Author: nkamona

The BMES FDA Frontiers in Medical Devices Conference was held from March 19-21 in College Park, MD, in collaboration between the FDA and the Biomedical Engineering Society. Our second year master’s student, Apurva Singh, presented her project in an oral presentation, ” A Novel imaging- genomic approach to predict the outcomes of radiation therapy in head-and-neck carcinoma”. It describes a portion of her thesis work related to developing a prediction system based on the image-genome analysis of pre-treatment PET images.
Here is what Apurva shared about her experience: “The conference was a great learning experience as i got the opportunity of interacting with various professionals from imaging device companies like Boston Scientific and with FDA professionals who spoke very informatively about regulation rules and quality testing of products. I also won the student travel award which helped me with my conference-related expenditures”. 

Our two students, Shuyue (Frank) Guan and Nada Kamona, along with Professor Loew attended SPIE Medical Imaging Conference last week in San Diego, California (Feb 16th – Feb 21st). The conference is the host for leading researchers in image processing, physics, computer-aided diagnosis, perception, image-guided procedures, biomedical applications, ultrasound, informatics, radiology and digital pathology, along with a focus on fast emerging areas like deep learning, AI, and machine learning. Over 1,200 people attend this highly regarded conference on the latest medical imaging advances covered in over 1,000 presentations (for more information check here).

Frank presented his poster on using Generative Adversarial Networks and Transfer Learning for breast cancer detection by convolutional neural networks, winning the Honorable Mention Award for the Medical Imaging Conference. Nada presented an oral presentation for her summer internship project with the FDA, where she discussed her work on the reproducibility of CT-based texture feature quantification of simulated and 3D-printed trabecular bone, and the influence of noise and reconstruction kernel on the reproducibility of texture features.

Congratulations to our students on their accomplishments! 

Check Frank’s poster for more information, and the gallery for more pictures.

Dr. Murray Loew was featured in the February 7 GW Today article “Understanding Glass Flutes with Medical Imaging.” Dr. Loew highlighted the significance of this interdisciplinary project to classify the condition of historical glass as part of a NEH-funded project and in collaboration with the Library of Congress and  Catholic University. This three-year grant was received in 2017 to study historical 19th century glass and their deterioration and to improve preservation guidelines for historical glass.

The Society for Science & the Public is proud to announce that Ishana Shastri has been named a top 300 scholar in the 78th Regeneron Science Talent Search—the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and mathematics competition for high school seniors. Almost 2,000 students entered the competition this year.  Ishana Shastri will receive $2,000, and her school will also receive $2,000 to use toward STEM-related activities. Finalists are invited to Washington, DC for the final competition in March.  We hope that Ishana is highlighted as a role model for others and inspires more students from your area to participate in scientific research. 

For more information about 78th Regeneron Science Talent Search click here.