Professor Steven Meikle

Grants

2012-2014, Roger Fulton, Steven Meikle. Advanced computational algorithms for brain imaging studies of freely moving animals, Australian Research Council/Discovery Projects (DP). $916,791.00

2011-2013, Mark Ian Reinhard, Andrew G Weisenberger, Steven Meikle. Novel imaging technologies for continuous measurement of tracer kinetics in awake animals, Australian Research Council/Discovery Projects (DP). $555,740.00

2011 - 2013. Mark Reinhard,  Andrew G Weisenberger,  Steven Meikle. Novel imaging technologies for continuous measurement of tracer kinetics in awake animals, Australian Research Council/Discovery Projects (DP). $350,000

2010 - 2010.  Arthur  Conigrave,  David  Day,  Simon  Fleming,  Claire  Goldsbury,  Jurgen  Gotz,  Georges  Grau, Thomas Grewal, Trevor Hambley, Jan Marc, Steven Meikle, Paul Munroe, Christopher Murphy, Timoth Newsome, Rpbyn Overall, Ramzan Iqbal, Lilian Soon, Marion, Stevens-Kalceff, Daniela Triani, Peter Waterhouse, Anthony Weiss, Wolfgang Weninger, Sabine Wimmer-Kleikamp, Paul Young, Cristobel dos Remedios, Filip Guiller Braet. A 5-D Correlative Imaging Platform: Combining the Strengths of Light and Electron Microscopy, Australian Research Council/Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF). $720,000

2009 - 2011.  Richard  Banati,  Roger  Fulton,  Steven  Meikle. Simultaneous measurement of brain function and behaviour in fully conscious laboratory animals, Australian Research Council/Discovery Projects (DP). $330,000

2009 - 2009.  Steven  Meikle. Intra- and inter-laboratory variability of dopaminergic receptor binding measurements in the rat brain using quantitative microPET, Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering/Awards. $23,500

2006 - 2008.  Richard  Banati,  Steven  Meikle,  Roger  Fulton. Enabling Technologies for Motion Corrected Positron Emission Tomography (PET) of Unanaesthetized Laboratory Animals, Australian Research Council/Discovery Projects (DP). $408,000

2006 - 2009.  Dale  Bailey,  Richard  Banati,  Steven  Meikle. New Imaging Instrumentation and Algorithms for the Simultaneous Measurement of Multiple Radio-labelled Probes in vivo, Australian Research Council/Discovery Projects (DP). $526,753

2006 - 2007.  Steven  Meikle,  Peter  Kench. The development and evaluation of a novel multi-pinhole imaging technique for small animal SPECT, Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering/Awards. $16,000

2005 - 2009.  Richard  Banati,  Steven  Meikle. Novel Transmission Scanning and Computational Strategies for Quantitative Functional Imaging, Australian Research Council/Linkage Projects (LP). $90,000

2004 - 2009.  Stefan  Eberl,  Michael  Fulham,  Roger  Fulton,  Steven  Meikle,  Dagan  Feng. Smart information use for PET-CT quantitative molecular imaging, Australian Research Council/Discovery Projects (DP). $700,000


Publications

2011

Meikle, S R, Kench, P L, Lin, J 2011, Design considerations of small-animal SPECT cameras, Multimodality Molecular Imaging of Small-Animals: Instrumentation and Applications, Springer, London

Kench, P L, Lin, J, Gregoire, M, Meikle, S R 2011, An investigation of inconsistent projections and artefacts in multi-pinhole SPECT with axially aligned pinholes , Physics in Medicine and Biology, 56, 7487-7503

Lehnert, W, Gregoire, M, Reilhac, A, Meikle, S R 2011, Analytical positron range modelling in heterogeneous media for PET Monte Carlo simulation, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 56(11), 3313-3335

Zhou, W V, Kyme, A, Meikle, S R, Fulton, R R 2011, Event-based motion correction for PET transmission measurements with a rotating point source, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 56(9), 2651-2665

Naidoo (Naidoo-Variawa), S, Lehnert, W, Banati, R B, Meikle, S R 2011, Scatter correction for large non human primate brain imaging using microPET, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 56(7), 2131-2143

Naidoo (Naidoo-Variawa), S, Lehnert, W, Banati, R B, Meikle, S R 2011, Scatter correction for large non-human primate brain imaging using microPET, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 56(7), 2131-2143

