We are a multi-cultural team of researchers from multiple disciplines including electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, imaging science, and computer science, unified in the mission of advancing the field of imaging for improving the imaging and treatments of patients. 

Principal Investigator

Abhinav K. Jha, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Imaging and of Radiology
Biography
Email: a dot jha at wustl dot edu (Without spaces. Please replace dot with . and at with @)

Graduate students

 

Zitong Yu, BS
PhD student, Department of Biomedical Engineering.
BS in Biomedical Engineering (2018), Beijing Jiaotong University
Research Interests: Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Image Reconstruction, SPECT and PET, Task-based Image Quality Assessment
Email: yu dot zitong at wustl dot edu

Zekun Li, BS
PhD student, Department of Biomedical Engineering.
BS in Biomedical Engineering(2019), Beihang University
Research Interests: Image reconstruction, Quantitative imaging, SPECT system modeling
Email: zekunli dot wustl dot edu
 
 
Yan Liu, MS
PhD student, Imaging Science PhD program
Master of Engineering in Control Science and Engineering (2020), Xi’an Jiaotong University
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic Information (2017), Xi’an Jiaotong University
Research Interests: Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, SPECT and PET, Radiomics, Image Analysis

Email: liu dot yan at wustl dot edu

 
Kweku S. Enninful, BSc
PhD student, Department of Biomedical Engineering
BSc. Biomedical Engineering (2017), University of Ghana
Research Interests: Image reconstruction, SPECT system modeling, Quantitative Imaging, Machine Learning in Medical Imaging.
Email: e dot kweku at wustl dot edu
 
 
Huitian Xia
BS/MS student (Joining as PhD student in Aug. 2023),
Department of Electrical and Systems engineering
Washington University in St. Louis
Research Interests: Tumor Segmentation, PET system modeling, Generalizability of Machine Learning models, and Image Reconstruction
Hobbies: Watching films and anime, playing basketball, and chill out. Favorite pieces: “The Grand Budapest”, “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”, and “Fullmetal Alchemist”   
Email: huitian at wustl dot edu
 
 
ZeZhang Yang
PhD student, Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering
Washington University in St. Louis
Research Interests: Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Task-based image denoising, SPECT. 
Hobbies: Driving, Visiting museums, Listening to classical music. 
Email: y dot zezhang at wustl dot edu
 
 
Uttkarsh Chaurasia, M.Tech.
PhD Student, Imaging Science PhD program
Master of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering (2023), National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, India
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering (2022), National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, India
Research Interests: Deep Learning in Medical Imaging, Tumor segmentation, SPECT and CT
Hobbies: Playing soccer and basketball, gym workouts, long drives, exploring new cities and their food, listening to R&B and hip-hop music, attending concerts.
Email: uttkarsh at wustl dot edu
 
 
 
Fardeen Ahmed, BSc
PhD student, Department of Biomedical Engineering
BSc. Biomedical Engineering (2022), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology 
Research Interests: Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, SPECT Reconstruction, Medical Image Processing, Deep Learning
Hobbies: Playing Chess, Soccer, watching anime.
Email: a dot fardeen at wustl dot edu 
 

Research Technician

Nuri Choi, BS
BS in Computer Science and Mathematics at Washington University  
email: nuri dot choi at wustl dot edu
 

Lab alumni

NameRole in labCurrent position
Md Ashequr RahmanPhD student, 2018 – 2023Data Scientist, Caris Life Sciences (link to profile)
Ziping LiuPhD student, 2018 – 2023Deep learning data scientist, Spectral AI (link to profile)
Uttkarsh ChaurasiaSummer Intern 2022
NIT Hamirpur, India.
Selected for admission to Washington University with Dean’s Fellowship (link to profile)
Sainath VavilapalliSummer intern 2022
IIT Bombay, India
Continuing studies at IIT Bombay, India
Madison RogersSummer intern 2021
Arizona State University
Field Clinical Specialist at BIOTRONIK, St. Louis, MO (link to profile
Claire ZhangBME Bachelors student
Tenure: 2019-2020
Machine learning engineer at Cerebras (link to profile)
Hae Sol MoonBME Masters student with thesis
Graduated: May 2020
PhD student at Duke University, NC (link to profile)
Kevin LeungPhD student, Biomedical Engineering Department, Johns Hopkins University (co-advised with Martin Pomper, MD, PhD) Research Associate at Johns Hopkins University (link to profile)
Yansong ZhuPhD student, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Johns Hopkins University (co-advised with Arman Rahmim, PhD)Post-doctoral fellow at University of California Davis (link to profile)
Qiming WangMasters student Spring 2020
Christian GonzalezSummer Intern, 2019, Johns Hopkins UniversityPhD student, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University 
Jinxin LiuSummer Intern, 2019, Tsinghua University
Qiye TanSummer Intern, 2019, Zhejiang UniversityMaster’s student at Brown University (link to profile)
Bo YangSummer Intern, 2019, Washington University
Priyanshu JainSummer Intern, 2018, Washington University
Xin LiPhD student (graduate student of Dr. Eric Frey)GE Global Research (link to profile)
Fatma ElshahabyPhD student (graduate student of Dr. Eric Frey)Assistant Professor at Egypt Institute of Informatics (link to profile)

Collaborators

We believe that collaborations are highly important to address challenges in medical imaging. We are glad to have outstanding collaborations with experts in multiple disciplines.

Cardiac SPECT

  • Barry Siegel, MD, Professor, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Thomas Schindler, MD, Associate Professor of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Richard Laforest, PhD, Professor, Department of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis

Quantitative PET for cancer therapy

  • Barry Siegel, MD, Professor, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Joyce Mhlanga, MD, Assistant Professor, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Clifford Robinson, MD, Professor of Radiation Oncology, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Ramaswamy Govindan, MD, Professor of Oncology, Washington University in St. Louis

Quantitative dopamine transporter SPECT

  • Joel Perlmutter, MD, Professor, Department of Radiology and Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Scott Norris, MD,  Associate Professor, Department of Radiology and Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Richard Laforest, PhD, Professor, Department of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis