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  • 2020 - James Joule Medal and Prize, Institute of Physics for new hardware and techniques for biomedical imaging

Overview

Richard Bowtell is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several fields including medicine, neuroscience, and physics and astronomy, with a focus on subfields such as radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, cognitive neuroscience, atomic and molecular physics and optics, neurology, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist has contributed significantly to the study of advanced neuroimaging and functional brain connectivity, with main topics including atomic and subatomic physics research, advanced MRI techniques and applications, functional brain connectivity studies, and medical imaging techniques.

Richard Bowtell has published extensively in renowned venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • NeuroImage
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Scientific Reports

Their research has resulted in a number of papers related to magnetoencephalography and neuroimaging techniques, notable examples include:

  • "Magnetoencephalography with optically pumped magnetometers (OPM-MEG): the next generation of functional neuroimaging" (2022) published in Trends in Neurosciences
  • "Multi-channel whole-head OPM-MEG: Helmet design and a comparison with a conventional system" (2020) published in NeuroImage
  • "Triaxial detection of the neuromagnetic field using optically-pumped magnetometry: feasibility and application in children" (2022) published in NeuroImage
  • "Theoretical advantages of a triaxial optically pumped magnetometer magnetoencephalography system" (2021) published in NeuroImage
  • "Measuring functional connectivity with wearable MEG" (2021) published in NeuroImage

Richard Bowtell has frequently collaborated with a core group of co-authors including Matthew J. Brookes, Niall Holmes, Ryan M. Hill, Elena Boto, and Vishal Shah.

In 2020, Bowtell received the James Joule Medal and Prize from the Institute of Physics for contributions to new hardware and techniques for biomedical imaging.

Best Publications

  • Moving magnetoencephalography towards real-world applications with a wearable system.

    Elena Boto;Niall Holmes;James Leggett;Gillian Roberts

  • "Sparse" temporal sampling in auditory fMRI.

    Deborah A. Hall;Mark P. Haggard;Michael A. Akeroyd;Alan R. Palmer

  • Representation of pleasant and aversive taste in the human brain.

    J. O'Doherty;E. T. Rolls;S. Francis;R. Bowtell

  • Representations of Pleasant and Painful Touch in the Human Orbitofrontal and Cingulate Cortices

    E.T. Rolls;J. O’Doherty;M.L. Kringelbach;S. Francis

  • Sensory-specific satiety-related olfactory activation of the human orbitofrontal cortex

    J O'Doherty;E T Rolls;S Francis;R Bowtell

  • The representation of pleasant touch in the brain and its relationship with taste and olfactory areas.

    S Francis;E T Rolls;R Bowtell;F McGlone

  • Application of a Fourier‐based method for rapid calculation of field inhomogeneity due to spatial variation of magnetic susceptibility

    J.P. Marques;R. Bowtell

  • A new generation of magnetoencephalography: Room temperature measurements using optically-pumped magnetometers

    Elena Boto;Sofie S. Meyer;Vishal Shah;Orang Alem

  • Magnetoencephalography with optically pumped magnetometers (OPM-MEG): the next generation of functional neuroimaging

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  • Fiber orientation-dependent white matter contrast in gradient echo MRI.

    Samuel Wharton;Richard W. Bowtell

  • Optically pumped magnetometers: From quantum origins to multi-channel magnetoencephalography.

    Tim M. Tierney;Niall Holmes;Stephanie Mellor;José David López

  • fMRI at 1.5, 3 and 7 T: characterising BOLD signal changes.

    Wietske van der Zwaag;Susan T. Francis;Kay Head;Andrew M. Peters

  • Water proton T1 measurements in brain tissue at 7, 3, and 1.5 T using IR-EPI, IR-TSE, and MPRAGE: results and optimization.

    P. J. Wright;O. E. Mougin;J. J. Totman;A. M. Peters

  • Susceptibility mapping in the human brain using threshold-based k-space division.

    Samuel Wharton;Andreas Schäfer;Richard W. Bowtell

  • Visualization of nigrosome 1 and its loss in PD Pathoanatomical correlation and in vivo 7 T MRI

    Anna I. Blazejewska;Stefan T. Schwarz;Alain Pitiot;Mary C. Stephenson

  • T2* measurements in human brain at 1.5, 3 and 7 T.

    Andrew M. Peters;Matthew J. Brookes;Frank G. Hoogenraad;Penny A. Gowland

  • Multi-channel whole-head OPM-MEG: Helmet design and a comparison with a conventional system.

    Ryan M. Hill;Elena Boto;Molly Rea;Niall Holmes

  • Pharmaceutical applications of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

    J Craig Richardson;Richard W Bowtell;Karsten Mäder;Colin D Melia

  • fMRI of the responses to vibratory stimulation of digit tips.

    S.T. Francis;E.F. Kelly;R. Bowtell;W.J.R. Dunseath

  • Properties of the ballistocardiogram artefact as revealed by EEG recordings at 1.5, 3 and 7 T static magnetic field strength.

    Stefan Debener;Karen J. Mullinger;Rami K. Niazy;Richard W. Bowtell

  • Magnetic-field-induced vertigo: a theoretical and experimental investigation.

    P.M. Glover;I. Cavin;W. Qian;R. Bowtell

  • Mapping human somatosensory cortex in individual subjects with 7T functional MRI.

    Rosa Maria Sanchez-Panchuelo;Susan Francis;Richard Bowtell;Denis Schluppeck

  • Sensory-specific satiety-related olfactory activation of the human orbitofrontal cortex.

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Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew J. Brookes
Matthew J. Brookes University of Nottingham
Penny A. Gowland
Penny A. Gowland University of Nottingham
Karen J. Mullinger
Karen J. Mullinger University of Nottingham
Gareth R. Barnes
Gareth R. Barnes University College London
Francis McGlone
Francis McGlone Liverpool John Moores University
Stuart Clare
Stuart Clare University of Oxford
Stephen R. Jackson
Stephen R. Jackson University of Nottingham
Edmund T. Rolls
Edmund T. Rolls University of Warwick
Alan R. Palmer
Alan R. Palmer University of Nottingham
Philip N. Baker
Philip N. Baker University of Leicester

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