NEWS ARCHIVE
2024
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Oct 2024
The RDI group has 2 presentations and 4 posters at the 2024 IEEE NSS MIC RTSD Conference, in Tampa (IL).
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Aug 2024
Welcome back students for the 23-24 academic year! And welcome Weijian Zhang, a new NPRE grad student joining the RDI lab.
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June 2024
Congratulations to Dr.Zannoni for receiving the Tracy Lynn Faber Memorial Award at the SNMMI Annual Meeting in Toronto. Yifei and Shubham also attend this meeting to give presentations.
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Congratualtions to Can Yang and Yifei Jin for completing their PhD Dissertation Defense!
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Dec 2023
Congratulations and good luck to Dr.Zannoni that in Jan 2024 will join as an assistant professor the Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin!
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Nov 2023
Congratulations to Shubham Mandot, a 3rd year grad student in the RDI lab, for receiving the 4th place in the Christopher J.Thompson Best Student Paper Award at the IEEE NSS MIC in Vancouver.
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Sept 2023
The RDI group receives NIH funding from the BRAIN initiative for the project titled "1-mm resolution single-photon spectral imaging of the brain" in collaboration with UPenn.
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Aug 2023
Welcome back students for the 23-24 academic year! And welcome Shangzhen Zhu, a new NPRE grad student joining the RDI lab.
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The RDI group got accepted 4 oral and 1 poster presentations (including one in the NSS/MIC/RTSD Joint Session) at the 2023 IEEE Medical Imaging Conference, in Vancouver, Canada.
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July 2023
The RDI group hosts several interactive lab tours for high-school students during the Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering Summer Camps organized by the Grainger College of Engineering.
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Jun 2023
The DE-SPECT project, in collaboration with University of Pennsylvania and Yale University, receives the second place in the Physics, Instrumentation and Data Sciences Poster Competition at the 2023 SNMMI Annual Meeting.
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Congrats Dr.Zannoni for being elected as a member of the Physics, Instrumentation and Data Science Council Board of Directors of the SNMMI, serving in 2023-2025!
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The RDI group has 6 presentations at the 2023 SNMMI Annual Meeting, in Chicago (IL). Prof.Meng gives the summary session overview for Instrumentation.
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May 2023
The RDI group has an invited talk and 3 presentations at the 2023 Symposium on Radiation Measurements and Applications (SORMA XIX), in Ann Arbor (MI).
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Apr 2023
Drew Gura and Ryan Wu, two NPRE undergrads in the RDI lab, present their contributions at the 2023 UIUC Undergraduate Research Symposium.
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Jan 2023
Congrats to Dr. Zannoni for being selected for the SNMMI 2023 Future Leaders Academy held in conjuction with the 2023 SNMMI Mid-Winter and ACNM Annual Meeting in San Francisco!
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Dec 2022
Congrats to Yifei Jin and Can Yang who published their peer-reviewed research in IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences and Physics in Medicine & Biology !
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Nov 2022
The RDI group has 3 oral and 5 poster presentations at the 2022 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS) and Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) in Milan (Italy), Nov 5-12.
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Oct 2022
New NPRE498 course "Radiation Therapy Physics and Dosimetry" will be offered in Spring 2023. More information HERE.
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Aug 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Zannoni for being selected as a 2022 Rising Star in EECS, hosted at the University of Texas Austin this year!
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July 2022
The RDI group presents the importance and applications of radiological imaging and instrumentation to high-school students during the Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering Program by the Grainger College of Engineering.
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June 2022
2022 SNMMI Annual Meeting: Prof.Meng presents at the Nuts & Bolts session "SPECT Imaging with CZT", and congratulations to Ling Cai for receiving the 2nd place in the PIDS Poster Award Competition for the work titled "An Ultrahigh Energy Resolution SPECT System for Hyperspectral and Quantitative Imaging in Targeted Alpha Therapy".
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May 2022
Prof.Meng presents at the 12th National Image Guided Therapy Workshop, organized by the Ferenc Jolesz National Center for Advanced Technologies Image Guided Therapy at Harvard Medical School.
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Congratulations to Yifei Jin for his Master Degrees in Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering!
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Congratulations to Emma Morano, a NPRE sophomore working in our lab, for receiving the merit-based Grainger Engineering Scholarship for the 22-23 academic year!
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Apr 2022
Meng expands imaging research in new Digital Computer Laboratory space.
