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Professor Kenneth C Young

Head of NCCPM

ken.young@nhs.net

NCCPM
Medical Physics
St Lukes Wing
Royal Surrey County Hospital
Guildford
GU2 7XX

Posts Held

Ken Young has been the Consultant Physicist in charge of the National Coordinating Centre for the Physics of Mammography since 1990, and Visiting Professor of Medical Physics at the University of Surrey since 2006. Since 2007 he has also been Director of Research at the Royal Surrey County Hospital. He has played a leading role in developing the technical standards for mammography in the UK and the rest of Europe and has published widely on the physics of breast cancer imaging with X-rays.

Research Interests

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Publications

To see a full, sortable list vist the publications page.

Abstracts

Young K C 2008 Full field digital mammography: which equipment? Breast Cancer Res 10 (Suppl 3) :P33 (doi: 10.1186/bcr2031)

Young K C, Oduko J M and Bosmans H 2006 Optimisation of digital mammography systems European Congress of Radiology, Book of abstracts, European Radiology, Supplement 1,Volume 16 255

Oduko J M, Young K C and Cook J J H 2006 Image quality and dose for digital mammography systems European Congress of Radiology, Book of Abstracts, European Radiology, Supplement 1,Volume 16 336

Bosmans H, Rogge F, Carton A K, Young K, Van Engen R, Thijssen M and Marchal G 2004 Practical experience with the application of the "Digital addendum of the European protocol for quality assurance in mammography" European Radiology 14 Supplement 2:516 (abstract)

Thijssen M A O, Van Engen R, Bosmans H and Young K C 2004 The digital addendum to the European Protocol for QC in mammography screening European Radiology 14: Supplement 2: 134 (abstract)

Johnson B P, Young K C and Bosmans H 2003 Image quality and dose in digital mammography In Proceedings of UK Radiological Congress 2003 (British Institute of Radiology, London)

Wallis M G, Young K C, Blanks R and Moss S M 1997 Influence of number of views and mammographic film density on cancer detection rates in breast screening Journal of Medical Screening, 4, 4

Young K C, Ramsdale M L and Rust A 1997 Image quality variations in the UK NHS breast screening programme Journal of Medical Screening, 4, 5

Books and Reports

Young K C, Van Engen R, Bosmans H, Zanca F and Jacobs J 2010 Quality Control in Digital Mammography In Bick U and Diekmann F. Digital Mammography Ed. Springer: Heidelberg

Young K C and Dance D R 2010 Advances in X-ray mammography. In: Breast Cancer Ed. Michell M. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge

Oduko J M, Young K C, Burch A, Castellano E, Kulama E, Lawinski C and Marshall N January 2009 Review of Measurements on Full Field Digital Mammography Systems NHSBSP Equipment Report 0901

Yaffe M, Chevalier M, Heggie J C, Mora P and Young K C December 2009 Quality Assurance Programme for Screen-film Mammography IAEA Human Health Series No 2: Vienna

Oduko J M, Young K C, Burch A, Castellano E, Kulama E, Lawinski C and Marshall N January 2008 Review of measurements on Full Field Digital Mammography Systems NHSBSP Equipment Report 0901

Oduko J M and Young K C December 2008 Audit of Physics services to the NHSBSP in 2007 NHSBSP Publication 67

Burch A, Castellano I, Kulama E, Plaminski C, Marshall N and Young K C May 2007 Commissioning and Routine Testing of Small Field Digital Mammography Systems. NHSBSP Report 0705

Burch A, Whelehan P, Young K C and Cush S February 2007 Routine quality control tests for full field digital mammography systems NHSBSP Equipment Report 0702

Van Engen R, Young K C, Bosmans H and Thijssen M 2006 The European protocol for the quality control of the physical and technical aspects of mammography screening In: European Guidelines for Breast Cancer Screening, 4th Edition. Luxembourg: European Commission

Workman A, Castallano I, Kulama, Lawinski C P, Marshall N and Young K C June 2006 Commissioning and routine testing of full field digital mammography systems NHSBSP Equipment Report 0604

Young K C and Oduko J M April 2005 Review of Computerised Radiography Systems in the NHSBSP NHSBSP Equipment Report 0501

Moore A C, Dance D R, Evans D S, Lawinski C P, Pitcher E M, Rust A and Young K C 2005 The commissioning and routine testing of mammographic X-ray systems Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, IPEM Report No 89

Young K C and Oduko J M December 2005 Evaluation of Kodak DirectView Mammography Computerised Radiography NHSBSP Equipment Report 0504

Young K C and Kitou D December 2005 Review of Literature on Digital Mammography in Screening NHSBSP Equipment Report 0502

Young K C and Oduko J M July 2004 Evaluation of the Kodak Min-R EV mammography film-screen system NHSBSP Equipment Report 0401

