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Vern Hart

Faculty Member

Vern Hart

Biography

My background is in clinical medical physics. I am interested in various applications of optical scattering, sparse tomography, and diffractive imaging for early cancer detection and the non-destructive evaluation of micro-tumors.

I am part of the Center for Imaging and Biophotonics Experiments Advancing Medicine (CIBEAM) lab at UVU. Our lab website can be found here: https://vernhart.faculty.uvu.edu/.

Education

PhD, Utah State University, 2012

Major: Physics

BS, Brigham Young University, 2006

Major: Physics

Teaching

PHYS 2010

College Physics I PP, Fall 2024

PHYS 2010

College Physics I PP, Fall 2024

PHYS 4150

Medical Physics, Fall 2024

BIOL 489R

Student Research, Fall 2024

PHYS 2210

Physics for Scientists and Engineers I PP, Summer 2024

BIOL 489R

Student Research, Summer 2024

PHYS 2010

College Physics I PP, Spring 2024

PHYS 2010

College Physics I PP, Spring 2024

PHYS 4250

Nuclear Physics, Spring 2024

PHYS 1090

Pathways to Physics, Spring 2024

PHYS 489R

Undergraduate Research in Physics, Spring 2024

Presentations

Daynes, Tyler , Hart, Vern , APS Four Corners, "High-Resolution Coherent Diffractive Imaging of Adherent Cancer Cells Using a Dynamic Lens-based System", American Physical Society, Albuquerque, NM. (October, 2022)
Tait, Jeremy , Hart, Vern , APS Four Corners Section, "A Stitching Algorithm for High-order Spatial Frequencies in Diffraction Pattern Data", American Physical Society, Albuquerque, NM. (October 14, 2022)
Russell, Rylee , Daynes, Tyler , Wilde, Jackson , Phillips, Matt , Evans, Ellie , Hoyt, Tyson , Tait, Jeremy , Aubrey, Jackson , Welch, Harrison , Winward, CJ , Rasmussen, Spencer , Jolley, Brandon , Gummadi, Shritha , Barton, Matt , Rawson, Clayton , Hart, Vern , Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, "Digital Holographic Microscopy for Instance Segmentation in Adherent Cell Cultures", St. George, UT. (February, 2022)
Hoyt, Tyson , Hart, Vern , Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, "Green Fluorescent Protein Transfection for Improved Auto-Segmentation of Co-Cultured Cell Lines", Provo, UT. (February, 2021)
Acree, Mason , Berneau, Chris , Densley, Portia , Hart, Vern , National Conference on Undergraduate Research, "A deep learning approach to early cancer detection using near-infrared laser scattering profiles", Atlanta, GA. (April, 2019)
Acree, Mason , Jensen, Gunnar , Hart, Vern , Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, "A Deep Learning Approach to Early Cancer Detection using Near-Infrared Laser Scattering Profiles", Boston, MA. (March, 2019)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Dalah, E. , Yang, C. , Hart, V. , Zhang, Q. , Hu, Y. , Li, X. , (2022) "Mapping transient hypoxia from in-situ activation of 15O by photon beams_ A simulation study" (Issue: 108815, vol. 172). Journal of Radiation Physics and Chemistry.
Hart, V. , Doyle, T. , Taylor, M. , Carruth, B. , Pautet, P. , Zhao, Y. , (2018) "Investigating Gravity Waves in Polar Mesospheric Clouds Using Tomographic Reconstructions of AIM Satellite Imagery" (Issue: 1, vol. 123). Journal of Geophysical Research.
Hart, V. , Burrow, D. , Li, X. , (2017) "A graphical approach to optimizing variable kernel smoothing parameters for improved deformable registration of CT and cone beam CT images" (Issue: 6246, vol. 62). Physics in Medicine and Biology.
Hart, V. , Doyle, T. , (2013) "Simulation of diffuse photon migration in tissue by a Monte Carlo method derived from the optical scattering of spheroids" (Issue: 25, vol. 52). Applied Optics.
Hart, V. , Doyle, T. , Taylor, M. , Carruth, B. , Pautet, P. , Zhao, Y. , (2012) "Three-dimensional tomographic reconstruction of mesospheric airglow structures using two-station ground-based image measurements" (Issue: 7, vol. 51). Applied Optics.
Doyle, T. , Factor, R. , Ellefson, C. , Sorensen, K. , Ambrose, B. , Goodrich, J. , Hart, V. , Jensen, S. , Patel, H. , Neumayer, L. , (2011) "High-frequency ultrasound for intraoperative margin assessments in breast conservation surgery_ a feasibility study" (Issue: 444, vol. 11). BMC Cancer.

Awards

Outstanding Scholar

UVU Office of Sponsored Programs - August, 2018