Month: July 2025

Dr. McMillan Featured on Radiology Website, Reflects on ICTR Leadership Role

This month, the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Radiology website featured our own Dr. Alan B. McMillan in a new article reflecting on his role as co-director for the UW–Madison Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) Pilot Awards Program. Having been in the position for his first six …

Congratulations Dr. Weijie Chen on a Successful PhD Defense!

The Molecular Imaging Technology Research Program (MITRP) is proud to extend its warmest congratulations to our valued team member, Dr. Weijie Chen, who successfully defended his PhD thesis on July 14, 2025. Weijie’s work embodies the core mission of our lab—to advance MRI, PET/MR, and PET/CT techniques to gain new information for better detection and …

MITRP at Magnetic Resonance in Madison

This July, the heart of Madison buzzed with the latest breakthroughs in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) during the Magnetic Resonance in Madison meeting. The two-day event, held on July 10th and 11th at the Pyle Center, brought together leading minds in science, engineering, and clinical practice to discuss the future of MRI. For us at …

MITRP Explores the Future of MRI with AI in New Book Chapter

We are excited to announce that our principal investigator, Dr. Alan B. McMillan, and graduate student James H. Wang have contributed to a new book, “MRI Pulse Sequences: Physics, Methods and Clinical Applications,” published in July 2025. At MITRP, our work is centered on advancing medical imaging technologies like MRI to provide new insights into human …