• Brain changes induced by electroconvulsive therapy are broadly distributed 

      Ousdal, Olga Therese; Argyelan, Miklos; Narr, Katherine L.; Abbott, Christopher; Wade, Benjamin; Vandenbulcke, Mathieu; Urretavizcaya, Mikel; Tendolkar, Indira; Takamiya, Akihiro; Stek, Max L.; Soriano-Mas, Carles; Redlich, Ronny; Paulson, Olaf B.; Oudega, Mardien L.; Opel, Nils; Nordanskog, Pia; Kishimoto, Taishiro; Kämpe, Robin; Jørgensen, Anders; Hanson, Lars G.; Hamilton, J. Paul; Espinoza, Randall; Emsell, Louise; van Eijndhoven, Philip; Dols, Annemieke; Dannlowski, Udo; Cardoner, Narcis; Bouckaert, Filip; Anand, Amit; Bartsch, Hauke; Kessler, Ute; Ødegaard, Ketil Joachim; Dale, Anders; Oltedal, Leif (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-03-01)
      Background Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is associated with volumetric enlargements of corticolimbic brain regions. However, the pattern of whole-brain structural alterations following ECT remains unresolved. Here, we ...
    • Effects of ECT in treatment of depression: Study protocol for a prospective neuroradiological study of acute and longitudinal effects on brain structure and function 

      Oltedal, Leif; Kessler, Ute; Ersland, Lars; Grüner, Renate; Andreassen, Ole Andreas; Haavik, Jan; Hoff, Per Ivar; Hammar, Åsa; Dale, Anders Martin; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Ødegaard, Ketil Joachim (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-05-01)
      Background Major depression can be a serious and debilitating condition. For some patients in a treatment resistant depressive episode, electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) is the only treatment that is effective. Although ...
    • Magnetisk resonanstomografi i multisenterstudier. Objektiv og subjektiv evaluering av bildekvalitet 

      Nakken, Ingeborg Elise (Master thesis, 2011-12-05)
      Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a technically vulnerable acquisition method. Sequence optimization across equipment increase image quality and reproducibility of multicenter data. Comparisons of scanner-related ...
    • Multimodal imaging of gliomas in the context of evolving cellular and molecular therapies 

      Keunen, Olivier; Taxt, Torfinn; Grüner, Renate; Lund-Johansen, Morten; Tonn, Joerg-Christian; Pavlin, Tina; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Niclou, Simone P.; Thorsen, Frits Alan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-09-30)
      The vastmajority ofmalignant gliomas relapse after surgery and standard radio-chemotherapy. Novelmolecular and cellular therapies are thus being developed, targeting specific aspects of tumor growth.While histopathology ...
    • No effect of 6-month intake of glucosamine sulfate on Modic changes or high intensity zones in the lumbar spine: sub-group analysis of a randomized controlled trial 

      Wilkens, Philip; Storheim, Kjersti; Scheel, Inger; Berg, Linda; Espeland, Ansgar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-08-17)
      Background: The underlying pathology and natural course of Modic changes (MC) in the vertebral body marrow and high intensity zones (HIZs) in the annulus fibrosus is not completely clarified. These findings on magnetic ...
    • A novel nanoprobe for multimodal imaging is effectively incorporated into human melanoma metastatic cell lines 

      Aasen, Synnøve Nymark; Pospíšilová, Aneta; Eichler, Tilo Wolf; Pánek, Jiří; Hrubý, Martin; Štěpánek, Petr; Spriet, Endy; Jirák, Daniel; Skaftnesmo, Kai Ove; Thorsen, Frits (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-09-08)
      To facilitate efficient drug delivery to tumor tissue, several nanomaterials have been designed, with combined diagnostic and therapeutic properties. In this work, we carried out fundamental in vitro and in vivo experiments ...
    • Preoperative tumor size at MRI predicts deep myometrial invasion, lymph node metastases, and patient outcome in endometrial carcinomas 

      Ytre-Hauge, Sigmund; Husby, Jenny Hild Aase; Magnussen, Inger Johanne; Werner, Henrica Maria Johanna; Salvesen, Øyvind; Bjørge, Line; Trovik, Jone; Stefansson, Ingunn; Salvesen, Helga Birgitte; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
      OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to explore the relation between preoperative tumor size based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and the surgical pathologic staging parameters (deep myometrial invasion, cervical ...
    • Reliability of MRI findings in candidates for lumbar disc prosthesis 

      Berg, Linda; Neckelmann, Gesche; Gjertsen, Øivind; Hellum, Christian; Johnsen, Lars Gunnar; Eide, Geir Egil; Espeland, Ansgar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-07)
      Introduction: Limited reliability data exist for localised magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings relevant to planning of treatment with lumbar disc prosthesis and later outcomes. We assessed the reliability of such ...
    • Secretin-stimulated ultrasound estimation of pancreatic secretion in cystic fibrosis validated by magnetic resonance imaging 

      Engjom, Trond; Tjora, Erling; Wathle, Gaute Kjellevold; Erchinger, Friedemann Georg; Lærum, Birger Norderud; Gilja, Odd Helge; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S.; Dimcevski, Georg Gjorgji (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-04)
      Objectives: Secretin-stimulated magnetic resonance imaging (s-MRI) is the best validated radiological modality assessing pancreatic secretion. The purpose of this study was to compare volume output measures from ...
    • What is the best preoperative imaging for endometrial cancer? 

      Haldorsen, Ingfrid S.; Salvesen, Helga (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-04)
      Although endometrial cancer is surgicopathologically staged, preoperative imaging is recommended for diagnostic work-up to tailor surgery and adjuvant treatment. For preoperative staging, imaging by transvaginal ultrasound ...
    • What is the role of imaging at primary diagnostic work-up in uterine cervical cancer? 

      Haldorsen, Ingfrid S.; Lura, Njål; Blaakær, Jan; Fischerova, Daniela; Werner, Henrica Maria Johanna (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-07-29)
      Purpose of Review For uterine cervical cancer, the recently revised International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) staging system (2018) incorporates imaging and pathology assessments in its staging. In this ...
    • Yrkeseksponering for elektromagnetiske felt blant radiografer ved bruk av magnetisk resonans 

      Berge, Marion Lambrechts (Master thesis, 2018-06-22)
      In July 2016, the EU Electromagnetic Field Directive (Direktiv2013/35/EU, 2013) entered into force. Previous studies have shown that the action and limit values in the Directive can not be met when working with magnetic ...