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Peter Kench

Peter Kench

BAppSc (Hons)
Lecturer,
Discipline of Medical Radiation Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences

Contact Details

P.O. Box 170,
Lidcombe NSW 1825
AUSTRALIA

Tel: +612 9351 9513
Fax: +612 9351 9146
Email:

Teaching Areas

  • Nuclear Medicine Professional Practice Topics
  • Research in Medical Radiation Sciences

Research Interests

  • Small Animal SPECT & PET imaging
  • Pinhole Collimation

Grants

  • $44,815 (2007) Assessing millimetric signal variations within small organs through use of SPECT multi-pinhole technology. Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) Award.
  • $16,000 (2006) The development and evaluation of a novel multi-pinhole imaging technique for small animal SPECT. Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) Award.

Publications

Book Chapters

  • Adamson, B, Covic, T, Kench, P & Lincoln, M, 'Research-led curriculum development in time and organisational management skills at the Faculty of Health Sciences' in: Brew, A & Sachs, J (eds), (2007), Transforming a university: The scholarship of teaching and learning in practice, Sydney University Press.

Journal Articles

  • Kench, PL, Field, N, Agudera, M, & Gill, M (2009) Peer assessment of individual contributions to a group project: Student perceptions, Radiography, 15, pp. 158-165, doi:10.1016/j.radi.2008.04.004
  • Naidoo-Variawa, S, Hey-Cunningham, AJ, Lehnert, W, Kench, PL, Kassiou, M, Banati, R, & Meikle, SR, (2007), 'High-resolution imaging of the large non-human primate brain using microPET: a feasibility study', Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 52, pp. 6627-6638.
  • Meikle, SR, Kench, P, Kassiou, M & Banati, RB (2005), 'Small animal SPECT and its place in the matrix of molecular imaging technologies', Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 50, pp. R45-R61.
  • Scott, LA & Kench, PL (2004), 'Cardiac Autonomic Neuropathy in the Diabetic Patient: Does I-123-MIBG Imaging Have a Role to Play in Early Diagnosis?', Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology, vol. 32, pp. 66-71.
  • Adamson, BJ, Covic, T, Kench, PL & Lincoln, M (2003), 'Determinants of Undergraduate Program Choice in Two Health Science Fields: Does Personality Influence Career Choice?' Focus on Health Professional Education: A Multi-Disciplinary Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 34-47.
  • Covic, T, Adamson, BJ, Lincoln, M, Kench PL, (2003), 'Health science students' time organization and management skills: a cross-disciplinary investigation', Medical Teacher, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 47-53 .
  • Cox, J, Kench, P & Hughes, I (2002), 'Description of Resource-based learning through the use of ICT to encourage independence of first year medical radiation sciences students', Learning Designs Web [Online] Available: http://www.learningdesigns.uow.edu.au/exemplars/info/LD19/index.html [March 12, 2004].
  • Meikle, SR, Kench, PL, Weisenberger, AG, Wojcik, R, Smith, MF, Majewski, S, Eberl, S, Fulton, RR, Rosenfeld, AB & Fulham, M (2002), 'A prototype coded aperture detector for small animal SPECT', IEEE Transactions On Nuclear Science, vol. 49, no. 5, pp. 2167-2171.
  • Dowd, S & Kench, P (1995), 'Radiologic Science Education in Australia', Radiologic Technology, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 189-193.

