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Chinthaka Heyn

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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Chinthaka Heyn

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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16 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2017.

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Latest papers

First Report of Staged Adaptive Frameless Stereotactic Radiosurgery in 3 "Pulses" to Salvage Brain Metastases that Failed Previous Radiosurgery.
Neurosurgery · 2026
Advanced Imaging Techniques for the Detection and Follow-up of Brain Metastases.
Cancer journal (Sudbury, Mass.) · 2026
Microbubble-enhanced transcranial focused ultrasound with temozolomide for patients with high-grade glioma (BT008NA): a multicentre, open-label, phase 1/2 trial.
The Lancet. Oncology · 2025

All 28 publications

Latest funding

Parallel Radiofrequency Transmission for Safe 3 Tesla MRI of Patients with Deep Brain Stimulation Devices
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$918,000
Rapid Diagnostic Imaging of Brain Metastases using Computational Accelerated MRI
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$642,600
Imaging Lactate Production and Consumption in the Human Brain
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$875,925

All 8 grants and awards

28 publications.

First Report of Staged Adaptive Frameless Stereotactic Radiosurgery in 3 "Pulses" to Salvage Brain Metastases that Failed Previous Radiosurgery.

Tong D, Shor D, Zhang B, Ruschin M, Detsky JS, Dinakaran D, Soliman H, Tseng CL, da Costa L, Das S, Heyn C, Holden L, Atenafu EG, Sahgal A, Chen H

Neurosurgery2026

DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000004142 PMID: 42340322

Advanced Imaging Techniques for the Detection and Follow-up of Brain Metastases.

Yu H, Soliman H, Zeng KL, Tseng CL, Detsky J, Chen H, Stanisz GJ, Chan RW, Cunningham CH, Cappelletto NIC, Lau A, Alcaide Leon P, Das S, Heyn C, Sahgal A, Jabehdar Maralani P

Cancer journal (Sudbury, Mass.)2026

DOI: 10.1097/ppo.0000000000000805 PMID: 41574989

Microbubble-enhanced transcranial focused ultrasound with temozolomide for patients with high-grade glioma (BT008NA): a multicentre, open-label, phase 1/2 trial.

Woodworth GF, Anastasiadis P, Ozair A, Chabros J, Bettegowda C, Chen C, Gerstl JVE, Douville C, Mekary RA, Smith TR, Meng Y, Hawkins C, Pople CB, Abrahao A, Llinas M, Heyn C, Bunevicius A, Rezai AR, Ball AJS, Henry K, Sahgal A, Torio E, Ren H, Ahmad H, Arora H, Eisenberg H, Perry J, Carpenter JS, Hynynen K, Pham LC, Anketell MB, Lim-Fat MJ, Xu Z, Cifarelli CP, Sheehan JP, McDannold NJ, Gandhi D, Golby AJ, Lipsman N

The Lancet. Oncology2025

DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00492-9 PMID: 41308679

Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia: Case Report and Management Review in an Underappreciated Cause of Bulbar Palsy, Weakness, and Ataxia.

Muir RT, da Costa L, Heyn C, Murray BJ

The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques2024

DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2023.32 PMID: 36927613

Blood-brain barrier opening of the default mode network in Alzheimer's disease with magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound.

Meng Y, Goubran M, Rabin JS, McSweeney M, Ottoy J, Pople CB, Huang Y, Storace A, Ozzoude M, Bethune A, Lam B, Swardfager W, Heyn C, Abrahao A, Davidson B, Hamani C, Aubert I, Zetterberg H, Ashton NJ, Karikari TK, Blennow K, Black SE, Hynynen K, Lipsman N

Brain : a journal of neurology2023

DOI: 10.1093/brain/awac459 PMID: 36694943

Detection of solid and subsolid pulmonary nodules with lung MRI: performance of UTE, T1 gradient-echo, and single-shot T2 fast spin echo.

Sanchez F, Tyrrell PN, Cheung P, Heyn C, Graham S, Poon I, Ung Y, Louie A, Tsao M, Oikonomou A

Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society2023

DOI: 10.1186/s40644-023-00531-4 PMID: 36793094

Measuring Brain Temperature in Youth Bipolar Disorder Using a Novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging Approach: A Proof-of-concept Study.

Zou Y, Heyn C, Grigorian A, Tam F, Andreazza AC, Graham SJ, Maclntosh BJ, Goldstein BI

Current neuropharmacology2023

DOI: 10.2174/1570159x21666230322090754 PMID: 36946483

Sleep and perivascular disruption: An illustrative case of severe sleep apnea, an enlarged Virchow-Robin space, and contralateral asymmetric periodic limb movements.

Adirim ZL, Heyn C, Murray BJ

Sleep medicine2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2023.10.026 PMID: 39492246

Relationship between apparent diffusion coefficient and survival as a function of distance from gross tumor volume on radiation planning MRI in newly diagnosed glioblastoma.

Jabehdar Maralani P, Stewart J, Hiremath S, Lawrence L, Chan R, Lau A, Chen H, Chan A, Zeng LK, Tseng CL, Myrehaug S, Soliman H, Detsky J, Heyn C, Lim Fat M, Lipsman N, Sahgal A

Journal of neuro-oncology2023

DOI: 10.1007/s11060-023-04440-1 PMID: 37707752

Hypofractionated stereotactic radiosurgery (HSRS) as a salvage treatment for brain metastases failing prior stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS).

