The Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) and the Canadian Radiological Foundation (CRF) supports the annual abstract competitions for radiologists and radiologists-in-training in all five abstract categories.
Each year the top-ranking oral presentations for Departmental Clinical Audit Project, Radiologist-In-Training Research Project, Scientific Research Project, Value of Radiology Project and top-ranking Educational Exhibit digital presentations are awarded prizes and celebrated at the CAR Awards Ceremony.
Congratulations to the CAR 2021 Abstract Competition Winners!
| CAR 2021 Award Recipients | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Educational Exhibits | |||
| Rank | Abstract | Names | Title |
| 1st Place | 53 | James P. Nugent, Jessica Li, Alison Harris Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia | Modern Radiologic Diagnosis and Management of Acute Cholecystitis – What’s New in the Hot Gallbladder |
| 2nd Place | 125 | John D. Karp¹, Prem Ruben Jayaram², Charlotte J Yong-Hing³, Theresa Li-Cheng Lee⁴, Nancy Martin², Steven Bak-Siew Wong⁵, Gordon T. Andrews², Bruce B Forster² ¹School of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, ²Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, ³Diagnostic Imaging, BC Cancer Agency, ⁴PRP Diagnostic Imaging, ⁵Department of Radiology, Singapore General Hospital | Advanced MRI of the Rotator Cuff: Tough Stuff About the Cuff |
| 3rd Place | 86 | Kenneth Holmes¹, Shamir Rai², Savvas Nicolaou², Nicolas Murray¹˒² ¹University of British Columbia, ²Vancouver General Hospital | Systematic Approach to Sonography of Testicular Masses |
| Departmental Clinical Audit | |||
| Rank | Abstract | Names | Title |
| 1st Place | 71 | Aisin Ibrahim¹, Moncef Berkache², Sooheib Andoulsi³, Philippe Morency-Potvin³, Daniel Juneau³, Martial Koenig³, Karine Bourduas³, Véronique Freire³ ¹McGill University, ²Laval University, ³University of Montréal | Diabetic Foot: How to Investigate Better |
| 2nd Place | 146 | Naoya Shatani¹, Juvel Lee², Heather Bray¹, Robert Baird³, Dan Rosenbaum¹ ¹Department of Radiology, ²Faculty of Medicine, ³Division of Pediatric General Surgery, BC Children’s Hospital, University of British Columbia | Optimizing Distal Colostogram Technique in Infants with Anorectal Malformation |
| 3rd Place | 10 | Victoria Linehan, Claire Woodworth, Anuj Dixit, Melissa Skanes Memorial University of Newfoundland | Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Improving IVC Filter Insertion and Removal Rates at a Tertiary Care Centre |
| Radiologist-in-Training Research Project | |||
| Rank | Abstract | Names | Title |
| 1st Place | 134 | Zoe Hu¹, Tamas Ungi², Jay Engel¹, Gabor Fichtinger², Doris Jabs¹ ¹School of Medicine, ²School of Computing, Queen’s University | Deep Learning-Based Automatic Tumour Segmentation in Breast-Conserving Surgery Navigation Systems |
| 2nd Place | 91 | Ali Poonja, Rahim Samji, Murad Bandali, Sara Ilnitsky University of Alberta | Clinical Pregnancy Success Rates Post Fallopian Tube Recanalization: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Edmonton, Alberta |
| 3rd Place | 81 | Morgan Lawley, Jessica Dobson, Francine Heelan, Daria Manos Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Dalhousie University | Correlation of Faculty Gender and Resident Gender at Canadian Radiology Residency Programs |
| Scientific Research Project | |||
| Rank | Abstract | Names | Title |
| 1st Place | 94 | Nayaar Islam, Sanam Ebrahimzadeh, Jean-Paul Salameh, Sakib Kazi, Nicholas Fabiano, Lee Treanor, Marissa Absi, Zachary Hallgrimson, Mariska MG Leeflang, Lotty Hooft, Christian B van der Pol, Ross Prager, Samanjit S Hare, Carole Dennie, René Spijker, Jonathan J Deeks, Jacqueline Dinnes, Kevin Jenniskens, Daniël A Korevaar, Jérémie F Cohen, Ann Van den Bruel , Yemisi Takwoingi, Janneke Van De Wijgert, Johanna AAG Damen, Junfeng Wang, Matthew DF McInnes, Sanam Pirshahid University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute | Cochrane ‘Living’ Systematic Review on Diagnostic Accuracy of Imaging for COVID-19: Update 2 |
