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Prosjekter og publikasjoner

Her finner du en oversikt over pågående og tidligere forskningsprosjekter som våre medarbeidere leder eller deltar i, studier som Radiologisk avdeling bidrar med tjenester til og en oversikt over vitenskapelige publikasjoner.

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Forskningsprosjekter

Henrik Wethe Koch, PhD-kandidat, overlege

Tema/tittel: Kunstig intelligens i Mammografiprogrammet

PhD-program:

Veiledere:

Finansiering: Radiologisk avdeling (SUS), Rosa Sløyfe (#214931), Forskningsrådet

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Jon Bjarne Leiknes, PhD-kandidat, overlege

Tema/tittel: Contrast medium optimization in coronary CT angiography: Individualized approaches and considerations

PhD-program: Klinisk institutt II, Universitetet i Bergen

Veiledere: Alf Inge Larsen (hovedveileder, SUS/UiB), Kathinka Kurz (biveileder, SUS/UiS), Aksel Hiorth (biveileder, UiS)

Finansiering: Helse Stavanger HF

Prosjektperiode: 2017-2025

 

Øystein Kallevåg, PhD-kandidat, forskningsradiograf

Tema/tittel: “Non-invasive AI-driven biomarkers for early detection of dementia through brain network connectivity using functional MRI”

PhD-program: Teknologi og naturvitenskap / Informasjonsteknologi, matematikk og fysikk, teknisk-naturvitenskapelige fakultet, Universitetet i Stavanger (UiS)

Veiledere: Alvaro Fernandez-Quilez (UiS), Kathinka D. Kurz (SUS/UiS), Dag Årsland (SUS, Kings College), Daniel Ferreira Padilla (KI)

Finansiering: Radiologisk avdeling og SESAM

Prosjektperiode: 2023-2028

 

Knut Espen Trydal, PhD-kandidat, LIS i radiologi

Tema/tittel:

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Solveig K. Hammonds, PhD-kandidat, medisinsk fysiker

Tema/tittel: Robust og rettferdig AI for Alzheimers sykdom med bruk av strukturell MRI av hjernen

PhD-program: Teknologi og naturvitenskap: Informasjonsteknologi, matematikk og fysikk, teknisk-naturvitenskapelige fakultet, Universitetet i Stavanger (UiS)

Veiledere: Alvaro Fernandez-Quilez (UiS), Kathinka D. Kurz (SUS/UiS), Trygve Eftestøl (UiS), Ketil Oppedal (UiS)

Finansiering: Helse Vest RHF

Prosjektperiode: 2020-2026

 

AI supported services for image-diagnostics in Western Norway (ASIS)

Prosjektet støttes av midler fra Helse Vest strategiske satsinger. Radiologisk avdeling bidrar som samarbeidspartner gjennom Kathinka D. Kurz som veileder en PhD-student som jobber med utvikling av et AI-basert volumsegmenteringsverktøy til bruk ved hjerneslag.

Liv Jorunn Høllesli, PhD, overlege

Tittel: Stroke mimics and in depth analysis of computed tomography perfusion in patients with acute ischemic stroke

Universitet: Universitetet i Stavanger, Institutt for Data og Elektroteknologi

Finansiering: Universitetet i Stavanger

År: 2024

Lenke: UiS Brage

 

Lars Fjetland, PhD, overlege

Tittel:  Endovascular stroke treatment at Stavanger University Hospital

Universitet: Universitetet i Bergen, Klinisk Institutt 1

År: 2015

 

Henrik Andreas Bergrem, PhD, overlege

Tittel: Hyperglycaemia before and after renal transplantation

Universitet: Universitetet i Oslo, Institutt for klinisk medisin

Finansiering: Ekstrastiftelsen Helse og Rehabilitering via Landsforeningen for nyrepasienter og transplanterte

År: 2010

Lenke: Disputas: Henrik Andreas Bergrem - Institutt for klinisk medisin

 

Turi Olene Dalaker, PhD, overlege

Tittel:  Structural brain MRI and cognition in newly diagnosed Parkinson’s disease

Universitet: Universitetet i Bergen

Finansiering: Radiologisk avdeling, Stavanger Universitetssjukehus

År: 2010

Lenke: Bergen Open Research Archive

 

Malgorzata Marta Richter, PhD, overlege

Tittel: Stem cell mobilisation with G-CSF in mice exposed to sodium fluoride.

