2019 Award Winners

    Oral Awards Winners

    1st Place

    Katie Parkins, Robarts Research Institute, Western University
    Dual bioluminescence imaging reveals remarkable tumour self-seeding of spontaneous and experimental metastases in mice

    2nd Place

    Adam Paish, Robarts Research Institute, Western University
    Iterative Design of a Small-Animal Hip-Hemiarthroplasty Model for Preclinical Orthopaedic Research

    3rd Place

    Ajay Rajaram,  Western University
    NNeMo (Neonatal NeuroMonitor): A non-invasive optical device for assessing the coupling of cerebral blood flow and energy metabolism in the developing brain

    Honorable Mentions

    Seva Ioussoufovitch, Western University
    Towards quantifying tissue perfusion with dynamic contrast-enhanced near-infrared imaging
    Erind Alushaj,  Western University
    Differentiating the substantia nigra pars compacta and ventral tegmental area in early-stage Parkinson’s Disease using structural magnetic resonance imaging
    Alexander Matheson, Robarts Research Institute, Western University
    Multi-scalar Perfusion and Ventilation Defects in Asthma
    Mark Asselin, Queen’s University
    Navigation of the iKnife for intra-operative tissue characterization in neurosurgery

    Poster Award Winners

    1st Place

    Mahsa Bataghva, Robarts Research Institute, Western University
    Microvessel Detection in Power Doppler Ultrasound Using Adaptive Singular Value Decomposition Clutter Filtering

    2nd Place

    Amy Schranz, Robarts Research Institute, Western University
    Metabolite Levels Differ in Contact and Non-Contact Sport Female Varsity Athletes

    3rd Place

    Stecia-Marie Fletcher, Sunnybrook Research Institute
    Pulse inversion increases sensitivity to transvertebral acoustic emissions from microbubbles sonicated with short burst, phase shift keying focused ultrasound exposures

    Honorable Mentions

    Maryam Mozaffari, Robarts Research Institute, Western University
    Optimization of pH MRI for Cancer Detection
    Riley Bloomfield, Western University
    Machine learning functional metrics for recovery path analysis following total knee replacement
    Jessica Rodgers, Robarts Research Institute, Western University
    Development of a 3D ultrasound guidance system for high-dose-rate interstitial gynecologic brachytherapy
    Hui Wang, Western University
    Development of a holography camera for non-contact photoacoustic tomography of the breast