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What We Published This Month (September 2022)

Lee, M.H., Zea, R., Garrett, J.W., Graffy, P.M., Summers, R.M., Pickhardt, P.J. Abdominal CT Body Composition Thresholds Using Automated AI Tools for Predicting 10-year Adverse Outcomes. Radiology (2022). Toia GV, Zamora D, Singleton M, Liu A, Tan E, Leng S, Shuman WP, Kanal KM, Mileto A. Detectability of Small Low-Attenuation Lesions With Deep Learning CT Image Reconstruction: …

Opportunistic Screening Consortium in Abdominal Radiology (OSCAR) Project Wins at ISCT Meeting

John Garrett, PhD won first place for his project, “Assessing the Generalizability of Fully Automated AI Body Composition Tools on Heterogeneous External CT Cohorts,” at the 2022 International Society of Computed Tomography Meeting. Dustin Pooler, MD, Ron Summers, PhD, and Perry Pickhardt, MD are co-authors of the project. He said, “The work validated the CT Biomarker tools we have built and …

Brian Mullan Works with RSNA Global Learning Center in South Africa

From August 13-20, 2022, Brian Mullan, MD, MS, FACR traveled to Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, an RSNA Global Learning Center at Stellenbosch University. Dr. Mullan said, “The goal of the program is to help the local host develop into a regional center of excellence that goes on to train other imagers in the region. After …

Amy Fowler Awarded R01 Grant

Amy Fowler, MD, PhD was recently awarded an R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for her project, “Precision Imaging of Breast Cancer for Guiding Neoadjuvent Endocrine Therapy.” She was awarded a total of $3.05 million for a five-year term. Dr. Fowler and her team have two specific aims: to assess the efficacy of FFNP …

Pickhardt and Lubner’s Research Featured on Cover of Radiology: Artificial Intelligence

Perry Pickhardt, MD and Meghan Lubner, MD’s research, “Fully Automated and Explainable Liver Segmental Volume Ratio and Spleen Segmentation at CT for Diagnosing Cirrhosis,” was featured on the cover of the September 2022 edition of Radiology: Artificial Intelligence. Dr. Pickhardt and Dr. Ronald Summers served as senior authors.  Dr. Pickhardt said, “We were delighted to see that our work was highlighted. We …

Erica Knavel Koepsel Creates iMRI Program

Erica Knavel Koepsel, MD is no stranger to innovation in the field of interventional radiology at UW-Madison. She has been a Badger since medical school, where she was mentored by Fred Lee, MD, a nationwide leader in ablation. Through his mentorship, Dr. Knavel Koepsel gained an interest in Radiology. She went on to complete her Diagnostic Radiology …

David Bluemke Sees Substantial Jump in Impact Score as Editor of Radiology

David Bluemke, MD, PhD, MsB has served as Editor for the Radiologic Society of North America (RSNA)’s publication Radiology for five years. Over the past year, the journal’s impact factor has seen a remarkable increase to 29.1 from 11.1 from the previous year. “The impact score of a journal is calculated as a ratio of two numbers. The …

Pallavi Tiwari Joining UW to Research AI in Medicine

We are excited to announce that Pallavi Tiwari, PhD will be joining the University of Wisconsin – Madison as part of a cross-campus collaboration to expand the UW’s leadership in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) through a university-wide cluster hire. Dr. Tiwari’s cluster hire was supported by investments made by the Department of Radiology, …

Scott Perlman Received Approval from the FDA for the Clinical Use of 18F-Fluorocholine PET/CT in Patients with Parathyroid Adenomas 

Scott Perlman, MD, MS recently received approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to use 18F-Fluorocholine to improve detection and localization of parathyroid adenomas that had previously been difficult to localize. Dr. Perlman and the Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging resident Josiah Magnusson, MD collaborated with a cross-disciplinary team, including Department of Surgery Chief …

Meghan Lubner Reflects on Her Role as Chair of Medical Board & President of Medical Staff of University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics

For the past six years, Meghan Lubner, MD has served on the leadership of the Medical Board of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics. “I agreed to go on the ballot but did not think I would be elected,” Dr. Lubner stated. However, Dr. Lubner was indeed elected and has served consecutive roles within the leadership …