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Dr Kevin Wells

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Phone: Work: 01483 68 6036
Room no: 28 AB 05

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Publications

Highlights

  • Cabello J, Wells K. (2010) 'The spatial resolution of silicon-based electron detectors in beta-autoradiography'. IOP PUBLISHING LTD PHYS MED BIOL, 55 (6), pp. 1677-1699.
    doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/6/010
  • Bohndiek SE, Blue A, Cabello J, Clark AT, Guerrini N, Evans PM, Harris EJ, Konstantinidis A, Maneuski D, Osmond J, O'Shea V, Speller RD, Turchetta R, Wells K, Zin H, Allinson NM. (2009) 'Characterization and Testing of LAS: A Prototype 'Large Area Sensor' With Performance Characteristics Suitable for Medical Imaging Applications'. IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC IEEE T NUCL SCI, 56 (5), pp. 2938-2946.
    doi: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2029575
  • Chiverton JP, Wells K. (2008) 'Adaptive partial volume classification of MRI data'. IOP PUBLISHING LTD PHYS MED BIOL, 53 (20), pp. 5577-5594.
    doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/20/001
  • Grenier N, Mendichovszky L, De Senneville BD, Rouiol S, Desbarats P, Pedersen M, Wells K, Frokiaer J, Gordon I. (2008) 'Measurement of glomerular filtration rate with magnetic resonance imaging: Principles, limitations, and expectations'. W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC SEMINARS IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE, Antalya, TURKEY: 38 (1), pp. 47-55.
    doi: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2007.09.004
  • Cabello J, Bailey A, Kitchen I, Prydderch M, Clark A, Turchetta R, Wells K. (2007) 'Digital autoradiography using room temperature CCD and CMOS imaging technology.'. Phys Med Biol, England: 52 (16), pp. 4993-5011.
    doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/16/019

