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Brian W. Pogue

Professor of Engineering
Director, M.S. and Ph.D. Programs
603/646-3861
Brian.Pogue@Dartmouth.edu

Education

• B.Sc. Hons., Physics, York University (Canada) 1989
• M.Sc., Physics, York University (Canada) 1991
• Ph.D., Medical Physics, McMaster University (Canada) 1996

Research Interests

Biomedical optics and lasers; medical imaging; image guided spectroscopy of cancer; photodynamic therapy; modeling of tumor pathophysiology and contrast

Current Research Projects

• Fluorescence-guided neurosurgery
• Fluorescence imaging
• Near-infrared imaging
• Photodynamic therapy
• Tumor pathophysiologic analysis and modeling

Teaching, 2008-2010

• ENGS 120 Electromagnetic Fields and Waves (course description)
• ENGS 167 Medical Imaging (course description, home page)
• ENGG 168 Biomedical Radiation Transport (course description)
• ENGS 195 Seminar on Science, Technology, and Society (course description)
• ENGG 196 Seminar on Applied Science and Technology (course description)
• ENGG 197 Ph.D. Professional Workshops (course description, home page)
• ENGG 198 Research-In-Progress Workshop (course description)
• 3rd International Graduate Summer School: Biophotonics '07

Selected Publications

• Pogue, B.W. and T. Hasan. Targeting in Photodynamic Therapy and Photo-Imaging.
  Optics & Photonics News, August 2003, pp. 36-43.
• More Publications

Professional Activities

• Research Scientist, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Deputy Editor, Optics Letters
• Editorial Boards: Medical Physics; Journal of Biomedical Optics; Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology
• Conference Chair, Optical Society of America, Biomedical Optics Topical Meetings, Ft. Lauderdale, March 2006
• Program Chair, European Conferences in Biomedical Optics, Munich, June 2009

Press Releases

• Dartmouth researchers test new technique to examine breast tissue (posted 5/22/06)

• Alternative / supplemental breast imaging methods tested (posted 5/3/04)

• Treatment combination slows tumor growth (posted 3/1/03)

In the News

• Dartmouth Medicine
  Winter, 2006
  "Could function prove better than form?"
  By Lee McDavid

• Focus on Care
  Fall, 2006
  "Taking a Second Look: Collaboration Creates New Breast Imaging Techniques" (PDF)

• NewsRx
  June 12, 2006
  "Dartmouth researchers test new technique to examine breast tissue"

• VOX of Dartmouth
  May 29, 2006
  "Deep vision"—Improved diagnostic tool is result of medical, engineering collaboration
  By Susan Knapp

• Medical News Today
  May 23, 2006
  "Testing New Technique to Examine Breast Tissue"
  By Susan Knapp

• VOX of Dartmouth
  May 15, 2006
  "Gribble, Pogue Receive Mentor Awards"
  By Kerry Landers

• Diagnostic Imaging
  June 1, 2004
  "Optical imaging sheds light on cancer's signature"
  Regional blood flow and tissue oxygenization measures may permit earlier breast cancer detection
  By Catherine Carrington

• VOX of Dartmouth
  May 17, 2004
  "New ways of detecting breast tumors"—Physicians and engineers work together
  By Susan Knapp