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IRL Scientific Retreat Program

The Imaging Research Laboratory Scientific Retreat provides an opportunity for graduate students, senior research fellows and professional staff to present research findings and act as moderators in a conference-like setting. The presentations will cover all areas of research currently being conducted in the IRL.

PROGRAM OF PRESENTATIONS

Sept. 24, 2009, Douglas Room, UW Center for Horticulture

SESSION I – 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Moderators: Kyle Champley and Shan Tong

9 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.
Welcome and Overview: Research in the Imaging Research Laboratory
Thomas K. Lewellen, Director, Nuclear Medicine Physics Group

9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.   
Welcome and Overview: The Department of Radiology
Norman J. Beauchamp, Jr., MD, MHS, Chair, Department of Radiology

9:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
Quiescent period gating for PET/CT
Chi Liu, Senior Fellow

9:45 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Considerations for using PET as a response measure in multicenter clinical trials
Robert K. Doot, Senior Fellow

10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
FPGA-based pulse parameter discovery for positron emission tomography
Michael Haselman, Graduate Student, Electrical Engineering

10:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Registration based solution for MRI-based attenuation correction PET/MRI brain imaging
Serena Fabbri, Visiting Scientist, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy

BREAK - 10:30 to 11 a.m.

SESSION II – 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Moderators: Chi Liu and Serena Fabbri

11 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.

Introduction to ASIM 2.1.1: A PET analysis simulation

Brian Elston, Senior Computer Specialist

11:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
A high resolution, monolithic crystal, PET detector with DOI positioning capability
Xiaoli Li, Graduate Student, Physics

11:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Evaluation of noise properties in PSF-based PET image reconstruction
Shan Tong, Senior Research Fellow

11:45 a.m. to Noon.
Human subjects research and institutional review board approval at the 
University of Washington
Jenine Yager, Research Coordinator

Noon to 12:15 p.m.
Whither SimSET?
Robert Harrison, Research Scientist

12:15 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Flexible Time

LUNCH - 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

SESSION III – 1:30 to 3 p.m.
Moderators: Robert Doot and Xiaoli Li
1:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Rectangular dMiCE breast PET scanner
Kyle Champley, Graduate Student, Electrical Engineering

1:45 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Temperature dependence of scintillation camera signals read out by Geiger-Müller mode APDs

William C. J. Hunter, Senior Fellow

2 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Design of a real-time, FPGA-based 3-dimensional positioning algorithm
Nathan Johnson-Williams, Graduate Student, Electrical Engineering

2:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Determining block detector positions for PET scanners
Larry A. Pierce II, Research Scientist

2:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Limits of ultra-low dose CT attenuation correction for PET/CT
Paul E. Kinahan. Research Professor and Director PET/CT Physics in conjunction with 

Ting Xia, Graduate Student, Bioengineering

2:45 p.m. to 3 p.m. Flexible Time

BREAK - 3 to 3:30 p.m.

SESSION IV – 3:30 to 5 p.m.
Moderators: Larry Pierce and William C. J. Hunter

3:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Design of MR compatible PET systems
Thomas K. Lewellen, Research Professor and Director, Nuclear Medicine Physics Group

3:45 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Educational tool for estimation of effective radiation dose from clinical CT
Adam M. Alessio, Research Assistant Professor

4 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
PET NEC for 7, 15, and 30 cm axial field of view scanners
Lawrence R. MacDonald, Research Assistant Professor

4:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. 

Awards Presentation & Closing

Paul E. Kinahan, Research Professor and Director, PET/CT Physics

4:45 p.m. to 5 p.m. Networking

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