Eddie Y. K. Ng

Eddie Y-K Ng pursued his Ph.D. degree at Queens’ College and Whittle Research Laboratory at Cambridge University. His main area of research is thermal imaging, human physiology, biomedical engineering, computational turbomachinery aerodynamics, microscale cooling problems, and CFD. He is a Member of ASME and IGTI. He has published more than 246 papers in refereed international journals (142), international conference proceedings (70), textbook chapters (12), and others (22) over the last years. Eddie is a Co-Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, a regional Editor (January 1998–) for the Computational Fluid Dynamics Journal, Guest Editor for the International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, Member of the Editorial Board (November 2005–) for Chinese Journal of Medicine, Member of the Review Board for African Journal of Biotechnology, Adjunct National University Hospital Scientist, and Cochairman for 15th International Conference on Mechanics in Medicine and Biology. Some of his publications are “Simulation of oscillatory wall shear stress in channel with moving indentation,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering; “Is thermal scanner losing its bite in mass screening of fever due to SARS?”, Medical Physics; “Comparison of one- and two-dimensional programmes for predicting the state of skin burns,” International Journal of BURNS; “A global bioheat model with self-tuning optimal regulation of body temperature using Hebbian feedback covariance learning,” Medical Physics.

Biography Updated on 18 March 2007

Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Detection and differentiation of breast cancer using neural classifiers with first warning thermal sensors
    Information Sciences, vol. 177, no. 20, pp. 4526–4538, 2007
  2. Bioheat transfer in the human eye: A boundary element approach
    Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 494–500, 2007
  3. Numerical modelling of biopotential field for detection of breast tumour
    Computers in Biology and Medicine, vol. 37, no. 8, pp. 1121–1132, 2007
  4. Ocular surface temperature: A 3D FEM prediction using bioheat equation
    Computers in Biology and Medicine, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 829–835, 2007
  5. Effect of left ventricular shape alteration on contractility and function
    Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 253–262, 2007
  6. A novel cognitive interpretation of breast cancer thermography with complementary learning fuzzy neural memory structure
    Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 652–666, 2007
  7. Automatic identification of anterior segment eye abnormality
    ITBM-RBM, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 35–41, 2007
  8. Analysis of nano drug carriers towards optimum release rate
    Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 243–252, 2007
  9. Validation of a novel noninvasive cardiac index of left ventricular contractility in patients
    AJP: Heart and Circulatory Physiology, vol. 292, no. 6, pp. H2764–H2772, 2007
  10. Variations in the corneal surface temperature with contact lens wear
    Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, vol. 221, no. 4, pp. 337–349, 2007
  11. Computational studies of the EDL effect in 3-D developing flow in microchannel
    Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 34, pp. 829–833, 2006
  12. Multigrid solution of Euler equations using high-resolution NVD differencing scheme for unstructured meshes
    Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, An International Journal, vol. 6, no. 7, p. 389, 2006
  13. Study of facial skin and aural temperature - Using infrared imagers with and without temperature reference source
    IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 68–74, 2006
  14. Higher-order bounded differencing schemes for compressible and incompressible flows
    International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 57–80, 2006
  15. Parametric Study of an Improved Gamma Differencing Scheme Based on Normalized-Variable Formulation for Low-Speed Flow With Artificial Compressibility Technique
    Numerical Heat Transfer: Part B: Fundamentals, vol. 50, no. 6, pp. 561–584, 2006
  16. FEM simulation of the eye structure with bioheat analysis
    Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, vol. 82, no. 3, pp. 268–276, 2006
  17. Cardiac health diagnosis using data fusion of cardiovascular and haemodynamic signals
    Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, vol. 82, no. 2, pp. 87–96, 2006
  18. Numerical Analysis of EDL Effect on Heat Transfer Characteristic of 3-D Developing Flow in a Microchannel
    Numerical Heat Transfer: Part A: Applications, vol. 49, no. 10, pp. 991–1007, 2006
  19. ANN-based mapping of febrile subjects in mass thermogram screening: facts and myths
    Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 330–337, 2006
  20. Analysis of plantar pressure in diabetic type 2 subjects with and without neuropathy
    ITBM-RBM, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 46–55, 2006
  21. Left ventricular shape-based contractility index
    Journal of Biomechanics, vol. 39, no. 13, pp. 2397–2409, 2006
  22. Parametric study of the biopotential equation for breast tumour identification using ANOVA and Taguchi method
    Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, vol. 44, no. 1-2, pp. 131–139, 2006
  23. Explaining Left Ventricular Pressure Dynamics in Terms of LV Passive and Active Elastances
    Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, vol. 220, no. 5, pp. 647–655, 2006
  24. A perspective on medical infrared imaging
    Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 257–267, 2005
  25. Perfusion studies of steady flow in poroelastic myocardium tissue
    Computer Methods in Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 349–357, 2005
  26. International Journal of Rotating Machinery, vol. 2005, no. 2, p. 105, 2005
  27. International Journal of Rotating Machinery, vol. 2005, no. 2, p. 117, 2005
  28. BioMedical Engineering OnLine, vol. 4, no. 1, p. 10, 2005
  29. A global bioheat model with self-tuning optimal regulation of body temperature using Hebbian feedback covariance learning
    Medical Physics, vol. 32, no. 12, p. 3819, 2005
  30. Is thermal scanner losing its bite in mass screening of fever due to SARS?
    Medical Physics, vol. 32, no. 1, p. 93, 2005
  31. Laser Doppler perfusion imaging for the study of alternative medicine
    International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, vol. 21, no. 1/2, p. 65, 2004
  32. Parametric Study of Greitzer's Instability Flow Model Through Compressor System Using the Taguchi Method
    International Journal of Rotating Machinery, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 91–97, 2004
  33. BMC Cancer, vol. 4, no. 1, p. 17, 2004
  34. Analysis of IR thermal imager for mass blind fever screening
    Microvascular Research, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 104–109, 2004
  35. COMPUTATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL DEVELOPING PRESSURE-DRIVEN LIQUID FLOW IN A MICROCHANNEL WITH EDL EFFECT
    Numerical Heat Transfer: Part A: Applications, vol. 45, no. 10, pp. 1013–1027, 2004
  36. Case studies of laser Doppler imaging system for clinical diagnosis applications and management
    Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 200–206, 2003
  37. Stall prediction of in-flight compressor due to flamming of refueling leakage near inlet
    Computational Mechanics, vol. 30, no. 5-6, pp. 479–486, 2003
  38. A Framework for Early Discovery of Breast Tumor Using Thermography with Artificial Neural Network
    The Breast Journal, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 341–343, 2003
  39. Laser-Doppler imaging of osteoarthritis in proximal interphalangeal joints
    Microvascular Research, vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 65–68, 2003
  40. Higher-order Upwind Distribution-formula Scheme for Structured and Unstructured Adaptive Flow Solvers
    International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 61–73, 2003
  41. The impacts of time-step size in the application of the direct simulation Monte Carlo method to ultra-thin gas film lubrication
    Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 567–573, 2002
  42. Prediction of skin burn injury. Part 2: parametric and sensitivity analysis
    Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, vol. 216, no. 3, pp. 171–183, 2002
  43. Modelling of fluid-wall interactions for viscous flow in a stenotic elastic artery
    Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, An International Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, p. 33, 2002
  44. Prediction of skin burn injury. Part 1: numerical modelling
    Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, vol. 216, no. 3, pp. 157–170, 2002
  45. Comparison of one- and two-dimensional programmes for predicting the state of skin burns
    Burns, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 27–34, 2002
  46. Study on the propagation of inlet flow distortion in axial compressor using an integral method
    Computational Mechanics, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 1–11, 2002
  47. Near-wall function for turbulence closure models
    Computational Mechanics, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 178–181, 2002
  48. Stress-density ratio slip-corrected Reynolds equation for ultra-thin film gas bearing lubrication
    Physics of Fluids, vol. 14, no. 4, p. 1450, 2002
  49. Simulation of oscillatory wall shear stress in channels with moving indentations
    International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, vol. 54, no. 10, pp. 1477–1500, 2002
