The image-guided therapy group (IGTx) is a team of like-minded individuals that have identified the importance of bringing imaging into the therapy process. 
Imaging technologies are becoming highly adaptable, allowing integration with the treatment process instead of being dedicated to diagnosis.
Advances in image-guidance can take the form of imaging systems for particular disease processes, or as imaging devices attached to and directing the localization of therapy. While the genesis of the IGTx group has been in the adaptation of cone-beam computed tomography (CT) to the process of image-guided radiation delivery, it is has evolved to extend to the entire process of treatment design, delivery and assessment.
Specific areas of investigation include:
- cone-beam CT for image-guided radiation therapy
- optimization of Magnetic Resonance (MR) for the radiotherapy process
- development of novel contrast agents for image guided-therapy
- novel dosimeters for patient-specific quality assurance
- image-guided surgery with a cone-beam CT capable mobile C-arm
- dual-energy x-ray imaging
- multi-modal image assessment
- mechanical models for organ deformation
- advances in intra-operative tracking (optical, x-ray)
The participants in IGTx range from senior scientists to graduate students, from industrial collaborators to visitors from around the world, from computer scientists to mechanical engineers, from clinicians to experts in therapy delivery. The skill set required to bring advances in image-guidance in therapy is broad and varied, creating an exciting environment in which success is measured by our ability to advance clinical practice.
This unique group is fortunate to be funded from a variety of sources including:
- U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIBIB, NIA)
- Canadian Foundation for Innovation
- Premier’s Research Excellence Award
- the Fidani Family
This page was last updated August 10th, 2007 at 12:28pm.