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COMMUNICATIONS n SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS 10 radiology.rsna.org n Radiology: Volume 270: Number 1—January 2014 R adiologists’ understanding of the imaging modalities they use each day would not be the same with- out the career of Norbert J. Pelc, ScD. Having conducted research in all med- ical imaging modalities, and in particu- lar digital x-ray, computed tomographic (CT), and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, Dr Pelc possesses extraor- dinary knowledge of the technical as- pects of imaging and a one-of-a-kind insight into advanced applications and basic research. He has contributed to the development of these modalities as a researcher working in industry and academia; as an educator, he also has imparted his experience to aid a new generation of scientists in making their contributions. Dr Pelc serves as the Boston Scien- tific applied biomedical engineering professor and professor of bioengineer- ing and radiology and, by courtesy, of electrical engineering at Stanford Uni- Sarah S. Donaldson, MD 2013 RSNA Outstanding Researcher 1 versity School of Medicine (Stanford, Calif). He is chair of the Department of Bioengineering and spent 10 years as associate chair for research in the De- partment of Radiology. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dr Pelc became a naturalized U.S. citi- zen in 1974. He received his BS degree in applied mathematics, engineering, and physics from the University of Wis- consin in Madison and his SM and ScD degrees in medical radiological physics from Harvard University (Boston, Mass). His doctoral dissertation titled “A Generalized Filtered Backprojection Algorithm for Three Dimensional Re- construction” examined three-dimen- sional reconstruction from projections, with application to positron emission tomography and x-ray imaging. He was a National Science Founda- tion (NSF) undergraduate research fel- low in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin and an NSF graduate fellow in the medical ra- diological physics program at the School of Public Health at Harvard University, where he also completed a National In- stitutes of Health (NIH) traineeship. Dr Pelc began his career in indus- try, serving for more than a decade as a senior physicist and also the man- ager of the Applied Science Laboratory at GE Medical Systems and working on the cutting edge of developments in CT, MR imaging, and digital radiogra- phy. His academic appointments prior to Stanford included serving as an as- sistant clinical professor in the Depart- ment of Radiology at the Medical Col- lege of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, Wis) and as a research assistant in the Physics Research Laboratory at Mas- sachusetts General Hospital (Boston, Mass). With current research focuses on CT, digital x-ray, and hybrid multimo- dality systems, Dr Pelc is leading the development of new concepts for CT. Published online 10.1148/radiol.13134039 Radiology 2014; 270:10–11 1 From the Radiological Society of North America, 820 Jorie Blvd, Oak Brook, IL 60523. Address correspondence to Marian Strassner (e-mail: [email protected]). q RSNA, 2014 Norbert J. Pelc, ScD Note: This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues or clients, contact us at www.rsna.org/rsnarights.

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10 radiology.rsna.org n  Radiology: Volume 270: Number 1—January 2014

Radiologists’ understanding of the imaging modalities they use each day would not be the same with-

out the career of Norbert J. Pelc, ScD. Having conducted research in all med-ical imaging modalities, and in particu-lar digital x-ray, computed tomographic (CT), and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, Dr Pelc possesses extraor-dinary knowledge of the technical as-pects of imaging and a one-of-a-kind insight into advanced applications and basic research. He has contributed to the development of these modalities as a researcher working in industry and academia; as an educator, he also has imparted his experience to aid a new generation of scientists in making their contributions.

Dr Pelc serves as the Boston Scien-tific applied biomedical engineering professor and professor of bioengineer-ing and radiology and, by courtesy, of electrical engineering at Stanford Uni-

Sarah S. Donaldson, MD

2013 RSNA Outstanding Researcher1

versity School of Medicine (Stanford, Calif). He is chair of the Department of Bioengineering and spent 10 years as associate chair for research in the De-partment of Radiology.

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dr Pelc became a naturalized U.S. citi-zen in 1974. He received his BS degree in applied mathematics, engineering, and physics from the University of Wis-consin in Madison and his SM and ScD degrees in medical radiological physics from Harvard University (Boston, Mass). His doctoral dissertation titled “A Generalized Filtered Backprojection Algorithm for Three Dimensional Re-construction” examined three-dimen-sional reconstruction from projections, with application to positron emission tomography and x-ray imaging.

He was a National Science Founda-tion (NSF) undergraduate research fel-low in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin and an NSF graduate fellow in the medical ra-diological physics program at the School of Public Health at Harvard University, where he also completed a National In-stitutes of Health (NIH) traineeship.

Dr Pelc began his career in indus-try, serving for more than a decade as a senior physicist and also the man-ager of the Applied Science Laboratory at GE Medical Systems and working on the cutting edge of developments in CT, MR imaging, and digital radiogra-phy. His academic appointments prior to Stanford included serving as an as-sistant clinical professor in the Depart-ment of Radiology at the Medical Col-lege of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, Wis) and as a research assistant in the Physics Research Laboratory at Mas-sachusetts General Hospital (Boston, Mass).

With current research focuses on CT, digital x-ray, and hybrid multimo-dality systems, Dr Pelc is leading the development of new concepts for CT.

Published online 10.1148/radiol.13134039

Radiology 2014; 270:10–11

1 From the Radiological Society of North America, 820 Jorie Blvd, Oak Brook, IL 60523. Address correspondence to Marian Strassner (e-mail: [email protected]).

q RSNA, 2014Norbert J. Pelc, ScD

Note: This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues or clients, contact us at www.rsna.org/rsnarights.

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He has also helped to develop hybrid platforms that will give physicians a range of modality options when per-forming image-guided therapy.

Dr Pelc served on the first Na-tional Advisory Council of the Na-tional Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the NIH. He has served RSNA as a third vice-pres-ident in 2010 and as an annual meet-ing session moderator, member of the physics subcommittee of the Scientific Program Committee, and member of the Public Information Advisors Net-work.

He is a reviewer for numerous jour-nals including the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Radiology, Medi-cal Physics, and Magnetic Resonance

in Medicine and served on the edito-rial boards of Medical Physics, Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Magnetic Resonance Quarterly, as well as the Artech Publishing Engineering in Medicine & Biology book series. Dr Pelc has reviewed grant applications to the NIH, the Medical Research Council of Canada, the Veterans Administra-tion, and the Whitaker Foundation.

Dr Pelc’s numerous teaching posi-tions include service for more than 20 years as a doctoral research advisor in electrical engineering, biophysics, physics, applied physics, and bioengi-neering at Stanford. He has taught the residents physics course in the Depart-ment of Radiology at Stanford for more than 20 years and was a longtime in-

structor of the current concepts in magnetic resonance course sponsored by Stanford University and of the ad-vanced techniques in MRI course spon-sored by Duke University.

Elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2012 in recognition of his contributions to CT and MR, Dr Pelc is also a fellow of the American As-sociation of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, and the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering. He was recently awarded the Edith H. Quimby Lifetime Achievement Award by AAPM. To Dr Pelc’s numerous honors, RSNA is pleased to add the 2013 Outstanding Researcher.