Dr Marcus Kitchen - Researcher Profile

Biography

Marcus works in the School of Physics at Monash University as a Research Fellow

 

 

Marcus’s research areas of interest are:

 

• Dr Marcus Kitchen is investigating novel phase contrast X-ray imaging techniques for studying lung development, physiology and disease states using coherent synchrotron radiation. Phase contrast enhances absorption based radiographic contrast by exploiting variations in an object's refractive index. The many air/tissue interfaces within the lung provide large refractive index variations, which make them ideally suited for phase contrast imaging studies.
• Dr Kitchen is continuing the research he began during his PhD where he formed a colloboration with researchers from the Monash Department of Physiology. This collaborative effort seeks to understand the mechanisms by which the lungs aerate at birth, which is critical to the survival of all neonates. Insight into this complex process will enable medical doctors to provide better care for infants born preterm with under-developed lungs, thereby increasing their survival rate. Phase contrast imaging experiments have enabled lung aeration to be observed in rabbit pups in vivo, using the SPring-8 synchrotron facility in Japan.
• Dr Kitchen has developed new methods of extracting quantitative information from various phase contrast imaging modalities. This work has been critical for the study of lung development. He has successfully devised a method of calculating regional volumes of lung aeration from 2D images sequences of newborn rabbit pups. This information is crucial for assessing the rates and patterns of lung aeration at birth.

Qualifications

PHYSICS

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2006

Publications

Journal Articles

Fouras, A., Allison, B.J., Kitchen, M.J., Dubsky, S.E., Nguyen, J.T., Hourigan, K., Siu, K.K.W., Lewis, R., Wallace, M.J., Hooper, S.B., 2012, Altered lung motion is a sensitive indicator of regional lung disease, Annals Of Biomedical Engineering [P], vol 40, issue 5, Springer, New York NY USA, pp. 1160-1169.

Carnibella, R., Kitchen, M.J., Fouras, A., 2012, Determining particle size distributions from a single projection image, Optics Express [P], vol 20, issue 14, Optical Society of America, Wasington DC USA, pp. 15962-15968.

Rothschild, F., Kitchen, M.J., Faulkner, H.M.L., Paganin, D., 2012, Duality between phase vortices and Argand-plane caustics, Optics Communications [P], vol 285, issue 21-22, Elsevier BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 4141-4151.

Thurgood, J.B., Hooper, S.B., Siew, M.L., Wallace, M.J., Dubsky, S.E., Kitchen, M.J., Jamison, R.A., Carnibella, R., Fouras, A., 2012, Functional Lung Imaging during HFV in Preterm Rabbits, PLoS ONE [P], vol 7, issue 10, Public Library Science, San Francisco CA USA, pp. 1-7.

Jamison, R.A., Armitage, J., Carberry, J.J., Kitchen, M.J., Hooper, S.B., Fouras, A., 2012, Functional imaging to understand biomechanics: a critical tool for the study of biology, pathology and the development of pharmacological solutions, Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology [P], vol 13, issue 11, Bentham Science, SharJah United Arab Emirates, pp. 2128-2140.

Carnibella, R., Fouras, A., Kitchen, M.J., 2012, Single-exposure dual-energy-subtraction X-ray imaging using a synchrotron source, Journal Of Synchrotron Radiation [P], vol 19, Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken NJ USA, pp. 954-959.

Hooper, S.B., Kitchen, M.J., Fouras, A., Wallace, M.J., Dubsky, S., Siu, K.K.W., Siew, M.L., Yagi, N., Uesugi, K., Lewis, R.A., 2011, Combined lung imaging and respiratory physiology research at SPring-8, Synchrotron Radiation News [P], vol 24, issue 2, Taylor & Francis Ltd, UK, pp. 19-23.

Beltran, M., Paganin, D., Siu, K., Fouras, A., Hooper, S., Reser, D., Kitchen, M., 2011, Interface-specific x-ray phase retrieval tomography of complex biological organs, Physics in Medicine and Biology [P], vol 56, issue 23, Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 7353-7369.

Kitchen, M., Paganin, D., Uesugi, K., Allison, B., Lewis, R., Hooper, S., Pavlov, K., 2011, Phase contrast image segmentation using a Laue analyser crystal, Physics in Medicine and Biology [P], vol 56, issue 3, Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 515-534.

Siew, M., Te Pas, A., Wallace, M., Kitchen, M., Islam, M., Lewis, R., Fouras, A., Morley, C., Davis, P., Yagi, N., Uesugi, K., Hooper, S., 2011, Surfactant increases the uniformity of lung aeration at birth in ventilated preterm rabbits, Pediatric Research [P], vol 70, issue 1, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States, pp. 50-55.

