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Research
Latest papers
Robustness of interstitial photodynamic therapy treatment planning under power and positional uncertainties in light delivery.
Scientific reports · 2026
Recreational physical activity and biomarkers of breast cancer risk in a cohort of adolescent girls.
Breast cancer research : BCR · 2026
Photodynamic therapy dosimetry: current status and the emerging challenge of immune stimulation.
Journal of biomedical optics · 2025
Latest funding
- $249,597
Enhanced detection of childhood eye cancer and blindness using computer-generated 3D models of the eyeball.
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
- $534,113
Multi-GHz 'Smart' Burst-mode ultrafast-laser processing of microfluidic structures, biological/medical materials and difficult industrial materials
NSERC · 2016 · Co-investigator
- $378,613
Orthopaedic surgical platform which uses burst-mode ultrafast laser pulses delivered by high-power fiber-optic catheter for less-invasive surgery with ultrafine control
NSERC · 2015 · Co-investigator
88 publications.
Robustness of interstitial photodynamic therapy treatment planning under power and positional uncertainties in light delivery.
Wang S, Saeidi T, Lilge L, Betz V
Recreational physical activity and biomarkers of breast cancer risk in a cohort of adolescent girls.
Kehm RD, Lilge L, Walter EJ, Santella RM, White ML, Herbstman JB, Perera F, Miller RL, Terry MB
Photodynamic therapy dosimetry: current status and the emerging challenge of immune stimulation.
Wilson BC, Lilge L, Weersink RA, Pires L
Dose threshold values for endovascular photodynamic therapy (PDT) in normal pig pancreas and human pancreatic cancer.
Saeidi T, Vazquez AG, Verde J, Wanert F, Spiridon IA, Schmid A, Swanstrom L, Bown S, Lilge L, Bogaards A
Pioneer of Biomedical Optics: Brian C. Wilson.
Pogue BW, Lilge L, Andersson-Engels S, Madsen SJ, Olivo MC, Vitkin A
Exploring Endovascular Photo-Activated Ablation (EPA) for Downstaging Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: A Proof-of-Concept Study in the Normal Porcine Model.
García Vázquez A, Verde JM, Wanert F, Spiridon IA, Schmid A, Saeidi T, Swanstrom LL, Bown SG, Lilge L, Bogaards A
Treatment planning evolution: Comparing approaches in photodynamic and radiation therapies.
Saeidi T, Mirzajavadkhan A, Lilge L
Are blood flow and blood volume predictors of localized photosensitizer accumulation in the brain?
Saeidi T, Foltz WD, Zabel WJ, Daly MJ, Vitkin IA, Akens MK, Lilge L
Enabling point of care optical diagnostics and treatment of oral lesions in resource-limited settings: Preclinical development and evaluation of a low-cost theranostic intraoral device for image-guided photodynamic therapy.
Khan S, Song B, Ahsan MS, Boodhoo D, Farias S, Trzcinski JM, Li S, Lilge L, Pogue BW, Liang R, Hasan T, Celli J
Light-based therapy of infected wounds: a review of dose considerations for photodynamic microbial inactivation and photobiomodulation.
Singh N, Lilge L
Enhanced detection of childhood eye cancer and blindness using computer-generated 3D models of the eyeball.
Principal investigators: Mallipatna, Ashwin
Multi-GHz 'Smart' Burst-mode ultrafast-laser processing of microfluidic structures, biological/medical materials and difficult industrial materials
Principal investigators: Marjoribanks, Robin
Orthopaedic surgical platform which uses burst-mode ultrafast laser pulses delivered by high-power fiber-optic catheter for less-invasive surgery with ultrafine control
Principal investigators: Marjoribanks, Robin
Fast and accurate biophotonic simulations for photodynamic cancer therapy treatment planning
Principal investigators: Betz, Vaughn
Orthopaedic surgical platform which uses burst-mode ultrafast laser pulses delivered by high-power fiber-optic catheter for less-invasive surgery with ultrafine control
Principal investigators: Marjoribanks, Robin S; Akens, Margarete K; Betz, Vaughn; Lilge, Lothar
Keywords: Bone Graft; Burst-Mode; Fiber Optic Catheter; Laser Surgery; Orthopaedic Surgery; Plasma-Mediated Ablation; Tissue Ablation; Tissue Debridement; Tissue Necrosis; Ultrafast Laser
Fast Biophotonic Simulations for Clinical Applications
Principal investigators: Cassidy, Jeffrey C
Keywords: Agile Computing; Bioluminescence Imaging; Biophotonics; Custom Computing; Head And Neck Cancers; Light Propagation In Turbid Media; Monte Carlo Modelling; Photodynamic Therapy
Investigation of the bioeffects of blood-brain barrier disruption by focused ultrasound: A multifaceted imaging approach
Principal investigators: Hynynen, Kullervo H
Keywords: Alzheimer'S Disease; Blood-Brain Barrier; Drug Delivery; Focused Ultrasound; Two-Photon Microscopy
Canadian Institute for Photonics Innovation Inc./Institut canadien pour les innovations en photonique inc.
