Nuclear Medicine Software Group previous audits and publications

2022

Audit: UK audit of the interoperability of ordered-subset expectation-maximisation (OSEM) reconstruction algorithms

2021

Publication: Nuclear Medicine Software Quality Group – Who, what and why?
Gregory James IPEM SCOPE Spring 2021 31(1)

2019     

Abstract: UK Audit: of MUGA scan LVEF analysis
Kathryn Carson, Mark Barnfield Sarah Cade, James Cullis, Bob Kenny, Anthony Murray, Emma O’Shaughnessy, Jonathan Taylor and David Towey.  Nuclear Medicine Communications. 40(4): 493-453, April 2017

Audit: UK NMSQG Software platform survey

2018     

Publication: 2015 UK software Audit: of hepatobiliary scintigraphy
O’Shaughnessy ER, Murray AW, Taylor JC, Barnfield M, Cullis J, Cade S, Kenny B, Carson KJ, Towey DJ, White D; on behalf of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, Nuclear Medicine Software Quality Group, Nuclear Medicine Communications. 40(2): 136-144, Feb 2019.

2017     

Publication: UK Audit: of quantitative thyroid uptake imaging
Taylor JC, Murray AW, Hall DO, Barnfield MC, O’Shaugnessy ER, Carson KJ, Cullis J, Towey DJ, Kenny B.
Nuclear Medicine Communications. 38(7): 608-616, July 2017

2016       

Abstract: SUV reproducibility on different reporting platforms
DJ Towey, J Taylor, J Cullis, M Barnfield, S Cade, K Carson, D Hall, B Kenny, AW Murray, E O'Shaughnessy, D White;  Nuclear Medicine Communications. 38(7): 608-616, July 2017

Audit: SUV reproducibility on different reporting platforms
DJ Towey, J Taylor, J Cullis, M Barnfield, S Cade, K Carson, D Hall, B Kenny, AW Murray, E O'Shaughnessy, D White

Audit: MUGA scan LVEF analysis
Kathryn Carson, Mark Barnfieldb Sarah Cade, James Cullis, Bob Kenny, Anthony Murray, Emma O’Shaughnessy, Jonathan Taylor and David Towey

2015

Audit: Hepatobiliary scintigraphy
O’Shaughnessy ER, Murray AW, Taylor JC, Barnfield M, Cullis J, Cade S, Kenny B, Carson KJ, Towey DJ, White D

2014     

Publication: UK Audit: of glomerular filtration rate measurement from plasma sampling in 2013
AW Murray, R Lawson, S Cade, D Hall, B Kenny, E O’Shaughnessy, J Taylor, D Towey, D White and K Carson
Nuclear Medicine Communications. 35(7): 1093–1095, Nov 2014

Publication: UK Audit: of analysis of quantitative parameters from renography data generated using a physical phantom
Nijran KS, Houston AS, Flemming JS, Jarritt PH, Heikkinen JO, Skrypnuik JV; Nuclear Medicine Communications. 35(11): 745-754, July 2014

Publication: An Audit: of half-count myocardial perfusion imaging using resolution recovery software.
Lawson RS, White D, Nijran K, Cade SC, Hall DO, Kenny B, Knight A, Livieratos L, Murray A, Towey D; Nuclear Medicine Communications. 35(5): 511-21, May 2014

Editorial: Nuclear Medicine Software: nothing’s perfect. 
Anthony W. Murray. Nucl Med Commun. 2014;35: 193–1095.

Audit:    Resolution Recovery

2013     

Publication: UK Audit: of quantification of left-ventricular function using gated myocardial perfusion imaging
Cade SC, Hall DO, Kenny B, Knight A, Lawson RS, Livieratos L, Nijran KS, White D; Nuclear Medicine Communications. 34(10):990-1004, October 2013

Publication: An Audit: of manufacturers’ implementation of reconstruction filters in single-photon emission computed tomography
Lawson RS, White D, Cade SC, Hall DO, Kenny B, Knight A, Livieratos L, Nijran K.; Nuclear Medicine Communications. 34(8): 796-805, August 2013

Audit: GFR

Audit: MUGA

2011     

Abstract: What’s Your Filter? An Audit: of Manufacturers’ Implementations of SPECT Reconstruction Filters 
Lawson, R.; White, D.; Knight, A.; Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine Nuclear Medicine Software Quality Group;  European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 38(Suppl 2):S173, October 2011

Abstract: National Software Audit:s – The UK Experience 
Cade, S.; Hall, D.; Kenny, B.; Knight, A.; Lawson, R.; Livieratos, L.; Nijran, K.; White, D.; European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 38(Suppl 2):S273, October 2011

Audit:    SPECT Filters

2010       

Audit: MPI SPECT

2008     

Publication: UK Audit: of glomerular filtration rate measurement in 2001
Cosgriff PS, Fleming JS, Jarritt PH, Skrypniuk J, Bailey D, Whalley D, Houston A, Burniston M, Blake GM.; Nuclear Medicine Communications. 29(6):511-20, June 2008.

