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PhD in Imaging Science
The PhD program in imaging science at Washington University in St. Louis is one of only two such programs in the U.S. and offers an interdisciplinary curriculum that focuses on the technology of imaging with applications ranging from cancer diagnosis and neuroimaging to advanced microscopy to augmented reality.
This interdisciplinary program brings together expert faculty from the McKelvey School of Engineering and the School of Medicine to provide students the freedom and flexibility to learn from leading imaging experts and engage in impactful research. This emerging academic discipline broadly addresses the design and optimization of imaging systems and the extraction of information from images.
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Imaging science research news
Looking deeper with adaptive six-dimensional nanoscopy
With a $2 million NIH grant, Matthew Lew will develop smart microscopes to reveal dynamic interactions between individual biomolecules
Pushing the boundaries of the visible world
Washington University engineers, scientists and physicians team up to advance imaging science and improve human health
Patients with brain cancer may benefit from treatment to boost white blood cells
Blocking immune suppressor cells in mice with glioblastoma improved survival
Imaging Science by the numbers
73
PhD students
125
Years leading in the technology and advancement of imaging science
61
Full-time faculty
Get an inside look at our imaging science labs and facilities:
A multidisciplinary team at WashU has found an innovative way to use photoacoustic imaging to diagnose ovarian tumors.
Get a glimpse of the Medical Campus of Washington University in St. Louis
Take a look at inside the lab of Matthew Lew
Get involved in the imaging science
community at WashU:
- Imaging Science Pathway
- Imaging Science Student Council
- Math Crash Course
- Spectra (student-led imaging society)