معرفی
Richard E. Carson is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Yale University, with additional appointments in Radiology & Biomedical Imaging. He leads the Yale Positron Emission Tomography Center, focusing on advancing PET imaging technologies and their clinical applications. His research integrates quantitative modeling, physics, and biology to measure in vivo physiology, particularly synaptic density, receptor binding, and metabolic processes in neuropsychiatric disorders, diabetes, cardiology, and oncology.
Dr. Carson holds a Ph.D. from UCLA and has pioneered methods for tracer kinetic modeling, image reconstruction, and motion correction. His work with the NeuroEXPLORER PET scanner aims to revolutionize brain imaging with 10x higher sensitivity. Notable contributions include developing SV2A PET tracers for synaptic density quantification and establishing standardized nomenclature for PET biomarkers.
His research spans from preclinical models to clinical trials, addressing Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, mood disorders, and cancer. Awards include the 2024 Image of the Year for groundbreaking brain imaging. Ongoing projects explore synaptic density’s role in depression, drug efficacy in neurodegenerative diseases, and novel radiopharmaceuticals for diabetes and oncology.