BSc MSc PhD MIPEM
Honorary Professor
- About
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- Email Address
- r.staff@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
Nuclear Medicine ARI Foresterhill Aberdeen AB25 2ZD
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
Roger Staff was born in London and studied physics at UEA. He moved to Aberdeen in 1988 and completed his PhD in medical physics in 1994. He has worked for the NHS since 1991 and currently leads the clinical physics imaging team at NHS-Grampian. His other interests include Intelligence and social mobility.
- Research
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Research Overview
(Since 1999) founding member of the Aberdeen 1921 & 1936 birth cohort study group with three critical responsibilities for (1) hypothesis generation and hypothesis testing; (2) brain imaging and image analysis; (3) Advance data modelling of complex databases; (Since 2003 with Taurx) the imaging the effects tau aggregation inhibition and the use of surrogate imaging measures in drug development; (Since 2008) the development of structural and temporal (fMRI) complexity measures for use in ageing and neurodegenerative disease; (Since 2012) The prognostic value of automated analysis of sequential retinal images in diabetic retinopathy. The use of external quality assurance programs in diabetic retinopathy.
- Publications
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The use of FDG-PET in assessing axillary lymph node status in breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, vol. 123, no. 1, pp. 281-290Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-010-0771-9
Brain volume and survival from age 78 to 85: the contribution of Alzheimer-type magnetic resonance imaging findings
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 688-695Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02765.x
Approximate entropy fMRI differences associated with cognitive decline
Neuroimage, vol. 47, no. Supplement 1, pp. S102Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1053-8119(09)70883-3
Shape analysis of 123I-N-ω-fluoropropyl-2-β-carbomethoxy-3β-(4-iodophenyl) nortropane single-photon emission computed tomography images in the assessment of patients with parkinsonian syndromes
Nuclear Medicine Communications, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 194-201Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/MNM.0b013e328314b863
Monitoring primary breast cancer throughout chemotherapy using FDG-PET
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, vol. 102, no. 1, pp. 75-84Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/S10549-006-9316-7
Baseline MRI delivery characteristics predict change in invasive ductal breast carcinoma PET metabolism as a result of primary chemotherapy administration
Annals of Oncology, vol. 17, pp. 1393-1398Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdl136
Generality and specificity in cognitive aging: a volumetric brain analysis
Neuroimage, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 1433-1440Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.11.004
A55 A rCBF study of hallucinations in dementia.
Nuclear Medicine Communications, vol. 27, no. 3, 295Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/00006231-200603000-00066
Predicting response using MRI enhancement characteristics when response is determined by using change in enhancement pattern
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, vol. 97, pp. 111-111Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-005-9096-5
Brain white matter hyperintensities: Relative importance of different vascular risk factors in non-demented elderly people
Radiology, vol. 237, no. 1, pp. 251-257Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2371041496