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On #InternationalDayOfMedicalPhysics, we celebrate the brilliant minds behind the images! 💡Our med physicists lead breakthroughs in total-body PET (EXPLORER), breast CT, MRI, AI & dose optimization — advancing safer, smarter, and more sustainable imaging for patients everywhere.
November 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
On #InternationalDayOfMedicalPhysics, we celebrate the brilliant minds behind the images! 💡Our med physicists lead breakthroughs in total-body PET (EXPLORER), breast CT, MRI, AI & dose optimization — advancing safer, smarter, and more sustainable imaging for patients everywhere.
🎉 Radiology rocked the UC Davis School of Medicine Research Celebration — earning 2 of 5 Research Rock Star Awards!
Honorees:
🔹 Phu Huynh, NM Tech Supervisor @ EMIC
🔹 Dr. Kevin Chung, Postdoc, Wang Lab
Congrats, Phu & Kevin! 🌟
#ResearchExcellence
Honorees:
🔹 Phu Huynh, NM Tech Supervisor @ EMIC
🔹 Dr. Kevin Chung, Postdoc, Wang Lab
Congrats, Phu & Kevin! 🌟
#ResearchExcellence
November 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
🎉 Radiology rocked the UC Davis School of Medicine Research Celebration — earning 2 of 5 Research Rock Star Awards!
Honorees:
🔹 Phu Huynh, NM Tech Supervisor @ EMIC
🔹 Dr. Kevin Chung, Postdoc, Wang Lab
Congrats, Phu & Kevin! 🌟
#ResearchExcellence
Honorees:
🔹 Phu Huynh, NM Tech Supervisor @ EMIC
🔹 Dr. Kevin Chung, Postdoc, Wang Lab
Congrats, Phu & Kevin! 🌟
#ResearchExcellence
In case you missed it: Dr. Anne Darrow was featured in Becker’s Oncology among “21 Oncology Leaders Transforming Breast Cancer Care.”
🫶We’re proud to see her insights highlighted—and to welcome her as the newest member of our Breast Imaging team! 🔗 bit.ly/3CgPOfH
🫶We’re proud to see her insights highlighted—and to welcome her as the newest member of our Breast Imaging team! 🔗 bit.ly/3CgPOfH
October 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
In case you missed it: Dr. Anne Darrow was featured in Becker’s Oncology among “21 Oncology Leaders Transforming Breast Cancer Care.”
🫶We’re proud to see her insights highlighted—and to welcome her as the newest member of our Breast Imaging team! 🔗 bit.ly/3CgPOfH
🫶We’re proud to see her insights highlighted—and to welcome her as the newest member of our Breast Imaging team! 🔗 bit.ly/3CgPOfH
Groundbreaking imaging research at UC Davis Radiology is featured in @UCDavis’ story on the impact of funding cuts.
Drs. Ramsey Badawi, Simon Cherry & Negar Omidvari show how sustained support fuels innovations like the EXPLORER Total-Body PET scanner.
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Drs. Ramsey Badawi, Simon Cherry & Negar Omidvari show how sustained support fuels innovations like the EXPLORER Total-Body PET scanner.
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October 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Groundbreaking imaging research at UC Davis Radiology is featured in @UCDavis’ story on the impact of funding cuts.
Drs. Ramsey Badawi, Simon Cherry & Negar Omidvari show how sustained support fuels innovations like the EXPLORER Total-Body PET scanner.
🔗 buff.ly/IzkgJ3G
Drs. Ramsey Badawi, Simon Cherry & Negar Omidvari show how sustained support fuels innovations like the EXPLORER Total-Body PET scanner.
