Dr Adrian Carpenter

University position
Reader
Dr Adrian Carpenter is pleased to consider applications from prospective PhD students.
Departments
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Institutes
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Research Theme
Interests
Our group develops new techniques for the acquisition and analysis of PET and MR images to improve our understanding of the pathophysiology of disease. We also develop novel instrumentation, for example we are an internationally leading centre developing hybrid PET/MR scanners.
Research Focus
KeywordsMRI DTI PET/MR fMRI |
Clinical conditionsHuntington's disease Hydrocephalus Parkinson's disease Stroke Traumatic brain injury |
Equipment
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Collaborators
Cambridge | InternationalAlberto del Guerra Web: http://virmap.unipi.it/cgi-bin... |
Key publications
Buonincontri G, Methner C, Krieg T, Carpenter TA, Sawiak SJ (2013), “A fast protocol for infarct quantification in mice.” J Magn Reson Imaging Details
Sawiak SJ, Wood NI, Carpenter TA, Morton AJ (2012), “Huntington's disease mouse models online: high-resolution MRI images with stereotaxic templates for computational neuroanatomy.” PLoS One 7(12):e53361 Details
Sleigh A, Stears A, Thackray K, Watson L, Gambineri A, Nag S, Campi VI, Schoenmakers N, Brage S, Carpenter TA, Murgatroyd PR, O'Rahilly S, Kemp GJ, Savage DB (2012), “Mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation is impaired in patients with congenital lipodystrophy.” J Clin Endocrinol Metab 97(3):E438-42 Details
Hawkes RC, Fryer TD, Siegel S, Ansorge RE, Carpenter TA (2010), “Preliminary evaluation of a combined microPET-MR system.” Technol Cancer Res Treat 9(1):53-60 Details
Sawiak SJ, Wood NI, Williams GB, Morton AJ, Carpenter TA (2009), “Voxel-based morphometry in the R6/2 transgenic mouse reveals differences between genotypes not seen with manual 2D morphometry.” Neurobiol Dis 33(1):20-7 Details
Sawiak SJ, Wood NI, Williams GB, Morton AJ, Carpenter TA (2009), “Use of magnetic resonance imaging for anatomical phenotyping of the R6/2 mouse model of Huntington's disease.” Neurobiol Dis 33(1):12-9 Details
Publications
2012
Adapa RM, Axell RG, Mangat JS, Carpenter TA, Absalom AR (2012), “Safety and performance of TCI pumps in a magnetic resonance imaging environment.” Anaesthesia 67(1):33-9 Details
2011
Carrera E, Jones PS, Alawneh JA, Klærke Mikkelsen I, Cho TH, Siemonsen S, Guadagno JV, Mouridsen K, Ribe L, Hjort N, Fryer TD, Carpenter TA, Aigbirhio FI, Fiehler J, Nighoghossian N, Warburton EA, Ostergaard L, Baron JC (2011), “Predicting infarction within the diffusion-weighted imaging lesion: does the mean transit time have added value?” Stroke 42(6):1602-7 Details
Kasahara M, Menon DK, Salmond CH, Outtrim JG, Tavares JV, Carpenter TA, Pickard JD, Sahakian BJ, Stamatakis EA (2011), “Traumatic brain injury alters the functional brain network mediating working memory.” Brain Inj 25(12):1170-87 Details
Malone IB, Ansorge RE, Williams GB, Nestor PJ, Carpenter TA, Fryer TD (2011), “Attenuation correction methods suitable for brain imaging with a PET/MRI scanner: a comparison of tissue atlas and template attenuation map approaches.” J Nucl Med 52(7):1142-9 Details
