National Radiologic Technology Week is celebrated annually to recognize the vital work of radiation technologists across the nation. The celebration takes place each year during the week that includes November 8 to commemorate the discovery of the ...
November 5th, 2015 Tim Szczykutowicz, Ph.D., performing quality assessment as the scanner is prepared for clinical service. The emergency department at UW Hospital’s Clinical Sciences Center received an imaging upgrade this October, when a new GE Healthcare ...
October 23rd, 2015 The UW Head and Neck Radiology Group made waves on their recent visit to Naples, FL, for the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Head and Neck Radiology (ASHNR). An educational exhibit authored by Greg Avey, M.D., was selected as the top ...
October 23rd, 2015 Charles Mistretta, Ph.D., has been awarded the 2015 UW School of Medicine and Public Health (UW SMPH) Belzer Award. The award is annually bestowed to a faculty member who “embodies the spirit of dedication and commitment to the school and its ...
October 13th, 2015 A team led by primary investigator Guang-Hong Chen, Ph.D., has received a Quantum Grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB). The $3M grant was awarded for a project that will drastically reduce the treatment ...
October 13th, 2015 A team led by Vivek Prabhakaran, M.D., Ph.D., recently received nearly $300,000 from the American Heart Association (AHA) for their ongoing stroke rehabilitation project. Using a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI), the team is working to, “drive ...
September 24th, 2015 Elizabeth Burnside, M.D., MPH, M.S., continues to pursue advances in women’s health, this time with her appointment as project director of an NIH-funded grant program aimed at faculty who conduct women’s health research. The program, ...
September 24th, 2015 Radiation dose tracking has always been an important aspect of radiology but with the Joint Commission imposing stricter regulations for Computed Tomography (CT), dose documentation is more important than ever. UW Radiology is responding to this ...
September 24th, 2015 Abdominal Imaging and Intervention Fellow George A. Carberry, M.D., has been awarded a Research Fellow Grant from the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) to establish the safety of microwave ablation of lung tumors located near the heart. ...
September 18th, 2015 Among the most ambitious medical imaging projects in history, the Human Connectome Project (HCP) aims to map the neural pathways that underlie human brain function. Using several imaging modalities and behavioral data, the project has already yielded...
September 18th, 2015