2005     

Publication: UK Audit: of left ventricular ejection fraction estimation from equilibrium ECG gated blood pool images.
Skrypniuk JV, Bailey D, Cosgriff PS, Fleming JS, Houston AS, Jarritt PH, Whalley DR.; Nuclear Medicine Communications. 26(3):205–215, March 2005

Abstract: UK Audit: of quantitative parameters obtained from a physical phantom generated renography 
Nijran, K.S.; Fleming, J.S.; Skrypniuk, J.V.; Whalley, D.R.; Jarritt, P.H.; Houston, A.S. ;Nuclear Medicine Communications. 26(3):280, March 2005

Abstract: UK Audit: of left ventricular ejection fraction estimation from equilibrium ECG gated blood pool images 
Skrypniuk, John V.; Bailey, Dale; Cosgriff, Philip S.; Fleming, John S.; Houston, Alex S.; Jarritt, Peter H.; Whalley, David R.; Nuclear Medicine Communications. 26(3):205-215, March 2005.

2004     

Publication: UK Audit: of relative lung function measurement from planar radionuclide imaging
Fleming, John S.; Whalley, Dave R.; Skrypniuk, John V.; Jarritt, Peter H.; Houston, Alex S.; Cosgriff, Phil S.; Bailey, Dale; Nuclear Medicine Communications. 25(9):923-934, September 2004.

Guidelines: Guidelines for the measurement of glomerular filtration rate using plasma sampling
Fleming, John S.; Zivanovic, Maureen A.; Blake, Glen M.; Burniston, Maria; Cosgriff, Philip S.
Nuclear Medicine Communications. 25(8):759-769, August 2004.

Audit: Renography II

2003     

Abstract: UK Audit: of relative lung function measurement from planar radionuclide imaging 
Fleming, J. S.; Whalley, D. R.; Skrypniuk, J. V.; Jarritt, P. H.; Houston, A. S.; Cosgriff, P. S.; Bailey, D. ; Nuclear Medicine Communications. 24(4):467, April 2003.

Abstract:UK Audit: of GFR measurement: an update 
Cosgriff, P. S.; Fleming, J. S.; Jarritt, P. H.; Skrypniuk, J.; Bailey, D.; Whalley, D.; Houston, A.; Blake, G. M.; Burniston, M.; Nuclear Medicine Communications. 24(4):467, April 2003.

2002     

Publication: UK Audit: of single photon emission computed tomography reconstruction software using software generated phantoms
Jarritt, P. H.; Whalley, D. R.; Skrypniuk, J. V.; Houston, A. S.; Fleming, J. S.; Cosgriff, P. S.; Nuclear Medicine Communications. 23(5):483-491, May 2002.

Abstract: UK Audit: of GFR measurements
Burniston, M.; Cosgriff, P. S.; Fleming, J.; Jarritt, P. H.; Skrypniuk, J.; Bailey, D.; Whalley, D.; Houston, A.
Nuclear Medicine Communications. 23(3):286, March 2002.

2001     

Publication: UK Audit: and analysis of quantitative parameters obtained from gamma camera renography
Houston, A. S.; Whalley, D. R.; Skrypniuk, J. V.; Jarritt, P. H.; Fleming, J. S.; Cosgriff, P. S.
Nuclear Medicine Communications. 22(5):559-566, May 2001.

Abstract: Results of the IPEM/BNMS MUGA Audit: 2000 
Skrypniuk, J.; Bailey, D.; Cosgriff, P. S.; Fleming, J.; Houston, A.; Jarritt, P.; Whalley, D.; Nuclear Medicine Communications. 22(4):442-443, April 2001.

Audit: SPECT

Audit: GFR

Audit:    Lung Function

2000     

Abstract: Factors affecting quantitative parameters obtained from renography 
Houston, A. S.; Whalley, D. R.; Skrypniuk, J. V.; Jarritt, P. H.; Fleming, J. S.; Cosgriff, P. S.; Nuclear Medicine Communications. 21(4):385, April 2000.

Abstract: IPEM/BNMS UK Audit: of quantitative parameters obtained from nuclear medicine SPET software 
Jarritt, P. H.; Whalley, D. R.; Cosgriff, P. S.; Fleming, J. S.; Houston, A. S.; Skrypniuk, J. V.
Nuclear Medicine Communications. 21(4):385, April 2000.

Audit: Renography I

Audit:    MUGA

1999     

Abstract: UK Audit: of quantitative parameters obtained from nuclear medicine renography 
Houston, A. S.; Whalley, D. R.; Skrypniuk, J. V.; Jarritt, P. H.; Fleming, J. S.; Cosgriff, P. S.; Nuclear Medicine Communications. 20(5):469, May 1999.

1998     

Publication: UK Audit: of relative renal function measurement using DMSA scintigraphy
Fleming, J. S.; Cosgriff, P. S.; Houston, A. S.; Jarritt, P. H.; Skrypniuk, J. V.; Whalley, D. R.; Nuclear Medicine Communications. 19(10):989-998, October 1998.

1997       

Audit:     DMSA