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Allen J, Murray A. Age-related changes in the characteristics of the photoplethysmographic pulse shape at various body sites. Physiol Meas 2003; 24: 297-307. [Read Abstract]

Allen J, Gehrke T, O'Sullivan J, King ST, Murray A. Time and frequency analysis of the Korotkoff sounds. Third International Workshop on Non-invasive Haemodynamic, Autonomic and Vascular Monitoring, Graz, Austria, May 2003. Abstract published in: Clinical Autonomic Research, 2003; 13:67. [Read Abstract]

Allen J, Young AL, Griffiths B, Kumar N, Murray A. Subject preparation and thermal acclimatization prior to mild cold challenge testing using dynamic thermal imaging. Ninth European Congress of Medical Thermology, Krakow, Poland, May 2003. Abstract published in: Thermology International, 2003; 13(2):63-64. [Read Abstract]

Amer AM, Mott J, Mackay RI, Williams PC, Livsey J, Logue JP, et al. Prediction of the benefits from dose-escalated hypofractionated intensity-modulated radiotherapy for prostate cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2003; 56: 199-207. [Read Abstract]

Aspradakis MM, Morrison RH, Richmond ND, Steele A. Experimental verification of convolution/superposition photon dose calculations for radiotherapy treatment planning. Phys. Med. Biol. 48 (2003) 2873-2893 PII: S0031-9155(03)59285-5. [Read Abstract]

Bartram SA, Peaston RT, Rawlings DJ, Francis RM, Tompson NP. A randomised controlled trial of calcium with vitamin D, alone or in combination with intravenous pamidronate, for the treatment of low bone mineral density associated with Crohns disease. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2003; 18: 1121-7. [Read Abstract]

Beckett J, Kotre CJ, Michaelson S. Analysis of benefit:risk ratio and mortality reduction for the UK Breast Screening Programme. The British Journal of Radiology, 76 (2003), 309-320. [Read Abstract]

Bowers EJ, McArdle FJ, Griffiths CJ. Monopolar versus bipolar recordings of spinal cord evoked responses for intraoperative monitoring. In: Morgan HM, Starritt HC, Duck FA, eds. Proceedings of the 9th Annual Scientific Meeting, IPEM 2003; 107-8. [Read Abstract]

Bowers EJ, Murray A. Success of different techniques to induce regular changes in RR-intervals and systolic blood pressure levels. Computers in Cardiology 2003; 30: 37-40. [Read Abstract]

Butler P, Major RE. The Missing Link? Therapy issues of open and closed chains. Physiotherapy, 89; 8: 465-470. [Read Abstract]

Chambers IR, Kirkham FJ. What is the optimal cerebral perfusion pressure in children suffering from traumatic coma? Neurosurgical Focus Volume 15 (6), Article 3. 2003. [Read Abstract]

Chambers IR A computer-based method for comparisons of continuous intracranial pressure recordings within individual cases - Comment. Acta Neurochir 2003; 145: 357-358.

Chambers IR, Kirkham F, Jones PA, Minns RA, Stobbart L, Mendelow AD. ICP, CPP and outcome in paediatric head injury. British Journal of Neurosurgery, October 2003; 17(5): 478-479. [Read Abstract]

Clark A, Chambers IR. A Pupilometer. UK Patent Application 0230223.

Clarke MP, Mitchell KW. Sorsby's Fundus Dystrophy. Chapter in: Principles and Practice of Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision. Editors: Heckenlively JR, Arden GB. Mosby Year Book - in press.

