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John Crowe

Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

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Biography

After leaving Alcester Grammar School in rural Warwickshire I studied Physics at the University of Southampton, graduating in 1980. Having always been interested in the physical life/science interface I then spent 5 years in the Bioengineering Unit within Oxford University's Department of Paediatrics, based in the John Radcliffe Hospital. My research during that period included the optical monitoring of physiological variables that was the subject of my DPhil.

In 1985 I moved to the School of Physics and Astronomy at (the former) Lancashire Polytechnic. In 1987 I came to Nottingham to join the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

More information about me and my research can be found at my home webpage.

Expertise Summary

My research lies firmly at the physical / life science interface. This includes the development of new instrumentation for physiological monitoring as well as investigating cellular activity and form .

Previously our group has demonstrated that monitoring fetal heart rate during the antenatal period is feasible and an antenatal fetal heart rate monitor is now available from the university spin out company www.monicahealthcare.com/. With this instrument we were winners of the Bioscience category of the Research Council's 2004 Business Plan Competition. We have also used this technology to gain a unique understanding of how Doppler ultrasound based fetal monitors work; and using data collected with this technique, and the application of fractal based signal processing tools, we believe we have 'observed' a change in the 'wiring' of the fetal brain at around 24 weeks gestation. (This ties in with other known measures of fetal maturation.)

My work in biomedical optics involves investigating how to perform quantitative spectroscopy on scattering media. The main application of this is the development of novel oximeters. I am also involved in the design of new forms of laser Doppler blow flow meters. This includes blood flow imagers using custom designed integrated circuits containing both photodetectors and the necessary signal processing.

Other projects are the production of an optical heart rate sensor for use on newborn infants requiring resuscitation; and investigating the possibility of monitoring the 'activity signature' (that includes using mobile phones as a sensor, logger and communication device) of people with bipolar disorder with a view to assisting the self assessment of their condition.

I am also involved in 2 large EPSRC projects: MATCH which concerns the development of 'tools' (often software based) for use in Health Technology Assessment; and remedi : Regenerative Medicine, A New Industry, where my input is in the sensing and characterisation of regenerative medicine products.

Research Summary

MATCH - Multidisciplinary Assessment of Technology Centre for Health [EPSRC] MATCH+ - investigating how to link the results of User Needs assessment into Health Economic models remedi -… read more

Selected Publications

Current Research

  • MATCH - Multidisciplinary Assessment of Technology Centre for Health [EPSRC]
  • MATCH+ - investigating how to link the results of User Needs assessment into Health Economic models
  • remedi - Regenerative medicine : A new industry [EPSRC]
  • Heartlight - an optical based sensor for use during the resucitation of newborns [Action Medical Research / MRC]
  • PAM - Personalised Ambient Monitoring: of people with bipolar disorder [EPSRC]
  • Retinal Oximetry [NEAT]

Future Research

Projects that will be starting shortly:

  • remedi II

Embryonic projects in new directions that I am keen to pursue (and for which potential collaborators / funders would be welcome) include:

  • monitoring applied to sports
  • public engagement to showcase our work via the arts
  • MARTIN, JL, CLARK, DJ, MORGAN, SP, CROWE, JA and MURPHY, E, 2012. A User-Centred Approach To Requirements Elicitation In Medical Device Development: A Case Study From An Industry Perspective Applied Ergonomics. 43(1), 184-190
  • MORRIS, DE, MATHER, ML, SIMON, CG and CROWE, JA, 2012. Time-Optimized X-Ray Micro-Ct Imaging Of Polymer Based Scaffolds Journal Of Biomedical Materials Research Part B-Applied Biomaterials. 100B(2), 360-367
  • S BRAILSFORD, S MOHIUDDIN , C JAMES , J AMOR , J BLUM , J CROWE , E MAGILL, P PROCIOW, 2012. A multi-state model to improve the design of an automated system to monitor the activity patterns of patients with bipolar disorder J Operational Research Society. (In Press.)
  • LANG A, MARTIN J. SHARPLES S, CROWE J, MURPHY E, 2012. Not a Minor Problem - Involving adolescents in medical device design research Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science. (In Press.)
  • MANN C, WARD C, GRUBB M, HAYES-GILL B, CROWE H, MARLOW N, SHARKEY D, 2012. Marked variation in newborn resuscitation practice: a national survey in the UK Resuscitation. (In Press.)
  • NT HUYNH, D HE, BR HAYES-GILL, JA CROWE, JG WALKER, ML MATHER, FRAJ ROSE, NG PARKER, MJW POVEY, SP MORGAN, 2012. Application of a maximum likelihood algorithm to ultrasound modulated optical tomography J. Biomedical Optics. 17(2),
  • HUYNH NT, HE D, HAYES-GILL BR, CROWE JA, WALKER JG, MATHER ML, ROSE FRAJ, PARKER NG, POVEY MJW, MORGAN SP, 2011. Application of a maximum likelihood algorithm to ultrasound modulated optical tomography In: Proc. Photons plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2011, SPIE Vol. 7899.
  • MANN C, WARD C, GRUBB M, TEOH J, HAYES-GILL BR, CROWE J, MARLOW N, SHARKEY D, 2011. Preliminary validation of a novel photoplethysmographic heart monitoring device In: Pediatric Academic Societies and Asian Society for Pediatric Research, Denver, Colorado, 30 April – 3 May 2011.
  • DAVEY, S. M, CRAVEN, M. P, MEENAN, B. J, MARTIN, J. L and CROWE, J. A., 2011. Surgeon opinion on new technologies in orthopaedic surgery Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology. 35(3-4), 139-48
  • HC NGUYEN, BR HAYES-GILL, Y ZHU, JA CROWE, D HE, SP MORGAN, 2011. Low Resource Processing Algorithms for Laser Doppler Blood Flow Imaging Medical Engineering and Physics. 33, 720-729
  • D HE, HC NGUYEN, BR HAYES-GILL, Y ZHU, JA CROWE, SP MORGAN, GF CLOUGH, A GILL, 2011. Laser Doppler blood flow imaging with a 64×64 pixel full custom CMOS sensor Design and Quality for Biomedical Technologies, Novel Imaging Techniques, SPIE Vol. 7891.
  • CROWE, J. and HAYES-GILL, B.R., 2011. Instrumentation for Neonatal Monitoring In: Bioengineering 11, Queen Mary University London, 12-13 September 2011.
  • MORDANT, D.J., AL-ABBOUD, I., MUYO, G., GORMAN, A., SALLAM, A., RODMELL, P., CROWE, J., MORGAN, S., RITCHIE, P., HARVEY, A.R. and MCNAUGHT, A.I., 2011. Validation of Human Whole Blood Oximetry Using a Hyperspectral Fundus Camera with a Model Eye Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 52, 2851-2859
  • DE MORRIS, JL MARTIN, S SHARPLES, JA CROWE, 2011. Assisting medical device developers with user research: a new interactive tool In: Contemporary Ergonomics & Human Factors 2011, Grantham, UK, 12-14 April 2011. (In Press.)
  • HUYNH, N.T., PARKER, N.G., HE, D., RUAN, H., HAYES-GILL, B.R., MATHER, M.L., CROWE, J., ROSE, F.R.A.J., POVEY, M.J.W. and MORGAN, S.P., 2011. Characterization of tissue scaffolds using optics and ultrasound, Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells In: BiOS Spie Photonics West, Conference 7897, San Francisco, California, 22-27 January 2011.
  • DJ MORDANT, I AL-ABBOUD, G MUYO, A GORMAN, A SALLAM, P RODMELL, J CROWE, S MORGAN, P RITCHIE, AR HARVEY, AI MCNAUGHT, 2011. Validation of Human Whole Blood Oximetry, Using a Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 52, 2851-2859
