Alexander Hartov
Professor of Engineering
603/646-3936
Alexander.Hartov@Dartmouth.edu
Education
- BSEE Electrical Engineering, Northeastern University 1984
- MS Engineering Sciences, Dartmouth College 1988
- PhD Engineering Sciences, Dartmouth College 1991
Research Interests
Biomedical engineering; medical imaging; electrical impedance tomography; image-guided surgery; cryosurgery; ultrasound; multi-modality imaging
Current Research Projects
- Combined ultrasound and EIT imaging
- Electrical impedance imaging for breast cancer screening
- Electrical impedance imaging for prostate cancer screening
- Fluorescence-guided neurosurgery
- Image-guided neurosurgery
Teaching, 2008-2010
- ENGG 129 Instrumentation and Measurement (course description)
- ENGG 199 Digital Image Processing (home page)
In the News
MIT Technology Review
January 26, 2007
"Better Screening for Breast Cancer; Tests Show that Measuring Electrical Resistance Could Lead to a Cheap and Easy Way to Detect the Disease Early"
By Tyler HamiltonVOX of Dartmouth
May 17, 2004
"New ways of detecting breast tumors"—Physicians and engineers work together
By Susan Knapp
Press Releases
- Alternative / supplemental breast imaging methods tested (posted 5/3/04)
Personal Interests
Audio restoration and preservation (See Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive)
The New York Times
November 30, 2002
"Reclaiming Sounds of a Discarded Yiddish Culture" (subscription required)
By Katherine Zezima