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For more than 30 years, Professor Michael Carter (MIE) has led the way in improving health-care delivery in Toronto. In recognition of his decades of service, Carter has been elected Fellow of the country’s highest health-related scholarly body, the Canadian…
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, originated in the military. Today, commercial drones are readily available to businesses and individuals. As drone technology evolves, it may offer solutions for expanding the delivery of health services to Canadians living…
Dr. Timothy Chan, Affiliate Faculty at Techna Institute and Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, has developed an artificial intelligence (A.I.) tool to accelerate the planning of radiation therapy for individuals with oropharyngeal cancer. Full article at: UHN News
Beating cancer is a race against time. Developing radiation therapy plans — individualized maps that help doctors determine where to blast tumours — can take days. Now, Aaron Babier (MIE PhD candidate) has developed automation software that aims to cut…
A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool developed by a team at the University of Toronto may be able to significantly reduce the time needed to develop radiation therapy treatment plans for people with cancer. The research published in the journal…
U of T Engineering professors Timothy Chan and Scott Sanner (both MIE) are members of a multidisciplinary team led by Laura Rosella, a professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, which is receiving $250,000 to launch a global…
MIE professors Chi-Guhn Lee, Michael Carter, and Vahid Sarhangian (on the left side of the photo, with graduate and undergraduate students on the right) of the Centre for Healthcare Engineering start a three-year project entitled “Quantitative Metrics and Methods for…
A discussion featuring Prof. Timothy Chan, Dr. Robert Howard and Mr. Tom Woods. View recording live-streamed on January 16, 2018
Three major Toronto hospitals – St. Michael’s Hospital, St. Joseph’s Health Centre and Providence Health Care – are joining together to build a better future. Join Professor Timothy Chan as he hosts a discussion with two of U of T’s…
With just over 413,100 people living with dementia in Australia and 244 joining that number every day, new technologies being trialled in Canada to reduce challenging behaviours are welcome news. Dementia represents a large group of illnesses that cause a…
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