Core Faculty Members

Dr. LOU Wutao
Lecturer, Department of Biomedical Engineering, CUHK

Area of Expertise: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Electroencephalogram wlou@cuhk.edu.hk
Tel: 3943 0458
Location: SHB208

Lab webpage: http://www.bme.cuhk.edu.hk/wutaolou/

Dr. LOU received a B.Eng. degree in medical information engineering from Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, in 2009, a M.Eng. degree in biomedical engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, in 2012, and the Ph.D. degree in imaging and interventional radiology from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 2016. Then, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the division of neurology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, CUHK. In Feb 2020, Dr. LOU joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering as a lecturer.

2013-2016 Ph.D. in Imaging and Interventional Radiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2009-2012 M.Eng. in Biomedical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University
2005-2009 B.Eng. in Medical Information Engineering, Sichuan University

Dynamic Brain Network; Artificial Intelligence in Neuroengineering
Healthy Aging and Cognitive Decline
Mechanisms of Pain Perception

BMEG2210 Orthopaedic Biomechanics and Musculoskeletal Injury (2020 – Present)
BMEG3320 Biomedical Imaging (2024 – Present)
BMEG3330 Neuroengineering (2020 – Present)
BMEG5830 Medical Imaging (2020 – Present)
ENGG1120 Linear Algebra for Engineers (2020- Present)
BMEG2300 Circuits and Signals for Biomedical Engineering (2020-2022)
BMEG3910 Undergraduate Research in Biomedical Engineering (2022 – 2024)
BMEG4320 AI & Imaging for Biomedical Engineering (2021-2022)

Postgraduate Research Output Award 2015, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Xinyu Li, Lisa Wing-Chi Au, Huifen Hao, Yingying Li, Xiuju Gao, Junqiang Yan, Raymond Kai-Yu Tong, Wutao Lou* (2025). Decreases in hormone levels modulate neurovascular coupling but not reduced insular functional connectivity in menstrual-related migraine [J]. Human Brain Mapping, 46: e70289. (* Corresponding Author).

Xiaoyun Li, Zhouan Liu, Yuzhen Hu, Richu Jin, Wutao Lou*, Weiwei Peng* (2024). Analgesic effects of high-frequency rTMS on pain anticipation and perception [J]. Communications Biology, 7: 1573. (*Corresponding author)

Wutao Lou, Xiaoyun Li, Richu Jin, Weiwei Peng* (2024). Time-Varying Phase Synchronization of Resting-State fMRI Reveals a Shift Toward Self-referential Processes During Sustained Pain [J]. Pain, 165(7):1493-1504.

Xinyu Li, Huifen Hao, Yingying Li, Lisa Wing-Chi Au, Ganqin Du, Xiuju Gao, Junqiang Yan, Raymond Kai-Yu Tong*, Wutao Lou* (2023 ). Menstrually-related migraine shapes the structural similarity network integration of brain [J]. Cerebral Cortex: 33(17):9867-9876. (*corresponding author)

Xiaoyun Li†, Wutao Lou†, Wenyun Zhang, Raymond Kai-yu Tong, Li Hu, Weiwei Peng* (2022). On-going first-hand pain facilitates somatosensory resonance but inhibits affective sharing in empathy for pain[J]. NeuroImage, 263:119599. († Equal Contribution).

Wenlong Li†, Wutao Lou†, Wenyun Zhang, Raymond Kai-yu Tong, Richu Jin*, Weiwei Peng* (2022). Gyrus rectus asymmetry predicts trait alexithymia, cognitive empathy, and social function in neurotypical adults [J]. Cerebral Cortex, 33 (5):1941-1954. († Equal Contribution).

Weiwei Peng, Wutao Lou, Xiaoxuan Huang, Qian Ye, Raymond Kai-yu Tong, Fang Cui (2021). Suffer together, bond together: Brain-to-brain synchronization and mutual affective empathy when sharing painful experiences [J]. NeuroImage, 238: 118249.

Xinyu Li†, Ahsan Khan†, Yingying Li, Diansen Chen, Jing Yang, Haohui Zhan, Ganqin Du, Jin Xu, Wutao Lou*, Raymond Kai-yu Tong (2021). Hyperconnection and hyperperfusion of overlapping brain regions in patients with menstrual-related migraine: a multimodal neuroimaging study [J]. Neuroradiology, 63: 741–749. (* Corresponding author)

Wutao Lou, Defeng Wang*, Adrian Wong, Winnie CW Chu, Vincent CT Mok, Lin Shi* (2019). Frequency-specific age-related decreased brain network diversity in cognitively healthy elderly – A whole-brain data-driven analysis. Human Brain Mapping, 40(1): 340-351.

Lin Shi†, Wutao Lou†, Adrian Wong, Fan Zhang, Jill Abrigo, Winnie CW Chu, Timothy CY Kwok, Kelvin KL Wong, Derek Abbott, Defeng Wang*, Vincent CT Mok* (2019). Neural evidence for long-term marriage shaping the functional brain network organization between couples. NeuroImage, 199: 87-92. († Equal Contribution)