Conference Presentations

  • Lin, J, Meikle, SR, Kench, PL & Gregoire, MC (2008), "Modeling the Projection Process in Pinhole SPECT Iterative Reconstruction", Australian Institute of Physics Congress, Adelaide, Australia.
  • Lin, J, Meikle, SR, Kench, PL & Gregoire, MC (2008), "Investigation of Errors in Modeling the Projection Process in Iterative Pinhole SPECT", World Molecular Imaging Congress, Nice, France.
  • Kench, PL, Gregoire, MC, Quinlivan, MOJ, Lin, J, Mattner, F, Katsifis, A & Meikle, SR (2008), The use of multiple pinhole SPECT to measure the heterogeneity of small animal tumour models, 38th Annual Scientific Meeting of Australian & New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine. Broadbeach, QLD.
  • Kench, PL, M Quinlivan, M Gregoire, A Davison, A Katsifis and S Meikle (2006) Towards Improved Sensitivity for Small Animal SPECT. “From Cell to Society” 5th Biannual Research Conference for the Health Faculties, University of Sydney. Leura, NSW.
  • Kench, PL, Quinlivan, MOJ, Gregoire, MC, Berghofer, P, Katsifis, A & Meikle, SR (2006), Performance characteristics of a dual detector small animal SPECT-CT camera, 36th Annual Scientific Meeting of Australian & New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine. Perth, WA.
  • Kench PL, Field N, Agudera M and Gill M. (2005). Students’ attitudes towards peer evaluation. Australia and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine 35th Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  • Meikle, S.R., Kench, P., Wojcik, R., Smith, M.F., Weisenberger, A.G., Majewski, S., Lerch, M. & Rosenfeld, A.B. (2003) Performance evaluation of a multipinhole small animal SPECT system Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, IEEE. Volume 3, 19-25 Oct. 2003 Page(s):1988 - 1992
  • Kench, PL, Meikle, SR, Wojcik, R, Smith, MF, Weisenberger, D, Majewski, S, Davison, A, Rozenfeld, A and Lerch M. (2003) A multi-pinhole SPECT scanner for small animal molecular imaging: Initial performance evaluation. International conference of the Academy of Molecular Imaging, page 113. Madrid, Spain.
  • Kench, PL, Meikle, SR, Wojcik, R and Davison, A (2003) Calibration and performance of a novel multi-crystal camera for small animal imaging. Australia and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting, page 20. Sydney, Australia.
  • Meikle, SR; Kench, PL; Wojcik, R; Smith, MF; Weisenberger, AG; Majewski, S; Lerch, M; Rosenfeld, AB (2003) Performance Evaluation of a Multipinhole Small Animal SPECT System. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference Record
  • Meikle, SR; Wojcik, R; Weisenberger, AG; Smith, MF; Majewski, S; Kench, PL; Eberl, S; Fulton, RR; Lerch, M; Rosenfeld, AB (2002) CoALA-SPECT: A Coded Aperture Laboratory Animal SPECT System for Pre Clinical Imaging. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
  • S. R. Meikle, P. Kench, A. G. Weisenberger, R. Wojcik, M. F. Smith, S. Majewski, S. Eberl, R. R. Fulton, A. B. Rosenfeld, and M. J. Fulham. (2001). Development of a Coded Aperture Detector for High Sensitivity, High Resolution SPECT Imaging of Laboratory Animals. High Resolution Imaging in Small Animals: Instrumentation, Applications and Animal Handling Conference. Rockville, Maryland, USA.
  • Jolly N, Gelonesi B, Lee G and Kench P. (2001). Traditional and flexible learning styles: partners or enemies. 24th International HERDSA Conference
  • Gelonesi, B; Jolly, N; Kench, PL; Lee, G, (2000). "Providing Student Support, and Student Satisfaction at the Faculty of Health Sciences: Implications for Curriculum Reform", Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australiasia, Queensland, Aset/Herdsa.
  • Lee, G; Jolly, N; Kench, PL; Gelonesi, B, (2000). "Factors Related to Student Satisfaction with University", 4th Pacific Rim, First Year in Higher Education Conference 2000, , Queensland University of Technology.
  • Kench, PL; Cowell, S, (2000). "Web Based Learning for Cardiac Nuclear Medicine", ISRRT/AIR Radiography Conference, pps 59-59.
  • Kench, PL; Davison, A; Meikle, S; Eberl, S; Wojcik, R, (2000). "Resolution Performance of a Prototype Detector for Small Animal Imaging", Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australia and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine, pps 497-498.
  • Jolly, N; Gelonesi, B; Kench, PL; Lee, G. (1999). "Factors that influence undergraduates in orthoptics to enrol in the faculty of health sciences", Transactions of the 56th Annual Scientific Conference of the Orthoptic Association of Australia, Orthoptic Association of Australia, Eds: L Santamaria, pps 41-41.
  • Jolly, N; Kench, PL; Gelonesi, B; Lee, G. (1999). "Where do Health Science students get their information about a University course?", Change in the education of health professionals: Challenges, Choices, Chances, ANZAAME, Eds: Australasian and New Zealand Association for medical practitioners, pps 169-177.
  • Jolly N, Kench P, Lee G, Gelonesi B. (1999). Factors that influence undergraduates to enrol at the Faculty of Health Sciences. ANZAME Annual Conference.
  • Lee, G., Gelonesi, B., Jolly, N. and Kench P. (1998). The first year experience questionnaire and evaluation of strategies to facilitate student transition to university. Third Pacific Rim Conference on the First Year in Higher Education, Auckland Institute of Technology, Eds: R Stokell, pps 1-11.
  • Lee, G., Kench, P., Jolly, N., Gelonesi, B. (1998). "The First Year Experience Questionnaire and Evaluation of Strategies to Facilitate Student Transition to University" Conference for Science in Nursing December.
  • Kilburn-Watt E, Cowell SF, Barnes JM and Kench PL. (1996). "Promotion of clinical competence in the classroom". 26th Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine, p72.
  • Kench P, and Davison A. (1996). "Learning of radiopharmaceutical kit preparation using different dynamic visual displays". 26th Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine, p95.
  • Kench P. (1994). "The development and trial of computer assisted instruction to facilitate the learning of radiopharmacy techniques by nuclear medicine technology students". 6th World Congress of the World Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology, pps 66.
  • Kench P and Franca V. (1986). "The assessment of radionuclide brain death studies".

Reports and Other Publications

  • Jolly N, Gelonesi B, Lee G and Kench P. (2001). Cultural background and adaptation to university. College of Health Science Ed-Health: Collaboration for quality learning: The University of Sydney
  • Lee G, Gelonesi B, Jolly N, Kench P. (1999). The First Year Experience in Faculty of Health Sciences Undergraduate Programs. Vice Chancellor's Forum on Teaching: The First Year Experience: The University of Sydney
  • Hughes I, Bentley S, Cant R, Kench P, Lee K & Neville V. (1998). A Web education system for the Faculty of Health Sciences. The Vice Chancellor's Showcase of University Teaching, The University of Sydney, p.62.
  • Kench P and Franca V. (1986). An assessment of radionuclide brain death studies. A.N.Z. Nuclear Medicine June Newsletter, p16-18.

Awards

  • Jeffrey Miller Distinguished Award for Excellence in Teaching (1998). Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney.
  • Student Mallinckrodt Award (1985). Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine.

Professional Associations

  • Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine (Member)
  • New South Wales Society of Nuclear Medicine Scientists (Member)