IEEE Medical Imaging Conference Trainee Support

描述（由申请人提供）：资金要求支持研究生和博士后学员在2012年IEEE医学影像会议，这是与核科学研讨会联合举行。这个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。感兴趣的其他主题包括多模态成像，如PET/CT和PET/MR。重点是探测器，成像系统和图像重建和图像定量算法。最近一次会议于2010年在诺克斯维尔举行，在医学影像会议上提交了604篇论文，总出席人数为1985人，至少一半的与会者宣布医学影像会议是他们的主要兴趣。该补助金将为20名研究生和博士后学员提供每人500美元的会议注册和住宿费。 公共卫生相关性：该项目将为20名研究生和博士后研究员提供财政援助，以参加2012年IEEE医学影像会议。这将促进该领域下一代科学家和工程师的培训，使他们能够改进和开发新的医学成像方法。这些方法将反过来有助于更好地诊断和监测疾病，从而改善公众健康。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funding is requested to support graduate student and postdoctoral trainees at the 2012 IEEE Medical Imaging Conference, which is held jointly with the Nuclear Science Symposium. 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 quantitation. At the most recent meeting in 2010 in Knoxville, 604 papers were presented within the Medical Image Conference and total attendance was 1985 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 each towards conference registration and accommodations. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This project will provide financial assistance to twenty graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to attend the 2012 IEEE Medical Imaging Conference. This will advance the training of the next generation of scientists and engineers in the field, allowing them to refine and develop new methods for medical imaging. These methods will in turn alllow for better diagnosis and monitoring of disease and thereby improve public health.