Ruth Lim

MRI in CFD for chronic type B aortic dissection: Ready for prime time?

Qingdi Wang, Xiaojing Guo, Mark Brooks, Jason Chuen, Eric KW Poon, Andrew Ooi, Ruth P Lim

Journal article  |  2022  |  Comput Biol Med

OBJECTIVES: Better tools are needed for risk assessment of Type B aortic dissection (TBAD) to determine optimal treatment for pati..

CardiSort: a convolutional neural network for cross vendor automated sorting of cardiac MR images.

Ruth P Lim, Stefan Kachel, Adriana DM Villa, Leighton Kearney, Nuno Bettencourt, Alistair A Young, Amedeo Chiribiri, Cian M Scannell

Journal article  |  2022  |  Eur Radiol

OBJECTIVES: To develop an image-based automatic deep learning method to classify cardiac MR images by sequence type and imaging pl..

Computational fluid dynamic simulations informed by CT and 4D flow MRI for post-surgery aortic dissection – A case study

Q Wang, X Guo, D Stäb, N Jin, EKW Poon, RP Lim, A Ooi

Journal article  |  2022  |  International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Aortic dissection is a serious pathological condition where tears in the aortic wall allow blood to flow between layers of the aor..

Higher childhood pneumonia admission threshold remains in Lao PDR: an observational study

Ruth Lim, Molina Chaummanivong, Chansathit Taikeophithoun, Amy Gray, Adam WJ Jenney, Vanphanom Sychareun, Cattram Nguyen, Fiona Russell

Journal article  |  2022  |  ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD

OBJECTIVES: WHO Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) guidelines changed pneumonia hospitalisation criteria in 2014, w..

A prospective natural history study of coronary atherosclerosis following liver transplantation

Anoop Ninan Koshy, Nitesh Nerlekar, Paul John Gow, Ruth Lim, Gerard Smith, Michael Galea, Thalys Sampaio Rodrigues, Han Sung Lim, Andrew W Teh, Omar Farouque

Journal article  |  2022  |  ATHEROSCLEROSIS

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of mortality following liver transplantation (LT). Whether it ma..

Functional MRI in assessment of diabetic kidney disease in people with type 1 diabetes

Jas-mine Seah, Elissa Botterill, Richard J MacIsaac, Michele Milne, Elif Ekinci, Ruth P Lim

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF DIABETES AND ITS COMPLICATIONS

AIMS: To compare levels of renal hypoxia measured by Blood Oxygen Level Dependent (BOLD) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with mea..

Impact of Image Reconstruction Parameters on Abdominal Aortic Calcification Measurement Using Abdominal Computed Tomography

Layal Abdelganne, Fiona Song, Joseph Oliver, Michael Galea, Xiao Chen, Jeannette McGill, Tim Spelman, Ruth P Lim, Numan Kutaiba

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) is correlated with cardiovascular outcomes independent of traditional ri..

MR Angiography Series: Fundamentals of Non-Contrast-enhanced MR Angiography

Benjamin Navot, Elizabeth M Hecht, Ruth P Lim, Robert R Edelman, Ioannis Koktzoglou

Journal article  |  2021  |  RADIOGRAPHICS

Unlike CT angiography, which requires the use of contrast medium, MR angiography (MRA) can be performed without the use of contras..

Evaluation strategies for measuring pneumococcal conjugate vaccine impact in low-resource settings

Claire von Mollendorf, Ruth Lim, Molina Choummanivong, Vanphanom Sychareun, Keoudomphone Vilivong, Jana YR Lai, Jocelyn Chan, Eileen M Dunne, Sysavanh Phommachanh, Kerryn A Moore, Belinda D Ortika, Amy Gray, Rupert Weaver, Mayfong Mayxay, Rattanaphone Phetsouvanh, Siddhartha S Datta, Kimberley Fox, Paul N Newton, Kim E Mulholland, Cattram D Nguyen, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  EXPERT REVIEW OF VACCINES

OBJECTIVES: Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) are effective in reducing pneumococcal disease. We measured 13-valent PCV (PCV1..

Indirect effects of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on pneumococcal carriage in children hospitalised with acute respiratory infection despite heterogeneous vaccine coverage: an observational study in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Jocelyn Chan, Jana YR Lai, Cattram D Nguyen, Keoudomphone Vilivong, Eileen M Dunne, Audrey Dubot-Peres, Kimberley Fox, Jason Hinds, Kerryn A Moore, Monica L Nation, Casey L Pell, Anonh Xeuatvongsa, Manivanh Vongsouvath, Paul N Newton, Kim Mulholland, Catherine Satzke, David AB Dance, Fiona M Russell

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH

INTRODUCTION: Empiric data on indirect (herd) effects of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) in settings with low or heterogene..