Christchurch Radiology, Canterbury, New Zealand. Xray - CT - Ultrasound - MRI - Bone Density

Research Publications and Awards

CRG radiologists have a number of papers published or 'in press'.

Publications

Dalrymple-Alford JC, MacAskill MR, Nakas C, Livingston L, Graham CF, Crucian GP, Melzer TR, Kirwan J, Keenan R, Wells S, Porter RJ, Watts R, Anderson TJ. (2010). The MoCA: Well-suited screen for cognitive impairment in Parkinson disease. Neurology.75:1717-1725.

 

Heitger MH, Watts R, Jones RD, Keenan R, Wells S, Ardagh MW, Anderson TJ (2010). Links between white matter integrity, eye movement function, and health in postconcussion syndrome (Abstract). Proceedings of the 16th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Barcelona, Spain,

 

Melzer TR, Watts R, MacAskill MR, Pearson JF, Rüeger, S, Pitcher T, Livingston L, Graham C, Keenan R, Shankaranarayanan A, Alsop DC, Dalrymple-Alford JC, Anderson TJ. (in press). Arterial spin labeling reveals an abnormal cerebral perfusion pattern in Parkinson's disease. Brain 2011; doi: 10.1093/brain/awq377

 

Awards

Tracy Melzer won best student presentation at the Centre for Bioengineering Day Conference, University of Otago, Christchurch. Tracy's paper was ‘Principal component analysis reveals abnormal blood flow in Parkinson's disease' (Authors: Melzer TR, Watts R, MacAskill MR,

Keenan R, Shankaranarayanan A, Alsop DC, Graham C, Livingston L, Dalrymple-Alford JC, Anderson TJ).