Projects

Medical Imaging and Radiology Informatics (MIRI)

Medical Imaging Information System (MIIS)

Parallel Computing for Medical Imaging (PCMI)

Modeling of Biotransport in Biological Systems (MBBS)

Optical Imaging Tomography and Applications (OITA)

Stereological Analysis and Tumor Volume Metrics (SATVM)

Stereotactic Atlas for the Anatomic Topology (SAAT)

Coupled Diffusions for Image Enhencement (DDIE)

Nanomedicine and nanobiomedical imaging (NMNI)

Knowledge-based CAD for breast imaging (KCBI)

Digital Breat Tomosynthesis (DBT) and Molecular Breast Imaging (MBI)

Grid-based Medical Imaging System (GMIS)

Cyberinfrastructure for Medical Imaging Informatics (CMII)

Medical Image Informatics Education (MIIE)

Nanomedicine and nanobiomedical imaging (NMNI)

Grant Opportunities

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Digital Breast Tomosynthesis and Molecular Breast Imaging (DBT-MBI)

Dr. Laurie Fajardo, MD, Dr. Jun Ni, Ph.D., Yanno Li, MS, Radiology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, USA

Dinigal Breast Tomosynsthesis (DBT) is a digial processing (synthesis)on tomography for breast imaging. Instead of obtainging fixed images of compressed breasts, it acquiring sequential images of a stationary compressed breast at multiple angles. duringa short scan. These images are then reconstructed into a series of high resolution slices and then displayed either individually or 3D interactively.

DBT has great potentials in screening and diagnosici breast imaging, mainly reducing recall rate n screening mammography, improving detection of abnormalities in womoen with dense breast tissue, reducing the number of negative biospies and imporving diagnosis, and assessging therapeutic efficiency.

Molecualr Breast Imaging (MBI) is also a new screenging technique. It enables to detect few more times as many cancers as mammography. It gives equivalent specificity and a higher positive predictive value.