CaIC Summer 2017

Summer 2017

In This Issue:

President’s Message 2017 AM CaIC Sponsored Sessions 2017 Edward Hoffman Memoral Award Lecture 2017 Tracy Lynn Faber Memorial Award 2017 CaIC Young Investigator Awards 2017 CaIC BOD Election Results 2017-2019 CaIC Intern 2018 Future Leaders Academy President’s Message Mark Smith, PhD, CaIC President

Welcome to all Computer and Instrumentation Council members! The Computer and Instrumentation Council is made up of Society members who have an interest in computers, nuclear instrumentation, data analysis and medical physics and their applications in therapeutic, diagnostic or investigational nuclear medicine. It provides a source of information relating to computers, nuclear instrumentation science, data analysis and medical physics to the Society through meetings, seminars, and publications as well as promoting the advancement and dissemination of knowledge in this area.

This Summer 2017 newsletter highlights educational activities of the council at the recently concluded 2017 SNMMI Annual Meeting in June. These sessions are made possible by the dedicated volunteer efforts of council

members and are an important function of the council. If you are interested in contributing to educational sessions at the SNMMI Annual or Midwinter Meetings, please let me or another board member know.

Several CaIC scientific awards were presented at the Annual Meeting and many of these awards are highlighted in the articles that follow. The CaIC provides the opportunity for computer and instrumentation scientists (whether they be physicist, engineer, physician or technologist) to network and contribute to the advancement of technical aspects of molecular imaging and therapy.

If you have ideas, suggestions or comments on council activities, please contact me or one of the CaIC board members with your thoughts. We look forward to hearing from you!

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2017 Annual Meeting CaIC Sponsored Sessions The Computer and Instrumentation Council (CaIC) was pleased to sponsor the following categorical session and continuing education sessions at the June 2017 SNMMI Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado. All of the sessions were well attended. CaIC Categorical:

• Radiation Dose Optimization in Pediatric Nuclear Medicine • SPECT/CT: Clinical Applications and Quantification

CaIC Educational Sessions:

• PET Instrumentation and Data Analysis: The Essentials • New and Emerging PET Instrumentation and Technologies • Data Driven Motion Correction • Board Certification for Nuclear Medicine Scientists: Its Value and Pathways to Obtain It • Basic Science Summary Session Two: Instrumentation and Data Analysis • Computer and Instrumentation Council (CaIC) Roundtable Discussion

Coming of Digital Age: The Maturing Digital Landscape and the Potential for Integrating Digital Innovation into our Field’s 21st Century Aspirations

• Dynamic Cardiac SPECT with Kinetic Analysis • Radiogenomics in Multimodal Imaging • Simultaneous PET/MR: Clinical Applications & New Technical Advances • Current Status and Future Prospects: PET and SPECT Instrumentation

2017 Edward Hoffman Memorial Award Lecture

This award was established to honor the memory of Professor Edward J. Hoffman. It recognizes scientists in the field of nuclear medicine for their service and devotion to research and development of nuclear medicine instrumentation and to educating and training the next generation of scientists. Learn more about the Hoffman Award HERE

The 2017 Hoffman Award was presented to Frederik Beekman, PhD during the Ed Hoffman Memorial Lecture at the SNMMI Annual Meeting.

Pictured from left to right: Scott Metzler, PhD, Eric Frey, Ph.D., Frederik Beekman, PhD 2017 Hoffman Award recipent and James Galt, PhD, CaIC Immediate Past President

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2017 Tracy Lynn Faber Memorial Award

The award was established to honor the memory of Tracy Lynn Faber and is given each year to support advancement of women in medical imaging sciences. The award is given either to an individual who has promoted significantly advancement of women in medical imaging sciences, or to a woman in early- or mid-career who has made one or more significant contributions to medical imaging sciences. Learn more about the Faber Award HERE.

The 2017 Faber Award was presented to Sepideh Shokouhi, PhD during the CaIC business meeting.

Pictured from left to right: James Galt, PhD, 2017 Faber Award winner Sepideh Shokouhi, PhD, and Todd Peterson, PhD

2017 CaIC Young Investigator Awards The CaIC YIAs are reserved for the best scientific abstracts on computer and instrumentation nuclear medicine by young investigators. These awards were presented during the 2017 SNMMI Annual Meeting. Congratulations to the following YIA winners pictured below with James Galt, PhD, CaIC Immediate Past President.

1st Place – Emilie Gaudin "Initial results of a truly pixelated APD-based PET scanner for high-resolution preclinical imaging."

