FST Distinguished Seminar – Recent Advances in PET NeuroimagingSpeaker: Prof. Richard E. CARSON from Yale UniversityHosted by: Prof. Seng Peng MOK

The Faculty of Science and Technology hosted a distinguished lecture yesterday by Prof. Richard E. Carson, a world-renowned leader in biomedical imaging from Yale University. The talk, titled “Recent Advances in PET Neuroimaging,” drew a captivated audience of 40 students and faculty, showcasing the technologies that are redefining our understanding of the human brain.

Prof. Carson, Emeritus Director of the Yale PET Center, presented a compelling overview of his lab’s groundbreaking work. He detailed the development of novel radiopharmaceuticals that, for the first time, allow scientists to map synaptic density in living humans by targeting the SV2A protein. This breakthrough provides a powerful new tool for researching Alzheimer’s disease, depression, and other neuropsychiatric disorders.

The audience was also given a first look at pioneering efforts to image NMDA receptors, key players in learning and memory, and was treated to stunningly detailed human brain images captured by the NeuroEXPLORER, a next-generation PET scanner co-developed by Prof. Carson with industry that offers unparalleled resolution and sensitivity.

澳大科技學院舉行了耶魯大學生物醫學成像領域世界知名權威Richard E. Carson教授的傑出講座。題為”PET神經影像技術最新進展”的演講吸引了40余名師生沈浸聆聽，展示了重新定義人類大腦認知的前沿技術。

作為耶魯大學PET中心榮休主任，Carson教授生動展示了其實驗室的突破性研究成果。他詳細介紹了新型放射性藥物的開發突破——通過靶向SV2A蛋白，科學家首次實現活體人類突觸密度的測繪。這項技術為研究阿爾茨海默症、抑郁症及其他神經精神疾病提供了全新工具。

與會者還首次目睹了NMDA受體（學習記憶關鍵載體）成像的開創性研究，並欣賞到由Carson教授與業界合作研發的新一代PET掃描儀NeuroEXPLORER的人腦圖像，該設備具有無與倫比的分辨率和靈敏度,展示驚人的人腦細節。