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The PET Imaging Innovation Lab
Suleman Surti
Fit Score
72
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72
Competitive Lab
Research Focus
Dr. Suleman Surti's lab at the University of Pennsylvania focuses on improving PET (Positron Emission Tomography) imaging techniques for enhanced cancer diagnosis and treatment. They develop innovative algorithms to refine the accuracy of PET images, particularly in challenging conditions like low radiation counts or non-standard isotopes.
Research Aims
Develop advanced algorithms for scatter estimation in PET imaging.
Evaluate a novel breast PET scanner for improved cancer diagnostics.
Integrate molecular and anatomical imaging to guide cancer treatment decisions.
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Strong candidate. Your control systems background and ROS experience align with the lab's core research. Priority gap: peer-reviewed publications.
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Reproduce a diffusion-policy paper on a small manipulation task and post the code publicly
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Submit an abstract to the IROS or ICRA student competition track
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Deploy a PID controller on physical hardware and document results publicly
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Read 3 recent lab papers and write a 200-word technical summary for each
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Dear Prof. Sokolov,
I'm a senior in Mechanical Engineering at Boston University, and your recent work on real-time trajectory re-planning under contact uncertainty (ICRA '24) caught my attention — particularly the model-predictive approach for online replanning.
My senior thesis implements a similar MPC formulation for a 6-DOF manipulator in simulation. I also have hands-on ROS2 experience from a summer internship at [Company], where I worked on motion primitive libraries for warehouse automation.
I'd love to learn more about current openings in your lab for Fall 2025.
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