Universitet: Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin

År:  2006

 

Roy Sumit, PhD, overlege

Tittel:  Interventional radiologic management of deep vein thrombosis

Universitet: Universitetet i Oslo

Finansiering: Norges Forskningsråd

År: 2000

Marianne Mørk, MSc , radiograf

Tema/tittel: "Cerebral perfusion is not altered after 24 weeks of daily anthocyanin consumption in a population at risk of developing dementia"

Studieprogram/-sted: Master i medisinsk MR-avbildning, Fakultet for Medisin og Helse, Institutt for sirkulasjon og bildediagnostikk, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet (NTNU)

Veiledere: Øystein Kallevåg, Beathe Sitter, Ingerid Reinertsen, Ketil Oppedal

År: 2022

 

Eli Thorsdatter Stølsmark, MSc, spesialradiograf

Tema/tittel: Sammenligning av deteksjonsevnen for skjelettmetastaser mellom skjelettscintigrafi, CT og SPECT/CT i stadieinndeling av nyoppdaget brystkreft. En nytte - og berettigelsesstudie av supplerende SPECT/CT

Studieprogram/-sted: Fakultet for helsevitenskap, Institutt for naturvitenskapelige helsefag, OsloMet

Veiledere: Torjan Magne Haslerud, MD, Dr.Med

År: 2023

 

Linn Tøsdal, MSc, radiograf

Tema/tittel: “Bruk av kunstig intelligens i evaluering av posisjoneringsavhengig bildekvalitet innen mammografi”

Studieprogram/-sted: Universitetet i Bergen

Veiledere: Solveig Hofvind, Una Ørvim Sølvik

År: 2022

 

Øystein Kallevåg, MSc, forskningsradiograf

Tema/tittel: “Vascular risk factors and fMRI activation in a prodromal dementia population”

Studieprogram/-sted: Master i medisinsk MR-avbildning, Fakultet for Medisin og Helse, Institutt for sirkulasjon og bildediagnostikk, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet (NTNU)

Veiledere: Beathe Sitter (NTNU), Ketil Oppedal (SUS)

År: 2020

Lenke til masteroppgave: NTNU Open

Publikasjoner

Søvik O, Øygarden H, Tveiten A, Kurz MW, Kurz KD, Stokkeland PJ, Hetland HB, Ersdal HL, Hyldmo PK.

Barriers to stroke treatment: The price of long-distance from thrombectomy centers. Interventional Neuroradiology, 15910199241278036. https://doi.org/10.1177/15910199241278036

 

Ahmed HK, Mathisen SM, Kurz K, Dalen I, Logallo N, Thomassen L, & Kurz M

Thrombolysis in wake-up stroke based on MRI mismatch. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 466, 123265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2024.123265

 

Jensenius M, Mørch K, Yaqub S, Halvorsen DS, Reims HM, Björk IG, Røsok BI, Oltmanns G, Helbak K, Øines Ø, Lier T

Alveolar echinococcosis. Tidsskrift for Den Norske Lægeforening. 144(10). https://doi.org/10.4045/tidsskr.24.0121

 

Woldeyesus TA, Gjertsen JE, Dalen I, Meling T, Behzadi M, Harboe K, Djuv A

Preoperative CT improves the assessment of stability in trochanteric hip fractures. Bone & Joint Open. 5(6):524–31. https://doi.org/10.1302/2633-1462.56.BJO-2023-0177.R1

  

 

Koch HW, Larsen M, Bartsch H, Martiniussen MA, Styr BM, Fagerheim S, Haldorsen IHS, Hofvind S

How do AI markings on screening mammograms correspond to cancer location? An informed review of 270 breast cancer cases in BreastScreen Norway. European Radiology, 34(9), 6158–6167. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-024-10662-2

