Past Recipients
2025
First Place: Tianyi Zeng
“Evaluation of motion correction methods in ultra-high performance brain PET: A multi-tracer human study”
Second Place: Gunjan Kayal
“Introducing MIRDrpt: A freely Accessible Worksheet for Standardized Dosimetry and Bioeffect Metrics – 177Lu DOTATATE Implementation”
Third Place: DAVID HABERL
GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENABLED MEDICAL IMAGE GENERATION FOR IMPROVED GENERALIZATION OF DEEP LEARNING MODELS IN DATA-CONSTRAINED ENVIRONMENTS
Honorable Mention: YUJIN OH
“DEVELOPING A PET/CT FOUNDATION MODEL FOR CROSS-MODAL ANATOMICAL AND FUNCTIONAL IMAGING”
Honorable Mention: MINSEOK YI
“IMPACT OF CHERENKOV EMISSION DIRECTIONALITY ON TIMING PERFORMANCE IN BGO-BASED TIME-OF-FLIGHT (TOF) PET DETECTORS”
Honorable Mention: LUKE POLSON
“QUANTITATIVE AC-225 SPECT IMAGING AND RECONSTRUCTION: WHAT PHOTOPEAK SHOULD WE USE?”
2024
First Place: Huidong Xie
"Dose-aware diffusion model for 3D low-dose PET denoising: A multi-institutional validation with reader study and real low-dose data."
Second Place: Nu Ri Choi
"PRESPECT: A method to personalize myocardial perfusion SPECT acquisition protocols to improve performance on defect detection tasks."
Third Place: Julian Leube
"A proposal to shorten the acquisition duration of 177Lu SPECT/CT imaging by using synthetic intermediate projections."
Honorable Mention: Tommaso Volpi
"Image-Derived Input Functions and Ultra-High Performance Brain PET scanners: have we finally made it?"
Xingchun Zheng
"A Clinical Self-collimating Gamma Camera for nuclear medicine planar imaging with 1-millimeter resolution"
Yifei Jin
"Experimental Evaluation of DE-SPECT: A Hyperspectral SPECT System for in Vivo 3-D Gamma-Ray Spectrometry of Multifunctional Molecular Imaging and Theragnostic"
2023
First Place: Tiantian Li
High resolution image reconstruction and resolution modeling: first human scan with the NeuroEXPLORER
Second Place: Vibha Balaji
Graph-based explanations of tau forecasting for Alzheimer’s disease using graph neural networks
Third Place: Zitong Yu
Task-based evaluation of a scatter projection and deep learning-based transmission-less attenuation-compensation method with clinical data
Honorable Mention
Zhonghua Kuang
Performance Evaluation of SIAT bPET: an MRI Compatible Brain PET Insert
Sangjin Bae
Generalizing Emission Image Denoising Neural Networks through Score-based Approach
Tzu-An Song
Self-supervised PET image denoising using a neighbor-to-neighbor network
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2022
First Place: Thibault Escobar
Radiomic decision maps reveal patterns discriminating between glioma progression and radiation-induced necrosis in static and dual time [18F]-FDOPA PET
Second Place: Xinjie Zeng
High Resolution TOF-DOI Prism-PET Brain Scanner: Experimental Results From The First Prototype Scanner
Third Place: Xiongchao Chen
DuDoSS: Deep-Learning-Based Dual-Domain Sinogram Synthesis from Sparsely Sampled Projections of Cardiac SPECT
2021
First Place: Elena Maria Zannoni
Design study of a high-resolution and ultrahigh-sensitivity brain SPECT system for imaging medically intractable epilepsy
Second Place: Lalith K. Shiyam Sundar
Data-driven motion compensation using cGAN for total-body [18F]FDG-PET imaging
Third Place: Andy LaBella
36-to-1 Multiplexing with Prism-PET for High Resolution TOF-DOI PET
Honorable Mention
Yanis Chemli
Super-resolution in brain PET Using a Real Time Motion Capture System
Ivan S. Klyuzhin
