Research Leadership

Calgary Scientific Inc., Medical Group works with the top minds in healthcare, medical imaging science, computer science and software development to deliver world-class software products and services that address the critical challenges associated with diagnostic imaging. Our research leaders drive innovation to better the lives of doctors and patients worldwide.

Dr. Ross Mitchell, PhD

Dr. Mitchell is Founding Scientist and Chief Scientific Advisor of Calgary Scientific. He is an Associate Professor of Radiology and Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Calgary, a Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada Donald Paty Scholar and Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Senior Scholar. Dr. Mitchell has received numerous awards from national and international organizations and has authored 10 patents, as well as dozens of invited presentations and peer-reviewed articles.

Dr. Lindsay Machan, MD, FRCPC

Dr. Lindsay Machan is an interventional radiologist at Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Center, and Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Machan is a co-founder of and consultant to Angiotech Pharmaceuticals and holds several patents on multiple drug and device technologies. He has participated in the scientific advisory boards of Abbott Vascular Systems, Novartis, Biosphere Medical, Secant Medical and CardioMind.

Dr. James Brink, MD, FACR

Dr. Brink is professor and chair of the Department of Diagnostic Radiology at Yale University School of Medicine and chief of diagnostic imaging at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Dr. Brink leads a growing department of more than 70 full-time faculty, who collectively provide all diagnostic imaging services for Yale Medical Group and Yale-New Haven Hospital and conduct research in a variety of disciplines related to clinical radiology and imaging science. Dr. Brink is a fellow of the Society for Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance and the American College of Radiology. He serves on the board of directors of the Academy of Radiology Research, the executive council of the American Roentgen Ray Society, and the education council of the Radiological Society of North America. Nationally recognized as an outstanding educator and an authority on abdominal CT imaging, Dr. Brink has pioneered technologies for maximizing resolution in helical CT scanning while minimizing radiation dosage and risk to patients.

Dr. Arnold Friedman, MD, FACR

Dr. Friedman is a professor of Radiology at the University of Arizona and Chief of the Body Imaging Section. He is a Fellow of the American College of Radiology, a member of the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiology and also sits on the Editorial panel of the American Journal of Roentgenology. His current research interests are CAD for colon polyps and 3D modeling of tumor size in oncology. Having authored over 110 peer-reviewed articles, four textbooks in the field of body imaging and several book chapters, Dr. Friedman is an internationally recognized authority in the fields of abdominal imaging, gastrointestinal and genitourinary radiology.

Dr. Hongmei Zhu, Ph.D

Dr. Zhu is an associate contributor to Calgary Scientific and is a co-inventor of several Calgary Scientific patents. She has a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Waterloo and did a post-doctorate at the Seaman Family MR Research Centre under the supervision of Dr. Mitchell. In this position Dr. Zhu applied Stockwell Transform (S-Transform) techniques to medical image processing and developed a method for texture segmentation.

Dr. Jared Tanner, PhD

Dr. Tanner is an associate contributor to Calgary Scientific and a member of Calgary Scientific's Advisory Board. He has a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles and holds a United States National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford University, Department of Statistics and holds the Warnock Assistant Professorship with the Department of Mathematics at the University of Utah. Dr. Tanner provides advice and assistance in applying state of the art time/frequency techniques.