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Michael Kolios

ResearcherPhysicsToronto Metropolitan University

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Michael Kolios

Researcher

Physics

Health Sciences

Toronto Metropolitan University

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Principal investigator on 30 research grants (24 NSERC, 6 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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Research

Photoacoustic Imaging Ultrasound Imaging Cancer Imaging Therapy Response Fibrosis Nephrology Renal Function Transplantation

Latest papers

Prediction of Chemotherapy Response in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer Patients at Pre-Treatment Using CT Textural Features and Machine Learning: Comparison of Feature Selection Methods
Tomography · 2025
Radiation enhancement using focussed ultrasound-stimulated microbubbles for breast cancer: A Phase 1 clinical trial
PLoS Medicine · 2024
Radiation enhancement using focussed ultrasound-stimulated microbubbles for head and neck cancer: A phase 1 clinical trial
Radiotherapy and Oncology · 2024

All 10 publications

Latest funding

Development of Multi-Frequency Ultrasound Localization Microscopy (ULM) Techniques on the Vevo F2 System and VADA Platform
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$40,000
Handheld photoacoustic scanner for the rapid assessment of blood quality in stored blood bags
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$125,000
Development and characterization of size isolated microbubbles, nanobubbles and nanodroplets for ultrasound imaging and therapy
CIHR · 2023 · Supervisor
$1,500

All 45 grants and awards

10 publications.

Prediction of Chemotherapy Response in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer Patients at Pre-Treatment Using CT Textural Features and Machine Learning: Comparison of Feature Selection Methods

Moslemi A, Osapoetra LO, Dasgupta A, Halstead S, Alberico D, Trudeau M, Gandhi S, Eisen A, Wright F, Look-Hong N

Tomography20255 citations

DOI: 10.3390/tomography11030033

Radiation enhancement using focussed ultrasound-stimulated microbubbles for breast cancer: A Phase 1 clinical trial

Moore-Palhares D, Dasgupta A, Saifuddin M, Pena MLA, Prasla S, Ho L, Lu L, Kung J, McNabb E, Sannachi L

PLoS Medicine202434 citations

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004408

Radiation enhancement using focussed ultrasound-stimulated microbubbles for head and neck cancer: A phase 1 clinical trial

Moore-Palhares D, Saifuddin M, Dasgupta A, Anzola Pena ML, Prasla S, Ho L, Lu L, Kung J, Karam I, Poon I

Radiotherapy and Oncology202414 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2024.110380

Quantification of extravasation and binding of PSMA-targeted nanobubbles by modelling the second-wave phenomenon.

Chen C, Perera R, Mischi M, Kolios M, Exner A, Turco S

Molecular imaging and biology2024

DOI: 10.1007/s11307-023-01891-w PMID: 38151581

Editorial: Breaking the speed limits in photoacoustic microscopy.

Yao J, Kim C, Kolios M, Hu S

Photoacoustics2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.pacs.2023.100541 PMID: 37692756

Novel MRI-guided focussed ultrasound stimulated microbubble radiation enhancement treatment for breast cancer.

Dasgupta A, Saifuddin M, McNabb E, Ho L, Lu L, Vesprini D, Karam I, Soliman H, Chow E, Gandhi S, Trudeau M, Tran W, Curpen B, Stanisz G, Sahgal A, Kolios M, Czarnota GJ

Scientific reports2023

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-40551-5 PMID: 37604988

PMMA-Fe3O4 for internal mechanical support and magnetic thermal ablation of bone tumors.

Yu K, Liang B, Zheng Y, Exner A, Kolios M, Xu T, Guo D, Cai X, Wang Z, Ran H, Chu L, Deng Z

Theranostics2019

DOI: 10.7150/thno.34157 PMID: 31281541

A magnetic droplet vaporization approach using perfluorohexane-encapsulated magnetic mesoporous particles for ultrasound imaging and tumor ablation.

Teng Z, Wang R, Zhou Y, Kolios M, Wang Y, Zhang N, Wang Z, Zheng Y, Lu G

Biomaterials2017

DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2017.04.021 PMID: 28453957

Effect of chromatin structure on quantitative ultrasound parameters.

Pasternak M, Doss L, Farhat G, Al-Mahrouki A, Kim CH, Kolios M, Tran WT, Czarnota GJ

Oncotarget2017

DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.14816 PMID: 28129644

Hybrid quantum dot-fatty ester stealth nanoparticles: toward clinically relevant in vivo optical imaging of deep tissue.