Colloby SJ, Fenwick JD, Williams ED, Burn DJ, McKeith IG, O'Brien JT. Striatal uptake of 123I-FPCIT in dementia with Lewy bodies, Alzheimers disease and Parkinsons disease. Nuc Med Commun 2003; 24: 455-5. [Read Abstract]

Cowley M, Belton I, Krukowski P, Mattison C. Validation of a gamma camera method for estimating GFR. Nuc Med Commun 2003; 24: 479. [Read Abstract]

Crossman J, Banister K, Bythell V, Bullock R, Chambers I, Mendelow AD. Predicting clinical ishaemia during awake carotid endarterectomy: use of SJVO2 probe as a guide to selective shunting. Physiol Meas 2003; 24: 347-354. [Read Abstract]

Czosnyka M, Kirkpatrick P, Fernandes H, Hutchinson P, Chambers IR. Proceedings of the British Neurosurgery Research Group Meeting. British Journal of Neurosurgery, October 2003; 17: 477 - 497.

Das S, Lloyd JJ, Farr PM. Measurement of the minimal phototoxic dose is important for optimal psoralen plus ultraviolet A treatment of psoriasis. Abstract published in British Journal of Dermatology. 2003; 149: supplement 64 page 2.

Dendy P, Harrison R. Diffraction enhanced imaging. Br J Radiol 2003; 76: 289.

Department of Health. Patient Monitor, Datascope, Passport 2. Medical Devices Agency. Evaluation No. 02115. 2003:1-12. (Prepared by Menes JA, Bousfield D, Reay C).

Department of Health. Patient Monitor, HME, LifePulse 400. Medical Devices Agency. Evaluation No. 03003. 2003:1-12. (Prepared by Menes JA, Bousfield D, Reay C).

Department of Health. Audiometer, Rastronics, Millennium. Medical Devices Agency. Evaluation No. 03037. 2003:1-12. (Prepared by Menes JA, Bousfield D, Reay C).

Dickson S, Lawrence G, Parr D, Lambert G. CT Simulation in a large department using a Somatom Emotion Duo scanner. Electromedica 2003; 71: 28-35. [Read Abstract]

Diffey BL. Sun protection factor determination in vivo using a single exposure on sunscreen-protected skin. Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed 2003; 19: 309-312. [Read Abstract]

Diffey BL. A quantitative estimate of melanoma mortality from ultraviolet A sunbed use in the UK British Journal of Dermatology 2003; 149: 578-581. [Read Abstract]

Diffey BL. Factors affecting the choice of a ceiling on the number of exposures with TL01 ultraviolet B phototherapy. British Journal of Dermatology 2003; 149: 428-430.

Drinnan MJ, Brown J, Ramsden P, Pickard R, Griffiths CJ. Non-invasive estimation of bladder pressure using a penile cuff technique. In: Morgan HM, Starritt HC, Duck FA, eds. Proceedings of the 9th Annual Scientific Meeting, IPEM 2003; 104. [Read Abstract]

Drinnan MJ, McIntosh SL, Robson WA, Pickard RS, Ramsden PD, Griffiths CJ. Inter-observer agreement in the estimation of bladder pressure using a penile cuff. Neurourol Urodynamics 2003; 22: 296-300. [Read Abstract]

Drinnan MJ, Pickard RS, Ramsden PD, Griffiths CJ. Assessment of prostatic obstruction: a cuff may be enough. Neurourol Urodynamics 2003; 22: 40-4. [Read Abstract]

Fenwick JD, Colloby SJ, Williams ED, Burn DJ, McKeith IG, O'Brien JT. Striatal uptake of 123I-FPCIT in dementia with Lewy bodies, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Nucl Med Commun 2003; 24: 444-445.

Firbank MJ, Minett T, O'Brien JT. Changes in DWI and MRS associated with white matter hyperintensities in elderly subjects. Neurology 2003; 61: 950-954. [Read Abstract]

Firbank MJ, Colloby SJ, Burn DJ, McKeith IG, O'Brien JT. Regional cerebral blood flow in Parkinson's disease with and without dementia. Neuroimage 2003; 20: 1309-1319. [Read Abstract]

Gasparro FP, Brown D, Diffey BL, Knowland JS, Reeve V. Sun Protective Agents: formulations, effects, and side effects. In: Fitzpatricks Dermatology in General Medicine (Eds. Freedberg IM, Eisen AZ, Wolff K, Austen KF, Goldsmith LA, Katz SI.) 6th edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2003, 2344-2351.

