Stuart Meeson is a physicist who having done research in Electrical Impedance Tomography and Mammography has been working in Computed Tomography with the Radiology Group of the University of Oxford. Areas of particular interest include imaging the cervical spine, abdominal sepsis and low contrast features in the abdomen and liver. His work in CT led to a collaborative study with the UK Health Protection Agency on the Third UK national CT dose survey. Stuart Meeson is a bachelor who lives in Hampshire. He is a keen amateur horticulturalist, who has exhibited in both local and national horticultural shows.
Professional qualifications include CPhys from the Institute of Physics, CSci from the Science Council. Registered as a State Registered Clinical Scientist by The Council For Professions Supplementary To Medicine.
Medical imaging & clinical physics research
Early career path
He then settled Hampshire and continued with his medical imaging and clinical physics research. Early in his career he took an interest in mammography research working for the UK NHS Breast Screening Programme, based at the Royal Surrey County Hospital. After completing two reports and publishing six scientific papers he moved to the Clinical Physics Department of The Royal London Hospital where he explored therapeutic applications of microwaves. The aim of the research was to develop a new method of treating the pre-cancerous condition Barrett’s oesophagus, a condition that increases the risk of oesophageal cancer. Two scientific papers were published along with an article on using ultrasound to measure the rate of change of haemodynamic response at the onset of exercise in normal limbs and those with intermittent claudication. He was awarded the IPEM Spiers’ Prize for 2003 for an extended one thousand-word abstract detailing the Barrett’s oesophagus research.
Current research
Current research on multi-slice/detector computed tomography is being undertaken in the Radiology Group of the University of Oxford. Work involves balancing image quality and radiation exposure for patients undergoing MDCT for medical purposes. Areas of particular interest include imaging the cervical spine, abdominal sepsis and low contrast features in the abdomen and liver. In collaboration with Health Protection Agency’s Medical Dosimetry Group, he was responsible for the design of the third UK national CT dose survey and data collection. A final report on Doses from CT Examinations in the UK was published by Public Health England in September 2014. Early results from the CT dose survey were presented at the UKRC conference in Manchester 2011 and later reported by AuntMinnieEurope. The clinical expansion of CT and radiation dose are also discussed in Chapter 2 of the updated Springer book “Radiation Dose from Multidetector CT”. Four scientific papers have been published and a scientific e-Poster paper on a diagnostic accuracy study was awarded the IPEM Poster Prize for best electronic poster exhibition at the UKRC Congress 2008.
Work as an amateur horticulturalist
Stuart Meeson also has a very keen interest in amateur horticulture. He is a member of many UK based horticultural societies and exhibits regularly at their horticultural shows. He was awarded the RHS at the Dogmersfield, Winchfield and Crookham Village Horticultural Show 2010. In 2011 he was awarded the Ernie Self Novice Trophy at the Autumn Show. Later in 2014 he was awarded the RHS Banksian Medal at the OSGB Spring Show and a Certificate of Cultural Commendation for orchid Epipactis gigantea 'Trefor' by the RHS Orchid Committee in June 2015. At the 25th Anniversary Show he was awarded an RHS Gold medal and Best Flower Box at RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2015. In 2017 a Certificate of Cultural Commendation for orchid Masdevallia mendozae 'Mullus' was awarded by the RHS Orchid Committee in March 2017. At the inaugural RHS Chatsworth Flower Show he was awarded an RHS Silver Floral medal for a display of orchids in the Floral Marquee. In April 2018 Stuart was awarded Best Hybrid Orchid at the RHS London Orchid Show for Pleione Tongariro. The Guinness World Record for the most blooms on an orchid plant is 1,684 and was achieved by Stuart Meeson, with his Epipactis gigantea 'Trefor', in Fleet, Hampshire, UK, as verified on 9 June 2018.
