PUBLICATIONS

  • Is bigger better? A retrospective analysis of native renal biopsies with 16G vs 18G automatic needles. Mai J, Yong J, Dixson H, Makris A, Aravindan A, Suranyi M, and Wong J.  Nephrology 18 (2013) 525–530.

  • Role of endoscopic ultrasound in pancreatic cancer. Chang DK, Nguyen NQ, Merrett ND, Dixson H, Leong RW and Biankin AV.  Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology 3(3): 293-303, 2009.

  • Traumatic retroperitoneal haematoma illustrated on Tc99m-MDP bone scintigraphy in a patient presenting with a fall. Nguyen H, Chiam Q, Dixson H and Goddard K.  Clin Nucl Med 2007 Aug; 32(8): 635-637.

  • Cystic fibrosis genotypes and alcoholic pancreatitis. Norton ID, Apte MV, Dixson H, Trent RJ, Haber PS, Pirola RC and Wilson JS.  J Gastroentero Hepatol 1998 May;13(5):496-9.

  • What’s new in pancreatitis? Dixson H and Wilson J.  Modern Medicine (Aus) 1993 36 (11): 64–71.

  • Zantac—the international marketing of pharmaceuticals. Dixson H, Angelmar R, and Pinson C.  INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France, 1991.

ABSTRACTS AND POSTERS

  • CEREBRAL PERFUSION SPECT IMAGING IN THE INVESTIGATION OF VISUAL OBSCURATION AND MINIMAL COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT: A CASE STUDY. Musgrave, S., Halpern, J. P., Dixson, H., & Lee, K. (2015).  INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL, 45, 24.

  • SEEING HALF THE PICTURE AND DIFFICULTIES IN RECALL: INVESTIGATION OF HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA AND MINIMAL COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT WITH STRESS AND REST CEREBRAL PERFUSION SPECT IMAGING. Duong, P., Dobson, M., Halpern, J. P., Dixson, H., & Lee, K. (2015).  INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL, 45, 23-24.

  • BONE SCINTIGRAPHY IN THE EVALUATION OF ACUTE MASTOIDITIS IN A CONFUSED PATIENT. INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL Behn, J., Chiam, Q. L., Alipour, R., Dixson, H., & Lee, K. (2015). , 45, 35.

  • NON-OSSIFYING FIBROMA - AN ATYPICAL PRESENTATION AND BONE SCAN APPEARANCE Alipour, R., Lee, K., Chiam, Q., Dixson, H., Hadjiashrafi, A., & Bonar, F. (2015). INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL, 45, 38.

  • CONCURRENT LOW DOSE MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING (MPI), CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORING (CACS) AND CT CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY (CTCA) IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (CAD): INITIAL EXPERIENCE WITH AN ULTRALOW DOSE SPECT-CT SCANNER. Alipour, R., Elison, B., Hasche, E., Dunn, R., Burnett, P., Dixson, H., Lee, K. (2015). INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL, 45, 27.

  • DMSA SCAN IN ATHEROEMBOLIC RENAL DISEASE.  Woodcock, A., Chiam, Q., Dixson, H., Alipour, R., Spicer, T., & Lee, K. (2015). INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL, 45, 28.

  • Comparison of gated heart blood pool studies using novel cadmium-zinc-telluride SPECT imaging technology with conventional anger camera planar imaging. Fleming E, Bedford B, Dixson H, Bui C, Chiam Q, and Lee K. ANZSNM 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting, Perth, 2013

  • CZT-based SPECT/CT Discovery NM 570c Cardiac Scanner enables dose reduction Babicheva R, Lee K, Dobson M, Bedford B, Dixson H, Chiam Q, Hasche E, Bui C, Huynh J and Elison B. . ANZSNM 42nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, 2012

  • Diffuse Pulmonary Uptake of 99m-Tc-DTPA in a patient with renal impairment. Woodcock A, Dixson H, Chiam Q, Howlin K and Lee K.  ANZSNM 42nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, 2012

  • Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy.  Dobson M, Dixson H, Chiam Q, Waldman A and Lee K. Sestamibi  ANZSNM 42nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, 2012

  • Comparison of Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimation using the camera-based Gates Protocol versus a plasma sample method. Behn J, Chiam Q, Dixson H, Bui C and Lee K.  ANZSNM 42nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, 2012

  • IMPACT OF SPECT/CT BONE SCINTIGRAPHY ON IMAGING OF FEET.  Babicheva, R., Chiam, Q., Lee, K., Elison, B., Bui, C., Dixson, H., Bedford, B. (2011). INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL, 41, 16.

  • Clinically Unsuspected Retroperitoneal Haematomas following falls may be revealed by SPECT/CT bone scintigraphy. Woodcock A, Chiam Q, Dixson H, Bui C and Lee K.  ANZSNM 41st Annual Scientific Meeting, Darwin, 2011.

  • SPECT-CT: Making Sense of Gallium Scintigraphy. Lambert E, Chiam Q, Dixson H and Lee K.  ANZSNM 41st Annual Scientific Meeting, Darwin, 2011.

  • An Iodine avid Renal Cyst mimicking a Thyroid Metastasis.  Beacroft B, Chiam Q, Dixson H and Lee K. ANZSNM 41st Annual Scientific Meeting, Darwin, 2011.

  • Extrathymic Malignancy in Myasthenia Gravis. Behn J, Chiam Q, Dixson H and Lee K.  ANZSNM 41st Annual Scientific Meeting, Darwin, 2011.

  • Unsuspected Multifocal Myositis on Skeletal Scintigraphy. Denmeade K, Chiam Q, Dixson H, Patapanian H and Lee K. ANZSNM 41st Annual Scientific Meeting, Darwin, 2011.

  • Superior localisation of SPECT/CT RBC scintigraphy in the evaluation of large volume PR bleeding. Lambert E, Chiam Q, Bui C, Dixson H and Lee K. ANZSNM 40th Annual Scientific Meeting, 2010

  • Investigation of severe acute cholecystitis using SPECT/CT Tc99m-IDA hepatobiliary imaging. Dobson M, Woodcock A, Chiam Q, Giles A, Das A, Dixson H and Lee K. ANZSNM 40th Annual Scientific Meeting, 2010

  • Utility of repeat EUS-FNA for pancreatic mass lesions. Swartz, D. K., Humphris, J. L., Yoganathan, P., Leong, R. W., Dixson, H., & Pavey, D. A. (2010).  JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY, 25, A77.

  • Comparison of the Lunar DPX-IQ and Lunar Prodigy Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometers for Assessing Bone Mineral Density of 3 Sites Babicheva R, Lee K and Dixson H. To be presented at the European Association for Nuclear Medicine conference, Barcelona, October 2009

  • Intraoperative gamma probe detection of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours by preoperative indium octreotide injection Dobson M, Hoang J, Chiam Q, Merrett N, Biankin A, Dixson H and Lee K., ANZSNM 39th Annual Scientific Meeting, 2009

  • SPECT-CT labelled-RBC radionuclide venography: can a new technique revive an old study?  Chiam Q, Lee K, Beaver H, Bui C and Dixson H. ANZSNM 39th Annual Scientific Meeting, 2009

  • Prospective evaluation of the diagnostic value of SPECT/CT Babichev R, Chiam Q, Lee K, Dixson H, Bui C, Nguyen A, Elison B, Dobson M and Bedford B. . ANZSNM 38th Annual Scientific Meeting, 2008

  • Investigation of incidental findings of lung carcinoma in thoracic SPECT/CT. Dobson M, Chiam Q, Nguyen A, Hoang J, Nguyen A, Dixson H, and Lee K.  GMS Poster Prize winner, ANZSNM 38th Annual Scientific Meeting, 2008

