UCSF, Berkeley, and LBNL and have long been at the forefront in biomedical imaging and instrumentation. The three campuses share resources from several imaging centers, including the Center for Functional Imaging at LBNL, the Magnetic Resonance Science Center at UCSF, and the Helen Wills Neuroscience BIC center at Berkeley. Scanners include the latest generation 1.5, T, 3.0 T and 7 T GE MRI scanners at the new Mission Bay Campus, two fMRI scanners at Berkeley, and several experimental nuclear medicine scanners.
The are many groups doing exciting Biomedical Instrumentation research at Berkeley, UCSF and LBNL. These include improved or novel medical imaging scanner construction, including Nuclear Medicine detectors and systems, MRI hardware and systems and Ultrasound hardware and diagnostic software. Many researchers focus on various technologies for improved therapy, and on novel cellular imaging. There are many working on technology to study fundamental neuroscience and to develop novel sensors and systems for high throughput biological assays.
Advances in imaging technology continue to expand our understanding of such problems as neurodegenerative diseases, osteoporosis, arthritis, psychiatric and behavioral disorders, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Specific research areas include improved or novel medical imaging scanner construction, MRI pulse sequences for spectroscopy, DTI, and cancer imaging and Ultrasound hardware and diagnostic software. The research environment at UCSF, Berkeley, and LBNL will allow a graduate student to train for an exciting and high-impact career in Biomedical Imaging.
Biomedical Imaging & Instrumentation faculty in the Graduate Group:
David Agard, UCSFMartin Banks, UCB
Thomas F. Budinger, UCSF/UCB
Maurice Cohen, UCSF
Steve Conolly, UCB
Chris Diederich, UCSF
Daniel A. Fletcher, UCB
Jack Gallant, UCB
Roland Henry, UCSF
Bo Huang, UCSF
Donna Hudson, UCSF
Nola Hylton, UCSF
Richard Ivry, UCB
Stanley Klein, UCB
Richard Kramer, UCB
Sanjay Kumar, UCB
John Kurhanewicz, UCSF
Thomas Lang, UCSF
Luke Lee, UCB
Xiaojuan Li, UCSF
Sharmila Majumdar, UCSF/UCB
Gerard Marriott, UCB
Tracy McKnight, UCSF
Pratik Mukherjee, UCSF
Srikantan Nagarajan, UCSF
Sarah J. Nelson, UCSF/UCB
Alex Pines, UCB
Jean Pouliot, UCSF
Sabrina Ronen, UCSF
Austin Roorda, UCB
David Saloner, UCSF
John Shepherd, UCSF
William Young, UCSF
Xiaoliang Zhang, UCSF