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 …
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 …
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 …
Scalable Ensembles Put a Confidence Meter on Medical-Image AI MITRP PhD student Weijie Chen and MITRP PI Alan McMillan recently published manuscript Segmentation And Synthesis With Interpretable Scalable Ensembles – Uncertainty Estimation (SASWISE-UE) in Computers in Biology and Medicine on June 2nd, 2025. The problem: great models, opaque confidence Deep-learning tools for image segmentation and synthesis are edging …
Madison, WI – Two PhD students from the Molecular Imaging Technology Research Program (MITRP), Xue Li and Eric Weber, will be completing industry internships during the summer of 2025. Li will join Google’s New York office as a Software Engineering Intern, and Weber will work at MediaTek in San Diego as an Electrical Engineering Intern. …
(Portland, Oregon) The Molecular Imaging Technology Research Program (MITRP) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison made significant contributions to the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) 2025 conference, showcasing cutting-edge research that leveraged the power of foundation model embeddings for diverse medical imaging applications. Our team was excited to share insights and advancements that promise …
At the Molecular Imaging Technology Research Program (MITRP), our goal is to pioneer new imaging techniques to better understand and treat human disease. We’re excited to announce a significant step forward in that mission: a new US patent granted to our PI, Alan McMillan, PhD and collaborator Zaid Aljuboori, MD. The patent, US12299806B2: “Method and …
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 …