Department of Radiology

The UBC Department of Radiology is the only academic Radiology Department in the province. It provides extensive teaching to medical students, radiology and nuclear medicine residents, radiology fellows, as well as residents in other specialties.

Research Supervisors

Name Research Interests
Benard, Francois Medical isotopes Radioisotopes Nuclear Medicine Cancer Imaging Molecular imaging of cancer Radionuclide therapy, Cancer division, radiology, pancreas centre
Blanke, Philipp
Eddy, Rachel Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); Hyperpolarized 129Xe; Computed tomography (CT); Pulmonary imaging; Lung structure-function; Lung health; Respiratory disease; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), Hyperpolarized 129Xe, Computed tomography (CT), Pulmonary imaging, Lung structure-function, Lung health, Respiratory disease
Forster, Bruce Radiology; imaging
Hacihaliloglu, Ilker Extraction of relevant information from 3D medical images; Image Guided Surgery; computer assisted diagnosis; Deep Learning; point of care ultrasound; ultrasound image processing; Brain Health; orthopedic surgery; liver disease; lung disease; traumatic Brian injury; neurosurgery; Brain Health; Biomedical Engineering; Extraction of relevant information from 3D medical images, image guided surgery, computer assisted diagnosis, deep learning, point of care ultrasound, ultrasound image processing, brain health, orthopedic surgery, liver disease, lung disease, traumatic Brian injury, neurosurgery, brain health, biomedical engineering
Lang, Donna Structural Neuroimaging; Psychosis; Addiction; cognition; Cardiovascular Function; Microvascular integrity; Structural Neuroimaging , Psychosis, Addiction, cognition, Cardiovascular Function, Microvascular integrity
Lau, Joseph Nuclear medicine; Cancer; Radiopharmaceuticals; Imaging; Radiotherapy; nuclear medicine, cancer, radiopharmaceuticals, imaging, radiotherapy
Laule, Cornelia Auto-Immune Diseases; Axons; brain; Central Nervous System Inflammatory Diseases; Cerebral Atrophy; Histology; image analysis; Imaging; Inflammation; magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; multiple sclerosis; myelin; Nervous System Development; Neurodegenerative diseases; Neurological diseases; Neurological diseases; Neuronal Systems; pain; Pathology; Schizophrenia; Spinal Cord Diseases; spinal cord; Spinal cord injury; Auto-Immune Diseases, Axons, Brain, Central Nervous System Inflammatory Diseases, Cerebral Atrophy, Histology, Image analysis, Imaging, Inflammation, Magnetic resonance imaging, Magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Multiple Sclerosis, Myelin, Nervous System Development, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurological Diseases, Neurological diseases, Neuronal Systems, Pain, Pathology, Schizophrenia, Spinal Cord Diseases, Spinal cord, Spinal cord injury
Leipsic, Jonathon Diagnostic performance and radiation reduction as well as CT to guide minimally invasive valve intervention
Lin, Kuo-Shyan development of radiotracers for applications in oncology and neuroscience, development of radiolabeled 2-arylbenzothiazoles for imaging amyloid plaques in the brain of Alzheimer's disease patients, development of radiolabeled bioactive molecules for cancer imaging
Liu, David
MacHan, Lindsay radiology; infertility; vascular disease
Mawson, John Quality improvement/quality assurance issues; Pediatric medical imaging services; Anatomy; Congenital Heart Defects; Quality improvement/quality assurance issues, Pediatric medical imaging services, Anatomy, Congenital Heart Defects
Nicolaou, Savvakis Computed Tomography; Artificial Intelligence; Emergency Radiology; Trauma Radiology; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; emergency radiology; ways to develop faster, safer, and more sensitive methods for diagnosing patients in the acute care setting; ultra low dose techniques in the acute setting, dual energy CT in the acute setting, polytrauma imaging, brain perfusion in trauma and role of MRI in the acute setting.
Rahmim, Arman Image Reconstruction; Machine learning and radiomics; medical physics; Molecular imaging; Quantitative Imaging; Theranostics; Image Reconstruction, Machine learning and radiomics, Medical Physics, Molecular imaging, Quantitative Imaging, Theranostics