Yuan-Chuan Tai, PhD

Yuan-Chuan Tai, PhD

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Radiology, Senior Vice Chair of Radiology Research Facilities, Division of Radiological Sciences, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, WashU Medicine

Research Interest

Developing different types of high-resolution insert devices for clinical whole-body PET/CT scanners to allow zoom-in imaging of organs of interest. These novel devices will overcome the current resolution limit in human PET imaging. Immediate applications include high-resolution PET/CT imaging of brain tumors, head and neck cancer and breast cancer (including internal and axillary lymph nodes).

Education

  • 1992: MS, electrical engineering, University of Texas, Arlington
  • 1998: PhD, biomedical physics, University of California, Los Angeles

Training

  • 2000 - 2001: Postdoctoral fellow, molecular imaging, University of California, Los Angeles

Selected Research Publications

A data-driven approach for spatial alignment of PET add-on detectors with sub-millimeter accuracy.
  • Chen Y, Cai L, Komarov S, O'Sullivan JA, Tai YC
  • Phys Med Biol 2025

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