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Ultrasound induced fluorescence of nanoscale liposome contrast agents (2016)
Journal Article
Zhang, Q., Morgan, S. P., O’Shea, P., & Mather, M. L. (2016). Ultrasound induced fluorescence of nanoscale liposome contrast agents. PLoS ONE, 11(7), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159742

A new imaging contrast agent is reported that provides an increased fluorescent signal upon application of ultrasound (US). Liposomes containing lipids labelled with pyrene were optically excited and the excimer fluorescence emission intensity was de... Read More about Ultrasound induced fluorescence of nanoscale liposome contrast agents.

Simultaneous temperature and humidity measurements in a mechanical ventilator using an optical fibre sensor (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hernandez, F. U., Correia, R., Morgan, S. P., Hayes-Gill, B., Evans, D., Sinha, R., Norris, A., Harvey, D., Hardman, J. G., & Korposh, S. (2016, May). Simultaneous temperature and humidity measurements in a mechanical ventilator using an optical fibre sensor. Presented at Sixth European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors (EWOFS'2016), Limerick, Ireland

An optical fibre sensor for simultaneous temperature and humidity measurements consisting of one fibre Bragg grating (FBG) to measure temperature and a mesoporous film of bilayers of Poly(allylamine hydrochloride)(PAH) and silica (SiO2) nanoparticles... Read More about Simultaneous temperature and humidity measurements in a mechanical ventilator using an optical fibre sensor.

Characterization and use of a fiber optic sensor based on PAH/SiO2 film for humidity sensing in ventilator care equipment (2016)
Journal Article
Hernandez, F. U., Morgan, S. P., Hayes-Gill, B. R., Harvey, D., Kinnear, W., Norris, A., Evans, D., Hardman, J., & Korposh, S. (2016). Characterization and use of a fiber optic sensor based on PAH/SiO2 film for humidity sensing in ventilator care equipment. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 63(9), 1985-1992. https://doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2016.2521662

Objective: To develop a compact probe that can be used to monitor humidity in ventilator care equipment. A mesoporous film of alternate layers of Poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) and silica (SiO2) nanoparticles (bilayers), deposited onto an optic... Read More about Characterization and use of a fiber optic sensor based on PAH/SiO2 film for humidity sensing in ventilator care equipment.

Multi-exposure laser speckle contrast imaging using a high frame rate CMOS sensor with a field programmable gate array (2015)
Journal Article
Sun, S., Hayes-Gill, B. R., He, D., Zhu, Y., & Morgan, S. P. (2015). Multi-exposure laser speckle contrast imaging using a high frame rate CMOS sensor with a field programmable gate array. Optics Letters, 40(20), https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.40.004587

A system has been developed in which multi-exposure Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging (LSCI) is implemented using a high frame rate CMOS imaging sensor chip. Processing is performed using a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The system allows differe... Read More about Multi-exposure laser speckle contrast imaging using a high frame rate CMOS sensor with a field programmable gate array.

Government policy and healthcare management: proposal of a shared decision-making model (2015)
Journal Article
Petrillo, A., Felice, F. D., Vanzanella, C., Crispino, F., Martin, J. L., Craven, M. P., Morgan, S. P., & Pecchia, L. (2015). Government policy and healthcare management: proposal of a shared decision-making model. International Journal of Management and Decision Making, 14(3), https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMDM.2015.070757

As a consequence of the current economic crisis many changes have been introduced to health systems on national levels to reduce expenditure and to introduce more cost-effective methods. Then recent developments in medical technology have led to a sh... Read More about Government policy and healthcare management: proposal of a shared decision-making model.

Numerical investigation of the mechanisms of ultrasound-modulated bioluminescence tomography (2015)
Journal Article
Zhang, Q., Mather, M., & Morgan, S. P. (2015). Numerical investigation of the mechanisms of ultrasound-modulated bioluminescence tomography. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 62(9), https://doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2015.2405415

Objective: A hybrid imaging technique, Ultrasound Modulated Luminescence Tomography, that uses ultrasound to modulate diffusely propagating light has been shown to improve the spatial resolution of optical images. This paper is to investigate the und... Read More about Numerical investigation of the mechanisms of ultrasound-modulated bioluminescence tomography.

Laser Doppler blood flow imaging using a CMOS imaging sensor with on-chip signal processing (2013)
Journal Article
He, D., Nguyen, H. C., Hayes-Gill, B. R., Zhu, Y., Crowe, J. A., Gill, C., Clough, G. F., & Morgan, S. P. (2013). Laser Doppler blood flow imaging using a CMOS imaging sensor with on-chip signal processing. Sensors, 13(9), https://doi.org/10.3390/s130912632

The first fully integrated 2D CMOS imaging sensor with on-chip signal processing for applications in laser Doppler blood flow (LDBF) imaging has been designed and tested. To obtain a space efficient design over 64 × 64 pixels means that standard proc... Read More about Laser Doppler blood flow imaging using a CMOS imaging sensor with on-chip signal processing.

Pulsed ultrasound modulated optical tomography utilizing the harmonic response of lock-in detection (2013)
Journal Article
Ruan, H., Mather, M., & Morgan, S. P. (2013). Pulsed ultrasound modulated optical tomography utilizing the harmonic response of lock-in detection. Applied Optics, 52(19), https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.52.004755

Ultrasound modulated optical tomography (USMOT) can image the optical properties of a scattering
medium at a spatial resolution approaching that of ultrasound (US). A lock-in parallel speckle detection
technique is proposed to detect pulsed US modu... Read More about Pulsed ultrasound modulated optical tomography utilizing the harmonic response of lock-in detection.

Pulsed ultrasound modulated optical tomography with harmonic lock-in holography detection (2013)
Journal Article
Ruan, H., Mather, M., & Morgan, S. P. (2013). Pulsed ultrasound modulated optical tomography with harmonic lock-in holography detection. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 30(7), https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.30.001409

A method that uses digital heterodyne holography reconstruction to extract scattered light modulated by a singlecycle ultrasound (US) burst is demonstrated and analyzed. An US burst is used to shift the pulsed laser frequency by a series of discrete... Read More about Pulsed ultrasound modulated optical tomography with harmonic lock-in holography detection.

Engaging with economic evaluation methods: insights from small and medium enterprises in the UK medical devices industry after training workshops (2012)
Journal Article
Craven, M. P., Allsop, M. J., Morgan, S. P., & Martin, J. L. (2012). Engaging with economic evaluation methods: insights from small and medium enterprises in the UK medical devices industry after training workshops. Health Research Policy and Systems, 10(29), https://doi.org/10.1186/1478-4505-10-29

Background

With increased governmental interest in value assessment of technologies and where medical device manufacturers are finding it increasingly necessary to become more familiar with economic evaluation methods, the study sought to explore... Read More about Engaging with economic evaluation methods: insights from small and medium enterprises in the UK medical devices industry after training workshops.