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2nd Place –Tao Feng "Improved Image Quality with Locally Adaptive Gating in 4D

PET Image Reconstruction."

3rd Place – Tiantian Li "Software for 3D Personalized Targeted Radionuclide

Therapy Dosimetry."

Honorable Mention: Andrew Groll - "Abstract Title: Ultrahigh Resolution Coplanar PET Imaging of Microfluidic Devices for Synthesizing PET Radiopharmaceuticals."

Honorable Mention: David FC Hsu - "Abstract Title: Studies of a Next Generation Silicon-Photomultiplier-Based Time-of-Flight PET/CT System." (No picture available)

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Honorable Mention: Joseph G. Meier - "Abstract Title: Impact of elastic motion correction on quantitation and image quality of whole-body PET/CT."

Honorable Mention: Bao Yang - "Abstract Title: Artificial neural network based regularization for brain PET image reconstruction."

2017 CaIC Election Results

Congratulations newly elected Officers and Board Members!

Richard Laforest, PhD Glenn Wells, PhD Vice President-Elect Secretary

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Robert Doot, PhD Phillip Kuo, MD, PhD Board Member Board Member

2017-2019 CaIC Intern

The SNMMI Internship Program was established in 2008 with the aim “To identify and train future leaders of SNMMI in the structure, governance, and operations of the organization; to prepare individuals for progressive levels of responsibility; to ensure effective leadership that advances the mission and goals of the organization”.

The 2017-2019 CaIC intern is Nikolas Karakatsanis, PhD. Dr. Nicolas (Nikolaos) is currently an Assistant Professor in Biomedical

Engineering at the Department of Radiology at Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University in New York, NY. His current interests focus mainly on quantitative PET/MR and PET/CT imaging utilizing advanced PET tracer kinetic modeling and MR-driven motion compensation strategies for enhancing the theranostic value of molecular imaging in cardiology, oncology and neurology. Previously, he was appointed as a senior research scientist at the Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York (2015-2017). In addition, he had previously attended postdoctoral research fellow position in the Divisions of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging at University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland (2014-2015) and Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA (2011-2013).

Dr. Karakatsanis received his integrated Bachelors-Masters Diploma as well as his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2005 and 2010, respectively, from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. His PhD thesis was on the optimization of preclinical and clinical PET imaging systems performance and data acquisition protocols using Monte Carlo simulations. He has authored and co-authored more than 20 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals and over 70 refereed proceedings in international meetings and conferences.

Dr. Karakatsanis is a member of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) organization and actively participating in the activities of the Computer and Instrumentation Council (CaIC). He is a also a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and the IEEE Nuclear Plasma and Sciences (NPSS) society. Dr. Karakatsanis has been certified by the American Board

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of Science in Nuclear Medicine (ABSNM) with a specialization in Nuclear Medicine Physics and Instrumentation. His mentor will be Arman Rahmim PhD, CaIC Vice-President.

SNMMI 2018 Future Leaders Academy The SNMMI Future Leaders Academy is the most recent addition to the SNMMI leadership development strategy. The SNMMI Future Leaders Academy training focuses on setting a clear plan for increasing leadership abilities by developing the necessary skills and organizational expertise to enhance performance and ultimately evolve into a leader both within the nuclear medicine and molecular imaging community and the society.

The academy will also help you to gain knowledge in fundamental leadership techniques from professionally recognized leadership groups and current SNMMI leaders.

Learn about the Future Leaders Academy HERE. The Future Leaders Academy will be held January 25-28, 2018 in conjunction with the SNMMI Mid-Winter Meeting in Orlando, FL. By submitting an application you are affirming your availability on these dates and your willingness to attend the academy. If accepted, it is preferred that you make arrangements to stay for the entire Mid-Winter Meeting. All applications must be received by September 1, 2017, 5:00 pm (ET)

2017- 2018 CaIC Board of Directors

Mark F. Smith, PhD Council President

Arman Rahmim, PhD Council Vice President

Richard Laforest, PhD Council Vice President-Elect

R. Glenn Wells, PhD Council Secretary

Michael A. King, PhD, DABR Council Treasurer

James R. Galt, PhD Council Immediate Past President

Robert Doot, PhD Council Board of Directors

Phillip Kuo, MD, PhD Council Board of Directors

Chi Liu, PhD Council Board of Directors

Martha V. Mar, CNMT, NCT, PET, R(CT) Council Board of Directors

Yuan-chuan Tai, PhD Council Board of Directors

Alan B. Packard, PhD Board Liaison

Nicolas A. Karakatsanis, PhD Intern

Learn More About the CaIC HERE