Medical Imaging Research Projects

3D-printed surgical solutions. The SpinePrint Laboratory Project is founded by Dr Tess Reynolds, working in close collaboration with orthopaedic surgeon Dr Andrew Kanawati (Westmead Hospital). It is dedicated to delivering novel 3D-printed solutions to the treatment of disease, currently focused on applications in oncology and orthopaedics. Surgical Guides Accurate drilling and cutting are fundamental to…

Image X Interventional Imaging is an international academic-industry-healthcare program led by Dr Tess Reynolds. It is dedicated to delivering innovative robotic imaging and novel 3D-printed solutions to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of disease spanning cardiology, neurology, oncology, radiology, and orthopaedics. Project highlights Extending the intraoperative field-of-view Intraoperative 3D Cone Beam CT (CBCT) imaging…

The problem to be solved Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Better targeted radiotherapy will improve treatment outcomes: a 1-Gy increase in tumour dose results in a 4% improvement in survival and a 1-Gy decrease in lung dose results in a 2% reduction in pneumonitis. To achieve tumour dose increase and…

Clearer lung cancer images, on standard CT Imagers. Current Results Milestones Intellectual property Keall, P.J. and J.F. Williamson, Method and system of adaptive control for reducing motion artifacts and patient dose in four dimensional computed tomography. 2013 Publications N. Morton, P. Keall, R. O’Brien and T. Reynolds, “CArdiac and REspiratory adaptive Computed Tomography (CARE-CT): a proof-of-concept…

Safer, Faster, Clearer Imaging. What if we adapted the imaging equipment to the moving patient, rather than making the patient conform to the limitations of the equipment? Acquiring images only when the heart and lungs are in perfect position would result in clearer images, and no unnecessary radiation dose to the patient. We’re creating imaging…

CT Ventilation Imaging is software that shows us how well different areas of the lung are performing. This means we can make sure we protect the healthy areas during radiation therapy. Cancer and lung function. For people with lung cancer, there are numerous factors other than the cancer itself which can seriously impact on the…

By connecting the patient’s physiological signals to imaging acquisition, we can ensure clearer images, lower imaging dose and faster acquisition. The Patient Connected Imaging Program is a suite of projects which use the patient’s respiratory or cardiac signals to improve the images we can achieve across different imaging techniques. REACT Clearer lung cancer images, on…

The Sparse-view Reconstruction Challenge for Four-dimensional Cone-beam CT – 2018 The aim of this challenge was to systematically investigate the efficacy of various algorithms for 4D CBCT reconstruction from a one minute scan. Rationale The goal of the SPARE challenge was to explore the possibility of high quality 4D CBCT while sparing patients the additional…