CIMIT Projects Receive "Posters of Distinction" Awards at MGH SAC

BOSTON, MA - February 17, 2006 - The 2006 MGH Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) kicked off its two-day event on Feb. 15th with the "Celebration of Science" poster session and research symposium. Of the 156 posters presented by MGH investigators, eleven were named posters of distinction. Three of those eleven posters were CIMIT projects:

A Miniaturized Device Capable of Near-imperceptible Function: Toward a Wearable Monitor for Continuous Arterial Blood Pressure

- Andrew Reisner, MD - Phil Shaltis - H. Harry Asada, PhD

FDG-PET Imaging Provides a Non-invasive Measure of Carotid Plaque Inflammation in Patients

- Ahmed Tawakol, MD - Shahinaz Bedri, MD - David Vermylen, BA - Ricardo Curry, MD - Denise Yates, PhD - Glen M. LaMuraglia, MD - Karen Furie, MD - Stuart Houser, MD - Thomas J. Brady, MD - Alan Fischman, MD

New Approaches to Computer-based Interventional Neuroradiology Training

- Vincent Luboz, PhD - Stephane Cotin, PhD - Xunlei, Wu, PhD - Christian Duriez, PhD - Julien Lenoir PhD

The MGH SAC is a distinguished panel of scientists from outside institutions that advises hospital leadership on its research mission.