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Course in quality control in MR and Nuclear medicine equipment
– The course hosted by Section for Medical Physics at The Intervention Centre will be held from 6.-7th of June 2012. See program for further information
New PhD on "The possibilities of reducing radiation dose and improve image quality in CT diagnostics using advanced image processing"
– On December 20 2011 Cand.scient. Anne Catrine Trægde Martinsen from The Intervention Centre defended her PhD thesis at Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo. The trial lecture was held on the 19th with the topic: Can reduced radiation doses in CT scans by use of advanced image processing improve health benefit? On the image from left: Dr Per Kristian Hol, Oslo University Hospital, professor Per Hjalmar Nakstad, Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Dr Gaute Hagen, Oslo University Hospital, Anne Catrine Trægde Martinsen, PhD, Docent Anders Tingberg, Skånes University Hospital Malmø, Sweden, Dr Ellen Schlichting, Oslo University Hospital
Best presentation award to Dr. Raul Chavez-Santiago
– At the COST-TERRA workshop on Nov. 15-17, 2011, Dr. Raul Chavez-Santiago received the best presentation award for his work on "Cognitive radio for wireless area networks in hospital environments". Congratulations to Raul!
Wireless transmission of a full HD video from an in-body transmitter to a on-body receiver
– On October 13 2011, the researchers from the Oslo University Hospital, Norway and the National Institute of ICT (NICT), Japan demonstrated that a full HD video transmission from a in-body transmitter to a on-body receiver using the ultra wideband (UWB) technology. The demonstration is part of the research in the Melody Project on the design and development of the next generation SmartPill system.The video shows the experiment performed in an experimental model at the Oslo Univeristy Hospital. News articles can be found at the Research Council of Norway and the State Television NRK. The articles are in Norwegian. More information in English can be found at the Research Council of Norway.

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