Tag: Alan McMillan

Multidisciplinary Research Team Uses Machine Learning to Speed Up Stroke Intervention

Each year, nearly 800,000 people in the United States have a stroke: a serious medical condition where blood supply to the brain is blocked or a blood vessel in the brain bursts. In the latter case, emergency surgery is necessary to remove any blood from the brain. Speed is of the essence: In either type …

What We Published This Month (September 2023)

Breast Imaging  Bevers, T.B., Niell, B.L., Baker, J.L., Bennett, D.L., Bonaccio, E., Camp, M.S., Chikarmane, S., Conant, E.F., Eghtedari, M., Flanagan, M.R. and Hawley, J. NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis, Version 1.2023: Featured Updates to the NCCN Guidelines. (2023) Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 21(9), pp.900-909.  Peterson, M.S., Gegios, A.R., Elezaby, …

What We Published This Month (August 2023)

Abdominal Imaging and Intervention  Geng, R., Buelo, C.J., Sundaresan, M., Starekova, J., Panagiotopoulos, N., Oechtering, T.H., Lawrence, E.M., Ignaciuk, M., Reeder, S.B., Hernando, D. Automated MR image prescription of the liver using deep learning: Development, evaluation, and prospective implementation. (2023) Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.28564.  Lubner, M.G., Marko, J., Hu, R., Kawashima, A., Potretzke, T.A., …

Senator Baldwin Tours WIMR to Promote Wisconsin as a Tech Hub

On Wednesday, August 30, 2023, Senator Tammy Baldwin visited the Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research (WIMR) on the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s campus. In her tour of the facilities, she visited the UW–Madison Cyclotron lab, Radiopharmaceutical Production Facility, WIMR PET Imaging Center, and the Photon Counting CT Scanner. This visit is part of an effort to …

What We Published This Month (July 2023)

Abdominal Imaging and Intervention  Liu, C.-Y., Noda, C., van der Geest, R.J., Triaire, B., Kassai, Y., Bluemke, D.A., Lima, J.A.C. Sex-specific associations in multiparametric 3 T MRI measurements in adult livers. (2023) Abdominal Radiology. DOI: 10.1007/s00261-023-03981-3.  Mukherjee P., Lee S., Elton D.C., Nakada S.Y., Pickhardt P.J., Summers R.M. Fully Automated Longitudinal Assessment of Renal Stone Burden on …

What We Published This Month (June 2023)

Abdominal Imaging and Intervention  Chang, K.J., Kim, D.H., Lalani, T.K., Paroder, V., Pickhardt, P.J., Shaish, H., Bates, D.D.B. Radiologic T staging of colon cancer: renewed interest for clinical practice. (2023) Abdominal Radiology. DOI: 10.1007/s00261-023-03904-2.  Guglielmo, F.F., Barr, R.G., Yokoo, T., Ferraioli, G., Lee, J.T., Dillman, J.R., Horowitz, J.M., Jhaveri, K.S., Miller, F.H., Modi, R.Y. and Mojtahed, …

2023 Departmental Promotions Announced

The Department of Radiology is pleased to announce the following promotions, effective June 18, 2023.  Paul Laeseke, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Interventional Radiology Section  Mark Kleedehn, MD Associate Professor (CHS), Interventional Radiology Section Michael Woods, MD Associate Professor (CHS), Interventional Radiology Section Ryan Woods, MD Associate Professor (CHS), Breast Imaging Section and Community Radiology Section  …

Undergraduates Mentored by McMillan and Weichert Present in Research Symposium

The 25th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium was held at Union South on Friday, April 28, 2023. The symposium offers an opportunity for undergraduate researchers from all areas of study to showcase their work in a professional setting, which helps students build public speaking and presentation skills.  Research mentorship is a priority to the faculty in …

ML4MI Initiative Fosters Interdisciplinary Collaboration at UW-Madison

Machine learning (ML), a branch of artificial intelligence (AI) and computer science, is an emerging field which uses algorithms to analyze and draw inferences from patterns in data. ML and AI approaches are the basis of sensational innovations – like self-driving cars or ChatGPT – as well as something as familiar as Netflix’s recommendation engine. …

UW Department of Radiology Ranked #11 in 2022 by Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research

The Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research (BRIMR) recently released their 2022 ranking of institutions, departments, and principal investigators by the funding they received from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Radiology was ranked #11 with over $15 million in NIH funding, matching its #11 ranking in 2021.  A …