Newcombe V, Chatfield D, Outtrim J, Vowler S, Manktelow A, Cross J, Scoffings D, Coleman M, Hutchinson P, Coles J, Carpenter TA, Pickard J, Williams G, Menon D (2011), “Mapping traumatic axonal injury using diffusion tensor imaging: correlations with functional outcome.” PLoS One 6(5):e19214 Details
Sleigh A, Raymond-Barker P, Thackray K, Porter D, Hatunic M, Vottero A, Burren C, Mitchell C, McIntyre M, Brage S, Carpenter TA, Murgatroyd PR, Brindle KM, Kemp GJ, O'Rahilly S, Semple RK, Savage DB (2011), “Mitochondrial dysfunction in patients with primary congenital insulin resistance.” J Clin Invest 121(6):2457-61 Details
2010
Calautti C, Jones PS, Guincestre JY, Naccarato M, Sharma N, Day DJ, Carpenter TA, Warburton EA, Baron JC (2010), “The neural substrates of impaired finger tapping regularity after stroke.” Neuroimage 50(1):1-6 Details
Dickson JD, Ash TW, Williams GB, Harding SG, Carpenter TA, Menon DK, Ansorge RE (2010), “Quantitative BOLD: the effect of diffusion.” J Magn Reson Imaging 32(4):953-61 Details
Kasahara M, Menon DK, Salmond CH, Outtrim JG, Taylor Tavares JV, Carpenter TA, Pickard JD, Sahakian BJ, Stamatakis EA (2010), “Altered functional connectivity in the motor network after traumatic brain injury.” Neurology 75(2):168-76 Details
Newcombe VF, Williams GB, Scoffings D, Cross J, Carpenter TA, Pickard JD, Menon DK (2010), “Aetiological differences in neuroanatomy of the vegetative state: insights from diffusion tensor imaging and functional implications.” J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 81(5):552-61 Details
2009
Donswijk ML, Jones PS, Guadagno JV, Carpenter TA, Moustafa RR, Fryer TD, Aigbirhio FI, Warburton EA, Baron JC (2009), “T2*-weighted MRI versus oxygen extraction fraction PET in acute stroke.” Cerebrovasc Dis 28(3):306-13 Details
Salgin B, Sleigh AJ, Williams RM, Jackson SJ, Bluck LJ, Murgatroyd PR, Humphreys SM, Harding S, Carpenter TA, Dunger DB (2009), “Intramyocellular lipid levels are associated with peripheral, but not hepatic, insulin sensitivity in normal healthy subjects.” Clin Sci (Lond) 117(3):111-8 Details
Semple RK, Sleigh A, Murgatroyd PR, Adams CA, Bluck L, Jackson S, Vottero A, Kanabar D, Charlton-Menys V, Durrington P, Soos MA, Carpenter TA, Lomas DJ, Cochran EK, Gorden P, O'Rahilly S, Savage DB (2009), “Postreceptor insulin resistance contributes to human dyslipidemia and hepatic steatosis.” J Clin Invest 119(2):315-22 Details
Sharma N, Simmons LH, Jones PS, Day DJ, Carpenter TA, Pomeroy VM, Warburton EA, Baron JC (2009), “Motor imagery after subcortical stroke: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study.” Stroke 40(4):1315-24 Details
2008
Correia MM, Carpenter TA, Williams GB (2008), “Looking for the optimal DTI acquisition scheme given a maximum scan time: are more b-values a waste of time?” Magn Reson Imaging Details
Hosey TP, Harding SG, Carpenter TA, Ansorge RE, Williams GB (2008), “Application of a probabilistic double-fibre structure model to diffusion-weighted MR images of the human brain.” Magn Reson Imaging 26(2):236-45 Details
Stevick JW, Harding SG, Paquet U, Ansorge RE, Carpenter TA, Williams GB (2008), “Gaussian process modeling for image distortion correction in echo planar imaging.” Magn Reson Med 59(3):598-606 Details
2006
Lucas AJ, Hawkes RC, Ansorge RE, Williams GB, Nutt RE, Clark JC, Fryer TD, Carpenter TA (2006), “Development of a combined microPET-MR system.” Technol Cancer Res Treat 5(4):337-41 Details


