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Regine Choe is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Rochester. She holds a BS in Physics from POSTECH (Korea, 1996) and a PhD in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania (2005). Her research focuses on developing diffuse optical methods for clinical applications in disease detection and therapy monitoring, particularly in breast cancer, brain injury, and bone healing. Core techniques include diffuse optical tomography, spatial frequency domain imaging, and diffuse correlation spectroscopy.
Her work integrates preclinical animal models with clinical human studies to explore metabolic mechanisms underlying therapy responses. Key areas include early indicators of therapy efficacy, vascularization during bone graft healing, and non-invasive monitoring of hemodynamic changes. Research emphasizes translational applications of biophotonics, including optical imaging of tumors and development of theranostic biomaterials.
Recent studies investigate cerebral hemodynamics in comatose adults, longitudinal monitoring of bone healing, and metabolic parameters in breast cancer. Her lab collaborates across disciplines, advancing multimodal optical imaging for clinical diagnostics and therapeutics.
