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Dr. Shirin Abbasinejad Enger, Postdoctoral fellow Dr. Parsa Bagherzadeh and PhD candidate Yujing Zou gave a workshop on “AI Tools and Methods” at the Canadian Cancer Research Alliance #ccrc2023 Halifax, Nova Scotia this week. They delved into applications of AI models in precision oncology and ethical considerations. They also covered essential techniques from computer vision, and transfer …

The EngerLab presented at the Canadian Cancer Research Alliance Conference (CCRA 2023)! Read More »

The EngerLab had several oral and and poster presentations at COMP-CARO this year. Evaluating The Inter-Observer Variability in The Delineation Of RectalLesions In Endoscopy Images Alana Thibodeau-Antonacci Is Selenium-75 a Feasible HDR Brachytherapy Source? – Jake Reid Development Of a Novel Dosimetry Software for Patient-Specific IntravascularBrachytherapy Treatment Planning on Optical Coherence Tomography Images –Maryam Rahbaran …

The EngerLab presented at the COMP-CARO 2023 Joint Scientific Meeting! Read More »

The EngerLab is happy to welcome our new postdoctoral fellow, Farhood Farahnak! Farhood completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science at Shahid Beheshti University in Iran. Seeking to further his research endeavors, he came to Canada and successfully earned his Ph.D. from Concordia University in 2023. His studies concentrated on machine learning and …

Welcome Farhood Farahnak to the EngerLab! Read More »

Congratulations, we are so proud!

The American Brachytherapy Annual Meeting took place in Vancouver, Canada, from June 22nd to 24th, serving as a platform for the latest advancements in the field. The EngerLab made a notable presence at the event, with our talented students, Melodie Cyr and Maryam Rahbaran, showcasing their research projects. Melodie presented her work on “A Feasibility …

Congratulations Melodie Cyr and Maryam Rahbaran, for their oral presentations at the American Brachytherapy Society (ABS) Annual Meeting! Read More »

Congratulations to Sébastien for his presentation titled “High Precision Deep Learning-Based Dose Prediction in Brachytherapy” at the recent T-CAIREM Trainee Rounds Seminar held on June 21. These monthly seminars, known as the T-CAIREM 2023 Trainee Rounds, provide a platform to showcase innovative and exceptional research at the intersection of artificial intelligence and healthcare in Canada.

McMedHacks started in 2021 to address common challenges students and researchers experience when they apply deep learning-based approaches to analyze medical imaging. This prompted Dr. Enger’s team to organize a summer school to help kick-start research projects involving medical imaging analysis and deep learning. Our mission is to provide researchers new to the field with …

 McMedHacks held its opening ceremony on June 10th! Read More »

Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from the EngerLab played an important role in launching the inaugural Sprint AI Training for African Medical Imaging Knowledge Translation (SPARK) program last June, in collaboration with McMedHacks and with the endorsement of the Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Interventions (MICCAI) Society. SPARK aims to cultivate a new generation …

The EngerLab in Africa! Read More »

Jonathan Kalinowski and Dr. Shirin A. Enger are actively involved in a research project focused on streamlining the brachytherapy quality assurance auditing process. They are achieving this by leveraging the Monte Carlo-based treatment planning system, RapidBrachyMCTPS, developed by Dr. Enger’s research group. The project has been highly successful, leading to the initiation of several other …

The EngerLab at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)! Read More »