Publications

Journal Articles

1. Mason DG, Packer JS, Cade JF, Siganporia RJ, Closed-Loop Control of Blood Pressure in Critically Ill Patients, Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine 1985; 8: 164-167

2. Packer JS, Mason DG, Cade JF, McKinley SM, An Adaptive Controller for Closed-Loop Management of Blood Pressure in Seriously Ill Patients, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 1987; 34: 612-616

3. Mason DG, Packer JS, Cade JF, Siganporia RJ, Closed-Loop Management of Circulatory Shock, Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine 1988; 11 : 133-142

4. McKinley SM, Cade JF, Mason DG, Packer JS, Clinical Evaluation of Closed-Loop Control of Blood Pressure in Seriously Ill Patients, Critical Care Medicine 1991 ; 19 : 166-170

5. McKinley S, Cade JF, Evans OM, Siganporia R, Mason DG, Packer JS, Versatile and Effective Control of Blood Pressure, Heart and Lung: Journal of Critical Care 1991; 20(3): 301

6. Mason DG, Linkens DA, Edwards ND, Reilly CS, Automated Delivery of Muscle Relaxants Using Fuzzy Logic Control, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology 1994; 13 : 678-686

7. Mason DG, Edwards ND, Linkens DA, Reilly CS, Performance Assessment of a Fuzzy Controller for Atracurium-Induced Neuromuscular Block, British Journal of Anaesthesia 1995; 75(5) : 653P

8. Mason DG, Swinhoe CF, Linkens DA, Reilly CS, Development of a Pharmacokinetic Model-driven System for Ketamine Analgesia, International Journal of Clinical Monitoring & Computing 1996; 13: 139-142

9. Mason DG, Edwards ND, Linkens DA, Reilly CS, Performance Assessment of a Fuzzy Controller for Atracurium-induced Muscle Relaxation, British Journal of Anaesthesia March 1996; 76: 396-400

10. Linkens DA, Mason DG, Abbod MF, Shieh JS, Fuzzy logic in anaesthesia, Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control 1996; 18(5): 238-246

11. Swinhoe CF, Gray C, Mason DG, Peacock JE, Assessment of a Model-predicted Infusion of Ketamine Used with Propofol for Total Intravenous Anaesthesia, British Journal of Anaesthesia, August 1996; 77(2): 286P-287P

12. Mason DG, Ross JJ, Edwards ND, Linkens DA, Reilly CS, Self-learning Fuzzy Control of Atracurium-induced Neuromuscular Block During Surgery, Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing 1997; 35: 498-503

13. Mason DG, Edwards ND, Linkens DA, Reilly CS, Neuromuscular Block Monitoring: Comparison of Accelerometer (Vital Signs) and Relaxograph (Datex), British Journal of Anaesthesia 1996; 76 Suppl 2, A37

14. Mason DG, Linkens DA, Edwards ND, Reilly CS, Development of a Portable Closed-loop Atracurium Infusion System : Systems Methodology and Safety Issues, International Journal of Clinical Monitoring & Computing 1997; 13: 243-252

15. Ross JJ, Mason DG, Edwards ND, Linkens DA, Reilly CS, Performance Assessment of a Self-learning Fuzzy Controller for Atracurium-induced Neuromuscular Block, British Journal of Anaesthesia 1997; 78: 412-415

16. Edwards ND, Mason DG, Ross JJ, A Portable Self-Learning Fuzzy Logic Control System for Muscle Relaxation, Anaesthesia 1998; 53: 136-139

17. McGuinness SP, Mason DG, Edwards ND, Feedback Control in Intensive Care: Basic Theory and Safety Implications, British Journal of Intensive Care April/May 1998; 42-46

18. Claydon P, Mason DG, Andrzejowski JC, Edwards ND, Development of a Self-learning Fuzzy Logic Controller for Mivacurium-induced Neuromuscular Block, British Journal of Anaesthesia, October 1998; 81(4): 636P-637P

19. Mason DG, Ross JJ, Edwards ND, Linkens DA, Reilly CS, Self-learning Fuzzy Control with Temporal Knowledge for Atracurium-induced Muscle Relaxation During Surgery, Computers and Biomedical Research 1999; 32: 187-197

