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Educating and training scientists on how the Center’s resources can aid their research
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Upcoming Forums
April 21, 2023. Duke University Physics in Medicine Symposium
Live webcast of the Duke University Physics in Medicine Symposium featuring talks by James Dobbins and Ehsan Samei, former and current AAPM presidents.
Past Forums
Exploring the clinical advantages of photon counting CT imaging systems using clinical task-based metrics & Virtual Imaging Trials
(Nov 19, 2021) Elizabeth Jones of the NIH Clinical Center and Ehsan Abadi from Duke University evaluate the potential of photon-counting CT in terms of various clinical applications and demonstrate the role of virtual imaging trials in its assessment and optimization.Past, Present and Future Technology at HeartFlow
(Sept 24, 2021) Michiel Schaap from Heartflow discusses the AI technology, physiology and CFD technology behind the HeartFlow analysis and discusses future products and challenges.VIT Lessons Learned – Calibration, Realism, Portability, and Reproducibility
(Aug 20, 2021) Andrew Maidment from the University of Pennsylvania presents his experience in developing and disseminating tools for virtual imaging trials (VITs) in breast imaging. He will explain the lessons learned from this experience, with a focus on producing accurate, reproducible results.Potentials and Challenges of COPD Quantification via CT imaging: What is the Role of Virtual Imaging Trials?
(July 16, 2021) David Lynch and Stephen Humphries from National Jewish Health, Raúl San José Estépar from Harvard Medical School, and Ehsan Abadi from Duke University discuss the potentials and challenges in CT quantifications of COPD and discuss how some of these challenges can be uniquely addressed through conducting imaging trials in silico, i.e., virtual ...Introduction to Center for Virtual Imaging Trials
(June 18, 2021) Ehsan Samei from Duke University overviews the new Center for Virtual Imaging Trials and presents its goal to provide a comprehensive virtual platform to assess the clinical performance of medical imaging technologies and applications from design to use.