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Assistant Professor - Affiliated InstituteDepartment of Medical BiophysicsWestern University

Michael Kovacs

Assistant Professor - Affiliated Institute

Department of Medical Biophysics

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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3 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.

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Latest papers

Complexities of Atrial Fibrosis Imaging: Exploring Relationships Between Endocardial Voltage, Extracellular Volume, and Sympathetic Innervation.
JACC. Clinical electrophysiology · 2025
Design, Synthesis, and Preclinical Evaluation of a High-Affinity 18F-Labeled Radioligand for Myocardial Growth Hormone Secretagogue Receptor Before and After Myocardial Infarction.
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2024
Myocardial glucose suppression may interfere with the detection of inflammatory cells with FDG-PET as suggested in a canine model of myocardial infarction.
EJNMMI research · 2023

All 10 publications

Latest funding

Cyclic Peptide Nanotubes as a Platform Technology for Cancer Imaging Agents and Theranostics
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$300,000
Developing Novel Brain Imaging and Blood Testing Against a Major Early Disease Driver for Timely Diagnosis and Effective Treatment of Age-Dependent Tauopathies
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,075,000
Hybrid PET/MRI Biomedical Imaging of Bacteria
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$799,735

All 8 grants and awards

10 publications.

Complexities of Atrial Fibrosis Imaging: Exploring Relationships Between Endocardial Voltage, Extracellular Volume, and Sympathetic Innervation.

Wilk B, Lim H, Hicks J, Sullivan R, Thiessen JD, Kovacs M, Sykes J, Biernaski H, Duffett S, Prato FS, Skanes A

JACC. Clinical electrophysiology2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2025.02.012 PMID: 40306891

Design, Synthesis, and Preclinical Evaluation of a High-Affinity 18F-Labeled Radioligand for Myocardial Growth Hormone Secretagogue Receptor Before and After Myocardial Infarction.

Sullivan R, Hou J, Yu L, Wilk B, Sykes J, Biernaski H, Butler J, Kovacs M, Hicks J, Thiessen JD, Dharmakumar R, Prato FS, Wisenberg G, Luyt LG, Dhanvantari S

Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine2024

DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.124.267578 PMID: 39266294

Myocardial glucose suppression may interfere with the detection of inflammatory cells with FDG-PET as suggested in a canine model of myocardial infarction.

Wilk B, Smailovic H, Sullivan R, Sistermans ER, Butler J, Jago H, Kovacs M, Wisenberg G, Thiessen JD, Prato FS

EJNMMI research2023

DOI: 10.1186/s13550-023-01040-y PMID: 37823919

Heart Rate-Independent 3D Myocardial Blood Oxygen Level-Dependent MRI at 3.0 T with Simultaneous 13N-Ammonia PET Validation.

Yang HJ, Dey D, Sykes J, Butler J, Biernaski H, Kovacs M, Bi X, Sharif B, Cokic I, Tang R, Slomka P, Prato FS, Dharmakumar R

Radiology2020

DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2020191456 PMID: 32096705

Implementation of an NGS-based sequencing and gene fusion panel for clinical screening of patients with suspected hematologic malignancies.

Levy MA, Santos S, Kerkhof J, Stuart A, Aref-Eshghi E, Guo F, Hedley B, Wong H, Rauh M, Feilotter H, Berardi P, Semenuk L, Yang P, Knoll J, Ainsworth P, McLachlin CM, Chin-Yee I, Kovacs M, Deotare U, Lazo-Langner A, Hsia C, Keeney M, Xenocostas A, Howlett C, Lin H, Sadikovic B

European journal of haematology2019

DOI: 10.1111/ejh.13272 PMID: 31177553

Detection of Active Caspase-3 in Mouse Models of Stroke and Alzheimer's Disease with a Novel Dual Positron Emission Tomography/Fluorescent Tracer [68Ga]Ga-TC3-OGDOTA.

Ostapchenko VG, Snir J, Suchy M, Fan J, Cobb MR, Chronik BA, Kovacs M, Prado VF, Hudson RHE, Pasternak SH, Prado MAM, Bartha R

Contrast media & molecular imaging2019

DOI: 10.1155/2019/6403274 PMID: 30755766

An Aspartyl Cathepsin Targeted PET Agent: Application in an Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model.

Snir JA, Suchy M, Bindseil GA, Kovacs M, Chronik BA, Hudson RHE, Pasternak SH, Bartha R

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2018

DOI: 10.3233/jad-170115 PMID: 29332035

Characterization of 5-(2- 18F-fluoroethoxy)-L-tryptophan for PET imaging of the pancreas.

Abbas A, Beamish C, McGirr R, Demarco J, Cockburn N, Krokowski D, Lee TY, Kovacs M, Hatzoglou M, Dhanvantari S

F1000Research2016

DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.9129.2 PMID: 27909574

Absolute Cerebral Blood Flow Infarction Threshold for 3-Hour Ischemia Time Determined with CT Perfusion and 18F-FFMZ-PET Imaging in a Porcine Model of Cerebral Ischemia.

Wright EA, d'Esterre CD, Morrison LB, Cockburn N, Kovacs M, Lee TY

PloS one2016

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158157 PMID: 27347877

Normal levels of protein C and protein S tested in the acute phase of a venous thromboembolic event are not falsely elevated.

