MITRP is pleased to announce that Xue Li successfully completed her preliminary examination on April 29, 2025. This achievement marks a significant step forward in her doctoral studies, advancing her to Ph.D. candidacy. Xue’s research, under the guidance of her advisor, MITRP PI Dr. Alan McMillan, focuses on leveraging representation learning and embeddings to address …
MITRP is pleased to announce that James Wang successfully completed his preliminary examination on April 21, 2025. The examination marks a significant milestone in his Ph.D. journey, advancing him to candidacy. James’s research, under the guidance of his co-advisors, MITRP PI Dr. Alan McMillan, and Dr. Ali Pirasteh, focuses on Optimizing MRI Acquisition for Systemic …
MITRP PhD candidate Weijie Chen recently presented his research on applying deep learning for improved attenuation correction in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging. His presentation took place at the 2025 IEEE 22nd International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) in Houston, TX. While PET is a powerful diagnostic tool, its quantitative accuracy depends heavily on correcting …
Alan B. McMillan, PhD, Principal Investigator of the Molecular Imaging Technology Research Program (MITRP), recently delivered two talks emphasizing the growing impact of foundation models in medical imaging. On April 9, 2025, Dr. McMillan presented at the “Clinical Practice Enhanced by Artificial Intelligence Grand Rounds 2025-2026: Artificial Intelligence Applications in Radiology.” His talk, “Artificial Intelligence …