The I-STAR Lab is a collaborative research endeavor based in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

Research combines engineering, physics, and clinical collaboration in the development of advanced imaging technologies for diagnostic and image-guided procedures.

A collaborative partnership of technical and clinical expertise bridges conventional gaps between the laboratory and translation to clinical practice.

 

Key areas of research include:

Imaging Physics: Mathematical models of imaging performance in advanced spectral and tomographic modalities.

3D Image Reconstruction: Advanced statistical / iterative 3D reconstruction techniques.

Novel Imaging Systems: Preclinical prototypes translated from the laboratory to first application (e.g., cone-beam CT).

Image-Guided Interventions: High-precision interventional guidance systems (e.g., for surgery and radiation therapy).

Diagnostic Imaging: New technologies and techniques for radiology (e.g., thoracic and musculoskeletal imaging).

Patient Safety and Quality Assurance: Imaging technologies brought to bear on problems of wrong-site surgery, detecting complications in the OR, and quality-assured interventions.

Image-Guided Surgery: Now IN PRESS. Recent papers highlight advances in imaging for surgical guidance (papers)
- Y. Otake et al. "Automatic localization of verebral..." (link)
- A. Uneri et al. "Deformable registration of the lung..." (link)
- D. Mirota et al. "Registration of endoscopic video..." (link)
- H. Dang et al. "Robust methods for image-to-world..." (link)

SPIE Medical Imaging 2013: Ten presentations from the I-STAR Lab in imaging physics and image-guided surgery (news).

Congratulations!
Dr. Web Stayman - promoted to Research Assistant Professor.
Dr. Wojciech Zbijewski - promoted to Faculty Research Associate.

A Tale of Two Trackers. A pair of papers report new surgical tracking configurations (news and papers)
- S. Reaungamornrat et al. "Tracker-on-C..." (link)
- J. Yoo et al. "Tracker-in-Table..." (link)

Imaging Physics TRIPLE PLAY. Three papers on cone-beam CT image quality (news and papers)
- J. Xu et al. "Technical assessment..." (link)
- A. Pineda et al. "Beyond NPS..." (link)
- G. Gang et al. "Cascaded systems..." (link) - Editor's Choice!

Imaging in Translation. Cone-beam CT scanner dedicated to musculoskeletal extremity imaging enters clinical use. (news)