معرفی
Dr. Katherine Brown is an Associate Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas), affiliated with the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science. She joined UT Dallas in 2021 after a career at Texas Instruments Inc., bringing expertise in signal processing and biomedical engineering. Her academic journey includes a BS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University (1983), an MS from the University of Washington (1997), an MBA from Southern Methodist University (2008), and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from UT Dallas (2021).
- Education:
- BS, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 1983
- MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, 1997
- MBA, Business, Southern Methodist University, 2008
- PhD, Biomedical Engineering, UT Dallas, 2021
Katherine Brown specializes in super-resolution ultrasound imaging for cancer monitoring, leveraging deep neural networks and wearable ultrasound solutions for continuous medical applications. Her research bridges biomedical engineering with machine learning, focusing on enhancing imaging resolution beyond the diffraction limit to improve cancer treatment evaluation and real-time diagnostics.
Her recent publications highlight advancements in deep learning for spatiotemporal filtering (2024), wearable bladder monitoring sensors (2024), and nonlinear acoustic response modulation (2024). These works emphasize applications in cancer imaging, treatment assessment, and portable medical devices, with a technical focus on convolutional neural networks (CNNs), contrast agent optimization, and beamforming techniques.
At UT Dallas, Brown teaches bioinstrumentation, MATLAB programming, and digital image processing. Her lab’s work on super-resolution ultrasound includes collaborations on tumor angiogenesis, liver cancer therapies, and hemoglobin microbubble development, supported by preclinical models and real-time imaging frameworks.
