The Image Guided Cancer Therapy (IGCT) Research Program empowers multidisciplinary teams of physicians and scientists to address the clinical challenges and technology barriers using resources of the program to drive the translation of innovative science directly to patient care.
Seminar: Sessions designed to discuss scientific advancements in image guided cancer therapy
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Radiation Oncology & Data Science: Successes, Failures, and Lessons Learned
June 10, 2025
Brian Anderson, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medical Physics, Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences University of California, San Diego -
AI-Enabled Systems in Medical Imaging: Regulatory Pathways and Innovations
June 4, 2025
Kyle J. Myers, PhD
Puente Solutions LLC Fellow, Hagler Institute of Advanced Studies, Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University -
Computer Vision in Healthcare – From Diagnostics to Intraoperative Applications
April 25, 2025
Sharib Ali, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Computer Science, University of Leeds -
2024 IDBT Shark Tank Awardees: New Data-Driven Gated PET/CT and Its Impact on Cancer Patient Care
March 06, 2025
Tinsu Pan, PhD
Professor, Department of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson Cancer CenterYang Lu, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Nuclear Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer CenterZhongxing Liao, MD
Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology MD Anderson Cancer CenterRavi Rajaram, MD, MSC
Assistant Professor, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center -
Bridging the Gap: Transforming Innovations into Fundable Startups
February 27, 2025
Laura Hilty
Principal, HealthX Ventures -
Shortcuts Causing Bias in Medical AI
January 27, 2025
Judy W. Gichoya, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology at Emory University -
Establishing Robust Computational Frameworks to Integrate Biomechanics into the Clinic Setting of Vascular Disease
December 19, 2024
Lucas H. Timmins, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University -
Image Guided Cancer Therapy T32 Program Postdoctoral Fellow Research Presentations
November 04, 2024
"Technical Development Towards Biological Image-Guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy with Diffusion Weighted MRI in Head and Neck Cancers"
Brigid McDonald, PhD - IGCT T32 Alumnus, Department of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center (Mentor: C. Dave Fuller, MD, PhD)“Evolving Horizons in Radiotherapy Auto-Contouring: Insights from Hosting an International Data Science Competition”
Kareem Wahid, PhD - IGCT T32 Fellow, Department of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson Cancer Center (Mentor: David Fuentes, PhD)“Practical Application of an Ablation Confirmation Software in the Treatment of Colorectal Liver Metastasis”
Noreen Siddiqi, MD - IGCT T32 Fellow, Department of Interventional Radiology, MD Anderson Cancer Center (Mentor: Bruno Odisio, MD) -
Transforming Cancer Care: NCIGT’s Trailblazing Journey in Image-Guided Therapy for Prostate Cancer
May 09, 2024
Clare M. Tempany, MD
Center Director, National Center for Image Guided Therapies. Vice-Chair of Radiology Research at Brigham & Women’s Hospital; Ferenc Jolesz, MD Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School -
The Image Guided Cancer Therapy Research Program together with the CCSG Imaging-Driven Biologically-Informed Therapy Program Seminar Series, April 29, 2024
April 29, 2024
Rebecca Morrison, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science at University of Colorado - Boulder -
New Developments in MRI Simulation for Radiotherapy Treatment Planning
February 12, 2024
Jessica Scholey, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology; Physics Director, MR Simulation Program at University of California San Francisco -
From Bench to Bedside: Surgical Margin Assessment using Machine Learning and Mass Spectrometry
December 08, 2023
Parvin Mousavi, PhD
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Queen’s University -
Image Guided Cancer Therapy T32 Program Postdoctoral Fellow Research Presentations
November 09, 2023
“Diffusion-Weighted MRI for Treatment Response Assessment in Head & Neck Cancers"
Brigid McDonald, PhD - IGCT T32 Fellow, Department of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center (Mentor: C. Dave Fuller, MD, PhD)“Towards Clinically Relevant Uncertainty Quantification in Automated Radiotherapy Segmentation"
Kareem Wahid, PhD - IGCT T32 Fellow, Department of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson Cancer Center (Mentor: David Fuentes, PhD)"Challenges of Curating Evidence for Interventional Radiology Research: Examples from Liver Metastasis of Pancreatic Cancer and Hepatocellular Carcinoma"
Alexander Shieh, MD - IGCT T32 Fellow, Department of Interventional Radiology, MD Anderson Cancer Center (Mentor: Bruno Odisio, MD) -
Hybrid Detector Systems for Neuro Interventions
October 05, 2023
Ke Li, PhD
Associate Professor, Medical Physics and Radiology at University of Wisconsin - Madison -
Optical Imaging for Early Detection of Oral Cancer in Medically Under-Served Communities
September 07, 2023
Ann M. Gillenwater, MD
Professor, Department of Head & Neck Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer CenterRebecca R. Richards-Kortum, PhD
Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University -
From Pathology to Radiology: Bridging the Gap Using Artificial Intelligence
June 05, 2023
Mirabela Rusu, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology; Director, Personalized Integrative Medicine Laboratory at Stanford University -
Data-Driven Predictive Modeling for Personalized Oncology
May 02, 2023
Heiko Enderling, PhD, FSMB
Senior Member, Integrated Mathematical Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center -
Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems for Oncology Applications: From Basic Science to Clinically Translatable Methods
April 13, 2023
Joseph D. Butner, PhD
Faculty Fellow, Mathematics in Medicine Program at Research Institute at Houston Methodist -
Exploring New Treatment Planning Paradigms Using Machine Learning
February 24, 2023
Thomas G. Purdie PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Radiation Oncology and Medical Biophysics at University of Toronto; Medical Physicist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre - University Health Network -
At the Intersection of AI and Ethics: How do we Engage the Public?
December 07, 2022
Jodyn E. Platt, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor, Learning Health Sciences at University of Michigan Medical School -
Radiation-Therapy Related Cardiac Disease in Childhood Cancer Survivors
November 18, 2022
Rebecca Howell, PhD
Professor, Radiation Physics; Director, Medical Physics Graduate Program at MD Anderson Cancer Center -
Image-Guided, Robot-Assisted Surgery: From High-Precision to High-Reliability
October 19, 2022
Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen, PhD
Professor, Departments of Imaging Physics, Neurosurgery, and Radiation Physics; Director of the Surgical Data Science Program, Institute for Data Science in Oncology (IDSO) at MD Anderson Cancer Center -
Identifying Imaging Features that Predict Radiation Therapy Response in a Preclinical Setting
September 13, 2022
Tien T. Tang, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine -
Anatomical Modeling to Improve the Precision of Image Guided Liver Ablation: A COVER-ALL Clinical Trial Update
June 01, 2022
Caleb O’Connor, MS
Medical Physics Assistant, Department of Imaging Physics at MD Anderson Cancer CenterYuan-Mao (Gary) Lin, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Interventional Radiology at MD Anderson Cancer CenterIwan Paolucci, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Interventional Radiology at MD Anderson Cancer CenterBruno C. Odisio, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Interventional Radiology at MD Anderson Cancer Center
