Research groups
2014-present
Postdoctoral Researcher
FMRIB, University of Oxford
2013-2014
Postdoctoral Researcher
CUBRIC, Cardiff University
2010-2013
PhD Student
CUBRIC, Cardiff University
Alan Stone
PhD
Post-Doctoral MRI Physicist
My research is focussed on developing methods which are capable of imaging oxygen metabolism in the brain using MRI. These methods provide important information regarding the function and health of brain tissue with applications in disease such as stroke.
Recent publications
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A streamlined acquisition for mapping baseline brain oxygenation using quantitative BOLD.
Journal article
Stone AJ. and Blockley NP., (2017), Neuroimage, 147, 79 - 88
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Improving the specificity of R2' to the deoxyhaemoglobin content of brain tissue: Prospective correction of macroscopic magnetic field gradients.
Journal article
Blockley NP. and Stone AJ., (2016), Neuroimage, 135, 253 - 260
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Measurement of oxygen extraction fraction (OEF): An optimized BOLD signal model for use with hypercapnic and hyperoxic calibration.
Journal article
Merola A. et al, (2016), Neuroimage, 129, 159 - 174
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Sources of systematic error in calibrated BOLD based mapping of baseline oxygen extraction fraction.
Journal article
Blockley NP. et al, (2015), Neuroimage, 122, 105 - 113
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Measurement of OEF and absolute CMRO2: MRI-based methods using interleaved and combined hypercapnia and hyperoxia
Journal article
Wise RG. et al, (2013), Neuroimage, 83, 135 - 147