Our History & Carl E. Ravin
RAI Labs has a rich history of innovation and collaboration, evolving from a coalition of interdependent laboratories into a leader in translational and quantitative imaging research, shaping the field through groundbreaking discoveries.
FOUNDED
1990
Thoracic Imaging Research Division Established.
1990: Thoracic Imaging Research Division (later named as Digital Imaging Research Division) was established by Carl E Ravin. Carey Floyd was named as its first director.
1990: Jim Dobbins, III, joined the faculty in 1985 and was one of the two initial faculty members of the Thoracic Imaging Research Divison along with Carey Floyd.
1995: Gina Tourassi, Joseph Lo, and Alan Baydush joined the lab as faculty.
2000
Duke Medical Physics Graduate Program Started.
2000: Ehsan Samei joined the lab as faculty. The lab initiated the Medical Physics Seminar Series which continued to present time as part of the current medical physics program.
2001: Paul Segars joined the lab as faculty.
2001-2004: The lab initiated a feasibility assessment and development process for the formation of a graduate program in medical physics.
2004: Ehsan Samei was appointed as director. The name of the lab was formally changed to Duke Advanced Imaging Laboratories and positioned to be a coalition of inter-dependent laboratories pursuing research in translational and quantitative imaging.
2004: The Duke Medical Physics Graduate Program was officially started to provide world-class graduation education in medical physics.
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2007
2007 - 2009
2007: The lab instigated the first Radiology Department research retreat.
2008: The lab instigated the formation of the Clinical Imaging Physics Group to provide world-class clinical physics to clinical operation at Duke Health.
2009: Anuj Kapadia joined the lab as faculty.
2009: Enacted by Duke Chancellor for Health Affair, Dr. Victor Dzau, and the Dean of Medical School, Dr. Nancy Andrews, the lab name was officially changed to Carl E. Ravin Advanced Imaging Laboratories (RAI Labs).
2016 - 2020
2016: Joseph Lo appointed as director.
2020: The Center for Virtual Imaging Trials (CVIT) was established through a P41 NIH grant, devoted to the development and disseminating of in silico technologies for technology assessment and care optimization.
2020: Kyle Lafata joined the lab as faculty.
2021 - 2023
2021: Ehsan Abadi joined the lab as faculty.
2021: Ehsan Samei was reappointed as director.
2023: Liesbeth Vancoillie joined the lab as Research Manager.
