Dissertation Proposal
Saeed Ashrafinia has defended his proposal entitled: “Optimized Quantitative Nuclear Medicine Imaging Incorporating Resolution-modeled Image Reconstruction and Texture (Radiomics) Analysis”.
INTERESTING LINKS/NEWS
Invited Blogging
Our very own Yansong Zhu was invited by the Optical Society (OSA) to blog for a workshop/incubator on Computational Modeling and Performance Metrics fo
JAMA publication: Vascular Risk Factors in Midlife Tied to Amyloid Deposition
Our recent publication in JAMA links mid-life vascular risk factors to late-life amyloid deposition, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease.
BRAIN initiative meeting at Hopkins
We had a truly exciting and fruitful meeting on March 3rd for our BRAIN initiative effort.
Radiomics of Prostate Cancer (PET)
One of our ongoing efforts is to perform radiomics (texture/heterogeneity quantification) for the exciting prostate cancer tracer, PyL. Developed by the group of Dr.
Siemens pushing forward with whole-body dynamic PET imaging
This is a good piece (Siemens) outlining a new direction in PET imaging: Think Whole-body Dynamic PET Imagings for Research Only?
Article on the promise of whole-body dynamic PET
Our efforts to translate the concept of dynamic whole-body imaging to the clinical arena are taking notice, as seen in this web article: “A clinical take on whole-body dynamic PET”.
A race effect on amyloid deposition?
Our recent publication in the journal Neurology has been accompanied by a nice
Why you can’t stop checking your phone?
Here’s a concise and helpful overview (by the Johns Hopkins Magazine) of the recent finding in our paper, “The Role of Dopamine in Value-Based Attentional Orienting.”
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