Our mission is to solve important clinical problems by applying first principles from chemistry and engineering.
We believe that Seeing is Curing - that is, if we can see cancer at an earlier stage than we now can (currently about 1 billion cells) we will have a greater likelihood of curing it.
A. LAM tumor in the lung with hematoxylin and
eosin (H&E) staining
B. PET/CT using F-18-FDG
C. Thyroid uptake of pertechnetate by SPECT/CT
D. Prostate cancer with H&E staining
2/9/2012
Yoshitomo Ashitate, M.D. is appointed Senior Surgeon at the Center for
Molecular Imaging in recognition of his 6 first author papers on innovative
technology for image-guided surgery.
2/2/2012
Research Assistant Yang (Allison) Xie is accepted to 2 different top-rated medical schools.
11/1/2012
Dr. Frangioni awarded second Professorship at Harvard Medical School. He is now Professor of Medicine and Professor of Radiology.
Choi Laboratory Opens in New Location: Dr. Hak Soo Choi and his research team have expanded to a full-capabilities lab in molecular biology, chemistry, and physiology in the Dana-Slosberg research building. Dr. Choi commented, "We are so excited about the new lab because we have room to develop contrast agents more efficiently - from in silico design to in vitro cell screening as well as in vivo animal testing - all in one place."