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Joao Amaral
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Latest papers
Diagnostic performance of ultrasound guided salivary gland core needle biopsy and fine needle aspiration in children.
Pediatric radiology · 2026
Ultrasound-guided core needle joint biopsies in children: pathological findings, diagnostic performance, and clinical relevance.
Pediatric radiology · 2026
Safety and Effectiveness of Sclerotherapy for Nonparasitic Splenic Cysts: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR · 2023 · senior author
Latest funding
- $302,342
Temperature measurement in cortical bone and bone marrow during magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound thermo-therapy in a porcine model
CIHR · 2012 · Co-investigator
23 publications.
Diagnostic performance of ultrasound guided salivary gland core needle biopsy and fine needle aspiration in children.
Oliveira V, Lafrenière A, Wolter N, Amaral J, Gasparetto A, Parra Rojas D
Ultrasound-guided core needle joint biopsies in children: pathological findings, diagnostic performance, and clinical relevance.
Oliveira V, Girdwood A, Pezeshkpour P, Tse S, Temple M, Amirabadi A, Dien Esquivel MF, Gasparetto A, Amaral J, Chiramel G, Carroll Downey A, Parra Rojas DA
Safety and Effectiveness of Sclerotherapy for Nonparasitic Splenic Cysts: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Gasparetto A, Alonso J, Temple M, Parra D, Chiramel G, Chand R, Amaral J
Gastrostomy Tube Use in Pediatrics: A Systematic Review.
Berman L, Baird R, Sant'Anna A, Rosen R, Petrini M, Cellucci M, Fuchs L, Costa J, Lester J, Stevens J, Morrow M, Jaszczyszyn D, Amaral J, Goldin A
Magnetic Resonance Lymphangiography
Govind B. Chavhan, Christopher Z. Lam, Mary‐Louise C. Greer, Michael J. Temple, João Amaral, Lars Grosse‐Wortmann
Hemodialysis Catheters in Infants: A Retrospective Single-Center Cohort Study.
Ma GMY, Ventura LM, Amiribadi A, Gnannt R, Nemec R, Noone D, Licht C, Amaral J, Temple M, Muthasami P, Parra D, Chamlati R, Connolly B
Intraperitoneal hemorrhage in neonate with multifocal hepatic hemangiomas.
Shapira-Zaltsberg G, Amaral J, Temple M
Image guided sacroiliac joint corticosteroid injections in children: an 18-year single-center retrospective study.
Chamlati R, Connolly B, Laxer R, Stimec J, Panwar J, Tse S, Muthusami P, Amaral J, Temple M, Parra DA
Clinical Impact of Chronic Venous Changes Induced by Central Lines in Children: A Cohort with Abnormal Venograms
Gnannt R, Chamlati R, Waespe N, Amirabadi A, Donnellan J, Amaral J, Parra D, Brandão LR, Connolly B
Management and Outcomes of Childhood Renal Artery Stenosis and Middle Aortic Syndrome.
Rumman RK, Matsuda-Abedini M, Langlois V, Radhakrishnan S, Lorenzo AJ, Amaral J, Mertens L, Parekh RS
Temperature measurement in cortical bone and bone marrow during magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound thermo-therapy in a porcine model
Principal investigators: Drake, James M; Cheng, Hai-Ling M; Sivaloganathan, Sivabal
Keywords: Biomedical Engineering (1102); Biophysics (3113); Bone Tumour Therapy; High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound; Magnetic Resonance Thermometry; Mathematical Modelling (2960); Medical And Health Sciences (1211); Relaxation Time Mapping; Temperature Modeling; Thermal Ablation
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- James Drake and Adam Waspe: 36 shared papers
- Rulan Parekh and Christoph Licht: 31 shared papers
- Rulan Parekh and Valerie Langlois: 21 shared papers
- Christoph Licht and Valerie Langlois: 19 shared papers
- Christoph Licht and Damien Noone: 17 shared papers
- Rulan Parekh and Seetha Radhakrishnan: 15 shared papers
- Christoph Licht and Seetha Radhakrishnan: 15 shared papers
- Seetha Radhakrishnan and Valerie Langlois: 12 shared papers
- Rulan Parekh and Damien Noone: 10 shared papers
- Joao Amaral and Bairbre Connolly: 10 shared papers
- Valerie Langlois and Damien Noone: 9 shared papers
- Rulan Parekh and Luc Mertens: 8 shared papers
- Bairbre Connolly and Dimitri Parra: 8 shared papers
- Luc Mertens and Rahim Moineddin: 7 shared papers
- Joao Amaral and Dimitri Parra: 7 shared papers
- Rulan Parekh and Mina Matsuda-Abedini: 5 shared papers
- Luc Mertens and Valerie Langlois: 4 shared papers
- Seetha Radhakrishnan and Mina Matsuda-Abedini: 4 shared papers
- Valerie Langlois and Mina Matsuda-Abedini: 4 shared papers
- Rulan Parekh and Joao Amaral: 3 shared papers
- Luc Mertens and Joao Amaral: 3 shared papers
- Rahim Moineddin and Jennifer Stimec: 3 shared papers
- Joao Amaral and Alessandro Gasparetto: 3 shared papers
- Joao Amaral and Seetha Radhakrishnan: 3 shared papers
- Joao Amaral and Valerie Langlois: 3 shared papers
- Joao Amaral and Mina Matsuda-Abedini: 3 shared papers
- Jennifer Stimec and Shirley Tse: 3 shared papers
- Mary-Louise Greer and Rahim Moineddin: 2 shared papers
- James Drake and Rahim Moineddin: 2 shared papers
- Christoph Licht and Bairbre Connolly: 2 shared papers
- Ronald Laxer and Jennifer Stimec: 2 shared papers
- Joao Amaral and George Chiramel: 2 shared papers
- Joao Amaral and Prakash Muthusami: 2 shared papers
- Joao Amaral and Shirley Tse: 2 shared papers
- George Chiramel and Alessandro Gasparetto: 2 shared papers
- Bairbre Connolly and Prakash Muthusami: 2 shared papers
- Alessandro Gasparetto and Dimitri Parra: 2 shared papers
- John Donnellan and James Drake: 1 shared paper
- John Donnellan and Joao Amaral: 1 shared paper
- John Donnellan and Bairbre Connolly: 1 shared paper
- Mary-Louise Greer and Paolo Campisi: 1 shared paper
- Mary-Louise Greer and Joao Amaral: 1 shared paper
- James Drake and Joao Amaral: 1 shared paper
- Christoph Licht and Joao Amaral: 1 shared paper
- Adam Waspe and Joao Amaral: 1 shared paper
- Rahim Moineddin and Joao Amaral: 1 shared paper
- Anthea Girdwood and Joao Amaral: 1 shared paper
- Anthea Girdwood and George Chiramel: 1 shared paper
- Anthea Girdwood and Alessandro Gasparetto: 1 shared paper
- Anthea Girdwood and Shirley Tse: 1 shared paper
- Christopher Tomlinson and Joao Amaral: 1 shared paper
- Ronald Laxer and Joao Amaral: 1 shared paper
- Ronald Laxer and Bairbre Connolly: 1 shared paper
- Ronald Laxer and Prakash Muthusami: 1 shared paper
- Paolo Campisi and Joao Amaral: 1 shared paper
- Paolo Campisi and Bairbre Connolly: 1 shared paper
- Nikolaus Wolter and Joao Amaral: 1 shared paper
- Nikolaus Wolter and Alessandro Gasparetto: 1 shared paper
- Joao Amaral and Jennifer Stimec: 1 shared paper
- Joao Amaral and Damien Noone: 1 shared paper
- Department of Medical Imaging
- Department of Paediatrics
- Department of Medicine
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
- Institute of Medical Science
- Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
- Department of Surgery
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Bairbre Connolly
Department of Medical Imaging
10 shared papers, latest 2020
Dimitri Parra
Department of Medical Imaging
7 shared papers, latest 2023
Alessandro Gasparetto
Department of Medical Imaging
3 shared papers, latest 2026
Seetha Radhakrishnan
Department of Paediatrics
3 shared papers, latest 2018
Valerie Langlois
Department of Paediatrics
3 shared papers, latest 2018
Mina Matsuda-Abedini
Department of Paediatrics
3 shared papers, latest 2018
Luc Mertens
Institute of Medical Science
3 shared papers, latest 2018
Rulan Parekh
Department of Medicine
3 shared papers, latest 2018
Prakash Muthusami
Department of Medical Imaging
2 shared papers, latest 2020
George Chiramel
Department of Medical Imaging
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Shirley Tse
Department of Paediatrics
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Damien Noone
Department of Paediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Jennifer Stimec
Department of Medical Imaging
1 shared papers, latest 2020
James Drake
Department of Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Christoph Licht
Department of Paediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Adam Waspe
Department of Medical Imaging
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Thomas Looi
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Rahim Moineddin
Department of Family & Community Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Samuel Pichardo
Department of Radiology
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Anthea Girdwood
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Christopher Tomlinson
Department of Paediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2008
Ronald Laxer
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Paolo Campisi
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2011
John Donnellan
Medical Imaging
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Nikolaus Wolter
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Mary-Louise Greer
Department of Medical Imaging
1 shared papers, latest 2020
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