Curriculum:Imaging Sciences at Washington Universit(RMI)

描述（由申请人提供）：华盛顿大学（WU）是一所70多年来一直是核化学，放射化学和核医学成像研究卓越中心的机构。 在20世纪70年代早期，WU的一个小组设计并建造了第一台正电子发射断层扫描（PET）扫描仪。 在过去的20多年里，磁共振成像（MRI）的重大进展已经在WU开发。 最近，WU已成为计算机断层扫描（CT），超声和光学成像领域研究的重要机构。 在这些研究领域的许多代科学家的培训已经在大学的几个部门的几个不同的研究生课程下进行。 我们建议建立在我们在这些诊断成像模式的综合经验的优势，开发一个特定的课程，在成像科学对研究生，医学生，博士后研究员和医疗居民和研究员的培训。 目前在美国，有成像科学的某些方面的研究生课程，如生物医学物理学，生物医学工程，分子药理学和放射科学;然而，据我们所知，没有涵盖成像科学整个学科的综合培训计划。 随着“分子成像”的出现，许多研究人员正在进行跨学科研究，涉及一种以上的成像方式，并涉及化学家，物理学家，生物学家和临床医生之间的合作。 为了培养未来一代的成像科学家，我们计划开发一个课程，其中包括核心课程（具体目标1），其次是途径（具体目标2），让学员专注于成像科学的一个或多个领域。 有几门课程已经在许多WU部门教授。 除了新开发的课程外，这些现有课程将纳入课程。 研究生课程的课程一旦制定，将进行修改，以培训研究生受训人员和其他机构人员的远程学习（具体目标3）。 在成像科学培训学生的高度跨学科性质将涉及三所学校和WU的几个部门。 由于协调这样一个多学科计划的复杂性，具体目标4将集中在成像科学未来研究生课程的行政组织。 从为研究生课程设计的课程和本提案中描述的研究生培训的培训广度将为该计划的毕业生提供在顶级学术机构，生物技术和制药公司工作的机会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Washington University (WU) is an institution that for over 70 years has been a center of excellence in nuclear chemistry, radiochemistry, and Nuclear Medicine Imaging research. A group at WU designed and built the first positron emission tomography (PET) scanner in the early 1970's. Over the past 20 or more years, significant advances in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have been developed at WU. More recently, WU has become a key institution for research in the areas of computed tomography (CT), ultrasound and optical imaging. The training of many generations of scientists in these areas of study has been carried out under several different graduate programs in several departments at the University. We propose to build upon the strengths of our combined experience in these diagnostic imaging modalities to develop a specific curriculum in the Imaging Sciences towards the training of graduate students, medical students, postdoctoral fellows and medical residents and fellows. Currently in the United States, there are graduate programs in certain aspects of Imaging Sciences, such as Biomedical Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Pharmacology and Radiological Sciences; however, to the best of our knowledge, there is no comprehensive training program that covers the whole discipline of Imaging Sciences. With the advent of "Molecular Imaging", many investigators are doing interdisciplinary research that involves more than one imaging modality and involves collaborations between chemists, physicists, biologists and clinicians. In order to train future generations of imaging scientists, we plan to develop a curriculum that includes core courses (Specific Aim 1) followed by pathways (Specific Aim 2) to allow trainees to specialize in one or more areas of Imaging Sciences. There are several courses already being taught in many WU Departments. In addition to the newly developed courses, these existing courses will be incorporated into the curriculum. Once the curriculum for a graduate program is developed, it will be modified for training of post-graduate trainees and distance learning for people at other institutions (Specific Aim 3). The highly interdisciplinary nature of training students in Imaging Sciences will involve three schools and several departments at WU. Due to the complexity of coordinating such a multi-discipline program, Specific Aim 4 will be focused on the administrative organization of a future graduate program in the Imaging Sciences. The breadth of the training from the curriculum designed for the Graduate Program and the post-graduate training described in this proposal will open up to graduates of the program opportunities for careers in top academic institutions and biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.