SNOMED CT Toolkit

The SNOMED CT toolkit allows institutions, clinicians and researchers to leverage the benefits of SNOMED CT by enabling the development of software that captures synoptic, coded medical data.

4-gene signature for recurrance of oral squamous cell carcinoma

Researchers led by Dr. Igor Jurisica and Dr. Suzanne Kamel-Reid used a multi-step procedure including meta-analysis of published microarray datasets and a whole-genome expression profiling experiment to develop a robust 4-gene prognostic signature for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. This signature ...

14 Gene Signature for Serous Ovarian Carcinoma Diagnosis and Prognosis

Introduction: Epithelial ovarian cancer is the fifth most common disease responsible for female cancer deaths and serous ovarian carcinoma is the most prevalent histologic subtype, representing 70% of all cases. The five-year prognosis for this disease is unfavourable with a low 30% survival ...

Sustained release, temperature sensitive, biodegradable hydrogel

The technology is a novel thermoplastic, non-toxic, biodegradeable multi-block hydrogel copolymer used in cellular, protein and molecule delivery, having both hydrophobic and hydrophilic blocks.

Lightweight Web-Based DICOM RT Viewer

UHN has developed the first functioning viewer available that allows a user to view DICOM-RT information without installing any additional software/ plug-ins on the client machine.

Web-Publishing – Paperless Radiation Treatment Plan Review and Approval

Available as a private-label go-to-market software tool, Web-Publishing integrates with treatment planning software (including Pinnacle™) and allows plans to be reviewed and approved from anywhere in the world via a secure Internet connection.

LINAC Monitoring System

The LINAC Monitoring System (LMS) software platform independently monitors the usage and performance of a LINAC to aid in diagnosing equipment or human error issues ideally before they occur.

Head Frame Collision Avoidance and Virtual Planning Software for Gamma Knife®

This tool, developed specifically for Gamma Knife and Gamma- Knife Perfexion stereotactic radiosurgery applications, allows the pre-planning of head-frame placement and treatment protocol prior to the day of treatment.

In-Vivo Fiberoptic Probe for Intra-operative Fluorescence Quantification in Tissue

UHN’s biophotonics group has developed a fiberoptic probe that quantitatively measures the fluorescence in tissue for in-vivo surgical applications which compensate for the effects of tissue optical property variations.

Automated IMRT Beam Model Commissioning Platform for Treatment Planning Systems

Automated IMRT Beam Model Commissioning Platform for Treatment Planning Systems