Lin, J, Meikle, S R 2011, SPECT using asymmetric pinholes with truncated projections, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 56(13), 4103-4118

Moussa, I A, Banister, S D, Giboureau, N, Meikle, S R, Kassiou, M 2011, Synthesis and in vivo evaluation of [18F]N-(2-benzofuranylmethyl)-N'-[4-(2-fluoroethoxy)benzyl]piperazine, a novel σ1 receptor PET imaging agent, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters: the tetrahedron journal for research at the interface of chemistry and biology, 21(22), 6820-6823

Moussa, I A, Banister, S D, Giboureau, N, Meikle, S R, Kassiou, M 2011, Synthesis and in vivo evaluation of [18F]N-(2-benzofuranylmethyl)-N′-[4-(2-fluoroethoxy)benzyl]piperazine, a novel σ 1 receptor PET imaging agent, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters: the tetrahedron journal for research at the interface of chemistry and biology, in press

Stoodley, PW, Richards, D, Meikle, S R, Clarke, J L, Hui, R, Thomas, L 2011, The potential role of echocardiographic strain imaging for evaluating cardiotoxicity due to cancer therapy, Heart, Lung and Circulation (Print), 20, 3-9

Stoodley, PW, Richards, D, Meikle, S R 2011, Two-dimensional myocardial strain imaging detects changes in left ventricular systolic function immediately after anthracycline chemotherapy, European Journal of Echocardiography, in press

Dobeli, K, Lewis, S J, Meikle, S R, Thiele, D, Brennan, P C 2011, Optimization of hepatic lesion detection with computed tomography (CT): Is randomization of lesion location necessary?, SPIE, International Society for optical Engineers, USA

Dobeli, K, Lewis, S J, Meikle, S R, Thiele, D, Brennan, P C 2011, Optimization of hepatic lesion detection with computer tomography (CT): Is randomization of lesion location necessary?, SPIE Medical Imaging, SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering

Kyme, A, Zhou, V, Meikle, S R, Baldock, C, Fulton, R R 2011, Optimised Motion Tracking for Positron Emission Tomography Studies of Brain Function in Awake Rats, PLoS One, 6(7), e21727-1-e21727-16

2010

Fulton, R R, Meikle, S R, Kyme, A, Zhou, W V, Akhtar, M, Kassiou, M, Popovic, K, Karlsson, I J 2010, Imaging the awake rat brain with microPET, head tracking and motion correction, 5th International Conference on Imaging Technologies in Biomedical Sciences (ITBS 2009)

Fulton, R R, Meikle, S R, Kyme, A, Zhou, W V, Popovic, K, Kassiou, M, Akhtar, M 2010, Motion-corrected microPET brain imaging of conscious rats, 2009 World Molecular Imaging Conference, Online, USB drive/online

Naidoo (Naidoo-Variawa), S, Lehnert, W, Kassiou, M, Banati, R B, Meikle, S R 2010, Attenuation correction for the large non-human primate brain imaging using microPET, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 55(8), 2351-2363   

2009

Kyme, A., Zhou, W. V., Meikle, S. R., Popovic, K., Akhtar, M., and  Fulton, R. R., 2009, Motion Tracking of Fully Conscious Small Animals in PET, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Orlando, Florida, United States of America, 2009-10-28 , 2009-10-31

Meikle, S. R., 2009, A non-local post-filtering algorithm for PET incorporating anatomical knowledge, 2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, 2728-2732, Orlando, Florida, USA

Meikle, S. R., Kyme, A., Baldock, C., and  Fulton, R. R., 2009, Understanding and compensating for refraction errors in stero-optical tracking during small animal PET/SPECT, 2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, Orlando, Florida, USA

Fulton, R. R., Meikle, S. R., Kyme, A., Zhou, W. V., Akhtar, M., Kassiou, M., Popovic, K., and  Karlsson, I. J., 2009, Imaging the awake rat brain with microPET, head tracking and motion correction., 5th International Conference on Imaging Technologies in Biomedical Sciences, Milos, Greece, 2009-09-13 , 2009-09-16

