Cardiovascular Council Young Investigator Award Winners
Basic Science/preclinical:
1st place
Imaging of mitochondrial function in doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity
Presenting Author: Felicitas J. Detmer, PhD
Institution: Gordon Center for Medical Imaging Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston MA United States
2nd Place
Myocardial glucose suppression interferes with the detection of inflammatory cells with FDG-PET in a canine model of myocardial infarction
Presenting Author: Benjamin Wilk
Institution: Western University London ON Canada
3rd Place
Assessment of lower extremities flow using dynamic Rb-82 PET: Acquisition protocols and quantification methods
Presenting Author: Zhao Liu, PhD
Institution: Yale University Yale University New Haven CT United States
Clinical
1st place
Improved risk assessment of myocardial SPECT using deep learning: report from REFINE SPECT registry
Presenting Author: Ananya Singh, MS
Institution: Department of Imaging Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles CA United States
2nd Place
68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT to detect immune checkpoint inhibitor-related myocarditis
Presenting Author: Sarah Boughdad, MD, PhD
Institution: CHUV Lausanne Switzerland
3rd Place
Dynamic analysis of 11C-PIB PET/CT in amyloid light-chain cardiac amyloidosis
Presenting Author: Xuezhu Wang
Institution: Department of Nuclear Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College Beijing China
SNMMI-TS Technologist Poster Awards
1st Place
Effects of image matrix on quantitative metrics in 68Ga DOTATATE studies: Changes in SUV and signal-to-noise ratio in modern digital PET detectors
Author: Amer Pierret
Institution: Radiology, University of Colorado Hospital, UCHealth, Aurora, CO, USA
2nd Place
Tranquilty Scoring to Optimize Pediatric Imaging and Reduce Radiation on Total-Body PET Scanners
Author: Heather Hunt
Institution: UC Davis Medical Center Sacramento CA United States
3rd Place
Co-Teaching in Nuclear Medicine Technology
Author: C. David Gilmore
Institution: Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences University, Boston, MA, USA
Physics, Instrumentation, and Data Sciences Council Young Investigator Awards
1st Place
Design study of a high-resolution and ultrahigh-sensitivity brain SPECT system for imaging medically intractable epilepsy
First author: Elena Maria Zannoni
Institution: Bioengineering University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Champaign IL United States
2nd Place
Data-driven motion compensation using cGAN for total-body [18F]FDG-PET imaging
First author: Lalith K. Shiyam Sundar
Institution: QIMP team, Medical University of Vienna Vienna Austria
3rd Place
36-to-1 Multiplexing with Prism-PET for High Resolution TOF-DOI PET
First author: Andy LaBella
Institution: Stony Brook University Stony Brook NY United States
Honorable Mention
Super-resolution in brain PET Using a Real Time Motion Capture System
First author: Yanis Chemli
Institution: Gordon Center for Medical Imaging Boston MA United States and LTCI, Telecom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris Paris France
Unsupervised background removal by dual-modality PET/CT guidance: application to PSMA imaging of metastases
First author: Ivan S. Klyuzhin
Institution: BC Cancer Research Institute Vancouver BC Canada, Microsoft Redmond WA United States and University of British Columbia Vancouver BC Canada
Pre-selecting radiomic features based on their robustness to changes in imaging properties of multicentre data: impact on predictive modelling performance compared to ComBat harmonization of all available features
First author: Da-ano Ronrick
Institution: LatiM UMR-1101 INSERM Brest France
Self-supervised Bone Scan Denoising
First author: Si Young Yie
Institution: Interdisciplinary Program in Bioengineering Seoul National University Seoul Korea, Republic of
Brain Imaging Council Young Investigator Awards
1st Place
In-vivo tau pathology is associated with synaptic loss and altered synaptic function.
Presenting Author: Emma M. Coomans
Institution: Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC Amsterdam Netherlands
2nd Place
Neurofibrillary tau emerges in adults with Down syndrome during the earliest stages of Aβ accumulation.
Presenting Author: Matthew Zammit
Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison WI United States
3rd Place
Altered regional cerebral function and its association with cognitive impairment in COVID 19: A prospective FDG PET study
Presenting Author: Ganna Blazhenets, M. Sc.
