2025 Award Winners

    Oral Award Winners

    Oral Session 1: Cancer 1

    Jin-Young Bang, Western University
    Using Computed Tomography perfusion (CTP) to Assess Changes in the Contrast Distribution Volume in Pancreatic Cancer Patients: a Potential Biomarker for Patient Response to Standard-of-care Therapy

    Oral Session 2: MRI and Neuroimaging

    Sandra Alexander, Toronto Metropolitan University
    The Effect of MRI RF Coil Selection on Spatial Trends in T1 Relaxation

    Oral Session 3: Device, Systems, and Robotic Development

    Alexander Dunn, Toronto Metropolitan University
    Design and Testing of an MRI Phantom Faraday Cage using Rapid Prototyping Techniques

    Oral Session 4: Deep Learning / Machine Learning Methodology 1

    Jessica de Kort, University of Manitoba
    Automatically Segmenting Curved Catheters in Prostate Brachytherapy Ultrasound Images with a Deep Learning and Feature Extraction Pipeline

    Oral Session 5: General 1

    Libin Liang, Robarts Research Institute & Western University
    A Sensorless Freehand 3D Ultrasound Solution with a Novel Coupling Pad

    and

    Marina Silic, University of Toronto
    A Dual-Camera Simulation of Markerless, Optical Head Pose Tracking Using Deep Learning for Motion Correction in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Oral Session 6: Image Guided Intervention and Surgery 1

    Laura Connolly, Queen’s University
    A Feasibility Study on Enhanced Navigation in Breast-Conserving Surgery through Haptic Feedback

    Oral Session 7: Deep Learning / Machine Learning Methodology 2

    Marcus Milantoni, Western University
    Evaluating Deep Learning Models to Classify Early-Stage Esophasgeal Cancer: A Preliminary Study

    Oral Session 8: Image-Guided Intervention and Surgery 2

    Tiana Trumpour, Western University
    Feasibility of Three-dimensional Ultrasound for Cervical Cancer Treatment

    Oral Session 9: Cancer 2

    Robert Policelli, Western University
    Regional Predictors of Progression after Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases

    and

    Sule Karagulleoglu Kunduraci, Western University
    A Mechatronic Needle Guidance System for Prostate-Specific Positron Emission Tomography and 3D Transrectal Ultrasound-Guided Trans-perineal Prostate Biopsy

    Oral Session 10: Cardiac, Lung, and Musculoskeletal Imaging

    Lisa Garland, Western University
    Enhanced Cardiac Imaging using Fixed-Filer Spectral Imaging with Anti-Correlated Noise Correction

    Oral Session 11: Optical Imaging and Ultrasound Imaging

    Megan Hutter, Western University
    Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Synovial Blood Flow Volume Assessment in Thumb Osteoarthritis Patients

    Oral Session 12: General 2

    Matthew Siracusa, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
    Accelerating Monte Carlo Light Propagation Models for Deep Learning-Enable Fluorescence-Guided Surgery

    Pitch Award Winners

    Pitch session 1: Cancer

    Theodore Husby, University of Toronto
    Assessing Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy and Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Quantification of Multimodal Gadolinium-Incorporated Porphysomes for Theranostic Guidance of Oral Cancer in Mice

    Pitch session 2: MRI and Neuroimaging

    Kaito Hara-Lee, Queen’s University
    Comparison of Lipid Suppression Techniques for in vivo Whole Brain MR Spectroscopic Imaging

    Pitch session 3: Device, Systems, and Robotic Development

    Trinette Wright, Techna & University Health Network
    Multi-Material Hand Fracture Model for Spatial Learning

    Pitch session 4: Deep Learning / Machine Learning Methodology 1

    Vivian Nguyen, Queen’s University
    Performing Prostate Segmentation Using SAM-Med2D Across Multiple Ultrasound Modalities

    Pitch session 5: Deep Learning / Machine Learning Methodology 2

    Bining Long, Queen’s University
    Leveraging Surgical Workflow Recognition for Skill Assessment in Simulated Cataract Surgery

    Pitch session 6: Image Guided Intervention and Surgery

    Mateen Mirzaei, Western University
    Assessing the Impact of a Magnetic Field Generator on Fluoroscopic Image Quality

    Pitch session 7: Optical Imaging and Ultrasound Imaging

    Helena Kunic, University of Guelph
    Ultrasound Based Evaluation of Stress Urinary Incontinence Pessaries on Bladder Neck, Bladder Descent, and Retrovesical Angle

    Pitch session 8: General

    Amal Aziz, Western University
    3D ABUS System with Breast Needle Biopsy Capability and Integrated MRI-guidance Lesion Localization