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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 4250

Nuclear Physics, Spring 2025

PHYS 2210

Physics for Scientists and Engineers I, Spring 2025

PHYS 2210

Physics for Scientists and Engineers I, Spring 2025

BIOL 489R

Student Research, Spring 2025

BIOL 489R

Student Research, Spring 2025

BIOL 489R

Student Research, Spring 2025

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