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Contact Details

Email
anthony.butler@otago.ac.nz
Position
Professor and Head of Section
Department
Department of Pathology and Biomedical Science (Christchurch)
Qualifications
MB ChB PhD GradDipSc FRANZCR
Research summary
Radiology

Research

Anthony Butler's research is at the interface of clinical medicine and the technical sciences of physics and computing. His current focus is the development of MARS imaging and its translation from high energy physics to clinical medicine. The MARS technique provides 3D colour (spectral) X-ray images of biological tissue. These images provide significantly more clinical information than those modalities currently used in hospitals and laboratories. This enables researchers and clinicians to study diseases in new ways.

Currently he and his collaborators are applying MARS to problems in heart disease, cancer, drug development, and bone health. MARS technology research spans particle detector development, design of imaging equipment, medical mathematics, and data visualisation. In addition, his other interests include the using mobile computing and virtual reality within hospitals.

Publications

Phillips, R., Zakkaroff, C., Dittmer, K., Robilliard, N., Baer, K., & Butler, A. (2025). A proof-of-concept solution for co-locating 2D histology images in 3D for histology-to-CT and MR image registration: Closing the loop for bone sarcoma treatment planning. Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s10278-025-01426-5 Journal - Research Article

Smith, A., Atlas, J., Atharifard, A., Simcock, C., Adebileje, S. A., Alexander, S. D., Amma, M. R., Anjomrouz, M., Asghariomabad, F., Butler, A. P. H., Butler, P. H., Carbonez, P., … Chapagain, K. M., … Clark, J. A., Colgan, F., Crighton, J. S., Damet, J., Dapamede, T., de Ruiter, N. J. A., … Gieseg, S. P., Healy, J. L., Holmes, L., … Matanaghi, A., Moghiseh, M., … Palmer, D., Panta, R. K., Renaud, P., Sayous, Y., Schleich, N., Sheeja, J. S., … Walker, E. P., & Wijesooriya, M. (2024). Correcting charge sharing distortions in photon counting detectors utilizing a spatial-temporal CNN. In K. Iniewski & L. Cai (Eds.), Deep learning for advanced X-ray detection and imaging applications. (pp. 117-142). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-75653-5_7 Chapter in Book - Research

Gunaseelan, N., Moitra, P., Saha, P., Aditya, T., Moghiseh, M., Jonker, K., Gieseg, S., Butler, A., … Pan, D. (2024). Targeted K-edge nanoprobes from praseodymium and hafnium for ratiometric tracking of dual biomarkers suing spectral photon counting CT. Advanced Science. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/advs.202408408 Journal - Research Article

Phillips, R., Dittmer, K., Smith, R., Baer, K., & Butler, A. (2023). Aligning bone tumour radiology and histology data: How could we close the loop? In D. Bailey, A. Punchihewa & A. Paturkar (Eds.), Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IVCNZ61134.2023.10344091 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Butler, A. (2023, November-December). Spectral photon counting for accurate anatomical imaging. Plenary presentation at the 10th Asia Pacific International Congress of Anatomists (APICA) and the 20th Australian & New Zealand Association of Clinical Anatomists (ANZACA) Conference: Reconnect, Ka Mua, Ka Muri, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

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