Support Grant for 2017 IEEE Medical Imaging Conference in Atlanta, GA

项目摘要 资金要求支持研究生和博士后学员在2017年IEEE 医学影像会议（MIC）在亚特兰大，佐治亚州，这将是传统的，联合举行， IEEE核科学研讨会（NSS）和室温研讨会 半导体探测器（RTSD）。这一年度国际会议是规模最大， 致力于放射性示踪剂医学成像技术发展的重要会议 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）， 断层扫描（SPECT）。其他感兴趣的主题包括其他断层成像技术的发展 模态，如新型CT技术，以及多模态成像，如PET/CT、SPECT/CT 重点是探测器，成像系统和算法的图像 重建和图像定量。2015年在旧金山举行的IEEE NSS-MIC会议上， 迭戈，超过1300论文提交，总出席人数为1810，至少有一半的 与会者声明医学影像会议是他们的主要兴趣。这笔赠款将 提供20名研究生和博士后实习生，特别确定MIC为他们的 会议登记和住宿的主要利息为每人500美元。获奖者 将根据客观标准进行挑选，目的是使广泛的 包括妇女、少数民族、残疾人和有家庭的学生。

PROJECT SUMMARY Funding is requested to support graduate student and postdoctoral trainees at the 2017 IEEE Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) in Atlanta, GA, which will, as is traditional, be held jointly with the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS) and the Workshop on Room Temperature Semiconductor Detectors (RTSD). This annual international conference is the largest and most important meeting dedicated to technical developments in radiotracer-based medical imaging methods, particularly positron-emission tomography (PET) and single-photon-emission computed tomography (SPECT). Additional topics of interest include development of other tomographic modalities, such as novel CT techniques, and multimodality imaging such as PET/CT, SPECT/CT and PET/MR. The emphasis is on detectors, imaging systems, and algorithms for image reconstruction and image quantitation. At the most recent IEEE NSS-MIC meeting in 2015 in San Diego, over 1300 papers were presented and total attendance was 1810, 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 specifically identifying MIC as their primary interest with $500 each towards conference registration and accommodations. Awardees will be selected based on objective criteria, with an aim towards enabling attendance by a broad spectrum of students including women, minorities, people with disabilities, and those with families.