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Christopher Fung

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Associate ProfessorRadiology & Diagnostic Imaging DeptUniversity of Alberta

Christopher Fung

Associate Professor

Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging Dept

Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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32 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 10 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Research

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Latest papers

Part 2: CAR Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease Working Group Recommendations for Risk Stratifying Patients With MASLD.
Canadian Association of Radiologists journal = Journal l'Association canadienne des radiologistes · 2026 · senior author
Part 1: CAR Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease Working Group Guidance Statements for Detecting and Grading Hepatic Steatosis Using Ultrasound, CT, or MRI.
Canadian Association of Radiologists journal = Journal l'Association canadienne des radiologistes · 2026 · senior author
Part 3: CAR Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease Working Group Recommendations for Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography and MR Elastography Program Implementation, Funding, and Quality Assurance.
Canadian Association of Radiologists journal = Journal l'Association canadienne des radiologistes · 2026 · senior author

All 39 publications

39 publications.

Part 2: CAR Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease Working Group Recommendations for Risk Stratifying Patients With MASLD.

Wilson MP, Low G, Shaheen AA, Costa AF, Tang A, Pang E, Chang S, Medellin A, Dana J, Millo N, Kielar A, Zhang LX, Whitaker T, Swain M, Leung V, Fung D, Hurrell C, Fung C

Canadian Association of Radiologists journal = Journal l'Association canadienne des radiologistes20268 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/08465371251357447 PMID: 40765154

Part 1: CAR Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease Working Group Guidance Statements for Detecting and Grading Hepatic Steatosis Using Ultrasound, CT, or MRI.

Wilson MP, Tang A, Low G, Zhang LX, Costa AF, Pang E, Chang S, Medellin A, Shaheen AA, Dana J, Millo N, Kielar A, Swain M, Leung V, Fung D, Hurrell C, Fung C

Canadian Association of Radiologists journal = Journal l'Association canadienne des radiologistes20265 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/08465371251357444 PMID: 40765159

Part 3: CAR Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease Working Group Recommendations for Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography and MR Elastography Program Implementation, Funding, and Quality Assurance.

Wilson MP, Low G, Medellin A, Chang SD, Pang E, Whitaker T, Costa AF, Tang A, Dana J, Millo N, Kielar A, Zhang LX, Shaheen AA, Swain M, Leung V, Fung D, Hurrell C, Fung C

Canadian Association of Radiologists journal = Journal l'Association canadienne des radiologistes20263 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/08465371251357446 PMID: 40765155

Micro-UltraSound In Cancer - Active Surveillance (MUSIC-AS): A paired, prospective, non-inferiority trial comparing micro-ultrasound and multiparametric MRI at confirmatory biopsy.

Little O, Albers P, Bismar TA, Brisbane W, Broomfield S, Chang S, Fung C, Ghosh S, Kuliš T, Lavigueur-Blouin H, Lughezzani G, Mannas M, Metcalfe P, Penezić L, Tu W, Zekulić T, Kinnaird A

Contemporary clinical trials communications20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.conctc.2026.101639 PMID: 42059014

Common and Uncommon Splenic Lesions: A Review.

Teja R, Allarie E, Fung C

Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics16152462 PMID: 42587698

External Validation of the PRI-MUS Scoring System: A Secondary Analysis of the OPTIMUM Randomized Controlled Trial.

Lazarovich A, Guer M, Luger F, Cash H, Ghai S, Urdaneta-Salegui LF, Pavlovich CP, Brito J, Shore ND, Struck JP, Schostak M, Harland N, Rodriguez-Socarrás M, Brisbane WG, Lughezzani G, Toledano H, Ouertani MS, Macek P, Fung C, Tu W, Gusenleitner A, Günzel K, Incze PF, George AK, Pereira JG, Jansen R, Renzulli J, Klotz L, Kinnaird A

The Journal of urology2026

DOI: 10.1097/ju.0000000000005082 PMID: 42048785

Three-dimensional spatial localization and volume estimation of prostate tumors using 18F-PSMA-1007 PET/CT versus multiparametric MRI.

