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Allen J, Oates CP, Chishti AD, Ahmed IAM, Talbot D, Murray A. Thermography and colour duplex ultrasound assessments of arterio-venous fistula function in renal patients. Physiol. Meas. 2006;27:51-60. [Read Abstract]

Allen J, Overbeck K, Stansby G, Murray A. Photoplethysmography assessments in cardiovascular disease. Measurement+Control Vol39/3 April 2006. [Read Abstract]

Amoore JN, Vacher E, Murray IC, Mieke S, King ST, Smith FE, Murray A. Can a simulator that regenerates physiological waveforms evaluate oscillometric non-invasive blood pressure devices? Blood Press Monit. 2006 Apr;11(2):63-7. [Read Abstract]

Appleton JA, Bamford J. Parental and child perception of hearing aid benefit. Deafness & Education International. Volume 8, Issue 1, pp3-10. [Read Abstract]

Aspradakis MM, McCallum HM, Wilson N. Dosimetric and treatment planning considerations for radiotherapy of the chest wall. British Journal of Radiology (2006) 79, 828-836. [Read Abstract]

Aspray TJ, Stevenson P, Abdy SE, Rawlings DJ, Holland T, Francis RM. Low bone mineral density measurements in care home residents - a treatable cause of fractures. Age and Ageing 2006; 35: 37-41.[Read Abstract]

Bartram SA, Peaston RT, Rawlings DJ, Walshaw D, Francis RM, Thompson NP. Mutifactorial analysis of risk factors for reduced bone mineral density in patients with Crohn's disease. World J Gastroenterol. 2006 Sep 21;12(35):5680-6. [Read Abstract]

Birch IP, Kotre CJ, Padgett R. Image quality trends in high magnification digital specimen cabinet radiography. British Journal of Radiology 2006; 79:239-243. [Read Abstract]

Bollmann A, Husser D, Mainardi L, Lombardi F, Langley P, Murray A, Rieta JJ, Millet J, Olsson SB, Stridh M, Sörnmo L. Analysis of surface electrocardiograms in atrial fibrillation: techniques, research, and clinical applications. Europace (2006) 8, 911-926. [Read Abstract]

Bowers EJ, Murray A. Phase representing the three interactions between respiration, changes in RR-intervals and changes in SP levels. European Study Group on Cardiovascular Oscillations ESGCO 2006. 2006;270-3.[Read Abstract]

Buckle AH. Varying MLC end projection size: an effect of the double-focused Siemens multileaf collimator. Phys. Med. Biol. 51 (2006) N147-N155. [Read Abstract]

Burn J, Sims AJ, Ford GA, Murray A.. et al. Factors affecting the use of cumulative sums in the analysis of circadian blood pressure. Physiol. Meas. 27 529-538. doi:10.1088/0967-3334/27/6/006. [Read Abstract]

Burton EJ, McKeith IG, Burn DJ, Firbank MJ, O'Brien JT. Progression of white matter hyperintensities in Alzheimer disease, dementia with lewy bodies, and Parkinson disease dementia: a comparison with normal aging. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2006 Oct;14(10):842-9. [Read Abstract]

Caddick J, Raine C, Harrison D, Erdmann M. Lightguide spectrophotometry to monitor free TRAM flaps. Adv Exp Med Biol: 578: 351-356. [Read Abstract]

Caffarel J, Griffiths C, Pickard R, Robson W, Drinnan MJ. Flow - how far can you go? Urodinamica 2006; 16: 259-69

Caffarel J, Gibson GJ, Harrison JP, Griffiths CJ, Drinnan MJ. Comparison of manual sleep staging with automated neural network-based analysis in clinical practice. Med Biol Eng Comput. 2006 Mar;44(1-2):105-10. [Read Abstract]

Chambers IR, Jones PA, Lo TYM, Forsyth RJ, Fulton B, Andrews PJD, Mendelow AD, Minns RA. Critical thresholds of intracranial pressure and cerebral perfusion pressure related to age in paediatric head injury. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2006;77:234-240. [Read Abstract]

