Staff Profile
Dr Mary Neal
Senior Research Associate
- Address: Translational and Clinical Research Institute,
Campus for Ageing and Vitality,
Newcastle University,
NE4 5PL
Background
Background:
PhD - '19F-MRI of Inhaled Perfluoropropane for Quantitative Imaging of Pulmonary Ventilation' - Newcastle University - 2017
MRes - Biomedical Sciences: 19F-MRI of Pulmonary Ventilation - Newcastle University - 2014
BSc (Hons) - Physics with Medical Physics - UCL - 2013
Member of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
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Publications
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Articles
- Neal MA, Bos S, Holland CW, Hollingsworth KG, Meachery G, Nair A, Lordan JL, Fisher AJ, Thelwall PE. Dynamic 19F-MRI of pulmonary ventilation in lung transplant recipients with and without chronic lung allograft dysfunction. JHLT Open 2025, 7, epub ahead of print.
- Neal MA, Bolano-Diaz CF, Richardson M, Michell-Sodhi J, Muni-Lofra R, James MK, Hollingsworth KG, Hilsden H, Wilson I, Blamire AM, Straub V, Thelwall PE, Diaz-Manera J. Rapid quantitative assessment of muscle sodium dynamics after exercise using 23Na-MRI in dysferlinopathy and healthy controls. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle 2024. In Press.
- Neal MA, Strawbridge R, Wing VC, Cousins DA, Thelwall PE. Human brain 7Li-MRI following low-dose lithium dietary supplementation in healthy participants. Journal of Affective Disorders 2024, 360, 139-145.
- Pippard BJ, Neal MA, Holland CW, Maunder AM, Forrest I, Lawson RA, Fisher HF, Matthews JNS, Wild JM, Simpson AJ, Thelwall PE. Assessing Lung Ventilation and Bronchodilator Response in Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with 19F-MRI. Radiology 2024, 313(3).
- Cooke F, Neal M, Wood MJ, de Vries IJM, Anderson AE, Diboll J, Pratt AG, Stanway J, Nicorescu I, Moyse N, Hiles D, Caulfield D, Dickinson AM, Blamire AM, Thelwall P, Isaacs JD, Hilkens CM. Fluorine labelling of therapeutic human tolerogenic dendritic cells for 19F-magnetic resonance imaging. Frontiers in Immunology 2022, 13(2022), 988667.
- Pippard BJ, Neal MA, Maunder AM, Hollingsworth KG, Biancardi A, Lawson RA, Fisher H, Matthews JNS, Simpson AJ, Wild JM, Thelwall PE. Reproducibility of 19F-MR ventilation imaging in healthy volunteers. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2021, 85(6), 3343-3352.
- Neal MA, Pippard BJ, Simpson AJ, Thelwall PE. Dynamic susceptibility contrast 19F-MRI of inhaled perfluoropropane: a novel approach to combined pulmonary ventilation and perfusion imaging. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2020, 83(2), 452-461.
- Neal MA, Pippard BJ, Simpson AJ, Thelwall PE. Optimized and accelerated 19F‐MRI of inhaled perfluoropropane to assess regional pulmonary ventilation. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2019, 82(4), 1301-1311.
- Neal MA, Pippard BJ, Hollingsworth KG, Maunder A, Dutta P, Simpson AJ, Blamire AM, Wild JM, Thelwall PE. Optimized and accelerated 19F-MRI of inhaled perfluoropropane to assess regional pulmonary ventilation. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2019, 82(4), 1301-1311.
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Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)
- Neal M, Holland C, Pippard B, Forrest I, Burns G, Sabroe I, Lawson R, Simpson AJ, Wild J, Thelwall P. 19F-MRI of pulmonary ventilation: assessment of response to treatment in asthma and COPD. In: International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2023, Toronto, Canada: International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
- Holland C, Neal M, Pippard B, Forrest I, Lawson R, Fisher HF, Matthews JN, Hollingsworth KG, Simpson AJ, Wild J, Thelwall PE. Comparison of 19F-MRI, CT and spirometry in a patient with airways disease. In: European Respiratory Society International Congress. 2022, Barcelona, Spain: European Respiratory Society.
- Holland C, Neal M, Pippard B, Forrest I, Burns G, Sabroe I, Lawson R, Fisher H, Matthews JNS, Simpson AJ, Wild J, Thelwall P. Assessing pulmonary ventilation and treatment response in patients with asthma and COPD using 19F-MRI: results from the LIFT study. In: British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting 2022. 2022, London, UK: Thorax.
- Neal M, Sexton H, Blamire AM, Thelwall PE. Microporous lung phantoms for 19F MRI of inhaled imaging agents with physiologically representative relaxation times. In: ISMRM Annual Scientific Meeting 2018. 2018, Paris, France: International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
- Neal M, Pippard B, Hollingsworth KG, Thelwall PE. Accelerated 19F-MR Imaging of Inhaled Perfluoropropane for Assessment of Pulmonary Ventilation. In: 26th ISMRM Annual Scientific Meeting. 2018, Paris, France: International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
- Neal M, Pippard B, Hollingsworth KG, Simpson AJ, Blamire AM, Thelwall PE. Maximising Performance of 19F MRI of Inhaled Perfluoropropane. In: 2nd 19F MRI Symposium: Red Hot MRI: Fluorine Imaging. 2017, Berlin, Germany.
- Neal M, Dutta P, Simpson AJ, Blamire AM, Thelwall PE. Determination of RF and acquisition properties for optimal scan performance in 19F-MRI of inhaled perfluoropropane. In: ISMRM Annual Meeting 2017. 2017, Honolulu, Hawaii: ISMRM.
- Pippard B, Neal M, Dutta P, Simpson AJ, Thelwall P. 19F-MRI of inhaled perfluoropropane gas: a novel approach to ventilation imaging. In: British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting. 2017, London, UK: BMJ Publishing Group.