Yan M, Lee M, Myrehaug S, Tseng CL, Detsky J, Chen H, Das S, Yeboah C, Lipsman N, Costa LD, Holden L, Heyn C, Maralani P, Ruschin M, Sahgal A, Soliman H

Journal of neuro-oncology2023

DOI: 10.1007/s11060-023-04265-y PMID: 36914878

Parallel Radiofrequency Transmission for Safe 3 Tesla MRI of Patients with Deep Brain Stimulation Devices

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Graham, Simon J

Keywords: Deep Brain Stimulation; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Medical Device Safety; Parallel Radiofrequency Transmission

$918,000

Rapid Diagnostic Imaging of Brain Metastases using Computational Accelerated MRI

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Chiew, Mark

Keywords: Brain Metastases; Cancer Imaging; Deep Learning; Diagnostic Imaging; Image Reconstruction; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neuroimaging; Self-Supervised Learning

$642,600

Imaging Lactate Production and Consumption in the Human Brain

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cunningham, Charles H

Keywords: 13c; Aerobic Glycolysis; Astrocyte; Dnp; Hyperpolarized; Lactate; Metabolite; Metastasis; Mri; Warburg

$875,925

Rapid Diagnostic Imaging of Brain Metastases using Computational MRI

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Early Detection/Cancer Prevention

Principal investigators: Chiew, Mark

Keywords: Brain Metastases; Deep Learning; Image Reconstruction; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neuroimaging; Self-Supervised Learning

$100,000

Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19: An Electroencephalography and Magnetic Resonance Neuroimaging Study of the Elderly in our Communities

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op Grant: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps & Priorities - Post COVID-19 condition

Principal investigators: Graham, Simon J; Chen, Jing J; Gilboa, Asaf; MacIntosh, Bradley J; Schweizer, Tom A; Sekuler, Allison B

Keywords: Aging; Covid-19 Sequelae; Electroencephalography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Sensation, Cognition And Emotion

$500,000

Brain Energy Metabolism and Heat Production in Adolescents with Bipolar Disorder.

Nominated PICIHR2017Operating Grant: SickKids-CIHR-IHDCYH New Investigator Grants

Principal investigators: Heyn, Chinthaka C

Small Vessel Disease meets protein misfolding: Phenobanking common dementias in clinical care to inform future precision medicine.

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Black, Sandra E

Keywords: Dementia (Alzheimer'S, Frontotemporal, And Lewy Body); Imaging- Genetics; Longitudinal Cohort; Molecular Pet; Mri (Structural/Functional); Neurobehaviour (E.G., Depression, Apathy); Neuropathology; Neuropsychology; Spect; Vascular Cognitive Disorders

$2,081,600

Understanding Neurodegeneration, Venules, Amyloid Imaging and Leukoaraiosis (UNVAIL)

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Black, Sandra E; Bocti, Christian; Borrie, Michael J; Chertkow, Howard M; Darvesh, Sultan; Dowlatshahi, Dariush; Frayne, Richard; Hsiung, Ging-Yuek R; Laforce, Robert J; Mandzia, Jennifer L; Masellis, Mario; Prato, Frank S; Sahlas, Demetrios; Smith, Eric E; Soucy, Jean-Paul; Strother, Stephen; Swartz, Richard

Keywords: Amyloid And Tau Pet Imaging; Amyloid Angiopathy; Brain Volumetrics And Microstructural Integrity; Executive Dysfunction And Memory Loss; Executive Function Processing; Metabolic Imaging And Functional Networks; Small Vessel Disease; Stroke And Transient Ischemic Attack; Subcortical Ischemic Brain Small Blood Vessel Disasculopathy; Venous Collagenosis

$100,000

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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Chinthaka Heyn

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First Report of Staged Adaptive Frameless Stereotactic Radiosurgery in 3 "Pulses" to Salvage Brain Metastases that Failed Previous Radiosurgery.

Advanced Imaging Techniques for the Detection and Follow-up of Brain Metastases.

Microbubble-enhanced transcranial focused ultrasound with temozolomide for patients with high-grade glioma (BT008NA): a multicentre, open-label, phase 1/2 trial.

Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia: Case Report and Management Review in an Underappreciated Cause of Bulbar Palsy, Weakness, and Ataxia.

Blood-brain barrier opening of the default mode network in Alzheimer's disease with magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound.

Detection of solid and subsolid pulmonary nodules with lung MRI: performance of UTE, T1 gradient-echo, and single-shot T2 fast spin echo.

Measuring Brain Temperature in Youth Bipolar Disorder Using a Novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging Approach: A Proof-of-concept Study.

Sleep and perivascular disruption: An illustrative case of severe sleep apnea, an enlarged Virchow-Robin space, and contralateral asymmetric periodic limb movements.

Relationship between apparent diffusion coefficient and survival as a function of distance from gross tumor volume on radiation planning MRI in newly diagnosed glioblastoma.

Hypofractionated stereotactic radiosurgery (HSRS) as a salvage treatment for brain metastases failing prior stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS).

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