SCIT Program Seminars

The SCIT program hosts a quarterly colloquium during which two trainees present the status of their research.

NEXT SEMINAR:

Wednesday, November 6, 2024
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
In-Person (Lucas P083) and via ZOOM

PRESENTERS:

"Longitudinal Analysis of Cell-Free RNA in Patients with Metastatic Prostate Cancer Undergoing 177Lu PSMA-617 Therapy: Elucidating Mechanisms of Resistance and Formulating Optimal Treatment Strategies"
Colin Bergstrom, MD

Previous Seminars

July 24, 2024 via Zoom/In-Person (Lucas P083)

"Sono Responsive Nanodroplets for Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound Molecular Imaging to Stratify Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Patient Response to Immune Checkpoint Therapy"

Farbod Tabesh, PhD

July 24, 2024 via Zoom/In-Person (Lucas P083)

“Ultrasound Molecular Imaging: RPCA-Based Filtering for Enhanced Separation of Free and Bound Targeted Microbubbles”

Hoda Hashemi, PhD

 

May 1, 2024 via Zoom/In-Person (Lucas P083)

"Scaling Interstitial Fluid Collection"

Andy Hung, MD

May 1, 2024 via Zoom/In-Person (Lucas P083)

"Prostate Cancer Detection Models: The Challenges of Adapting to Multi-Vendor Data"

Sara Saunders, PhD

 

January 24, 2024 via Zoom/In-Person (Lucas P083)

"Automated Intradural Tumor Segmentation and Sub-Type Classification in Spinal MRI Scans"

Golnaz Moallem, PhD

January 24, 2024 via Zoom/In-Person (Lucas P083)

"Highly Compact and Scalable 100 ps CTR + 3D Positioning TOF-PET Detector Sub-Unit"

Shirin Pourashraf, PhD

 

July 12, 2023 via Zoom/In-Person (Lucas P083)

"PViT-AIR: Puzzling Vision Transformer-based Affine Image Registration for Multi Histopathology and Faxitron Images of Breast"

Negar Golestani, PhD

July 12, 2023 via Zoom/In-Person (Lucas P083)

"3D Printed Microneedles for Breast Cancer Biomarker Discovery in Dermal Interstitial Fluid"

Andy Hung, MD

 

April 12, 2023 via Zoom/In-Person (Lucas P083)

"Automatic Segmentation of Intradural Spinal Tumors in Post-Contrast T1 Weighted MRI Scans"

Golnaz Moallem, PhD

April 12, 2023 via Zoom/In-Person (Lucas P083)

"Improving Prostate Cancer Detection from MRI with Ensembled Deep Learning Models"

Sara Saunders, PhD

 

Jan 11, 2023 via Zoom/In-Person (Lucas P083)

"Technology development for a 100 picosecond coincidence time resolution time-of-flight positron emission tomography system"

Shirin Pourashraf, PhD

Jan 11, 2023 via Zoom/In-Person (Lucas P083)

"3D Printed Microneedles for
Breast Cancer Biomarker Discovery in Dermal Interstitial Fluid"

Andy Hung, MD

 

Oct 12, 2022 via Zoom/In-Person (Lucas P083)

"A Deep Learning Based Framework For The Registration of Faxitron and Histopathology Images of the Breast"

Negar Golestani, PhD

Oct 12, 2022 via Zoom/In-Person (Lucas P083)

"Advances in Lymphatic Imaging and Treatment"

Carson Sibley, MD

 

July 6, 2022 via Zoom/In-Person (Lucas P083)

"Evaluating A Novel Supine Breast Coil"
Jessica McKay-Nault, PhD

July 6, 2022 via Zoom/In-Person (Lucas P083)

"Integrating Multiplexed Imaging With Collagen Imaging To Characterize Patterns of Cell-Extra-Celluar Matrix (ECM) Architecture in Lung Cancer"
Aaron Chiou, PhD

 

May 11, 2022 via Zoom

"Design Consideration for a Prototype TOFPET
System with 100 Picosecond Coincidence
Time Resolution and 3D Event Positioning
Capability"
Shirin Pourashraf, PhD

May 11, 2022 via Zoom

"Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)"
Jeremy Dahl, PhD

 

January 12, 2022 via Zoom

"Spatial Mapping and Detection of Ductal Carcinomas In Situ and Invasive Breast Carcinoma on Faxitron Radiographs"
Negar Golestani, PhD

January 12, 2022 via Zoom

"Characterizing patterns of cell-ECM architecture in lung tumor tissue using imaging"
Aaron Chiou, PhD

 

October 6, 2021 via Zoom

"Magnetic Resonance Lymphangiography"
Robert Carson Sibley, MD

October 6, 2021 via Zoom

"Supine Breast MRI with 60-Channel Breast Coil"
Jessica McKay-Nault, PhD

 

July 7, 2021 via Zoom

"Using Radiogenomics of Medulloblastoma Subgroups to Uncover New Care Pathways"
Michael Zhang, MD

July 7, 2021 via Zoom

“Creating Diverse Research Teams: Why and How”
Marta Nicole Flory, MD

 

