The Reinhardt Biomedical Imaging Lab was formed in 1997. Our and focuses on the use of advanced imaging, image processing, and analysis methods to study problems at the interfaces between engineering, medicine, and biology. The lab director and principal investigator is Professor Joseph Reinhardt, who is the Roy J. Carver Chair in Biomedical Engineering and the department executive officer for the Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering.

Our close proximity to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and the Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, and Public Health provide excellent opportunities for collaboration and access to state-of-the-art medical facilities and medical imaging hardware.

Current areas of research focus include studying lung tissue biomechanics and disease progression in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the use of deep learning and generative adversarial networks to generate synthetic images of lung function, and developing personalized radiation therapy plans that spare highly-functioning lung as measured by 4D computed tomography (4DCT) scans.

Our group has received external research support from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust, and the Whitaker Foundation.