Vaska Research Lab

Paul Vaska, PhD

Paul Vaska, PhD

  • Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Professor, Department of Radiology

Office: (631) 444-2906

Email: paul.vaska@stonybrookmedicine.edu

Department of Radiology
Renaissance School of Medicine
Stony Brook University
HSC Level 4, Room 120
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8460

Research Program

Department

Research Interest

My group develops quantitative PET techniques, especially for the human brain and in preclinical models with an emphasis on the underlying physics. We have pioneered multiple new types of medical imaging instrumentation and data processing algorithms. In particular, with a team at Brookhaven National Laboratory we developed the RatCAP conscious animal PET scanner and one of the first simultaneous PET/MRI imaging systems.

We have developed and are now testing a high-resolution, MRI-compatible PET scanner for imaging primary breast cancer lesions, with a focus on understanding intratumoral heterogeneity, it’s evolution over time, and it’s clinical impact.

Education

  • Post Doc, Research Physicist, ADAC/UGM Medical Systems, 1997-2000
  • PhD, Nuclear Physics, Stony Brook University, 1997
  • MA, Physics, Stony Brook University
  • BA, Physics, Clarkson University

Publications

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