Griffiths C, Blake C, Harding C, McIntosh S, Drinnan MJ, Robson W, et al. Non invasive bladder pressure: the case for using a modified ICS nomogram. Neurourol Urodynamics 2003; 22: 367 68. [Read Abstract]

Harding C, McIntosh S, Robson W, Ramsden P, Drinnan MJ, Griffiths CJ, et al. Validation of the penile compression release manoeuvre for non invasive diagnosis of bladder outflow obstruction. Neurourol Urodynamics 2003; 22: 369 70. [Read Abstract]

Hind A. Will I glow in the dark? Institute of Physics Medical Physics Group Newsletter Oct-Dec 2003, 9-14. [Read Abstract]

Harrison DK. Optical measurement of tissue oxygen saturation in lower limb wound healing. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol 2003; 540: 631-635.

Harrison DK. Optical measurements of tissue oxygen saturation in lower limb wound healing. In: Oxygen transport to tissue XXV (Eds Thorniley MS, Harrison DK, James PE) Kluwer Academic 2003, 265-269.

Hoskins PR, Thrush A, Martin K, Whittingham TA, editors. Diagnostic Ultrasound: Physics and Equipment. Greenwich Medical Media, London, 2003.

Howe K, Walker A,Keir MJ. Early Urinary Excretion of Tetrofosmin. Poster at the British Nuclear Medicine Society Autumn Meeting, Durham, September 2002 (Abstract in Nuclear Medicine Communications, 2003; 24:339).

Karas GB, Burton EJ, Rombouts SARB, van Schijndel RA, O'Brien JT, Scheltens PH, McKeith IG, Williams D, Ballard C, Barkhof F. A comprehensive study of grey matter loss in patients with Alzheimers disease using optimized voxel-based morphometry. Neuroimage 18 (2003) 895-907. [Read Abstract]

Kerawala CJ, Allan W, Williams ED. Can monocortical miniplates provide bony compression? An experimental model. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (2003) 41, 232-235. [Read Abstract]

Kotre CJ,Willis SP. A method for the systematic selection of technique factors in paediatric CT. Br J Radiol 2003; 76: 51-56. [Read Abstract]

Langley P, Bowers EJ, Wild J, Drinnan MJ, Allen J, Sims A, et al. An algorithm to distinguish ischaemic and non ischaemic ST changes in the Holter ECG. Computers in Cardiology 2003; 30: 239-42. [Read Abstract]

Langley P, O'Donnell D, Raine D, Furniss SS, Bourke JP, Murray A. Computer assisted characterisation of rapid repetitive electrical activations in the pulmonary veins during atrial fibrillation. J Bifurcation Chaos 2003; 12; 3657-74. [Read Abstract]

Langley P, Rieta JJ, Stridh M, Millet-Riog J, Sornmo L, Murray A. Reconstruction of atrial signals derived from the 12-lead ECG using atrial signal extraction techniques. Computers in Cardiology 2003; 30: 129-32. [Read Abstract]

Langley P, Steinhoff U, Trahms L, Oeff M, Murray A. Analysis of spatial variation in the atrial fibrillation frequency from the multi-channel magnetocardiogram. Computers in Cardiology 2003; 30: 137-40. [Read Abstract]

Lloyd JJ. Uncertainty in calibration of UV radiometers. British Society for Investigative Dematology Annual Meeting 2003, University of Southampton, UK. Abstract published in British Journal of Dermatology. 2003; 148: 865-866. [Read Abstract]

Macdonald AM, Griffiths CJ, McArdle FJ, Gibson MJ. The effect of posture on quantec measurements. In: Grivas TB editor. Research into Spinal Deformities 4. Amsterdam: IOS Press 2003; 190-3. [Read Abstract]

