Fulbright Scholarship Winner
Ramtin at the Canberra Hospital
"This has been possibly one of the worst kept secrets in the College, but we had to wait until the official announcement from the Fulbright Program!" he said.
The prestigious Fulbright Program was established by Senator J William Fulbright in 1945. At the time of its establishment, he is quoted as saying, "the Fulbright Program aims to bring a little more knowledge, a little more reason, and a little more compassion into world affairs, and thereby to increase the chance that nations will learn at last to live in peace and friendship."
"I think that it is particularly fitting that Ramtin won the scholarship because he is not only highly intelligent, he is also charismatic and charming. He will be a great ambassador for Australia."
Ramtin is developing a new kind of medical scanner that would be able to create very detailed, three-dimensional images of the insides of humans, essentially rendering patients 'see-through' and aiding in diagnostic and surgical procedures."Existing real-time scanners produce low quality images," Ramtin said. "I intend to use image registration and fusion of high-quality pre-operative scans with lower-quality images taken during the operation, to produce high-quality images in real-time and allow the surgeon to have a virtually transparent view of the patient."
To achieve his research goals, Ramtin will gain access to state-of-the-art imaging and massively multi-processing equipment during his tenure at Harvard University, later this year.
