Case Studies
Dr. G. Allan Johnson, Duke University
Cardiac Gated Imaging of the Heart with Fenestra VC
G. Allan Johnson, PhD, is a medical imaging physicist at Duke University with extensive experience in the design, development and use of cutting edge magnetic resonance (MR) and computed tomography (CT) imaging modalities. He is Principal Investigator on numerous federally funded projects, including the Integrated Center for In Vivo Microscopy and the Duke University Molecular Imaging Center (DUMIC), working to develop integrated technologies required for multi-modality molecular imaging in small animals and applying these technologies to important basic questions in cancer research. Dr. Johnson collaborates frequently with investigators from around the world and is also working closely with scientists from GE Healthcare Technologies on new approaches to high resolution in vivo microCT imaging.
Dr. Jamey Weichert, University of Wisconsin
In Vivo Micro CT Efficacy of Fenestra in Mice (SMI 2006)
Dr. Jamey Weichert is the inventor of polyiodinated triglyceride/ chylomicron remnant-based drug delivery systems of which Fenestra® is included as a diagnostic CT application. Dr. Weichert is currently an Associate Professor of Radiology, Medical Physics, and Pharmaceutics at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He received his BS degree in Chemistry from the University of Minnesota in 1980 and a PhD in Medicinal Chemistry from The University of Michigan in 1985 under Dr. Raymond Counsell. He has been a member of the Radiology faculty in Madison since 1998. Most recently, Dr. Weichert has assumed responsibility for establishing and leading the University's small animal imaging center. Prior to joining the University of Wisconsin, Dr. Weichert was a member of the University of Michigan Radiology faculty between 1985 and 1998.
Dr. Weichert's research interests focus on the design and development of targeted molecular contrast and imaging agents for a wide range of applications in diagnostic imaging as well as in the development of radiopharmaceuticals for therapeutic use in oncology. Among Dr. Weichert's research programs are cell-selective delivery systems for imaging agents, tumor-avid imaging agents and therapeutics, and multi-modality imaging agents for preclinical and clinical use. Dr. Weichert is an author on more than 40 peer reviewed publications, a co-inventor on more than 20 issued and pending U.S. and international patents, and a co-investigator or principal investigator on several NIH and corporate grants. Dr. Weichert won the Elliot Lasser Award at the 2003 International Contrast Media Research Meeting and has served as a reviewer for peer reviewed journals including Molecular Imaging, Radiology, Academic Radiology, the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Investigative Radiology, Cancer Research and the International Journal of Cancer Research as well as numerous NCI Study Sections.
UW Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) Small Animal Imaging Facility
UW Department of Radiology Small Animal Imaging and Contrast Agent Development Lab