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Vitenskapelig artikkel

• Bente Sandvei Skeie; Alexander R. Craven; Eli Renate Grüner et al. (2026). Phase 1 dose-escalation trial combining sulfasalazine and stereotactic radiosurgery in patients with recurrent glioblastoma. (ekstern lenke)
• Vere Rose Megens; Peter Wessel Strandhagen; Erik Magnus Berntsen et al. (2026). The clinical Alzheimer's disease spectrum classified in the A/T/N framework with 18F-Flutemetamol-Centiloid, 18F-MK-6240-CenTauR, and 18F-FDG-AD metaROI: a multicenter memory clinic observational study. (ekstern lenke)
• Peder August Gudmundsen Lillebostad; Tormund Salvesen Njølstad; Signe Hogstad et al. (2025). Deep-learning segmentation of the substantia nigra from multiparametric MRI: Application to Parkinson’s disease. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann; Salim Kanoun; Trond Davidsen et al. (2020). An Open Source Solution for “Hands-on” teaching of PET/CT to Medical Students under the COVID-19 Pandemic. (ekstern lenke)
• Liv Cecilie Vestrheim Thomsen; Alfred Honore; Bjørn Tore Gjertsen et al. (2023). A prospective non-randomized phase I trial of dendritic cell–based cryoimmunotherapy combined with checkpoint inhibitors in mCRPC.. (ekstern lenke)
• Igor R. Efimov; Y. N. Cheng; Martin Biermann et al. (1997). Transmembrane voltage changes produced by real and virtual electrodes during monophasic defibrillation shock delivered by an implantable electrode. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann; Otmar Schober (2003). Should high hTG levels in absence of iodine uptake be treated?. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann; M Rubart; A Moreno et al. (1998). Differential effects of cytochalasin D and 2,3 butanedione monoxime on isometric twitch force and transmembrane action potential in isolated ventricular muscle: implications for optical measurements of cardiac repolarization. (ekstern lenke)
• Katrin Brauckhoff; Turid Aas; Martin Biermann et al. (2016). EMG changes during continuous intraoperative neuromonitoring with sustained recurrent laryngeal nerve traction in a porcine model. (ekstern lenke)
• Charalampos Tzoulis; Christian A. Vedeler; Mette Haugen et al. (2013). Progressive striatal necrosis associated with anti-NMDA receptor antibodies. (ekstern lenke)
• Andreas Schuck; Martin Biermann; Michaela K. Pixberg et al. (2003). Acute toxicity of adjuvant radiotherapy in locally advanced differentiated thyroid cancer: First results of the Multicenter Study Differentiated Thyroid Cancer (MSDS). (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann; Otmar Schober (2002). How many high-risk patients with differentiated thyroid cancer need a “Tumor Center” per year?. (ekstern lenke)
• Christiane Franzius; Martin Biermann; G Hülskamp et al. (2001). Therapy monitoring in aspergillosis using F-18 FDG positron emission tomography. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann; Michaela K. Pixberg; U Dörr et al. (2005). Guidelines on radioiodine therapy for differentiated thyroid carcinoma: impact on clinical practice. (ekstern lenke)
• Boel Johnsen; Kristine Eldevik Fasmer; Kjetil Boye Pedersen et al. (2016). Estimated cumulative radiation dose received by diagnostic imaging during staging and treatment of operable Ewing sarcoma 2005–2012. (ekstern lenke)
• Charalampos Tzoulis; Thomas Schwarzlmüller; Martin Biermann et al. (2016). Mitochondrial DNA homeostasis is essential for nigrostriatal integrity. (ekstern lenke)
• Katrin Brauckhoff; Øyvind Sverre Svendsen; Lodve Stangeland et al. (2017). Injury mechanisms and electromyographic changes after injury of the recurrent laryngeal nerve: Experiments in a porcine model. (ekstern lenke)
• Dag André Sangnes; Eirik Wigtil Søfteland; Mattis Bekkelund et al. (2019). Wireless motility capsule compared with scintigraphy in the assessment of diabetic gastroparesis. (ekstern lenke)
