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Sean Symons

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ProfessorDepartment of Medical ImagingUniversity of Toronto

Sean Symons

Professor

Department of Medical Imaging

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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18 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
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1,105

Citations

119

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Latest papers

Volumetric Postcontrast T1 Turbo Spin-Echo vs Gradient-Recalled Echo MR Sequences for Detecting Brain Metastases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2026
Subcortical white matter hyperintensities and motor function in parkinson's disease: findings from the ONDRI study.
GeroScience · 2026
Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents in the Follow-up of Pituitary Adenomas Following Transsphenoidal Surgery: Are Clinical Outcomes Affected?
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2026

All 42 publications

Latest funding

Small Vessel Disease meets protein misfolding: Phenobanking common dementias in clinical care to inform future precision medicine.
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
$2,081,600
Cohort to illuminate Neurodegeneration, Genetics, Imaging Associations and Leukoaraiosis (CONGENIAL)
CIHR · 2015 · Co-investigator
$919,405
The Toronto Dementia Research Alliance (TDRA) Dementia Clinical Research Database: A Platform in Neurodegenerative Diseases
BRAIN · 2015 · Co-investigator
$2,774,955

All 4 grants and awards

42 publications.

Volumetric Postcontrast T1 Turbo Spin-Echo vs Gradient-Recalled Echo MR Sequences for Detecting Brain Metastases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Benomar A, Ghumman SS, Ouahdi Y, Ghozy S, Soliman H, Zeng KL, Tseng CL, Detsky J, Chen H, Dinakaran D, Fu Q, Symons S, Sahgal A, Heyn C, Jabehdar Maralani P

AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology20262 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a9294 PMID: 41819794

Subcortical white matter hyperintensities and motor function in parkinson's disease: findings from the ONDRI study.

de Abreu DCC, Pieruccini-Faria F, Lang AE, Cornish B, McIlroy W, Jog M, Masellis M, Ramirez J, Scott C, Symons S, Black SE, Arnott SR, Binns M, Beaton D, Tan B, Marras C, Kwan D, Grimes D, Bartha R, Montero-Odasso M

GeroScience2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1007/s11357-025-01727-1 PMID: 40481924

Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents in the Follow-up of Pituitary Adenomas Following Transsphenoidal Surgery: Are Clinical Outcomes Affected?

Sacher E, Ghumman SS, Herazo Bustos C, Kang HT, Moghimi S, Al-Ali A, Atenafu EG, Symons S, Heyn C, Jabehdar Maralani P

AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology2026Open Access

DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a9458 PMID: 42242729

segcsvdPVS: A Convolutional Neural Network-Based Tool for Quantification of Enlarged Perivascular Spaces (PVS) on T1-Weighted Images.

Gibson E, Ramirez J, Woods LA, Berberian S, Ottoy J, Scott CJM, Yhap V, Gao F, Coello RD, Valdes Hernandez M, Lang AE, Tartaglia CM, Kumar S, Binns MA, Bartha R, Symons S, Swartz RH, Masellis M, Singh N, MacIntosh BJ, Wardlaw JM, Black SE, ONDRI Investigators, ADNI, CAHHM Investigators, CAIN Investigators, colleagues from the Foundation Leducq Transatlantic Network of Excellence, Lim ASP, Goubran M

Human brain mapping2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1002/hbm.70462 PMID: 41641899

Gadolinium-Enhanced T2 FLAIR Is an Imaging Biomarker of Radiation Necrosis and Tumor Progression in Patients with Brain Metastases.

Heyn C, Bishop J, Moody AR, Kang T, Wong E, Howard P, Maralani P, Symons S, MacIntosh BJ, Keith J, Lim-Fat MJ, Perry J, Myrehaug S, Detsky J, Tseng CL, Chen H, Sahgal A, Soliman H

AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology20258 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a8431 PMID: 39107039

White matter tract correlations with spoken language in cerebrovascular disease

Broberg DN, Haddad SMH, Aveni K, Havens A, McLaughlin PM, Binns MA, Orange JB, Arnott SR, Berezuk C, Casaubon LK

Brain Communications20253 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcaf145

Metabolic and vascular contributions to dementia: Soluble epoxide hydrolase-derived linoleic acid oxylipins and glycemic status are related to cerebral small vessel disease markers, atrophy, and cognitive performance.

Ryoo SW, Lin WZ, Magliocco A, Ruthirakuhan M, Wong YY, Perfetto SE, Huang C, Anita NZ, Arnott SR, Lang AE, Symons S, Hegele RA, Goubran M, Ramirez J, Ottoy J, Rabin JS, MacIntosh BJ, Lanctôt KL, Liang N, Cogo-Moreira H, Taha AY, Swardfager W, ONDRI Investigators

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association20251 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/alz.70718 PMID: 41059602

Systematic Review of the Adverse Events in Patients with Cochlear Implants following MRI

Lauren E. Mak, Vivek Pai, Chris Heyn, Sean P. Symons, Pejman Jabehdar Maralani

American Journal of Neuroradiology2025Open Access

DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a9142 PMID: 41412744

Link among apolipoprotein E E4, gait, and cognition in neurodegenerative diseases: ONDRI study.

