1999 J.R. Cunningham YIS Awards

The winners of the J.R. Cunningham Young Investigators' Symposium held in Sherbrooke, QC, June 17^th to 19^th of this year are:

First Prize:

Deidre Batchelar
Imaging bone composition using coherent-scatter computed tomography.
Institute: JP Robarts Research Institute and University of Western Ontario
Supervisor: Ian Cunningham

Second Prize:

Michelle Hilts
X-ray computed tomography polymer gel dosimetry.
Institute: Vancouver Cancer Centre and University of British Columbia
Supervisors: Cheryl Duzenli and Chantal Audet

Third Prize:

Jeremy Gill
Evaluation of a semi-automatic technique for segmentation of the carotid arteries from 3D ultrasound images.
Institute: JP Robarts Research Institute and University of Western Ontario
Supervisor: Aaron Fenster


The YIS winners (from l to r) Jeremy Gill, Michelle Hilts, John Schreiner (chair of the Awards Committee) and Deidre Batchelar	The YIS candidates. Standing l to r: Bilal Shahine, Marianne Aznar, Siobhan Ozard, Michelle Hilts, Deidre Batchelar, Jeremy Gill, Seemantini Nadkarni. Seated l to r: Warren Foltz and Tim Craig.