Beltran, M.A., Paganin, D., Uesugi, K., Kitchen, M.J., 2010, 2D and 3D x-ray phase retrieval of multi-material objects using a single defocus distance, Optics Express [P], vol 18, issue 7, Optical Society of America, Washington DC USA, pp. 6423-6436.

Islam, M., Lewis, R., Uesugi, K., Kitchen, M., 2010, A high precision recipe for correcting images distorted by a tapered fiber optic, Journal of Instrumentation [P], vol 5, issue 9, Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd, Bristol England, pp. 1-13.

Kitchen, M., Habib, A., Fouras, A., Dubsky, S., Lewis, R., Wallace, M., Hooper, S., 2010, A new design for high stability pressure-controlled ventilation for small animal lung imaging, Journal of Instrumentation [P], vol 5, issue 2, Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd, Bristol England, pp. 1-12.

Kitchen, M., Paganin, D., Uesugi, K., Allison, B., Lewis, R., Hooper, S., Pavlov, K., 2010, X-ray phase, absorption and scatter retrieval using two or more phase contrast images, Optics Express [P], vol 18, issue 19, Optical Society of America, Washington DC USA, pp. 19994-20012.

Te Pas, A.B., Siew, M.L., Wallace, M.J., Kitchen, M.J., Fouras, A., Lewis, R., Yagi, N., Uesugi, K., Donath, S., Davis, P.G., Morley, C.J., Hooper, S.B., 2009, Effect of sustained inflation length on establishing functional residual capacity at birth in ventilated premature rabbits, Pediatric Research [P], vol 66, issue 3, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, pp. 295-300.

Te Pas, A.B., Siew, M.L., Wallace, M.J., Kitchen, M.J., Fouras, A., Lewis, R.A., Yagi, N., Uesugi, K., Donath, S., Davis, P.G., Morley, C.J., Hooper, S.B., 2009, Establishing functional residual capacity at birth: The effect of sustained inflation and positive end-expiratory pressure in a preterm rabbit model, Pediatric Research [P], vol 65, issue 5, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, pp. 537-541.

Hooper, S.B., Kitchen, M.J., Siew, M.L., Lewis, R.A., Fouras, A., te Pas, A.B., Siu, K.K.W., Yagi, N., Uesugi, K., Wallace, M.J., 2009, Imaging lung aeration and lung liquid clearance at birth using phase contrast x-ray imaging, Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology & Physiology, vol 36, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 117-125.

Siew, M.L., Wallace, M.J., Kitchen, M.J., Lewis, R.A., Fouras, A., te Pas, A.B., Yagi, N., Uesugi, K., Siu, K.K.W., Hooper, S.B., 2009, Inspiration regulates the rate and temporal pattern of lung liquid clearance and lung aeration at birth, Journal of Applied Physiology, vol 106, issue 6, American Physiological Society, USA, pp. 1888-1895.

Siew, M.L., te Pas, A.B., Wallace, M.J., Kitchen, M.J., Lewis, R.A., Fouras, A., Morley, C.J., Davis, P.G., Yagi, N., Uesugi, K., Hooper, S.B., 2009, Positive end-expiratory pressure enhances development of a functional residual capacity in preterm rabbits ventilated from birth, Journal of Applied Physiology, vol 106, issue 5, American Physiological Society, USA, pp. 1487-1493.

Fouras, A., Kitchen, M.J., Dubsky, S.E., Lewis, R., Hooper, S.B., Hourigan, K., 2009, The past, present, and future of x-ray technology for in vivo imaging of function and form, Journal Of Applied Physics [P], vol 105, issue 100, American Institute of Physics, United States, pp. 102009-1-102009-14.

Kitchen, M.J., Lewis, R., Morgan, M.J., Wallace, M.J., Siew, M.L., Siu, K.K.W., Habib, A., Fouras, A., Yagi, N., Uesugi, K., Hooper, S.B., 2008, Dynamic measures of regional lung air volume using phase contrast x-ray imaging, Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol 53, issue 21, Institute of Physics Publishing, UK, pp. 6065-6077.

Kitchen, M.J., Pavlov, K.M., Hooper, S.B., Vine, D.J., Siu, K.K.W., Wallace, M.J., Siew, M.L., Yagi, N., Uesugi, K., Lewis, R., 2008, Simultaneous acquisition of dual analyser-based phase contrast x-ray images for small animal imaging, European Journal of Radiology, vol 68, Elsevier, Ireland, pp. 49-53.

Kitchen, M.J., Pavlov, K.M., Siu, K.K.W., Menk, R.H., Tromba, G., Lewis, R., 2007, Analyser-based phase contrast image reconstruction using geometrical optics, Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol 52, IOP Publishing, UK, pp. 4171-4187.

