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Translating Novel Computed Tomography Technologies to the Clinic
Presented by Martin Willemink, MD, MSc, PhD, FSCCT, Research Instructor, Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Abstract
Computed tomography (CT) is a highly successful imaging modality, which is reflected by the increasing number of exams. Despite its strengths, CT has two major drawbacks. First, patients are exposed to ionizing radiation, which is associated with increased risk of cancer. Second, soft tissue discrimination and material quantification of CT is lacking compared to other imaging modalities. Growing awareness of these issues has driven the development of new CT technologies. The focus of this talk will be on 1) quantitative CT imaging through dual-energy and photon-counting CT; 2) evaluation of image reconstruction algorithms such as deep learning and iterative reconstruction; 3) automated CT image analysis through machine learning and deep learning approaches; 4) statistical modeling to assess clinical outcome of CT technologies. During this talk, these new technologies and their clinical application will be discussed.
Martin Willemink, MD, MSc, PhD, FSCCT is a physician, epidemiologist, biomedical engineer, clinical scientist, and entrepreneur who currently is a Research Instructor (Junior Faculty) in the Department of Radiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA. Dr. Willemink received his MD from Groningen University, and a PhD (cum laude) in Medical Imaging and a MSc in Epidemiology/Statistics from Utrecht University, The Netherlands. His research focuses on cardiovascular imaging with a special interest in computed tomography. He is also co-founder of Segmed, a VC-funded MedTech company that prepares medical imaging data for machine learning. Dr. Willemink published 80 peer-reviewed papers, presented more than 25 invited lectures at international scientific meetings, is a Fulbright laureate, and received research funding from the American Heart Association (AHA), Philips Healthcare, Stanford University, and more. He is Junior Deputy Editor at European Radiology and active as scientific grant/abstract reviewer for the American Heart Association (AHA), Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Dr. Willemink serves on the Corporate Relations Committee and is designated as Fellow of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT). He has been the recipient of many honors including a Jack Westcott Award (Society of Thoracic Radiology (STR)), Frederik Philips Prize (Philips Healthcare), and more than 10 travel and abstract awards. Dr. Willemink received multiple awards for his reviewing activities, including recently an Editor’s Recognition Award for Reviewing with Distinction from Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging