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Journal paper

1. Chao Xu, Tinghua Zhang, Syeda Aimen Abbasi, Peng Liu, Bryan P. Yan, Sze Hang Calvin Ng, Wu Yuan*, Ultrathin visible-light OCT endomicroscopy for in vivo ultrahigh-resolution neuroimaging in deep brain, APL Photonics, 2024

2. Chao Xu#, Zhiwei Fang#, Huxin Gao, Tinghua Zhang, Tao Zhang, Peng Liu, Hongliang Ren*, Wu Yuan*, Patient-mounted NeuroOCT for Targeted Minimally-invasive Micro-resolution Volumetric Imaging in Brain In Vivo, Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2024

3. Tinghua Zhang, Sishen Yuan, Chao Xu, Peng Liu, Hing-Chiu Chang, Sze Hang Calvin Ng, Hongliang Ren*, Wu Yuan*, PneumaOCT: pneumatic optical coherence tomography endoscopy for targeted distortion-free imaging in tortuous and narrow internal lumens, Science Advances, 2024 (Featured image paper of Science Advances)

4. Sishen Yuan#, Chao Xu#, Beilei Cui#, Tinghua Zhang, Baijia Liang, Wu Yuan*, Hongliang Ren*, Motor-free telerobotic endomicroscopy for steerable and programmable imaging in complex curved and localized areas, Nature Communications, 2024

5. Tangyou Liu, Tinghua Zhang, Jayantha Katupitiya, Jiaole Wang*, Liao Wu*, Haptics-Enabled Forceps With Multimodal Force Sensing: Toward Task-Autonomous Surgery, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2023

6. Jiaole Wang, Tinghua Zhang*, Zhengyan Zhang, Max Q.-H. Meng, Shuang Song*, Tracking-by-Registration: A Robust Approach for Optical Tracking System in Surgical Navigation, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2023

7. Tinghua Zhang, Jiaole Wang*, Shuang Song*, Max Q.-H. Meng, Wearable Surgical Optical Tracking System Based on Multi-Modular Sensor Fusion, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2022

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Conference paper​​

1. Tinghua Zhang, Ruiyang Zhang, Sishen Yuan, Chao Xu, Botao Lin, Zewen Niu, Chenyu Shang, Di Mei, Hongliang Ren, Wu Yuan∗, Kinematic Modeling of A Pneumatic Tubular Bending Actuator for Robotic Navigation in Narrow Luminal Organs, International Conference on Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics (ICBIR), Zhangye, China, 2025

2. Botao Lin, Tinghua Zhang, Sishen Yuan, Tiantian Wang, Jiaole Wang, Wu Yuan, Hongliang Ren*, Adjusting Tissue Puncture Omnidirectionally In Situ with Pneumatic Rotatable Biopsy Mechanism and Hierarchical Airflow Management in Tortuous Luminal Pathways, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025

3. Botao Lin, Sishen Yuan, Tinghua Zhang, Tao Zhang, Ruoyi Hao, Wu Yuan, Chwee Ming Lim, Hongliang Ren*, Minimally Invasive Endotracheal Inside-Out Flexible Needle Driving System towards Microendoscope-Guided Robotic Tracheostomy, IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Atlanta, USA, 2025

4. Tinghua Zhang#, Sishen Yuan#, Chao Xu#, Peng Liu, Hongliang Ren*, Wu Yuan*, Towards Electricity-Free Pneumatic Miniature Rotation Actuator for Optical Coherence Tomography Endoscopy, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2024

5. Tinghua Zhang, Chao Xu, Sishen Yuan, Peng Liu, Hongliang Ren, Wu Yuan*, Pneumatic optical coherence tomography for robotic imaging in tortuous and large luminal organs, Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science (FiO/LS), Denver, Colorado United States, 2024

6. Chao Xu, Tinghua Zhang, Peng Liu, Wu Yuan*, Aberration-corrected High-resolution OCT Microprobe Using Liquid-shaped Freeform Microlens, Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science (FiO/LS), Denver, Colorado United States, 2024

7. Chao Xu, Tinghua Zhang, Ruiyang Zhang, Wu Yuan*, In vivo ultrahigh-resolution quantitative OCT imaging in lungs, IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics-Asia (ICCE-Asia), Da Nang, Vietnam, 2024

8. Botao Lin, Tinghua Zhang, Shuang Song, Jiaole Wang*, Kinematic and Static Analyses of Tendon-driven Surgical Robots with Lockable Joints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), Jinghong, China, 2022 (Best student paper finalist)

9. Tinghua Zhang#, Zhengyan Zhang#, Botao Lin, Junnan Xue, Jiaole Wang*, Shuang Song*, Towards Tracking by 2D-target Registration for Surgical Optical Tracking System, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), Sanya, China, 2021

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