Shuhendler AJ, Prasad P, Chan HK, Gordijo CR, Soroushian B, Kolios M, Yu K, O'Brien PJ, Rauth AM, Wu XY

ACS nano2011

DOI: 10.1021/nn103024b PMID: 21338075

Development of Multi-Frequency Ultrasound Localization Microscopy (ULM) Techniques on the Vevo F2 System and VADA Platform

Principal investigatorNSERC2025Mitacs Accelerate

Principal investigators: Kolios, Michael

Keywords: Biomedical engineering; Medical equipment and apparatus

$40,000

Handheld photoacoustic scanner for the rapid assessment of blood quality in stored blood bags

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Idea to Innovation

Principal investigators: Kolios, Michael C

Keywords: blood bag analysis; photoacoustics; red blood cells; spectral analysis

$125,000

Development and characterization of size isolated microbubbles, nanobubbles and nanodroplets for ultrasound imaging and therapy

SupervisorCIHR2023CIHR-ICRH Travel Awards - General pool

Principal investigators: Jafari Sojahrood, Amin

Keywords: Cardiovascular Ultrasound

$1,500

Fundamental studies and novel approaches enabling the generation and characterization of ultrasound and photoacoustic contrast to probe the structure and function of cells, biomaterials and biological systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2022DND/NSERC Discovery Grant Supplement

Principal investigators: Kolios, Michael

$120,000

Fundamental studies and novel approaches enabling the generation and characterization of ultrasound and photoacoustic contrast to probe the structure and function of cells, biomaterials and biological systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Kolios, Michael

$183,000

Fast, Low-cost and in-situ Detection of Microplastics by Medical Ultrasound Imaging and their Robust Classification by Artificial Intelligence

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Yousefi, Nariman

Keywords: Plastic pollution; microplastics; ultrasound imaging; artificial intelligence; water contaminants; detection and classification; instance segmentation; deep learning; nanoplastics; medical imaging

$125,000

High-resolution ultrasound imaging of micro-bubble cavitation using separate emission / reception transducers

Co-investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Quaegebeur, Nicolas

$134,000

Assessment of COVID-19 Droplets in a Clinical Setting to Reduce the Risk to Health Care Providers_x000d_

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Karatas, Ahmet

$50,000

Ultrasound Mediated Cannabinoid/Curcuminoid Loaded Nano Drug Delivery Systems_x000d_

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Tavakkoli, Jahan

$300,000

Ultrasound Platform for A Priori Therapy Response Prediction

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Collaborative Health Research Projects

Principal investigators: Kolios, Michael

$453,500

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: Photoacoustic Imaging Dear Professor Kolios, 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 "Prediction of Chemotherapy Response in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer Patients at Pre-Treatment Using CT Textural Features and Machine Learning: Comparison of Feature Selection Methods" (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 "Development of Multi-Frequency Ultrasound Localization Microscopy (ULM) Techniques on the Vevo F2 System and VADA Platform" (2025), 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]

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Michael Kolios

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Latest funding

Prediction of Chemotherapy Response in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer Patients at Pre-Treatment Using CT Textural Features and Machine Learning: Comparison of Feature Selection Methods

Radiation enhancement using focussed ultrasound-stimulated microbubbles for breast cancer: A Phase 1 clinical trial

Radiation enhancement using focussed ultrasound-stimulated microbubbles for head and neck cancer: A phase 1 clinical trial

Quantification of extravasation and binding of PSMA-targeted nanobubbles by modelling the second-wave phenomenon.

Editorial: Breaking the speed limits in photoacoustic microscopy.

Novel MRI-guided focussed ultrasound stimulated microbubble radiation enhancement treatment for breast cancer.

PMMA-Fe3O4 for internal mechanical support and magnetic thermal ablation of bone tumors.

A magnetic droplet vaporization approach using perfluorohexane-encapsulated magnetic mesoporous particles for ultrasound imaging and tumor ablation.

Effect of chromatin structure on quantitative ultrasound parameters.

Hybrid quantum dot-fatty ester stealth nanoparticles: toward clinically relevant in vivo optical imaging of deep tissue.

Development of Multi-Frequency Ultrasound Localization Microscopy (ULM) Techniques on the Vevo F2 System and VADA Platform

Handheld photoacoustic scanner for the rapid assessment of blood quality in stored blood bags

Development and characterization of size isolated microbubbles, nanobubbles and nanodroplets for ultrasound imaging and therapy

Fundamental studies and novel approaches enabling the generation and characterization of ultrasound and photoacoustic contrast to probe the structure and function of cells, biomaterials and biological systems

Fundamental studies and novel approaches enabling the generation and characterization of ultrasound and photoacoustic contrast to probe the structure and function of cells, biomaterials and biological systems

Fast, Low-cost and in-situ Detection of Microplastics by Medical Ultrasound Imaging and their Robust Classification by Artificial Intelligence

High-resolution ultrasound imaging of micro-bubble cavitation using separate emission / reception transducers

Assessment of COVID-19 Droplets in a Clinical Setting to Reduce the Risk to Health Care Providers_x000d_

Ultrasound Mediated Cannabinoid/Curcuminoid Loaded Nano Drug Delivery Systems_x000d_

Ultrasound Platform for A Priori Therapy Response Prediction

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