Donald Collins, Polytechnique Montréal

Research

Biomedical Engineering 1102 Biomedical Technology 1901 Biopsy Brain Tumours Diffuse Optical Tomography Engineering 1206 Fluorescence Instrumentation And Measurements 2518

Latest funding

Development and clinical translation of a Raman spectroscopy imaging technique to increase the extent of tumor resection in glioma surgery
CIHR · 2015 · Co-investigator
$264,929
Shifting the paradigm of spinal cord quantitative MRI
CIHR · 2014 · Co-investigator
$644,456
Optical guidance for safe and effective brain tumor biopsy
CIHR · 2013 · Principal investigator
$211,407

All 3 grants and awards

Development and clinical translation of a Raman spectroscopy imaging technique to increase the extent of tumor resection in glioma surgery

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Leblond, Frederic; Petrecca, Kevin; Wilson, Brian C

Keywords: Biomedical Engineering 1102; Biomedical Technology 1901; Brain Cancer; Imaging; Instrumentation And Measurements 2518; Machine Learning; Medical And Health Sciences 1211; Neurosurgery; Optical Instrumentation; Raman Spectroscopy

$264,929

Shifting the paradigm of spinal cord quantitative MRI

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Cohen-Adad, Julien

Keywords: Atlas; Biomarker; Diffusion Imaging; Magnetization Transfer; Mri; Multiple Sclerosis; Q-Space; Spinal Cord; Spinal Cord Injury; Template

$644,456

Optical guidance for safe and effective brain tumor biopsy

Principal investigatorCIHR2013Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Leblond, Frederic; Boudoux, Caroline; Collins, Donald L; Lesage, Frédéric; Petrecca, Kevin; Wilson, Brian C

Keywords: Biomedical Engineering 1102; Biomedical Technology 1901; Biopsy; Brain Tumours; Diffuse Optical Tomography; Engineering 1206; Fluorescence; Instrumentation And Measurements 2518; Neurosurgery; Raman Spectroscopy

$211,407

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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