Craig Galban Email & Phone Number

I am a Professor in the Radiology Department. I have over 16 years’ experience with medical imaging with an emphasis on quantitative imaging techniques and image processing and analysis for applications in oncology and pulmonology. Since 2011, I have focused my research on the development and analysis of surrogate imaging markers for phenotyping pulmonary diseases. One of my significant contributions to pulmonary imaging is the development of parametric response mapping (PRM), which simultaneously quantifies small airways disease and emphysema in patients with COPD. My groups algorithms, such as PRM, have been integrated into the study design of various US multi-center clinical trials, such as COPDGene and SPIROMICS. In addition, I have patented analytical techniques for improved phenotyping of lung disease, and I have played a critical role in the funding, through my SBIR, and development of a commercial PRM product as an FDA-approved medical imaging device. In addition to my clinical research, I am the Director of the Preclinical Imaging and Computational Analysis Shared Recourse for the Michigan Medicine Rogel Cancer Center. I have extensive experience in small animal imaging using various modalities such as MRI, CT and bioluminescence imaging.