McArdle FJ, Griffiths CJ, Macdonald AM, Gibson MJ. Monitoring the thoracic sagittal curvature in kyphoscoliosis with surface topography: a trend analysis of 57 patients. In: Grivas TB, editor. Research into Spinal Deformities 4. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2003; 199-203. [Read Abstract]

McIntosh SL, Griffiths CJ, Drinnan MJ, Robson WA, Ramsden PD, Pickard RS. Non-invasive measurement of bladder pressure - does mechanical interruption of the urinary stream inhibit detrusor contraction? J Urol 2003; 169: 1003-6. [Read Abstract]

McIntosh SL, Griffiths CJ, Drinnan MJ, Robson WA, Ramsden PD, Pickard RS. The relationship of abdominal pressure and body mass index in men with LUTS. Neurourol Urodynamics 2003; 22: 602 605. [Read Abstract]

McLaren AT, Allen J, Murray A, Ballard CG, Kenny RA. Cardiovascular effects of Donepezil in patients with dementia. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 2003; 15(4):183-188. [Read Abstract]

Mendelow AD, Igbaseimokumo U, Bashir EF, Stobbart L, Chambers IR, Gregson BA, Taha Z. Comparative study of traumatic brain injury between Great Britain and Qatar British Journal of Neurosurgery, October 2003; 17(5): 481. [Read Abstract]

Minns RJ, Bibb R, Banks R, Sutton RA. The use of a reconstructed three-dimensional solid model from CT to aid the surgical management of a total knee arthroplasty: a case study. Medical Engineering & Physics 2003; 25: 523-526. [Read Abstract]

Minns RJ, Young S, Bibb R, Moliter P. Production of accurate 3 dimensional rigid models of articular cartilage lesions in the patella from MRI images. J Bone Jt Surg: Proceedings of the Br Orthop Res Soc April 2003. [Read Abstract]

Murray A. The other side of the table. Med Biol Eng Comp 2003; 41: 1. (editorial).

Murray A. Key developments in cardiology physics. In: Morgan HM, Starritt HC, Duck FA, eds. Proceedings of the 9th Annual Scientific Meeting, IPEM 2003; 41-2. [Read Abstract]

Murray A (ed). Computers in Cardiology 2003. New York: IEEE Press, 2003; 829pp.

Neofotistou V, Vano E, Padovani R, Kotre J, Dowling A, Toivonen M, Kottou S, Tsapaki V, Willis S, Bernardi G, Faulkner K. Preliminary reference levels in interventional cardiology. Eur Radiol, DOI 10.1007/s00330-003-1831-x. [Read Abstract]

Nice C, Timmons G, Bartholomew P, Uberoi R. Retrograde vs antegrade puncture for infra-inguinal angioplasty. Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology 2003; 26; 4, 370-374. [Read Abstract]

Olbrich T, Murray A. Determining mechanical properties of coronary arteries using a range of different angioplasty balloon catheters. Proceedings of the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, 2003. [Read Abstract]

Oseil EK, Darkol JB, Faulkner K, Kotre CJ. Software for the estimation of foetal radiation dose to patients and staff in diagnostic radiology. J Radiol. Prot. 23 (June 2003) 183-194. [Read Abstract]

Peace RA, Staff RT, McKiddie FI, Gemmell HG, Metcalfe MJ. Detection of coronary artery disease in myocardial perfusion SPECT using registration and statistical comparisons. Nuc Med Comm 2003; 24: 457-8. [Read Abstract]

Pearce S, Saunders P. Obstructive sleep apnoea can directly cause death. Thorax 2003; 58: 369. [Read Abstract]

Piggott MA, Owens J, O'Brien J, Colloby S, Fenwick J, Wyper D, Jaros E, Johnson M, Perry RH, Perry EK. Muscarinic receptors in basal ganglia in dementia with Lewy bodies, Parkinsons disease and Alzheimers disease. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy 2003; 25: 161-173. [Read Abstract]

Piper I, Citerio G, Chambers I, Contant C, Enblad P, Fiddes H, Howells T, Kiening K, Nilsson P, Yau YH. The BrainIT Group: concept and core dataset definition. Acta Neurochir 2003 145: 615-629. [Read Abstract]

Plant ND, Hornung RJ, Coulthard MG, Keir MJ, Matthews JNS, Robson SC. Is antenatal renal pelvic dilatation a risk factor for renal scarring in childhood? Lancet - in press.

