Faculty
Martin P. Tornai, PhD
MMI Lab founder, Associate Professor of Radiology (Primary) and Biomedical Engineering (Secondary)

MMI Lab Members
Dominic J. Crotty, MS
PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
Dates of Attendance: 08/2004 – present
Research Topic: “Optimizing and Evaluating an Integrated SPECT-CmT System Dedicated To Improved 3-D Breast Cancer Imaging”
Grant Award: DOD Breast Cancer Research Program of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, W81XWH-08-1-0352

Olav Christianson, MS
MS candidate in Medical Physics, Duke University
Dates of Attendance: 06/2009 – present
Research Topic: CT System Development

Spencer J. Cutler, MS
PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
Dates of Attendance: 08/2004 – present
Research Topic: “Automation and Preclinical Evaluation of a Dedicated Emission Mammotomography System for Fully 3-D Molecular Breast Imaging”
Grant Award: DOD Breast Cancer Research Program of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, W81XWH-06-1-0765

D'Vone Jackson
MS candidate in Medical Physics, Duke University
Dates of Attendance: 05/2009 – present
Research Topic: Breast CT Dose Measurement

Priti Madhav, MB, MS
PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
Dates of Attendance: 08/2004 – present
Research Topic: “Development and Optimization of a Dedicated, Hybrid Dual- Modality SPECT-CmT System for Improved Breast Lesion Diagnosis”
Grant Award: DOD Breast Cancer Research Program of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, W81XWH-06-1-0791

Kristy Perez
PhD candidate in Medical Physics, Duke University
Dates of Attendance: 04/2006 – present
Research Topic: “Incorporating Functional Imaging Information to rpFNA Analysis for Breast Cancer Detection in High-Risk Women”
Grant Award: DOD Breast Cancer Research Program of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, W81XWH-08-1-0192

Sharanya Sundararajan
MS candidate in Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
Dates of Attendance: 05/2009 – present
Research Topic: Motion Correction and Image Fusion

MMI Lab Alumni
Marques L. Bradshaw, MD
Third Year Medical Scientist Training Program, MD, Duke University School of Medicine, 2004
Dates of Attendance: 09/2002 – 08/2003
Thesis Title: “Initial X-ray Design Considerations for Application Specific Emission and Transmission Tomography (ASETT) of the Breast” (Honors)

Caryl N. Brzymialkiewicz, MS, PhD (aka Archer)
PhD 09/2005 in Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
Dates of Attendance: 08/2000 – 10/2005
Thesis Title: “Development and Evaluation of a Dedicated Emission Mammotomography System”
Grant Award: DOD Breast Cancer Research Program of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, DAMD17-03-1-0558

Harkiran Dhah
Summer Research Student, Dept. of Biomedical Physics, Cal. State at Fresno, CA
Dates of Attendance: 07/2008 - 08/2008
Research Topic: Fast X-ray CT Acquisition

Esther Dura-Martinez, PhD
Research Associate, Duke University Medical Center
Dates of Attendance: 06/2005 – 03/2006
Research Topic: Registration and Fusion of SPECT/CmT Mammotomography Images

Randolph L. McKinley, MS, PhD
PhD 09/2006 in Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
Dates of Attendance: 08/2002 – 09/2006
Thesis Title: “Development and Characterization of a Dedicated Computed Mammotomography System”
Grant Award: DOD Breast Cancer Research Program of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, W81XWH-05-1-0280

Ariano Munden
Summer Research Student, Dept. of Physics, Hampton University, VA
Dates of Attendance: 06/2000 - 08/2000
Research Topic: Modeling Scintillators for Intraoperative Imaging Applications

Allison Rosen
Summer Research Student, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, NC
Dates of Attendance: 06/2004 - 08/2004
Research Topic: Energy Spectral Resolution Processing for Dedicated Emission Imaging

Collaborators
Photon Imaging, Inc. / Gamma Medica-IDEAS : http://www.gm-ideas.com/
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. : http://www.rmdinc.com
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility : http://www.jlab.org/div_dept/detector/
ZumaTek, Inc. : http://www.zumatek.com