Dr Andrew Tizzard

Reader in Bioengineering

Department: Natural sciences

Contact

Qualifications

BSc Hons Mechanical Engineering, Brunel University MPhil. London University

Diploma of Imperial College

PhD. Middlesex University

Chartered Engineer (CEng).

Research Interests

Electrical Impedance Tomography

Deep Brain Stimulation

Computer-Aided Design, geometric modelling and biomodelling

Teaching Interests

Engineering simulation and modelling

Computer-Aided Engineering

Research methods and statistics

Biography

External appointments and memberships

Institution of Engineering Designers (IED): corporate member (2002), Chair of Education and Training Committee, Member of Council and trustee (2009 -)

Engineering Accreditation Board (EAB): member

Selected Publications

Bagshaw A, Liston A D, Bayford R H, Tizzard A, Gibson A, Tidswell A T, Sparkes M K, Dehghani H, Binnie C D and Holder D S. 2003. Electrical impedance tomography of human brain function using reconstruction algorithms based on the finite element method. Neuroimage20 752-64

Tizzard A, Horesh L, Yerworth R J, Holder D S and Bayford R H. 2005. Generating accurate finite element models for the forward model of the human head in EIT. Physiol.Meas. 26 S251-S261

Bayford R H, Tizzard A, Yousif Nand Liu X. 2006. Investigating the mechanism of deep brain stimulation using a dynamic complex model of the head incorporated with the complete model of electrode. Clin.Neurophys.117 S219-S220.

Tizzard A and Bayford R H. 2007. Improving the Finite Element Forward Model of the Human Head by Warping using Elastic Deformation. Physiol.Meas.28 S163-S182.

Bayford R H, Kantartzis P, Tizzard A, Yerworth R, Liatsis P and Demosthenous A. 2008. Development of a neonate lung reconstruction algorithm using a wavelet AMG and estimated boundary form. Physiol.Meas.29 (6) S125-38.

Dehghani H, White B R, Zeff B W, Tizzard A and Culver J P. 2009. Depth sensitivity and image reconstruction analysis of dense imaging arrays for mapping brain function with diffuse optical tomography. Appl.Opt.48 (10) D137-43

Adler A, Arnold J H, Bayford R H, Borsic A, Brown B, Dixon P, Faes T J C, Frerichs I, Gagnon H, Garber Y, Grychtol B, Hahn G, Lionheart W R B, Malik A, Patterson R P, Stocks J, Tizzard A, Weiler N, Wolf G K. 2009. GREIT: a unified approach to 2D linear EIT reconstruction of lung images. Physiol.Meas. 30 (6) S35-S55. Winner of the Martin Black Prize for best paper in Physiol. Meas. 2009.

Rahal M Khor, J M, Demosthenous A, Tizzard A and Bayford R H. 2009. A comparison study of electrodes for neonate electrical impedance tomography. Physiol.Meas.30 S73-S84.

Tizzard A, Borsic A, Halter R and Bayford R. 2010. Generation and performance of patient-specific forward models for breast imaging with EIT. XIVth International Conference on Electrical Bioimpedance and the 11th Conference on Biomedical Applications of EIT. Gainesville, Florida 4th – 8th April 2010. J.Phys.: Conf.Ser.224 (1) 012034

Bookmark and Share