Yale Biomedical Imaging Institute

Yale BioImaging is an interdisciplinary research institute transforming our understanding of health and disease through biomedical imaging

[Jason Bini, PhD @ScienceDrBini]

Another fun few days at @SNM_MI 🎉 Quick poster session with my suitcase before I jet off!

[Yale Biomedical Imaging Institute @YaleBioImaging]

Richard E. Carson, PhD, Receives @SNM_MI 2026 Paul C. Aebersold Award for Outstanding Achievement in Basic #NuclearMedicine Science.

Congratulations, Dr. Carson!

Read more about his work and achievements:
https://t.co/IG8A5AN2KP

[Yale Biomedical Imaging Institute @YaleBioImaging]

New publication in EJNMMI!
Head motion limits quantitative brain PET, especially for dynamic scans. We optimized our markerless motion tracking and validated it across tracers/studies—plus early results on the NeuroEXPLORER (NX) brain PET.
https://t.co/ZTIEfcuBn0

[Yale Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging @YaleRadiology]

Congrats to Graeme Mason, PhD, professor of radiology & biomedical imaging, & of psychiatry @YaleMed, on being appointed to the Advisory Council of the @NIAAAnews, in recognition of his long history of alcohol research, using MR imaging & spectroscopy. https://t.co/anc0TeMQZt

[Yale Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging @YaleRadiology]

Jason Johnson, MD, MBA of @YaleMed, leads study showing that dual-timepoint 18F-FDG PET imaging helps discern brain tumor progression from radiation necrosis, offering better accuracy than MRI in ambiguous cases by measuring higher tumor metabolic activity https://t.co/ml6D8HAloR

[Dustin Scheinost @DScheinost]

External validation is a great way to improve rigor in neuroimaging. Although a simple idea is simple—test a predictive model on another dataset—the practice is not. In our Perspective in @naturemethods, we discuss these limitations and offer solutions: https://t.co/Mg3BqxLv2n

[The Science of Parkinson's @ScienceofPD]

Researchers present "the first in vivo evidence that lower synaptic density in mood-related brain regions may contribute to depression in #Parkinsons"; SV2A PET imaging finds synaptic density was -vely correlated with the severity of depressive symptoms
https://t.co/Le03S0wwJ6

[Nature Human Behaviour @NatureHumBehav]

Feature selection leads to divergent neurobiological interpretations of brain-based machine learning biomarkers https://t.co/XmgnlK8LYc

[Yale Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging @YaleRadiology]

Save the Date: The 1st @YaleBioImaging Symposium is Friday, June 12, from 12:15 to 5:00 PM ET, Harkness Memorial Auditorium @YaleMed. It features pilot grant awardees, a poster reception & a keynote from Bruce Tromberg, PhD, Director @NIBIBgov. https://t.co/l6ROnVMBZy

[Yale Biomedical Imaging Institute @YaleBioImaging]

The Biomedical Imaging Technology & Translational Science Conference is now accepting abstracts! Submit your 1-page abstract by June 15, 2026.
For more information, visit our website: https://t.co/9CPz0aC3z2

[Yale Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging @YaleRadiology]

Did you know that a childhood fascination with @StarTrek & the idea of diagnosing a complex medical condition w/o touching the patient is one reason @JuliusChapiro of @YaleMed became a radiologist? Learn more about Dr. Chapiro in this article from @RSNA. https://t.co/LEyy4TNURz

[Yale Biomedical Imaging Institute @YaleBioImaging]

Drs. Irina Esterlis & Robert Pietrzak received a $4.2 million NIMH grant to investigate how menopause affects the brain, mood, and cognition. Synaptic density will be measured using SV2A PET to accelerate the development of targeted treatments.
https://t.co/OPWTehCdb0

[Yale Biomedical Imaging Institute @YaleBioImaging]

YBII researchers have tested a new, more sensitive neuroimaging tool, SV2A PET, for diagnosing behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD). It could help detect bvFTD earlier and potentially improve patients’ prognoses.
Learn More:
https://t.co/Wdicub7XeX

[Yale Biomedical Imaging Institute @YaleBioImaging]

New article in PMB shows that direct 4D parametric reconstruction reduces variability and bias in parameters K1 and VT, both within and between subjects, compared with the indirect workflow for imaging #Parkinson Disease with PET #SV2A tracer [^11C]UCB-J.
https://t.co/J0UCgYYhWm

[Yale Biomedical Imaging Institute @YaleBioImaging]

Congratulations to our director for his election into the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering! https://t.co/0GDaD8IPi6

[Zheng Research Lab @C_ZhengLab]

New paper alert ‼️🔊🧠
Zheng lab’s first PNAS paper is now live!

In this study, we used SV2A PET imaging and detected significant synaptic losses in a mouse model of Multiple Sclerosis and patients with Multiple Sclerosis.

Read more here: https://t.co/trZWna3FCW

[Neuropsychopharmacology @npp_journal]

This study examined mGluR5 availability in individuals with & without chronic pain across psychiatric diagnoses; ⬇️ availability was associated with ⬆️ depression, anxiety, & executive dysfunction, highlighting mGluR5 as a potential treatment target

https://t.co/8iD0nsUA6H

[Yale Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging @YaleRadiology]

Congratulations to Georges El Fakhri,PhD, DABR, the Elizabeth Mears & House Jameson Professor of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging @YaleMed, on being named co-leader of the @YaleCancer DNA Damage & Genome Integrity research program.

[Yale Biomedical Imaging Institute @YaleBioImaging]

The BITTS conference aims to bring together researchers working in the field of biomedical imaging using a variety of modalities—PET, MR, CT, optical, and ultrasound—and a wide range of organ and disease applications.
More info: https://t.co/7bnEIbaldg

[Yale Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging @YaleRadiology]

The 1st Biomedical Imaging Technology & Translational Science (BITTS) Conference is Aug.24-25 @YaleWestCampus. Hosted by @YaleBioimaging, this 2-day event gathers researchers in biomedical imaging & data sciences w/a variety of modalities. @YaleMed https://t.co/mJYcgIKf0s