| 2nd Place | 158 | Paulo Puac Polanco¹, Cheemun Lum¹, Ronda Lun¹, Dar Dowlatshahi¹, Grant Stotts¹, Michel Shamy¹, Aditya Bharatha², Dylan Blacquiere¹, Bijoy Menon³, Franco Momoli¹, Dave Prasham¹, Rebecca Thornhill¹, Carlos Torres¹ ¹The Ottawa Hospital & University of Ottawa, ²St. Michael’s Hospital & University of Toronto, ³Foothills Medical Centre & University of Calgary | Can CTA Discriminate Between Free-Floating Thrombus and Plaque in Patients with Stroke/TIA? A Canadian Multi-Centre Study |
| 3rd Place | 119 | Mohamed Abdolell¹˒², Nicole Paquet², Kaitlyn Tsuruda⁵, Penny Barnes¹˒², Peter Brown¹˒², Judy Caines³, Jennifer Payne¹, Olivia Tong¹, Sian Iles¹˒²˒³ ¹Dalhousie University, ²Nova Scotia Health, ³IWK Breast Health Centre, ⁴Nova Scotia Breast Screening Program, ⁵Oslo Breast Screening Registry | Association Between Patient and Physics Acquisition Parameters and Mammography Positioning Errors |
| Value of Radiology Research Project | |||
| Rank | Abstract | Names | Title |
| 1st Place | 29 | Kiana Lebel¹, Alexandre Semionov², José Correa², Karl Sayegh², Stéphane Breault³, Jaramie Thomas- Gittens³, Josephine Pressacco² ¹Sherbrooke University, ²McGill University, ³University of Montréal | Unnecessary Diagnostic Conventional Coronary Angiography (CCA) in Patients without Known Cardiac Diseases: Are Radiologists to Blame? |
| 2nd Place | 64 | Breanne Golemiec¹, Monica LL Mullin¹, Sophia Linton¹, Gurmohan Rob Dhillon², Dominique DaBreo², Christopher M Parker¹, Geneviève C Digby¹ ¹Department of Medicine, ²Department of Radiology, Queen's University, Kingston Health Sciences Centre | Expediting Specialist Referral for Patients with Suspected Lung Cancer through Standardization of Radiologist Recommendations |
| 3rd Place | 150 | Christopher E Smith¹, Alexandra Medellin¹, Abdel Aziz Shaheen², Deepak Bhayana¹, Mark G Swain² ¹Department of Radiology, ²Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Calgary | Shear-Wave Elastography Screening Reduces Hepatologist Referral Rates for NAFLD |
| CAR 2019 Award Recipients | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Educational Exhibits | |||
| Rank | Abstract | Names | Title |
| 1st Place | 51 | Darya Kurowecki (McMaster University), Michael Patlas (McMaster University), Ehsan Haider (St. Joeph's Healthcare Hamilton, McMaster University), Abdullah Alabousi (McMaster University) | IgG4-Related Disease: Current Status and Future Directions |
| 2nd Place | 14 | Joseph Yang (Queen's University), Nancy Chen (University of Ottawa), Ian Silver (Queen's University), Jonathan Butler (Queen's University), Donatella Tampieri (Queen's University), Omar Islam (Queen's University), Martin ten Hove (Queen's University) , Benjamin Kwan (Queen's University) | A Global Overview of Globe Pathologies |
| 3rd Place | 131 | Davis Holmes (University of British Columbia), Isabelle Dupuis (St. Paul's Hospital), Natasha Dehghan (University of British Columbia), Kun Huang (University of British Columbia), Darra Murphy (St. Paul's Hospital) | Out With The Old, In With The New: Clinicoserologic Classification of Inflammatory Myositis And Imaging Findings |
| Departmental Clinical Audit | |||
| Rank | Abstract | Names | Title |
| 1st Place | 117 | Hussam Kaka (McMaster University), Anna Sacchini (St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton), Linda Celeste (Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre), Abdullah Alabousi (McMaster University) | Implementation of an electronic city-wide protocoling system for after-hours radiology studies |
| 2nd Place | 148 | Dennis Parhar (University of British Columbia), Brendan Quiney (St. Paul's Hospital), Yogesh Thakur (Vancouver Coastal Health Authority), Michelle Smith (St. Paul's Hospital), Carly Launza (St. Paul's Hospital), Sheila Boyd (St. Paul's Hospital) | Protect Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself: Radiation Protection in Interventional Radiology |
