Molecular Imaging Lab

Research Interests

We develop medical imaging systems and protocols to provide improved treatment options to patients with cancer. Applications of our work include (1) helping surgeons better discern cancerous from non-cancerous tissue during resection operations, (2) providing more sensitive measures of cancer that has spread to lymph nodes (both non-invasively and for biopsies), (3) acquiring more accurate measures of a cancer's molecular characteristics, to guide selection of treatments can be tailored to an individual's disease (commonly referred to a precision medicine), and (4) mapping hemodynamics and vascular characteristis in the retina as an early indicator or diabetic retinopathy. Our work predominantly employs optical imaging systems and agents; however, we are exploring adaptation of our innovations to clinical nuclear medicine and ultrasound imaging modalities as well.

Current Projects

Fluorescence-guided surgery | Quantitative molecular imaging | Blood flow and metabolism