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Proud to see some of the EXPLORER Molecular Imaging Center team out at the recent UC Davis Cancer Center Research Symposium sharing how total-body PET is changing what’s possible in cancer research and care. 💛💙
#totalbodyPET #Radiology #MolecularImaging #CancerResearch
#totalbodyPET #Radiology #MolecularImaging #CancerResearch
October 14, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Proud to see some of the EXPLORER Molecular Imaging Center team out at the recent UC Davis Cancer Center Research Symposium sharing how total-body PET is changing what’s possible in cancer research and care. 💛💙
#totalbodyPET #Radiology #MolecularImaging #CancerResearch
#totalbodyPET #Radiology #MolecularImaging #CancerResearch
🎉 Congratulations to UC Davis med student Kamhung (Victor) Lam for earning a Young Investigators Award at #NASCI2025! His study shows how ultra-low dose SilverBeam filtering improves pulmonary nodule detection while reducing radiation—an inspiring example of innovation + collaboration. 👏
October 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
🎉 Congratulations to UC Davis med student Kamhung (Victor) Lam for earning a Young Investigators Award at #NASCI2025! His study shows how ultra-low dose SilverBeam filtering improves pulmonary nodule detection while reducing radiation—an inspiring example of innovation + collaboration. 👏
🎉 Big congrats to PhD student Xiaoyu Duan! Her paper—featured as today’s SNMMI SmartBrief top story—introduces a tracer modeling framework that shortens liver PET scans to only 10–15 minutes. This helps make advanced imaging more practical, patient-friendly, & for MASH in MASLD. 🔗 buff.ly/wFqGsOt
September 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
🎉 Big congrats to PhD student Xiaoyu Duan! Her paper—featured as today’s SNMMI SmartBrief top story—introduces a tracer modeling framework that shortens liver PET scans to only 10–15 minutes. This helps make advanced imaging more practical, patient-friendly, & for MASH in MASLD. 🔗 buff.ly/wFqGsOt
⚛️ New NIH-funded study on #LongCOVID ⚛️
Led by Dr. Negar Omidvari, UC Davis & UCSF are launching a $3.2M project using the uEXPLORER total-body PET scanner to reveal how immune activity & vascular injury drive persistent symptoms.
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#TotalBodyPET #NIHResearch
Led by Dr. Negar Omidvari, UC Davis & UCSF are launching a $3.2M project using the uEXPLORER total-body PET scanner to reveal how immune activity & vascular injury drive persistent symptoms.
🔗 buff.ly/Q6UscBc
#TotalBodyPET #NIHResearch
Total-Body PET Imaging Takes a Look at Long COVID
Using total-body PET imaging to get a better understanding of long COVID disease is the goal of a new project at the University of California, Davis, in collaboration with UC San Francisco. The…
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September 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
⚛️ New NIH-funded study on #LongCOVID ⚛️
Led by Dr. Negar Omidvari, UC Davis & UCSF are launching a $3.2M project using the uEXPLORER total-body PET scanner to reveal how immune activity & vascular injury drive persistent symptoms.
🔗 buff.ly/Q6UscBc
#TotalBodyPET #NIHResearch
Led by Dr. Negar Omidvari, UC Davis & UCSF are launching a $3.2M project using the uEXPLORER total-body PET scanner to reveal how immune activity & vascular injury drive persistent symptoms.
🔗 buff.ly/Q6UscBc
#TotalBodyPET #NIHResearch
📢 New study from UC Davis in J Nucl Med: PET/CT for lymphoma can be done with lower radiation dose—without losing accuracy in tracking treatment response.
➡️ Safer follow-up imaging when multiple scans are needed.
➡️ Same high-quality detail clinicians rely on.
Read more:
➡️ Safer follow-up imaging when multiple scans are needed.
➡️ Same high-quality detail clinicians rely on.
Read more:
Lymphoma Therapy Response Assessment with Low-Dose [18F]FDG Total-Body PET/CT
The improved sensitivity of total-body (TB) PET/CT offers the possibility of reducing injected activities. The aim of our study was to define a lower limit of reduced injected activities in [18F]FDG…
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August 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
📢 New study from UC Davis in J Nucl Med: PET/CT for lymphoma can be done with lower radiation dose—without losing accuracy in tracking treatment response.
➡️ Safer follow-up imaging when multiple scans are needed.
➡️ Same high-quality detail clinicians rely on.
Read more:
➡️ Safer follow-up imaging when multiple scans are needed.
➡️ Same high-quality detail clinicians rely on.
Read more:
🚀 Big news from UC Davis Imaging Research Center!
Congrats to Dr. Abhijit Chaudhari on being named Director—continuing his leadership in advancing imaging science and improving patient care.
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Congrats to Dr. Abhijit Chaudhari on being named Director—continuing his leadership in advancing imaging science and improving patient care.
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Abhijit Chaudhari named director of UC Davis Imaging Research Center
Abhijit Chaudhari, professor in the Department of Radiology, has been named the permanent director of UC Davis Imaging Research Center.
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August 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
🚀 Big news from UC Davis Imaging Research Center!
Congrats to Dr. Abhijit Chaudhari on being named Director—continuing his leadership in advancing imaging science and improving patient care.
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Congrats to Dr. Abhijit Chaudhari on being named Director—continuing his leadership in advancing imaging science and improving patient care.
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🚀 Big win for imaging innovation!
