Craig Levin

Administrative Appointments

• Co-Director, Stanford Center for Innovation in In Vivo Imaging , (2004– present )

Honors and Awards

• 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)
• B.S. Summa Cum Laude, University of California at Los Angeles (1985)
• Sherwood Prize in Mathematics, University of California at Los Angeles (1985)
• E. Lee Kinsey Award in Physics, University of Calfornia at Los Angeles (1985)
• Marilyn F. Lohr Award in Physics, University of California at Los Angeles (1984)
• Phi Beta Kappa National Honors, University of California at Los Angeles (1984)
• Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Undergraduate Fellowship, University of California at Los Angeles (1983)
• Physics, Mathematics, and College Honors Programs, University of Calfornia at Los Angeles (1981-5)
• Phi Eta Sigma National Honors, University of California at Los Angeles (1981)

Professional Education

• 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)

Postdoctoral Advisees

• Joo Hyun Lee, Hao Peng, Virginia Spanoudaki, Arne Vandenbroucke

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Biophysics
• Bioengineering

Web Site Links

• Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford

Industry Relationships

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• Consulting: Terahertz Techologies, LLC

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.

Publications

• Fast, accurate and shift-varying line projections for iterative reconstruction using the GPU. Pratx G,  Chinn G, Olcott PD, Levin CS.  IEEE Trans Med Imaging.  2009; 28 (3): 435-45
• Bayesian reconstruction of photon interaction sequences for high-resolution PET detectors. Pratx G,  Levin CS.  Phys Med Biol.  2009; 54 (17): 5073-94
• A comparison between a time domain and continuous wave small animal optical imaging system. Keren S,  Gheysens O, Levin CS, Gambhir SS.  IEEE Trans Med Imaging.  2008; 27 (1): 58-63
• Count rate studies of a box-shaped PET breast imaging system comprised of position sensitive avalanche photodiodes utilizing monte carlo simulation. Foudray AM,  Habte F, Chinn G, Zhang J, Levin CS.  Phys Med.  2006; 21 Suppl 1 64-7
• Primer on molecular imaging technology. Levin CS,  Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging.  2005; 32 Suppl 2 S325-45
• Centered versus noncentered source for intracoronary artery radiation therapy: a model based on the Scripps Trial. Arbab-Zadeh A,  Bhargava V, Russo RJ, Levin CS, Jani SK, Lucisano J, Teirstein PS.  Am Heart J.  2002; 143 (2): 342-8
• Calculation of positron range and its effect on the fundamental limit of positron emission tomography system spatial resolution. Levin CS,  Hoffman EJ.  Phys Med Biol.  1999; 44 (3): 781-99