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Published research papers in journals

• Wimalarathne DDN, Ruan W, Sun X, Liu F, Gai Y, Liu Q, Hu F, Lan X. Impact of TOF on Brain PET With Short-Lived 11C-Labeled Tracers Among Suspected Patients With AD/PD: Using Hybrid PET/MRI. Front Med (Lausanne). 2022 Mar 2;9:823292. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.823292. PMID: 35308534; PMCID: PMC8926006.
• D Wimalarathne, X Lan, W Ruan, F Liu, X Sun and F Hu, “Impact of Time-of-Flight (TOF) reconstruction on 40-segmented brain volumes of (+/-) AD patients with short-lived 11C-Pittsburgh compound-B PET/MR Imaging, Journal of Nuclear Medicine 63 (supplement 2), 3285-3285
• Niyonkuru, A., Chen, X., Bakari, K.H., Wimalarathne, D.N., Bouhari, A., Arnous, M.M.R. and Lan, X., 2020. Evaluation of the diagnostic efficacy of 18F‐Fluorine‐2‐Deoxy‐D‐Glucose PET/CT for lung cancer and pulmonary tuberculosis in a Tuberculosis‐endemic Country. Cancer medicine, 9(3), pp.931-942.
• Sun, X., Liu, F., Liu, Q., Gai, Y., Ruan, W., Wimalarathne, D.N., Hu, F., Tan, X. and Lan, X., 2019. Quantitative research of 11C-CFT and 18F-FDG PET in Parkinson’s disease: a pilot study with NeuroQ software. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13, p.299.
• GGC Perera, WSS Jayasinghe, WBC Nisansala, DDN Wimalarathne, GLS Galgamuwa and G Senanayake. (2018); Evaluation of radiation dose to thyroid glands during diagnostic mammography; A Comparison of Cranio Caudal (CC) and Medio Lateral Oblique (MLO) Views. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 6 (May). 851-858] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
• DDN Wimalarathna, J Thiruchelvem, Prof.R.D Jayasinghe. (2016); Comparison of 3D alignment of knee between normal and osteoarthritis subjects by measuring the femoral tibial angle (FTA) using,3D bone model image fitting technique. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (10). 2218-2223] (ISSN2320-5407).

Research presentation Oral/ Posters

• Identification of factors affecting on the retention of 99mTc-DMSA in syringes among paediatric population. BES Jayasooriya, UHV Paramee, CS Wijesinghe, JMC Udugama, PDT Pathirana, RANKK Samarasinghe, DDN Wimalarathne, KDU-International Research Conference- 2023
• D Wimalarathne, X Lan, W Ruan, F Liu, X Sun and F Hu presented an e-poster titled “Impact of Time-of-Flight (TOF) reconstruction on 40-segmented brain volumes of (+/-) AD patients with short-lived 11C-Pittsburgh compound-B PET/MR Imaging” at SNMMI-2022 (Society of Nuclear medicine and Molecular Imaging) annual meeting on 11th -14th June 2022 which was held at Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 63 (supplement 2), 3285-3285
• DDN Wimalarathne, Weiwei Ruan, Xun Sun, Fang Liu, Fan Hu, and Xiaoli Lan presented an e-poster titled “Effects of TOF and non-TOF reconstruction algorithms on SUVs of different brain volumes in ¹¹C-PiB PET/MRI” at WMIC-2021 (World molecular imaging congress) on 7th October 2021 which was held at the Miami Convention Center, Florida, USA.   
• Wimalarathne, D., Lan, X., Zhang, Y., Ruan, W., An, R., Sun, X. and Hu, F., presented an poster titled “Impact of TOF (Time of Flight) reconstructions on SUVmax (Standard uptake value) in AD (Alzheimer Disease)/PD (Parkinsonism Disease) patients: Using of ¹⁸ F-FDG, ¹¹ C-CFT and ¹¹ C-PIB” at EANM-2019 (European Association of Nuclear Medicine) on 12-16^th October 2019, Barcelona, Spain
• WMIS Wickrmasinghe, IS Nanayakkara, KGDM Ketagoda, IG Uduwakanda, DDN Wimalarathne, WM Ediri Arachchi and Dr ASPallewatta; Abstract presentation titled “Age and gender related variations in the Dimensions of Selected Anatomical Structures of Brain in MRI of Adults in Sri Lanka” by has been presented at the 21st Asia-Australasia Conference of Radiologic Technologist, Hong Kong 2017.
• RRWMGC Ranaweera, AMMS Costa, MAHA Wickramasinghe, RMHS Rathnayaka, DDN Wimalarathne, Snr. Prof WD Ratnasooriya 2017; Knowledge and Attitudes of Cath Lab Nurses on Radiation Protection in Selected Hospitals of Western Province, Sri Lanka, Poster Presentation in 10th INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE, 63 http://www.kdu.ac.lk/proceedings/irc2017/
• GGC Perera, WSS Jayasinghe, WBC Nisansala, DDN Wimalarathne, GLS Galgamuwa, Dr G Senanayake, 2017,Radiation dose received to thyroid glands of patients undergoing mammography;Caudal (CC) and Medio Lateral Oblique (MLO) views. Oral Presentation in 10^TH INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE, 35 http://www.kdu.ac.lk/proceedings/irc2017/
• DDN Wimalarathna, DPS Wimalaratne. Performance Appraisal System for Allion Technologies (PVT) LTD. Proceedings in Computing, 8^th International Research Conference; Inculcating Professionalism for National Development, 27 – 28 August 2015; 189-196.http://www.kdu.ac.lk/proceedings/irc2015/View_page.php?key=70