Hooper, S.B., Kitchen, M.J., Wallace, M.J., Yagi, N., Uesugi, K., Morgan, M.J., Hall, C.J., Siu, K.K.W., Williams, I.M., Siew, M.L., Irvine, S.C., Pavlov, K.M., Lewis, R., 2007, Imaging lung aeration and lung liquid clearance at birth, The FASEB Journal, vol 21, issue 12, Federation of American Society of Experimental Biologists, USA, pp. 3329-3337.

Siu, K.K.W., Kitchen, M.J., Pavlov, K.M., Gillam, J., Lewis, R., Uesugi, K., Yagi, N., 2005, An improvement to the diffraction-enhanced imaging method that permits imaging of dynamic systems, Nuclear Instructions and Methods in Physics Research Section A, vol 548, Elsevier B.V., Netherland, pp. 169-174.

Kitchen, M.J., Paganin, D.M., Lewis, R.A., Yagi, N., Uesugi, K., 2005, Analysis of speckle patterns in phase-contrast images of lung tissue, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, vol 548, Elsevier B.V., Netherland, pp. 240-246.

Lewis, R.A., Yagi, N., Kitchen, M.J., Morgan, M.J., Paganin, D., Siu, K.K.W., Pavlov, K.M., Williams, I.M., Uesugi, K., Wallace, M.J., Hall, C.J., Whitley, J., Hooper, S.B., 2005, Dynamic imaging of the lungs using X-ray phase contrast, Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol 50, issue 21, Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol UK, pp. 5031-5040.

Kitchen, M.J., Lewis, R., Yagi, N., Uesugi, K., Paganin, D., Hooper, S.B., Adams, G., Jureczek, S., Singh, J., Christensen, C.R., Hufton, A., Hall, C., Cheung, K., Pavlov, K.M., 2005, Phase contrast X-ray imaging of mice and rabbit lungs: a comparative study, The British Journal of Radiology, vol 78, issue 935, The British Institute of Radiology, UK, pp. 1018-1027.

Pavlov, K.M., Gureyev, T.E., Paganin, D.M., Nesterets, Y.I., Kitchen, M.J., Siu, K.K.W., Gillam, J., Uesugi, K., Yagi, N., Morgan, M.J., Lewis, R.A., 2005, Unification of analyser-based and propagation-based X-ray phase-contrast imaging, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, vol 548, Elsevier, Netherland, pp. 163-168.

Kitchen, M.J., Paganin, D.M., Lewis, R.A., Yagi, N., Uesugi, K., Mudie, S.T., 2004, On the origin of speckle in x-ray phase contrast images of lung tissue, Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol 49, issue 18, Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 4335-4348.

Paganin, D.M., Gureyev, T.E., Pavlov, K.M., Lewis, R.A., Kitchen, M.J., 2004, Phase retrieval using coherent imaging systems with linear transfer functions, Optics Communications, vol 234, issue 1-Jun, Elsevier B.V., Netherland, pp. 87-105.

Conference Proceedings

Fouras, A., Dubsky, S.E., Nguyen, J.T., Hourigan, K., Kitchen, M.J., Allison, B.J., Wallace, M.J., Siew, M.L., Siu, K.K.W., Lewis, R., Uesugi, K., Yagi, N., Hooper, S.B., 2009, In-vivo Synchrotron PIV for the masurement of airway motion, Proc. 8th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry, 25-28 August, PIV09 Committee, Australia, p. PIV09-0040 (CD).

Kitchen, M.J., Lewis, R., Hooper, S.B., Wallace, M.J., Siu, K.K.W., Williams, I.M., Irvine, S., Morgan, M.J., Paganin, D.M., Pavlov, K.M., Yagi, N., Uesugi, K., 2007, Dynamic studies of lung fluid clearance with phase contrast imaging, Ninth International Conference on Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation, 28/05/2006 to 02/06/2006, American Institute of Physics, USA, pp. 1903-1907.

Hall, C.J., Rogers, K., Lewis, R., Menk, R.H., Arfelli, F., Siu, K.K.W., Benci, A., Kitchen, M.J., Pillon, A., Rigon, L., Round, A., Hufton, A., Evans, A., Pinder, S.E., Evans, S., 2004, Contrast enhanced refraction imaging, Penetrating Radiation Systems and Applications V, 6 August 2003, SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering, USA, pp. 94-98.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Duality between phase vortices and Argand-plane caustics in coherent and partially coherent fields..

Supervisors:

Paganin, D (Main), Kitchen, M (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Functional lung imaging using autocorrelation based analysis of phase contract x-ray images..

Supervisors:

Fouras, A (Main), Hourigan, K (Associate), Kitchen, M (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Functional study of the lungs using phase contrast X-ray imaging..

Supervisors:

Kitchen, M (Main), Paganin, D (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Phase contrast X-ray tomography of multi-material samples with applications in lung imaging.

Supervisors:

Kitchen, M (Main), Paganin, D (Associate).