Journal articles

  • Abd Rahni AA, Lewis E, Guy MJ, Goswami B, Wells K. (2011) 'A particle filter approach to respiratory motion estimation in nuclear medicine imaging'. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 58 (5 PART 1), pp. 2276-2285.
    doi: 10.1109/TNS.2011.2162158
  • Bradley DA, Hashim S, Saripan MI, Wells K, Dunn WL. (2011) 'Photon signature analysis using template matching'. Elsevier Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 652 (1), pp. 466-469.
    doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2011.01.142
  • Gutierrez DR, Wells K, Montesdeoca OD, Santana AM, Mendichovszky IA, Gordon I. (2010) 'Partial volume effects in dynamic contrast magnetic resonance renal studies'. ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD EUR J RADIOL, 75 (2), pp. 221-229.
    doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.04.073
  • Bradley DA, Hashim S, Cabello J, Wells K, Dunn WL. (2010) 'Photon-induced positron annihilation for standoff bomb detection'. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA: 619 (1-3), pp. 415-418.
    doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.10.073
  • Cabello J, Wells K. (2010) 'The spatial resolution of silicon-based electron detectors in beta-autoradiography'. IOP PUBLISHING LTD PHYS MED BIOL, 55 (6), pp. 1677-1699.
    doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/6/010
  • Loveland J, Gundogdu O, Morton E, Wells K, Bradley DA. (2010) 'Phase contrast imaging: Effect of increased object-detector distances at X-ray diagnostic and megavoltage energies'. Elsevier Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 652 (1), pp. 625-629.
    doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.09.092
  • Rodriguez Gutierrez D, Wells K, Diaz Montesdeoca O, Moran Santana A, Mendichovszky IA, Gordon I. (2010) 'Partial volume effects in dynamic contrast magnetic resonance renal studies'. European Journal of Radiology, 75 (2), pp. 221-229.
    doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.04.073
  • Bohndiek SE, Blue A, Cabello J, Clark AT, Guerrini N, Evans PM, Harris EJ, Konstantinidis A, Maneuski D, Osmond J, O'Shea V, Speller RD, Turchetta R, Wells K, Zin H, Allinson NM. (2009) 'Characterization and Testing of LAS: A Prototype 'Large Area Sensor' With Performance Characteristics Suitable for Medical Imaging Applications'. IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC IEEE T NUCL SCI, 56 (5), pp. 2938-2946.
    doi: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2029575
  • Allinson N, Anaxagoras T, Aveyard J, Arvanitis C, Bates R, Blue A, Bohndiek S, Cabello J, Chen L, Chen S, Clark A, Clayton C, Cook E, Cossins A, Crooks J, El-Gomati M, Evans PM, Faruqi W, French M, Gow J, Greenshaw T, Greig T, Guerrini N, Harris EJ, Henderson R, Holland A, Jeyasundra G, Karadaglic D, Konstantinidis A, Liang HX, Maini KMS, McMullen G, Olivo A, O'Shea V, Osmond J, Ott RJ, Prydderch M, Qiang L, Riley G, Royle G, Segneri G, Speller R, Symonds-Tayler JRN, Triger S, Turchetta R, Venanzi C, Wells K, Zha X, Zin H. (2009) 'The Multidimensional Integrated Intelligent Imaging project (MI-3)'. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Univ Glasgow, Glasgow, SCOTLAND: 604 (1-2), pp. 196-198.
    doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.01.112
  • Chiverton JP, Wells K. (2008) 'Adaptive partial volume classification of MRI data'. IOP PUBLISHING LTD PHYS MED BIOL, 53 (20), pp. 5577-5594.
    doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/20/001
  • Grenier N, Mendichovszky L, De Senneville BD, Rouiol S, Desbarats P, Pedersen M, Wells K, Frokiaer J, Gordon I. (2008) 'Measurement of glomerular filtration rate with magnetic resonance imaging: Principles, limitations, and expectations'. W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC SEMINARS IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE, Antalya, TURKEY: 38 (1), pp. 47-55.
    doi: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2007.09.004
  • Wells K, Chiverton J, Partridge M, Barry M, Kadhem H, Ott B. (2007) 'Quantifying the partial volume effect in PET using Benford's law'. IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC IEEE T NUCL SCI, 54 (5), pp. 1616-1625.
    doi: 10.1109/TNS.2007.903182
  • Saripan MI, Petrou M, Wells K. (2007) 'Design of a wire-mesh collimator for gamma cameras.'. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, United States: 54 (9), pp. 1598-1612.
    doi: 10.1109/TBME.2007.902584
  • Cabello J, Bailey A, Kitchen I, Prydderch M, Clark A, Turchetta R, Wells K. (2007) 'Digital autoradiography using room temperature CCD and CMOS imaging technology.'. Phys Med Biol, England: 52 (16), pp. 4993-5011.
    doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/16/019
  • Alnafea M, Wells K, Spyrou NM, Guy M. (2007) 'Preliminary Monte Carlo study of coded aperture imaging with a CZT gamma camera system for scintimammography'. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Univ Liverpool, Liverpool, ENGLAND: 573 (1-2), pp. 122-125.
    doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.11.007
  • Chiverton J, Wells K, Lewis E, Chen C, Podda B, Johnson D. (2007) 'Statistical morphological skull stripping of adult and infant MRI data.'. Comput Biol Med, United States: 37 (3), pp. 342-357.
    doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2006.04.001
  • Alnafea M, Wells K, Spyrou NM, Saripana MI, Guy M, Hinton P. (2006) 'Preliminary results from a Monte Carlo study of breast tumour imaging with low-energy high-resolution collimator and a modified uniformly-redundant array-coded aperture'. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Grenoble, FRANCE: 563 (1), pp. 146-149.
    doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.01.124
  • Chiverton J, Wells K. (2006) 'Mixture effects in FIR low-pass filtered signals'. IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC IEEE SIGNAL PROC LET, 13 (6), pp. 369-372.
    doi: 10.1109/LSP.2006.871710