• Katrin Brauckhoff; Renate Kollevåg Vik; Lorentz Sandvik et al. (2015). Impact of EMG Changes in Continuous Vagal Nerve Monitoring in High-Risk Endocrine Neck Surgery. (ekstern lenke)
• Charalampos Tzoulis; Gia Tuong Thi Tran; Thomas Schwarzlmüller et al. (2013). Severe nigrostriatal degeneration without clinical parkinsonism in patients with polymerase gamma mutations. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann (2018). Building an inclusive classroom – a blended course in Nuclear Medicine. (ekstern lenke)
• Susanne Passow; Karsten Specht; Tom Christian Adamsen et al. (2015). Default-mode network functional connectivity is closely related to metabolic activity. (ekstern lenke)
• Boel Johnsen; Kristine Eldevik Fasmer; Kjetil Boye Pedersen et al. (2018). Added value of 18F-FDG PET-CT in staging of Ewing sarcoma in children and young adults. (ekstern lenke)
• Henning Langen Stokmo; Bernt Christian Reitan; Boel Johnsen et al. (2015). Introduction of positron emission tomography into the Western Norwegian Health Region: Regional balance in resource utilization from 2009 to 2014. (ekstern lenke)
• Georg Gjorgji Dimcevski; Spiros Kotopoulis; Tormod Karlsen Bjånes et al. (2016). A human clinical trial using ultrasound and microbubbles to enhance gemcitabine treatment of inoperable pancreatic cancer. (ekstern lenke)
• Charalampos Tzoulis; Thomas Schwarzlmüller; Ivar Otto Gjerde et al. (2015). Excellent response of intramedullary Erdheim-Chester disease to vemurafenib: a case report. (ekstern lenke)
• Liv Cecilie Vestrheim Thomsen; Alfred Honore; Lars Anders Rokne Reisæter et al. (2023). A phase I prospective, non-randomized trial of autologous dendritic cell-based cryoimmunotherapy in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. (ekstern lenke)
• Lars Anders Rokne Reisæter; Jürgen J. Futterer; Are Losnegård et al. (2017). Optimising preoperative risk stratification tools for prostate cancer using mpMRI. (ekstern lenke)
• Mattis Bekkelund; Dag André Sangnes; Eirik Wigtil Søfteland et al. (2021). Gastroparesis symptoms associated with intestinal hypomotility: An explorative study using wireless motility capsule. (ekstern lenke)
• Torjan Magne Haslerud; Andreas Julius Tulipan; Robert Gray Jr et al. (2017). E-learning for medical imaging specialists: introducing blended learning in a nuclear medicine specialist course. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann; Otmar Schober (2002). GCP-compliant management of the Multicentric Study Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma (MSDS) with a relational database under Oracle 8i. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann; Michaela K. Pixberg; Andreas Schuck et al. (2003). Multicenter Study Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma (MSDS): Diminished acceptance of adjuvant external beam radiotherapy for differentiated thyroid carcinoma. (ekstern lenke)
• Lars Anders Rokne Reisæter; Ole Johan Halvorsen; Christian Beisland et al. (2020). Assessing extraprostatic extension by mpMRI of the prostate: Mehralivand’s EPE grade or EPE Likert score?. (ekstern lenke)
• Tore Bach-Gansmo; Thomas Schwarzlmüller; Vivi Jøraholmen et al. (2010). SPECT/CT hybrid imaging; with which CT?. (ekstern lenke)
• Ankush Gulati; Thomas Schwarzlmüller; Elsa du Plessis et al. (2019). Evaluation of a new e-learning framework for teaching nuclear medicine and radiology to undergraduate medical students. (ekstern lenke)
• C Franzius; M Dietlein; Martin Biermann et al. (2007). Procedure guideline for radioiodine therapy and (131)iodine whole-body scintigraphy in paediatric patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. (ekstern lenke)
• Katrin Brauckhoff; Renate Kollevåg Vik; Lorentz Sandvik et al. (2016). Impact of EMG changes in continuous vagal nerve monitoring in high-risk endocrine neck surgery. (ekstern lenke)
