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UW Radiology Installs Generation 3 Silicon-Based Photon Counting Scanner

The collaborative relationship between UW Radiology and GE Healthcare continues to spur on innovation in radiology. In the newest chapter of this partnership, beginning in November 2022, a prototype deep silicon photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) scanner will be evaluated at the Wisconsin Institute for Medical Research (WIMR). This technology has the potential to improve both spatial …

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 …

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 …

Scott Reeder & Diego Hernando Receive R01 Grant

Scott Reeder, MD, PhD and Diego Hernando, PhD recently received an R01 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for their project, “Fully Automated High-Throughput Quantitative MRI of the Liver.” The team was granted nearly $1.5 million in direct costs and a total award of $2.1 million to …

Ground-Breaking #HOPE4LIVER Histotripsy Trial Begins at UW-Madison

Several members of the Department of Radiology, including Fred Lee, MD, Paul Laeseke, MD, PhD, and Timothy Ziemlewicz, MD, have been conducting pre-clinical research on histotripsy, a new non-invasive, non-thermal method to destroy tumors and other tissue, for more than 5 years. “Histotripsy is a novel technology based on external ultrasound that was invented at the University of Michigan. Our friends in Michigan were generous enough to lend us devices to use in …

Faculty Spotlight: Sandip Biswal

Sandip Biswal, MD is a Visiting Professor in the Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention section, on a year-long sabbatical from Stanford University. Learn more about Dr. Biswal below!  Q: Where are you from?A: I was born in Houston, Texas, but my family is from India. I’ve lived all over: junior high school in Maryland, college in California, …

Fred Lee Selected for 2021 Hector F. DeLuca Scientific Achievement Award

Congratulations to Professor Fred T. Lee Jr., MD for winning the 2021 Hector F. DeLuca Scientific Achievement Award. The award will be presented during the 2021 Wisconsin Biohealth Summit on October 7th, 2021. The Biohealth Summit is presented by BioForward and provides an opportunity for Wisconsin’s biohealth community to celebrate successes and collaborate.   Dr. Lee has been selected for the award for his numerous scientific achievements in biohealth. He has over …

Guang-Hong Chen, Fred Lee, and Jamey Weichert Receive Distinguished Investigator Awards

Guang-Hong Chen, PhD,  Jamey Weichert, PhD, and Fred Lee, MD, were selected as recipients of The Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research’s 2021 Distinguished Investigator Award. This award recognizes individuals for their outstanding contributions to the field of medical imaging. Drs. Chen, Lee, and Weichert were three of thirty-five award recipients. The honorees will be invited …