  • RODMELL, P.I., CROWE, J.A., MORGAN, S.P., MORDANT, D.J., , MCNAUGHT, A.I., GORMAN, A. and HARVEY, A.R., 2011. Light pathlengths in the retina and the implication for oxygen saturation imaging In: Hyperspectral Imaging Conference, Glasgow, UK, 17-18 May 2011.
  • AR LANG, JL MARTIN, S SHARPLES, JA CROWE, 2011. Patients/patience in research’. The challenges of interviewing adolescent medical device users in hospital clinics In: Contemporary Ergonomics & Human Factors 2011, Grantham, UK, 12-14 April 2011. (In Press.)
  • D HE, C KONGSAVATSAK, HAYES-GILL BR, JA CROWE and SP MORGAN, 2011. 32x32 pixel array complementary metal-oxide semiconductor imaging sensor for laser Doppler blood-flow measurement Optical Engineering. 50,
  • A. LANG, J. MARTIN, S. SHARPLES AND J. CROWE, 2010. ) A qualitative assessment of medical device design by healthy adolescents. In: V DUFFY, ed., Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare CRC Press. (In Press.)
  • C MANN, C WARD, B. R. HAYES-GILL, J CROWE, N MARLOW, D SHARKEY, 2010. Variation in current UK and international delivery room resuscitation practice In: European Academy of Paediatric Societies, Copenhagen, Denmark, 23-26 October 2010. (In Press.)
  • C WARD, B. R. HAYES-GILL, M GRUBB, J TEOH, J CROWE, N MARLOW, D SHARKEY, 2010. Delivery room acquisition time for a novel forehead heart rate sensor for newborn resuscitation In: European Academy of Paediatric Societies, Copenhagen, Denmark, 23-26 October 2010. (In Press.)
  • MARTIN, J.L and AND CROWE, J.A, 2010. Contextual inquiry for medical device development: A case study. In: V DUFFY, ed., Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare CRC Press.
  • LANG, A. R, MARTIN, J. L and SHARPLES, S. AND CROWE, J. A, 2010. The Design and Application of AMDAT, a Heuristic Tool to assess Adolescent User Needs of Medical Devices. In: ANDERSON, M., ed., Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2010 263-272
  • CROWE, J.A, CRAVEN, M.P and LU, B., 2010. Experiences of using a spreadsheet decision-tree tool with non-professional health economists (Poster) In: 7th Annual Conference of the International Society for Health Technology Assessment (HTAi 2010), Dublin, Ireland, 6th-9th June 2010. 128 of 304
  • C. WARD, J. TEOH, J. CROWE, D SHARKEY, M GRUBB, N MARLOW, B HAYES-GILL, 2010. A green light for improved resuscitation Midwives, The Magazine of The Royal College of Midwives. 14(4), 34-36
  • WARD, C., HAYES-GILL, B.R., GRUBB, M., TEOH, J., CROWE, J., MARLOW, N. and SHARKEY, D., 2010. Delivery room acquisition time for a novel forehead heart rate sensor for newborn resuscitation In: European Academy of Paediatric Societies, Copenhagen, Denmark, 23-26 October 2010. (In Press.)
  • PAWEL A PROCIOW, KATARZYNA WAC, JOHN A CROWE, 2010. Design of a Wearable System for Personalized Monitoring and Therapeutic Interventions in Bipolar Disorder In: Proceedings of Therapeutic Strategies, A Challenge for User Involvement in Design Workshop in conjunction with NORDICHI 2010, Reykjavik, Iceland, 17th October 2010, Olav W. Bertelsen, Geraldine Fitzpatrick, Kristina Höök, Madeline Balaam, Erik Grönvall (eds.),. 46-49
  • HARVEY, A.R., ABBOUD, I., GORMAN, A., MUYO, G,., CROWE, J., MORGAN, S., RODMELL, P., MORDANT, D. and MCNAUGHT, A., 2010. Algorithms and instrumentation for quantified retinal oximetry in a snapshot: European Association for Vision and Eye Research In: European Association for Vision and Eye Research, Acta Opthalmologica, Crete, Greece, 6-9 October 2010.
  • PROCIOW P, CROWE JA, 2010. Development of mobile psychiatry for bipolar disorder patients In: 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, Buenos Aires, paper SaA10.1, 31st August - 4th September 2010. (In Press.)
  • A LANG, J MARTIN, S SHARPLES, J CROWE, 2010. Adolescent participation in HTA: the identification of appropriate proxies for adolescent user needs of medical devices In: 7th Annual Conference of the International Society for Health Technology Assessment (HTAi), Dublin,Ireland, 6-9 June 2010, M5-16. 177-304 (In Press.)
  • A. LANG, J. MARTIN, S. SHARPLES AND J. CROWE, 2010. A qualitative assessment of medical device design by healthy adolescents In: 3rd International Applied Human Factors & Ergonomics Conference, Miami, USA, July 17th-20th 2010. (In Press.)
  • PROCIOW, P. A., PROCIOW, W., CROWE, J., BERTELSEN, O.W., FITZPATRICK, G., HÖÖK, K., BALAAM, M. and GRÖNVALL, E., 2010. Design of a Wearable System for Personalized Monitoring and Therapeutic Interventions in Bipolar Disorder: Proceedings of Therapeutic Strategies, A Challenge for User Involvement in Design Workshop in conjunction with NORDICHI 2010 In: NORDICHI 2010, Reykjavik, Iceland, 17 October 2010. 46-49
  • PA PROCIOW, JA CROWE, 2010. Towards personalised ambient monitoring of mental health via mobile technologies Technology & Healthcare. 18, 275-384
  • MARTIN, J.L and AND CROWE, J.A., 2010. Contextual inquiry for medical device development: A case study In: 3rd International Applied Human Factors & Ergonomics Conference. Miami, USA July 17th-20th 2010. Miami, USA. (In Press.)
  • HARVEY AR, ABBOUD I, GORMAN A, MUYO G, CROWE J, MORGAN S, RODMELL P, MORDANT D, MCNAUGHT A, 2010. Algorithms and instrumentation for quantified retinal oximetry in a snapshot In: Eu. Assoc. for Vision & Eye Res., 2010, In Acta Opthalmologica, 88, Suppl. S246. (In Press.)
  • LANG, A. R, MARTIN, J. L and SHARPLES. S. AND CROWE, J. A., 2010. The design and application of AMDAT, a heuristic tool to assess adolescent user needs of medical devices In: The Ergonomics Society Annual Conference. Keele, UK. 13th - 15th April 2010.
  • HE, D, HOANG, N, HAYES-GILL, B.R, CROWE, J.A, ZHU, Y and MORGAN, S.P., 2009. full field laser doppler flowmetry with custom made CMOS sensors In: Biomedical Technologies, 24-29 January 2009, San Jose, USA, SPIE Proc. Vol. 7170.
  • MATHER ML, BRION M, WHITE LJ, SHAKESHEFF KM, HOWDLE SM, MORGAN SP, CROWE JA, 2009. Time-lapsed imaging for in-process evaluation of supercritical fluid processing of tissue engineering scaffolds. Biotechnology progress. 25(4), 1176-83
  • CRAVEN, M.P., MORGAN, S.P., CROWE, J.A. and LU, B., 2009. Deploying a spreadsheet tool for early economic value assessment of medical device innovations with healthcare decision makers Journal of Management & Marketing in Healthcare. 2(3), 218-234
  • ZHU, Q, STOCKFORD, I.M, CROWE, J.A and MORGAN, S.P., 2009. Liquid crystal based rotating orthogonal polarization imaging system Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences. 2(3), 245-251
  • RAJAB, M.I, MORGAN, S.P, STOCKFORD, I.M and CROWE, J.A., 2009. Stabilization and enhancement of microcirculatory video sequences In: 2009 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Egypt.
  • SHARKEY, D AND HAYES-GILL, B AND GRUBB, M AND CROWE, J AND MARLOW, N, 2009. Neopulse - heart rate acquisition time for a novel forehead sensor for use in the delivery room Acta Paediatrica. 90, 233-233
  • MELISSA L MATHER, STEPHEN P MORGAN, JOHN A CROWE, DAVID E MORRIS, QUN ZHU, IOAN NOTINGHER, ALLNA ZOLADEK, JASMIN KEE, PENNY JOHNSON, 2009. Raman spectroscopy and rotating orthogonal polarization imaging for non-destructive testing of collagen deposition in tissue engineered skin and tendon In: Polarization, 24-29 January 2009, San Jose, USA, SPIE Proc. Vol. 7179.
  • HUONG, A.K.C, STOCKFORD, I.M, CROWE, J.A and MORGAN, S.P., 2009. Investigation of optimum wavelengths for oximetry In: Proceedings of SPIE 7368. 736811-736811-6
  • Q. ZHU, I.M. STOCKFORD, J.A. CROWE, S.P.MORGAN, 2009. Experimental and theoretical evaluation of rotating orthogonal polarization imaging Journal of Biomedical Optics. 14(3), 034006
  • A HUONG, JA CROWE, IM STOCKFORD, SP MORGAN, 2009. Investigation of optimum wavelengths for quantitative spectroscopy In: OSA/SPIE European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, 14-18 June 2009, Munich, Germany, SPIE Proc. Vol. 7368, Clinical and Biomedical Spectroscopy.
  • GRUBB, M.R, HAYES-GILL, B.R, CROWE, J.A, SHARKEY, D, MARLOW, N and WARD, C., 2009. Forehead reflectance PPG – newborn heart rate monitoring in the delivery room In: 5th Annual Meeting on Optical Sensors in Physiological Measurement, ISAT Group, Institute of Physics.
  • MORRIS, D.E, MATHER, M.L and CROWE, J.A., 2009. Generation and simlated imaging of pseudo-scaffolds to aid characterisation by x-ray micro CT Biomaterials. 30(25), 4233-4246
  • LANG, A. R, MARTIN, J. L and SHARPLES. S. AND CROWE, J. A., 2009. Enabling adolescents to participate in the design and improvement of medical devices. In: International Ergonomics, Association, 17th World Congress on Ergonomics. Beijing, China. 9th-14th August 2009.
  • P. PROCIOW, J. CROWE, S.C. BRAILSFORD, C.J. JAMES, E. MAGILL, J. AMOR, J. BLUM, S. MOHIUDDIN, 2009. Personalised Ambient Monitoring (PAM) for People with Bipolar Disorder In: Med-e-tel, 14-16 April 2009, Luxembourg.
  • MATHER, M.L., MORGAN, S.P., WHITE, L.J., TAI, H., KOCKENBERGER, W., HOWDLE, S.M., SHAKESHEFF, K.M. and CROWE, J.A., 2008. Image based characterisation of foamed polymeric tissue scaffolds Biomedical Materials. 3(1), 015011
  • MARTIN, J L, NORRIS, B J, MURPHY, E and CROWE, J A, 2008. Medical device development: the challenge for ergonomics. Applied Ergonomics. 39(3), 271-83
  • KONGSAVATAK C, HE D, HAYES-GILL BR, CROWE JA, MORGAN SP, 2008. Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor imaging array with laser Doppler blood flow processing Optical Engineering. 47(104401),
  • WOOLFSON, M. S., BIGAN, C., CROWE, J. A. and HAYES-GILL, B. R., 2008. Method to separate sparse components from signal mixtures Digital Signal Processing. 18(6), 985-1012
  • D HE, HAYES-GILL BR, CROWE JA, MORGAN SP, 2008. Full field laser Doppler flowmetry with custom made CMOS sensors In: 4th Annual IoP Meeting on ‘Optical Sensors in Physiological Measurement’, Institute of Physics, London, 19th May 008 (15%).
  • MATHER, ML, CROWE, JA, MORGAN, SP, WHITE, LJ, KALASHNIKOV, AN, IVCHENKO, VG, HOWDLE, SM and SHAKESHEFF, KM, 2008. Ultrasonic monitoring of foamed polymeric tissue scaffold fabrication JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN MEDICINE. 19(9), 3071-3080
  • MORGAN SP, STOCKFORD IM, CROWE JA, HAYES-GILL BR, 2008. Optical imaging and spectroscopy of superficial tissue Innovation Optical Health Science. 1(1-9), 85-93
  • MATHER ML, CROWE JA, MORGAN SP, WHITE LJ, SHAKESHEFF KM, HOWDLE SM, THOMAS RJ, WILLIAMS DJ, 2008. Remedi: A research consortium applying engineering strategies to establish regenerative medicine as a new industry In: 4th European Congress for Medical and Biomedical Engineering, Antwerp, Belgium, 23-27 November 2008..
  • HUONG A, STOCKFORD IM, CROWE JA, MORGAN SP, 2008. Optical monitoring of tissue using differential polarization spectroscopy In: IoP Photon O8, Edinburgh, 26-29 August 2008.
  • M. P. CRAVEN, S. P. MORGAN, J. A. CROWE, B. LU, 2008. First experiences from deploying a spreadsheet tool for early economic value assessment of medical device innovations with healthcare decision makers Journal of Managing and Marketing in Healthcare. 2(3),
  • MORGAN SP, ZHU Q, STOCKFORD IM, CROWE JA, 2008. Rotating orthogonal polarization imaging Optics Letters. 33(13), 1503-1505
  • MATHER ML, MORGAN SP, WHITE LJM TAI H, KOCKENBURGER W, HOWDLE SM, SHAKESHEFF KM, CROWE JA, 2008. Image-based charactierisation of foamed polymeric tissue scaffolds Biomed. Mater, 3.
  • GRUBB MR, HAYES-GILL BR, CROWE JA, SHARKEY D, MARLOW N, MILES NJ, 2008. Towards forehead reflectance photoplethysmography to aid delivery room resuscitation in newborns In: 4th European Congress for Medical and Biomedical Engineering, Antwerp, Belgium, 23-27 November 2008..
  • GRUBB, M.R, HAYES-GILL, B.R, CROWE, J.A, MARLOW, N, SHARKEY, D and MILES, N.J., 2008. Towards forehead reflectance photoplethysmography to aid delivery room resuscitation in newborns In: 4th European Congress for Medical and Biomedical Engineering (2008), IFMBE Proceedings, Vol 22, Antwerp, Belgium. 1053-1056
  • MORRIS DE, MATHER ML, CROWE JA, LIU Z, MORGAN SP, 2008. Strategies for image based characterisation of tissue scaffolds In: The tissue and cell engineering society conference, Nottingham UK July 2008.
  • MORGAN SP, ZHU Q, STOCKFORD IM, CROWE JA, 2008. Rotating orthogonal polarization imaging for tissue imaging In: Proceedings of SPIE, 6858, Optics in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine II, San Jose, USA, Jan 2008.
  • SAWYER NRE, WORRALL LK, ROSE FRAJ, CROWE JA, WATERS, MORGAN SP, 2008. In situ monitoring of 3D cell aggregation using an optical imaging system Biotechnol Bioeng,. 100(1), 159-167
  • JAMES CJ, CROWE JA, MAGILL E, BRAILSFORD, SC, AMOR J, PROCIOW P, BLUM J, MOHIUDDIN S, 2008. Personalised ambient monitoring (PAM) of the mentally ill In: 4th European Congress for Medical and Biomedical Engineering, Antwerp, Belgium, 23-27 November 2008..
  • CRAVEN MP, DAVEY SM, MEENAN BJ, CROWE JA, 2008. The NICE interventional procedures programme – How much evidence is adequate In: M12.3, Vth annual meeting of Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi), 6-9 July 2008, Montreal, Canada.
  • MATHER ML, CROWE JA, THOMAS RJ, WATERS SL, BYRNE HM, 2008. Mathematical investigation of population variability in neural stem cells, P35 In: Annual Conference Tissue and Cell Engineering Society, Nottingham, UK, 2-4 July 2008 (15%).
  • CROWE JA, 2008. The role of biomedical engineers in systems and synthetic biology In: 4th European Congress for Medical and Biomedical Engineering, Antwerp, Belgium, 23-27 November 2008..
  • HAN Y, HENGRUNG N, LIEW YJ, MALYSHEV D, MAY S, MIAO Y, MILDE S, SOH X, SOIREZ L, WYATT DF, ZHAO A, , AJIOKA J, BROWN J, CROWE JA, GONCALVES J, HASSELOFF J, MICKLEM G, SOUTHALL TD, WERNISCH L, 2008. Bacteria on-line –University of Cambridge iGEM 2007 Project, IET BioSysBio - Synthetic Biology In: Systems Biology and Bioinformativs, London, Uk, 20-22 April 2008 (3%).
  • MARTIN JL, MURPHY E, CROWE JA, 2008. An industry-focused approach to medical device development: A new blood vessel imaging device In: 2nd International conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, 14-17 July, Las Vegas, USA.
  • WILLIAMS DJ, ARCHER RA, HOURD P, CROWE JA, MEENAN B, LILFORD R, MARTIN P, SHAKESHEFF K, RHODES N, LIVESEY F, 2008. Regenerative Medicine – A New Industry (remedi): A Grand Challenge In: (invited plenary), Annual Conference Tissue and Cell Engineering Society, Nottingham, UK, 2-4 July 2008 (5%).
  • CROWE JA, MARTIN JL, MURPHY E, 2008. The role of users during the development and value assessment of new medical technology In: 21.2, Vth annual meeting of Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi), 6-9 July 2008, Montreal, Canada.
  • AL JARRO A, PAUL J, THOMAS D.W.P, CROWE J, SAWYER N and ROSE F.R.A. AND SHAKESHEFF K.M., 2007. Direct calculation of Maxwell stress tensor for accurate trajectory prediction during DEP for 2D and 3D structures Journal Physics D: Applied Physics. 40(1), 71-77
  • CROWE, J.A., MORRIS, D.E., WOOLFSON, M.S., RODMELL, P.I. and WALKER, J.G., 2007. Quantitative spectrophotometry of scattering media via frequency-domain and constant-intensity measurements Journal of the Optical Society of America A, Optics, image science, and vision. 24(7), 1969-1974
  • MATHER, M., CROWE, J., MORGAN, S., KALASHNIKOV, A., IVCHENKO, V., WHITE, L., BRION, M. and SHAKESHEFF, K., 2007. In-process monitoring of foamed polymeric tissue scaffold fabrication In: 3rd World Congress on regenerative medicine. 656
