Summary
I am a consultant neuroradiologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and honorary clinical research fellow under the Division of Surgery and Cancer.
My main research interests are neuro-oncology and vascular imaging and I am co-lead of the translational brain tumour research group at Imperial College. Within neuro-oncology, I am particularly interested in the application of advanced, multiparametric intraoperative ultrasound in guiding brain tumour resection. I am undertaking a PhD in intraoperative ultrasound imaging for glioma surgery at Imperial College University London. I am also the radiologist lead for FUTURE GB Trial (Functional and Ultrasound-guided Resection of Glioblastoma), an NIHR EME funded multicentre, randomised controlled, intraoperative trial evaluating whether ultrasound and diffusion tensor imaging improves maximal safe surgical resection and quality of life for glioblastoma patients.
Clinically, I regularly take various MDTs and report a wide range of neuroimaging including advanced imaging such as perfusion and tractography. I am also trust co-lead for digital technology in imaging. In addition to my clinical and research commitments, I run a neurosurgical imaging workshop and I am a lecturer for several MSc and national courses.
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Dixon L, Lim A, Grech-Sollars M, et al., 2022, Intraoperative ultrasound in brain tumor surgery: A review and implementation guide, Neurosurgical Review, Vol:45, ISSN:0344-5607, Pages:1-13
Dixon L, Jandu GK, Sidpra J, et al., 2022, Diagnostic accuracy of qualitative MRI in 550 paediatric brain tumours: evaluating current practice in the computational era, Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery, Vol:12, Pages:131-131
Ross Russell AL, Hardwick M, Jeyanantham A, et al., 2021, Spectrum, risk factors and outcomes of neurological and psychiatric complications of COVID-19: a UK-wide cross-sectional surveillance study, Brain Communications, Vol:3, ISSN:2632-1297, Pages:1-15
Dixon L, Coughlan C, Karunaratne K, et al., 2021, Immunosuppression for intracranial vasculitis associated with SARS-CoV-2: therapeutic implications for COVID-19 cerebrovascular pathology, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Vol:92, ISSN:0022-3050, Pages:103-+
Davis AG, Bremer M, Schäfer G, et al., 2021, Spectrum of neurological manifestations and systematic evaluation of cerebrospinal fluid for SARS-CoV2 in patients admitted to hospital during the COVID-19 epidemic in South Africa, Medrxiv
Lasica AB, Jaunmuktane Z, Fersht N, et al., 2021, Genomic prognosticators and extent of resection in molecularly subtyped, WHO grade II and III gliomas-a single institution, nine-year review., World Neurosurgery
Culleton S, McKenna B, Dixon L, et al., 2021, Imaging pitfalls in paediatric posterior fossa neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions, Clinical Radiology, Vol:76, Pages:391-e19
Dixon L, Coughlan C, Karunaratne K, et al., 2021, Immunosuppression for intracranial vasculitis associated with SARS-CoV-2: therapeutic implications for COVID-19 cerebrovascular pathology, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, Vol:92, Pages:103-104
Parker N, Papanikolaou N, McNamara C, et al., 2021, OP07. 03: FSH-secreting pituitary adenoma: a rare cause of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Vol:58, Pages:80-81
Dixon L, 2020, Cerebral microhaemorrhage in COVID-19: A critical illness related phenomenon?, Stroke and Vascular Neurology, Vol:5, ISSN:2059-8696, Pages:315-322
Abdalla G, Dixon L, Sanverdi E, et al., 2020, The diagnostic role of diffusional kurtosis imaging in glioma grading and differentiation of gliomas from other intra-axial brain tumours: a systematic review with critical appraisal and meta-analysis, Neuroradiology, Vol:62, ISSN:0028-3940, Pages:791-802
Mankad K, Biswas A, Espagnet MCR, et al., 2020, Venous pathologies in paediatric neuroradiology: from foetal to adolescent life, Neuroradiology, Vol:62, Pages:15-37
Dixon L, Varley J, Gontsarova A, et al., 2020, COVID-19-related acute necrotizing encephalopathy with brain stem involvement in a patient with aplastic anemia, Neurology-neuroimmunology Neuroinflammation, Vol:7
Robson EA, Dixon L, Causon L, et al., 2020, Hydrocephalus and diffuse choroid plexus hyperplasia in primary ciliary dyskinesia-related MCIDAS mutation, Neurology Genetics, Vol:6
Pearce K, Dixon L, D’Arco F, et al., 2020, Epilepsy surgery in children: what the radiologist needs to know, Neuroradiology, Vol:62, Pages:1061-1078
Gaur P, Dixon L, Jones B, et al., 2020, COVID-19-associated cytotoxic lesions of the corpus callosum, American Journal of Neuroradiology, Vol:41, Pages:1905-1907
Dixon L, Shah S, 2020, Teaching NeuroImages: Hypertrophic polyneuropathy, Neurology, Vol:95, Pages:e779-e780
Mallon D, Doig D, Dixon L, et al., 2020, Neuroimaging in sickle cell disease: a review, Journal of Neuroimaging, Vol:30, Pages:725-735
Dixon L, 2020, Hypomyelinating leukodystrophies: Navigating the diagnostic maze, European Journal of Paediatric Neurology, Vol:27, Pages:3-3
Dixon L, McNamara C, Gaur P, et al., 2020, Cerebral microhaemorrhage in COVID-19: a critical illness related phenomenon?, Stroke and Vascular Neurology, Vol:5, Pages:e000652-e000652
Mallon D, Dixon L, Campion T, et al., 2020, Beyond the brain: Extra-axial pathology on diffusion weighted imaging in neuroimaging, Journal of the Neurological Sciences, Vol:415, Pages:116900-116900
Dixon L, Lansley J, Hoskote C, et al., 2019, Skull and brain, Chapman & Nakielny’s Aids to Radiological Differential Diagnosis, Pages:387-387
Jewell P, Dixon L, Singanayagam A, et al., 2019, Severe disseminated infection with emerging lineage of methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol:25, Pages:187-187
Weerakoon N, Amin R, Dixon L, et al., 2018, Dual-balloon assisted super-selective embolisation of high flow arterial venous fistula within a transplant kidney, Cvir Endovascular, Vol:1, Pages:1-5
Challacombe B, Dixon L, 2014, Localized disease—are most men really suitable for focal therapy?, Nature Reviews Urology, Vol:11, Pages:7-8
Dixon L, Alobeidi F, Central nervous system infection: Radiological patterns
Chapters
Virk JS, Dixon L, Madani G, et al., 2021, Anterior Skull Base and Sinonasal Surgery: Dilemmas and Complexities in Management, Head and Neck Imaging, Springer, Cham, Pages:267-284
Conference
Sinclair H, Le Calvez K, Chen J, et al., 2021, Estimating population-based incidence of brain metastases–a comprehensive incident cohort study, BNOS 2021 Meeting, Oxford University Press, Pages:iv21-iv21, ISSN:1522-8517