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Keith D. Paulsen

Education

• BSc, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University 1981
• MS, Engineering Sciences, Dartmouth College 1984
• PhD, Engineering Sciences, Dartmouth College 1986

Research Interests

Biomedical engineering; numerical methods in electromagnetics; cancer therapeutics; medical imaging methodologies; bioelectromagnetics

Current Research Projects

• Fluorescence-guided neurosurgery
• Image-guided neurosurgery
• Magnetic resonance elastography
• Microwave imaging spectroscopy
• Near-infrared imaging
• Non-linear image reconstruction techniques
• Optical molecular imaging
• Quantitative scatter imaging
• Therapy monitoring

Teaching

• ENGS 7: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives on Medical Imaging
• ENGS 105: Computational Methods for Partial Differential Equations I
• ENGM 189: Medical Device Development (.5 credit)
• ENGS 205: Computational Methods for Partial Differential Equations II
• ENGG 325: Introduction to Surgical Innovation

Books

Awards

• Fellow of OSA
• Fellow of SPIE

Selected Patents

• Method and apparatus for determining tumor shift during surgery using a stereo-optical three-dimensional surface-mapping system (9,336,592)
• System and Method of for providing Patient Registration without Fiducials (9,179,888)
• System and Method for Registering Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Images (9,098,904)

Entrepreneurship

• Microwave Imaging System Technologies, Co-founder
• CairnSurgical, Co-founder

News

• New Imaging System Makes Back Surgery Safer, Faster and Less Expensive
  April 26, 2018

• Dartmouth Is Helping Brain Surgeons See Tumors More Clearly
  March 6, 2017

• Center for Surgical Innovation receives FDA approval for new research
  The Dartmouth
  October 27, 2016

• Dartmouth Wins FDA Approval for Aid to Guide Cancer Surgery
  Dartmouth News
  October 11, 2016

• To dye for: Breast cancer on the margins
  spectroscopyNOW
  September 1, 2015

• Food Dye, Near Infrared Light Can Aid in Breast Resection
  NCCC
  May 12, 2015

• Inside Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s high-tech operating facility
  WCAX
  January 9, 2015

• Diagnostic screening: Microwave imaging of the breast may be better and safer
  ScienceDaily
  December 16, 2014

• The Center for Surgical Innovation at Dartmouth-Hitchcock
  Dartmouth-Hitchcock
  December 1, 2014

• Dartmouth Team Receives Best Paper Award for Breast Imaging Research
  September 10, 2014

• MRI and Optical Scanning During Surgery Accurately Locate Small Breast Cancer Tumors
  NCCC
  March 27, 2014

• DHMC inaugurates unique intraoperative MRI and CT suite
  IMRIS
  March 19, 2014

• Near-IR Spectroscopy Performs Challenging Breast Imaging
  Novus Light Technologies Today
  February 18, 2014

• A better way to detect breast cancer?
  WCAX
  January 30, 2014

• Researchers Developing New Approach for Imaging Dense Breasts for Abnormalities
  NCCC
  January 24, 2014

• Quantifying intraoperative fluorescence
  Medical Physics Web
  January 18, 2013

• Research team develops tumor imaging system
  The Dartmouth
  January 14, 2013

• Dartmouth Engineering Professor Elected SPIE Fellow
  January 7, 2013

• Research at Dartmouth-Hitchcock helps battle brain tumors
  WCAX-TV
  December 27, 2012

• What is the Future of Microwave Technology in Diagnostic Imaging?
  NCCC
  December 10, 2012

• Dartmouth Discovery: Journals
  Dartmouth Now
  September 14, 2012

• New Probe Provides Vital Assist in Brain Cancer Surgery
  Dartmouth-Hitchcock
  July 24, 2012

• Quantified biomarkers aid glioma resection
  Medical Physics Web
  December 12, 2011

• NCI Awards $12.8 Million to Dartmouth Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence
  Dartmouth Now
  September 17, 2010

• A blue-light special - in the brain
  Dartmouth Medicine
  December 22, 2008

• Paulsen awarded Pritzker Chair
  November 14, 2008

• Alternative Breast Imaging Techniques Sort Abnormal from Normal Tissue
  ScienceDaily
  June 6, 2007

• Dartmouth’s alternative breast imaging techniques sort abnormal from normal tissue
  Dartmouth News
  May 6, 2007

• New, potentially more accurate method for diagnosing breast cancer
  News-Medical.Net
  April 16, 2007

• All Together Now
  Dartmouth Medicine Magazine
  March 20, 2007

• Discovering at Thayer School
  CREATE: Computing, Research and Teaching
  February 15, 2007

• Could function prove better than form?
  Dartmouth Medicine
  December 22, 2006

• Deep vision
  VOX of Dartmouth
  May 29, 2006

• Dartmouth researchers test new technique to examine breast tissue
  Dartmouth News
  May 22, 2006

• Early results on 3D breast imaging
  Dartmouth Medicine
  December 29, 2005

• Cancer Center Sets Interdisciplinary Standard
  Dartmouth Life
  October 6, 2004

• Spectroscopy Sheds a Whole New Light on Breast Cancer Screening
  Spectroscopy
  June 1, 2004

• New ways of detecting breast tumors
  VOX of Dartmouth
  May 17, 2004

• Alternative / supplemental breast imaging methods tested
  Dartmouth News
  March 5, 2004

• The Present and Future State of Breast Cancer Screening
  WebMD.com
  October 1, 2002

• Research Reveals a More Complete Picture of Breast Tissue
  Dartmouth News
  September 25, 2002

In Dartmouth Engineer Magazine

• Lab Reports
  Web Extra, May 2018

• 150 Thayer Gifts to the World: Part 1
  Web Extra, December 2017

• Kudos
  Web Extra, March 2017

• Lab Reports
  Web Extra, March 2017

• Found in Translation
  Web Extra, August 2016

• Making Breast-Conserving Surgery Safer and Better
  Web Extra, March 2016

• Lab Reports
  Winter 2016

• Just One Question: Do you hold any patents?
  Winter 2016

• Light Scattering Device Could Quickly Detect Cancer and Guide Surgery
  Web Extra, September 2015

• Thayer Notes
  Spring 2015

• Dartmouth’s Center for Surgical Innovation Open for Business
  Web Extra, December 2014

• Room to Operate
  Spring 2014

• Dartmouth Engineering Postdoc Helps Surgeons Navigate the Brain
  Web Extra, December 2013

• Engineering Entrepreneurs
  Fall 2013

• Kudos
  Fall 2013

• Advanced Surgery Center Opens This Summer at Dartmouth-Hitchcock
  Web Extra, March 2013

• Kudos
  Winter 2013

• Lab Reports
  Winter 2013

• Surgical Probe Uses Fluorescence to Guide Brain Tumor Removal
  Web Extra, February 2013

• Kudos
  Summer 2010

• Engineering in Medicine
  Summer 2009

• Classroom: Perspectives on Medical Imaging
  Summer 2009

• Endowed Chair: Robert A. Pritzker Professorship
  Winter 2009

• Kudos
  Summer 2008

• Lab Reports
  Spring/Summer 2007

• Kudos
  Fall 2006

• Minding Their Business
  Spring 2005

• Lab Reports
  Fall 2004

Video

Dartmouth's Center for Surgical Innovation

IMRIS Dartmouth iMRI & iCT

Breast Cancer Imaging Techniques

Graduate Student Engineering Research: Breast Cancer Screening

Graduate Student Engineering Research: Diagnosing Hydrocephalus

Seminar: From Biomedical Computation to Imaging and Back Again: Lessons Learned and Advances Gained from Two Decades of Research at Thayer