Dr. Gultekin Gulsen

University of California-Irvine, USA

Email: ggulsen@uci.edu

Qualifications

2011 Associate Professor, University of California, USA

1999 Ph.D., Bogazici University, USA

1995 M.Sc., Bogazici University, USA

Publications (Selected)

1. Merritt S, Gulsen G., Chiou G., Chu Y., Deng C., Cerussi A., Durkin A., Tromberg B.J, and Nalcioglu O " Comparison of Water and Lipid Content Measurements Using Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy and MRI in Emulsion Phantoms," J. Tech. Cancer Research & Treatment, 2-6: 563-569 (2003)
2. Gulsen G., Xiong B., Birgul O. and Nalcioglu O. “Design and implementation of a multifrequency near-infrared diffuse optical tomography system”, Journal of Biomedical Optics 11(1), p. 014020-1:10, (2006)
3. Unlu M. B., Birgul O., Shafiiha R., Gulsen G. and Nalcioglu O., “Diffuse Optical Tomographic Reconstruction Using Multifrequency Data”, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 11(5), p.054008:1-9 (2006)
4. Gulsen G., Birgul O., Unlu M. B., R. Shafiiha and Nalcioglu O. “Combined Diffuse Optical Tomography (DOT) and MRI System for Cancer Imaging in Small Animals”, J. Tech. Cancer Research & Treatment 5(4), pp. 351-363 (2006)
5. Y. Lin, H. Gao, O. Nalcioglu and G. Gulsen. “Fluorescence diffuse optical tomography with functional and anatomical a priori information: feasibility study”, Phys. Med. Biol., 52: 5569-5585, (2007)
6. B. Unlu, O. Birgul and G. Gulsen, “A simulation study of the variability of indocyanine green kinetics and using structural a priori information in dynamic contrast enhanced diffuse optical tomography (DCE-DOT)”, Phys. Med. Biol., 53: 3189-3200 (2008)
7. B. Unlu and G. Gulsen. “Effects of the Time Dependence of Bioluminescent Source on the Tomographic Reconstruction”, Applied Optics, 47(6): 799-806 (2008)
8. B. Unlu, Y.Lin, O. Birgul, Nalcioglu and G. Gulsen “Simultaneous in vivo dynamic magnetic resonance-diffuse optical tomography for small animal imaging”, Journal of Biomedical Optics Letters, 13(6): 060501 (2008)
9. S Chung, A Cerussi, C Klifa, H Baek, O Birgul, G Gulsen, S Merritt, D Hsiang and B Tromberg, “In vivo water state measurements in breast cancer using broadband diffuse optical spectroscopy”, Phys. Med. Biol, 53 6713-6727 (2008)
10. Y. Lin, K. Yan, O. Nalcioglu and G. Gulsen. “Quantitative fluorescence tomography with functional and structural a priori information” , Applied Optics 48 (7) 1328-1336 (2009)
11. B. Unlu, Y.Lin and G. Gulsen. “Dynamic contrast enhanced diffuse optical tomography (DCE-DOT): experimental validation with a dynamic phantom.”, Phys in Med. Bio., 54 (21), 6739–6755, (2009)
12. W. Barber, Y. Lin, J. Iwanczyk, W. Roeck, O. Nalcioglu and G. Gulsen. “Combined Fluorescence and X-Ray Tomography for Quantitative In Vivo Detection of Fluorophore”, Tech. Cancer Research & Treatment, 9(1) 45-51 (2010)
13. Y. Lin, W. Barber, J. Iwanczyk, W. Roeck, O. Nalcioglu and G. Gulsen. “Quantitative fluorescence tomography using a combined tri-modality FT/DOT/XCT system”, Optics Express, 18, (8), 7835-7850 (2010)
14. D. Thayer, B. Unlu, Y. Lin, K. Yan, O. Nalcioglu and G. Gulsen. “Dual-Contrast Dynamic MRI-DOT for Small Animal Imaging”, Tech. Cancer Research & Treatment, 9(1) 61-69 (2010)
15. H. Gao, Y. Lin, G. Gulsen. and H. Zhao “Fully linear reconstruction method for fluorescence yield and lifetime through inverse complex-source formulation”, Optics Letters, 35(11), 899-1901 (2010)
16. Y Lin, O. Nalcioglu and G. Gulsen. “Quantitative Fluorescence Tomography Using a Tri-modality System: In vivo Validation”, JBO Letters, 15, 040503 (2010)
17. Y Lin, MT Ghijsen, H Gao, N Liu O. Nalcioglu and G. Gulsen. “Photo-multiplier Tube (PMT) - Based Hybrid MRI and Fluorescence Tomography System for Small Animal Imaging”, Phys in Med. Bio, under review (2010)
18. H. Yan, W. Barber and G. Gulsen. “Bioluminescence tomography with a combined BLT/DOT/CT system”, Review of Scientific Instruments, under review (2011)
19. Y Lin, MT Ghijsen, M. Hsing, O. Nalcioglu and G. Gulsen. “Optimal Analysis Method for Dynamic Contrast Enhanced Diffuse Optical Tomography (DCE-DOT)”, Int. Jour. Bio. Imag., accepted, (2011)
20. Y. Lin, D. Thayer, O. Nalcioglu and G. Gulsen. “MR-guided Near Infrared Characterization of Breast Tumors Using Indocynine Green in a Rat Model” , JBO Letters, under review (2011)
21. Y Lin, O. Nalcioglu and G. Gulsen. “Quantitative Frequency Domain Fluorescence Tomography Using a Multi-modality FT-DOT-MRI System: In vivo Validation”, JBO Letters, in preparation (2011)