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Accuracy of dual bolus single acquisition computed tomography in the diagnosis and grading of adult traumatic splenic parenchymal and vascular injury

Marovic P, Beech PA, Koukounaras J, Kavnoudias H, Goh GS

(2017), J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol, 61(6), 725-31

DOI: 10.1111/1754-9485.12619

Chronic ephedrine administration decreases brown adipose tissue activity in a randomised controlled human trial: implications for obesity

Carey AL, Pajtak R, Formosa MF, Van Every B, Bertovic DA, Anderson MJ, Eikelis N, Lambert GW, Kalff V, Duffy SJ, Cherk MH, Kingwell BA

(2015), Diabetologia, 58(5), 1045-54

Efficacy of yttrium-90 synovectomy across a spectrum of arthropathies in an era of improved disease modifying drugs and treatment protocols

Wong Y, Cherk MH, Powell A, Cicuttini F, Bailey M, Kalff V

(2014), Int J Rheum Dis, 17(1), 78-83

The prevalence of thyroglossal tract thyroid tissue on SPECT/CT following (131) I ablation therapy after total thyroidectomy for thyroid cancer

Barber TW, Cherk MH, Topliss DJ, Serpell JW, Yap KS, Bailey M, Kalff V

(2014), Clin Endocrinol, 82(2), 266-70

Heterogeneous bone marrow uptake on interim 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography for lymphoma mimicking disease progression: a case report

Cherk MH, Patil S, Beech P, Kalff V

(2014), J Med Case Rep, 8, 362

Rate-pressure product-derived global coronary flow reserve (CFR): an unrecognized parameter available during all standard exercise ECG stress tests and conventional exercise SPECT myocardial perfusion studies (exMPS)

Kalff V, Duffy SJ, Kaufmann PA

(2014), J Nucl Cardiol, 21(2), 400-1

The utility of metabolic imaging by 18F-FDG PET/CT in lung cancer: impact on diagnosis and staging

Yousefi-Koma A, Panah-Moghaddam M, Kalff V

(2013), Tannafos, 12(1), 16-25

The great medical imitator: a case of syphilitic osteitis in the setting of HIV infection

Trevillyan JM, Yap KS, Hoy J

(2013), Sex Health, 10(3), 275-8

Ephedrine activates brown adipose tissue in lean but not obese humans

Carey AL, Formosa MF, Van Every B, Bertovic D, Eikelis N, Lambert GW, Kalff V, Duffy SJ, Cherk MH, Kingwell BA

(2013), Diabetologia, 56(1), 147-55

Comparison of contemporaneous left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) obtained from planar gated cardiac blood pool scans (GCBPS) and Tl-201 gated myocardial perfusion scans (MPS) using a novel solid state dedicated cardiac camera

Yap KS, Cherk M, Van Every B, Bailey M, Kelly MJ, Kalff V

(2013), J Nucl Cardiol, 20(3), 367-74

Novel use of rituximab in a case of Riedel's thyroiditis refractory to glucocorticoids and tamoxifen

Soh SB, Pham A, O'Hehir RE, Cherk M, Topliss DJ

(2013), J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 98(9), 3543-9

Comparison of positron emission tomography/CT and bremsstrahlung imaging following Y-90 radiation synovectomy

Barber TW, Yap KS, Cherk MH, Powell A, Kalff V

(2013), J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol, 57(5), 567-71

Effect of magnetic seizure therapy on regional brain glucose metabolism in major depression

Hoy KE, Thomson RH, Cherk M, Yap KS, Daskalakis ZJ, Fitzgerald PB

(2013), Psychiatry Res, 211(2), 169-75

Optimal reproducibility of gated sestamibi and thallium myocardial perfusion study left ventricular ejection fractions obtained on a solid-state CZT cardiac camera requires operator input

Cherk MH, Ky J, Yap KS, Campbell P, McGrath C, Bailey M, Kalff V

(2012), J Nucl Cardiol, 19(4), 713-8

Effect of prone versus supine positioning on left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and heart rate using ECG gated Tl-201 myocardial perfusion scans and gated cardiac blood pool scans

Yap K, Campbell P, Cherk M, McGrath C, Kalff V

(2012), J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol, 56(5), 525-31

PET/CT imaging of (90)Y radiation synovectomy

Barber TW, Yap KS, Kalff V

(2012), Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging, 39(5), 917-8

Incidence and implications of negative serum thyroglobulin but positive I-131 whole-body scans in patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer prepared with rhTSH or thyroid hormone withdrawal

Cherk MH, Francis P, Topliss DJ, Bailey M, Kalff V

(2012), Clin Endocrinol, 76(5), 734-40

Is fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scanning a suitable diagnostic test for histologically active large-vessel vasculitis?

Bhattacharjee S, Yap K, Longano A, Powell A

(2011), J Clin Rheumatol, 17(1), 31-4

Changes in satiety, supra- and infraband transit, and gastric emptying following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: a prospective follow-up study

Burton PR, Yap K, Brown WA, Laurie C, O'Donnell M, Hebbard G, Kalff V, O'Brien PE

(2011), Obes Surg, 21(2), 217-23

Metabolic response of rectal cancer assessed by 18-FDG PET following chemoradiotherapy is prognostic for patient outcome

Yeung JM, Kalff V, Hicks RJ, Drummond E, Link E, Taouk Y, Michael M, Ngan S, Lynch AC, Heriot AG

(2011), Dis Colon Rectum, 54(5), 518-25