Preclinical PET/CT Imaging with C11 Radiotracers for Cancer & Neurological Studies Studies using PET imaging with carbon-11 (C-11) radiotracers have been made possible and easier at the BRIC Small Animal Imaging (SAI) facility. With the new small animal PET/CT system (SuperArgus, Sedecal Imaging) installed in the SAI facility, the core has developed a bed for … Read more
Preclinical PET/CT Imaging with C11 Radiotracers for Cancer & Neurological Studies Studies using PET imaging with carbon-11 (C-11) radiotracers have been made possible and easier at the BRIC Small Animal Imaging (SAI) facility. With the new small animal PET/CT system (SuperArgus, Sedecal Imaging) installed in the SAI facility, the core has developed a bed for … Read more
(L to R): Drs. Hortensia Alvarez (Professor of Radiology), Kyung Kim (Associate Professor of Radiology) & Jessie Stewart (Assistant Professor of Radiology) Since UNC’s multidisciplinary Vascular Anomalies Clinic (VAC) opened in 2008, Neurointerventional Radiology (NIR) and Vascular-Interventional Radiology (VIR) faculty have played key roles in growing access, patient care and advanced treatments at this multi-disciplinary … Read more
Eulitt PJ, Altun E, Sheikh A, Wong TZ, Woods ME, Rose TL, Wallen EM, Pruthi RS, Smith AB, Nielsen ME, Whang YE, Kim WY, Godley PA, Basch EM, David GU, Ramirez J, Deal AM, Rathmell WK, Chen RC, Bjurlin MA, Lin W, Lee JK, Milowsky MI. 2020. Pilot study of [18F] Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography … Read more
Eulitt PJ, Altun E, Sheikh A, Wong TZ, Woods ME, Rose TL, Wallen EM, Pruthi RS, Smith AB, Nielsen ME, Whang YE, Kim WY, Godley PA, Basch EM, David GU, Ramirez J, Deal AM, Rathmell WK, Chen RC, Bjurlin MA, Lin W, Lee JK, Milowsky MI. 2020. Pilot study of [18F] Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography … Read more
UNC Department of Radiology is thrilled Maureen Kohi, MD, FSIR, FAHA, has been named its new Chair, effective December 31, 2020. Dr. Kohi is an Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology and the Chief of Vascular and Interventional Radiology at the University of California – San Francisco. She is a well-known leader in IR clinical care … Read more
UNC Department of Radiology congratulates James H. Scatliff Distinguished Professor of Radiology and Division Chief of Neuroradiology Dr. Mauricio Castillo for his selection as the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) 2020 Gold Medal recipient. Dr. Castillo joins Dr. Etta Pisano (2012) and Dr. Joseph K.T. Lee (2013) as the Department’s third faculty member to receive … Read more
UNC Vascular-Interventional Radiology (VIR) faculty periodically facilitate industry-funded clinical trials that produce newly indicated, minimally invasive agents benefitting interventional radiology (IR) patients. In 2019, Terumo Medical Corporation funded two clinical studies conducted by VIR division faculty that tested the technical and clinical success of HydroPearl® microspheres in two types of IR procedures. In April 2019, … Read more
It’s been our busiest year yet – our medical student-centric educational and advising programs are flourishing! It’s currently block 11 in academic year 2019-2020 for undergraduate medical education (UME), and we have the following to report: course evaluations student scores remain at historical highs, course directors and formal didactic curriculum lecturers have continued their hard … Read more
At the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)’s 105th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, in December 2019, 7 Diagnostic Radiology residents and multiple Department faculty produced a strong showing for UNC at the largest annual meeting of professionals in radiology. Faculty and resident attendees showcased scholarly accomplishments in exhibit halls, moderated sessions … Read more
Professor of Radiology Cherie M. Kuzmiak, DO, was appointed to core Breast Imaging Course faculty for the American Institute of Radiologic Pathology (AIRP) in October 2019. 2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS). Glasgow, United Kingdom. Viscoelastic Response (VisR)-Derived Mechanical Anisotropy for Differentiating Malignant from Benign Breast Lesions in Women, in Vivo. (Authors: Torres G, Moore … Read more
The Department would like to recognize Dr. Dinggang Shen for being named to the Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research (ARBIR)’s Council of Distinguished Investigators in June 2019. The ARBIR is an advocacy organization that aims to advance federal investment in medical imaging research on behalf of the imaging research community. Each year, the … Read more
