The goal of research in imaging sciences is to advance functional imaging technologies to non-invasively image and quantify the spatiotemporal distribution of physiological, cellular and molecular events and processes for biomedical, biological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and pharmaceutical applications.

Research Areas

• Instrumentation Development:
• Radiation detector and signal processing
• Imaging systems, including PET, SPECT, and Gamma Camera
• Multi-modality imaging, e.g. PET/CT and PET/SPECT
• Data Analysis and Algorithm Development:
• Three dimensional image reconstruction for PET, SPECT and CT
• Radiopharaceutical Devlopment
• Small Animal Imaging (Invivo Biodistribution)
• Applications
• Combined PET/CT applications
• PET & SPECT methodology, data processing and analysis
• Computer aided diagnostics

Faculty

Rutao Yao, Ph.D.

Yiping Shao, Ph.D.

Munawwar Sajjad, Ph.D.