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Prof. KOT Chin Wing Brian
葛展榮教授
PhD (PolyU)
Registered Radiographer in Part II (Category: Diagnostic)

Assistant Professor


Contact Information
Office: TYB-1A-504
Phone: 34427681
Email: briankot@cityu.edu.hk
Web: Personal Homepage
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Research Interests
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Postmortem Imaging
  • Forensic Science
  • Medicine and Pathology
  • Conservation Medicine
  • Environmental Science

Dr Brian Kot is a registered diagnostic radiographer and veterinary imaging researcher in the City University of Hong Kong. He obtained his BSc in Radiography and PhD in Diagnostic Imaging from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University under the supervision of Dr Fiona Brook (PI of first successful dolphin artificial insemination project worldwide) and Dr Michael Ying, in 2005 and 2010, respectively. He completed his certificate course in virtopsy (postmortem radiology) with Prof Michael Thali and his team in 2016 at the University of Zurich.

Brian joins the Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health and the Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong as an Assistant Professor in Diagnostic Imaging in July 2021. He is generally interested in questions relevant to Diagnostic Imaging, Postmortem Imaging, Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology, Conservation Medicine, Environmental Science, and have expertise in applying various diagnostic imaging tools to clinical and forensic practice for marine conservation and policy decisions, which allows the use of aquatic animals as sentinels of ecosystem health, working towards a ‘One Ocean-One Health’ ideal.

Currently, his team applies diagnostic imaging on captive aquatic animals for health assessment, as well as virtopsy routinely in stranded cetaceans and sea turtles in Hong Kong and adjacent waters to investigate their biological health profiles.

Publications
  • Kot, BCW. , Chung, TYT. , Chan, DKP. & Tsui, HCL. (2020). Image rendering techniques in postmortem computed tomography: Evaluation of biological health and profile in stranded cetaceans. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 163. e61701 doi:10.3791/61701
  • Kot, BCW. , Tsui, HCL. , Chung, TYT. , Cheng, WW. , Mui, T. , Lo, LY. , Mori, K. , Yamada, TK. & Brown, RAL. (2020). Photogrammetric Three-dimensional Modeling and Printing of Cetacean Skeleton using an Omura's Whale Stranded in Hong Kong Waters as an Example. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 163. e61700 doi:10.3791/61700
  • Kot, BCW. , Tsui, HCL. , Chung, TYT. & Lau, APY. (2020). Postmortem neuroimaging of cetacean brains using computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. 544037 doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.544037
  • Tsui, HLC. , Kot, BCW. , Chung, TYT. & Chan, DKP. (2020). Virtopsy as a revolutionary tool for cetacean stranding programs: implementation and management. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. 542015 doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.542015
  • Kot, BCW. , Yuen, HLA. , Wong, FHM. & Tsui, HCL. (2019). Morphological analysis of the foramen magnum in finless porpoise (genus Neophocaena) using postmortem computed tomography three-dimensional volume rendered image. Marine Mammal Science. 35. 261 - 270.
  • Kot, BCW. , Chan, DKP. , Yuen, HLA. & Tsui, HCL. (2018). Diagnosis of atlanto-occipital dissociation: Standardised measurements of normal craniocervical relationship in finless porpoises (genus Neophocaena) using postmortem computed tomography. Scientific Reports. 8. 8474 .
  • Yuen, HLA. , Tsui, HCL. & Kot, BCW. (2017). Accuracy and reliability of cetacean cranial morphometrics using computed tomography three-dimensional volume rendered images. PLoS ONE. 12. e0174215 .
  • Chan, DKP. , Tsui, HCL. & Kot, BCW. (2017). Database documentation of marine mammal stranding and mortality: current status review and future prospect. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 126. 247 - 256.
Awards and Achievements
  • Mar 2021 “Gold Metal” Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days 2021. Special Edition 2021 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days, Geneva, Switzerland Invention Name: Aquatic Animal Postmortem Multimedia Analysis Platform.