James J. Xia, MD, PhD

Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Academic Institute
Full Member, Research Institute
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College

Surgical Planning Lab

VIEW RESEARCH
NETWORK

Biography

Dr. Xia is the Director of the Surgical Planning Laboratory with the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at The Methodist Hospital. He is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatric Surgery at the University of Texas –Houston Medical School. Dr. Xia received his medical degree from the Shanghai Second Medical University in China and his doctoral degree in surgical planning from the University of Hong Kong. He has completed post-doctoral work in computer graphics and computer modeling and a fellowship in rapid prototyping. He also holds a master degree in clinical research from the University of Texas-Houston Medical School. Dr. Xia has more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed publications and has received awards from the Hong Kong Computer Society and the Municipality of Shanghai. He has been extensively lecturing in the US, as well as internationally including Belgium, Brazil, Mexico, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Description of Research

Dr. Xia’s research focuses on ongoing trials of new methods to utilize advanced imaging, computer modeling, and surgical navigation to result in making major facial and skull surgeries safer, faster, and more successful. He was a Methodist Hospital Research Institute Research Scholar and has ongoing NIH support for his computer surgical simulation work in cranio-maxillofacial surgery (with Dr. Jaime Gateno of TMH). He and Dr. Gateno have developed system called Computer-Assisted Surgical Simulation (CASS) that aids in surgical planning for these major facial surgeries.

Areas Of Expertise

Craniomaxillofacial surgery Surgical planning Computer modeling Rapid prototyping Surgical navigation medical imaging

Education & Training

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Image Computing Group, Dept of Computer Science City University, Hong Kong

PhD, University of Hong Kong

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Institute of Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai

Residency, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical University

MD, Shanghai Second Medical University

MS, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth

Patents

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTER-AIDED ORTHOGNATHIC SURGICAL PLANNING

Patent Number: EP3500172, Jun 26 2019

Systems and methods for computer-aided orthognathic surgical planning

Patent Number: AU2017312214, Apr 04 2019

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTER-AIDED ORTHOGNATHIC SURGICAL PLANNING

Patent Number: WO2018035524, Feb 22 2018

METODO Y APARATO PARA LA FABRICACION DE FERULAS QUIRURGICAS ORTOGNATICAS.

Patent Number: ES2369491T, Dec 01 2011

English

Patent Number: AT515973T, Jul 15 2011

View All

Publications

Context-guided fully convolutional networks for joint craniomaxillofacial bone segmentation and landmark digitization

Zhang, J, Liu, M, Wang, L, Chen, S, Yuan, P, Li, J, Shen, SGF, Tang, Z, Chen, KC, Xia, JJ & Shen, D 2020, Medical Image Analysis, vol. 60, 101621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.media.2019.101621

An automatic approach to reestablish final dental occlusion for 1-piece maxillary orthognathic surgery

Deng, HH, Yuan, P, Wong, S, Gateno, J, Garrett, FA, Ellis, RK, English, JD, Jacob, HB, Kim, D & Xia, JJ 2019, Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention : MICCAI ... International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, vol. 11768, pp. 345-353. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32254-0_39

A New Approach of Predicting Facial Changes following Orthognathic Surgery using Realistic Lip Sliding Effect

Kim, D, Kuang, T, Rodrigues, YL, Gateno, J, Shen, SGF, Wang, X, Deng, HH, Alfi, D, Yuan, P, Liebschner, MAK & Xia, JJ 2019, Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention : MICCAI ... International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, vol. 11768, pp. 336-344. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32254-0_38

Estimating Reference Bony Shape Model for Personalized Surgical Reconstruction of Posttraumatic Facial Defects

Xiao, D, Wang, L, Deng, HH, Thung, K-H, Zhu, J, Yuan, P, Rodrigues, YL, Perez Jr. L, Crecelius, CE, Gateno, J, Kuang, T, Shen, SGF, Kim, D, Alfi, D, Yap, P-T, Xia, JJ & Shen, D 2019, Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention : MICCAI ... International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, vol. 11768, pp. 327-335. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32254-0_37

Automatic Detection of Craniomaxillofacial Anatomical Landmarks on CBCT Images using 3D Mask R-CNN [GLMI-P-10]

Lang, Y, Wang, L, Yap, P-T, Lian, C, Deng, HH, Thung, K-H, Xiao, D, Yuan, P, Shen, SGF, Gateno, J, Kuang, T, Alfi, D, Xia, JJ & Shen, D 2019, .

One-Shot Generative Adversarial Learning for MRI Segmentation of Craniomaxillofacial Bony Structures

Chen, X, Lian, C, Wang, L, Deng, H, Fung, SH, Nie, D, Thung, K-H, Yap, P-T, Gateno, J, Xia, JJ & Shen, D 2019, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMI.2019.2935409

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTER-AIDED ORTHOGNATHIC SURGICAL PLANNING

Xia, JJ, Gateno, J & Yuan, P 2019, , Patent No. EP3500172, IPC No. A61C 13/ 00 A I.

