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May 6, 2020
New grant awarded to the CT CIC
The NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering recently awarded a new R01 grant to the CT CIC. Entitled “Comprehensive characterization of coronary atherosclerotic disease using photon-counting-detector dual-source CT and its impact on patient management,” this 4-year grant aims to 1) Design, implement and evaluate the world’s first human cardiac PCD-DSCT system; 2) Using […]
April 30, 2020
Mayo Clinic researchers contribute unique CT data to public repository
Access to CT data will help imaging scientists develop improved computer algorithms and software that produce high-quality scans with low doses of radiation for patients. Access the article here. Access to the repository is found here.
April 30, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Kishore Rajendran, who received a Physics in Medicine and Biology Outstanding Reviewer Award for 2019.
February 18, 2020
New study coordinator – Evelyn Redtree
Evelyn Redtree, M.S. is the new research study coordinator in the CT CIC. Evelyn is originally from Rockford, Illinois; she has lived for some long periods of her life in Denver, Tucson and Iowa City. She earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Speech and Hearing Sciences as a ‘mature’ student at the University of Arizona. […]
January 7, 2020
A new CT book is available from Springer entitled “Computed Tomography: Approaches, Applications, and Operations,” and it includes a chapter on Spectral CT Imaging from Dr. C.H. McCollough. Check it out!
January 2, 2020
Dr. McCollough featured in inaugural Medical Physics virtual issue
Via Medical Physics: It is with great pleasure that we announce the publication of the inaugural virtual issue of Medical Physics on “Significant Advances in CT.” This issue is in honor of the 40th anniversary of Cormack and Hounsfield’s 1979 Nobel Prize for the development of the CT scanner. It consists of 19 important previously […]
December 9, 2019
CIC authors receive RSNA Certificate of Merit
Congratulations to Dr. Payam Mohammadinejad and coauthors, who received the RSNA Certificate of Merit for their educational exhibit entitled “CT Noise Reduction Methods to Facilitate Lower Dose Scanning: Strengths and Weaknesses of Iterative Reconstruction and New Kids on the Block.” RSNA presented 308 Certificate of Merit awards out of 1905 educational exhibits.
November 20, 2019
From Aunt Minnie: Photon-counting RSNA abstract highlighted
An article in AuntMinnie.com has highlighted work done by our group, specifically Dr. Kishore Rajendran, and this writeup was the most viewed abstract in the CT section of Aunt Minnie’s pre-RSNA editorial coverage. Check it out here!
November 7, 2019
By Dr. Cynthia McCollough Medical Scans Explained: A Look Inside the Body
October 23, 2019
Congratulations Dr. Liz Shablatt
Dr. Elisabeth Shablatt, PhD, is leaving the CT CIC as a research fellow, but we are happy to keep her in our group, as she has accepted a position with Siemens as the Mayo Clinic collaboration manager. We are excited for her to continue to work with us!