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Congratulations to Dr. Zannoni for being awarded the IEEE NPSS Edward J. Hoffman Early Career Development Grant . This prestigious grant is intended to support the career development of outstanding early career researchers who have the potential to transform the field of medical imaging. Read the full story here.
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Mar 2022
The RDI patent Gamma camera for SPECT imaging and associated methods (Patent No. 11,269,084) has been issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark office.
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Jan 2022
The RDI group is involved in the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) for translational approaches to brain cancer in collaboration with Northwestern University and University of Chicago.
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Dec 2021
Congratulations to Can Yang for his Master Degrees in Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering!
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Nov 2021
Meng study hopes to advance radiopharmaceutical therapeutics with multi-isotope molecular imaging..
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Sept 2021
Welcome back to the continuing undergrad students Lisa Silverstein, Emma Morano and Jennifer Oribello, and welcome to the new undergrad students Noah Isaac, Derek Park and David Higham joining our lab!
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The RDI group has 4 oral and 2 poster presentations at the 2021 Virtual IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS) and Medical Imaging Conference (MIC), one being selected for the MIC Student Award competition.
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Prof.Meng's RDI group has received an U01 grant (U01EB031798) from the NIBIB entitled "High Energy and Spatial Resolution Multi-Isotope SPECT Imaging of Targeted Alpha-Emitters and their Daughters”.
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Aug 2021
Prof.Meng's RDI group has received an R01 grant (R01EB031023) from the NIBIB entitled "Hyperspectral Single Photon Imaging”
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Welcome the new grad student Shubham Mandot joining our lab!
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Our most recent publication titled "Design Study of an Ultrahigh Resolution Brain SPECT System Using a Synthetic Compound-Eye Camera Design with Micro-Slit and Micro-Ring Apertures" is now available on IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging as Open Access paper.
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Congratulations to Elena Zannoni for successfully defending her PhD!
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Congratulations to Yifei Jin for being selected as a Poster Award Candidate at the 2021 SNMMI Annual Meeting in the Physics, Instrumentation and Data Sciences track
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Jan 2021
The RDI group moved to a new location on campus! The new labs are in DCL, rooms 1240 and 1245.
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Oct 2020
The RDI group has 3 oral and 2 poster presentations at the 2020 Virtual IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS) and Medical Imaging Conference (MIC), one being selected for the MIC Student Award competition
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Sept 2020
Prof.Meng presents at the "Technological Advances and Innovation in Nuclear Cardiology: A look into the Future" workshop at the Virtual ASNC 2020
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Aug 2020
Welcome Phillip Tanton joining our lab!
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Congratulations to Elena Zannoni for her paper Development of a Multi-Detector Readout Circuitry for Ultrahigh Energy Resolution Single-Photon Imaging Applications being published in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, A
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May 2020
Congratulations to Yunlai Chen and Jiajin Zhang for their Master Degrees in Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering!
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Apr 2020
Prof.Meng presents "Intraoperative C-arm SPECT for Hybrid Operating Room: a Design Study”," at the 2020 Virtual Image-Guided Therapy Workshop
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Jan 2020
Welcome Ling Cai joining our lab!
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Nov 2019
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Nov 2019
Congratulations to Elena Zannoni for being awarded the IEEE Women in Engineering travel grant that supports her travel to the 2019 IEEE MIC Conference in Manchester (UK)
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Sept 2019
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Aug 2019
The RDI group has 3 oral and 1 poster presentations at the 2019 IEEE Medical Imaging Conference in Manchester (UK)
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Apr 2019
Prof.Meng presents "Development of MRC-SPECT-II System for Ultrahigh Resolution Simultaneous SPECT-MR Imaging of Mouse Brain" at the 2019 Molecular Imaging Instrumentation Conference in Hong Kong
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Apr 2019
The RDI group has 3 oral and 1 poster presentations at the 2019 SNMMI Annual Meeting, Anaheim (USA)
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Nov 2018
Congratulations to Elena Zannoni for being awarded the Third Place in the IEEE NPSS Christopher J Thompson Student Award competition at the 2018 IEEE NSS/MIC conference in Sydney (AUS). She presented her work during the MIC Plenary Session.
