Nancy Ford

Nancy Ford is Associate Professor in the Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Dentistry. Her research specializes in advanced imaging techniques including micro-computed tomography, cone beam CT, and contrast-enhanced imaging for dental and maxillofacial applications.

Research focuses on:

• Respiratory-gated and cardiac-gated micro-CT imaging
• Contrast-enhanced imaging methodologies
• Radiation dose optimization in dental imaging
• Image quality assessment for diagnostic tasks
• Clinical applications of dual-energy imaging

Her pioneering work includes performing the first respiratory-gated micro-CT imaging on free-breathing animals and applying these techniques to lung injury studies at synchrotron facilities.