IEEE Medical Imaging Conference Trainee Support

描述(由申请人提供)：申请资助，以支持目前在美国机构工作的研究生和博士后实习生参加2013年IEEE医学成像会议，该会议于每年10月与IEEE核科学研讨会联合举行。这次年度国际会议是致力于基于放射性示踪剂的医学成像方法，特别是正电子发射断层扫描(PET)和单光子发射计算机断层扫描(SPECT)的最大和最重要的会议。其他感兴趣的主题包括多模式成像，如PET/CT和PET/MR，重点是探测器、成像系统和图像重建和图像量化的算法。在2011年于西班牙巴伦西亚举行的最近一次会议上，医学成像会议提交了684篇论文，总出席人数为2260人，至少有一半的与会者表示，他们最感兴趣的是医学成像会议。这笔赠款将为20名研究生和博士后实习生提供500美元，以部分支持会议注册和短期课程费用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funding is requested to support graduate student and postdoctoral trainees currently working at US institutions to attend the 2013 IEEE Medical Imaging Conference, which is held jointly with the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium every October. This annual international conference is the largest and most important meeting dedicated to radiotracer based medical imaging methods, particularly positron emission tomography (PET) and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). Additional topics of interest include multimodality imaging such as PET/CT and PET/MR. The emphasis is on detectors, imaging systems and algorithms for image reconstruction and image quantization. At the most recent meeting in 2011 in Valencia, Spain, 684 papers were presented within the Medical Image Conference and total attendance was 2260 with at least half of the attendees declaring the Medical Imaging Conference to be their primary interest. This grant will provide twenty graduate students and post-doctoral trainees with $500 to partially support conference registration and short course fees.