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Sept 2018
Prof.Meng gains $2M NIH grant to develop XFET imaging tecniques
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Sept 2018
Congratulations to Elena Zannoni for being awarded the Valentin T. Jordanov Radiation Instrumentation Travel Grant and the Conference Trainee Grant for the 2018 IEEE NSS/MIC conference in Sydney (AUS)
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Aug 2018
Prof.Meng honored with ANS Radiation Science and Technology award
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Apr 2018
The RDI group has 3 oral and 2 poster presentations at the 2018 SNMMI Annual Meeting, Philadelphia (USA)
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Oct 2017
Congratulations to Elena Zannoni for being awarded the First Place in the Best Student Paper Competition at the 2017 IEEE NSS/MIC conference in Atlanta (USA)
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Aug 2017
Welcome to the new students Zhihua Liu, Jiajin Zhang and Yunlai Chen that have joined the RDI group!
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Aug 2017
Congratulations to Andrew Groll for being awarded the Conference Trainee Grant and to Elena Zannoni for being awarded both the Valentin T. Jordanov Radiation Instrumentation Travel Grant and the Conference Trainee Grant for the 2017 IEEE RSS/MIC/RTSD conference in Atlanta (USA)
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Aug 2017
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Jul 2017
Prof.Meng and Prof. La Riviere organize the workshop Non-Conventional Emission Tomography Techniques and Their Applications in Image-Guided Therapeutics at the 2017 IEEE NSS/MIC/RTSD Conference in Atlanta (USA)
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Jun 2017
Andrew Groll has been awarded an Honorable Mention in the Computer Instrumentation Council Young Investigation Award at the 2017 SNMMI Annual Meeting in Denver
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Jun 2017
Congratulations to Andrew Groll for his acceptance as a postdoctoral fellow in the SCIT program in Stanford
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May 2017
Congratulations to Byung Hui (Steve) for his Master Degree in Bioengineering!
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May 2017
The RDI group has 4 oral and 1 poster presentations at the 2017 SNMMI Annual Meeting, Denver (USA)
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May 2017
Elena's work on the MRC-SPECT-2 system has been presented at the 6th PSMR Conference in Lisbon
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Mar 2017
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Sept 2016
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Aug 2016
Congratulations to Xiaochun Lai for his PhD defense!
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Jul 2016
Congratulations to Jonathan George and Andrew Groll for their Master Degrees!
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Jun 2016
Elena Zannoni has been awarded an Honorable Mention in the Computer Instrumentation Council Young Investigation Award at the 2016 SNMMI Annual Meeting
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Jun 2016
The RDI group has 4 oral and 1 poster presentations at the SNMMI Annual Meeting, San Diego (USA)
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May 2016
Congratulations to Andrew Groll for his acceptance as fellow in the MAVIS program and to Jazz Kroeger and John Smith for their acceptance as scholars in the ISUR program
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May 2016
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Nov 2015
Congratulations to Andrew N. Groll for being awarded the 3rd Place in the Best Student Paper Award at IEEE NSS/MIC Conference, San Diego (USA)!
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Nov 2015
Congratulations to Xiaochun Lai for being selected as a finalist in the Best Student Paper Award at IEEE NSS/MIC Conference, San Diego (USA)!
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Oct 2015
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Jun 2015
Congratualtions to Xiaochun Lai for being awarded the 2nd Place in the Best Poster Presentation Award at SNMMI 2015 Annual Meeting, Baltimore (USA)!
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Jun 2015
Both Andrew N. Groll and Jonathan George have been awarded an Honorable Mention in the Computer Instrumentation Council Young Investigation Award at the 2015 SNMMI Annual Meeting, Baltimore (USA)
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Nov 2014
Congratulations to Andrew N. Groll for being awarded the 4th Place in the Best Student Paper Award at IEEE NSS/MIC Conference, Seattle (USA)!
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Oct 2021
Congratulations to Ling Cai for being awarded the best oral paper in the 2021 IEEE NPSS Christopher J Thompson Student Award at the 2021 IEEE NSS/MIC.
Jun 2021
Congratualtions to Elena Zannoni for beign selected as the 1st place recipient in the Physics, Instrumentation and Data Sciences Council Young Investigation Award for her presentation titled “Design study of a high-resolution and ultrahigh-sensitivity brain SPECT system for imaging medically intractable epilepsy” given at the SNMMI 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting . Read the full story here.
Apr 2021
Congratulations to the NPRE undergrads Lisa Silverstein and Emma Morano for their acceptance in the College of Engineering 2021-2022 Illinois Scholars Undergraduate Research (ISUR) Program! They will carry out research in the RDI lab on advanced preclinical imaging applications.
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