Sakurai R, Pieruccini-Faria F, Cornish B, Fraser J, Binns MA, Beaton D, Dilliott AA, Kwan D, Ramirez J, Tan B, Scott CJM, Sunderland KM, Tartaglia C, Finger E, Zinman L, Freedman M, McLaughlin PM, Swartz RH, Symons S, Lang AE, Bartha R, Black SE, Masellis M, Hegele RA, McIlroy W, ONDRI Investigators, Montero-Odasso M

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association202414 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/alz.13740 PMID: 38470007

segcsvdWMH: A Convolutional Neural Network-Based Tool for Quantifying White Matter Hyperintensities in Heterogeneous Patient Cohorts.

Gibson E, Ramirez J, Woods LA, Ottoy J, Berberian S, Scott CJM, Yhap V, Gao F, Coello RD, Valdes Hernandez M, Lang AE, Tartaglia CM, Kumar S, Binns MA, Bartha R, Symons S, Swartz RH, Masellis M, Singh N, Moody A, MacIntosh BJ, Wardlaw JM, Black SE, Lim ASP, Goubran M, ONDRI Investigators, ADNI, CAIN Investigators, colleagues from the Foundation Leducq Transatlantic Network of Excellence

Human brain mapping20249 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/hbm.70104 PMID: 39723488

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

Cohort to illuminate Neurodegeneration, Genetics, Imaging Associations and Leukoaraiosis (CONGENIAL)

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Black, Sandra E; Masellis, Mario

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

$919,405

The Toronto Dementia Research Alliance (TDRA) Dementia Clinical Research Database: A Platform in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Co-investigatorBRAIN20152015 Platform Grants

Principal investigators: Fischer, Corinne; Weaver, Donald; Naglie, Gary; Masellis, Mario; Freedman, Morris; Bronskill, Susan

Keywords: Neurodegeneration; Alzheimer's

$2,774,955

In Vivo Brain Mapping in the Dementias: A Longitudinal Brain-Behaviour Study with a Focus on Cerebrovascular Disease and Heterogeneity

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Black, Sandra E; Masellis, Mario

Keywords: Dementia (Alzheimer'S; Frontotemporal; Imaging-Genetics; Lewy Body); Longitudinal Cohort; Mri (Structural/Functional); Neurodegenerative Gait Disorders; Neuropathology; Neuropsychology; Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography; Vascular Cognitive Disorders

$100,000

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.

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Sean Symons

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Volumetric Postcontrast T1 Turbo Spin-Echo vs Gradient-Recalled Echo MR Sequences for Detecting Brain Metastases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Subcortical white matter hyperintensities and motor function in parkinson's disease: findings from the ONDRI study.

Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents in the Follow-up of Pituitary Adenomas Following Transsphenoidal Surgery: Are Clinical Outcomes Affected?

segcsvdPVS: A Convolutional Neural Network-Based Tool for Quantification of Enlarged Perivascular Spaces (PVS) on T1-Weighted Images.

Gadolinium-Enhanced T2 FLAIR Is an Imaging Biomarker of Radiation Necrosis and Tumor Progression in Patients with Brain Metastases.

White matter tract correlations with spoken language in cerebrovascular disease

Metabolic and vascular contributions to dementia: Soluble epoxide hydrolase-derived linoleic acid oxylipins and glycemic status are related to cerebral small vessel disease markers, atrophy, and cognitive performance.

Systematic Review of the Adverse Events in Patients with Cochlear Implants following MRI

Link among apolipoprotein E E4, gait, and cognition in neurodegenerative diseases: ONDRI study.

segcsvdWMH: A Convolutional Neural Network-Based Tool for Quantifying White Matter Hyperintensities in Heterogeneous Patient Cohorts.

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

Cohort to illuminate Neurodegeneration, Genetics, Imaging Associations and Leukoaraiosis (CONGENIAL)

The Toronto Dementia Research Alliance (TDRA) Dementia Clinical Research Database: A Platform in Neurodegenerative Diseases

In Vivo Brain Mapping in the Dementias: A Longitudinal Brain-Behaviour Study with a Focus on Cerebrovascular Disease and Heterogeneity

Frequent collaborators

Sandra Black

Robert Bartha

Richard Swartz

Mario Masellis

Joel Ramirez

Pejman Jabehdar Maralani

Pejman Maralani

Stephen Strother

Malcolm Binns

Maged Goubran

Connie Marras

Demetrios Sahlas

Dariush Dowlatshahi

David Grimes

Mandar Jog

Dar Dowlatshahi

Manuel Montero Odasso

Arjun Sahgal

Alan Moody

Sanjeev Kumar

John Turnbull

Anish Kapadia

J.B. Orange

Navneet Singh

Peter Howard

Chris Hudson

Vivek Pai

Caitlin McGregor

Wendy Hatch

Paul Sanghera

David Landry

Josee Sarrazin

Matylda Machnowska