20. Mason DG, Ross JJ, McGuinness SM, Linkens DA, Multi-input multi-output self-learning fuzzy control for haemodynamic support of septic shock, Biomedical Engineering - Applications, Basis and Communications 1998; 10: 247-256

21. Gray C, Swinhoe CF, Myint Y, Mason DG, Target Controlled Infusion of Ketamine as Analgesia for Total Intravenous Anaesthesia with Propofol, Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia October 1999; 46(10):957-961

22. Mason DG, Edwards ND, Self-learning Fuzzy Logic Control of Intravenous Anaesthetic Infusions, Chapter in book "Fuzzy Systems in Medicine", Springer 2000 (ISBN 3-7908-1263-3): 484-502

23. Karantonis DM, Lovell NH, Ayre PJ, Mason DG, Cloherty SL, Identification and Classification of Physiologically Significant Pumping States in an Implantable Rotary Blood Pump, Artificial Organs, Sept 2006; 30(9): 671-679.

24. Dean M. Karantonis, David G. Mason, Robert F. Salamonsen, Nigel H. Lovell, Peter J.Ayre, Shaun L. Cloherty. Classification of Physiologically Significant Pumping States in an Implantable Rotary Blood Pump: Patient Trial Results, ASAIO Journal, Sept/Oct 2007; 53(5): 617-622.

25. Dean M. Karantonis, Nigel H. Lovell, Peter J. Ayre, David G. Mason, Shaun L. Cloherty. Classification of Physiologically Significant Pumping States in an Implantable Rotary Blood Pump: Effects of Cardiac Rhythm Disturbances. Artificial Organs June 2007; 31(6): 476-479.

26. Nicolò Malagutti, Dean M. Karantonis, Shaun L. Cloherty, Peter J. Ayre, David G.Mason, Robert F. Salamonsen, Nigel H. Lovell. Non-invasive Average Flow Estimation for an Implantable Rotary Blood Pump: a New Algorithm Incorporating the Role of Blood Viscosity. Artificial Organs Jan 2007; 31(1): 45-52.

27. Mason DG, Hilton AK, Salamonsen RF, Reliable Suction Detection for Patients With Rotary Blood Pumps, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, 54: 359-366, 2008.

28. Einly Lim, Dean M. Karantonis, John A. Reizes, Shaun L. Cloherty, David G. Mason, Nigel H. Lovell, Non-invasive Average Flow Estimation for an Implantable Rotary Blood Pump using Dimensional Analysis, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 55: 2094-2101, August 2008.

29. Dean M Karantonis, Einly Lim, David G Mason, Robert F Salamonsen, Peter J Ayre, Nigel H Lovell, Non-invasive Activity-based Control of an Implantable Rotary Blood Pump: Software Simulation Study, Artificial Organs (2009).

30. Lim E, Dokos S, Cloherty SL, Salamonsen RF, Mason DG, Reizes JA, Lovell NH, Parameter-Optimised Model of Cardiovascular-Rotary Blood Pump Interactions, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (2009).

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Conference Articles

1. Mason DG, Packer JS, Cade JF, Siganporia RJ, Closed-Loop Control of Blood Pressure in Critically Ill Patients, 8th Annual Conference of the Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine, Melbourne, Australia, August 1985

2. Mason DG, Packer JS, Cade JF, Siganporia RJ, Closed-Loop Management of Circulatory Shock, 11th Annual Conference of the Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine, Brisbane, Australia, August 1988

3. Packer JS, Mason DG, Cade JF, McKinley SM, Adaptive Closed- Loop Control of Dopamine Infusion in Seriously Ill Hypotensive Patients, IFAC Symposium on Modelling and Control in Biomedical Systems, Venice, Italy 1988 : 203-208

4. Mason DG, Packer JS, Cade JF, Siganporia RJ, Intelligent Control of Multiple Infusions for Circulatory Management of Seriously Ill Patients, International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering, 2nd Pan Pacific Symposium, Melbourne, Australia, July 1989