• Grethe Åstrøm Ueland; Paal Methlie; Dag Eirik Jøssang et al. (2018). Adrenal Venous Sampling for Assessment of Autonomous Cortisol Secretion. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann (2016). A national e-learning platform for training specialists in Nuclear Medicine in Norway. (ekstern lenke)
• Elisabeth Kjelsvik Steinsvik; Dag A. Sangnes; Eirik Wigtil Søfteland et al. (2021). Gastric function in diabetic gastroparesis assessed by ultrasound and scintigraphy. (ekstern lenke)
• Andreas Julius Tulipan; Ankush Gulati; Torjan Magne Haslerud et al. (2024). Rebooting nuclear medicine specialist education under the COVID-19 pandemic: From plenary lectures to active e-learning. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann; Jostein Kråkenes; Katrin Brauckhoff et al. (2015). Post-PET ultrasound improves specificity of 18F-FDG-PET for recurrent differentiated thyroid cancer while maintaining sensitivity. (ekstern lenke)
• Thomas Schwarzlmuller; Katrin Brauckhoff; Michael Brauckhoff et al. (2012). Insidentell thyreoideacancer ved F-18-FDG-PET. (ekstern lenke)
• Michael Brauckhoff; Helle Fjell Naterstad; Katrin Brauckhoff et al. (2014). Latencies longer than 3.5 ms after vagus nerve stimulation does not exclude a nonrecurrent inferior laryngeal nerve. (ekstern lenke)
• Andreas Schuck; Martin Biermann; Otmar Schober et al. (2005). Strahlentherapie des Schilddrüsenkarzinoms. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann; Michaela K. Pixberg; B. Riemann et al. (2005). Radiojodtherapie des Schilddrüsenkarzinoms. (ekstern lenke)
• Alexandru Gratian Naum; Boel Johnsen; Martin Biermann et al. (2011). Quantitative comparison of myocardial perfusion defects using different reconstruction algorithms. (ekstern lenke)
• David Sedmera; Maria Reckova; Angela deAlmeida et al. (2003). Functional and morphological evidence for a ventricular conduction system in zebrafish and Xenopus hearts. (ekstern lenke)
• Boel Johnsen; Kjetil Boye Pedersen; Karen Rosendahl et al. (2016). F-18-FDG PET-CT in children and young adults with Ewing sarcoma diagnosed in Norway during 2005-2012: a national population-based study. (ekstern lenke)
• Jenny Hild Aase Husby; Bernt Christian Reitan; Martin Biermann et al. (2015). Metabolic tumor volume on 18F-FDG PET/CT improves preoperative identification of high-risk endometrial carcinoma patients. (ekstern lenke)
• J Wu; Martin Biermann; M Rubart et al. (1998). Cytochalasin D as an excitation-contraction uncoupler for optically mapping action potentials in wedges of ventricular myocardium. (ekstern lenke)
• Ankush Gulati; Torjan Magne Haslerud; Magne Følling et al. (2015). Comparison of Slope and Area algorithms for quantifying split renal function in dynamic renography. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann (2014). A simple versatile solution for collecting multidimensional clinical data based on the CakePHP web application framework. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann; M. K. Pixberg; B. Riemann et al. (2009). Clinical outcomes of adjuvant external-beam radiotherapy for differentiated thyroid cancer Results after 874 patient-years of follow-up in the MSDS-trial. (ekstern lenke)
• Lars Anders Rokne Reisæter; Jurgen Fütterer; Ole Johan Halvorsen et al. (2015). 1.5-T multiparametric MRI using PI-RADS: a region by region analysis to localize the index-tumor of prostate cancer in patients undergoing prostatectomy. (ekstern lenke)
• Andreas Julius Tulipan; Angela Jaramillo Guzman; Torjan Magne Haslerud et al. (2022). Enhancing PSMA-PET/CT with intravenous contrast: Improved tracer clearance in the prostate bed. (ekstern lenke)
• Thomas Schwarzlmüller; Katrin Brauckhoff; Kristian Løvås et al. (2014). High cardiac background activity limits <sup>99m</sup>Tc-MIBI radioguided surgery in aortopulmonary window parathyroid adenomas. (ekstern lenke)
• Pietro Trocchi; Alexander Kluttig; Henning Dralle et al. (2012). Thyroid cancer surgery in Germany : An analysis of the nationwide DRG statistics 2005-2006. (ekstern lenke)

