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Andreas H. Hielscher

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Andreas H. Hielscher
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
351 Engineering Terrace
1210 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail Code: 8904

Phone: +1 212-854-5080
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Education

  • 1995-98: Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
  • 1995: Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX

  • 1991: M.S., Applied Physics, University of Hannover, Germany

  • 1987: B.S., Physics, University of Hannover, Germany

Awards/Honors

  • 1998: Marie Curie Fellowship offered by the European Commission (declined)
  • 1997: Shechao Charles Feng Best Paper Memorial Prize, SPIE Conference on Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy of Tissue
  • 1995-97: Los Alamos National Laboratory Director's Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • 1995-97: Robert A. Welch Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship

Active Grant Support

  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

  • Whitaker Foundation

  • The New York City Council Speaker's Fund for Biomedical Research at the New York Academy of Medicine

  • Center for Advanced Information Managment, New York State Center for Advanced Technology at Columbia University.

Research Summary

In the Biophotonics and Optical Radiology Laboratory we are developing numerical and experimental techniques for optical medical diagnostics. We are focusing on the design of novel electro-optical instrumentation and algorithms that allow for tomographic reconstruction of cross sections through various body parts. These tools are currently applied in studies on hemodynamic effects in the human brain for stroke diagnostics, detection of rheumatoid arthritis in joints, and molecular imaging in small animals. Furthermore, our group investigates the use of polarized light for tissue characterization.


Recent Publications

  • A.D. Klose, A.H. Hielscher (2002), Optical tomography using the time-independent equation of radiative transfer. Part 2: Inverse model, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 72/5:715-732.
  • A.Y. Bluestone, G. Abdoulaev, C. Schmitz, R.L. Barbour, A.H. Hielscher (2001), Three-dimensional optical-tomography of hemodynamics in the human head, Optics Express 9(6): 272-286. (http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-9-6-272)
  • A.H. Hielscher, A.D. Klose, J. Beuthan (2000), Evolution strategies for optical tomographic characterization of homogeneous media, Optics Express 7(13):507-518. (INVITED) (http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-7-13-507)
  • S. Bartel and A.H. Hielscher (2000), Monte Carlo simulations of the diffuse backscattering Mueller matrix for highly scattering media, Applied Optics 39:1580-1588.
  • A.H. Hielscher, A.D. Klose, K.M. Hanson (1999) Gradient-based iterative image reconstruction scheme for time-resolved optical tomography, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 18:262-271.

View the complete list of publications.


Courses Taught

  • BME E4894: Biomedical Imaging, Spring 2002
  • BME E3810: Biomedical Engineering Design Lab I, Fall 2002