 

 

Bergan MB, Larsen M, Moshina N, Bartsch H, Koch HW, Aase HS, Satybaldinov, Z, Haldorsen IHS, Lee CI, Hofvind S

AI performance by mammographic density in a retrospective cohort study of 99,489 participants in BreastScreen Norway. European Radiology, 34(10), 6298–6308. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-024-10681-z

 

Hammonds SK, Eftestol T, Oppedal K, Fernandez-Quilez A

Unraveling Gender Fairness Analysis in Deep Learning Prediction of Alzheimer’s Disease. In: 2024 4th International Conference on Applied Artificial Intelligence (ICAPAI). IEEE. p. 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICAPAI61893.2024.10541140

 

Riis ÅG, Jensenius M, Greve OJ, Lier T, Nylenna Ø, Yaqub S.

Rumpert ekinokokkcyste. Tidsskrift for den Norske Lægeforening. 144(9). https://doi.org/10.4045/tidsskr.23.0727

 

Thy JE, Larsen M, Vigeland E, Koch H, Hovda T, Hofvind S

Early performance measures following regular versus irregular screening attendance in the population-based screening program for breast cancer in Norway. Journal of Medical Screening, 31(2), 107–114. https://doi.org/10.1177/09691413231199583

Koch HW, Larsen M, Bartsch H, Kurz KD, Hofvind S

Artificial intelligence in BreastScreen Norway: a retrospective analysis of a cancer-enriched sample including 1254 breast cancer cases. European Radiology. 33(5):3735-3743. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-023-09461-y

 

Leiknes JB, Hiorth A, Havnen J, Greve OJ, Kurz KD, Larsen, AI 

Estimating cardiac output from coronary CT angiography: an individualized compartment model in comparison to the Stewart–Hamilton method. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 10, 1156332–1156332. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1156332

 

Bjorland L, Mahesparan R, Fluge Ø, Gilje B, Kurz KD, Farbu E

Impact of extent of resection on outcome from glioblastoma using the RANO resect group classification system: a retrospective, population-based cohort study. Neuro-Oncology Advances. 5(1), vdad126–vdad126. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/noajnl/vdad126

 

 

Tomasetti L, Engan K, Hollesli LJ, Kurz, KD, Khanmohammadi M

CT Perfusion is All we Need: 4D CNN Segmentation of Penumbra and Core in Patients With Suspected Acute Ischemic Stroke. IEEE Access. 11, 138936–138953. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3336590

 

Tharaldsen AR, Kurz KD, Kurz MW, Midelfart A, Sandve KM, Dalen I, Hoff JM, Mori E, Etsuro Mori

Volume and Visual Field Defects in Occipital Stroke: The NOR-OCCIP Study. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica.1–6. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/3564863

 

Schneider MS, Sandve KO, Kurz KD, Dalen I, Ospel J, Goyal M, Kurz MW, Fjetland L

Metric based virtual simulation training for endovascular thrombectomy improves interventional neuroradiologists’ simulator performance. Interventional Neuroradiology. 29(5), 577–582. https://doi.org/10.1177/15910199221113902

 

Tomasetti L, Engan K, Hollesli LJ, Kurz KD, Khanmohammadi M

CT Perfusion is All we Need: 4D CNN Segmentation of Penumbra and Core in Patients With Suspected Acute Ischemic Stroke. IEEE Access. 11, 138936–138953. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3336590

 

Høllesli LJ, Ajmi SC, Kurz, MW, Tysland TB, Hagir M, Dalen I, Qvindesland, SA, Ersdal H, Kurz KD

Simulation‐based team‐training in acute stroke: Is it safe to speed up? Brain and Behavior. 12(12), e2814-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.2814

 

 

Rezai MK, Dalen I, Advani R, Fjetland L, Kurz KD, Sandve KO, Kurz MW

Thrombectomy in large vessel occlusion stroke—Does age matter? Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 146(5), 628–634. https://doi.org/10.1111/ane.13691

 

Bjorland LS, Dæhli Kurz K, Fluge Ø, Gilje B, Mahesparan R, Sætran H, Ushakova A,  Farbu E

Butterfly glioblastoma: Clinical characteristics, treatment strategies and outcomes in a population-based cohort. Neuro-Oncology Advances. 4(1), vdac102–vdac102. https://doi.org/10.1093/noajnl/vdac102

 

Kurz KD, Kallevåg Ø, Austrått K, Styr BM, Leiknes JB, Krøger P.

