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Interventional Centre partner in new European Commission FP7 Project: IIIOS
– The Initial Training Networks project IIIOS is initiated by Andreas Melzer at University of Dundee. Reserarchers from the Interventional Centre have formerly collaborated with Dr Melzer through the Society for Medical Innovation and Technology (SMIT). The Interventional Centre will be responsible for research and training in MR image guided cardiovascular procedures. The Interventional Centre will participate both as a clinical and technological partner in this field. Research will include new concepts to improve the intraoperative MR suit and the hybrid angiographic room through the development of new intraoperative image navigation tools. Ole Jakob Elle and Per Kristian Hol will coordinate the participation from IVC at a technological and clinical level respectively, and Frederic Courivaud will be responsible for the MR-related technology development. IVS will be funded by 74 person months and given a total budget of approximately 4 mill NOK over four years by the project. The funding might be subject to changes through negotiations with the European Commision.
Interventional Centre partner in new European Commission FP7 Project: SCATh
– The Smart Catheterization (SCATh) project is a spin-off from the Marie Curie project ARISER that The Interventional Centre coordinated from 2004 to 2008. The SCATh-project was initiated by one of the ARISER partners (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) by Jos Vander Sloten and Mauro Sette. The Interventional Centre is as a partner responsible for the development of catheter tracking/navigation in MR and clinical application and relevance. From The Interventional Centre Ole Jakob Elle will coordinate the IVC participation, with Frederic Courivaud responsible for the MR technology, Per Kristian for radiological aspects and Jacob Bergsland responsible for cardiac applications. IVS will be funded by 54 person months and given a total budget of approximately 3,7 mill NOK over four years by the project.
Live demo of new epicardial sensors
– Reseachers from the Interventional Centre at Rikshospitalet Oslo University Hospital demonstrated 3 different new epicardial sensors live at a Workshop with the topic "Technology demo session: In-vivosensors in surgery" at the pHealth Conference on June 24th 2009. The sensors represents various stages of research based,experimental product development at the Interventional Centre. The sensors presented were a 3-axis accelerometer, an ultra sound sensor and a pCO2 sensor (Alertis Medical). All sensors represent a new type of sensors capable of local ischemia detection from heartbeat to heartbeat. The accelerometer and the ultra sound sensors are also able to detect changes in ventricular contraction patterns.
New PhD about Improved brain tumor diagnostics
– Physicist and researcher Kyrre Eeg Emblem from the Interventional Centre has in his doctoral work developed new methods for faster and more accurate diagnosis of primary brain tumors. The dissertation took place on June 30th 2009 at Faculty Division Rikshospitalet, University of Oslo. Patients with suspected brain tumors are currently referred to MR (Magnetic Resonance) imaging for evaluation of tumor status and for planning of further treatment. With existing methods, the results of this MR exam are dependent on the physician and thus subjective, which in turn can have consequences for the patient's treatment plan. In the dissertation "Combined structural, microvascular and functional mapping of brain tumors for improved diagnosis and treatment planning” Kyrre Eeg Emblem and his colleagues have shown that automated computer models can replace the current user-dependent image interpretation and that such automated methods may provide more objective and reproducible results. The dissertation present methods which are part of a larger database where information and experiences from hundreds of previous MR exams are used to improve prediction of disease status and expected response to treatment in new patients. Especially analysis of blood volume measurements in tumors, so-called MR perfusion imaging, has been a central element in the dissertation.

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