October 25, 2021

Several Mayo Clinic learners named 2021 RSNA Trainee Research Prize recipients

By Kristina Nunez
Several CT CIC members and collaborators have been named 2021 RSNA Trainee Research Prize recipients. The honorees will present their works at the Radiological Society of North America 107th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting Nov. 28—Dec. 2 in Chicago.  The prize is awarded to an outstanding scientific presentation in each subspecialty presented by a resident, fellow, medical student or physics trainee. Congratulations to all our honorees!

Mayo honorees include:
 

Mingdong Fan, Ph.D., a research fellow, for "Measurement Of Low-contrast Detectability Using Channelized Hotelling Observer On ACR Accreditation Phantom: Optimization And Repeatability," with advisor Lifeng Yu, Ph.D., and co-authors Theodore (Theo) P. Thayib, Thomas J. Vrieze, R.T.(R), and Cynthia H. McCollough, Ph.D. 

Nathan R. Huber, a graduate student, for "Deep Learning Patient-specific Noise Reduction Framework For High Resolution Chest Photon Counting Detector CT," with advisor Cynthia McCollough, Ph.D., and co-authors Jamison E. Thorne, Andrew (Andy) D. Missert, Ph.D., Joel (J.G.) Fletcher, M.D., Lifeng Yu, Ph.D., and Shuai Leng, Ph.D. 

Akitoshi Inoue, M.D., Ph.D., a research fellow, for "Pilot Study To Evaluate The Feasibility Of Replacing Conventional Head CT Images With A Single Series Of Thin-slice, Low-noise Images Created Using A Multi-kernel Synthesis Method," with advisor Joel (J.G.) Fletcher, M.D., and co-authors Felix E. Diehn, M.D., Alex A. Nagelschneider, M.D., Theodore J. Passe, M.D., David R. DeLone, M.D., Brandon J. Nelson, Nathan R. Huber, Andrew (Andy) D. Missert, Ph.D., Lifeng Yu, Ph.D., Phillip (Phil) K. Edwards, Ronald A. Karwoski, David R. Holmes III, Ph.D., Yong (Bruce) S. Lee, Ph.D., C.C.R.P., Jamison E. Thorne, Gregory J. Michalak, Ph.D., and Cynthia H. McCollough, Ph.D. 

Emily Koons, a graduate student, for "Quantification Of Lumen Diameter Within Coronary Artery Stents Using A High Resolution Photon Counting Detector CT And A Deep Convolutional Neural Network Denoising Algorithm," with advisors Shuai Leng, Ph.D., and Cynthia H. McCollough, Ph.D., and co-authors Jamison E. Thorne, Nathan R. Huber, and Kishore Rajendran, Ph.D. 

Garima Suman, M.D., a fellow, for "AI-Powered Fully Automated Detection of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDA) on Standard-of-Care CT Scans," with advisor Ajit Goenka, M.D., and co-authors Panagiotis Korfiatis, Ph.D., Anurima Patra, M.D., Ananya Panda, M.B.B.S., Hala Khasawneh, M.B.B.S., Naveen Rajamohan, M.D., Shounak Majumder, M.D., Suresh Chari, M.D., Mark Truty, M.D., M.S., and Joel G. Fletcher, M.D.  

Zhongxing Zhou, Ph.D., a research fellow, for "Simultaneous CT Angiography And CT Venography Using Dual-contrast-agent Multi-energy CT: An Animal Feasibility Study," with advisor Lifeng Yu, Ph.D., and co-authors Liqiang Ren, Ph.D., Kishore Rajendran, Ph.D., Felix E. Diehn, M.D., Joel (J.G.) Fletcher, M.D., and Cynthia H. McCollough, Ph.D. 

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