Imaging Sensors, Modalities, and Algorithms:
Toward Medical, Industrial, Science, and Homeland Security Applications
December 7th, 2010
The need for imaging arrays and systems that can detect photons with higher special and spectral sensitivity, as well as better resolution is ever growing. The traditional imagers are now the main performance bottleneck in many fields, and hence new imaging devices, modalities, and algorithms are in great demand. The upcoming National Academy of Science’s conference “Seeing the Future with Imaging Science” is a testimony to this global need.
The goal of this workshop is to bring together distinguished leaders at Northwestern, and the neighboring National Labs, to inspire collaboration under the Northwestern’s Solid-state and Photonic Initiative (SSPI). Also, this one-day workshop is structured to produce rapid team formation around designated research areas for the upcoming large funding opportunities in this area.
Early discussions before the session started
Agenda
8:30 am – 9:00 am Light breakfast & refreshments
9:00 am – 9:10 am Introduction
9:15 am – 10:30 am Theme I: UV-Visible-IR, Part 1
10:30 am – 11:00 am Coffee Break
11:00 am – 11.45 am Theme I: UV-Visible-IR, Part 2
11:45 am – 12:00 pm Theme II: MRI, Part 1
12:00 pm – 12:20 pm Keynote Address by McCormick Dean Julio Ottino
12:20 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch, Allen Center
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm Theme II: MRI, Part 2
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm Coffee break
3:45 pm – 5:00 pm Theme III: X-ray
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Working Group Breakout
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm Group Conclusions
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Dinner, Allen Center
Location: Ford Building (2133 Sheridan Rd, Evanson), 2nd floor – ITW conference room.