  • TAI, H., MATHER, M.L., HOWARD, D., WANG, W, WHITE, L.J., CROWE, J.A., MORGAN, S.P, CHANDRA, A, WILLIAMS, D.J., HOWDLE, S.M. and SHAKESHEFF, K.M., 2007. Control of Pore Size and Structure of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds Produced by Supercritical Fluid Processing European Cells and Materials. 14, 64 - 77
  • MATHER, M.L., MORGAN, S.P. and CROWE, J.A., 2007. Meeting the Needs of Monitoring in Tissue Engineering Regenerative Medicine. 2((2)), 145-160
  • D MORRIS, J CROWE, I STOCKFORD, M WOOLFSON, P RODMELL, J WALKER, 2007. The dependence of attenuation on optical absorption coefficient using a cumulant expansion of the temporal point spread function In: 3rd Asian and Pacific Rim Symposium on Biophotonics & Biophotonics Downunder II, Cairns, Australia,10th July 2007 (40%). 138-139
  • D MORRIS , J CROWE, I STOCKFORD, M WOOLFSON, P RODMELL, J WALKER, 2007. An alternative to the modified Lambert-Beer law In: IoP Photonex, Spectral Imaging IV, 18 November 2007.
  • STOCKFORD, I., LU, B., CROWE, J.A., MORGAN, S.P. and MORRIS, D.E., 2007. Reduction of Error in Spectrophotometry of Scattering Media Using Polarisation Techniques Applied Spectroscopy. 61(12), 1369-1379
  • HAN Y, HENGRUNG N, LIEW YJ, MALYSHEV D, MAY S, MIAO Y, MILDE S, SOH X, SOIREZ L, WYATT DF, ZHAO A, , AJIOKA J, BROWN J, CROWE JA, GONCALVES J, HASSELOFF J, MICKLEM G, SOUTHALL TD, WERNISCH L, 2007. BOL: Bacteria on line In: iGEM Jamboree, Boston, USA, November 2007 (3%)..
  • J. HOUSLEY, S. MORGAN, J. CROWE, I. STOCKFORD, 2007. The dependence of the intensity and cumulants of the temporal point spread function of backscattered light upon spatial position and the absorption and scattering coefficients In: IoP Photonex, Spectral Imaging IV, 18 November 2007.
  • IM STOCKFORD, NBE SAWYER, SP MORGAN, JA CROWE. JG WALKER AND M PICKSTONE, 2007. Quantitative assessment of sickle cell disease using a clinically appropriate capillaroscope In: 3rd Annual IoP Meeting on Optical Sensors in Physiological Measurements, 18 May 2007 London UK (15%).
  • BARRATT, C.W., VYAS, H., HAYES-GILL, B.R., CROWE, J.A. and FLATMAN, D., 2007. Detection of Previously Unrecognised Daytime Desaturation in Children with Chronic Lung Disease Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology. 31((2)), 101-108 (In Press.)
  • D MORRIS, J CROWE, I STOCKFORD, M WOOLFSON, P RODMELL, J WALKER, 2007. Quantitative spectrophotometry on scattering media using the cumulant generation function of the temporal point spread function In: 3rd Annual IoP Meeting on Optical Sensors in Physiological Measurements, 18 May 2007 London UK (30%).
  • MATHER ML, CROWE JA, MORGAN SP, 2007. Regenerative Medicine - A New Industry In: Australian Society for Biophysics Annual Meeting, Newcastle, Australia 2-5 Dec 2007 invited (25%).
  • MATHER ML, CROWE JA, MORGAN SP, WHITE LJ, TAI H, SHAKESHEFF K, 2007. Strategies for characterisation of foamed polymeric tissue scaffolds In: TERMIS EU meeting, London 4-7 Sept 2007 (15%).
  • LU, B., MORGAN, S.P., CROWE, J.A. and STOCKFORD, I.M, 2006. Comparison of methods for reducing the effects of scattering in spectrophotometry Applied Spectroscopy. 60(10), 1157-1166
  • MARTIN, J L, MURPHY E, CROWE, J A. AND NORRIS B J., 2006. Capturing user requirements in medical device development: the role of ergonomics Physiological Measurement. 27(8), R49-R62
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  • DMOCHOWSKI, P.R., HAYES-GILL, B.R., CLARK, M., CROWE, J.A., SOMEKH, M.G. and MORGAN, S.P., 2005. Ultrasound modulated tomography using a CMOS modulated light lock-in pixel In: PHOTONS PLUS ULTRASOUND: IMAGING AND SENSING 2005. 198-208
  • ECHEVERRIA, J.C., WOOLFSON, M.S., CROWE, J.A., HAYES-GILL, B.R., PIÉRI, J.F., SPENCER, C.J. and JAMES, D.K., 2004. Does fractality in heart rate variability indicate the development of fetal neural processes? Physics Letters A. 331(3-4), 225-230
  • PALETHORPE, B., HAYES-GILL, B., CROWE, J., SUMNER, M., CROUT, N., FOSTER, M., REID, T., BENFORD, S., GREENHALGH, C. and LAYBOURN-PARRY, J., 2004. Real-time physical data acquisition through a remote sensing platform on a polar lake Limnology and Oceanography-Methods. 2, 191-201