Unsupervised background removal by dual-modality PET/CT guidance: application to PSMA imaging of metastases
Da-ano Ronrick
Pre-selecting radiomic features based on their robustness to changes in imaging properties of multicentre data: impact on predictive modelling performance compared to ComBat harmonization of all available features
Si Young Yie
Self-supervised Bone Scan Denoising
2020
1st place: Zhaoheng Xie
"Anatomy-guided PET image reconstruction with deep neural network""
2nd place: Martin Lyngby Lassen
"Aortic valve imaging using 18F-Sodium Fluoride: implications of triple motion correction on test-retest reproducibility"
3rd place: Haewook Park
"NEMA Performance Evaluation of Long Axial Field-of-View Brain PET Insert with 7T MRI Compatibility"
Honorable Mention
Ziping Liu - "A physics-guided and learning-based estimation method for segmenting 3D DAT-Scan SPECT images"
Tiantian Li - "Deep Learning Based Joint PET Image Reconstruction and Motion Estimation"
Yiran Wang
“Effect of dual-input function and dispersion on lung FDG-PET kinetic quantification using the EXPLORER total-body PET/CT scanner”
2019
1st place: Varsha Viswanath
"Lesion detectability in long axial field of view TOF PET scanners"
2nd place: Kuang Gong
"Attenuation Correction of PET/MR Using Cycle-Consistent Adversarial Network"
3rd place: Joyce van Sluis
"Performance characteristics and quantitative clinical evaluation of the digital Siemens biography Vision PET/CT"
Honorable Mention: Martin Lyngby Lassen
Honorable Mention: Jing Wu
Honorable Mention: Hui LIu
Honorable Mention: Bao Yang
2018
1st Place – Yihuan Lu
"Data-driven motion detection and event-by-event correction for brain PET."
2nd Place –Jeffrey P. Schmall
"Deep learning based attenuation correction for whole-body PET studies."
3rd Place – Jason M. Bini
"PET Imaging of Pancreatic β-Cell Mass with 11C-(+)-PHNO: Determination of the appropriate approach for quantitative analysis."
Honorable Mention
Bao Yang - "Brain PET dose reduction using a shallow artificial neural network."
Alvin Ihsani - "A Novel Penalized Joint Image Reconstruction Method for Tau-PET Imaging."
Donhwl Hwang - "Deep learning-based attenuation correction for whole-body PET studies."
Saeed Ashrafinia - "Application of Texture and Radiomics Analysis to Clinical Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Imaging."
Jun Yeon Won - "Development and initial results of a prototype brain PET scanner using a time-based digitizer and an FPGA-based real-time coincidence processor."
2017
1st Place – Emilie Gaudin
"Initial results of a truly pixelated APD-based PET scanner for high-resolution preclinical imaging."
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
David FC Hsu - "Abstract Title: Studies of a Next Generation Silicon-Photomultiplier-Based Time-of-Flight PET/CT System."
Andrew Groll - "Abstract Title: Ultrahigh Resolution Coplanar PET Imaging of Microfluidic Devices for Synthesizing PET Radiopharmaceuticals."
Joseph G. Meier - "Abstract Title: Impact of elastic motion correction on quantitation and image quality of whole-body PET/CT."
Bao Yang - "Abstract Title: Artificial neural network based regularization for brain PET image reconstruction."
2016
1st Place – Sandra Van Der Velden
"Simultaneous fluoroscopy and nuclear imaging: Impact of collimator choice on nuclear image quality."
2nd Place – Catriona Wimberly
"Optimisation of quantification for 18F-DPA-714 in the healthy human."
3rd Place – Srilalan Krishnamoorthy
"Proton beam range verification with a dedicated in-situ partial-ring time-of-flight PET scanner."