Principal investigators: Fedosejevs, Robert
Lab-on-a-chip platform for single rare cell genomic and proteomic analysis
Principal investigators: Lilge, Lothar
Keywords: Analytical Chemistry; Lab-On-A-Chip; Micro Analysis; Single Cell
Breast cancer risk assessment using optical transillumination spectroscopy
Principal investigators: Lilge, Lothar
Keywords: Biomedical Optics And Spectroscopy; Breast Cancer; Epidemiology; Risk Groups
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Vaughn Betz and Lothar Lilge: 15 shared papers
- Bojana Stefanovic and Kullervo Hynynen: 4 shared papers
- Warren Foltz and Lothar Lilge: 4 shared papers
- David Hedley and Mark Nitz: 3 shared papers
- Marcelo Cypel and Lothar Lilge: 2 shared papers
- Marcelo Cypel and Robert Weersink: 2 shared papers
- Lothar Lilge and Robert Weersink: 2 shared papers
- Lothar Lilge and Kullervo Hynynen: 2 shared papers
- Lothar Lilge and Tony Mazzulli: 2 shared papers
- Girish Kulkarni and Vaughn Betz: 1 shared paper
- Girish Kulkarni and Lothar Lilge: 1 shared paper
- Bojana Stefanovic and Lothar Lilge: 1 shared paper
- Benoit Barbeau and Vaughn Betz: 1 shared paper
- Benoit Barbeau and Lothar Lilge: 1 shared paper
- David Hedley and Lothar Lilge: 1 shared paper
- Marcelo Cypel and Vaughn Betz: 1 shared paper
- Marcelo Cypel and Tony Mazzulli: 1 shared paper
- Mark Nitz and Warren Foltz: 1 shared paper
- Mark Nitz and Lothar Lilge: 1 shared paper
- Margarete Akens and Lothar Lilge: 1 shared paper
- Vaughn Betz and Stephen Brown: 1 shared paper
- Lothar Lilge and Yu Sun: 1 shared paper
- Lothar Lilge and Sherri Mcfarland: 1 shared paper
- Lothar Lilge and Shashi Gujar: 1 shared paper
- Lothar Lilge and Sharon Gabison: 1 shared paper
- Lothar Lilge and Stephen Brown: 1 shared paper
- Sherri Mcfarland and Shashi Gujar: 1 shared paper
- Physics
- Medicine
- Toronto General Research Institute
- Chemistry
- Medical Biophysics
- Thoracic Surgery
- Radiation Oncology/Medical Physics
- 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.
Vaughn Betz
Physics
15 shared papers, latest 2026
Warren Foltz
Medicine
4 shared papers, latest 2019
Kullervo Hynynen
Medical Biophysics
2 shared papers, latest 2014
Robert Weersink
Radiation Oncology/Medical Physics
2 shared papers, latest 2006
Tony Mazzulli
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
2 shared papers, latest 2014
Marcelo Cypel
Thoracic Surgery
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Sharon Gabison
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Yu Sun
Toronto General Research Institute
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Stephen Brown
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Sherri Mcfarland
Chemistry
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Shashi Gujar
Pathology
1 shared papers, latest 2019
David Hedley
Medical Oncology
1 shared papers, latest 2005
Girish Kulkarni
Toronto General Research Institute
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Mark Nitz
Chemistry
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Benoit Barbeau
Sciences biologiques
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Margarete Akens
Physics
1 shared papers, latest 2009
Bojana Stefanovic
Department of Medical Biophysics
1 shared papers, latest 2013
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