Minuk L, Lazo-Langner A, Kovacs J, Robbins M, Morrow B, Kovacs M

Thrombosis journal2010Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/1477-9560-8-10 PMID: 20482785

Cyclic Peptide Nanotubes as a Platform Technology for Cancer Imaging Agents and Theranostics

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Cat Gr: Develop./validation of new biomedical techniques/technolo.- General Pool

Principal investigators: Luyt, Leonard G

Keywords: Cancer; Imaging Agents; Nanoparticles; Peptides; Radiopharmaceuticals; Theranostics

$300,000

Developing Novel Brain Imaging and Blood Testing Against a Major Early Disease Driver for Timely Diagnosis and Effective Treatment of Age-Dependent Tauopathies

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Team Grant: CCNA Phase III - Biomarkers

Principal investigators: Lu, Kun Ping; Bartha, Robert; Lee, Ting-Yim; Paré, Guillaume; Pasternak, Stephen H; Zhou, Xiao Zhen

Keywords: Alzheimer'S Disease; Blood Biomarker; Dementia; Diagnostics; Pet Imaging; Phosphorylated Tau; Pin1; Protein Conformation; Tauopathies; Traumatic Brain Injury

$1,075,000

Hybrid PET/MRI Biomedical Imaging of Bacteria

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Prato, Frank FS

$799,735

Selective Brain Hypothermia via Intranasal Cooling to Limit Brain Injury Post Cardiac Arrest

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lee, Ting-Yim

Keywords: Blood-Brain Barrier; Brain Blood Flow; Brain Injury; Hypothermia; Inflammation; Neuronal Viability; Resuscitated Cardiac Arrest; Vortex Tube

$543,152

Selective Brain Hypothermia via Intranasal Cooling to Limit Brain Injury Post Cardiac Arrest

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lee, Ting-Yim

Keywords: Blood-Brain Barrier; Brain Blood Flow; Brain Injury; Hypothermia; Inflammation; Neuronal Viability; Resuscitated Cardiac Arrest; Vortex Tube

$100,000

Nominated for the NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize

Co-investigatorNSERC2015Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering

Principal investigators: Schaffer, Paul

$250,000

Application of angiogenic growth factors to enhance satellite cell therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Operating Grant - PA: Musculoskeletal Health, Arthritis, Skin and Oral Health

Principal investigators: Hoffman, Lisa Marie

Keywords: Angiogenesis; Cell Therapy; Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; Myogenesis; Non-Invasive Imaging; Regeneration

$99,747

CIHR/NSERC Isotope - Cyclotron-based production of technetium radioisotopes

Co-investigatorNSERC2009Alternative Radiopharmaceuticals for Medical Imaging

Principal investigators: Bénard, François

$1,173,955

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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Michael Kovacs

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Complexities of Atrial Fibrosis Imaging: Exploring Relationships Between Endocardial Voltage, Extracellular Volume, and Sympathetic Innervation.

Design, Synthesis, and Preclinical Evaluation of a High-Affinity 18F-Labeled Radioligand for Myocardial Growth Hormone Secretagogue Receptor Before and After Myocardial Infarction.

Myocardial glucose suppression may interfere with the detection of inflammatory cells with FDG-PET as suggested in a canine model of myocardial infarction.

Heart Rate-Independent 3D Myocardial Blood Oxygen Level-Dependent MRI at 3.0 T with Simultaneous 13N-Ammonia PET Validation.

Implementation of an NGS-based sequencing and gene fusion panel for clinical screening of patients with suspected hematologic malignancies.

Detection of Active Caspase-3 in Mouse Models of Stroke and Alzheimer's Disease with a Novel Dual Positron Emission Tomography/Fluorescent Tracer [68Ga]Ga-TC3-OGDOTA.

An Aspartyl Cathepsin Targeted PET Agent: Application in an Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model.

Characterization of 5-(2- 18F-fluoroethoxy)-L-tryptophan for PET imaging of the pancreas.

Absolute Cerebral Blood Flow Infarction Threshold for 3-Hour Ischemia Time Determined with CT Perfusion and 18F-FFMZ-PET Imaging in a Porcine Model of Cerebral Ischemia.

Normal levels of protein C and protein S tested in the acute phase of a venous thromboembolic event are not falsely elevated.

Cyclic Peptide Nanotubes as a Platform Technology for Cancer Imaging Agents and Theranostics

Developing Novel Brain Imaging and Blood Testing Against a Major Early Disease Driver for Timely Diagnosis and Effective Treatment of Age-Dependent Tauopathies

Hybrid PET/MRI Biomedical Imaging of Bacteria

Selective Brain Hypothermia via Intranasal Cooling to Limit Brain Injury Post Cardiac Arrest

Selective Brain Hypothermia via Intranasal Cooling to Limit Brain Injury Post Cardiac Arrest

Nominated for the NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize

Application of angiogenic growth factors to enhance satellite cell therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

CIHR/NSERC Isotope - Cyclotron-based production of technetium radioisotopes

Frequent collaborators

Savita Dhanvantari

Ting-Yim Lee

Alejandro Lazo-Langner

Robert Bartha

Christopher Howlett

Joan Knoll

Michael Rauh

Bekim Sadikovic

Henry Wong