Conference papers

  • MacKenzie A, Workman A, Dance DR, Yip M, Wells K, Young KC. (2011) 'Validation of a method to convert an image to appear as if acquired using a different digital detector'. Proceedings of SPIE: Poster Session: X-ray Imaging, Lake Buena Vista, USA: Medical Imaging 2011: Physics of Medical Imaging 7961
    doi: 10.1117/12.878756
  • Abd Rahni AA, Wells K, Lewis E, Guy M, Goswami B. (2011) 'An Iterative Particle Filter Approach for Respiratory Motion Estimation in Nuclear Medicine Imaging'. SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING MEDICAL IMAGING 2011: IMAGE PROCESSING, Lake Buena Vista, FL: Conference on Medical Imaging 2011 - Image Processing 7962
    doi: 10.1117/12.878086
  • Abd Rahni AA, Wells K, Lewis E, Guy M, Goswami B. (2011) 'An iterative particle filter approach for respiratory motion estimation in nuclear medicine imaging'. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, 7962
  • Rahni AAA, Lewis E, Guy MJ, Goswami B, Wells K. (2010) 'Performance evaluation of a particle filter framework for respiratory motion estimation in Nuclear Medicine imaging'. IEEE IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), Knoxville, USA: Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, pp. 2676-2680.
    doi: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874276
  • Alnowam MR, Lewis E, Wells K, Guy M. (2010) 'Respiratory motion modelling and prediction using probability density estimation'. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), Knoxville, USA: Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, pp. 2465-2469.
    doi: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874231
  • Alnowam MR, Lewis E, Wells K, Guy M. (2010) 'Marker-less tracking for respiratory motion correction in nuclear medicine'. IEEE IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), Knoxville, USA: Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, pp. 3118-3121.
    doi: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874374
  • Alnowami M, Lewis E, Wells K, Guy M. (2010) 'Inter- and intra-subject variation of abdominal vs. thoracic respiratory motion using kernel density estimation'. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), Knoxville, USA: Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, pp. 2921-2924.
    doi: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874330
  • Mackenzie A, Workman A, Dance DR, Yip M, Wells K, Young KC. (2010) 'Adapting clinical images to appear with different noise and sharpness to model a different detector'. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 6136 LNCS, pp. 319-326.
  • Abd Rahni AA, Lewis E, Wells K, Guy M, Goswami B. (2010) 'Development of a Particle Filter Framework for Respiratory Motion Correction in Nuclear Medicine Imaging'. SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING MEDICAL IMAGING 2010: IMAGE PROCESSING, San Diego, CA: Conference on Medical Imaging 2010 - Image Processing 7623
    doi: 10.1117/12.844424
  • Díaz O, Yip M, Cabello J, Dance DR, Young KC, Wells K. (2010) 'Monte Carlo simulation of scatter field for calculation of contrast of discs in synthetic CDMAM images'. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 6136 LNCS, pp. 628-635.
  • Alnowami MR, Lewis E, Guy M, Wells K. (2010) 'An Observation Model for Motion Correction in Nuclear Medicine'. SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING MEDICAL IMAGING 2010: IMAGE PROCESSING, San Diego, CA: Conference on Medical Imaging 2010 - Image Processing 7623
    doi: 10.1117/12.844376
  • Yip M, Zanca F, MacKenzie A, Workman A, Young KC, Dance DR, Bosmans H, Lewis E, Wells K. (2010) 'Validation of a simulated dose reduction methodology using digital mammography CDMAM images and mastectomy images'. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 6136 LNCS, pp. 78-85.
  • Cabello J, Holland A, Holland K, Bailey A, Kitchen I, Wells K. (2009) 'Betacam: A commercial approach to β- Autoradiography'. Proceedings of SPIE: Poster Session: Detectors, Lake Buena Bista: Medical Imaging 2009: Physics of Medical Imaging 7258
    doi: 10.1117/12.811326
  • Cabello J, Bailey A, Kitchen I, Guy M, Wells K. (2009) 'Segmentation of low contrast-to-noise ratio images applied to functional imaging using adaptive region growing'. Proceedings of SPIE: Posters: Segmentation, Lake Buena Vista, USA: Medical Imaging 2009: Image Processing 7259
    doi: 10.1117/12.811325
  • Jones J, Lewis E, Guy M, Wells K. (2009) 'A virtual dissection based registration to model patient-specific respiratory motion'. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, , pp. 3571-3576.
  • Cabello J, Metaxas A, Bailey A, Kitchen I, Wells K. (2009) 'Elastic atlas registration of β- autoradiograms using scattered data interpolators'. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, , pp. 3700-3704.
