• A novel clip-on device for electromagnetic tracking in endobronchial ultrasound bronchoscopy 

      Kildahl-Andersen, Arne; Hofstad, Erlend Fagertun; Peters, Karlijn; Van Beek, Gregory; Sorger, Hanne; Amundsen, Tore; Langø, Thomas; Leira, Håkon Olav (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Introduction The established method for assessment of mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes is endobronchial ultrasound bronchoscopy (EBUS) with needle aspirations. Previously, we presented an electromagnetic navigation ...
    • Nye sentre skal gi flere kliniske studier i Norge 

      Skoie, Inger Marie; Skogås, Jan Gunnar; Langø, Thomas; Myhr, Kjell-Morten; Myhre, Peder Langeland; Goll, Rasmus; Fretland, Signe Øien; Helland, Åslaug (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Seks NorTrials-sentre for behandlingsforskning er etablert ved universitetssykehusene. Målet er å øke antallet kliniske studier og forbedre pasientbehandlingen.
    • Operating Room of the Future (FOR) Digital Healthcare Transformation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence 

      Trocin, Cristina; Skogås, Jan Gunnar; Langø, Thomas; Kiss, Gabriel Hanssen (Chapter, 2022)
      New technologies are emerging under the umbrella of digital transformation in healthcare such as artificial intelligence (AI) and medical analytics to provide insights beyond the abilities of human experts. Because AI is ...
    • Peripheral tumour targeting using open-source virtual bronchoscopy with electromagnetic tracking: a multi-user pre-clinical study 

      Jaeger, Herman Alexander; Trauzettel, Fabian; Nardelli, Pietro; Daverieux, Federico; Hofstad, Erlend Fagertun; Leira, Håkon Olav; Kennedy, Marcus P; Langø, Thomas; Cantillon-Murphy, Pádraig (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Objectives: The goal was to demonstrate the utility of open-source tracking and visualisation tools in the targeting of lung cancer. Material and methods: The study demonstrates the first deployment of the Anser electromagnetic ...
    • Prediction of guidewire-induced aortic deformations during EVAR: a finite element and in vitro study 

      Emendi, Monica; Støverud, Karen-Helene; Tangen, Geir Arne; Ulsaker, Håvard; Manstad-Hulaas, Frode; Di Giovanni, Pierluigi; Dahl, Sigrid Kaarstad; Langø, Thomas; Prot, Victorien Emile (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Introduction and aims: During an Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) procedure a stiff guidewire is inserted from the iliac arteries. This induces significant deformations on the vasculature, thus, affecting the pre-operative ...
    • Psychomotor skills assessment by motion analysis in minimally invasive surgery on an animal organ 

      Hofstad, Erlend Fagertun; Våpenstad, Cecilie; Bø, Lars Eirik; Langø, Thomas; Kuhry, Esther; Mårvik, Ronald (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Background: A high level of psychomotor skills is required to perform minimally invasive surgery (MIS) safely. To be able to measure these skills is important in the assessment of surgeons, as it enables constructive ...
    • Pulmonary Tumor Segmentation Utilizing Mixed-Supervision in a Teacher-Student Framework 

      Fredriksen, Vemund; Sevle, Svein Ole Matheson (Master thesis, 2021)
      Kreft er en av de fremste dødsårsakene i den utviklede verden, og den mest dødelige typen er lungekreft. Kliniske eksperter er avhengig av avanserte medisinske bildebehandlingsteknikker og visuell analyse for å oppdage ...
    • Pulmonary Tumor Segmentation Utilizing Mixed-Supervision in a Teacher-Student Framework 

      Fredriksen, Vemund; Sevle, Svein Ole Matheson (Master thesis, 2021)
      Kreft er en av de fremste dødsårsakene i den utviklede verden, og den mest dødelige typen er lungekreft. Kliniske eksperter er avhengig av avanserte medisinske bildebehandlingsteknikker og visuell analyse for å oppdage ...
    • Pulmonologist evaluation on new CT visualization for guidance to lung lesions during bronchoscopy 

      Reynisson, Pall Jens; Leira, Håkon Olav; Langø, Thomas; Tangen, Geir Arne; Hatlen, Peter; Amundsen, Tore; Hofstad, Erlend Fagertun (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Objective: Endoluminal visualization in virtual and video bronchoscopy lacks information about the surrounding structures, and the traditional 2 D axial, coronal and sagittal CT views can be difficult to interpret. To ...
    • Reduksjon av speckle i ultralydbilder basert på waveletprosessering 

      Vaarnes, Guro Haug (Master thesis, 2006)
      Alle ultralydbilder er degradert med specklestøy i større eller mindre grad. Speckle er et fenomen som skyldes at de reflekterte ultralydstrålene overlapper og interfererer, og resultatet er et prikkete mønster over bildet. ...
    • Registration techniques for navigation in laparascopic surgery 

      Pérez de Frutos, Javier (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2023:411, Doctoral thesis, 2023)
      In minimally invasive surgery, where a direct sight of the treated organ or structures is not feasible but with a laparoscope, image guided systems have been developed to provide the surgeon with real time information of ...
    • Robot Control in Image-Guided Intervention 

      Østvik, Andreas (Master thesis, 2016)
      Introducing autonomous robot systems in clinical medicine is deemed extremely challenging due to the complex scene involved and variations between patients. The majority of commercialized systems are controlled directly ...
    • Teacher-student approach for lung tumor segmentation from mixed-supervised datasets 

      Fredriksen, Vemund; Sevle, Svein Ole M.; Pedersen, André; Langø, Thomas; Kiss, Gabriel; Lindseth, Frank (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Purpose Cancer is among the leading causes of death in the developed world, and lung cancer is the most lethal type. Early detection is crucial for better prognosis, but can be resource intensive to achieve. Automating ...
    • Ultrasound Guided Surgery: Image Processing and Navigation 

      Langø, Thomas (Dr. ingeniøravhandling, 0809-103X; 2000:84, Doctoral thesis, 2000)
      The need for spectrally efficient transmission on mobile and wireless channels is prevalent. A promising scheme for such transmission is adaptive coded modulation. In this thesis, techniques for assessing the performance ...
    • Using the CustusX toolkit to create an image guided bronchoscopy application: Fraxinus 

      Bakeng, Janne Beate Lervik; Hofstad, Erlend Fagertun; Solberg, Ole Vegard; Eiesland, Jon Wostryck; Tangen, Geir Arne; Amundsen, Tore; Langø, Thomas; Reinertsen, Ingerid; Selbekk, Tormod; Leira, Håkon Olav (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Purpose The aim of this paper is to show how a specialized planning and guidance application called Fraxinus, can be built on top of the CustusX platform (www.custusx.org), which is an open source image-guided intervention ...