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    Tianyi Zeng, PhD

    Associate Research Scientist
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    Biography

    Tianyi Zeng is an Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and a member of the Yale Biomedical Imaging Institute at Yale School of Medicine. He received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2021 and subsequently joined the Yale PET Center as a postdoctoral researcher.

    With over nine years of experience in molecular imaging, Dr. Zeng specializes in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. His research focuses on developing advanced motion correction and image reconstruction techniques for the NeuroEXPLORER, an ultra-high-performance brain PET scanner. His broader interests include PET image reconstruction, correction algorithms, quantitative image analysis, and the integration of deep learning methods to improve motion correction and enhance PET image quality.

    Last Updated on October 27, 2025.

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    Education & Training

    Postdoc Associate
    Yale University (2024)
    PhD
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (2021)
    BE
    Xi'an Jiaotong University, School of life sciences and technology (2016)

    Research

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Tianyi Zeng's published research.

    Publications

    2025

    2024

    2023

    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

    Activities

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      IEEE Transaction on Biomedical Engineering

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      Physics in Medicine & Biology

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      EJNMMI physics

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      SNMMI

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      IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging

    Honors

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      2025 Freek Beekman Young Investigator Award

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      2024 IEEE NSS/MIC/RTSD Trainee Grant

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      Poster Award (Third Place)

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      Best paper award (2nd place)

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      2023 IEEE NSS/MIC/RTSD Trainee Grant

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      New Haven, CT 06519