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Dr Emma Chung
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British Heart Foundation Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow
MPhys (Physics), First Class, 1999, University of Kent
PhD (Physics), 2003, University of Warwick
Tel: 0116 258 6071
Email: emlc1@le.ac.uk
Address: Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Level 1 Sandringham Building (Room 123B), Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, LE1 5WW
External positions
Chair of the Scientific Organising Committee for the British Medical Ultrasound Society Annual Scientific Meeting, 2012
Associate Editor of Ultrasound - the Journal of the British Medical Ultrasound Society, 2009 -
Editor in Chief of Ultrasound - the Journal of the British Medical Ultrasound Society, 2009-2011
Research interests
- Transcranial Doppler ultrasound
- Embolus detection for stroke prevention
- Virtual patient simulations
- Laboratory models of cerebral blood-flow and embolisation
Membership of learned societies
- British Medical Ultrasound Society
- European Society of Neurosonology and Cerebral Hemodynamics
- European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
- World Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Key Publications
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Evans DH and Chung EML. Relative Energy Index to Detect Malignant Microemboli. Stroke 2010;41:e584 (letter)
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Chung EML, Hague JP, Chanrion M-A. Ramnarine KV, Katsogridakis E and Evans DH. Preferred embolus trajectory through a replica of the major cerebral arteries. Stroke 2010;41:647-652
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Hague JP and Chung EML. Statistical physics of cerebral embolization leading to stroke. Physical Review E. 2009; 80(5), 051912
- Martin MJ, Chung EML, Goodall AH, Ramnarine KVR, Fan L, Naylor AR, Evans DH. Thrombus size and Doppler embolic signal intensity. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2009; 28:397-405
- Chung EML, Ramnarine KV, Long CV, Udommongkol C, Chambers BR, Gittins J, Bush GC, Evans DH. Doppler ultrasound detection of side-vessel occlusion; an in vitro study. Stroke 2009;40:648-651
- Chung EML, Hague JP, Evans DH. Revealing the mechanisms underlying embolic stroke using computational modelling. Phys. Med. Biol., 2007;52: 7153-66
- Martin MJ, Chung EML, Goodall AH, Della-Martina A, Ramnarine KV, Hainsworth SV, Naylor AR, Evans DH. Enhanced detection of thrombo-emboli with the use of targeted microbubbles. Stroke 2007;38(10):2726-32
- Chung EML, Fan L, Naylor AR, Evans DH. Impact of clinical environment on embolus detection; a comparison of automated and manual detection of embolic signals. Cerebrovasc. Dis. 2007;23(4):169-174
- Chung EML. Transcranial Doppler ultrasound embolus detection; a primer. Ultrasound 2006;14(4):202-210
- Chung EML, Fan L, Naylor AR, Evans DH. Characteristics of Doppler embolic signals observed following carotid endarterectomy. Ultrasound in Med. & Biol., 2006;32(4):1011-1023
- Chung EML, Fan L, Degg C, Evans DH. Detection of Doppler embolic signals: Psychoacoustics considerations. Ultrasound in Med. & Biol. 2005;31(9):1177-1184
Wider dissemination
Emma's team was recently featured in a Leicester Mercury article ' Research on Strokes in Spotlight' and Emma gave a public talk to publicise World Stroke Day 2011. Leicester Mercury photo and article.
Emma's research is highlighted in a radio documentary; 'The Sounds of Disease' produced by freelance science journalist, Elizabeth Hauke.
An image from Emma's research recently featured on the cover of Stroke and won a runner-up prize in the movie category of the British Heart Foundation Reflections of Research competition 2010. To watch this movie please visit the BBC news website.
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