LEWISTON – Students from the Clark F. Miller School of Radiologic Technology at Central Maine Medical Center School took four awards at the annual meeting of the Maine Society of Radiologic Technologists.

Patty Leslie of Topsham, a senior radiography student, received first prize in the Maine Society of Radiologic Technologists Student Scientific Exhibit for her exhibit, “Colorectal Screening Options.” The exhibit took the $350 top prize. She is scheduled to graduate from the school in August.

Katie Morin, a junior radiography student, received second place and a $150 prize in the society student essay contest for her essay, “Functional MRI of the Brain.” She is from Lewiston and is scheduled to graduate from the school in August 2006.

Katie Lobb, a senior radiography student, received third place and a $100 prize for her essay, “Detecting Schizophrenia Using MRI and Functional MRI.” She is from Oxford and is scheduled to graduate from the school in August.

Erica Gordon, a senior radiography student, received honorable mention for her essay, “Cardiac Catheterization in Imaging Coarctation of the Aorta.” She is from Phillips and is scheduled to graduate from the school in August.

The Maine Society of Radiologic Technologists student exhibit is open to all students enrolled in a radiologic science program. There are five schools of radiologic science in Maine.

The CMMC school was founded by the late Dr. Clark F. Miller in 1949. It was the first school of its kind in Maine.