UCD Radiology researchers have secured a $2.5M NIH R01 grant to pioneer a hybrid PET + Dual-Energy CT technique—combining PET’s metabolic insights w/ CT’s anatomical detail, & adding powerful material-specific imaging bit.ly/4lgf9tG
UCD Radiology researchers have secured a $2.5M NIH R01 grant to pioneer a hybrid PET + Dual-Energy CT technique—combining PET’s metabolic insights w/ CT’s anatomical detail, & adding powerful material-specific imaging bit.ly/4lgf9tG
New hybrid imaging breakthrough could transform detection of cancer and other diseases
Funding from National Institutes of Health allows further testing of a powerful combination of imaging technologies that promise greater visibility of cancer and other diseases.
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August 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
🚀 Big win for imaging innovation!
UCD Radiology researchers have secured a $2.5M NIH R01 grant to pioneer a hybrid PET + Dual-Energy CT technique—combining PET’s metabolic insights w/ CT’s anatomical detail, & adding powerful material-specific imaging bit.ly/4lgf9tG
UCD Radiology researchers have secured a $2.5M NIH R01 grant to pioneer a hybrid PET + Dual-Energy CT technique—combining PET’s metabolic insights w/ CT’s anatomical detail, & adding powerful material-specific imaging bit.ly/4lgf9tG
🎉 Huge congrats to Dr. Matthew Bobinski on receiving the
UC Davis School of Medicine Dean’s Award for Excellence in Clinical Care!
From expanding MRI access to leading system-wide innovations, Dr. Bobinski’s impact is felt across UC Davis Health.
Well-deserved! 👏
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UC Davis School of Medicine Dean’s Award for Excellence in Clinical Care!
From expanding MRI access to leading system-wide innovations, Dr. Bobinski’s impact is felt across UC Davis Health.
Well-deserved! 👏
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August 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
🎉 Huge congrats to Dr. Matthew Bobinski on receiving the
UC Davis School of Medicine Dean’s Award for Excellence in Clinical Care!
From expanding MRI access to leading system-wide innovations, Dr. Bobinski’s impact is felt across UC Davis Health.
Well-deserved! 👏
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UC Davis School of Medicine Dean’s Award for Excellence in Clinical Care!
From expanding MRI access to leading system-wide innovations, Dr. Bobinski’s impact is felt across UC Davis Health.
Well-deserved! 👏
🔗 buff.ly/XszlNpD
📢 Announcing Total-Body PET 2026
🗓 Sept 2–4 | 📍 UC Davis Conference Center
🌐 tbpet2026.ucdavis.edu
Explore global breakthroughs in total-body PET imaging: talks, posters, keynotes, facility tours & more.
Theme: Imaging the Dynamics of Life
Abstracts open Jan 1, due Feb 15.
🗓 Sept 2–4 | 📍 UC Davis Conference Center
🌐 tbpet2026.ucdavis.edu
Explore global breakthroughs in total-body PET imaging: talks, posters, keynotes, facility tours & more.
Theme: Imaging the Dynamics of Life
Abstracts open Jan 1, due Feb 15.
August 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
📢 Announcing Total-Body PET 2026
🗓 Sept 2–4 | 📍 UC Davis Conference Center
🌐 tbpet2026.ucdavis.edu
Explore global breakthroughs in total-body PET imaging: talks, posters, keynotes, facility tours & more.
Theme: Imaging the Dynamics of Life
Abstracts open Jan 1, due Feb 15.
🗓 Sept 2–4 | 📍 UC Davis Conference Center
🌐 tbpet2026.ucdavis.edu
Explore global breakthroughs in total-body PET imaging: talks, posters, keynotes, facility tours & more.
Theme: Imaging the Dynamics of Life
Abstracts open Jan 1, due Feb 15.
🎯 Headed to #AAPM2025 in DC?
Catch UC Davis medical physicists presenting cutting-edge work in imaging innovation, AI, low-dose techniques, sustainability & more. Proud to be leaders in both tech development & thoughtful implementation. 🔗 Full program: buff.ly/xFD6TBP
Catch UC Davis medical physicists presenting cutting-edge work in imaging innovation, AI, low-dose techniques, sustainability & more. Proud to be leaders in both tech development & thoughtful implementation. 🔗 Full program: buff.ly/xFD6TBP
July 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🎯 Headed to #AAPM2025 in DC?
