Dartmouth College · EngineeringImaging Innovations for Breast Cancer Detection
Shudong Jiang · Hanover, New Hampshire
Research Focus
Dr. Shudong Jiang's lab at Dartmouth College focuses on developing innovative imaging technologies to improve the early detection of breast cancer treatment responses. They are particularly interested in using Near-infrared Spectral Tomography (NIRST) to monitor vascular changes in breast tumors during neoadjuvant chemotherapy. This research could offer a noninvasive and cost-effective way to predict the effectiveness of cancer treatments much earlier than traditional methods.
breast cancerneoadjuvant chemotherapyimaging technologyNear-infrared Spectral Tomography (NIRST)residual cancer burdenvascular imagingbiomarkersclinical researchhealth technology3D imaging
Research Aims
5AIM 01Develop a portable and noninvasive NIRST system for monitoring breast cancer treatment.
AIM 02Establish biomarkers for predicting the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
AIM 03Enhance the NIRST imaging platform with deep learning for better performance.
AIM 04Transition these imaging technologies from research to clinical application.
AIM 05Conduct extensive clinical studies to validate the effectiveness of this new imaging system.
Skills the Lab Values
NIRST technology3D image reconstructiondeep learningclinical trial designbiomarker analysisdata collectionimage processingsignal processingoptical imaging techniqueswearable technology
Output against the department
Publications266top 33% of dept.90th of 278
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Citations6.0kbottom 45% of dept.152nd of 278
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