Imaging & Image-Guided Therapy
Description
- Molecular imaging
- Novel imaging modalities at the cellular & organismal level
- High intensity focused ultasound (HIFU)
- Image processing technologies
- Integrating imaging with therapeutic procedures
Core Faculty
James Bassingthwaighte. Cardiovascular mass transport; cardiac metabolism; PET imaging; fractal physiology; physiome project; large scale systems modeling and analysis.
Kirk W. Beach. Detection & monitoring of neovascularization in cancerous tumors, monitoring placental perfusion, vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque, doppler ultrasound in clinical trials, monitoring brain profusion.
Lawrence Crum. Acoustic hemostasis; HIFU therapy; ultrasound-enhanced drug delivery; extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy; sonoluminescence.
Xiaohu Gao. Engineered nanostructures for detection; analysis and treatment of human diseases; cardiovascular diseases; infectious diseases; neurological diseases.
Yongmin Kim. Medical devices, medical imaging and computing, ultrasound imaging, electronic medicine, and distributed diagnosis and home healthcare (D2H2).
Martin J. Kushmerick. NMR spectroscopy of tissues; muscle biophysics.
Matthew O'Donnell. Exploring new imaging modalities in biomedicine, including elasticity imaging, in vivo microscopy, optoacoustic arrays, optoacoustic contrast agents for molecular imaging and therapy, thermal strain imaging, and catheter based devices.
Suzie Pun. Development of polymeric drug and gene delivery vehicles. Incorporation of delivery systems with scaffolds, matrices and implant surfaces for tissue engineering applications.
Adjunct Faculty
Gerald Bashein. Automation techniques in anesthesia; transesophageal ultrasonic cardiac assessment for operating-room monitoring
James H Caldwell. Positron emission tomography; myocardial ischemia; myocardial metabolism; cardiac sympathetic nervous system
Stephen R Dager. Metabolism of the central nervous system; imaging
Blake Hannaford. Neural control of movement; robotics; human-machine interaction; telerobotics.
David Haynor. Medical image processing for morphometrics; anatomic imaging
Joo Ha Hwang. Treatment of pancreatic cancer with high-intensity focused ultrasound
Paul Kinahan. Clinical oncology imaging with 3DPET; 3D imaging reconstruction using planograms; PET/CT tomography
David Linker. Ultrasound; vascular; cardiology; signal processing; ventricular function; diastole
David A. Mankoff. Application of PET and molecular imaging to cancer, especially breast cancer; quantitative image analysis and tracer kinetic modeling for medical images; use of molecular imaging in cancer clinical trials.
Satoshi Minoshima. High resolution PET imaging; imaging of neurogenesis; brain mapping
Kenneth A. Schenkman. Optical spectroscopy; tissue oxygenation; mitochondrial function; myocardial energetics.
Stephen M. Schwartz. Mechanisms controlling growth of cells in the vessel wall; abnormal growth control role atherosclerosis and hypertension; image analysis
Eric J. Seibel. 3D interface technology; biomedical instrumentation; optical disease diagnosis and laser therapy; and vision assistive devices.
Florence H. Sheehan. Cardiac imaging and image analysis for patient care; clinical investigation and clinical trials; three-dimensional echocardiography and MRI; the right ventricle in congenital heart disease and other conditions.
Hubert Vesselle. Positron emission tomography applied to oncology; cross-sectional imaging.
Chun Yuan. Magnetic resonance imaging.
