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Quantification for diagnosis Clinical validations"},{"lastName":"Xu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=17808&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Yingding (Bryan) Xu","firstName":"Yingding","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Yingding_Xu","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Vasanawala","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Nuclear Medicine"}],"appointments":[],"imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8278&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Minal Vasanawala","firstName":"Minal","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Minal_Vasanawala","researchInterest":"PET and SPECT applications in neuroimaging \r\nCardiac SPECT/CT and PET/CTA"},{"lastName":"Segall","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Nuclear Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Nuclear Medicine"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Nuclear Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4511&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"George Segall","firstName":"George","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/George_Segall","researchInterest":"Scintigraphic evaluation of coronary blood flow and myocardial function using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET). Tumor imaging and characterization of pulmonary nodules with PET/CT."},{"lastName":"Quon","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Nuclear Medicine"},{"focus":"PET Scans"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Nuclear Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Nuclear Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6452&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Andrew Quon","firstName":"Andrew","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Andrew_Quon","researchInterest":"Multimodality fusion imaging with PET, CT, and MRI for oncology.  \r\n\r\nTranslational research bringing new radiotracers to clinical use.\r\n\r\nCardiovascular multimodality PET/CT imaging."},{"lastName":"Blankenberg","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Diagnostic Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology"},{"focus":"Radiology, Pediatric"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Radiology - Pediatric Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Radiology - Pediatric Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4065&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Francis Blankenberg","firstName":"Francis","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Francis_Blankenberg","researchInterest":"Studies on apoptotic cell death in vivo using the H MRS phenomenon."},{"lastName":"James","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9971&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michelle L. 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Methods to image gene expression in living subjects have been developed.  Newer approaches to image fundamental cellular events with optical and radiolabeled probes are under active investigation. 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My research efforts aim to advance cancer care by integrating new imaging techniques into the clinical workflow, and further our basic understanding of cancer biology by designing new assays that can probe subtle biochemical processes in single cells."},{"lastName":"Cochran","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Chemical Engineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Bioengineering","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6393&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jennifer R. 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Our lab is interested in 'imaging pain' by using multimodality molecular imaging techniques to study nociception and neuronal inflammation as a means of improving objective, image-guided diagnosis and treatment of chronic pain disorders.  We develop new molecular contrast agents for use in positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), working towards eventual clincal translation."}]}