Is the Impact Breast Implants with RFID Have on MRI Quality Investigated Thoroughly Enough? Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Global Open, 10(7), e4417–e4417. https://doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000004417

 

Tomasetti L, Hollesli LJ, Engan K, Kurz KD, Kurz, MW, Khanmohammadi M

Machine Learning Algorithms Versus Thresholding to Segment Ischemic Regions in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. 26(2), 660–672. https://doi.org/10.1109/JBHI.2021.3097591

 

Ravndal L, Bergfors E, Behzadi M, Barstad B, Steinkjer B, Kjosavik S

Aluminiumsgranulomer etter barnevaksinasjon [Post-vaccination aluminium granulomas in children]. Tidsskrift for den Norske Lægeforening. 142(4). English, Norwegian. https://doi.org/10.4045/tidsskr.21.0398

 

Lauvsnes MB, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Kvaløy JT, Tjensvoll AB, Maroni S, Beyer MK, Greve OJ, Kvivik I, Alves G, Gøransson LG, Harboe E, Hirohata S, Omdal R.

Neurofilament light in plasma is a potential biomarker of central nervous system involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus. Journal of Neurology. 269(6), 3064–3074. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-021-10893-z

Søreide JA, Kvaløy JT, Lea D, Sandvik OM, Al-Saiddi M, Haslerud TM, Garresori H, Karlsen LN, Gudlaugsson E, Søreide K

The overriding role of surgery and tumor grade for long-term survival in patients with gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplams: A population-based cohort study. Cancer Reports. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnr2.1462

 

Tomasetti L, Engan K, Khanmohammadi M, Kurz KD

CNN Based Segmentation of Infarcted Regions in Acute Cerebral Stroke Patients From Computed Tomography Perfusion Imaging. ArXiv.Org.  https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2104.03002

 

Kanani A, Sandve KO, Søreide K.

Management of severe liver injuries: push, pack, pringle - and plug. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-021-00907-0

 

Lillås BS, Qvale TH, Richter BK, Vikse, BE

Birth Weight Is Associated With Kidney Size in Middle-Aged Women. Kidney International Reports. 6(11), 2794–2802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2021.08.029

 

Kirkegård J, Al‐Saiddi M, Bratlie SO, Coolsen M, Haas RJ, den Dulk M, Fristrup C, Greve OJ, Harrison E, Koutouzi G, Miclea RL, Mortensen MB, Nijkamp MW, Persson J, Robertson FP, Slangen, JJG, Søreide JA, Wigmore SJ, Mortensen FV.

Intraobserver agreements in multidisciplinary team assessments of pancreatic cancer patients. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 124(8), 1402–1408. https://doi.org/10.1002/jso.26670

 

Berg A, Syre H, Ophaug CH, Møller JH, Behzadi GIN

Neuroborreliosis with severe mental confusion and thickening of cranial nerves. IDCases. 24, e01135–e01135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01135

 

 

Tjensvoll AB, Lauvsnes MB, Zetterberg H, Kvaløy JT, Kvivik I, Maroni SS, Greve OJ, Beyer MK, Hirohata S, Putterman C, Alves G, Harboe E, Blennow K., Gøransson LG, Omdal R

Neurofilament light is a biomarker of brain involvement in lupus and primary Sjögren’s syndrome. Journal of Neurology. 268(4), 1385–1394. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-020-10290-y

 

Weber C, Myrseth E, Kurz KD, Fric R, Ingebrigtsen T, Helseth E, Nygaard ØP, Kvistad KA

MR av nakke i vektbærende stilling? [Weight-bearing magnetic resonance imaging of the neck?]. Tidsskrift for den Norske Lægeforening.141(11). Norwegian. https://doi.org/10.4045/tidsskr.21.0284

 

Kurz KD, Kallevåg Ø, Austrått K, Styr B, Leiknes JB, Krøger P

Artifacts on Magnetic Resonance Imaging from Electronic Identification Enablement in Silicone Gel Implants Are Not Negligible. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Global Open, 9(11), e3941–e3941. https://doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000003941

 

Bjorland LS, Fluge, Ø, Kurz KD, Gilje B, Mahesparan R, Ushakova A, Farbu E.

