Berkeley Lab Technology Wins R&D 100 Award
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The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) received an R&D 100 Award for its advanced medical imaging technology, Time of Flight Cascade Gamma Ray Imaging (TOF-CGI). This innovation significantly enhances the capabilities of positron emission tomography (PET) scanners, enabling highly sensitive imaging of very low concentrations of radionuclides.
TOF-CGI's superior sensitivity over existing PET and SPECT technologies holds promise for optimizing patient outcomes and supporting novel cancer treatments like alpha-targeted therapies. The winning team is led by Javier Caravaca Rodriguez. Another Berkeley Lab achievement recognized by the R&D 100 Awards was the Pele simulation suite, designed for modeling fuel combustion in challenging environments.
Co-developed by Berkeley Lab researchers and the National Lab of the Rockies, Pele leverages exascale supercomputing and artificial intelligence to accurately simulate complex combustion reactions, accelerating the development of aerospace and power technologies. The Pele development team includes Marcus Day from the National Lab of the Rockies and Berkeley Lab members Ann Almgren, John Bell, Andrew Myers, Andrew Nonaka, and Weiqun Zhang.
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