‘Innovative image reconstruction for extremely low-dose PET/CT imaging’ sounds like a challenging research proposal. Can you briefly explain the project?

The photon coincidences a PET scanner measures are sufficient to create astonishing images within a few minutes. However, the acquired data can provide a lot more information than currently utilised when we perform more advanced image reconstruction with the assistance of artificial intelligence and the utilisation of physical phenomena like quantum entanglement.

What inspired you to write this project?

I was fascinated with PET imaging as early as the second year of my undergraduate studies. Using positrons, i.e. antimatter, to advance medicine is such a beautiful example on how particle physics and nuclear physics can help our society. Thus, I have been always intrinsically motivated on how we can further advance medical imaging by transferring more recent technological and scientific advances….