  • A new, shortened protocol for colon transit studies. Chiam Q, Beaver H, Mansberg R, Dixson H, Dobson M, and Lee K. ANZSNM 37th Annual Scientific Meeting, 2007

  • Incidental Finding of Metastatic Adenocarcinoma in a Sestamibi Myocardial Perfusion Study. Dobson M, Chiam Q , Dixson H, Hasche E and Lee K.  ANZSNM 37th Annual Scientific Meeting, 2007

  • The Role of Gallium-67 Citrate in the Detection of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Parmagos E, Bui C, Chiam Q, Dixson H,  Elison B and Lee K.  ANZSNM 37th Annual Scientific Meeting, 2007

  • Hemiplegic Migraine and Crossed Cerebellar Diaschisis in Symptomatic and Asympomatic Cerebral 99mTc-HMPAO Perfusion Studies Dobson M, Chiam Q , Dixson H, Hitchens N and Lee K. ANZSNM 37th Annual Scientific Meeting, 2007

  • Benign intracranial hypotension due to spontaneous CSF leaks demonstrated on radionuclide cisternography. Humphreys N, Nguyen A, Mansberg R, Bui C, Nguyen D, Chiam Q, and Dixson H.  ANZSNM 36th Annual Scientific Meeting, 2006

  • Sentinel lymph node scintigraphy in a patient with squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal. Woodcock A, Donnelly P, Dixson H, Nguyen A, Lee K, Greenburg A, and Kneebone A. ANZSNM 35th Annual Scientific Meeting, 2005

  • Scintigraphic pattern of tracer uptake in the uninjured asymptomatic contralateral hand following hand injury. Dobson M, Nguyen A, Lee K, and Dixson H.  ANZSNM 35th Annual Scientific Meeting, 2005

  • Comparison of breast lymphatic mapping using subareolar radiocolloid injection with peri-tumoural blue dye injection Woodcock A, Elison B, Bonar F, Dixson H, and Lee K. Mallinckrodt Award winner, ANZSNM 34th Annual Scientific Meeting, 2004

  • Repeat rest gated and attenuation corrected (AC) MIBI myocardial perfusion imaging—is extension of the one-day MIBI rest/stress protocol worthwhile? Evers K, Dixson H, Donnelly P, Woodcock A, Bui C and Lee K.  Presented at ANZSNM 34th Annual Scientific Meeting, 2004.

  • Florid polyarticular gout mimicking septic arthritis. Ravi Kumar A, Bui C, Szwarc G and Dixson H. Clin Nucl Med 2004 Apr; 29(4): 262–263.

  • Incremental diagnostic value of multiple sites of measurement of bone mineral densitometry (BMD) in the evaluation of osteoporosis. Babicheva R, Ravi Kumar A, Patapanian H, El Zein H, Lang P, Woodcock A, Bell A, Dixson H, and Lee K.  Presented at ANZSNM 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting, 2003 and EANM September 2004.

  • The impact of hookwire localisation before lymphoscintigraphy in the detection of sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer. Woodcock A, Bonar, FJ, Elison BS and Dixson H.  ANZSNM 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting, 2003

  • Correlation between DTPA renal scintigraphy, renal arterial duplex Doppler ultrasonography and renal angiography in the detection of renal artery stenosis. Huynh T, Szwarc G, Dixson H, Lee MW, Penny M, Duggan K, and Lee K.  ANZSNM 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting, 2003

  • Correlation of bone mineral density in spine, femur and distal radius as measured by dual energy adsorptiometry. Babicheva R, Lee K, Dixson H.  ANZSNM 32nd Annual Scientific Meeting, 2002

  • Comparison of DTPA clearance, 24-hour urine collection and serum creatinine in estimating glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Pohlen J, El Zein H, Babicheva R, Bell A, Dixson H, Penny M, and Lee K.  ANZSNM 31st Annual Scientific Meeting, 2001