5. Mason DG, Packer JS, Cade JF, Siganporia RJ, Closed-Loop Control of Multiple Drug Infusions, 12th Annual Conference of the Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine, Hamilton, New Zealand, August 1989

6. Mason DG, Packer JS, Cade JF, McKinley SM, Decision Support for the Management of Circulatory Shock, International Federation of Automatic Control, Workshop on Decision Support for Patient Management, London, United Kingdom, September 1989

7. Mason DG, Cade JF, Siganporia RJ, Packer JS, Closed-Loop Control of Multiple Drug Infusions, 11th IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., November 1989

8. Linkens DA, Shieh JS, Mason DG, Fuzzy Logic Control in Anaesthesia, International Workshop on Fuzzy Technologies in Automation and Intelligent Systems, Duisburg, Germany, 1994 : 322-331

9. Mason DG, Linkens DA, Edwards ND, Reilly CS, Automated Drug Delivery in Muscle Relaxant Anaesthesia Using Self-organizing Fuzzy Logic Control, 16th IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Conference 1994, Baltimore, Maryland USA

10. Mason DG, Linkens DA, Swinhoe CF, Reilly CS, Pharmacokinetic Model-Driven Ketamine Infusions Using a Palmtop PC, Annual Meeting of Society for Computing and Technology in Anaesthesia 1994, Cardiff, Wales

11. Mason DG, Edwards ND, Linkens DA, Reilly CS, Performance Assessment of a Fuzzy Controller for Atracurium-induced Muscle Relaxation, Anaesthetic Research Society meeting, July 1995, Sheffield, U.K.

12. Mason DG, Linkens DA, Edwards ND, Reilly CS, Development of a Closed-loop Atracurium Infusion System : Safety Issues, European Society of Computing & Technology in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Palermo, Italy, September 1995

13. Mason DG, Edwards ND, Linkens DA, Reilly CS, Neuromuscular Block Monitoring : Comparison of Accelerometer (Vital Signs) and Relaxograph (Datex), European Society of Anaesthesiology, London U.K. June 1-5, 1996

14. Swinhoe CF, Gray C, Mason DG, Peacock JE, Assessment of a Model-predicted Infusion of Ketamine used with Propofol for Total Intravenous Anaesthesia, Anaesthetic Research Society Nottingham, 1-3 March 1996

15. Mason DG, Linkens DA, Hybrid Self-Organising Fuzzy Logic PID Controllers for Muscle Relaxation Anaesthesia, IEE Control '96, Exeter, 2-5 September 1996

16. Ross JJ, Mason DG, Edwards ND, Linkens DA, Self-learning Fuzzy Control of Atracurium-induced Neuromuscular Block, SCATA '96 New Forest, Hampshire 7-9 May 1996

17. Mason DG, Linkens DA, Edwards ND, Ross JJ, Reilly CS, Intelligent Fuzzy Control of Muscle Relaxants in Anaesthesia, EUFIT’96 Aachen, Germany 2-5 September 1996

18. Ross JJ, Mason DG, Pullman MD, Edwards ND, Performance of a Self-learning Fuzzy Controller for Neuromuscular Blockade, ESCTAIC ‘96, September 23-26 1996, Mainz, Germany

19. Mason DG, Edwards ND, Ross JJ, Linkens DA, Reilly CS, Self-learning Fuzzy Control of Atracurium-induced Neuromuscular Block During Surgery, IFAC Symposium on Modelling and Control in Biomedical Systems, Warwick 23-26 March 1997

20. Mason DG, Eastwood P, Linkens DA, Edwards ND, Ross JJ, Reilly CS, Total Intravenous Anaesthesia with an Integrated Computer Control System, IFAC Symposium on Modelling and Control in Biomedical Systems, Warwick 23-26 March 1997

21. Mason DG, Linkens DA, Edwards ND, Self-learning Fuzzy Control in Medicine, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine for Europe ‘97, Grenoble, France March 23-26 March 1997

22. Mason DG, McGuinness SM, Linkens DA, Edwards ND, Multivariable Self-learning Fuzzy Control for Treatment of Septic Shock in Intensive Care Patients: Simulation Study, International Fuzzy Systems Association, Prague, Czech Republic, June ‘97

