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These new cameras efficiently image radiation emissions in the form of positrons, annihilation photons, gamma rays, and/or light emitted from molecular contrast agents that were introduced into the body and distributed in the subject tissues. These contrast agents are designed to target molecular pathways of disease biology and enable imaging of these biological signatures in tissues residing deep within the body using measurements made from outside the body. The goals of the instrumentation projects are to advance the sensitivity and spatial, spectral, and/or temporal resolutions, and to create new camera geometries for special biomedical applications. The algorithm goals are to understand the physical system comprising the subject tissues, radiation transport, and imaging system, and to provide the best available image quality and quantitative accuracy. The work involves designing and building instrumentation, including arrays of position sensitive sensors, readout electronics, and data acquisition electronics, signal processing research, including creation of computer models, and image reconstruction, image processing, and data/image analysis algorithms, and incorporating these innovations into practical imaging devices. The ultimate goal is to introduce these new imaging tools into studies of molecular mechanisms and treatments of disease within living subjects. Read more about our research Latest News » Emily Anaya Awarded Two-year NeuroTech Training Program Fellowship » Emily Anaya Awarded Two-year Stanford Graduate Fellowship » Min Sun Lee Received 2019 IEEE NPSS Ronald J. Jaszcak Graduate Award » Jung-Yeol Yeom Awarded Deans Fellowship » Matthew Bieniosek selected as fellow in "Training in Biomedical Imaging Instrumentation" Read all news Resources Quick Links » Group Meeting and Seminars » Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS) » Bio-X Program » Division of Nuclear Medicine » Stanford Cancer Center » Department of Radiology » Department of Electrical Engineering » Department of Physics » Stanford School of Medicine » Stanford University » Writing Workshops » Leadership and Professional Development Opportunities Funding Opportunities Stanford Internal Funding Opportunities Pre-doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowship Funding Opportunities Post-doctoral Fellowship Opportunities Post-doctoral Fellowship Opportunities Funding Information Resources Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship (SIGF) Program SPICE (Student Projects for Intellectual Community Enhancement) Innovation Funds Writing Workshops Leadership and Professional Development Opportunities Diversity Dissertation Research Funds Internships Are you a high school student wishing to do a summer internship in the MIIL? 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