Medical Imaging Research

The Imaging Research Laboratories at Robarts focus on the discovery and development of innovative imaging techniques and instrumentation to improve the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of human diseases including cancer, cardiovascular and orthopedic disease, schizophrenia and other brain disorders. Using x-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI, the group is the largest in the Institute, conducting research across nine broad themes:

• basic imaging science & engineering
• brain and mind imaging & spectroscopy
• cancer imaging
• cardiovascular imaging
• clinical Imaging Research Laboratories
• image-guided surgery & therapy
• molecular, cellular and micro-imaging
• musculoskeletal imaging
• respiratory imaging

Robarts Research Institute

Western researchers find that a new COPD therapy device makes breathing easier.

New imaging research shows increased iron in the brain in earliest stages of MS.

As a world leader using state-of-the-art imaging technology, our research is focused on the development of non-invasive capabilities and diagnostic imaging so that we can better understand the fundamental mechanisms of human biology and enhance the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of disease. Imaging facilities at Lawson include:

• 3 Tesla MRI/MRS
• Bioelectromagnetics Facilities
• Optical Imaging
• All Lawson Imaging Facilities

An overview of the Lawson Imaging Program as Dr. Frank Prato is awarded the 2014 Lawson Impact Scientist Career Award.

Dr. Ting-Yim Lee received the 2014 Lawson Impact Award for Innovation.

Some of our participating faculty members in this video, Drs. Frank Prato, Gediminas Cepinskas, and David Palma discuss their research.

Lawson Health Research Institute

The Biomedical Imaging Research Centre (BIRC) is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional group comprised of over 350 personnel, including scientists, engineers, physicists, students, and support staff in London, Ontario, Canada. The imaging research groups are tightly integrated with the major hospitals in London, enabling the discovery and development of innovative imaging techniques and instrumentation to improve the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of human diseases. The group provides specialized training programs for graduate students through various departments of Western University and the Research Institutes listed below. The group as a whole has a research infrastructure valued at over $100 million.

Graduate studies at all the partner institutions of BIRC provide students with stimulating transdisciplinary environments to carry out their research, which may be experimental, theoretical, or computational.

• Biomedical Imaging Research Centre