Targeted projects include the following:

Anatomy and Function in Cardiac Development/Congenital Heart Disease

Primary Institutions: LHRI, HSC, TGH, S&W

Investigators:

• M.D.: Gagnon, Freedom, Hornberger, Smallhorn, Yoo, Webb, Merchant
• Ph.D.: Thompson, Wright, Burns, Rabinovitch (Stergiopoulos)

Industry: GEMS, ATL, IMRIS, MMI

Developments: 3D MRI, ultrasound; motion correction, speed, resolution

Myocardial Characterization for Ischemic Heart Disease

Primary Institutions: UOHI, LHRI, RRI, TGH, S&W

Investigators:

• M.D.: Beanlands, Ruddy, Wisenberg, Boughner, Merchant, Rakowski, Mickleborough
• Ph.D.: DeKemp, Firnau, Prato, Drost, Lee, Wells, Thompson, Rutt, Burns, Wright

Industry: GEMS, Siemens, ATL, Agilent, Berlex, Nycomed, DuPont, MDS Nordion

Developments: Molecular imaging agents, protocols for functional information, functional analysis

Imaging for Coronaries/Intervention

Institutes: RRI, S&W, LHRI

Investigators:

• M.D.: Fort, Boughner
• Ph.D.: Drangova, Rutt, Steinman, Foster, Rowlands, Wright, Joy, Stergiopoulos, Cunningham

Industry: Agilent, Boston Scientific, CPI, Datascope, Eastman Kodak, GEMS, SEMA, World Heart

Developments: X-ray flat panel acquisition, MRI / CT / IVUS of coronaries, plaque; defibrillation characterization; information merging for intervention, 3D visualization

Image Fusion, Reporting

Primary Institutions: UOHI, LHRI

Investigators: Davies, Slomka

Industry: GEMS, Nuclear Diagnostics

Developments: Multi-modality visualization, image interpretation, cardiac patient databases