| Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Ph.D.
Professor
Cockrell Family Chair in Engineering and Distinguished Teaching
Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PhD Medical Physics (1990)
Presidential Young Investigator, National Science Foundation (1991);
Presidential Faculty Fellow, National Science Foundation (1992);
Becton Dickinson Career Achievement Award, Association for the Advancement
of Medical Instrumentation (1992); Outstanding Engineering Teaching
by an Assistant Professor Award, College of Engineering, University
of Texas at Austin (1994); Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Award, Bioengineering
Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1999)
kortum@mail.utexas.edu
Research
- Publications
- Lab
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BME 301
Research Focus
High-resolution, in vivo, optical imaging for enhanced detection
of cancer; fluorescence imaging for cancer detection; electro-magnetic
modeling of light scattering by cells and tissues; fiber optic sensors
for in vivo detection of cancer.
Research Interests
Dr. Richards-Kortum focuses on applications of laser spectroscopy
to the diagnosis of disease in human tissue. Using portable lasers
and optical fibers, prototype systems for minimally invasive early
identification of disease are under construction. Working with scientists
and cardiologists at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston,
her group is developing a real-time catheter-based system to image
the structural and chemical composition of coronary artery disease
in vivo using a combination of ultrasound and laser spectroscopy.
They are also using fluorescence spectroscopy to develop automated
methods of screening for pre-invasive cervical cancer in collaboration
with gynecologists at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer
Center in Houston. She encourages students considering a PhD in
Biomedical Engineering interested in optics, spectroscopy, image
processing, and mathematical modeling to make contact and discuss
these and other projects in more detail.
Selected Publications
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Drezek R, Collier T, Brookner C,
Malpica A, Lotan R, Richards-Kortum R; Laser Scanning Confocal
Microscopy of Cervical Tissue Before and After Application of
Acetic Acid, AM J Obstet Gynecol, 182:1135-39, 2000.
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Brookner C., Follen M, Boiko I.,
Galvan J., Thomsen S., Malpica A., Suzuki
S., Lotan R, Richards-Kortum R; Tissue Slices Autofluorescence
Patterns in Fresh Cervical Tissue, Photochemistry and Photobiology,
71:730-36, 2000.
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Drezek R, Dunn A, Richards-Kortum
R; A Pulsed FDTD Method for Calculating Light Scattering from
Cells Over Broad Wavelength Ranges, Optics Express, 6(7):147-157,
2000.
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Heintzelman D, Utzinger U, Fuchs
H, Gillenwater A, Jacob R, Kemp B, Richards-Kortum R; Optimal
Excitation Wavelengths for In Vivo Detection of Oral Neoplasia
Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Photochemistry and Photobiology,
72(1):103-113, 2000.
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Utzinger U, Brewer M, Silva E,
Gershensen D, Bast R, Follen Mitchell M, Richards-Kortum R;
Reflectance Spectroscopy for In Vivo Characterization of Ovarian
Tissue, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 28:56-66, 2000.
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