List of Publications

  1. M.J. Firbank; A.M. Blamire; M.S. Krishnan; A. Teodorczuk; P.T. English; A. Gholkar; R.M. Harrison; J. T. O'Brien. Atrophy is associated with posterior cingulate white matter disruption in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease. NeuroImage 2007, 36(1), 1-7.
  2. M.J. Firbank; A.M. Blamire; M.S. Krishnan; A. Teodorczuk; P.T. English; A. Gholkar; R.M. Harrison; J. T. O'Brien. Diffusion tensor imaging in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 2007, 155(2), 135-145.
  3. J.T. O'Brien; M.J. Firbank; M.S. Krishnan; E.C.W. van Straaten; W.M. van der Flier; K. Petrovic; L. Pantoni; M. Simoni; T. Erkinjuntti; A. Wallin; L-O. Wahlund; D. Inzitari; LADIS group. White matter hyperintensities rather than lacunar infarcts are associated with depressive symptoms in older people: The LADIS study. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2006, 14(10), 834-841.
  4. J.T. O'Brien; M.J. Firbank; U. P. Mosimann; D.J. Burn; I.G. McKeith. Change in perfusion, hallucinations and fluctuations in consciousness in dementia with Lewy Bodies. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 2005, 139(2), 79-88.
  5. M.J. Firbank; S. Molloy; I.G. McKeith; D.J. Burn; J.T. O'Brien. Longitudinal change in 99mTcHMPAO cerebral perfusion SPECT in Parkinson's disease over one year. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2005, 76, 1448-1451.
  6. M.J. Firbank; D.J. Burn; I.G. McKeith; J.T. O'Brien. Longitudinal study of cerebral blood flow SPECT in Parkinson's disease with dementia, and dementia with Lewy bodies. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2005, 20, 776-782.
  7. M.J. Firbank; J.T. O'Brien; S. Pakrasi; L. Pantoni; M. Simoni; T. Erkinjuntti; A. Wallin; L-O. Wahlund; I. van Straaten; D. Inzitari; LADIS group. White matter hyperintensities and depression - preliminary results from the LADIS study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2005, 20(7), 674-679.
  8. M.J. Firbank; A.J. Lloyd; N. Ferrier; J.T. O'Brien. A volumetric study of MRI signal hyperintensities in late-life depression. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2004, 12(6), 606-612.
  9. M.J. Firbank; S.J. Colloby; D.J. Burn; I.G. McKeith; J.T. O'Brien. Regional cerebral blood flow in Parkinson's with and without dementia. Neuroimage 2003, 20(2), 1309-1319.
  10. Firbank MJ, Minett T, O'Brien JT: Changes in DWI and MRS associated with white matter hyperintensities in elderly subjects. Neurology 2003; 61(7): 950-954.
  11. Firbank MJ, Harrison RM, O'Brien JT. A comprehensive review of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies in dementia and Parkinson's disease. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2002; 14(2): 64-76.
  12. Firbank MJ, Coulthard A. 2000 Evaluation of a technique for estimation of extraocular muscle volume using 2D MRI Br. J. Radiol. 73 1282-9
  13. Firbank MJ, Coulthard A, Harrison RM, Williams ED. 2000 Quality assurance for MRI: practical experience. Br. J. Radiol. 73 376-382
  14. Firbank MJ, Coulthard A, Harrison RM, Williams ED. 1999 A comparison of two methods for measuring the signal to noise ratio on MR images. Phys. Med. Biol. 44 N261-4
  15. Firbank, M. J., Coulthard, A., Harrison, R. M. and Williams, E. D. 1999 Partial volume effects in MRI studies of multiple sclerosis Mag. Res. Imag., 17 593-601
  16. Firbank, M., Okada, E. and Delpy, D. T. 1998 A theoretical study of the signal contribution of regions of the adult head to near-infrared spectroscopy studies of visual evoked responses Neuroimage, 8 69-78.
  17. Firbank, M., Elwell, C. E., Cooper, C. E. and Delpy, D. T. 1998 Experimental and theoretical comparison of NIR spectroscopy measurements of cerebral hemoglobin changes Journal of Appl. Physiol. 85 1915-1921
  18. Meek, J. H., Firbank, M., Elwell, C. E., Atkinson, J., Braddick, O. and Wyatt, J. S. 1998 Regional hemodynamic responses to visual stimulation in awake infants Ped. Res., 43 840-843
  19. Firbank M, Okada E, Delpy DT. 1997 Investigation of the effect of discrete absorbers upon the measurement of blood volume with near infrared spectroscopy. Phys. Med. Biol. 42 465-77
  20. Okada E, Firbank M, Schweiger M, Arridge SR, Cope M, Delpy DT. 1997 A theoretical and experimental investigation of near infrared light propagation in a model of the adult head. Appl. Opt. 36 21-31
  21. Okada E, Firbank M, Schweiger M, Arridge SR, Delpy DT. 1996 Analysis of light propagation in inhomogeneous turbid media by time-resolved measurement. Jap. J. Optics 25 33-41
  22. Okada E, Schweiger M, Arridge SR, Firbank M, Delpy DT. 1996 Experimental validation of Monte Carlo and finite element methods for the estimation of the optical path length in inhomogeneous tissue. Appl. Opt. 35 3362-71
  23. Hargrave P, Nicholson PW, Delpy DT, Firbank M. 1996 Optical properties of multicellular tumour spheroids. Phys. Med. Biol. 41 1067-72
  24. Firbank M, Arridge SR, Schweiger M, Delpy DT. 1996 An investigation of light transport through scattering bodies with non-scattering regions. Phys. Med. Biol. 41 767-83
  25. Okada E, Firbank M, Delpy DT. 1995 The effect of overlying tissue on the spatial sensitivity profile of near-infrared spectroscopy. Phys. Med. Biol. 40 2093-108
  26. Hebden JC, Hall DJ, Firbank M, Delpy DT. 1995 Time resolved optical imaging of a solid tissue-equivalent phantom. Appl. Opt. 34 8038-47
  27. Firbank M, Oda M, Delpy DT. 1995 An improved design for a stable and reproducible phantom material use in near infra red spectroscopy and imaging. Phys. Med. Biol. 40 955-61
  28. Firbank MJ. 1994 The design, calibration and usage of a solid scattering and absorbing phantom for near infrared spectroscopy' PhD Thesis University College London
  29. Firbank M, Delpy DT. 1994 A phantom for the testing and calibration of near infra red spectrometers. Phys. Med. Biol. 39 1509-13
  30. .Hiraoka M, Firbank M, Essenpreis M, Cope M, Arridge SR, van der Zee P, Delpy DT. 1993 A Monte Carlo investigation of optical pathlength in inhomogeneous tissue and its application to near infrared spectroscopy. Phys. Med. Biol. 38 1859-76
  31. Firbank M, Delpy DT. 1993 A design for a stable and reproducible phantom for use in near infrared imaging and spectroscopy. Phys. Med. Biol. 38 847-53
  32. Firbank M, Hiraoka M, Essenpreis M, Delpy DT. 1993 Measurement of the optical properties of the skull in the wavelength range 650-950 nm. Phys. Med. Biol. 38 503-10


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