P14.62 Overall survival from glioblastoma: partial resection versus biopsy. Neuro-Oncology (Charlottesville, Va.), 23(Supplement_2), ii49–ii50. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/noab180.171

Khalifa K, Bergland AK, Soennesyn H, Oppedal K, Oesterhus R, Dalen I, Larsen AI, Fladby T, Brooker H, Wesnes KA, Ballard C, Aarsland D

Effects of Purified Anthocyanins in People at Risk for Dementia: Study Protocol for a Phase II Randomized Controlled Trial. Frontiers in Neurology. 11, 916–916. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2020.00916

 

Borda M, Jaramillo-Jimenez A, Tovar-Rios D, Ferreira D, Garcia-Cifuentes E, Vik-Mo A, Aarsland V, Aarsland D, Oppedal K

Hippocampal subfields and decline in activities of daily living in Alzheimer’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. Neurodegenerative Disease Management. 10(6), 357. https://doi.org/10.2217/nmt-2020-0039

 

Jacobsen C, Zivadinov R, Myhr KM, Dalaker TO, Dalen I, Bergsland N, Farbu E

Brain atrophy and employment in multiple sclerosis patients: a 10-year follow-up study. Multiple Sclerosis Journal - Experimental, Translational and Clinical. 6(1), 2055217320902481–2055217320902481. https://doi.org/10.1177/2055217320902481

 

Kurz, MW, Ospel JM, Daehli Kurz K,  Goyal M

Improving Stroke Care in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Simulation: Practice Your Protocols. Stroke (1970). 51(7), 2273–2275. https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.030091

 

Søreide JA, Fjetland A, Desserud KF, Greve OJ, Fjetland L

Percutaneous cholecystostomy - An option in selected patients with acute cholecystitis. Medicine (Baltimore). 99(19), e20101–e20101. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000020101

 

Kurz MW, Ospel JM, Advani R, Sandset EC, Aamodt AH, Tennøe B, Ersdal HL, Fjetland, L, Ajmi S, Kurz, KD, Goyal M

Simulation Methods in Acute Stroke Treatment: Current State of Affairs and Implications. Stroke (1970). 51(7), 1978–1982. https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.119.026732

 

Rezai MK, Advani R, Sandve KO, Fjetland L, Kurz KD, Kurz MW

Endovascular thrombectomy at low‐volume centres: A Bayesian solution. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 142(2), 169–174. https://doi.org/10.1111/ane.13252

 

Wiik-Larsen J, Thorsen K, Sandve KO, Søreide K.

Incidence and characteristics of pancreatic injuries among trauma patients admitted to a Norwegian trauma centre: a population-based cohort study. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. 55(11):1347–53. https://doi.org/10.1080/00365521.2020.1829032

 

Kleiven Ø, Omland T, Skadberg Ø, Melberg TH, Bjørkavoll-Bergseth M, Auestad BH, Bergseth R, Greve OJ, Aakre KM, Ørn S

Occult obstructive coronary artery disease is associated with prolonged cardiac troponin elevation following strenuous exercise. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. Vol. 27, no. 11, 2020, pp. 1212–2. https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487319852808.

 

Kleiven Ø, Bjørkavoll‐Bergseth MF, Omland T, Aakre KM, Frøysa V, Erevik CB, Greve OJ, Melberg, TH, Auestad B, Skadberg Ø, Edvardsen T, Ørn S.

Endurance exercise training volume is not associated with progression of coronary artery calcification. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 30(6), 1024–1032. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.13643

 

Sist oppdatert 10.02.2025