Mission
To develop algorithms and instrumentation for evaluation of cardiovascular function and metabolism, neurological function and imaging and treatment of cancer.

Aspects of this research include:
• Reconstruction algorithms for dynamic emission computed tomography.
• Algorithms for robust estimation of kinetic parameters from dynamic studies in nuclear medicine.
• New techniques and instrumentation for routine, non-invasive evaluation of arterial function.
• Wireless biomonitoring of physiological signals and positional tracking of trauma victims after major disasters.
• Novel methods for evaluating vascular endothelial response.
• Calibration of next-generation nuclear medicine instrumentation.
• Investigation of Alzheimer's Disease as a systemic vascular disorder.

News
• Feb 16 2007: Patent on new instrument for assessment of vascular function (relaxoscope) licensed by Endothelix, Inc.
• Oct 25 2006: Drs. Jonathan Maltz and Thomas Budinger win Martin Black prize for best paper published in Physiological Measurement in 2005.

mutilblgov is part of the Department of Functional Imaging at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to facilitate the exchange of ideas, knowledge and data pertinent to this research.