Professor Gary Cook
Professor of PET Imaging
Research interests
- Imaging sciences
Biography
Gary Cook trained in radiology and nuclear medicine in London, completing his MD in Quantitative 18F-fluoride PET in Metabolic Bone Diseases at King’s College London. He was appointed to the Chair of Clinical PET Imaging in the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences Cancer Imaging Department and KCL and Guy’s & St Thomas PET Centre and as an honorary consultant physician at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals in 2011.
Research interests include evaluation of novel SPECT and PET tracers in oncology, multiparametric, multimodality imaging biomarker development and measurement of tumour heterogeneity, multimodality imaging of skeletal metastases and development of oncologic hybrid imaging, including PET/MRI. He is joint clinical lead for the clinical PET service and module lead and examiner for the KCL Nuclear Medicine MSc.
Research
Wellcome EPSRC Centre for Medical Engineering
The Centre focuses on the science and engineering of medical imaging. The UK is strong in medical imaging, with the Centre hosting the largest research group in this area in Europe.The Centre combines fundamental research in engineering, physics, mathematics, computing, and chemistry with medicine and biomedical research. The 400 inter-disciplinary scientists in the Centre are transforming the diagnosis and treatment of patients, and will deliver exceptional research.
News
Molecular imaging tool identified for patients at risk of myocarditis
Researchers across King’s College London, the Royal Brompton Hospital and Guy’s Cancer centre have worked collaboratively to identify a non-invasive molecular...
Professor Gary Cook Awarded Roll of Honour
Professor Gary Cook has been awarded the British Nuclear Medicine Society (BNMS) Roll of Honour at their Annual Awards Ceremony.
First PET Scan using new tracer for prostate cancer diagnosis
For the first time in the UK, patients have been scanned in the King's College London & Guy's and St Thomas' PET Centre using F18-DCFPyl, a new...
Research
Wellcome EPSRC Centre for Medical Engineering
The Centre focuses on the science and engineering of medical imaging. The UK is strong in medical imaging, with the Centre hosting the largest research group in this area in Europe.The Centre combines fundamental research in engineering, physics, mathematics, computing, and chemistry with medicine and biomedical research. The 400 inter-disciplinary scientists in the Centre are transforming the diagnosis and treatment of patients, and will deliver exceptional research.
News
Molecular imaging tool identified for patients at risk of myocarditis
Researchers across King’s College London, the Royal Brompton Hospital and Guy’s Cancer centre have worked collaboratively to identify a non-invasive molecular...
Professor Gary Cook Awarded Roll of Honour
Professor Gary Cook has been awarded the British Nuclear Medicine Society (BNMS) Roll of Honour at their Annual Awards Ceremony.
First PET Scan using new tracer for prostate cancer diagnosis
For the first time in the UK, patients have been scanned in the King's College London & Guy's and St Thomas' PET Centre using F18-DCFPyl, a new...