Chambers IR, Barnes J, Piper I, Citerio G, Enblad P, Howells T, Kiening K, Matterns J, Nilsson P, Ragauskas A, Sahuquillo J, Yau YH; BrainIT Group. BrainIT: a trans-national head injury monitoring research network. Acta Neurochir Suppl. 2006;96:7-10. [Read Abstract]

Clark A, Clarke TNS, Gregson B, Hooker PNA, Chambers IR. Variability in pupil size estimation. Emerg Med J 2006; 23: 440 - 441. [Read Abstract]

Colloby SJ, Pakrasi S, Firbank MJ, Perry EK, Piggott MA, Owens J, Wyper DJ, McKeith IG, Burn DJ, Williams ED, O'Brien JT. In vivo SPECT imaging of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors using (R,R) (123)I-QNB in dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease dementia. Neuroimage. 2006 Nov 1;33(2):423-9. Epub 2006 Sep 7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.07.026. [Read Abstract]

Coulthard E, Firbank M, English P, Welch J, Birchall D, O'Brien J, Griffiths TD. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in frontotemporal dementia. J Neurol. 2006 Jul;253(7):861-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00415-006-0045-y. [Read Abstract]

Coulthard MG, Keir MJ. Reflux nephropathy in kidney transplants, demonstrated by dimercaptosuccinic acid scanning. Transplantation. 2006 Jul 27;82(2):205-10. [Read Abstract]

Cowlam S, Saunders P, Wooff D, Yiannakou Y. The frequency of the sampling response does not determine urge to defecate in patients with constipation: A study using semi-ambulatory anorectal physiology. Joint International Society Meeting in Neurogastroenterology and GI Motility. Boston, Massachusetts, September 2006. Abstract in Neurogastroenterology and Motility. 18 (8); 676. [Read Abstract]

Cowlam S, Nair S, Dordea M , Hildreth T, Mackie A, Minty I et al. Validity of segmental transit studies in identifying obstructed defecation in patients with functional constipation. Joint International Society Meeting in Neurogastroenterology and GI Motility Boston, Massachusetts, September 2006. Neurogastroenterology and Motility 2006; 18(8): 677A

Davison J, McGranaghan S, McCauley E, Mackie A. Paediatirc DMSA imaging - optimal collimator choice. Autumn Meeting of the British Nuclear Medicine Society, Cambridge 4-5 September 2006. Nuclear Medicine Communications 2006; 27(12): 1030P

Department of Health. Defibrillator Review 2006. Purchasing and Supply Agency. Evaluation No. 06018. 2006:1-74. (Prepared by Menes JA, Reay CA, Bousfield DR, Colechin ES)

Department of Health. Ambulatory ECG Event Monitor, Cardionetics C.Net(r)2000+:24 Hour Arrhythmia Monitor and Analyser. Purchasing and Supply Agency. Evaluation No. 05083. 2006:1-34. (Prepared by Menes JA, Colechin ES, Reay CA, Bousfield DR, Sims AJ)

Department of Health. Defibrillator, Medtronic Lifepak CR Plus. Purchasing and Supply Agency. Evaluation No. 06029. 2006:1-34. (Prepared by Reay CA, Menes JA, Bousfield DR, Colechin ES)

Department of Health. Defibrillator, Medtronic Lifepak 20. Purchasing and Supply Agency. Evaluation No. 06041. 2006:1-34. (Prepared by Reay CA, Menes JA, Bousfield DR, Colechin ES)

Department of Health. Defibrillator, Schiller FRED easyport. Purchasing and Supply Agency. Evaluation No. 06048. 2006:1-36. (Prepared by Reay CA, Menes JA, Bousfield DR, Colechin ES.

Diffey BL. Do we need more sun exposure? In: Sunlight, Vitamin D & Health (Ed. O. Gillie), London: Health Research Forum Publishing 2006, 57-61.