Fulton, R. R., Meikle, S. R., Kyme, A., Zhou, W. V., Popovic, K., Kassiou, M., and  Akhtar, M., 2009, Motion corrected microPET rain imaging of conscious rats, 2009 World Molecular Imaging Conference, Montreal, Canada, 2009-09-23 , 2009-09-26

Kyme, A., Zhou, W. V., Meikle, S. R., Popovic, K., Karlsson, I. J., Lehnert, W., and  Fulton, R. R., 2009, Motion correction for PET brain imaging of awake rats, The Inaugural Sydney International Workshop on Synergies in Astronomy and Medicine, Sydney, Australia, 2009-12-14 , 2009-12-16

Kassiou, M., Banati, R. B., Holsinger, R. M., and  Meikle, S. R., 2009, Challenges in molecular imaging of Parkinson's disease: A brief overview, Brain Research Bulletin, 78[2-3], 105-108

Zhou, W. V., Kyme, A., Meikle, S. R., and  Fulton, R. R., 2009, A Scheme for PET Data Normalisation in Event-based Motion Correction, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 54[17], 5321-5339

Zhou, W. V., Kyme, A., Meikle, S. R., and  Fulton, R. R., 2009, A scheme for PET data normalization in event-based motion correction;, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 54[17], 5321-5339

Chan, C., Fulton, R. R., Feng, D. D., and  Meikle, S. R., 2009, Regularized image reconstruction with an anatomically adaptive prior for positron emission tomography, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 54[24], 7379-7400

2008

Barnes, P J, Baldock, C, Meikle, S R, Fulton, R R 2008, Benchmarking of a motion sensing system for medical imaging and radiotherapy, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 53, 5845-5857

Kyme, A, Zhou, W V, Meikle, S R, Fulton, R R 2008, Real-time 3D motion tracking for small animal brain PET, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 53, 2651-2666

Zhou, V, Kyme, A, Meikle, S R, Fulton, R R 2008, An event-driven motion correction method for neurological PET studies of awake laboratory animals, Molecular Imaging and Biology, 10, 315-324

Lehnert, W, Meikle, S R, Newport, D 2008, Count rate performance of the microPET Focus 220 animal scanner in singles transmission scanning mode, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 55(5), 2493-2500

2007

Liu, X, Banister, S D, Christie, M J, Banati, R B, Meikle, S R, Coster, M, Kassiou, M 2007, Trishomocubanes: Novel sigma ligands modulate cocaine-induced behavioural effects, European Journal of Pharmacology, 555(1), 37-42

Chan, C, Fulton, R R, Cai, W T, Feng, D D, Meikle, S R 2007, Minimum Cross-entropy Reconstruction of PET Images with Anatomically Based Anisotropic Median-Diffusion Filtering, 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc, USA, 6527-6530

Naidoo-Variawa, S, Hey Cunningham, AJ, Lehnert, W, Kench, P L, Kassiou, M, Banati, R B, Meikle, S R 2007, High-resolution imaging of the large non-human primate brain using microPET: a feasibility study, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 52(22), 6627-6638

Zaidi, H, Montandon, M, Meikle, S R 2007, Strategies for attenuation compensation in neurological PET studies, NeuroImage, 34(2), 518-541

Cagnin, A, Kassiou, M, Meikle, S R, Banati, R B 2007, Positron emission tomography imaging of neuroinflammation, Neurotherapeutics, 4(3), 443-452

2006

Meikle, S R, Beekman, F, Rose, S 2006, Complementary molecular imaging technologies: High Resolution SPECT, PET and MRI, Drug Discovery Today: Technologies, 3(2), 187-194

Liu, X, Banister, S D, Christie, M J, Banati, R B, Meikle, S R, Coster, M, Kassiou, M 2006, Trishomocubanes: Novel Sigma ligands modulate cocaine-induced behavioural effects, European Journal of Pharmacology, 555(1), 37-42

Lehnert, W, Meikle, S R, Siegel, S, Newport, D, Banati, R B, Rosenfeld, A 2006, Evaluation of transmission methodologyand attenuation correction for the microPET Focus 220 animal scanner, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 51(16), 4003-4016

Cagnin, A, Kassiou, M, Meikle, S R, Banati, R B 2006, In vivo evidence for microglial activation in neurodegenerative dementia, Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 114(Supplement 185), 107-114


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