  • Wells K, Goswami B, Rahni AA, Jones J, Alnowami M, Lewis EB, Guy M. (2009) 'A flexible approach to motion correction in nuclear medicine'. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, , pp. 2534-2539.
  • Yip M, Chukwu W, Kottis E, Lewis E, Oduko J, Gundogdu O, Young KC, Wells K. (2009) 'Automated scoring method for the CDMAM phantom'. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, 7263
  • Cabello J, Wells K. (2009) 'A Monte Carlo study on the spatial resolution of uncollimated β particles with silicon-based detectors for autoradiography'. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, , pp. 2877-2881.
  • Yip M, Alsager A, Lewis E, Wells K, Young KC. (2008) 'Validation of a digital mammography image simulation chain with automated scoring of CDMAM images'. SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY, PROCEEDINGS, Tucson, AZ: 9th International Workshop on Digital Mammography 5116, pp. 409-416.
  • Cabello J, Wells K, Bailey A, Kitchen I. (2007) 'Semi-automatic elastic registration applied to a beta-autoradiography brain atlas'. IEEE 2007 IEEE NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM CONFERENCE RECORD, VOLS 1-11, Honolulu, HI: IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium/Medical Imaging Conference, pp. 4303-4307.
  • Yip M, Rodriguez D, Lewis E, Wells K, Young KC. (2007) 'A simulation framework for the comparison of digital mammography imaging technology'. IEEE 2007 IEEE NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM CONFERENCE RECORD, VOLS 1-11, Honolulu, HI: IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium/Medical Imaging Conference, pp. 3635-3639.
  • Cabello J, Wells K. (2007) 'A Monte Carlo investigation into the fundamental limitations of digital beta-autoradiography: Considerations for detector design'. IEEE 2007 IEEE NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM CONFERENCE RECORD, VOLS 1-11, Honolulu, HI: IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium/Medical Imaging Conference, pp. 3625-3630.
  • Alnafea MA, Wells K, Guy M, Spyrou NM. (2007) 'Near field corrections for coded aperture imaging in scintimammography'. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 5, pp. 2948-2953.
  • Gutierrez DR, Jia B, Chiverton J, Wells K, Partidge M. (2007) 'Partial volume correction for image-generated arterial input functions'. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 4, pp. 2091-2094.
  • Cabello J, Bailey A, Kitchen I, Clark A, Crooks J, Halsall R, Key-Charriere M, Martin S, Prydderch M, Turchetta R, Wells K. (2007) 'Digital autoradiography using CCD and CMOS imaging technology'. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 4, pp. 2607-2612.
  • Kadhem H, Rodriguez D, Tena J-R, Wells K, Lewis E, Guy M. (2007) 'Ultra low dose CT attenuation correction maps for emission computed tomography'. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 4, pp. 2123-2127.
  • Gutierrez DR, Montesdeoca OD, Santana AM, Wells K, Mendichovszky I, Gordon I. (2007) 'MR-based renography as a replacement for radionuclide diagnostic studies'. IEEE 2007 IEEE NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM CONFERENCE RECORD, VOLS 1-11, Honolulu, HI: IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium/Medical Imaging Conference, pp. 4556-4563.
  • Cabello J, Wells K, Metaxas A, Bailey A, Kitchen I, Clark A, Prydderch A, Turchetta R. (2007) 'Digital Autoradiography imaging using CMOS technology: First Tritium Autoradiography with a back-thinned CMOS detector and comparison of CMOS imaging performance with autoradiography film'. IEEE 2007 IEEE NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM CONFERENCE RECORD, VOLS 1-11, Honolulu, HI: IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium/Medical Imaging Conference, pp. 3743-3746.
  • Chiverton J, Wells K, Partridge M. (2006) 'A Combined Noise Reduction and Partial Volume Estimation Method for Image Quantitation'. IEEE 2006 IEEE NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM CONFERENCE RECORD, VOL 1-6, San Diego, CA: 15th International Workshop on Room-Temperature Semiconductor X- and Gamma-Ray Detectors/ 2006 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, pp. 3221-3228.
  • Wells K, Chiverton J, Partridge M, Barry M, Kadhem H, Ott B. (2005) 'The partial volume effect in PET/SPECT and Benford's law'. IEEE 2005 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, Vols 1-5, Fajardo, PR: Nuclear Science Symposium/Medical Imaging Conference, pp. 1804-1808.
  • Wells K, Tumian A, Zapros A, Alnafea M, Saripan MI, Guy M, Hinton P. (2005) 'Optimal energy window selection for scintigraphy & emission computed tomography'. IEEE 2005 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, Vols 1-5, Fajardo, PR: Nuclear Science Symposium/Medical Imaging Conference, pp. 2049-2053.