Huang G, Albers P, Mookerji N, Pfanner T, Hui A, Mittal R, Broomfield S, Dean L, St Martin B, Jacobsen NE, Evans H, Gao Y, Hung R, Abele J, Dromparis P, Lima JF, Bismar TA, Michelakis E, Sutendra G, Wuest F, Tu W, Adam BA, Fung C, Ghosh S, Tamm A, Kinnaird A, Next Generation Trial Investigators

European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging20252 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s00259-024-07021-0 PMID: 39725694

Diffusion time effects over the adult lifespan indicates persistent zone-specific microstructural alterations in the human prostate with aging.

Ma X, Seres P, Kinnaird A, Fung C, Feiweier T, Beaulieu C

Magnetic resonance in medicine20252 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/mrm.30408 PMID: 39734280

Optimizing US for HCC surveillance.

Rodgers SK, Fetzer DT, Seow JH, McGillen K, Burrowes DP, Fung C, Udare AS, Wilson SR, Kamaya A

Abdominal radiology (New York)2025

DOI: 10.1007/s00261-024-04631-y PMID: 39585379

Microultrasonography-Guided vs MRI-Guided Biopsy for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: The OPTIMUM Randomized Clinical Trial.

Kinnaird A, Luger F, Cash H, Ghai S, Urdaneta-Salegui LF, Pavlovich CP, Brito J, Shore ND, Struck JP, Schostak M, Harland N, Rodriguez-Socarrás M, Brisbane WG, Lughezzani G, Toledano H, Ouertani MS, Macek P, Fung C, Tu W, Gusenleitner A, Günzel K, Incze PF, George AK, Pereira JG, Jansen R, Renzulli J, Klotz L, OPTIMUM Investigators

JAMA2025

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2025.3579 PMID: 40121537

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Christopher Fung

Research

Latest papers

Part 2: CAR Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease Working Group Recommendations for Risk Stratifying Patients With MASLD.

Part 1: CAR Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease Working Group Guidance Statements for Detecting and Grading Hepatic Steatosis Using Ultrasound, CT, or MRI.

Part 3: CAR Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease Working Group Recommendations for Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography and MR Elastography Program Implementation, Funding, and Quality Assurance.

Micro-UltraSound In Cancer - Active Surveillance (MUSIC-AS): A paired, prospective, non-inferiority trial comparing micro-ultrasound and multiparametric MRI at confirmatory biopsy.

Common and Uncommon Splenic Lesions: A Review.

External Validation of the PRI-MUS Scoring System: A Secondary Analysis of the OPTIMUM Randomized Controlled Trial.

Three-dimensional spatial localization and volume estimation of prostate tumors using 18F-PSMA-1007 PET/CT versus multiparametric MRI.

Diffusion time effects over the adult lifespan indicates persistent zone-specific microstructural alterations in the human prostate with aging.

Optimizing US for HCC surveillance.

Microultrasonography-Guided vs MRI-Guided Biopsy for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: The OPTIMUM Randomized Clinical Trial.

Frequent collaborators

Adam Kinnaird

Gavin Low

Wendy Tu

Sunita Ghosh

Ania Kielar

An Tang

Emily Pang

Jérémy Dana

Abdel-Aziz Shaheen

Mark Swain

Niels-Erik Jacobsen

Sangeet Ghai

E Michelakis

Gopinath Sutendra

Frank Wuest

Evangelos Michelakis

Jonathan Abele

Gary Brahm

Peter Metcalfe

Benjamin Adam

Wayne Clark

Sandy Widder

Brian Buchanan

Christian Beaulieu

John Lewis

Angeline Letendre

Michael Kolinsky

Randy Littlechild

Miles Mannas

Iain Kirkpatrick

Craig Ferguson