Young K C Report 04/July 2004 Breast Dose Surveys in the NHSBSP: Software And Instruction Manual Version 2.0

Young K C, Faulkner K, Wall B and Muirhead C February 2003 Review of radiation risk in breast screening NHSBSP Publication No 54

Van Engen R, Young K, Bosmans H and Thijssen M A O 2003 The European Protocol for the Quality Control of the Physical and Technical Aspects of Mammography Screening: Addendum on Digital Mammography (Luxembourg, EC)

Young K C and Schofield K January 2002 An assessment of automatic beam quality selection by the Lorad M-IV X-ray set. NHSBSP Report 02/01

Thijssen M A O, Young K C and Woudenberg S Van 2001 The European Protocol for the Quality Control of the Physical and Technical Aspects of Mammography Screening In "European Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Mammography Screening" (Third edition Luxembourg, EC)

Young K C April 2001 Audit of physics services to the NHSBSP in 2001 NHSBSP Report 01/03

Lawinski C P, Young K C and Hancock C W June 2001 A review of digital imaging in mammography and its application in the NHSBSP NHSBSP Report 01/05

Young K C, Dance D R and Moore A June 2001 Guidance on beam quality selection in the NHS Breast Screening Programme NHSBSP Report 01/06

Meeson S and Young K C August 2001 Image feature of true positive and false negative cancers in screening mammograms NHSBSP Report 01/07

Young K C October 2001 Breast dose surveys in the NHSBSP: Software and instruction manual NHSBSP Report 01/10

Young K C June 2000 Clinical experience with small field digital mammography systems NHSBSP Report 00/2

Young K C and Ramsdale M September 2000 Performance of mammographic equipment in the UK Breast screening programme in 2000/2001 NHSBSP Publication No 56

March 1998 National survey of mammographic image quality and dose in the UK Breast Screening Programme NHSBSP Publication No 37

Young K C, Ramsdale M L and Rust A March 2000 Performance of mammographic equipment in the UK Breast Screening Programme in 1998/9 NHSBSP Publication No 45

Young K C, Ramsdale M L and Rust A December 1997 The performance of mammographic equipment in the UK Breast Screening Programme in 1997 NHSBSP Publication No 41

Thijssen M A O, Young K C and Wodenberg S van 1996 The European Protocol for the Quality Control of the Physical and Technical Aspects of Mammography Screening In "European Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Mammography Screening" (Luxembourg, EC)

Young K C, Ramsdale M L and Rust A March 1995 Mammographic dose and image quality in the UK Breast Screening Programme NHSBSP Publication No 35

Young K C, Ramsdale M L and Horton PW December 1992 Review of mammography equipment and its performance NHSBSP Publication No 24

Conference Proceedings

Yip M, Zanca F, Mackenzie A, Young K C, Dance D R, Bosmans H, Lewis E and Wells K 2010 Validation of a simulated dose reduction methodology using digital mammography CDMAM images and mastectomy images In: J. Martí E A, editor. Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Digital Mammography. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, LNCS 6136 78-85

Mackenzie A, Workman A, Dance D R, Yip M, Wells K and Young K C 2010 Adapting clinical images to appear with different noise and sharpness to model a different detector In: J. Martí E A, editor. Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Digital Mammography. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, LNCS 6136 319-326

Oduko J M, Young K C and Burch A 2010 A survey of patient doses from digital mammography systems in the UK in 2007 to 2009 In: J. Martí E A, editor. Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Digital Mammography. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, LNCS 6136 365-370, 2010

Diaz O, Yip M, Cabello J, Dance D R, Young K C and Wells K 2010 Monte Carlo simulation of scatter field for calculation of contrast of discs in synthetic CDMAM images In: J. Martí E A, editor. Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Digital Mammography. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, LNCS 6136 628-635

Van Engen R E, Young K C, Bosmans H, Lazzari B, Schopphoven S, Heid P and Thijssen M A 2010 A supplement to the European guidelines for quality assurance in breast cancer screening and diagnosis In: J. Martí E A, editor. Proceedings of rnational Workshop on Digital Mammography. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, LNCS 6136 643-650

Young K C, Alsager A, Dance D R, Oduko J M, Gundogdu O and Spyrou N M 2009 Predicting contrast detail performance from objective measurements in digital mammography In Proc SPIE Medical Imaging Volume 7258, 72581C 1-11

Ravaglia V , Bouwman R, Young K, Van Engen R and Lazzari B 2009 Noise analysis of full field digital mammography systems In Proc SPIE Medical Imaging Volume 7258, 72581B 1-11

Zanca F, Bosmans H, Jacobs J, Michielsen K, Sisini F, Nens J, Young K C, Shaheen E, Jacobs A and Marchal G 2009 Contrast-Detail comparison between unprocessed and processed CDMAM images In Proc SPIE Medical Imaging Volume 7258, 72584Y 1-10

Yip M, Chukwu W, Kottis E, Lewis E, Oduko J, Gundogdu O, Young K C and Wells K 2009 Automated scoring method for the CDMAM phantom In Proc SPIE Medical Imaging Volume 7263, 72631A 1-10

Young K C, Alsager A, Oduko J M, Bosmans H, Verbrugge B, Geertse T and Van Engen R 2008 Evaluation of software for reading images of the CDMAM test object to assess digital mammography systems. In Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 6913-47 1-11

Alsager A, Young K C and Oduko JM 2008 Impact of heel effect and ROI size on the determination of contrast-to-noise ratio for digital mammography systems. In Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 6913-164 1-11

Young K C, Oduko J M, Gundogdu O and Alsager A 2008 Comparing the performance of digital mammography systems In: Krupinski E A, editor. Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Digital Mammography. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, LNCS 5116 732-739

Yip M, Young K C, Lewis E, Wells K and Alsager A 2008 Validation of digital mammography image simulation chain with automated scoring of CDMAM images In: Krupinski E A, editor. Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Digital Mammography. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, LNCS 5116 409-416

Oduko J M, Young K C, Gundogdu O and Alsager A 2008 Effect of using tungsten-anode x-ray tubes on dose and image quality in full-field digital mammography In: Krupinski E A, editor. Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Digital Mammography. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, LNCS 5116 522-529

Van Engen R, Bouwman R, Van Der Burght R, Lazzari B, Dance D R, Heid P, Aslund M and Young K C 2008 Image quality measurements in breast tomosynthesis In: Krupinski E A, editor. Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Digital Mammography. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, LNCS 5116 696-702

Young K C, Cook J J H, Oduko J M and Bosmans H 2006 Comparison of software and human observers in reading images of the CDMAM test object to assess digital mammography systems In Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 2006 Volume 614206 1-13

Bosmans H, Nijs K, Young K et al. 2006 First validation of a new phantom for global quality control in digital mammography In Proc SPIE Medical Imaging Volume 614612 1-13

Young K C, Cook J J H and Oduko J M 2006 Use of the European Protocol to Optimise a Digital Mammography System In: Astley S M, Bradey M, Rose C, Zwiggelaar R, editors. Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Digital Mammography. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, LNCS 4046 362-369

Young K C, Cook J J H and Oduko J M 2006 Automated and Human Determination of Threshold Contrast for Digital Mammography Systems In: Astley S M, Bradey M, Rose C, Zwiggelaar R, editors. Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Digital Mammography. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, LNCS 4046 266-272

Young K C, Johnson B, Bosmans H and Van Engen R 2005 Development of minimum standards for image quality and dose in digital mammography Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Digital Mammography 149-154

Young K C, Oduko J M and Bosmans H 2005 Optimal beam quality selection in digital mammography In: Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Digital Mammography 105-109

Kaplish A, Pretlove J R G, Young K C and Horton P W 1996 Investigation into the computer assessment of image quality in mammography In: Medical Imaging 1996: Image Processing, edited by Murray H. Loew, Kenneth M. Hanson, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 2710 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA) 979-987

Papers

Dance D R, Young K C and Van Engen R E 2011 Estimation of mean glandular dose for breast tomosynthesis: factors for use with the UK, European and IAEA breast dosimetry protocols Phys. Med. Biol. 56 453

Dance D R, Young K C and Van Engen R E 2009 Further factors for the estimation of mean glandular dose using the United Kingdom, European and IAEA breast dosimetry protocols Phys. Med. Biol. 54 1-12

Bouwman R, Young K C, Lazzari B, Ravaglia V, Broeders M and Van Engen R 2009 An alternative method for noise analysis using pixel variance as part of quality control procedures on digital mammography systems Phys. Med. Biol. 54 6809-6822

Law J, Faulkner K and Young K C 2007 Risk factors for induction of breast cancer by x-rays and their implications for breast screening British Journal of Radiology 80 261-266

Pöyry P, Zanca F, Young K C, Van Ongeval C, Marchal G and Bosmans H 2007 Experimental investigation on the choice of the tungsten/rhodium anode/filter combination for an amorphous selenium based digital mammography system European Radiology 17 2368-2375

Norman R, Evans D G R, Easton D F and Young K C 2007 The cost-utility of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for breast cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers aged 30-49 European Journal of Health Economics, 8, 2 137-144

Young K C, Oduko J M, Bosmans H, Nijs K and Martinez L 2006 Optimal beam quality selection in digital mammography British Journal of Radiology 79 981-990

Young K C 2006 Recent developments in digital mammography Imaging 18 68-74

Young K C, Burch A and Oduko J M 2005 Radiation doses received in the UK breast screening programme in 2001 and 2002 British Journal of Radiology 78 207-218

Meeson S, Young K C, Wallis M G, Cooke J, Cummin A and Ramsdale M L 2003 Image features of true positive and false negative cancers in screening mammograms British Journal of Radiology 76 13-21

Young K C 2002 Radiation doses in the United Kingdom trial of breast screening in women aged 40-48 years British Journal of Radiology 75 362-370

Meeson S, Young K C, Ramsdale M L, Cooke J and Wallis M G 2001 Implications of using high contrast mammography X-ray film screen combinations British Journal of Radiology 74 825-835

Meeson S, Young K C, Holloway P B and Wallis M G 2001 Procedure to assess automatic exposure control in mammography: a study of the GE Senographe 600T British Journal of Radiology 74 615-620

Young K C and Burch A 2000 Radiation doses received in the UK breast screening programme in 1997 and 1998 British Journal of Radiology 73 278-287

Meeson S, Young K C and Cooke J 2000 Skin edge perception in mammograms : a comparison of two film screen combinations British Journal of Radiology 73 370-375

Young K C, King S, Meeson S, Ramsdale M L, Cooke J and Wallis M G 2000 Auditing the image quality of mammograms Radiation Protection Dosimetry 90 279-282

Dance D R, Skinner C L, Young K C, Beckett J R and Kotre C J 2000 Additional factors for the estimation of mean glandular breast dose using the UK mammography dosimetry protocol Phys. Med Biol. 45 3225-3240

Meeson S, Young K C, Ramsdale M L, Wallis M G and Cooke J 1999 Analysis of optical density and contrast in mammograms British Journal of Radiology 72 670-677

Young K C, Ramsdale M L and Rust A 1998 Auditing mammographic dose and image quality in the UK breast screening programme Radiation Protection Dosimetry 80 291-294

Young K C, Ramsdale M L and Bignell F 1998 Review of dosimetric methods for mammography in the UK breast screening programme Radiation Protection Dosimetry 80 183-186

Young K C, Wallis M G, Blanks R and Moss S M 1997 Influence of number of views and mammographic film density on the detection of invasive cancers: results from the NHS Breast Screening Programme British Journal of Radiology 70 482-488

Young K C, Ramsdale M L, Rust A and Cooke J 1997 Effect of automatic kV selection on dose and contrast in mammography British Journal of Radiology 70 1036-1042

Young K C, Ramsdale M L and Rust A 1996 Dose and image quality with an automatic beam quality system British Journal of Radiology 69 555-562

Young K C, Ramsdale M L and Rust A 1995 Survey of mammographic image quality in the UK Radiation Protection Dosimetry 57 163-165

Young K C 1995 Comparison of dose measurement protocols in mammography Radiation Protection Dosimetry 57 401-403

Young K C, Wallis M G and Ramsdale M L 1994 Mammographic film density and detection of small breast cancers Clinical Radiology 49 461-465

Young K C and Ramsdale M L 1993 Evaluation of mammography image quality phantoms Radiation Protection Dosimetry 49 171-173

Young K C and Ramsdale M L 1993 Image quality and dose measurement phantoms in the UK Breast Screening Programme Radiation Protection Dosimetry 49 175-177

Technical Evaluations

Young K C, Oduko J M, Gundogdu O and Asad M May 2009 Technical Evaluation of Profile Automatic Exposure Control Software on GE Essential Full Field Digital Mammography Systems NHSBSP Equipment Report 0903 [Read]

Young K C, Oduko J M and Asad M November 2009 Technical Evaluation of Fuji Amulet Full Field Digital Mammography System NHSBSP Equipment Report 0907 [Read]

Young K C, Oduko J M and Asad M November 2009 Technical Evaluation of Agfa DX-M Mammography CR Reader with HM5.0 Needle-IP NHSBSP Equipment Report 0905 [Read]

Young K C, Oduko J M, Gundogdu O and Alsager A December 2009 Technical Evaluation of Siemens Mammomat Inspiration of full Field Digital Mammography System NHSBSP Equipment Report 0909 [Read]

Young K C, Oduko J M and Alsager A November 2008 Technical Evaluation of the Sectra MDM-L30 Full Field Digital Mammography System NHSBSP Equipment Report 0805 [Read]

Young K C, Oduko J M, Gundogdu O and Alsager A December 2008 Technical Evaluation of the Konica Minolta Regius 190 CR Mammography System NHSBSP Equipment Report 0806 [Read]

Young K C and Oduko J M February 2004 Technical evaluation of a new version of the Fuji AD mammography film-screen system NHSBSP Equipment Report 0402 [Read]