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PROF PATRICIA DESMOND



Contact Details

Organization: Radiology
Position: PROFESSOR
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Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Neurosciences Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science Institution not known
Bachelor of Medicine Institution not known
Master of Science Institution not known
Doctor of Medicine University of Melbourne

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiology (FRANZCR)

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
MR Assessment of brain tumour microvascular permeability Chief Investigator ROYAL AUST & NEW ZEALAND COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGISTS Research Grant 10/10/2002
DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING AND TRACTOGRAPHY IN PRE-OPERATIVE LATERALIZATION OF EPILEPTOGENIC FOCUS AND PREDICTION OF SURGICAL OUTCOMES IN SUBTYPES OF TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY Chief Investigator PFIZER AUST PTY LTD Neuro Science Research Grants 19/11/2007
FUNCTIONAL DIFFUSION MAPPING OF BRAIN TUMOUR THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY Chief Investigator CANCER AUSTRALIA,
DEPT OF HEALTH & AGEING
Priority-Driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme (CANCER AUSTRALIA) 16/05/2008
Acute Stroke Imaging: Improving patient selection for treatment in ischemic stroke. Chief Investigator PFIZER AUST PTY LTD Cardio Vascular Lipid Research Grants 30/10/2009

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Density and shape as CT predictors of intracerebral hemorrhage growth
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Stroke
    Volume: 40
    Page numbers: 1325-1331
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Effects of alteplase beyond 3 h after stroke in the Echoplanar Imaging Thrombolytic Evaluation Trial (EPITHET): a placebo-controlled randomised trial
    Year: 2008
    Journal: The Lancet Neurology
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 299-309
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  • Inferring origin of vascular supply from tracer arrival timing patterns using bolus tracking MRI
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1371-81
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  • White matter volume changes in people who develop psychosis
    Year: 2008
    Journal: British Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 193
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 210-5
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Optimizing mismatch definitions in acute stroke MRI - an EPITHET post hoc study
    Year: 2008
    Event name: Stroke Society of Australasia 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting & Smart Strokes
    Conference Publication: Internal Medicine Journal
    Volume: 38
    Issue: Supp 4
    Page numbers: A74
    Publisher: The Royal Australasian College of Physicians(Sydney)
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Author Reply: Hippocampal and amygdala volumes acocrding to psychosis stage and diagnosis
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Archives of General Psychiatry
    Volume: 64
    Page numbers: 252-253
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  • Contrast-enhanced perfusion and diffusion MRI accurately lateralize temporal lobe epilepsy: A pilot study


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
    Volume: 14
    Page numbers: 841-849
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  • The extent of resection of FDG-PET hypometabolism relates to outcome of temporal lobectomy.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Brain
    Volume: 130
    Page numbers: 548-560
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Hippocampal and amygdala volumes according to psychosis stage and diagnosis: A magnetic resonance imaging study of chronic schizophrenia, first-episode psychosis and ultra-high risk individuals


