Xue Li Successfully Completes Preliminary Examination
The MIMRTL lab is pleased to announce that Xue Li successfully completed her preliminary examination on April 29, 2025. This achievement marks a significant step forward in her doctoral studies, advancing her to Ph.D. candidacy.Xue’s …
April 29, 2025James Wang Passes Preliminary Examination
MIMRTL is pleased to announce that James Wang successfully completed his preliminary examination on April 21, 2025. The examination marks a significant milestone in his Ph.D. journey, advancing him to candidacy. James’s research, under the …
April 21, 2025Weijie Chen Presents AI-Powered Synthetic CT Generation at ISBI 2025
MIMRTL PhD candidate Weijie Chen recently presented his research on applying deep learning for improved attenuation correction in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging. His presentation took place at the 2025 IEEE 22nd International Symposium on …
April 17, 2025Dr. McMillan Presents on Foundation Models in AI for Medical Imaging
Alan B. McMillan, PhD, Principal Investigator of the Molecular Imaging/Magnetic Resonance Technology Lab (MIMRTL), recently delivered two talks emphasizing the growing impact of foundation models in medical imaging. On April 9, 2025, Dr. McMillan presented …
April 11, 2025Professor McMillan Named Co-Chair of the Healthcare AI Challenge
We are excited to share that Professor Alan McMillan, Professor of Clinical Health Sciences and Director of the Molecular Imaging/Magnetic Resonance Technology Laboratory (MIMRTL), has been named Co-Chair of the Healthcare AI Challenge alongside Dr. …
January 30, 2025Professor McMillan Named Co-Director of ICTR Pilot Awards Program
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Alan McMillan, Professor of Clinical Health Sciences in the Department of Radiology and Director of the Molecular Imaging/Magnetic Resonance Technology Laboratory (MIMRTL), has been appointed Co-Director of the …
January 16, 2025New Paper, BAE-ViT: A Vision Transformer for Efficient and Accurate Bone Age Estimation
The Molecular Imaging/Magnetic Resonance Technology Laboratory (MIMRTL) is excited to share a new publication in the journal Tomography, BAE-ViT: An Efficient Multimodal Vision Transformer for Bone Age Estimation, led by Jinnian Zhang, Weijie Chen, and …
January 6, 2025New Study Alert: Embedding-Based AI for Medical Image Classification, A More Efficient Future?
A new arXiv preprint by collaborator Raj Hansini Khoiwal and Molecular Imaging/Magnetic Resonance Technology Laboratory (MIMRTL) PI Alan B. McMillan challenges conventional AI training paradigms by demonstrating that pre-trained image embeddings alone can achieve high-performance …
December 12, 2024MIMRTL Congratulates Eric Weber on Successfully Completing His Preliminary Examination!
We are pleased to announce that MIMRTL team member Eric Weber successfully passed his preliminary examination on November 26, 2024. This significant milestone marks his advancement to doctoral candidacy. Eric is co-advised by MIMRTL Principal …
November 26, 2024Evaluating Large Language Models for Technical MRI Expertise: A New Study from MIMRTL
A new arXiv preprint by Alan B. McMillan, PI of MIMRTL, investigates the performance of large language models (LLMs) in answering technical MRI questions, assessing their potential to provide expert-level guidance in real-world clinical settings. …
November 23, 2024New paper published: Neural Network Architectures for Self-Supervised Body Part Regression Models with Automated Localized Segmentation Application
Dr. McMillan, Principal Investigator of the MIMRTL group, in collaboration with Michael Fei, currently a medical student at Creighton University, have published a new paper in the Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (JIIM) titled …
November 14, 2024New arXiv preprint – Enhancing Interpretability in Medical Imaging with Scalable Ensembles
MIMRTL team members, graduate student Weijie Chen and Principal Investigator Alan McMillan, have published a new preprint on arXiv titled “SASWISE-UE: Segmentation and Synthesis with Interpretable Scalable Ensembles for Uncertainty Estimation”. This work introduces a …
November 12, 2024New arXiv Paper Published on Bridging the Semantic Gap in Retrieval-Augmented Generation.
A new arXiv preprint, authored by Arihan Yadav, an undergraduate researcher in the Molecular Imaging/Magnetic Resonance Technology Laboratory (MIMRTL), and Alan B. McMillan, the PI of MIMRTL, introduces a novel projection-based method for aligning embeddings …
October 31, 2024New preprint released: MedImageInsight- An Open-Source Embedding Model for General Domain Medical Imaging
Researchers from the Molecular Imaging Magnetic Resonance Technology Laboratory (MIMRTL) have contributed to a groundbreaking preprint that introduces MedImageInsight, an open-source generalist medical imaging model. The preprint, now available on arXiv, outlines the model’s ability …
October 10, 2024Professor McMillan Presents at 2024 ISMRM Workshop on Motion Correction
Motion artifacts remain a significant obstacle in MRI, but advancements in motion detection and correction are driving innovation in both clinical practice and research. The 2024 Motion Correction Workshop, held from September 3-6 by the …
September 6, 2024MIMRTL Presents at SIIM 2024!
The MIMRTL team from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Radiology showcased their latest research at the 2024 Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) meeting, held in Washington, …
June 27, 2024MIMRTL Presents at SNMMI
At the 2024 Society for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) meeting held in Toronto, Canada, from June 8-11, Caitlin Randell, a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering, and Alan McMillan, PhD, presented their research on …
June 9, 2024MIMRTL at the 2024 ISMRM Conference
The MIMRTL team from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Radiology participated in the 2024 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) conference, held in Singapore from May …
May 4, 2024New Paper Using Radiomics to Study Recurrence in Metastatic Brain Tumors
In the realm of oncological treatment, stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is key part of treatment for patients with brain metastases. However, after SRS treatment doctors sometimes see suspicious changes in the brain. These changes can either …
May 1, 2024MIMRTL Undergraduate Team Members Participate in the 2024 Undergraduate Research Symposium
On April 25, 2024, Molecular Imaging Magnetic Resonance Technology Laboratory (MIMRTL) team members Tracy He, Ndinda Kasyoka, Aditi Sunil, and Kevin You presented their work at the Undergraduate Research Symposium held at Union South at …
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