  • DMOCHOWSKI, P.R., HAYES-GILL, B.R., CLARK, M., CROWE, J.A., SOMEKH, M.G. and MORGAN, S.P., 2004. Camera pixel for coherent detection of modulated light Electronics Letters. 40(22), 1403-1404
  • THONG, Y.K., WOOLFSON, M.S., CROWE, J.A., HAYES-GILL, B.R. and JONES, D.A., 2004. Numerical double integration of acceleration measurements in noise Measurement. 36(1), 73-92
  • ECHEVERRIA, J.C., HAYES-GILL, B.R., CROWE, J.A. and WOOLFSON, M.S., 2004. Detrended fluctuation analysis: a suitable method for studying fetal heart rate variability? Physiological Measurement. 25(3), 763-774
  • CRAVEN, M.P., CROWE, J.A., BOTTERILL, N.W., MORGAN, S.P. and WILLIAMS, H.C., 2004. MATCH: a multidisciplinary approach to the advancement of health technology assessment In: Proceedings of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM) 11th Annual Scientific Meeting. 41
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  • ECHEVERRIA, J.C., WOOLFSON, M.S., CROWE, J.A., HAYES-GILL, B.R., CROAKER, G.D.H. and VYAS, H., 2003. Interpretation of heart rate variability via detrended fluctuation analysis and alpha beta filter Chaos. 13(2), 467-475
  • THONG, Y.K., WOOLFSON, M.S., CROWE, J.A., HAYES-GILL, B.R. and CHALLIS, R.E., 2002. Dependence of inertial measurements of distance on accelerometer noise Measurement Science and Technology. 13(8), 1163-1172
  • WYATT, K.M., DIMMOCK, P.W., HAYES-GILL, B., CROWE, J. and O'BRIEN, P.M., 2002. Menstrual symptometrics: a simple computer-aided method to quantify menstrual cycle disorders Fertility and Sterility. 78(1), 96-101
  • ECHEVERRIA, J.C., WOOLFSON, M.S., CROWE, J.A., HAYES-GILL, B.R., SPENCER, C.J. and JAMES, D.K., 2002. Exploring non-stationary and fractal techniques for the analysis of antenatal heart rate variability In: 2nd European Medical & Biological Engineering Conference EMBEC. 1528-1529
  • PIÉRI, J.F., CROWE, J.A., HAYES-GILL, B.R., SPENCER, C.J., BHOGAL, K. and JAMES, D.K., 2001. Compact long-term recorder of the transabdominal foetal and maternal electrocardiogram Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing. 39(1), 118-125
  • SHAKESPEARE, S.A., CROWE, J.A., HAYES-GILL, B.R., BHOGAL, K. and JAMES, D.K., 2001. The information content of Doppler ultrasound signals from the fetal heart Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing. 39(6), 619-626
  • BHOGAL, K., HAYES-GILL, B.R. and CROWE, J.A., 2001. Cardiotocographs and the transabdominal fetal electrocardiogram RCM Midwives Journal. 4(11), 372-375
  • PETERS, M., CROWE, J., PIERI, J.-F., QUARTERO, H., HAYES-GILL, B., JAMES, D., STINSTRA, J. and SHAKESPEARE, S., 2001. Monitoring the fetal heart non-invasively: a review of methods Journal of Perinatal Medicine. VOL 29(PART 5), 408-416
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  • SHAKESPEARE, S. A., MOORE, R. J., CROWE, J. A., GOWLAND, P. A. and HAYES-GILL, B. R., 1999. A method for foetal heart rate monitoring during magnetic resonance imaging using Doppler ultrasound Physiological Measurement. VOL 20(NUMBER 4), 363-368
  • TAYLOR, J., HAYES-GILL, B. R., CROWE, J. A. and PAULL, C. J., 1998. Towards multi-patient leadless and wireless cardiotocography via RF telemetry Medical Engineering and Physics. VOL 20(NUMBER 10), 764-772
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  • TAYLOR, J., PAULL, C. J., HAYES-GILL, B. R. and CROWE, J. A., 1997. Data compression of fetal Doppler ultrasound audio signals using zero-crossings analysis Medical Engineering and Physics. VOL 19(NUMBER 6), 572-580
  • GIBSON, N.M., WOOLFSON, M.S. and CROWE, J.A., 1997. Detection of fetal electrocardiogram signals using matched filters with adaptive normalisation MEDICAL & BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING & COMPUTING. 35(3), 216-222
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