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Archives of General Psychiatry
    Volume: 63
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 139-149
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  • Apparent diffusion coefficient thresholds do not predict the response to acute stroke thrombolysis
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Stroke
    Volume: 36
    Page numbers: 2626-2631
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  • Association between arterial inflow and venous outflow in idiopathic and secondary intracranial hypertension
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
    Volume: 13
    Page numbers: 557
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  • Clinical-diffusion mismatch predicts the putative penumbra with high specificity
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Stroke
    Volume: 36
    Page numbers: 1700-1704
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  • Prediction of functional outcome 18 months after a first psychotic episode. A Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Archives of General Psychiatry
    Volume: 63
    Page numbers: 969-976
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Apparent diffusion coefficient thresholds do not predict the response to acute stroke thrombolysis.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Stroke
    Volume: 36
    Page numbers: 2626-2631
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  • Clinical-diffusion mismatch predicts the putative penumbra with high specificity
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Stroke
    Volume: 36
    Page numbers: 1700-1704
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Pennsylvania)
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  • Elevated hematocrit is associated with reduced reperfusion and tissue survival in acute stroke
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Neurology
    Volume: 65
    Page numbers: 1382-1387
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Pennsylvania)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Insular cortical ischemia is independently associated with acute stress hyperglycemia
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Stroke
    Volume: 35
    Page numbers: 1886-1891
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Pennsylvania)
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  • Perihematomal edema in primary intracerebral hemorrhage is plasma derived
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Stroke
    Volume: 35
    Page numbers: 1879-1885
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Pennsylvania)
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  • The use of PWI and DWI measures in the design of "Proof-of-concept" Stroke trials
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Neuroimaging
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 123-132
    Publisher: Sage Science Press(California)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Moyamoya disease in a patient with schizophrenia
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 806-810
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • Neuroanatomical abnormalities before and after onset of psychosis: a cross-sectional and logitudinal MRI comparison
    Year: 2003
    Journal: The Lancet
    Volume: 361
    Page numbers: 281-288
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  • Perfusion thresholds in acute stroke thrombolysis
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Stroke
    Volume: 34
    Page numbers: 2159-2164
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Pennsylvania)
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  • Persistent poststroke hyperglycemia is independently associated with infarct expansion and worse clinical outcome
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Stroke
    Volume: 34
    Page numbers: 2208-2214
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Pennsylvania)
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • Neuroscience, eyes, ear, nose and throat
    Year: 2002
    Book: Medical Imaging
    Publisher: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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Journal Articles

  • Acute Hyperglycemia Adversely Affects Stroke outcome: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Study
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Annals of Neurology
    Volume: 52
    Page numbers: 20-28
    Publisher: Wiley-Liss(New York)
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  • Diffusion- and Perfusion- Weighted MRI Response to Thrombolysis in Stroke
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Annals of Neurology
    Volume: 51
    Page numbers: 28-37
    Publisher: Wiley-Liss(New York)
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  • Examining the Lacunar hypothesis with diffusion and perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Stroke
    Volume: 33
    Page numbers: 2019-2024
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Pennsylvania)
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  • Functional MRI
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australasian Radiology
    Volume: 46
    Page numbers: 140
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia
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  • Incidental radiological findings on brain magnetic resonance imaging in first-episode psychosis and chronic schizophrenia
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
    Volume: 106
    Page numbers: 331-336
    Publisher: Munksgaard International Publishers(Copenhagen)
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  • Increased duration of illness is associated with reduced volume in right medial temporal/anterior cingulate grey matter in patients with chronic schizophrenia
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Schizophrenia Research
    Volume: 57
    Page numbers: 43-49
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Quality assurance and radiofrequency heating
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australasian Radiology
    Volume: 46
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 257-259
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia
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  • The influence of diabetes mellitus and hyperglycaemia on stroke incidence and outcome
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 618-626
    Publisher: Churchill Livingstone(Leith Walkedinburgh)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • A longitudinal study of hippocampal volume in first episode psychosis and chronic schizophrenia
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Schizophrenia Research
    Volume: 52
    Page numbers: 37-46
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  • Behçet's disease with cerebral vasculitis
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Internal Medicine Journal
    Volume: 31
    Page numbers: 560-561
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  • Combined magnetic Resonance Imaging and Single-Photon Emission Tomography Scanning in the Discrimination of Alzheimer's Disease From Age-matched Controls
    Year: 2001
    Journal: International Psychogeriatrics
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 149-161
    Publisher: Springer(New York)
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  • Comparison of MRI Perfusion Imaging and Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography in Chronic Stroke
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Cerebrovascular Diseases
    Volume: 11
    Page numbers: 128-136
    Publisher: Karger(Basel)
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  • Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Maps in Hyperacute Stroke.
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Stroke
    Volume: 32
    Page numbers: 1581-1587
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Pennsylvania)
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  • Selective bilateral hippocampal volume loss in chronic schizophrenia
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Biological Psychiatry
    Volume: 50
    Page numbers: 531-539
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  • The value of apparent diffusion coefficient maps in early cerebral ischemia.
    Year: 2001
    Journal: American Journal of Neuroradiology
    Volume: 22
    Page numbers: 1260-1267
    Publisher: American Society of Neuroradiology
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