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Imaging Research Lab

Charter Statement

Established in 1989, the Imaging Research Laboratory is a multidisciplinary team committed to advancing tomographic medical imaging which uses ionizing radiation. In collaboration with clinical, academic, and industrial partners, the IRL addresses all levels of this challenge through the following aims: to develop innovative instrumentation and methods, to construct analysis and evaluation tools, to serve as a training facility for new imaging scientists, and to translate developments to preclinical and clinical applications for improved healthcare.


Current Research Focus Areas

  • Enabling Ultra-Low Dose PET/CT Imaging
  • Imaging of Myocardial Blood Flow PET and SPECT Scanner
  • Simulation Packages
  • Quantitative PET/CT and SPECT/CT Imaging
  • Detector and Timing Electronics and Data Acquisition Systems
  • Imaging Integration with Radiation Treatment Planning
  • Novel PET system designs for preclinical and application-specific imaging
  • Dedicated Breast PET coupled to X-RAY Mammography (Breast PET/X)
  • Cancer Imaging Research Protocols and Clinical Trials Using PET/CT

Current Members

Faculty

Paul Kinahan, PhD, FIEEE
Professor & Director
kinahan@uw.edu

Robert Miyaoka, PhD
Professor
rmiyaoka@uw.edu

Neal Paragas, PhD
Professor
paragas@uw.edu

Staff

Wei Wu (Vivi), MD
Research Fellow
vivi2011@uw.edu

William Hunter, PhD
Lab Chief/Research Scientist
wcjh@uw.edu

Mark Muzi, MS
Director of Image Analysis
muzi@uw.edu

J Peter Muzi, BS
Research Scientist
jpmuzi@uw.edu

Darshini Vijayakumar, BS
Research Scientist
dvijay26@uw.edu

Darrin Byrd, MS
Research Scientist
dbyrd2@uw.edu

Guest Members

Ali Nabipoor, MD
Research Fellow
sanpa@uw.edu

Negar Firoozeh, MD
Postdoc
nfirooze@uw.edu

Arash Mahdavi, MD
Postdoc
amahdavi@uw.edu

Lambert Leong, PhD
Postdoc Fellow
laleong@uw.edu

Students

Zihan Li
Graduate Student
zhanli@uw.edu

Yun-Huan Lyu
Graduate Student
yhlyu@uw.edu

Jackson Hayward
Intern
jch1013@uw.edu

See Previous and Associated Members


Papers