Diffey BL. Do we need a revised public health policy on sun exposure? British Journal of Dermatology 2006; 154: 1046-1051

Diffey BL. The contribution of medical physics to the development of psoralen photochemotherapy (PUVA) in the UK: a personal reminiscence. Physics in Medicine and Biology 2006; 51: R229-R244. [Read Abstract]

Douglas SA, Webster S, El Badawey MR, Drinnan M, Matthews JNS, Gibson GJ, Wilson JA. The Development of a Snoring Symptoms Inventory. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (2006) 134, 56-62. [Read Abstract]

Drinnan MJ, Robson WA, Caffarel J, Pickard RS, McIntosh SL, Harding C, Griffiths CJ. Basic principles of the Newcastle penile cuff test. Urodinamica 16: 289-297, 2006. [Read Abstract]

Farr PM, Diffey BL. The action spectrum for healing of psoriasis. Photoderm Photoimmunol Photomed 2006; 22: 52

Firbank MJ, Burton EJ, Barber R, Stephens S, Kenny RA, Ballard C, Kalaria RN, O'Brien JT. Medial temporal atrophy rather than white matter hyperintensities predict cognitive decline in stroke survivors. Neurobiol Aging. 2006 (eprint only at moment). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.07.009. [Read Abstract]

Gillivan-Murphy P, Drinnan MJ, O'Dwyer TP, Ridha H, Carding P. The Effectiveness of a Voice Treatment Approach for Teachers With Self-Reported Voice Problems. Journal of Voice, in press. [Read Abstract]

Haigh AJ, Murray A, Langley P. Feasibility of Separating the Atrial and Ventricular Components of the Electrocardiogram. Computers in Cardiology 2006;33:393-396. [Read Abstract]

Harding C, Robson W, Drinnan Ms, Sajeel M, Ramsden P, Griffiths C, Pickard R. Predicting the Outcome of Prostatectomy Using Noninvasive Bladder Pressure and Urine Flow Measurements. Eur Urol. 2006 Nov 13. [Read Abstract]

Harding CK, Robson W, Drinnan MJ, Ramsden PD, Griffiths C, Pickard RS. Variation in invasive and noninvasive measurements of isovolumetric bladder pressure and categorization of obstruction according to bladder volume. J Urol. 2006 Jul;176(1):172-6. [Read Abstract]

Harrison RM, Wilkinson M, Shemilt A, Rawlings DJ, Moore M, Lecomber AR. Organ doses from prostate radiotherapy and associated concomitant exposures. British Journal of Radiology 2006; 79: 487-496. [Read Abstract]

Heath N, Macleod I, Peace R. Major salivary gland agenesis in a young child: consequences for oral health. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 2006;16:432-434. [Read Abstract]

Hyde SJ, Coulthard MG, Keir MJ. Evaluation of detectors for ambulatory monitoring of renal reflux. Presented at the British Nuclear Medicine Society Autumn Meeting, Glasgow September 2005, and abstract published in Nuclear Medicine Communications, 2006; 27:A5.

Ives CL, Harrison DK, Stansby G. Relationships between muscle SO2, Skin SO2 and physiological variables. Adv Exp Med Biol: 578: 29-33. [Read Abstract]

Ives CL, Harrison DK, Stansby G. Prediction of surgical site infections using spectrophotometry: Preliminary results. Adv Exp Med Biol: 578: 149-154. [Read Abstract]

Ives CL, Harrison DK, Stansby G. Tissue oxygen saturation may predict healing of surgical site wounds. Microcirculation 13: 511-534. [Read Abstract]

Ives CL, Harrison DK, Stansby G. Prediction of surgical site infections using near infrared spectroscopy, Eur Surg Res. 38, Suppl. 1: 136.

Ives C, Harrison D, Stansby G. Prediction of wound infections after major surgery by the use of near-infrared spectrophotometry. Ann Roy Coll Surg Eng 88: 234-235.

Jones PA, Chambers IR, Lo TYM, Minns RA. Cerebral Perfusion Pressure insult characteristics (duration or intensity) which best predict poor outcome after severe childhood traumatic brain injury. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, Supplement No. 104, January 2006, Vol 48, pp 3-4.

