Shan Shen

Technical Head of CINN Research Facility

Responsibilities

Managing daily operation of MRI Unit and ensuring all safety rules are complied. Delivering technical and safety MRI training.

Coordinating and collaborating with external and internal users on research projects conducted in CINN labs. Liaising with the scanner manufacture and contractors for regular maintenance and urgent problem solving.

Education

PhD, Bioengineering & Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, UK

MSc, Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing University, China

BSc, Telecommunication Engineering, Chongqing University, China

Achievements/Awards

BPS/ATSiP Technical Support in Psychological Research Award for 2020

Publications

2020

• McNabb, C. B., Lindner, M., Shen, S., Burgess, L. G., Murayama, K. and Johnstone, T. (2020) Inter-slice leakage and intra-slice aliasing in simultaneous multi-slice echo-planar images. Brain Structure and Function, 225 (3). pp. 1153-1158. ISSN 1863-2661 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-020-02053-2

2013

• Sterr, A., Dean, P. J. A., Szameitat, A. J., Conforto, A. B. and Shen, S. (2013) Corticospinal tract integrity and lesion volume play different roles in chronic hemiparesis and its improvement through motor practice. Neurorehabilitation and Neurorepair, 28 (4). pp. 335-343. ISSN 1552-6844 doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1545968313510972
• Wu, X., Li, W., Shen, S., Zheng, X., Zhang, Y. and Hou, W. (2013) Corticomuscular coherence modulation with the pattern of finger force coordination. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 21 (5). pp. 812-819. ISSN 1534-4320 doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSRE.2013.2245422
• Shen, S. and Sterr, A. (2013) Is DARTEL-based voxel-based morphometry affected by width of smoothing kernel and group size? A study using simulated atrophy. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 37 (6). pp. 1468-1475. ISSN 1522-2586 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.23927
• Sterr, A., Dean, P.J.A., Vieira, G., Conforto, A.B., Shen, S. and Sato, J.R. (2013) Cortical thickness changes in the non-lesioned hemisphere associated with non-paretic arm immobilization in modified CI therapy. NeuroImage: Clinical, 2. pp. 797-803. ISSN 2213-1582 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2013.05.005

2012

• Szameitat , A. J., Shen, S., Conforto , A. and Sterr, A. (2012) Cortical activation during executed, imagined, observed, and passive wrist movements in healthy volunteers and stroke patients. NeuroImage, 62 (1). pp. 266-280. ISSN 1053-8119 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.05.009
• Szameitat, A. J., McNamara, A., Shen, S. and Sterr, A. (2012) Neural activation and functional connectivity during motor imagery of bimanual everyday actions. PLoS ONE, 7 (6). e38506. ISSN 1932-6203 doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038506

2010

• Shen, S. and Sterr, A. (2010) Analyzing diffusion tensor images with ghosting artifacts: the effects of direct and indirect normalization. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 28 (10). pp. 1507-1513. ISSN 0730-725X doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mri.2010.06.010
• Wang, Y., Chen, H., Gong, Q., Shen, S. and Gao, Q. (2010) Analysis of functional networks involved in motor execution and motor imagery using combined hierarchical clustering analysis and independent component analysis. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 28 (5). pp. 653-660. ISSN 0730-725X doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mri.2010.02.008
• Sterr, A., Shen, S., Szameitat, A. J. and Herron, K. A. (2010) The role of corticospinal tract damage in chronic motor recovery and neurorehabilitation: a pilot study. Neurorehabilitation and Neurorepair, 24 (5). pp. 413-419. ISSN 1552-6844 doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1545968309348310
• Shen, S., Szameitat, A. J. and Sterr , A. (2010) An improved lesion detection approach based on similarity measurement between fuzzy intensity segmentation and spatial probability maps. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 28 (2). pp. 245-254. ISSN 0730-725X doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mri.2009.06.007

2009

• Chen, H., Yang, Q., Liao, W., Gong, Q. and Shen, S. (2009) Evaluation of the effective connectivity of supplementary motor areas during motor imagery using Granger causality mapping. NeuroImage, 47 (4). pp. 1844-1853. ISSN 1053-8119 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.06.026
• Sterr, A., Shen, S., Kranczioch, C., Szameitat, A. J., Hou, W. and Sorger, B. (2009) fMRI effects of task demand and feedback accuracy on grip force tracking. Neuroscience Letters, 457 (2). pp. 61-65. ISSN 0304-3940 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2009.04.013
• Szameitat, A. J., Shen, S. and Sterr, A. (2009) The functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) procedure as experienced by healthy participants and stroke patients - a pilot study. BMC Medical Imaging, 9 (14). ISSN 1471-2342 doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2342-9-14

2008

• Shen, S., Szameitat, A. J. and Sterr, A. (2008) Detection of infarct lesions from single MRI modality using inconsistency between voxel intensity and spatial location-a 3D automatic approach. IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, 12 (4). pp. 532-540. ISSN 1089-7771 doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TITB.2007.911310
• Kranczioch, K., Athanassiou, S., Shen, S., Gao, G. and Sterr, A. (2008) Short-term learning of a visually guided power-grip task is associated with dynamic changes in EEG oscillatory activity. Clinical Neurophysiology, 119 (6). pp. 1419-1430. ISSN 1388-2457 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2008.02.011

2007

• Szameitat, A., Shen, S. and Sterr, A. (2007) Effector-dependent activity in the left dorsal premotor cortex in motor imagery. European Journal of Neuroscience, 26 (11). pp. 3303-3308. ISSN 1460-9568 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05920.x
• Shen, S., Szameitat, A. and Sterr, A. (2007) VBM lesion detection depends on the normalization template: a study using simulated atrophy. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 25 (10). pp. 1385-1396. ISSN 0730-725X doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mri.2007.03.025
• Sterr, A., Shen, S., Zaman, A., Roberts, N. and Szameitat, A. (2007) Activation of SI is modulated by attention: a random effects fMRI study using mechanical stimuli. Neuroreport, 18 (6). pp. 607-611. ISSN 1473-558X doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/WNR.0b013e3280b07c34
• Szameitat, A., Shen, S. and Sterr, A. (2007) Motor imagery of complex everyday movements. An fMRI study. NeuroImage, 34 (2). pp. 702-713. ISSN 1053-8119 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.09.033

2006

• Sterr, A., Szameitat, A., Shen, S. and Freivogel, S. (2006) Application of the CIT concept in the clinical environment: hurdles, practicalities, and clinical benefits. Cognitive & Behavioral Neurology, 19 (1). pp. 48-54. ISSN 1537-0887

2005

• Shen, S., Sandham, W., Granat, M. and Sterr, A. (2005) MRI fuzzy segmentation of brain tissue using neighborhood attraction with neural-network optimization. IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, 9 (3). pp. 459-467. ISSN 1089-7771 doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TITB.2005.847500