Catch UC Davis medical physicists presenting cutting-edge work in imaging innovation, AI, low-dose techniques, sustainability & more. Proud to be leaders in both tech development & thoughtful implementation. 🔗 Full program: buff.ly/xFD6TBP
Catch UC Davis medical physicists presenting cutting-edge work in imaging innovation, AI, low-dose techniques, sustainability & more. Proud to be leaders in both tech development & thoughtful implementation. 🔗 Full program: buff.ly/xFD6TBP
🎉 Big congrats to PhD student Ekaterina Shanina on winning the 2024 Physics in Medicine & Biology Early Career Researcher Award for her innovative work on PICASSO—a groundbreaking brain phantom for PET imaging! 🧠🚀
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July 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🎉 Big congrats to PhD student Ekaterina Shanina on winning the 2024 Physics in Medicine & Biology Early Career Researcher Award for her innovative work on PICASSO—a groundbreaking brain phantom for PET imaging! 🧠🚀
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📸 The faces of innovation in patient care
We’re proud to spotlight our UC Davis Interventional #Radiology team, now providing even more advanced care in the new 48X building. This facility features 4 IR suites dedicated to safer, faster & more precise treatments
We’re proud to spotlight our UC Davis Interventional #Radiology team, now providing even more advanced care in the new 48X building. This facility features 4 IR suites dedicated to safer, faster & more precise treatments
July 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
📸 The faces of innovation in patient care
We’re proud to spotlight our UC Davis Interventional #Radiology team, now providing even more advanced care in the new 48X building. This facility features 4 IR suites dedicated to safer, faster & more precise treatments
We’re proud to spotlight our UC Davis Interventional #Radiology team, now providing even more advanced care in the new 48X building. This facility features 4 IR suites dedicated to safer, faster & more precise treatments
🎉 Fellowship Match Day is here!
We’re thrilled to welcome the incredible group of radiologists who matched with us for 2026! Even more special—several of our own residents are staying on for fellowship. 💙💛 Congratulations all—we can't wait to get started! 👏 #Radiology
We’re thrilled to welcome the incredible group of radiologists who matched with us for 2026! Even more special—several of our own residents are staying on for fellowship. 💙💛 Congratulations all—we can't wait to get started! 👏 #Radiology
June 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
🎉 Fellowship Match Day is here!
We’re thrilled to welcome the incredible group of radiologists who matched with us for 2026! Even more special—several of our own residents are staying on for fellowship. 💙💛 Congratulations all—we can't wait to get started! 👏 #Radiology
We’re thrilled to welcome the incredible group of radiologists who matched with us for 2026! Even more special—several of our own residents are staying on for fellowship. 💙💛 Congratulations all—we can't wait to get started! 👏 #Radiology
👏 Big congratulations to Dr. Ramsey Badawi on receiving the Hibbard Williams Award from the UC Davis School of Medicine! His groundbreaking work on the EXPLORER #totalbodyPET scanner is transforming biomedical imaging and accelerating research across medicine.
#MolecularImaging #Radiology
#MolecularImaging #Radiology
June 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
👏 Big congratulations to Dr. Ramsey Badawi on receiving the Hibbard Williams Award from the UC Davis School of Medicine! His groundbreaking work on the EXPLORER #totalbodyPET scanner is transforming biomedical imaging and accelerating research across medicine.
#MolecularImaging #Radiology
#MolecularImaging #Radiology
🏅 We’re proud to share that our department has been named a Comprehensive Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Center of Excellence by the Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging! This marks a major milestone in advanced cancer care. 👏 Kudos to Dr. Lorenzo Nardo for spearheading this! #snmmi
June 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
🏅 We’re proud to share that our department has been named a Comprehensive Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Center of Excellence by the Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging! This marks a major milestone in advanced cancer care. 👏 Kudos to Dr. Lorenzo Nardo for spearheading this! #snmmi
🌏 Proud moment for us & the Dept of Biomedical Engineering!
Dr. Simon Cherry delivered the opening keynote at #Fully3D2025 in Shanghai:
"Total-body PET: The Journey from Corsendonk to Shanghai."
From early vision to global impact—UC Davis continues to lead in #molecularimaging innovation!
Dr. Simon Cherry delivered the opening keynote at #Fully3D2025 in Shanghai:
"Total-body PET: The Journey from Corsendonk to Shanghai."
From early vision to global impact—UC Davis continues to lead in #molecularimaging innovation!
May 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🌏 Proud moment for us & the Dept of Biomedical Engineering!
Dr. Simon Cherry delivered the opening keynote at #Fully3D2025 in Shanghai:
"Total-body PET: The Journey from Corsendonk to Shanghai."
From early vision to global impact—UC Davis continues to lead in #molecularimaging innovation!