23. Mason DG, McGuinness SM, Linkens DA, Edwards ND, Multivariable Self-learning Fuzzy Control for Treatment of Septic Shock, World congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering ‘97, Nice, France October 1997

24. Ross JJ, Mason DG, Edwards ND, Self-learning Fuzzy Control of Atracurium-induced Neuromuscular Block, Australia & New Zealand Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Christchurch, New Zealand 2-5 June 1997

25. Andrzejowski JC, Edwards ND, Mason DG, McGuinness SP, Self-learning Fuzzy Logic Control of Atracurium Infusion with Three Different Anaesthetic Techniques, Association of Anaesthetists of GB & Ireland, Annual Scientific Meeting, Harrogate, England 15-18 Sept ‘97

26. Mason DG, McGuinness SM, Edwards ND, A Computer Model of Septic Shock, European Society for Computing and Technology in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care annual meeting ’97, Erlangen, Germany 18-21 Sept ‘97

27. Mason DG, Ross JJ, Edwards ND, Andrzejowski JC, Claydon P, Johnson T, Dobbs P, Linkens DA, Adaptive Self-learning Fuzzy Control of Muscle Relaxation During Surgery, 5th UK Fuzzy Workshop, Sheffield June ‘98

28. Mason DG, Ross JJ, Edwards ND, McGuinness SP, Linkens DA, Supervisory Multivariable Self-learning Fuzzy Control for Infusion Management of Septic Shock, 5th UK Fuzzy Workshop, Sheffield June ‘98

29. Claydon P, Mason DG, Andrzejowski JC, Edwards ND, Development of a Self-learning Fuzzy Logic Controller for Mivacurium-induced Neuromuscular Block, Anaesthetic Research Society Meeting, July 9-10, 1998, Dundee, Scotland

30. Mason DG, Edwards ND, Claydon P, Ross JJ, Andrzejowski JC, Johnson T, Dobbs P, Linkens DA, Intelligent Fuzzy Control of Muscle Relaxation During Surgery, IEE Colloquium on Intelligent Decision Support in Clinical Practice, London June ‘98

31. Johnson T., Edwards ND, Mason DG, Self-learning Fuzzy Control of Cis-atracurium-induced Neuromuscular Blockade, Association of Anaesthetists of GB & Ireland, Annual Scientific Meeting, Sept '98

32. Mason DG, Linkens DA, Edwards ND, Ross JJ, Self-learning Fuzzy Logic Control of Anaesthetic Drug Infusions, IEE Colloquium on Intelligent Methods in Healthcare and Medical Applications, York, UK 20 Oct 1998

33. Webster VJ, Mason DG, Edwards ND, Performance of a self-learning fuzzy logic controller for neuromuscular blockade, Annual Intensivists Meeting, Chesterfield UK 21 Oct 1998

34. Mason DG, Edwards ND, Ross JJ, Development of a knowledge-based simulator for haemodynamic support of septic shock, IEE Colloquium on Simulation in Medicine, London UK 2 Dec 1998

35. Webster VJ, Mason DG, Edwards ND, Performance of a Self-learning Fuzzy Logic Controller for Rocuronium-induced Neuromuscular Blockade, Society for Computing And Technology in Anaesthesia meeting, Dartford, England 5-7 May 1999

36. Mason DG, Ross JJ, Edwards ND, Linkens DA, Self-learning fuzzy logic control of multiple drug infusions for haemodynamic support of septic shock, Soft Computing in Biomedicine '99, Rochester, NY, USA 22-25 June '99

37. Cooper J, Edwards G, Mason DG, Ayre P, James N, Wilkinson C, Snelling S, Rosenfeldt F, Murphy D, Salamonsen RF, Haemodynamic Performance of the VentrAssist Left Ventricular Assist Device in Relation to the Native Cardiac Cycle, 19th European Conference on Biomaterials, Sorrento, Italy, Sept 11-15, 2005.

38. Kaye DM, Salamonsen R, Mason DG, Woodard J, Esmore DS, Initial Characterisation of the Haemodynamic Performance of the Ventracor LV Assist Device in Patients with Heart Failure, Australian & NZ Cardiac Society Meeting 2005.

