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CTN Scanner Validation and Qualification Committee

Committee Mission

The CTN Scanner Validation and Site Qualification Committee oversees the CTN’s phantom programs used in the validation of PET/CT, PET/MR, and SPECT/CT cameras. 

Committee Charges

  • Oversee oncology phantom validation process at imaging sites 
  • Develop isotope-specific fill protocols, as needed. 
  • Maintain ongoing inventory of phantoms (location, storage, distribution) including QA procedures. 
  • Establish and maintain a committee of reviewers who will evaluate the images sent by the sites. 
  • Work with groups to create an international standardization protocol to validate scanners for multicenter trials. 
  • Develop scanner calibration procedures for SPECT/CT, especially as it relates to dosimetry. 
  • Develop calibration procedures for well counters. 

Committee Members

  • Heather Jacene, MD, FSNMMI (President)
  • Carlos F. Uribe, PhD, MCCPM (Committee Chairperson)
  • Ciprian Catana, MD, PhD (Board Liaison)
  • James R. Bading, MS, PhD, ABR (Committee Member)
  • James R. Bading, MS, PhD, ABR (Committee Member)
  • Tyler J. Bradshaw, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Paul E. Christian, CNMT,BS,PET,FSNMMITS (Committee Member)
  • Michael R. Czachowski, MBA (Committee Member)
  • ZACHARY I. ELLS (Committee Member)
  • Pedro Luis Esquinas (Committee Member)
  • Yu-Hua Fang (Committee Member)
  • Sven Gallo, Sr Medical Physicist (Committee Member)
  • Stephen A. Graves, PhD, DABR (Committee Member)
  • Xinchi Hou, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Nima Kasraie, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Nima Kasraie, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Aishwarya Kulkarni (Committee Member)
  • Martin A. Lodge, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Benjamin Lopez, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Catherine ("Caffi") Meyer (Committee Member)
  • Robert S. Miyaoka, PhD (Committee Member)
  • John J. Sunderland, Ph.D, MBA, FSNMMI (Committee Member)
  • John J. Sunderland, Ph.D, MBA, FSNMMI (Committee Member)
  • Celeste I. Winters, PhD (Committee Member)
  • Patrick F. Wojtylak, MSHA (Committee Member)