Rawlings D, Tennant D. The use of audit as a training aid: possible role within an IRMER training programme. Br J Radiol 2003; 76: 505-506.

Rawlings DJ. Sources of error in bone densitometry. M.Phil thesis, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 2003.

Reay J, Chapple CL, Kotre CJ. Is patient size important in dose determination and optimization in cardiology? Phys. Med. Biol. 48 (7 December 2003) 3843-3850. [Read Abstract]

Ressiniotis T, Zeki SM, Clarke MP, Mitchell KW. Improved illumination for Perkins Applanation Tonometer. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics 23 (6), 513-516. [Read Abstract]

Richmond N, Walker C. Behaviour of the Siemens Virtual Wedge™ following an interruption to beam delivery. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 2003; 4: 120-123. [Read Abstract]

Richmond N, Turner RN, Dawes PJ, Lambert GD, Lawrence GP. Evaluation of the dosimetric consequences of adding a single asymmetric or MLC shaped field to a tangential breast radiotherapy technique. Radiotherapy and Oncology, 2003; 67: 165-170. [Read Abstract]

Sims AJ, Bennett MK, Murray A. Image analysis can be used to detect spatial changes in the histopathology of pancreatic tumours. Phys. Med. Biol. 48 (2003) N183-NI91. [Read Abstract]

Sims AJ, Wild J, Pemberton J, Irvine T, Kenny A, Murray A. Differences between algorithms for spatial interpolation of 3D echocardiography images. Computers in Cardiology 2003; 30: 185-88. [Read Abstract]

Smith FE, Langley P, Trahms L, Steinhoff U, Bourke JP, Murray A. Comparison of cardiac magnetic field distributions during depolarisation and repolarisation. J Bifurcation Chaos 2003; 12; 3783-90. [Read Abstract]

Smith FE, Langley P, Trahms L, Steinhoff U, Bourke JP,Murray A. Comparison of automatic repolarisation measurement techniques in the normal magnetocardiogram. PACE 2003; 26: 2096-102. [Read Abstract]

Thorniley MS, Harrison DK, James PE, (eds). Oxygen transport to tissue XXV. New York: Kluwer/Plenum, 2003; 756pp.

Walker CP, Richmond N, Lambert GD. Optimal Clinical Implementation of the Siemens Virtual Wedge. Medical Dosimetry 2003; 28: 149-154. [Read Abstract]

Wassberg C, Backvall H, Diffey BL, Ponten F, Berne B. Enhanced Epidermal Ultraviolet Responses in Chronically Sun-exposed Skin are Dependent on Previous Sun Exposure. Acta Derrn Venereol 2003; 83: 254-261. [Read Abstract]

Whittingham TA. Transducers and Beam-Forming (pp 23-48) in Diagnostic Ultrasound: Physics and Equipment. Eds: Hoskins PR, Thrush A, Martin K, Whittingham TA. Greenwich Medical Media, London, 2003.

Williams ED, Daymond TJ. Evaluation of calcaneus bone densitometry against hip and spine for diagnosis of osteoporosis. Br J Radiol 2003; 76: 123-128. [Read Abstract]

Williams ED, Daymond TJ. Evaluation of a device is not an evaluation of a measurement site. Br J Radiol 2003, 76: 755-6.

Zammit-Maempel I, Chadwick CL, Willis SP. Radiation dose to the lens of the eye and thyroid gland in paranasal sinus multislice CT. Br J Radiol. 2003; 76: 418-420. [Read Abstract]

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