  50. Global bioheat model for quick evaluation of the human physiological thermal profiles under differing conditions
    Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 231–238, 2002
  51. The credibility of the breast cancer risk assessment (BCRA) tool for Asians
    Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 185–192, 2002
  52. Addendum
    Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 53–53, 2002
  53. Computerized detection of breast cancer with artificial intelligence and thermograms
    Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 152–157, 2002
  54. CFD ANALYSIS OF DOUBLE-LAYER MICROCHANNEL CONJUGATE PARALLEL LIQUID FLOWS WITH ELECTRIC DOUBLE-LAYER EFFECTS
    Numerical Heat Transfer: Part A: Applications, vol. 40, no. 7, pp. 735–749, 2001
  55. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 463–473, 2001
  56. Computerized breast thermography: study of image segmentation and temperature cyclic variations
    Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 12–16, 2001
  57. Numerical computation as a tool to aid thermographic interpretation
    Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 53–60, 2001
  58. Numerical uncertainty and perfusion induced instability in bioheat equation: its importance in thermographic interpretation
    Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 222–229, 2001
  59. Statistical analysis of healthy and malignant breast thermography
    Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 253–263, 2001
  60. Prediction of unobstructed flow for co-rotating multi-disk drive in an enclosure
    International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 519–531, 2001
  61. Nonlinear solution adaptive structured grids via heat-conduction analogies
    Computers & Mathematics with Applications, vol. 41, no. 1-2, pp. 193–213, 2001
  62. Effect of blood flow, tumour and cold stress in a female breast: a novel time-accurate computer simulation
    Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, vol. 215, no. 4, pp. 393–404, 2001
  63. Comparison of Various Turbulence Models in Rotating Machinery Blade-to-Blade Passages
    International Journal of Rotating Machinery, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 375–382, 2000
  64. An improved three-dimensional direct numerical modelling and thermal analysis of a female breast with tumour
    Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, vol. 215, no. 1, pp. 25–37, 2000
  65. Unsteady viscous flow model on moving the domain through a stenotic artery
    Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, vol. 215, no. 2, pp. 237–249, 2000
  66. Journal of Electronics Manufacturing, vol. 10, no. 4, p. 237, 2000
  67. Parametric optimization for tumour identification: bioheat equation using ANOVA and the Taguchi method
    Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, vol. 214, no. 5, pp. 505–512, 2000
  68. HEAT AND FLOW EVALUATION IN ROTATING CIRCULAR DISKS PASSAGE WITH A CFD APPROACH
    Numerical Heat Transfer: Part A: Applications, vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 611–626, 2000
  69. Unsteady stenosis flow prediction: a comparative study of non-Newtonian models with operator splitting scheme
    Medical Engineering & Physics, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 265–277, 2000
  70. Numerical study of unsteady stenosis flow: parametric evaluation of power-law model
    Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 203–209, 2000
  71. Mesh-independent prediction of skin burns injury
    Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 255–261, 2000
  72. Non-Newtonian flow in a large mixed-flow pump
    International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, vol. 13, no. 6, p. 332, 2000
  73. Journal of Electronics Manufacturing, vol. 9, no. 2, p. 155, 1999
  74. Computation of Q3D Viscous Flows in Various Annular Turbine Stages with Heat Transfer
    International Journal of Rotating Machinery, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 25–33, 1998
  75. Undergraduate Students in a Computer Engineering Course: A Perspective of their Learning Approaches and Motivation Factors
    Innovations in Education and Teaching International, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 65–69, 1997
  76. Towards a Reliable Assessment of Engineering In-house Practical Training Courses: A Case Study of Method-in-action
    Innovations in Education and Teaching International, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 288–293, 1997
  77. A novel implicit difference algorithm of primitive variable flow equations with higher-order extra terms
    Computers & Fluids, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 163–182, 1997
  78. Use of electronic presentation for teaching mathematics
    Computer Applications in Engineering Education, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 61–70, 1997