| 3rd Place | 171 | Davis Holmes (University of British Columbia), Raman Srivastrava (University of British Columbia), Tong Lam (Vancouver General Hospital), Jason Shewchuk (University of British Columbia) | Appropriateness of CT Head Imaging in 1st Episode Psychosis |
| Radiologist-in-Training Research Project | |||
| Rank | Abstract | Names | Title |
| 1st Place | 169 | Timothy Miao (London Health Sciences Centre), Beatrice Lau (Western University), Aaron Fenster (Robarts Research Institute), Lori Gardi (Robarts Research Institute), Jonathan Izawa (London Health Sciences Centre), Joseph Chin (London Health Sciences Centre), Ashley Mercado (St. Joseph's Health Care), Derek Cool (London Health Sciences Centre) | Does the prostate MRI definition of sextant regions adequately correspond with transrectal ultrasound to direct non-fusion TRUS biopsy of suspicious MRI masses? |
| 2nd Place | 115 | Craig Stewart (Queen's University), Vanessa Wiggermann (University of British Columbia), G.Y. Robin Hsiung (University of British Columbia), Luanne Metz (University of Calgary), David Li (University of British Columbia), Anthony Traboulsee (University of British Columbia), Alexander Rauscher (University of British Columbia) | Susceptibility-sensitive MRI to distinguish MS-related white matter FLAIR-lesions from hyperintensities due to CIS, dementia and concussion |
| 3rd Place | 159 | Samuel Neufeld (University of Manitoba), Iain Kirkpatrick (University of Manitoba) | Appropriateness of MRI at a tertiary care Canadian hospital according to CAR referral guidelines |
| Scientific Research Project | |||
| Rank | Abstract | Names | Title |
| 1st Place | 84 | Zaid Jabri (The Ottawa Hospital), Mandi Bzdell (The Ottawa Hospital), Rebecca Hibbert (The Ottawa Hospital), Kawan Rakhra (The Ottawa Hospital) | Does cadaveric simulation training improve resident knowledge and confidence in performing fluoroscopic guided joint injections? |
| 2nd Place | 143 | Robert Henderson (University of Sakatchewan), Xin Yi (University of Sakatchewan), Scott Adams (University of Sakatchewan), Paul Babyn (University of Sakatchewan) | Deep learning for automatic multi-catheter detection on pediatric radiographs |
| 3rd Place | 64 | Francesco Macri (Vancouver General Hospital), Elina Khasanova (Vancouver General Hospital), Nathaniel Mercaldo (MGH Institute for Technology Assessment), Anushri Parakh (Massachusetts General Hospital) , Avinash Kanbadakone (Massachusetts General Hospital), Travis Redeo (Massachusetts General Hospital), Dushyant Sahani (Massachusetts General Hospital) | Personalized Contrast Media Injection Protocols for Abdominal CT studies |
| Value of Radiology Research Project | |||
| Rank | Abstract | Names | Title |
| 1st Place | 79 | Kevin Kobes (University of British Columbia), Annemarie Bymoen (University of British Columbia), Yogesh Thakur (Vancouver Coastal Health Authority), Charlotte Yong-Hing (BC Cancer) | Introduction of Mobile Radiography Guidelines Reduced the Number of Inappropriate Chest Radiographs Performed in British Columbia |
| 2nd Place | 2 | Ania Kielar (University of Toronto), Khaled Elsayes (MD Anderson), Victoria Chernyak (Montefiore Hospital), An Tang (Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center), Richard Do (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre), Gary Dellacerra (Thomas Jefferson University), Sandeep Deshmukh (Thomas Jefferson University), Claude Sirlin (University of California San Diego) | How can we help you? Elevating the value of radiology for liver reporting by asking our surgical and clinical colleagues what they need from our reports |
| 3rd Place | 155 | Frances Walstra (University of British Columbia), Siobhan O'Neill (University of British Columbia), Arvind Vijayasarath (University of British Columbia), Savvas Nicolaou (Vancouver General Hospital), Noriko Salamon (University of British Columbia), Peter Munk (Vancouver General Hospital, Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal), Faisal Khosa (Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia) | Communication in Emergency Radiology |