  • An angiographic follow-up of patients undergoing attenuation-corrected sestamibi myocardial perfusion scans.  Bui C, Nguyen D, Dixson H, Saunders C, Elison B, Burnett P, Croll F, Dunn R, Hasche E, Kelleher F, Nasser F, Wilson D, and Lee K. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine 27: 895, 2000

  • A feasibility study of a new positive delivery system using Technigas for ventilation studies that are technically inadequate or nondiagnostic. Leiper C, Bui C, Saunders C, Dixson H, Elison B, Bennett G, Gibian T, Rutland J, Tse V, Elzein H, Babicheva R and Lee K.  European Journal of Nuclear Medicine 27: 1203, 2000

  • Is attenuation correction of myocardial SPET scans worth the effort? Angiographic follow-up.  Bui C, Nguyen D, Dixson H, Saunders C, Cook P, Burnett P, Croll F, Dunn R, Hasche E, Kelleher F, Nasser F, Wilson D, and Lee K. Nuclear Medicine Communications 21: 497, 2000.

  • A new positive ventilation delivery system: Its impact on lung ventilation studies that are technically inadequate or non-diagnostic. Bui C, Leiper C, Lee K, Saunders C, Dixson H, Elison B, Bennett G, Gibian T, Rutland J, Tse V, Elzein H and Babicheva R. Nuclear Medicine Communications 21: 494–495, 2000.

  • Comparison of oxygen saturation levels in patients receiving Technegas by the conventional unassisted method versus the positive ventilation delivery system (PVDS). Dobson M, Leiper C, Lee K, Dixson H, Babicheva R, and Bui C. Nuclear Medicine Communications 21: 482, 2000. 

  • Captopril renography and renal artery Doppler ultrasound in the detection of renal artery stenosis. Dixson H, Saunders C, Szwarc G, Penny M, Sathiyaseelan Y, Duggan K and Lee K.  Nuclear Medicine Communications 20: 379–380, 1999.

  • Does a One Sample GFR Technique Save Patient Time? Dixson H, Babicheva R, Cook P, Prouse A, Lang P, Leiper C, Bedford B, Bell A and Lee K. Nuclear Medicine Communications 20: 391, 1999.

  • Different methods for calculation of LVEF: which is right?  Blair E, McLean R and Dixson H. Nuclear Medicine Communications 20: 361–362, 1999.

  • Is attenuation correction of myocardial SPECT scans worth the effort? Nguyen D, Saunders C, Dixson H, Cook P, Burnett P, Croll F, Dunn R, Hasche E, Kelleher P, Nasser F, Wilson D and Lee K. Nuclear Medicine Communications 20: 377, 1999.

  • Diagnostic and prognostic value of SPECT HMPAO cerebral perfusion scans in Alzheimer’s Disease. Lee K, Kauchik H, Arpadi V, Kirkby C, Dixson H, Bell A, and Chey T. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine 25: 947 1998

  • Correlation of dual energy absorptiometry of spine and femur with quantitative ultrasound of the heel. Babichev A, Pocock N, Lee K, Dixson H and Babicheva R.  European Journal of Nuclear Medicine 25: 971 1998

  • Feasibility of SPECT in ventilation perfusion lung scans for the diagnosis of pulmonary emboli on multihead gamma cameras  Prouse A, Leiper C, Dixson H, Ngu C, and Lee KS. Presented to the ANZSNM, May 1997.

  • Role of SPECT HMPAO cerebral perfusion scans in the evaluation of Alzheimer's Disease: a prospective study.  Kaushik H, Arpadi V, Lee K, Dixson H, Kirkby C, Williams S, Le S, Bedford B and Bell A. ANZ Journal of Medicine 26: 745 1996

  • Prospective evaluation of combined stress and rest Tc99m HMPAO cerebral perfusion scans in the assessment of cerebrovascular disease.  Kaushik H, Halpern J, Lee K, Dixson H, Young N, Lang P, and Le S. ANZ Journal of Medicine 1996 26: 738