The CRF has financed the following research studies since 2011:
Learning Styles in Diagnostic Radiology: Informing Curriculum Changes & Mentorship
Investigated by Dr. Linda Probyn in collaboration with Drs. Karen Finlay and Nancy Fenton
Validation of Dual Energy Cardiac CT Perfusion Imaging in an Animal Model: Correlation with Coronary Flow Reserve & Fractional Flow Reserve
Investigated by Dr. John Mayo
- Paper Development of a Porcine Model of Coronary Stenosis Using Fully Percutaneous Techniques Suitable For Performing Cardiac Computed Tomography, CT-Perfusion Imaging and Fractional Flow Reserve published in the Heart and Lung journal in July 2018
Neuroradiological, Clinical and Genetic Characterization of New Forms of Hereditary Leukoencephalopathies
Investigated by Dr. Donatella Tampieri in collaboration with Drs. Bruce Pike, Bernard Brais, Maria del Pilar Cortes and Roberta La Piana
- Paper Identification and functional characterization of a novel MTFMT mutation associated with selective vulnerability of the visual pathway and a mild neurological phenotype published in the Neurogenetics journal in April 2017
A Double Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial Examining the Efficacy of the Use of Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA) in Intra-abdominal Collections in Children – a Prospective Study
Investigated by Dr. Bairbre Connolly
A Day in the Life of MR in Canada - Profiling MR Appropriateness and Utilization in Canada
Investigated by Drs. Paul Babyn and Sonia Vanderby in collaboration with Dr. Martin Reed, Dr. Juan Nicolás Peña Sánchez and Neil Kalra
- 1st paper Variations in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Provision and Processes Among Canadian Academic Centres published in CARJ in Feb. 2017
- 2nd paper A Day in the life of MRI: The variety and appropriateness of exams being performed in Canada published in CARJ in May 2018
MRI Appearance of Focal Liver Lesions with Gadofosveset Trisodium
Investigated by Dr. Laurent Milot
- Paper Appearance of Focal Liver Lesions Using Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using Gadofosveset Trisodium, an Intravascular (Blood-Pool) Contrast Agent: A Pictorial Essay published in CARJ in August 2016
24 hour Infarct Volume on Non-contrast CT as a Predictor of Functional Outcome at 90 days
Investigated by Dr. Helin Bai
Low Cost Nanoparticle Platform for Diagnosis and Treatment of Colorectal Liver Metastases
Investigated by Dr. David Liu in collaboration with Dr. Alda Tam and Marites Melancon
Can we Improve Detection of Peritoneal Metastatic Disease? The Use of Virtual Monochromatic Reconstruction on Dual Energy CT Scans
Investigated by Dr. Kathryn Darras
- Paper Virtual monoenergetic reconstruction of contrast-enhanced CT scans of the abdomen and pelvis at 40 keV improves the detection of peritoneal metastatic deposits published in Abdominal Radiology journal in Feb. 2019
Utilization of Pre-Operative Imaging for Colon Cancer: a Population-based Study
Investigated by Dr. Matthew McInnes, Dr. Sulaiman Nanji, Dr. William Mackillop, Dr. Yingwei Peng, Shelly Wei, Dr. D Blair Macdonald, Dr. Nicola Schieda and Dr. Christopher Booth
- Paper Utilization of pre-operative imaging for colon cancer: A population-based study published in the Journal of Surgical Oncology in Nov. 2016
Adaptive Personalized Predictive Risk Model for Medical Imaging Radiation Exposure
Investigated by Dr. David Koff
- Paper Machine Learning and Mobile Health Monitoring Platforms: A Case Study on Research and Implementation Challenges published in the Journal of Health Informatics Research published in June 2018
- Paper Blockchain Enabled Privacy Audit Logs published in The Semantic Web – ISWC 2017. ISWC 2017
- Paper Digitized Trust in Human-in-the-Loop Health Research published in the 16th Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST) 2018.
- Paper Timestamp-based Integrity Proofs for Linked Data published in the International Workshop on Semantic Big Data - SIGMOD 2018.
- Paper An Environmental Scan of the National and Provincial Diagnostic Reference Levels in Canada for Common Adult Computed Tomography Scans published in the Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal in May 2019.
Teaching Safe Imaging: Development and Evaluation of an Online Imaging Appropriateness Course for Canadian Medical Students
Investigated by Dr. Kathryn Darras, Dr. Savvas Nicolaou and Dr. Bruce B Forster
Designing an introductory to image guided invasive procedures workshop
Investigated by Dr. Emeka Nzekwu, Dr. Vamshi Kotha, Dr. Morgan Willson and Dr. Alice Wang
Quantitative BOLD MRI as a non-invasive tool to unmask the role of glioma stem cells in patients with glioblastoma
Investigated by Dr. Pejman Jabehdar Maralani
Machine Learning for Liver Imaging: Automating LI-RADS Categorization
Investigated by Christian van der Pol, Dr. David Koff, Dr. Kiret Dhindsa, Dr. Thomas Doyle, Dr. Sandra Monteiro, Dr. Pablo Serrano and Dr. Brandon Meyers