2017 Award Winners

    Oral Awards Winners

    1st Place

    Dante Capaldi, Robarts Research Institute, Western University
    Asthma Ventilation Abnormalities Measured using Fourier-Decomposition Free-breathing Pulmonary Proton MRI

    2nd Place

    Jason Kai, Western University
    Investigating the relationship of myelin and axonal white matter microstructure using longitudinal relaxation mapping and restricted diffusion

    3rd Place

    Daniel Gelman, Robarts Research Institute, Western University
    Robotic Catheter Contact-Force Control for Cardiac Ablation Therapy: In Vivo Evaluation

    Honorable Mentions

    Heeseung Lim, Western University
    Longitudinal Monitoring of Tumour pH Gradient with MRI
    Androu Abdalmalak, Western University
    Bridging the gap between thoughts and actions: a functional near infrared spectroscopy study
    Carly Pellow, Princess Margaret Cancer Research Tower
    Ultrasound-triggered conversion of porphyrin microbubbles to nanobubbles: Extending cavitation activity beyond the vasculature

    Poster Award Winners

    1st Place

    Maneesha Rajora, University of Toronto
    Porphyrin-lipid apoE3-lipoprotein nanoparticles as glioblastoma-targeting theranostic platforms

    2nd Place

    Lawrence Yip, Lawson Health Research Institute
    Intraoperative Breast Tumour Margin Assessment: A Photoacoustic Solution

    3rd Place

    Justin Laing, Robarts Research Institute, Western University
    Patient Specific Atria Models for Training and Pre-Procedure Surgical Planning

    Honorable Mentions

    Mark Frayne, McCiag Bone and Joint Institute
    A Method to Automatically Detect and Measure Erosions in the Metacarpal Joint
    Rebecca Sullivan, Western University
    Expression of the Growth Hormone Secretagogue Receptor and Ghrelin in Human Heart Failure
    Dickson Wong, Western University
    Improved Glutamate Detection in the Brain at 7 Tesla Using Long Echo-Time Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy