M P Robinson: Publications

Electronic versions of the more recent ones are available from the author (email mpr@ohm.york.ac.uk)

 

Book Chapters

M P Robinson 2000. ‘Electromagnetic Compatibility – making it all work together’ in Physics and Engineering in Medicine in the New Millennium ed. P F Sharp and A C Perkins, Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, York, ISBN 0 904181 95 2, pp 17-20

J F Dawson, M D Ganley, M P Robinson, A C Marvin and S J Porter 1996. ‘Design for EMC’ in Design for X ed. G Q Huang, Chapman and Hall, London, ISBN 0 412 78750 4, pp 269-297

Thesis

Dielectric Imaging for Detection of Malignant Breast Tumours. Ph D Thesis, University of Bristol 1993

Journal Papers

S W Smye and M P Robinson 2006. ‘Modelling the electrical properties of tissue as a porous medium’ Submitted to Phys. Med. Biol.

M P Robinson, J Clegg and A C Marvin 2006. ‘Radio frequency electromagnetic fields in large conducting enclosures: effects of apertures and human bodies on propagation and field-statistics’ IEEE Trans. EMC (in press)

T. Konefal, J.F. Dawson, A.C. Marvin, M.P. Robinson and S.J. Porter 2006. ‘A fast circuit model description of the shielding effectiveness of a box with imperfect gaskets or apertures covered by thin resistive sheet coatings’ IEEE Trans. EMC 48 pp134-144

C. Chen, S.W. Smye, M.P. Robinson and J.A. Evans 2006. ‘Membrane electroporation theories: a review’ Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing Published online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11517-005-0020-2

Tadeusz Konefal, John F. Dawson, Andy C. Marvin, Martin P. Robinson, and Stuart J. Porter 2006. ‘A Fast Multiple Mode Intermediate Level Circuit Model for the Prediction of Shielding Effectiveness of a Rectangular Box Containing a Rectangular Aperture’ IEEE Trans. EMC. 47 pp 678-691

M P Robinson and J Clegg 2005. ‘Improved determination of Q-factor and resonant frequency by a quadratic curve-fitting method’ IEEE Trans. EMC. 47 pp 399-403

M C Wusteman, M P Robinson and D E Pegg 2004. ‘Vitrification of large tissues with dielectric warming: biological problems and some approaches to their solution’, Cryobiol. 48 pp 179-189

D A Stone and M P Robinson 2004, ‘Total body water measurements using resonant cavity perturbation techniques’ Phys. Med. Biol. 49 1773-1788

I D Flintoft, M P Robinson, A C Marvin, K Fischer and A J Rowell 2003, ‘The re-emission spectrum in digital hardware subjected to EMI’, IEEE Trans. EMC. 45 pp 576-585 (2004 Transactions Prize Paper Award)

M P Robinson, K Fischer, I D Flintoft and A C Marvin 2003. ‘A Simple Model of EMI-induced Timing Jitter in Digital Circuits, its Statistical Distribution and its Effect on Circuit Performance’, IEEE Trans. EMC. 45 pp 513-519

M C Wusteman, D E Pegg, L-H Wang and M P Robinson 2003. ‘Vitrification of ECV304 cell suspensions using solutions containing propane-1,2-diol and trehalose’, Cryobiol. 46 pp 135-145

M P Robinson, J Clegg and D A Stone 2003. ‘A novel method of studying total body water content using a resonant cavity: experiments and numerical simulation’ Phys. Med. Biol. 48 pp 113-125

M P Robinson, M C Wusteman, L-H Wang and D E Pegg 2002. ‘Electromagnetic re-warming of cryopreserved tissues: effect of choice of cryoprotectant and sample shape on uniformity of heating’ Phys. Med. Biol. 47 pp 2311-2325

M C Wusteman, D E Pegg,  M P Robinson, L-H Wang and P Fitch 2002. ‘Vitrification media: toxicity, permeability and dielectric properties’, Cryobiol. 44 pp 24-37

M P Robinson, D E Pegg and M Wusteman 2001, ‘Electromagnetic Heating of Vitrified Tissues: Influence of Dielectric Properties on Rewarming Characteristics’ Cryobiol., December 2001 (abstract only)

I D Flintoft,  M P Robinson, S J Porter and A C Marvin 2000. ‘Addressing the risks of EMC problems with mobile radio transmitters’ Compliance Eng. 17, Sept./Oct. pp 30-38. http://www.ce‑mag.com/archive/2000/sepoct/flintoft.html

M P Robinson and D E Pegg 1999. ‘Rapid electromagnetic warming of cells and tissues’ IEEE Trans Bio-Med. Eng. 46 pp 1413-1425.

M P Robinson 1999.  ‘Shielding of enclosures – an open and shut case?’  EMC Eng. Europe. Jan./Feb. pp 16-18.

M P Robinson and I D Flintoft 1998.  ‘Can mobile phones interfere with hospital equipment?’ Electron. Eng. July/Aug., pp 59-60.

M P Robinson, T M Benson, C Christopoulos, J F Dawson, M D Ganley, A C Marvin, S J Porter and D W P Thomas 1998. ‘Analytical formulation for the shielding effectiveness of enclosures with apertures’ IEEE Trans. EMC. 40 pp 240-248

M P Robinson, T M Benson, C Christopoulos, J F Dawson, M D Ganley, A C Marvin, S J Porter, D W P Thomas and J D Turner 1998. ‘Effect of logic family on radiated emissions from digital circuits’ IEEE Trans. EMC. 40 pp 288-293

P Sewell, J D Turner, M P Robinson, D W P Thomas, T M Benson, C Christopoulos, J F Dawson, M D Ganley, A C Marvin and S J Porter 1998, ‘A comparison of analytic, numerical and approximate models for shielding effectiveness with measurement’ IEE Proc. Sci. Meas. Technol. 145 pp 61-66

M P Robinson, I D Flintoft and A C Marvin 1997. ‘Interference to medical equipment from mobile phones’ J. Med. Eng. Technol. 21 pp 141-146

M P Robinson, J D Turner, D W P Thomas, J F Dawson, M D Ganley, A C Marvin, S J Porter, T M Benson and C Christopoulos 1996. ‘Shielding effectiveness of a rectangular enclosure with a rectangular aperture’ Electron. Lett., 32, pp 1559-1560

R H Johnson, N M Pothecary, M P Robinson, C J Railton and A W Preece 1993. ‘Simple non-invasive measurement of complex permittivity’ Electron. Lett., 29, pp 1360-1361

R H Johnson, M P Robinson, A W Preece, J L Green, N M Pothecary and C J Railton 1993. ‘Effect of frequency and conductivity on field penetration of electromagnetic hyperthermia applicators’ Phys. Med. Biol., 38, pp 1023-1034

R H Johnson, J L Green, M P Robinson, A W Preece and R N Clarke 1992. ‘Resonant open ended coaxial line sensor for measuring complex permittivity’ IEE Proc., 139‑A, pp 261-264

M P Robinson, M J Richardson, J L Green and A W Preece 1991. ‘New materials for dielectric simulation of tissues’ Phys. Med. Biol., 36, pp 1565-1571

A W Preece, M P Robinson, J L Green and M Horrocks 1991. ‘Dielectric imaging - an alternative to X-ray mammography?’ Br. J. Cancer, 64 suppl XV, p 25

Conference Papers and Presentations

M P Robinson, A C Marvin and Y Cui 2006.  ‘Techniques for determination of Q-factors in EMC applications’.  Int. Symp. EMC, Barcelona, Spain, September 4th-8th.

T Konefal, A C Marvin, J F Dawson and M P Robinson 2005 ‘Efficient Simulations for Automotive Design’, EMC Europe Workshop 2005 on ‘Electromagnetic Compatibility of wireless Systems’, Rome, Italy, 19-21 September

D A Stone, M P Robinson, B Oldroyd, J G Truscott and A Wright 2005, ‘Resonant cavity perturbation used to determine total body water: cross validation study’, 7th International Symposium In Vivo Body Composition Studies, Southampton, UK, 7-9th September

M P Robinson and D Bozec 2005, ‘EMC and Radio Spectrum Management: Keeping Everything Working in a Changing Electromagnetic Environment’ Invited paper presented at IPEM Annual Scientific Meeting and IoP Meeting on RF Interactions with Humans, Glasgow, 7-9 September

M P Robinson, D A Stone, J G Truscott and B Oldroyd 2005.  ‘Radio frequency investigation of body composition: comparison of four techniques for obtaining total body water’ presented at IPEM Annual Scientific Meeting and IoP Meeting on RF Interactions with Humans, Glasgow, 7-9 September

M P Robinson, M C Wusteman and D E Pegg 2005, ‘ Radio-frequency re-warming of cryopreserved tissues: conditions for rapid, uniform heating’ presented at IPEM Annual Scientific Meeting and IoP Meeting on RF Interactions with Humans, Glasgow, 7-9 September

M P Robinson, D A Stone, A C Marvin and Z Zhen 2005. ‘Improved accuracy of resonant cavity perturbation determination of total body water by using a dual mode measurement’, Proc. XXVIIIth Triennial General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science, New Delhi, India, 23-29 October, Paper no. 01680

M P Robinson, J Clegg and A C Marvin 2005. ‘Effects of windows and people on electromagnetic fields inside conducting enclosures’, Proc. XXVIIIth Triennial General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science, New Delhi, India, 23-29 October, Paper no. 01003

J F Dawson, T Konefal, M P Robinson, A C Marvin, S J Porter and L C Chirwa 2005. ‘Field Statistics in an Enclosure with an Aperture: Effect of Q-factor and Number of Modes’,IEEE Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Chicago, USA, August, pp141-146

M P Robinson and D Bozec 2004. ‘EMC and Spectrum Management of ISM Equipment’ IPEM meeting on ‘RF and Static Fields’ York 19th October

M P Robinson 2004. ‘Can electromagnetic interference make your operating theatre unsafe?’ 40th Ann. NATN Congress, Harrogate, Session T4, 12 - 14 October

T Konefal, J F Dawson, A C Marvin, M P Robinson, I D Flintoft, S J Porter and L Chirwa 2004. ‘Review of progress on intermediate level circuit modelling techniques.’ EMC York 2004, York, UK, Part 1C, July, 2004. ISBN: 1-902009-13-4.

A C Marvin, I D Flintoft, M P Robinson & K Fischer, 2004. ‘The effects and diagnostic uses of the interaction of radio frequency electromagnetic radiation with digital systems.’ Invited paper in EUROEM 2004, Magdeburg, PprNo. HPEM 17-2, 12 - 16 July

A C Marvin, J F Dawson, M P Robinson & R Kebel, 2004. ‘The effects of contents and apertures on the structure of electromagnetic fields in enclosed spaces.’ EUROEM 2004, Magdeburg, PprNo. HPEM 18-6, 12 - 16 July

M P Robinson and D A Stone 2004. ‘Total body water measurement using resonant cavity perturbation’, Proc. 11th IPEM Ann. Sci. Meeting, York, September 6-8, pp37-38, ISBN 1 9036 1323 X

D Bozec, M P Robinson, D A J Pearce and C A Marshman 2004. ‘Electromagnetic Compatibility And Spectrum Management Issues Of ISM Band For Wireless Communication In Healthcare Facilities’. ESDA04, 7th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, Manchester, 19-22 July.

J F Dawson, M P Robinson and T Konefal 2004, ‘Computational electromagnetic (CEM) model validation against measured and calculated results’, IEE Seminar on ‘Validation of Computational Electromagnetics, Farnborough, 29 March, pp17-24, ISBN 0 86341 396X

S P Watkins, R Hoad, L C Chirwa, J F Dawson and M P Robinson 2004, ‘Validation of intermediate level circuit models (ILCM) of a generic system through measurement’, IEE Seminar on ‘Validation of Computational Electromagnetics, Farnborough, 29 March, pp65-69, ISBN 0 86341 396X

L C Chirwa, J F Dawson, K F Kam, M P Robinson, N L Whyman 2003. ‘Intermediate Level Circuit Model for Time-Domain Analysis of Shielding using SPICE.’ Proc. IEEE Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Boston, USA, 18-22 August, pp 193-196.

M P Robinson, D Bozec and C A Marshman 2003. ‘Healthcare engineering and electromagnetic compatibility’, Proc. I Mech E Conf. on Healthcare Engineering: Latest Developments and Applications, London, November 25-26, pp53-61

D A Stone and M P Robinson 2003. ‘Total body water content observations using resonant perturbation techniques’, Proc. 9th IPEM Ann. Sci. Meeting, Bath, September 15-17, p105

D A Stone, J Clegg and M P Robinson 2003. ‘A novel electromagnetic method of studying total body water content’, IoP Meeting on RF Interactions with Humans: Mechanisms, Exposure and Medical Applications, London, February 27-28, p10

M P Robinson, M C Wusteman, L-H Wang and D E Pegg 2002. ‘Electromagnetic re-warming of cryopreserved tissues’, XXVIIth Triennial General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science, Maastricht, The Netherlands, August 17-24

A C Marvin, I D Flintoft, M P Robinson, A J Rowell and K Fischer, 2001 ‘Measurement of the Immunity of Digital Electronic Systems using the Re-Radiation Spectrum’ Proc. COST 261 Workshop, Lille, June

I D Flintoft, M P Robinson, K Fischer and A C Marvin, 2001. ‘Correlation of timing jitter and the re-emission spectrum in radiated immunity testing of digital hardware’, IEEE Int. Symp., Montreal, Canada, August 13-17, pp 541-546.

J F Dawson, T Konefal, A C Marvin, S J Porter, M P Robinson, C Christopoulos, D W P Thomas, A Denton and T M Benson, 2001. ‘Intermediate level tools for emissions and immunity: enclosure contents to aperture coupling’.  IEEE Int. Symp., Montreal, Canada, August 13-17, pp 189-194.

M P Robinson, D E Pegg and M Wusteman 2001, ‘Electromagnetic Heating of Vitrified Tissues: Influence of Dielectric Properties on Rewarming Characteristics’ 38th Meeting of the Society for Cryobiology, 29 July- 1 August, Edinburgh, p 90.

M P Robinson, S J Porter and P Op gen Oorth 2000. ‘Reflection and transmission coefficients of printed circuit boards’ 4th Eur. Symp. Electromag. Compatibility, Bruges, Sept. 11-15, pp 209-213.

I D Flintoft, M P Robinson and A C Marvin 2000. ‘Assessing the immunity of digital equipment using the emissions spectrum’ 4th Eur. Symp. Electromag. Compatibility, Bruges, Sept. 11-15, pp 35-40.

M P Robinson 1999. ‘Mobile phone interactions with safety-critical equipment’ Microwave and RF Fields: Medical Applications and Safety-related Issues Meeting, Hammersmith, Sept. 23-24.  http://www.ipem.org.uk/new/meetings/Abs23sep.PDF

M P Robinson and D E Pegg 1999. ‘Rapid Electromagnetic Warming of Cryopreserved Tissues’ World Congress of Cryobiology, Marseille, France, 12-15 July, p 96.

M P Robinson, T M Benson, C Christopoulos, J F Dawson, M D Ganley, A C Marvin, S J Porter and D W P Thomas 1997. ‘Effect of logic family on the emissions from circuit boards’ 10th Int. Conf. Electromag. Compatibility, Univ. of Warwick, 1-3 September.

M P Robinson, M D Ganley, A C Marvin and T M Benson 1997. ‘Strategic EMC Design’ in IEE Colloq. on ‘Achieving Electromagnetic Compatibility: Accident or Design?’ pp2/1-2/6

M P Robinson, D W P Thomas, J F Dawson, S J Porter and C Christopoulos 1997. ‘Design of EMC Shielding’ in IEE Colloq. on ‘Achieving Electromagnetic Compatibility: Accident or Design?’ pp3/1-3/3.

M P Robinson and A C Marvin 1997 ‘Effect of Logic Family on Radiation from a Circuit Board in an Enclosure’ Proc. COST 243 Workshop, Paderborn, Germany.

J D Turner, M P Robinson, T M Benson, C Christopoulos, J F Dawson, M D Ganley, A C Marvin, S J Porter and D W P Thomas 1997. ‘An evaluation of the shielding effectiveness of cabinets’ 12th Int. Zurich Symp.. Eletromag. Compatibility, Zurich, Switzerland, February 18-20, pp 229-234.

M P Robinson, J F Dawson, M D Ganley, A C Marvin, S J Porter, T M Benson, C Christopoulos D W P Thomas, and J D Turner 1996. ‘Effect of component choice on the immunity of digital circuits’ EMC ’96 Roma, Rome, Italy, 17-20 September, pp 233-236

J D Turner, T M Benson, C Christopoulos, D W P Thomas, M P Robinson, J F Dawson, M D Ganley, A C Marvin and S J Porter 1996. ‘Characterisation of the shielding effectiveness of cabinets containing apertures’ EMC ’96 Roma, Rome, Italy, 17-20 September, pp 574-578

M P Robinson 1996. ‘Do mobile phones interfere with medical equipment?’ IPEMB Ann. Conf., Leeds, September.

M P Robinson 1995. ‘Electromagnetic compatibility and medical equipment,’ Soc. Comp. Technol. Anaesthaesia (SCATA) meeting 9 November.

M D Ganley, S J Porter, J F Dawson, A C Marvin and M P Robinson 1995. ‘Computer based design tools from EMC’ in IEE Colloq. on ‘Circuit design and tools for EMC’ pp1/1-1/7

M P Robinson, M D Ganley, J F Dawson, A C Marvin and S J Porter, ‘Integrating EMC into the design process’ (poster) Brighton Design Forum, Brighton Feb. 1995

C Ni, M P Robinson, R H Johnson, A W Preece, J L Green, N M Pothecary and C J Railton, ‘Non-invasive in vivo measurement of tissue permittivity’ Microwaves in Medicine 2nd Int. Meeting, Rome, Italy, October 1993

A W Preece, R H Johnson, J L Green and M P Robinson, 'Dielectric imaging for localisation and detection of breast tumours', IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 1993, vol. 2, pp 1145-1146

M P Robinson, J L Green, R H Johnson and A W Preece, 'Dielectric imaging of the breast' (poster) IPSM/HPA 49th Int. Conf., Lincoln, September 1992

M P Robinson, J L Green, A W Preece, R N Clarke, and M J Richardson, 'Construction and measurement of tissue equivalent materials for simulation of dielectric and thermal properties' Int. Congress of Thermology, Ghent, Belgium, August 1992

A W Preece, M P Robinson, R H Johnson, J L Green and J Duchene, 'Tissue dielectric measurement with a resonant sensor for breast tumour localisation' Int. Congress of Thermology, Ghent, Belgium, August 1992

M P Robinson, J L Green and A W Preece, 'Detection and characterisation of breast tumours by dielectric imaging' 50th Annual Congress of the British Institute of Radiology, Birmingham, May 1992

M P Robinson, 'Dielectric imaging of breast tumours' IPSM South Western Group Meeting, Bristol, May 1992

R N Clarke, A W Preece, M P Robinson and S Jenkins-Etzel, 'Characterisation of real and phantom tissues using coaxial sensors' 2nd Meeting on Bioelectrical and Biomagnetic Measurements in Medicine, Institute of Physics, London, April 1992

D Henderson, M P Robinson and A G Roddie, 'Optoelectronic measurement of fast electronic pulses' (poster) 8th Int. Quantum Electronics Conf., St Andrews, September 1987

Workshops

M P Robinson, D Bozec and C A Marshman 2004. Workshop on ‘Electromagnetic Compatibility’, Proc. 11th IPEM Ann. Sci. Meeting, York, September 6-8, p46, ISBN 1 9036 1323 X

A C Marvin, C Christopoulos, M P Robinson and D W P Thomas, 2001. ‘Intermediate-level simulation tools in EMC design’, IEEE Int. Symp., Montreal, Canada, August 13-17

T M Benson, C Christopoulos, J F Dawson, A Denton, T Konefal, A C Marvin, S J Porter, M P Robinson and D W P Thomas, 2000. ‘Intermediate level simulation tools in EMC design’, 4th Eur. Symp. Electromag. Compatibility, Bruges, Sept. 11-15

M P Robinson and N J Wainwright 1999. ‘EMC of Medical Equipment’, Workshop 48, EMV ’99, Düsseldorf, Germany, March 25

M P Robinson, I R Cutler, N J Wainwright, A R P Smith and M Sperrin 1999. ‘Workshop on EMC in Medical Environments’, IEE EMC York 99, York, July 12-13