Systems and methods for computer-aided orthognathic surgical planning

Xia, JJ, Gateno, J & Yuan, P 2019, , Patent No. AU2017312214, IPC No. A61C 13/ 00 A I.

Automatic Detection of Craniomaxillofacial Anatomical Landmarks on CBCT Images Using 3D Mask R-CNN

Lang, Y, Wang, L, Yap, PT, Lian, C, Deng, H, Thung, KH, Xiao, D, Yuan, P, Shen, SGF, Gateno, J, Kuang, T, Alfi, DM, Xia, JJ & Shen, D 2019, . in D Zhang, L Zhou, B Jie & M Liu (eds), Graph Learning in Medical Imaging - 1st International Workshop, GLMI 2019, held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2019, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 11849 LNCS, Springer, pp. 130-137, 1st International Workshop on Graph Learning in Medical Imaging, GLMI 2019 held in conjunction with the 22nd International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2019, Shenzhen, China, 10/17/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35817-4_16

Both the Observer's Expertise and the Subject's Facial Symmetry Can Affect Anatomical Position of the Head

Sutton, PH, Gateno, J, English, JD, Paranilam, J, Teichgraeber, JF & Xia, JJ 2018, Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joms.2018.09.037

Magic wand: 3D-based interactive algorithm to accelerate CBCT segmentation

Yuan, P, Afonso, DF, Deng, HH, Li, J, Vu, J, Xi, DW, Huang, MF, Alfi, D, Gateno, J & Xia, JJ 2018, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, pp. S24-S26.

Accuracy improvement of facial soft tissue prediction following orthognathic surgery using geometrically-detailed FE mesh

Kim, D, Kuang, T, Xi, DW, Yuan, P, Shen, SGF, Wang, X, Huang, MF, Gateno, J, Liebschner, MAK & Xia, JJ 2018, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, vol. 13, no. S1, pp. S113-S115.

Robust digital dental articulation for one-piece maxillary orthognathic surgery

Li, J, Xi, DW, Afonso, DF, Yuan, P, Huang, MF, Yao, CF, Alfi, D & Xia, JJ 2018, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, vol. 13, no. S1, pp. S120-S121.

An eFTD-VP framework for efficiently generating patient-specific anatomically detailed facial soft tissue FE mesh for craniomaxillofacial surgery simulation

Zhang, X, Kim, D, Shen, S, Yuan, P, Liu, S, Tang, Z, Zhang, G, Zhou, X, Gateno, J, Liebschner, MAK & Xia, JJ 2018, Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, vol. 17, no. 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-017-0967-6

Fluctuating asymmetry of the normal facial skeleton

Gateño, J, Jones, TL, Shen, SGF, Chen, KC, Jajoo, A, Kuang, T, English, JD, Nicol, M, Teichgraeber, JF & Xia, JJ 2018, International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, vol. 47, no. 4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijom.2017.10.011

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTER-AIDED ORTHOGNATHIC SURGICAL PLANNING

Xia, JJ, Gateno, J & Yuan, P 2018, , Patent No. WO2018035524, IPC No. A61C 13/ 00 A I.

Craniomaxillofacial Bony Structures Segmentation from MRI with Deep-Supervision Adversarial Learning

Zhao, M, Wang, L, Chen, J, Nie, D, Cong, Y, Ahmad, S, Ho, A, Yuan, P, Fung, SH, Deng, HH, Xia, JJ & Shen, D 2018, . in Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2018 - 21st International Conference, 2018, Proceedings. vol. 11073, Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention : MICCAI ... International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Springer-Verlag, pp. 720-727, 21st International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2018, Granada, Spain, 9/16/18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00937-3_82

A new approach of splint-less orthognathic surgery using a personalized orthognathic surgical guide system: A preliminary study

Li, B, Shen, S, Jiang, W, Li, J, Jiang, T, Xia, JJ, Shen, SG & Wang, X 2017, International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, vol. 46, no. 10, pp. 1298-1305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijom.2017.03.025

A clinically validated prediction method for facial soft-tissue changes following double-jaw surgery

Kim, D, Ho, DCY, Mai, H, Zhang, X, Shen, SGF, Shen, S, Yuan, P, Liu, S, Zhang, G, Zhou, X, Gateno, J, Liebschner, MAK & Xia, JJ 2017, Medical Physics, vol. 44, no. 8, pp. 4252-4261. https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.12391

Application of A Novel Three-dimensional Printing Genioplasty Template System and Its Clinical Validation: A Control Study

Li, B, Wei, H, Zeng, F, Li, J, Xia, JJ & Wang, X 2017, Scientific Reports, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 5431. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05417-7

VIEW FULL PUBLICATIONS