Center for Emerging Imaging Technologies
The Center for Emerging Imaging Technologies (CEIT) brings together UT Austin engineers and scientists with clinical scientists and physicians at various medical centers within Texas. CEIT builds on strengths in optical imaging, biomedical optics, ultrasound and image processing to create novel imaging approaches for understanding basic biological processes and clinical applications for disease treatment and diagnosis.
Types of Research
CEIT fosters collaborative imaging research at the interface of the chemical, physical, mathematical, engineering and life sciences. Our research focuses on:
- Novel Imaging Techniques: Researchers are developing new techniques for imaging biological structure and function with unprecedented resolution and sensitivity. To better understand fundamental biology and clinically driven problems, researchers are developing approaches based on optics, ultrasound and MRI.
- Instrumentation and Devices: Researchers are developing new devices based on microfluidics, nanoelectronics and biomedical microelectromechanical systems (bio-MEMS).
- Imaging Contrast Agents: Researchers are developing new probes based on plasmonic particles, fluorescent contrast agents for molecular imaging and genetically encoded fluorescent probes.
- Image Processing, Modeling and Informatics: Researchers are leading clinical studies with partners at local medical centers and industry collaborators.
Contact Our Director
Andrew Dunn is a professor of biomedical engineering and the director of the Center for Emerging Imaging Technologies. His research focuses on developing novel optical imaging techniques for imaging brain function and integrating innovative photonics and computational techniques to research in areas such as stroke, migraine, functional image mapping during neurosurgery and Alzheimer’s disease.
