QIAL’s strong SPIE Medical Imaging 2026 contributions: virtual photon-counting micro-CT, self-supervised DL denoising, brain–heart imaging in APOE mice, and high-resolution 5D cardiac PCCT.
- Nadkarni, R., D. P. Clark, A. J. Allphin, Y. Qi, Y. M. Mowery, W. P. Segars, et al. “Deep-Learning-Enhanced Virtual Photon-Counting Micro-CT Imaging Platform for Preclinical Cancer Studies.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 13924, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3086178.
- Clark, D. P., and C. T. Badea. “Advancing Deep Learning Denoising Methods with Self-Supervised Training and Multi-Channel Image Priors.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 13924, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3086137.
- Badea, A., R. Nadkarni, R. J. Anderson, A. Mahzarnia, J. Stout, D. Jin, J. Joshi, et al. “Investigating Brain–Heart Interactions Using Resting-State fMRI and Photon-Counting Micro-CT in Aged APOE Mice.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 13929, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3085930.
- Nadkarni, R., A. J. Allphin, D. P. Clark, and C. T. Badea. “High-Resolution 5D Cardiac Photon-Counting Micro-CT in Mice Using a Fast Turntable Scanner and Deep-Learning-Based Full-Heart Segmentation.” In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 13929, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3086109.
