ACQI are pleased to announce their 2023 Symposium and Workshop will be held on November 20, 2023, in the Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research in Perth, Western Australia. Links to register below. Symposium: The Australian Centre for Quantitative Imaging (ACQI) research symposium will showcase research conducted in WA in the field of medical imagingContinue reading “ACQI Symposium and Workshop 2023”
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Recognition for Australian research in glioblastoma imaging
As reported in a previous post, ACQI-affiliated PhD student Nathaniel Barry published a quantitative analysis of the benchmarking performed for the TROG 18.06 FIG trial in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. Nathaniel’s paper was highlighted in an editorial published in the journal, identifying the study and the associated clinical trial asContinue reading “Recognition for Australian research in glioblastoma imaging”
Nathaniel helps progress the case for the application of advanced imaging in brain cancer treatment
ACQI-affiliated PhD student Nathaniel Barry helping to translate advanced imaging approaches for the benefit of brain cancer patients
Beefing up ACQI computing power through foundation generosity
The work being undertaken by ACQI-aligned staff and students will be greatly accelerated due to success with a recent grant application to the Charlie’s Foundation for Research, the foundational arm of Sir Charles Gairdner and Osborne Park hospitals. PhD student Jake Kendrick led the application that focuses on multiple applications of artificial intelligence (AI) inContinue reading “Beefing up ACQI computing power through foundation generosity”
Jake redefining the pathway for treatment of advanced prostate cancer
Congratulations to Jake Kendrick, University of Western Australia PhD student, for publishing his work on identifying response to treatment of advanced prostate cancer via imaging analytics. Jake’s work on automated analysis of prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) nuclear medicine images has been published in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging. The presentedContinue reading “Jake redefining the pathway for treatment of advanced prostate cancer”
ACQI achievements on display at May conferences
The efforts of the ACQI team are paying dividends with the team presenting work at conferences during May. ACQI Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Mikaela Dell’Oro, will be attending the 2023 meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine (ANZSNM) in Adelaide and presenting “Automated assessment of lesion heterogeneity for metastatic prostate cancer patientsContinue reading “ACQI achievements on display at May conferences”
Topical lecture on AI in radiology, Monday Dec 28, 2022
A/Prof Megan Hyun from the University of Nebraska Medical Center will be presenting a talk on “Ethical Considerations for Artificial Intelligence in Radiology and Radiation Oncology”. This topic is of considerable relevance to the work of ACQI. The webinar can be accessed from here.
Generous support from RPH Imaging Research Fund
ACQI researchers are very grateful to receive an injection of support from the RPH (Royal Perth Hospital) Imaging Research Fund. The Round #3 Research Grant will provide $79,766 to support a new study into the use of amide proton transfer magnetic resonance imaging (APT MRI) for characterising the extent and nature of glioblastoma, and forContinue reading “Generous support from RPH Imaging Research Fund”
Malik joins the ACQI team
We welcome Malik Ghafoor to the ACQI team as the new Manager of Computing Infrastructure. Malik has a degree in Electrical Engineering and Master of Data Science and brings several years of experience in data engineering to the team. Malik will help to develop our systems for data acquisition during national multicentre clinical trials, forContinue reading “Malik joins the ACQI team”
ACQI researcher’s achievements recognised by international medical physics organisation
ACQI Research Fellow Dr Mikaela Dell’Oro has been awarded the Dr. Udupi Madhvanath Memorial AFOMP Best PhD Award in Radiobiology, 2022, by the Asia-Oceania Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (AFOMP). This award recognises the excellence of Mikaela’s PhD work, undertaken at the University of South Australia, which involved assessing the potential radiobiological impact andContinue reading “ACQI researcher’s achievements recognised by international medical physics organisation”
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