Jones PA, Chambers IR, Lo TYM, et al. Do the mean values of ICP, CPP and MAP (calculated from successive 6-hour epochs of real-time data) predict outcome at a critical time after TBI in children? Proceedings of the 146th Meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons. British Journal of Neurosurgery 2005; 19(3): 268-287. [Read Abstract]

Jones SM, Carding PN, Drinnan MJ. Exploring the relationship between severity of dysphonia and voice-related quality of life. Clin. Otolaryngol. 2006, 31, 411-417. [Read Abstract]

Kelly AM, Leslie P, Beale T, Payten C, Drinnan MJ. Fibreoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing and videofluoroscopy: does examination type influence perception of pharyngeal residue severity? Clin. Otolaryngol. 2006, 31, 425-432. [Read Abstract]

Kotre CJ, Reay J, Chapple C-L. The influence of patient size on patient doses in cardiology. Rad. Prot. Dos., 117 (Nos. 1-3) 222-224.

Kotre CJ, Marshall NW, Guibelalde E. Analysis of motion unsharpness in digital fluoroscopy. Rad. Prot. Dos. 117 (Nos. 1-3) 304-308.

Kotre CJ, Little BG. Patient and staff radiation doses from early radiological examinations (1899-1902). Br J Radiol. 2006 Oct;79(946):837-42. [Read Abstract]

Kotre CJ. Short communication: an investigation of search pattern extent in the threshold contrast detection task. Br J Radiol. 2006 May;79(941):437-40. [Read Abstract]

Krishnan MS, O'Brien JT, Firbank MJ, Pantoni L, Carlucci G, Erkinjuntti T, Wallin A, Wahlund LO, Scheltens P, van Straaten EC, Inzitari D. Relationship between periventricular and deep white matter lesions and depressive symptoms in older people. The LADIS Study. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2006 Oct;21(10):983-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gps.1596. [Read Abstract]

Langley P, Rieta JJ, Stridh M, Millet J, Sornmo L, Murray A. Comparison of atrial signal extraction algorithms in 12-lead ECGs with atrial fibrillation. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2006 Feb;53(2):343-6. [Read Abstract]

Langley P, Smith FE, King ST, Zheng D, Haigh AJ, Murray A. Fully Automated Computer Measurement of QT Interval from the 12-Lead Electrocardiogram. Computers in Cardiology 2006;33:345-348.[Read Abstract]

Lloyd JJ. In: Ultraviolet radiation in medicine. Webster, JG, editor. Encyclopedia of Medical Devices and Instrumentation, 2nd edition. Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons 2006.

McCauley E, Mackie A, Elliott D, Chuck A. Heel bone densitometry: device specific thresholds for the assessment of osteoporosis. Br. J. Radiol. 2006 79: 464-467. [Read Abstract]

Macauly E, Walker C. Commissioning of the Dynamic Wedge, IPEM Report 54 RevR2, Acceptance Testing and Commissioning of Linear Accelerators, 2006.

Macdonald A, Drinnan M, Johnston A, Reda M, Griffiths C, Wilson J, Gibson GJ. Evaluation of potential predictors of outcome of laser-assisted uvulopalatoplasty for snoring. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2006 Feb;134(2):197-203. [Read Abstract]

Mackie A, McCauley E. 131I therapy in a thyrotoxic haemodialysis patient: Ascertaining the facts after the prior risk assessment. Autumn Meeting of the British Nuclear Medicine Society, Cambridge 4-5 September 2006. Nuclear Medicine Communications 2006; 27(12): 1020A

Murphy TW, Reay CA, Sims AJ, Smith JH. Serial measurement of leak conductance around uncuffed endotracheal tubes in children after cardiopulmonary bypass. Paediatr Anaesth. 2006 Dec;16(12):1300-1. [Read Abstract]