Honorable Mention
Qian Wang - “A Systematic Evaluation of 18F Positron Imaging Using Radioluminescence Microscopy by Computational Simulation”
Elena Maria Zannoni - "Design Study for MRC-SPECT-II: A new generation of MR-Compatible SPECT System bioinspired by superposition compound eyes for ultrahigh resolution SPECT Imaging."
Wentao Zhu- "Ultra-Low dose brain FDG PET imaging with an iterative all-TOF MLAA algorithm."
Wentao Zhu - "Accurate quantification for delayed FDG PET/CT imaging without secondary CT exposure."
2015
1st Place – Chen-Ming Chang
"Preliminary PET performance evaluation of an RF field-penetrable brain-sized PET insert for simultaneous PET/MR imaging"
2nd Place – Nicholas Guehl - "A combined PET-fMRI model for mapping neurotransmission: simulation and initial demonstration"
3rd Place – Richard Manber - "MR Image-based PET Respiratory Motion Correction in PET/MR"
Honorable Mention
Hyun Joon An - "Quantitative evaluation of improved MR-based attenuation correction for brain PET/MRI studies"
Vikram Adhikarla - "Modeling of [11C]MeNET binding to the norepinephrine transporter (NET) in healthy humans"
Jonathan George - "Evaluation of X-ray Fluorescence Emission Tomography for Real-time Assessment of Photodynamic Therapy Effect"
Andrew Groll - "Evaluation of Hybrid Pixel-Waveform (HPWF) CdTe and CZT Detectors for Sub-500 µm Resolution PET Imaging for Mouse Brain Studies"
2014
1st Place – Guillem Pratx
"A novel radioluminescence microscope for imaging radiotracers at the single-cell level"
2nd Place – Dustin Osborne
“Whole-body clinical dynamic imaging and Patlak modeling using continuous bed motion techniques"
3rd Place – Kuangyu Shi
"Hierarchical pharmacokinetic modeling for the analysis of dynamic F-18 FET PET/MR"
Honorable Mention
Mary Germino - "Generation of parametric images from time-of-flight 82Rb and 15O-water cardiac PET with ICA-derived input functions"
Will Hutchcroft - "Anatomical-image aided PET reconstruction by the kernel method"
Chuan Huang - "Fast tagged MR acquisition for PET motion correction in simultaneous cardiac PET-MR"
Auranuch Lorsakul - "A numerical observer for task-based assessment on kinetic parametric imaging"
2013
1st Place – Moses Wilks
"Quantitative in vivo imaging of slowly diffusing radiotracers"
2nd Place – Joyita Dutta
"Respiratory motion compensated pulmonary imaging using simultaneous PET-MR"
3rd Place – Hao Li – "Direct MAP estimation of attenuation sinogram using TOF PET emission data"
Honorable Mention
Guen Bae Ko – "New high performance SiPM PET insert to 9.4-T MR scanner for simultaneous PET/MRI studies"
Jongmin Cho – "Proton beam range verification using PET: Comparison of polycarbonate and copper activation"
Chuan Huang – "Real-time 3D motion tracking using MR micro-coils for PET imaging"
Matteo Tonietto – "Plasma metabolite correction: Improvements of current parent plasma models"
2012
1st Place
Yoann Petibon– "MR-based motion compensation in simultaneous cardiac PET-MR "
2nd Place – Mattijs Elschot
"Quantitative comparison of PET and SPECT for imaging the yttrium-90 microsphere distribution after liver radioembolization"
3rd Place – Si Chen
"Four-dimensional PET image reconstruction with respiratory and cardiac motion compensation from list-mode data"
Honorable Mention
Chung Chan– "Improved image reconstruction for dedicated cardiac SPECT with truncated projections"
Arda Konik – "Comparison of three different methods of acquiring attenuation maps for SPECT in the presence of respiratory motion"
Ida A. Nissen – "Impact of partial volume corrections on quantitative brain PET studies"
Mike Sattarivand– "Symmetric geometric transfer matrix partial volume correction for PET imaging"