| Meet the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Scott Reeder Professor of Radiology |
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Research area Developing and translating new imaging methods, particularly MRI, for improved detection and quantification of diseases affecting the abdomen. Developing and validating MRI phantoms suitable for quantifying liver biomarkers and conducting quality assurance in clinical environments, as well as quality assurance, calibration and qualification of MRI scanners for use in multicenter drug development trials.
What excites you about your work?
“We’re making images with radio waves and magnets! The ‘intellectual distance’ from an idea to translation of new imaging methods into patient care is pretty short. We can write an idea on the whiteboard, test it quickly on our research systems, and implement it into clinical care, which is a lot more straightforward than many other areas of medicine. One thing I love about my career is I can go all the way from basic engineering and physics principles to implementing them in clinical care and with patients. It’s exciting and a privilege to be doing that.”
What do you hope to achieve?
“We’re trying to transform medical imaging, and MRI in particular, into a quantitative method, where the image intensity actually reflects a property of tissue in a quantitative manner, one you can measure that both accurately and precisely. To achieve that goal, you need a multifaceted strategy: research; new techniques; validating those techniques in test objects, or ‘phantoms’; patient validation studies; implementation into clinical care; learning to use those techniques in clinical care; and disseminating their widespread use.”
Scott’s research focuses on finding new ways to improve methods of identifying and quantifying disease through new MRI imaging techniques. We are thrilled to work with Scott as he works to implement these techniques in a clinical setting.
– Jeanine Burmania, WARF, Senior Director, IP and Licensing
Want to learn more?
Jeanine Burmania, [email protected], 608.960.9846