Newton JL, Allen J, Kerr S, Jones DE. Reduced heart rate variability and baroreflex sensitivity in primary biliary cirrhosis. Liver Int. 2006 Mar;26(2):197-202. [Read Abstract]

O'Brien JT, Firbank MJ, Krishnan MS, van Straaten EC, van der Flier WM, Petrovic K, Pantoni L, Simoni M, Erkinjuntti T, Wallin A, Wahlund LO, Inzitari D; LADIS Group. White matter hyperintensities rather than lacunar infarcts are associated with depressive symptoms in older people: the LADIS study. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2006 Oct;14(10):834-41. [Read Abstract]

Olbrich T, Williams DO, Doig JC, Murray A. In vivo assessment of coronary artery angioplasty and stent deployment from balloon pressure-volume data. Physiol Meas. 2006 Mar;27(3):213-23. [Read Abstract]

Oxygen Transport to Tissue XXVII. Editors G Cicco, M Ferrari, DK Harrison and D Bruley. Springer-Kluwer-Plenum New York/London (2006).

Padgett R, Kotre CJ. Development and application of programs to measure MTF, NPS and DQE. Rad. Prot. Dos. 117 (Nos. 1-3) 283-287.

Peace RA, Lloyd JJ. Practical points for nuclear cardiology. Letter to the Editor. J Nucl Cardiol 2006;13:731.

Peace RA, Lloyd JJ. The correlation of ejection fraction and end systolic volume in gated SPECT: should we report one or both? BNMS annual meeting, Manchester. Nucl Med Commun 2006;27:292. [Read Abstract]

Peterzol A, Quai E, Padovani R, Bernardi G, Kotre CJ, Dowling A. Reference levels in PTCA as a function of procedure complexity. Rad. Prot. Dos. 117 (Nos. 1-3) 54-58.

Phillips D, Richardson MA, Ardley RG, Chandler ST, Wright D, Gokul S. An audit of glomerular filtration rate calculation across three hospital sites and its impact on chemotherapy dose prescription in oncology. Nuc Med Commun 2006; 27: 1026-1027. [Read Abstract]

Phillips D, Richardson MA, Ardley RG, Chandler ST, Wright D, Gokul S. An audit of GFR calculation methodology across three hospital sites and its impact on chemotherapy dose prescription. British Nuclear Medicine Society Autumn Meeting, Cambridge 2006. Nuclear Medicine Communications, 27(12):1026 (2006). [Read Abstract]

Pickard RS, Harding C, Robson WA, McIntosh SL, Sajeel M, Ramsden P, Drinnan MJ, Griffiths CJ. The role of non-invasive bladder pressure measurement by the penile cuff device for assessment of men with lower urinary tract symptoms. Urodinamica 16: 298-309, 2006. [Read Abstract]

Rawlings D, Tuck S. Bone mineral density - size is important! RAD Magazine January 2006, 21-22

Robson KJ, Kotre CJ. Pilot study into optimisation of viewing conditions for electronically displayed images. Rad. Prot. Dos. 117 (Nos. 1-3) 298-303.

Smith FE, Langley P, van Leeuwen P, Hailer B, Trahms L, Steinhoff U, Bourke JP, Murray A. Comparison of magnetocardiography and electrocardiography: a study of automatic measurement of dispersion of ventricular repolarization. Europace. 2006 Oct;8(10):887-93. [Read Abstract]

Stücker M, Hartmann P, Lübbers DW, Harrison D, Altmeyer P. Visualisation of skin oxygenation. In "Bioengineering of the Skin: Skin Imaging and Analysis" 2nd Edition. Ed. KP Wilhelm. Informa Healthcare New York.

Wright DA, Chandler ST. Simple scatter correction methods for gamma camera images: do they work? British Nuclear Medicine Society Annual Meeting, Manchester 2006. Nuclear Medicine Communications, 27(3):285, (2006). [Read Abstract]

Zheng D, Allen J, Murray A. Development of a Method for Determining Arterial Pulse Propagation Times and Influence of Arterial Compliance. Computers in Cardiology 2006;33:289-292. [Read Abstract]

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