Overview

As group director Dr. Samei explains (see video to the right), "The goal of advanced imaging development is to move medical imaging to new frontiers, seeing through the human body in ways not possible in the past, and processing and displaying images such that the best medical decisions can be made." To realize these goals, the Duke Advanced Imaging Labs (DAI Labs) is pursuing a wide range of research projects as highlighted below.

Our research has broad application such as to breast imaging, chest imaging, and molecular imaging.

Each boldfaced link below leads to a separate page with more details and images. In addition, check out our Publications page which includes selected papers representing these topics.

Projects

	Computer-aided detection: Breast imaging Automated detection of breast cancer in mammography using image processing and machine vision techniques
	Computer-aided diagnosis: Breast imaging Improving breast cancer diagnosis in mammography and breast ultrasound using machine learning and statistical predictive models
	Computer-aided detection: Chest imaging Improving sensitivity of pulmonary nodule detection in chest radiography, tomosynthesis, and correlation imaging
	Detector and system evaluation Assessing the physical performance characteristics of digital radiography detectors and medical imaging systems
	Digital tomosynthesis imaging of the breast 3D digital mammography of the breast to improve sensitivity and specificity of breast cancer diagnosis
	Digital tomosynthesis imaging of the chest 3D digital radiography of the chest as a low-cost, low-dose, lung cancer screening technique
	Medical image softcopy display Assessment of display performance for medical imaging systems
	Neutron stimulated emission computed tomography 3D elemental/molecular imaging using neutrons to study biomedical phenomena
	Medical imaging simulation and computer phantoms Computer-based experiments using digital phantoms