Books

• Clinical Impact of Technological Innovations in Nuclear Medicine, “Impact of TOF on Brain PET With Short-Lived 11C-Labeled Tracers Among Suspected Patients With AD/PD: Using Hybrid PET/MRI”, Frontiers Media SA, 130-141
• Identification of factors affecting on the retention of 99mTc-DMSA in syringes among paediatric population by BES Jayasooriya, UHV Paramee, CS Wijesinghe, PDT Pathirana, RANKK Samarasinghe, JMC Udugama, DDN Wimalarathne, The Radiographer-2023 Volume 19 November 2023 by Society of Radiological Technologists Sri Lanka

Editorial work

• Member of the Editorial Board-Sri Lanka Journal of Medical Sciences-KDU. From 04th September 2023 to Date.

• Conducting lectures to undergraduate students in Department of Radiography and Radiotherapy
• Module coordination with visiting lecturers and external resource personnel.
• Conducting practical demonstrations mid-sem. end-sem. examinations
• Radiography Subjects: Digital Radiography
  • Ethics for Radiographers
  • Care of patient in medical imaging 1,2 & 3
  • Nuclear imaging 1 and 2

• Coordinator of Department of Radiography and Radiotherapy, FAHS, KDU from 2022 May
• Coordinator of Department of Radiography and Radiotherapy, FAHS, KDU from 2022 May
• Senior Lecturer- Department at Department of Radiography and Radiotherapy, FAHS, KDU from 21-06-2022 to date
• Acting Head of the Department at Department of Radiography and Radiotherapy, FAHS, KDU from 04th September 2015 to 2017 January
• Radiation protection officer at Department of Radiography and Radiotherapy, FAHS, KDU from 2016 July to 2017 September
• Coordinator at Department of Radiography and Radiotherapy, FAHS, KDU from 2015 May 15th to 04th September 2015
• Lecturer(probationary)- Department at Department of Radiography and Radiotherapy, FAHS, KDU from 2014 October 01st – 21-06-2021
• Former Teacher in ICT- Ministry of Education SL-2014 from 2014 January 22nd.
• Former Radiographer at Nawaloka Hospital PLC from 2013 October 13th

• Theragnostics
• Hybrid Imaging SPECT,PET/CT and PET/MRI
• Medical Image processing techniques
• Non-Ionizing imaging modalities eg.US,MRI and Optical imaging
• Elderly imaging considerations
• Legal and ethical aspect of using ionizing radiation in medical imaging
• Patient care in Medical imaging and therapeutic procedures
• Radiation safety issues in health care system
• Radioactive waste management
• Radiation awareness of related occupations/general public

• Global Health Student Exchange Program fellowship for learning and training in medical imaging research at the School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Niigata University, Japan in August 2011 to November 2011.
• China Scholarship Council (CSC) PhD fellowship, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China PR, September 2017- ongoing
• Identification of factors affecting on the retention of 99mTc-DMSA in syringes among the paediatric population. BES Jayasooriya, UHV Paramee, CS Wijesinghe, JMC Udugama, PDT Pathirana, RANKK Samarasinghe, DDN Wimalarathne, KDU-International Research Conference- 2023.

• Registered Radiographer as a member of PSM (profession supplementary to medicine) in Sri Lanka Medical Council-Reg. No 589
• Member of SRTSL(Society of Radiological Technologist-SL)-Reg.No 667
• Member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)  IEEE Member No: 96408374

• Council member-SRTSL- from 2024
• Reviewer at the World Molecular Imaging Congress-2024.