Science and practice of imaging physics through 50 years of SPIE Medical Imaging conferences

Adam Wang; Ian Cunningham; Mats Danielsson; Rebecca Fahrig; Thomas Flohr; Christoph Hoeschen; Frederic Noo; John M Sabol; Jeffrey H Siewerdsen; Anders Tingberg; John Yorkston; Wei Zhao; Ehsan Samei

doi:10.1117/1.JMI.9.S1.012205

Science and practice of imaging physics through 50 years of SPIE Medical Imaging conferences

J Med Imaging (Bellingham). 2022 Feb;9(Suppl 1):012205. doi: 10.1117/1.JMI.9.S1.012205. Epub 2022 Mar 16.

Authors

Adam Wang¹, Ian Cunningham², Mats Danielsson³, Rebecca Fahrig^{4

5}, Thomas Flohr⁴, Christoph Hoeschen⁶, Frederic Noo⁷, John M Sabol⁸, Jeffrey H Siewerdsen⁹, Anders Tingberg¹⁰, John Yorkston¹¹, Wei Zhao¹², Ehsan Samei¹³

Affiliations

¹ Stanford University, Department of Radiology, Stanford, California, United States.
² Western University, Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada.
³ KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁴ Siemens Healthineers, Forchheim, Germany.
⁵ Friedrich-Alexander Universität, Department of Computer Science, Erlangen, Germany.
⁶ Otto-von-Guericke University, Institute of Medical Engineering, Magdeburg, Germany.
⁷ University of Utah, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
⁸ Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Wayne, New Jersey, United States.
⁹ Johns Hopkins University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
¹⁰ Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Department of Translational Medicine, Medical Radiation Physics, Malmö, Sweden.
¹¹ Carestream Health, Rochester, New York, United States.
¹² Stony Brook University, Department of Radiology, Stony Brook, New York, United States.
¹³ Duke University, Department of Radiology, Durham, North Carolina, United States.

Abstract

Purpose: For 50 years now, SPIE Medical Imaging (MI) conferences have been the premier forum for disseminating and sharing new ideas, technologies, and concepts on the physics of MI. Approach: Our overarching objective is to demonstrate and highlight the major trajectories of imaging physics and how they are informed by the community and science present and presented at SPIE MI conferences from its inception to now. Results: These contributions range from the development of image science, image quality metrology, and image reconstruction to digital x-ray detectors that have revolutionized MI modalities including radiography, mammography, fluoroscopy, tomosynthesis, and computed tomography (CT). Recent advances in detector technology such as photon-counting detectors continue to enable new capabilities in MI. Conclusion: As we celebrate the past 50 years, we are also excited about what the next 50 years of SPIE MI will bring to the physics of MI.

Keywords: computed tomography; flat-panel detector; fluoroscopy; image quality; image reconstruction; mammography; medical imaging; medical physics; radiography; tomosynthesis; x-ray.