Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

2016 William P. Slichter Award

Zimmerman, Cessna, Bergeron, King, Pibida

Zimmerman, Cessna, Bergeron, King, Pibida

AWARD CITATION

The team is recognized for partnering with the US positron emission tomography (PET) scanner industry to create and deploy a precision calibration system traceable to national standards, which transforms PET images into a quantitative tool for applications including cancer diagnosis and treatment monitoring. The NIST team developed methods to transfer measurement accuracy from small, precise NIST samples to large, medical-industry “phantoms,” which are produced and sold by a US firm to nearly all PET scanner manufacturers. The phantoms the team helped create are now being shipped with new scanners and to existing customers by GE, Toshiba and Siemens, improving health care for the public and benefiting US industry.

GROUP AWARD

Brian E. Zimmerman

Research Chemist
Physical Measurement Laboratory

Denis E. Bergeron

Research Chemist
Physical Measurement Laboratory

Jeffrey T. Cessna

Physicist
Physical Measurement Laboratory

Lynne E. King

Physical Scientist
Physical Measurement Laboratory

Leticia Pibida

Physicist
Physical Measurement Laboratory