: Research Fellow, Institute of Particle Science and Technology, University of Leeds, UK. Supported by EPSRC project.
April 1999 – Nov 2000: Post-Doctor, Department of Applied Fluid Mechanics, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.

Measurement System: Design and Application

1. Y Ma, R Symonds-Tayler, I H Rivens and G R ter Haar, A new clinical HIFU system (Teleson II), ISTU6 - International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound, Oxford, UK, 2006, published

2. M Wang, Y Ma, Over Zero Switching Scheme for Fast Data Collection Operation in Electrical Impedance Tomography, Meas. Sci. Technol. 17 (2006) 2078-2082.
3. Y Ma and M Wang, internal reference, Leeds University, 2005
4. H Li, M Wang, Y Wu, Y Ma, R Williams, Measurement of oil volume fraction and velocity distributions in vertical oil-in-water flows using Electrical Resistance Tomography and a local probe, Zhejiang University Sciences, 6A(12), 2005, 1412-1415
5. M Wang, Y Ma, Over Zero Switching Scheme for Fast Data Collection Operation in Electrical Impedance Tomography, 4th World Congress on Industrial Process Tomography, Aizu, Japan, Sep. 5-8, 2005, ISBN 0853162557, 112-117
6. M Wang, Y Ma, N Holliday, Y Dai, et al, A high performance EIT system, IEEE Sensors Journal, 5(2), 2005, 289-299
7. Y Ma, M Wang, Performances of a high-speed impedance camera for flow informatics ESDA 2004 - Track 4 Advances in Flow Visualisation, 2004
8. Y Ma, N Holliday, Y Dai, et al, A high performance online data processing EIT system, 3rd World Congress on Industrial Process Tomography, Banff, Canada, Sep. 2-5, 2003, 27-32
9. N Holliday, Y Ma, and Mi Wang, A Powerful Computational DSP Module for Multiphase Flow Measurement, 3rd World Congress on Industrial Process Tomography, Banff, Canada, Sep. 2-5, 2003, 62-67
10. Y. Dai, Y Ma and M Wang, A specific signal conditioner for electrical impedance tomography, 3rd World Congress on Industrial Process Tomography, Banff, Canada, Sep. 2-5, 2003, 45-49
11. M Wang, Y Ma, R A Williams, et al, Characterisation of gas-water flow using Electrical Resistance Tomography, Multiphase Technology, 595-605, 2003
12. M Wang, Z Zheng, Y Ma et al, Gas-water flow interface characterisation using Electrical Resistance Tomography, 2nd World Congress on Industrial Process Tomography, Hannover Germany, 525-530, 2001
13. Yixin Ma, Zhichu Zheng, Ling-an Xu et al, Application of Electrical Resistance Tomography System To Monitor Gas/Liquid Two-phase Flow In A Horizontal Pipe, Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 12, 259-265, 2001
14. Yixin Ma, Ling-an Xu et al, Study of Electrical Resistance Tomography, Chinese Journal of Scientific Instrument, published
15. Yixin Ma, Zhichu Zheng, Ling-An Xu et al, Comparing between Adjacent and Opposite Exciting Methods in ERT System, Journal of Northeast University, supplement 2000, published.
16. Yixin Ma, Ling-An Xu, Zhichu Zheng et al, Investigation of ERT Image Reconstruction Methods Used in Flow Regime Identification, Journal of Changchun Science & Technology University, supplement 1999
17. Yixin Ma, Ling-An Xu et al, Experimental Study of the Guard Electrodes in an ERT System, 1st World Congress on Industrial Process Tomography, 335-338, 1999
18. Yixin Ma, Ling-An Xu et al, Simulation Study of Electrode Array used in an ERT System, Chemical Engineering Science, 52(13), 2197-2203. 1997
19. Yixin Ma, Ling-An Xu et al, Electrical Resistance Tomography System with Guard Electrode Strategy, Frontiers in Industrial Process Tomography-II, 1997 Apr.
20. Yixin Ma, Ling-An Xu et al, Simulation Study of ERT Technique Used in Gas/Liquid Two-phase Flow Measurement, Proceedings of National Science Meeting on Multi-phase Flow Measurement Technique, 57-64, 1996 Nov
21. Yixin Ma, Ling-An Xu et al, Simulation Study of Electrode Array used in ERT system, Frontiers in Industrial Process Tomography-I, 1995 Oct