Techniques for Quantitative Cancer Imaging: Current Status

Sunday, Nov. 25, 2:00-3:30 p.m. | S404AB

Speakers will discuss quantitative imaging applications of CT, MRI and PET. Specific topics include development of a new response assessment criteria based on tumor volume and density changes on CT, use of dynamic-contrast enhanced MRI and diffusion-weighted imaging and techniques for reducing variability in quantitative PET/CT imaging.

 

Speaker Information:

  • Binsheng Zhao, DSc, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City
  • Gregory Stanislaus Karczmar, PhD, University of Chicago
  • Paul Eugene Kinahan, PhD, University of Washington, Seattle

 

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