• 18F-Fluciclovine PET/MRI for preoperative lymph node staging in high-risk prostate cancer patients 

      Selnæs, Kirsten Margrete; Krüger-Stokke, Brage; Elschot, Mattijs; Willoch, Frode; Størkersen, Øystein; Sandsmark, Elise; Moestue, Siver Andreas; Tessem, May-Britt; Halvorsen, Dag; Kjøbli, Eirik; Angelsen, Anders; Langørgen, Sverre; Bertilsson, Helena; Bathen, Tone Frost (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Objective To investigate the diagnostic potential of simultaneous 18F-fluciclovine PET/MRI for pelvic lymph node (LN) staging in patients with high-risk prostate cancer. Methods High-risk prostate cancer patients (n=28) ...
    • A novel non-canonical Wnt signature for prostate cancer aggressiveness 

      Sandsmark, Elise; Hansen, Ailin Falkmo; Selnæs, Kirsten Margrete; Bertilsson, Helena; Bofin, Anna M.; Wright, Alan J.; Viset, Trond; Richardsen, Elin; Drabløs, Finn Sverre; Bathen, Tone Frost; Tessem, May-Britt; Rye, Morten Beck (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Activation of the Canonical Wnt pathway (CWP) has been linked to advanced and metastatic prostate cancer, whereas the Wnt5a-induced non-canonical Wnt pathway (NCWP) has been associated with both good and poor prognosis. A ...
    • A PET/MRI study towards finding the optimal [18F]Fluciclovine PET protocol for detection and characterisation of primary prostate cancer. 

      Elschot, Mattijs; Selnæs, Kirsten Margrete; Sandsmark, Elise; Krüger-Stokke, Brage; Størkersen, Øystein; Tessem, May-Britt; Moestue, Siver Andreas; Bertilsson, Helena; Bathen, Tone Frost (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Purpose: [18F]Fluciclovine PET imaging shows promise for the assessment of prostate cancer. The purpose of this PET/MRI study is to optimise the PET imaging protocol for detection and characterisation of primary prostate ...
    • Combined 18F-Fluciclovine PET/MRI shows potential for detection and characterization of high-risk prostate cancer 

      Elschot, Mattijs; Selnæs, Kirsten Margrete; Sandsmark, Elise; Krüger-Stokke, Brage; Størkersen, Øystein; Giskeødegård, Guro F.; Tessem, May-Britt; Moestue, Siver Andreas; Bertilsson, Helena; Bathen, Tone Frost (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The objective of this study is to investigate if quantitative imaging features derived from combined 18F-Fluciclovine Positron Emission Tomograpy (PET) / multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) show potential for ...
    • Ex vivo metabolic fingerprinting identifies biomarkers predictive of prostate cancer recurrence following radical prostatectomy 

      Braadland, Peder; Giskeødegård, Guro F.; Sandsmark, Elise; Bertilsson, Helena; Euceda, Leslie R.; Hansen, Ailin Falkmo; Guldvik, Ingrid Jenny; Selnæs, Kirsten Margrete; Grytli, Helene Hartvedt; Katz, Betina; Svindland, Aud; Bathen, Tone Frost; Eri, Lars Magne; Nygård, Ståle; Berge, Viktor; Tasken, Kristin Austlid; Tessem, May-Britt (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Background: Robust biomarkers that identify prostate cancer patients with high risk of recurrence will improve personalised cancer care. In this study, we investigated whether tissue metabolites detectable by high-resolution ...
    • Exploring the diagnostic potential of adding T2 dependence in diffusion-weighted MR imaging of the prostate 

      Syversen, Ingrid Framås; Elschot, Mattijs; Sandsmark, Elise; Bertilsson, Helena; Bathen, Tone Frost; Goa, Pål Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is essential in the detection and staging of prostate cancer. However, improved tools to distinguish between low-risk and high-risk cancer are needed in order to select the ...
    • Multi-Level Molecular Characterisation of Prostate Cancer 

      Sandsmark, Elise (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2017:174, Doctoral thesis, 2017)
      Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy in Norwegian men, and represents a substantial health burden. The disease is heterogeneous, ranging from slow growing and indolent, to very aggressive and lethal. One of the ...
    • Presence of TMPRSS2-ERG is associated with alterations of the metabolic profile in human prostate cancer 

      Hansen, Ailin Falkmo; Sandsmark, Elise; Rye, Morten Beck; Wright, Alan J; Bertilsson, Helena; Richardsen, Elin; Viset, Trond; Bofin, Anna M.; Angelsen, Anders; Selnæs, Kirsten Margrete; Bathen, Tone Frost; Tessem, May-Britt (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      TMPRSS2-ERG has been proposed to be a prognostic marker for prostate cancer. The aim of this study was to identify changes in metabolism, genes and biochemical recurrence related to TMPRSS2-ERG by using an integrated ...
    • Pseudo-T2 mapping for normalization of T2-weighted prostate MRI 

      Sørland, Kaia Ingerdatter; Sunoqrot, Mohammed R. S.; Sandsmark, Elise; Langørgen, Sverre; Bertilsson, Helena; Trimble, Christopher George; Lin, Gigin; Selnæs, Kirsten Margrete; Goa, Pål Erik; Bathen, Tone Frost; Elschot, Mattijs (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Objective Signal intensity normalization is necessary to reduce heterogeneity in T2-weighted (T2W) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for quantitative analysis of multicenter data. AutoRef is an automated dual-reference ...
    • A Quality Control System for Automated Prostate Segmentation on T2-Weighted MRI 

      Sunoqrot, Mohammed R. S.; Selnæs, Kirsten Margrete; Sandsmark, Elise; Nketiah, Gabriel Addio; Zavala-Romero, Olmo; Stoyanova, Radka; Bathen, Tone Frost; Elschot, Mattijs (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Computer-aided detection and diagnosis (CAD) systems have the potential to improve robustness and efficiency compared to traditional radiological reading of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Fully automated segmentation ...
    • The Reproducibility of Deep Learning-Based Segmentation of the Prostate Gland and Zones on T2-Weighted MR Images 

      Sunoqrot, Mohammed R. S.; Selnæs, Kirsten Margrete; Sandsmark, Elise; Langørgen, Sverre; Bertilsson, Helena; Bathen, Tone Frost; Elschot, Mattijs (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Volume of interest segmentation is an essential step in computer-aided detection and diagnosis (CAD) systems. Deep learning (DL)-based methods provide good performance for prostate segmentation, but little is known about ...
    • SFRP4 gene expression is increased in aggressive prostate cancer 

      Sandsmark, Elise; Andersen, Maria Karoline; Bofin, Anna M.; Bertilsson, Helena; Drabløs, Finn; Bathen, Tone Frost; Rye, Morten Beck; Tessem, May-Britt (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Increased knowledge of the molecular differences between indolent and aggressive prostate cancer is needed for improved risk stratification and treatment selection. Secreted frizzled-related protein 4 (SFRP4) is a modulator ...
    • Simultaneous 18F-fluciclovine Positron Emission Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging of Prostate Cancer 

      Esmaeili, Morteza; Tayari, Nassim; Scheenen, Tom WJ; Elschot, Mattijs; Sandsmark, Elise; Bertilsson, Helena; Heerschap, Arend; Selnæs, Kirsten Margrete; Bathen, Tone Frost (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Purpose: To investigate the associations of metabolite levels derived from magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) and 18F-fluciclovine positron emission tomography (PET) with prostate tissue characteristics. Methods: ...