April 7, 2021 via Zoom

"Tumor-Immune Interactions in TNBC Brain Metastases - A Work In Progress - Building Our Patient Cohort"
Maxine Umeh Garcia, PhD

April 7, 2021 via Zoom

"Imaging Cell-ECM Interactions in the Lung Tumor Microenvironment"
Aaron Chiou, PhD

 

January 6, 2021 via Zoom

"A Distributionally Robust Optimization Method for Adversarial Multiple Kernel Learning with Application to the Semantic Hashing of CT Images"
Masoud Badiei Khuzani, PhD

January 6, 2021 via Zoom

"Prediction of Clinical Outcomes in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) Utilizing Radiomic Features Derived from Pretreatment Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan"
Eduardo Somoza, MD

 

October 21, 2020 via Zoom

"High Resolution Breast Diffusion Weighted Imaging"
Jessica McKay, PhD

October 21, 2020 via Zoom

"Machine-learning Approach to Differentiation of Benign and Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors: A Multicenter Study"
Michael Zhang, MD

 

July 22, 2020 via Zoom

"Kernel Locally Sensitive Hashing for the Content Based Image Retrieval"
Masoud Badiei Khuzani, PhD

July 22, 2020 via Zoom

"Prediction of Clinical Outcomes in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) Utilizing Radiomic Features Derived from Pretreatment Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan"
Eduardo Somoza, MD

 

April 22, 2020 via Zoom

"Tumor-Immune Interactions in TNBC Brain Metastases"
Maxine Umeh-Garcia, PhD

April 22, 2020 via Zoom

"Classification of Malignant and Benign Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors - With An Open Source Feature Selection Platform"
Michael Zhang, MD

 

January 29, 2020

"Noninvasive Focused Ultrasound Accelerates Glymphatic Transport to Bypass the Blood-Brain Barrier"
Muna Arayal Rizal, PhD

January 29, 2020

"Prediction of Clinical Outcomes in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) Utilizing Radiomic Features Derived from Pretreatment Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan"
Eduardo Somoza, MD

 

October 31, 2019

"Kernel Learning Methods in Discriminative and Generative Models of Machine Learning"
Masoud Badiei Khuzani, PhD

October 31, 2019

"From Breast to Brain – Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms that Drive Triple Negative Breast Cancer"
Maxine Umeh, PhD

 

July 31, 2019

"Noninvasive and Targeted Brain Drug Delivery using Transcranial Focused Ultrasound"
Muna Aryal Rizal, PhD

July 31, 2019

"Tissue Safety Study of Non-Ablative Focused Ultrasound in Large Animals"
Pooja Gaur, PhD

 

February 14, 2019

"Breast Dispersion Imaging Using Undersampled DCE MRI"
Linxi Shi, PhD

February 14, 2019

"Quantitative Approaches to Elastography Data"
Hersh Sagreiya, MD

 

August 29, 2018

"Image Quality Evaluation Study of an RF-Penetrable Brain PET Insert:
A Phantom Assessment Toward Clinical Translation"
Andrew Groll, PhD

August 29, 2018

"Noninvasive and Targeted Brain Drug Delivery using Transcranial Focused Ultrasound"
Muna Aryal Rizal, PhD

 

May 24, 2018

"Internal Breast Tumor Heterogeneity On T2-Weighted Imaging: CUBE vs. DESS"
Linxi Shi, PhD

May 24, 2018

"An Exploration in Transcranial MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound"
Pooja Gaur, PhD

 

January 17, 2018

"Focused RF Hyperthermia Using Ultra-High Field MRI"
Joshua de Bever, PhD

October 5, 2017

"Quantitative Analysis of Molecular Ultrasound"
Hersh Sagreiya, MD

October 5, 2017

"Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Intraoperative Brain Tumor Imaging and Photothermal Therapy"
Hamed Arami, PhD

June 28, 2017

"MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound Applications for Cancer Therapy"
Pooja Gaur, PhD

June 28, 2017

"Efficient Simulation of High Channel Count RF Arrays in Realistic Body Models"
Joshua de Bever, PhD

March 30, 2017

"MR-Guided Mixed Reality for Breast Conserving Surgical Planning - Preliminary Results"
Subashini Srinivasan, PhD

March 30, 2017

"Optical Imaging of Microvascular Systems in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery"
Siavash Yousefi, PhD

December 7, 2016

"Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Brain Tumor Imaging and Photothermal Therapy: From Mouse Studies to Clinical Trials"
Hamed Arami, PhD

December 7, 2016

"Investigating the Use of Ultra High-Field MRI as a Theranostic Thermal Therapy Platform"
Joshua de Bever, PhD

October 20, 2016

"Magnetogenetic Cancer Therapy"
Ryan Spitler, PhD

October 20, 2016

"Radiation Acoustic Tomography (RAT), Concept and Design"
Siavash Yousefi, PhD

June 22, 2016

"MRI Guided Mixed Reality with Hololens for Breast Conserving Surgery"
Subashini Srinivasan, PhD

 

