Prof. Kris Thielemans andÌýProf. Brian Hutton
The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Medical Physics Group undertakes basic research related to Nuclear Medicine and Multimodality Imaging.
This currently encompasses a range of projects including design of novel SPECT systems, development of new reconstruction algorithms and development of image analysis techniques that aim to reduce artefacts and improve quantification.
- The group is largely dependent on external funding through grants (EPSRC, EC, BRC) and industrial collaboration (Siemens, GE, GSK, National Physical Laboratory).
- The group has joint research projects with the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Centre for Medical Image Computing with several individuals there now working on Nuclear Medicine related projects (along with Professor Simon Arridge).
- The group attracts many visiting scientists.
- Regular INM Physics seminars are organised, open to scientists in the London region.
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The INM Physics Research Team, December 2019.
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Further information about medical physics research at INM
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Schematic of SPECT insert for a preclinical SPECT/MRI system. Similar modules will be used in designing a system for brain SPECT which can be used as an insert to MRI or as a standalone mobile system.
- INSERT: A new multi-modality SPECT/MRI system
- Respiratory motion correction
- Image reconstruction in emission tomography
- Kinetic Modelling
- Improved Quantification in the Lung for PET/CT in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Partial volume correction in neuro-imaging
- Texture analysis: Quantifying Heterogeneity to provide novel imaging biomarker in oncology
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