Keynote Speakers |
Dr Yu-Chong Tai - Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems
Professor of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Dr. Donald Plewes - magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for breast cancer imaging and image-guided therapy
Senior scientist of imaging research at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, professor of Medical Physics and Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto
Dr. Donald Plewes is the senior scientist of imaging research at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center and also a professor of Medical Physics and Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto. His research focus is on the physics and engineering of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for breast cancer imaging and image-guided therapy. Specifically, Dr. Plewes has been developing magnetic resonance (MR) imaging techniques to detect breast cancer in women who have inherited BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations, which increase their risk of developing breast cancer. He is also exploring the role of combined MRI and ultrasound data to assess features of angiogenesis (the growth of new blood vessels). |