June 22, 2016

"Ultra High-Field MRI as a Therapeutic Modality for the Treatment of Brain Metastases with Comparison to MR Guided Focused Ultrasound"
Joshua de Bever, PhD

March 16, 2016

"Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) Tracers for Cancer Imaging"
Hamed Arami, PhD
March 16, 2016

March 16, 2016

"Magnetotactic Bacteria a Living MRI Tracking Agent"
Ryan Spitler, PhD
March 16, 2016

December 9, 2015

"Ionoacoustic Bragg Peak Localization for Charged Particle Cancer Therapy"
Siavash Yousefi, PhD
December 9, 2015

December 9, 2015

"Quantitative Breast Dynamic Contrast Enhanced Imaging"
Subashini Srinivasan, PhD
December 9, 2015

October 14, 2015

"Immune-Modulating Effects of the FDA Approved Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Ferumoxytol Inhibit Tumor Growth"
Saeid Zanganeh, PhD
October 14, 2015

June 10, 2015

Optimization of an On-Board Imaging System for Rapid Radiotherapy
Erica Kemmerling, PhD
June 10, 2015

June 10, 2015

Magnetogenetic Cancer Therapy
Ryan Spitler, PhD
June 10, 2015

March 12, 2015

HEMT-based Photon-Counting Energy-Resolving X-Ray Detector
Mehmet Ertosun, PhD
March 12, 2015

March 12, 2015

Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Inhibit Tumor Growth
Saeid Zanganeh, PhD
March 12, 2015

December 10, 2014

Noninvasive Magnetogenetic Cancer Therapy
Ryan Spitler, PhD
December 10, 2014

December 10, 2014

Ultrasound-guided Delivery of microRNA Loaded Nanoparticles Into Cancer
Tzu-Yin Wang, PhD
December 10, 2014

August 27, 2014

Optimization of a Fast CT System for More Accurate Radiotherapy
Erica Cherry, PhD
August 27, 2014 

August 27, 2014

Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Inhibit Tumor Growth
Saeid Zanganeh, PhD
August 27, 2014

May 7, 2014

Image-guided Ultrasound Facilitated Drug Delivery Into Tumors In Vivo
Tzu-Yin Wang, PhD
May 7, 2014

May 7, 2014

Novel Radiation Detector Capable of Measuring the Energy of Individual X-ray Photons at High-Flux Rates to Advance X-ray Imaging Technologies for Cancer
Mehmet Gunhan Ertosun, PhD
May 7, 2014

 

February 5, 2014

Wide-Field Fluorescence Endoscopy and Dual-Axis Confocal Microscopy For Targeted Imaging of Cathepsin Activity in Colon Cancer 
Steven Sensarn, PhD
February 5, 2014

 

February 5, 2014

Using High-Energy Electrons for Radiation Treatments and Cancer Imaging
Erica Cherry, PhD
February 5, 2014

 

October 2, 2013

Endoluminal Approaches to MRI-guided Ultrasonic Ablation of Tumors
Graham Sommer, MD
October 2, 2013

 

October 2, 2013

Image-guided Ultrasound Facilitated Drug Delivery Into Tumors: Optimization of Treatment Strategy Based on Quantitative Measurement of Cavitation
Tzu-Yin Wang, PhD
October 2, 2013

 

June 19, 2013

Making Sense of Optical Contrast for Point-of-Care Pathology
Steven Sensarn, PhD
June 19, 2013

 

June 19, 2013

Quantitative Analysis of Bone Tumors on Radiography: A Step Towards Diagnostic Imaging Based Analytics
Bhavya Shah, MD
June 19, 2013 

 

MARCH 22, 2013

Evaluation of 3D T2-weighted Imaging in Breast MRI
Catherine Moran, PhD
March 22, 2013

 

March 22, 2013

3D MDCT Detection of Extrapancreatic Perineural Spread in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: A Radiologic Biomarker? 
Bhavik Patel, MD
March 22, 2013 

 

December 12, 2012

MRI-Based Biomarkers of Therapeutic Response in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer 
Daniel Golden, PhD
December 12, 2012

December 12, 2012

Technical Development and Clinical Evaluation of Diffraction Enhance Imaging For Breast Applications
Christopher Parham, MD, PhD
December 12, 2012 

 

September 19, 2012

Sodium Fluoride PET/CT: An Advanced Imaging Technique to Idenify and Predict The Behavior of Painful Osseous Metastases For Early Intervenion  
Bhavya Shah, MD
September 19, 2012

September 19, 2012

Fluorescence imaging of cancer using dual-axis confocal microscopy and wide-field endoscopy 
Steven Sensarn, PhD
September 19, 2012 

 

June 20, 2012

T2-weighted Imaging for Improved Lesion Characterization in Breast MRI  
Catherine Moran, PhD
June 20, 2013

June 20, 2012

Technical Development and Clinical Evaluation of Diffraction Enhance Imaging For Breast Applications
Sarah Geneser, PhD
June 20, 2012 

 

March 7, 2012

In-line MRI-linac Configuration 
Dragos Constantin, PhD
March 7, 2012

March 7, 2012

MR Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery
Pejman Ghanouni, MD, PhD
March 7, 2012