Dr. Simon Cherry delivered the opening keynote at #Fully3D2025 in Shanghai:
"Total-body PET: The Journey from Corsendonk to Shanghai."
From early vision to global impact—UC Davis continues to lead in #molecularimaging innovation!
🎉 Congrats to Alita D'Almeida, grad researcher in the Chaudhari Lab, on receiving the 2025 Excellence in Service & Leadership Award from the UC Davis College of Engineering.
Her work in mentorship & with the Women in Molecular Imaging Network highlights her incredible impact. 👏
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Her work in mentorship & with the Women in Molecular Imaging Network highlights her incredible impact. 👏
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May 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
🎉 Congrats to Alita D'Almeida, grad researcher in the Chaudhari Lab, on receiving the 2025 Excellence in Service & Leadership Award from the UC Davis College of Engineering.
Her work in mentorship & with the Women in Molecular Imaging Network highlights her incredible impact. 👏
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Her work in mentorship & with the Women in Molecular Imaging Network highlights her incredible impact. 👏
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Big congrats to UC Davis researchers Jinil Park (Jang Lab) and David Zhu (Functional Advanced Neuroimaging Lab) for receiving the Magna Cum Laude Merit Award at #ISMRM2025 for their abstracts! 🧠🔬👏
#MRI #Neuroimaging #ResearchExcellence
#MRI #Neuroimaging #ResearchExcellence
May 17, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Big congrats to UC Davis researchers Jinil Park (Jang Lab) and David Zhu (Functional Advanced Neuroimaging Lab) for receiving the Magna Cum Laude Merit Award at #ISMRM2025 for their abstracts! 🧠🔬👏
#MRI #Neuroimaging #ResearchExcellence
#MRI #Neuroimaging #ResearchExcellence
🌟 Proud to see UC Davis so well represented at this year’s #ismrm2025 meeting! 🌟
Great food, great company, and a great reminder of how lucky we are to have such a talented and collaborative team! 💙 💛
#radiology #medphys #imagingresearch
Great food, great company, and a great reminder of how lucky we are to have such a talented and collaborative team! 💙 💛
#radiology #medphys #imagingresearch
May 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🌟 Proud to see UC Davis so well represented at this year’s #ismrm2025 meeting! 🌟
Great food, great company, and a great reminder of how lucky we are to have such a talented and collaborative team! 💙 💛
#radiology #medphys #imagingresearch
Great food, great company, and a great reminder of how lucky we are to have such a talented and collaborative team! 💙 💛
#radiology #medphys #imagingresearch
🌺🌊 #ISMRM2025 is underway!
UC Davis is proud to showcase groundbreaking MRI research — from neuroimaging + AI to cutting-edge translational science. Catch our faculty + researchers across sessions, talks & posters!
🔗 Full list: buff.ly/7Aq9uJH
UC Davis is proud to showcase groundbreaking MRI research — from neuroimaging + AI to cutting-edge translational science. Catch our faculty + researchers across sessions, talks & posters!
🔗 Full list: buff.ly/7Aq9uJH
May 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🌺🌊 #ISMRM2025 is underway!
UC Davis is proud to showcase groundbreaking MRI research — from neuroimaging + AI to cutting-edge translational science. Catch our faculty + researchers across sessions, talks & posters!
🔗 Full list: buff.ly/7Aq9uJH
UC Davis is proud to showcase groundbreaking MRI research — from neuroimaging + AI to cutting-edge translational science. Catch our faculty + researchers across sessions, talks & posters!
🔗 Full list: buff.ly/7Aq9uJH
Excited for #ISMRM2025 and #ISMRT2025 in Honolulu? 🌺 Don’t miss
Dr. Elizabeth Morris giving the ISMRT President’s Lecture today on innovative techniques for early breast cancer detection. 🔗 See all UC Davis speakers: buff.ly/7Aq9uJH
#BreastImaging
Dr. Elizabeth Morris giving the ISMRT President’s Lecture today on innovative techniques for early breast cancer detection. 🔗 See all UC Davis speakers: buff.ly/7Aq9uJH
#BreastImaging
May 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Excited for #ISMRM2025 and #ISMRT2025 in Honolulu? 🌺 Don’t miss
Dr. Elizabeth Morris giving the ISMRT President’s Lecture today on innovative techniques for early breast cancer detection. 🔗 See all UC Davis speakers: buff.ly/7Aq9uJH
#BreastImaging
Dr. Elizabeth Morris giving the ISMRT President’s Lecture today on innovative techniques for early breast cancer detection. 🔗 See all UC Davis speakers: buff.ly/7Aq9uJH
#BreastImaging