Jahangir Tavakkoli, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research

Biomedical Ultrasound High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU)Image-guided Therapeutic Ultrasound Laser Thermal Therapy Low Intensity Focused Ultrasound (LIFU)Nonlinear Ultrasound Ultrasound Imaging Ultrasound Thermal Therapy

Latest papers

Monitoring high-intensity focused ultrasound thermal therapy by ultrasound doppler imaging using twinkling artifact.
PloS one · 2025 · senior author
A Quantitative Study of Thermal and Non-thermal Mechanisms in Ultrasound-Induced Nano-drug Delivery.
Ultrasound in medicine & biology · 2023 · senior author
Nonlinear ultrasound propagation through layered liquid and tissue-equivalent media: computational and experimental results at high frequency.
Physics in medicine and biology · 2006

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Novel Nonlinear Ultrasound Methods in Thermometry and Imaging
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$102,000
Ultrasound Guidance and Monitoring of High-power Ultrasound Therapies
NSERC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$114,000

All 2 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Monitoring high-intensity focused ultrasound thermal therapy by ultrasound doppler imaging using twinkling artifact.

Jamallivani A, Behnam H, Tavakkoli J

PloS one2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0324801 PMID: 40601600

02

A Quantitative Study of Thermal and Non-thermal Mechanisms in Ultrasound-Induced Nano-drug Delivery.

Hornsby TK, Jakhmola A, Kolios MC, Tavakkoli J

Ultrasound in medicine & biology2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2023.01.015 PMID: 36822894

03

Nonlinear ultrasound propagation through layered liquid and tissue-equivalent media: computational and experimental results at high frequency.

Williams R, Cherin E, Lam TY, Tavakkoli J, Zemp RJ, Foster FS

Physics in medicine and biology2006

DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/22/006 PMID: 17068366

Novel Nonlinear Ultrasound Methods in Thermometry and Imaging

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Tavakkoli, Jahangir (Jahan)

Keywords: biomedical ultrasound; image-guided therapeutic ultrasound; nonlinear ultrasound; ultrasound imaging; ultrasound thermometry; ultrasound thermal therapy; laser thermal therapy; low intensity focused ultrasound (lifu); high intensity focused ultrasound (hifu)

$102,000

Ultrasound Guidance and Monitoring of High-power Ultrasound Therapies

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Tavakkoli, Jahangir (Jahan)

$114,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Biomedical Ultrasound Dear Professor Tavakkoli, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Monitoring high-intensity focused ultrasound thermal therapy by ultrasound doppler imaging using twinkling artifact." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Novel Nonlinear Ultrasound Methods in Thermometry and Imaging" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]