In 2018, Kenneth Kirkeng Andersen held a talk about the possibilities of ultrasound used in target treatment of cancer. He is a doctoral research fellow at the University in Southern Norway, working with the development of ultrasound.
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By Marcus Wild Within the maritime industry, ships use SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging) systems in order to make maps of the seabed. The…
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By Tormod Njølstad, Innovation Manager in Ultrasound, NTNU. Twenty-nine experts and researchers associated with CIUS participated at IUS, the IEEE International Ultrasound Symposium…
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When there are more then one serious Global health challenge, NTNU’s Global health day 2018 took the challenge and managed to make room for two main topics this year – both serious, but have different consequences for human health.
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Mapping early signs of cardiac dysfunction in children using ultrasound
Children with dysfunction of the right heart chamber (ventricle), which pumps blood to the lungs, have lower tolerance to exercise and at risk of sudden cardiac death in more severe cases. This dysfunction usually sets in progressively and detection at earlier stages is crucial to guiding therapies and interventions that improve symptoms and survival. New ultrasound techniques, makes it easier detect and quantify the problem.
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Aortic valve stenosis is a narrowing of the valve that separates the left ventricle from the aorta. A reduced opening increases the effort required by the left ventricle to pump blood. Being a degenerative disease, patients with aortic stenosis must undergo a clinical follow-up, which is usually performed by ultrasound. At the Centre of Innovative Ultrasound Solutions (CIUS), we are developing a new method that exploits 3-D high frame-rate imaging to increase the degree of automation in aortic stenosis flow measurements. The goal is to speed up the workflow in the clinics and increase the accuracy of measurements.
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Using HUNT data, researchers are implementing statistical methods to discover disease-causing genetic variants.
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What challenges do Syrian refugees meet? And how can they be resolved with limited resources? These were some of the questions we had to deal with at the summer school in Beirut that I took part in.
By Anne Christine Abrahamsen, Masterstudent in Global Health.
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Despite constant improvements within the field of medical ultrasound, there are still a considerable number of difficult-to-image patient. Echocardiograms (heart images) taken from these patients do not have the quality that is needed for correct diagnosis. Therefore it is important to further improve the quality of echocardiograms.
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How environmental toxins can pose risk to children’s development – A Faroese case study
Humans are in constant interaction with our environments. New research is shedding light on how our environment shapes our health starting early in life and the developmental origins of health and disease (known as DOHaD). One area of global concern is the risks on children’s development posed by environmental toxins, such as heavy metals, air pollution, pesticides, and other pollutants.