Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas congratulates the winner and runners-up of the Best Student Paper Award given by the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) at its 2024 Medical Imaging Symposium in San Diego, CA.
Konica Minolta sponsored the award as part of its continued commitment to the education and support of young scientists in medical imaging.
The winner was Olivia F. Sandvold, a doctoral student in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania for her paper, “Hybrid spectral CT system with clinical rapid kVp-switching x-ray tube and dual-layer detector for improved iodine quantification.” Here, Sandvold and colleagues investigated combining the benefits of both spectral CT techniques in use today, kVp-switching, and energy-sensitive detectors. They showed the first use of a conventional x-ray source and detector in a prototype hybrid system, which delivered substantial increases in signal-to-noise ratio and image quality compared to current technology.
The following were the runners-up:
- Rickard Brunskog, The Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden, "Experimental Evaluation of a Micron-Resolution CT Detector."
- Grace M. Minesinger, University of Wisconsin-Madison, “FEM Deformable Liver Registration to Facilitate CBCT Guided Histotripsy.”
