Craig Levin
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Associate Professor (Research)
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NIH Biosketch PDFHonors & Awards
Title
Organization
Date(s)
Pilot Research Award
Society of Nuclear Medicine
1996
National Research Service Award
National Institutes of Health
1993-5
Bates Graduate Fellowship
Jonathan Edwards College,
Yale University
1987-91
Full Tuition and Research Fellowship
Yale University
1985-93
Sigma Pi Sigma National Honors in Physics
University of California at Los Angeles
1985
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Administrative Appointments
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Organization
Start Year
End Year
Co-Director
Stanford Center for Innovation in In Vivo Imaging
2004
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Professional Education
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Awarding Institution
Field of Study
Year of Graduation
Ph.D.
Yale University
Physics
1993
M.Phil.
Yale University
Physics
1987
M.S.
Yale University
Physics
1987
B.S.
UCLA
Physics and Mathematics
1985
Web Site Links
Research/Lab website:
Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford
Research Interests
Molecular Imaging Instrumentation Laboratory
Our research interests involve the development of novel instrumentation and software algorithms for in vivo imaging of molecular signals in humans and small laboratory animals. These new cameras efficiently image radiation emissions in the form of positrons, annihilation photons, gamma rays, and light from molecular probes developed to target molecular signals from deep within tissue of live subjects. The goals of the instrumentation projects are to push the sensitivity and spatial, spectral, and/or temporal resolutions as far as physically possible. The algorithm goals are to understand the physical system comprising the subject tissues, radiation transport, and imaging system, and to provide the best available image quality and quantitative accuracy. The work involves computer modeling, position sensitive sensors, readout electronics, data acquisition, image formation, image processing, and data/image analysis algorithms, and incorporating these innovations into practical imaging devices. The ultimate goal is to introduce these new imaging tools into studies of molecular mechanisms and treatments of disease within living subjects.
Our research interests involve the development of novel instrumentation and software algorithms for in vivo imaging of molecular signals in humans and small laboratory animals. These new cameras efficiently image radiation emissions in the form of positrons, annihilation photons, gamma rays, and light from molecular probes developed to target molecular signals from deep within tissue of live subjects. The goals of the instrumentation projects are to push the sensitivity and spatial, spectral, and/or temporal resolutions as far as physically possible. The algorithm goals are to understand the physical system comprising the subject tissues, radiation transport, and imaging system, and to provide the best available image quality and quantitative accuracy. The work involves computer modeling, position sensitive sensors, readout electronics, data acquisition, image formation, image processing, and data/image analysis algorithms, and incorporating these innovations into practical imaging devices. The ultimate goal is to introduce these new imaging tools into studies of molecular mechanisms and treatments of disease within living subjects.
Publications
- Keren S, Gheysens O, Levin CS, Gambhir SS "A comparison between a time domain and continuous wave small animal optical imaging system." IEEE Trans Med Imaging 2008; 27: 1: 58-63 More »
- Foudray AM, Habte F, Chinn G, Zhang J, Levin CS "Count rate studies of a box-shaped PET breast imaging system comprised of position sensitive avalanche photodiodes utilizing monte carlo simulation." Phys Med 2006; 21 Suppl 1: 64-7 More »
- Levin CS, "Primer on molecular imaging technology." Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2005; 32 Suppl 2: S325-45 More »
- Arbab-Zadeh A, Bhargava V, Russo RJ, Levin CS, Jani SK, Lucisano J, Teirstein PS "Centered versus noncentered source for intracoronary artery radiation therapy: a model based on the Scripps Trial." Am Heart J 2002; 143: 2: 342-8 More »
- Levin CS, Hoffman EJ "Calculation of positron range and its effect on the fundamental limit of positron emission tomography system spatial resolution." Phys Med Biol 1999; 44: 3: 781-99 More »