Institution: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg Freiburg Germany
Therapy Center of Excellence Young Investigator Awards
1st Place
Progression and toxicity following liver Y90 radioembolization: impact of dose metrics, clinical factors, and biomarkers
Presenting Author: Theresa P. Devasia
Institution: University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI United States
2nd Place
Metastatic Disease Response and Patterns of Recurrence in Men with High-Risk Prostate Cancer after Neo-Adjuvant Chemohormonal Therapy and Radical Prostatectomy utilizing PSMA-Targeted 18F-DCFPyL PET/CT
Presenting Author: Petra Lovrec, MD
Institution: Department of Radiology University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison WI United States
3rd Place
Safety and efficacy of radioligand therapy with 177lutetium-PSMA-617 within 3 months after 223Radium-dichloride
Presenting Author: Justus Baumgarten, MD
Institution: Nuclear Medicine University Hospital Frankfurt Frankfurt Germany
CMIIT Young Investigator Awards
1st Place
Optimal [18]F-Misonidazole PET threshold to locate SCC7 tumor hypoxia using EPR pO2 as ground truth
Presenting Author: Inna H. Gertsenshteyn
Institution: Radiology University of Chicago Chicago IL United States
2nd Place
Synthesis and characterization of [18F]mG2P026 as a high contrast PET imaging ligand for metabotropic glutamate receptor 2
Presenting Author: Gengyang Yuan
Institution: Gordon Center for Medical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston MA United States
3rd Place
Bispecific INV721 antibody improves specific targeting in neuroblastoma to limit neuropathic pain
Presenting Author: Zachary Rosenkrans
Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison WI United States
RPSC Young Investigator Awards
1st Place
Radiosynthesis and evaluation of (R)- and (S)-18F-OF-NB1 for imaging the GluN2B subunits of the NMDA receptor in non-human primates
Author: Hazem Ahmed, PhD
Institution: Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences ETH Zurich Zurich Switzerland
2nd Place
Evaluation of CB2 PET Radioligand 18F RoSMA-18-d6 in Non-Human Primates and Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis
Author: Ahmed Haider
Institution: Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston MA United States
3rd Place
Synthesis and preclinical characterization of a metabolically stable SV2A PET imaging probe: [18F]SDM-16
Author: Chao Zheng
Institution: Yale School of Medicine New Haven CT United States
Technologist Student Abstract Award Winners
1st Place
Simulating reduced dose PET imaging to determine impacts on diagnostic image quality.
Author: Robin L. Schroeder
Institution: Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
2nd Place
177 Lu-Dotatate therapy for inoperable or metastasized gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: How often do patients discontinue treatment early and why?
Author: Gabriela Feliciano
Institution: Rhode Island Hospital, North Providence, RI, USA
3rd Place
The Effects of Temperature Change on Tc-99m MAA Radiochemical Purity
Author: Fatimah Almuallim
Institution: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Early-Career Professionals Abstract Award Winners
1st Place Clinical
Role of 68Ga-fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (FAPI) PET/CT in the evaluation of peritoneal carcinomatosis and comparison with 18F-FDG PET/CT.
Author: Haojun Chen, MD
Institution: Department of nuclear medicine The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University Xiamen China
2nd Place Clinical
A Head-to-Head Comparison of 68Ga-DOTA-FAPI-04 and 18F-FDG PET/MR in Patients with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Prospective Study.
Author: Chunxia Qin, MD, PhD
Institution: Department of Nuclear Medicine Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan China
3rd Place Clinical
Metastatic Disease Response and Patterns of Recurrence in Men with High-Risk Prostate Cancer after Neo-Adjuvant Chemohormonal Therapy and Radical Prostatectomy utilizing PSMA-Targeted 18F-DCFPyL PET/CT.
Author: Petra Lovrec, MD
Institution: Department of Radiology University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison WI United States
1st Place Basic Science
Validation of FAPi PET biodistribution by immunohistochemistry in patients with solid cancers: a prospective exploratory imaging study.
Author: Christine Mona, PhD
Institution: UCLA Los Angeles CA United States
2nd Place Basic Science
Rapid and mild synthesis of unsymmetrical [11C]ureas from [11C]carbonyl difluoride and amines.
Author: Jimmy E. Jakobsson, PhD
Institution: National Institutes of Mental Health Bethesda MD United States
3rd Place Basic Science
Photodynamic therapy induced by a combination of scintillating liposome &radiolabeled antibody.
Author: Wooseung Lee
Institution: Applied Bioengineering Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, Seoul National University Seoul Korea, Republic of