39. Dean M Karantonis, Shaun L Cloherty, David G Mason, Robert F Salamonsen, Peter J Ayre, Nigel H Lovell. Automated Non-Invasive Detection of Pumping States in an Implantable Rotary Blood Pump. Proceedings of the 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, New York, USA, Aug 31 – Sep 3 2006.

40. Mason DG, Hilton A, Pell K, Smith K, Ayre PJ, Woodard J, Salamonsen RF, Noninvasive Suction Detection for the VentrAssist Rotary Blood Pump, presented at Engineering in Physical Sciences & Medicine, Queensland 17-21 Sept 2006.

41. Dean M. Karantonis, Shaun L. Cloherty, David G. Mason, Peter J. Ayre, Nigel H. Lovell, Non-invasive Pulsatile Flow Estimation for an Implantable Rotary Blood Pump, Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, Nice, France, 2007.

42. Einly Lim, Socrates Dokos, John A Reizes, Dean M Karantonis, David G Mason, Nigel H Lovell, Modeling and Optimization of a Mock Circulation System Incorporating a Rotary Blood Pump, 15th Congress ISRBP, Sydney 2007.

43. Dean M Karantonis, Einly Lim, David G Mason, Robert F Salamonsen, Peter J Ayre, Nigel H Lovell, Non-invasive Activity-based Control of an Implantable Rotary Blood Pump: Software Simulation Study, 15th Congress International Society for Rotary Blood Pumps, Sydney 2007.

44. Robert F. Salamonsen, David G. Mason, A New Approach to Physiological Control of Rotary Blood Pumps, 15th Congress International Society for Rotary Blood Pumps, Sydney 2007.

45. David G. Mason, Einly Lim, Dean M Karantonis, Peter J.Ayre, Nigel H. Lovell, Franklin L. Rosenfeldt, Robert F. Salamonsen, Flow Parameters Predict Heart / LVAD Energetics, 15th Congress International Society for Rotary Blood Pumps, Sydney 2007.

46. Mason DG, Hilton A, Salamonsen RF, Sensorless Suction Detection for the VentrAssist Rotary Blood Pump, Alfred Hospital Research Week, Melbourne 2007.

47. Mason DG, Salamonsen RF, Clinical Validation of the VentrAssist Implantable Rotary Blood Pump Flow Estimate, Alfred Hospital Research Week, Melbourne 2007.

48. Mason DG, Bancroft J, Fraser JF, Computer-Assisted Infusions for Circulatory Management of Intensive Care Patients, World Congress on Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, Munich, Germany 7-12 September 2009.

49. Mason DG, Greatrex N, Timms DL, Physiological Control of Rotary Artificial Hearts, World Congress on Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, Munich, Germany 7-12 September 2009.

50. Mason DG, Suresh S, Wilson SJ, Remote Severity Assessment of Sleep Apnoea in Children, World Congress on Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, Munich, Germany 7-12 September 2009.

51. Timms DL, Wong KC, Greatrex N, Gregory S, Schmitz-Rode T, Steinseifer U, Do RBPs have Inherent Frank-Starling Like Characteristics ? ; A Study into Preload Sensitivity, International Society of Rotary Blood Pumps, Singapore 1-3 October 2009.

52. Timms DL, Wong KC, Mason DG, Greatrex N, Gregory S, Schmitz-Rode T, Steinseifer U, Timing of Speed Pulsations in Relation to the Cardiac Cycle : Improvement of RBP Physiological Interaction, International Society of Rotary Blood Pumps, Singapore 1-3 October 2009.

53. Terrill P, Mason DG, Parsley C, Dakin C, Wilson SJ, Development Of A Novel Actigraphy Platform Based On Wireless Accelerometry, Australasian Sleep Association Conference, Melbourne 8-10 October 2009.

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Patents

Four patents awarded :-

Apparatus and method for closed-loop blood pressure control,
Apparatus and method for discriminating between heart rhythm with similar atrial and ventricular rates,
Heart rhythm classification method, and implantable dual chamber cardioverter/defibrillator employing the same
Method for physiological control of rotary blood pumps.