Hit the nerve with ultrasound and artificial intelligence
Imagine hitting a hole-in-one in golf every single time you try, with limited vision and only one hand. This is how it is to administer regional anaesthetics using ultrasound. Read more in the original blog post at Forskning.no: Treff nerven med ultralyd og kunstig intelligens
Checking the health of oil wells using ultrasound
How do oil companies check that their wells are secure and not leaking so that they do not harm the oil platform workers or the surrounding environment? They use ultrasound! Read more in the original blog post at Forskning.no: Å sjekke helse til oljebrønner med…
More medicine to the tumour using ultrasound and microbubbles
Focused ultrasound, gass-filled microbubbles and nanoparticles filled with chemo can cure cancer in mice and reduce the tumour size in patients. How is this possible? Read more in this blog post at Forskning.no (in Norwegian): Mer medisin til kreftsvulsten ved hjelp av ultralyd og mikrobobler
The importance of treating ischemic heart disease fast!
Treatment of ischemic heart disease has improved considerably the last decades. Not only the treatment itself, but also timing of treatment has been of great importance for this success. Nevertheless, ischemic heart disease is still the leading cause of death in the world.
How can we improve cardiac diagnostics at the GP’s office?
Cardiac diseases are a major health concern and many of the patients in a general practitioner’s (GPs) office have heart conditions. Hand-held ultrasound device (HUD) can improve the GP’s diagnostic possibilities. We want to evaluate if a training program with focus on practical ultrasound skills can help the GP’s to correctly diagnose certain heart conditions by using HUD. If successful, unnecessary referrals could be avoided and patients in need of specialist care would avoid delay in diagnosis and treatment.
Tissue Stiffness Estimation using Ultrasound
Physical examination at the doctor’s office often involves palpation where the physician tries to feel the location, size, shape and stiffness of masses or organs in the body by touching. Sometimes, even the patients themselves can notice lumps or abnormalities in their body and refer…
The road to disputation
“I guess that was my last remark.” from the last challenger. 4.5 years summarized, questioned and discussed over three hours, and I was finally finished.
Meet the researcher: Ellen Katrine Sagaas Røed
Ultrasound technology can be used to so much more than just medical images. At the Center for Innovation in Ultrasound (CIUS), we’re working together to find out how ultrasound can solve problems. One of our researchers is Ellen Katrine Sagaas Røed, PhD candidate at the University…
Reducing SONAR overheating
Within the maritime industry, ships use SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging) systems in order to make maps of the seabed. The problem with SONARs, is that they can have a tendency to overheat. Indeed, SONARs are composed of materials which exhibit energy loss, i.e., a…
Tormod Njølstad hired as Innovation Manager in Ultrasound at ISB
Tormod Njølstad (59) is hired as Innovation Manager in the Ultrasound group at ISB by September 2018.