From the December 2016 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
The Ph.D. work involved investigating the ergonomic and performance issues associated with the presentation of prior mammograms in breast cancer screening. Dr. Elizabeth Krupinski is an experimental psychologist with research interests in medical image perception, observer performance, medical decision-making and human factors as they pertain to radiology and telemedicine. The goal of her research is to improve our understanding of the perceptual and cognitive mechanisms underlying the interpretation of medical images in order to reduce errors, improve training and optimize the reading environment, thereby improving patient care and outcomes. Krupinski is a past SIIM chair.
Best Paper Award
Title: Consistency and Standardization of Color in Medical Imaging: a Consensus Report
Authors: Aldo Badano, Craig Revie, Andrew Casertano, Wei-Chung Cheng, Phil Green, Tom Kimpe, Elizabeth Krupinski, Christye Sisson, Stein Skrøvseth, Darren Treanor, Paul Boynton, David Clunie, Michael J. Flynn, Tatsuo Heki, Stephen Hewitt, Hiroyuki Homma, Andy Masia, Takashi Matsui, Balázs Nagy, Masahiro Nishibori, John Penczek, Thomas Schopf, Yukako Yagi, Hideto Yokoi
Dr. Aldo Badano is the laboratory leader for imaging physics in the Division of Imaging and Applied Mathematics, Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Badano leads a program on the characterization, modeling and assessment of medical image acquisition and display devices using advanced experimental and computational methods. Badano is also an adjunct faculty member of the Graduate Program in Bioengineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received a Ph.D. degree in nuclear engineering and a MEng in radiological health engineering from the University of Michigan in 1999 and 1995, and a ChemEng degree from the Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1992. He serves as associate editor for several scientific journals and as a reviewer of technical grants for DOD and NIH. Badano has authored more than 150 publications and a tutorial textbook on medical displays.
Dr. David Clunie is a radiologist, medical informaticist, DICOM open source software author and editor of the DICOM standard. At SIIM 2016 he accepted the award for most downloaded JDI paper 2015, as a major contributor. He was also awarded SIIM fellowship designation for his significant contributions to the field of imaging informatics and enterprise image management. He is the proprietor of PixelMed Publishing, a company formed for the purpose of publishing educational material about DICOM and related subjects, as well as development of open source and custom software, and consulting and training in the field, and expert witness services in patent litigation.