Kapittel i fagbok

• Martin Biermann; Thomas Schwarzlmüller (2019). Nukleærmedisinsk bildediagnostikk. (ekstern lenke)
• Frode Willoch; Martin Biermann (2014). Nukleærmedisinsk bildediagnostikk. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann; H. Jurgens; Otmar Schober (2003). Maligne Schilddrüsentumoren. (ekstern lenke)

Konferanseposter

• Liv Cecilie Vestrheim Thomsen; Alfred Honore; Lars Anders Rokne Reisæter et al. (2023). Survival and biomarkers in a prospective non-randomized phase I trial of dendritic cell-based cryoimmunotherapy combined with checkpoint inhibitors in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann; Boel Johnsen; Alexandru Gratian Naum et al. (2010). Multimodal imaging for recurrent differentiated thyroid cancer: Ultrasound, I-131-SPECT-CT, FDG-PET-CT and fine-needle biopsy. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann; Bernt Christian Reitan; Boel Johnsen et al. (2012). False positive FDG-uptake in neck and mediastinum in recurrent differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). (ekstern lenke)
• Jenny Hild Aase Husby; Bernt Reitan; Jone Trovik et al. (2014). Metabolic tumor volume on FDG-PET/CT predicts deep myometrial invasion, lymph node metastases and survival in patients with endometrial carcinoma. (ekstern lenke)

Vitenskapelig bokkapittel

• Martin Biermann; Martin Borggrefe; Robert Johna et al. (2003). Precision and reproducibility of cardiac mapping. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann; Michaela K. Pixberg; Andreas Schuck et al. (2005). External beam radiotherapy. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann; Florian Beyer; Walter Heindel et al. (2010). Thyroid cancer. (ekstern lenke)
• Igor R. Efimov; Martin Biermann; Douglas P Zipes (2003). Fast fluorescent mapping of electrical activity in the heart: Practical guide to experimental design and applications. (ekstern lenke)
• Günter Breithardt; M Shenasa; Martin Biermann et al. (1993). Precision and reproducibility of isochronal cardiac mapping. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann; M Shenasa; Martin Borggrefe et al. (1993). The interpretation of cardiac electrograms. (ekstern lenke)
• Timo Ropinski; Ivan Viola; Martin Biermann et al. (2009). Multimodal Visualization with Interactive Closeups. (ekstern lenke)
• Georg Gjorgji Dimcevski; Spiros Kotopoulis; Dag Hoem et al. (2013). Ultrasound-assisted treatment of an inoperable pancreatic cancer. (ekstern lenke)

Vitenskapelig litteraturgjennomgang

• Dag André Sangnes; Eirik Søfteland; Martin Biermann et al. (2016). Gastroparese - årsaker, diagnostikk og behandling. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann; Boel Johnsen; Halfdan Sørbye et al. (2009). Positronemisjonstomografi ved nevroendokrine svulster. (ekstern lenke)
• Dirk Hellwig; Lutz S. Freudenberg; Felix M. Mottaghy et al. (2012). Nuclear Medicine in Europe: Education. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann (2020). [18F]tetrafluoroborate-PET Outperforms 131I-SPECT/CT in a Series of 25 Patients with Suspected Recurrent Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. (ekstern lenke)
• Audun Ole Braaten; Martin Biermann (2020). Radiofrequency Ablation and Laser Ablation of Benign Thyroid Nodules Are Similarly Effective at 6 Months in a Prospective, Randomized Trial. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann (2020). Ultrasound Classification Systems Estimating Thyroid Malignancy Fail to Recognize Hyperfunctional Nodules. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann; Thomas Schwarzlmüller; Kristine Eldevik Fasmer et al. (2013). Is there a role for PET-CT and SPECT-CT in pediatric oncology?. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann; Lars Anders Rokne Reisæter (2018). Automated analysis of gray-scale ultrasound images of thyroid nodules (“radiomics”) may outperform image interpretation by less experienced thyroid radiologists. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann (1994). Die Autoophthalmoskopie. Eine historische Rückschau. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann; Hans Kristian Haugland (2017). Does Core Needle Biopsy Have A Role in the Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules with Indeterminate Cytology?. (ekstern lenke)
• Tom Christian Holm Adamsen; Martin Biermann (2020). Lesional Uptake of the Hypoxia Imaging Agent [18F] FAZA on PET/CT Predicts Progression in Metastatic Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann; Katrin Brauckhoff (2018). Most “Recurrences” of Thyroid Cancer Represent Persistent Rather Than Recurrent Disease. (ekstern lenke)
• Katrin Brauckhoff; Martin Biermann (2020). Multimodal imaging of thyroid cancer. (ekstern lenke)
• Torjan Magne Haslerud; Katrin Brauckhoff; Lars Anders Rokne Reisæter et al. (2016). F18-FDG-PET for recurrent differentiated thyroid cancer: a systematic meta-analysis. (ekstern lenke)
• Gunnar Moen; Martin Biermann (2021). Diagnostic Hybrid PET/CT and PET/MR with 18 F-FDG Perform Similarly in Recurrent Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. (ekstern lenke)

Konferanseforedrag

• Martin Biermann; Boel Johnsen; Alexandru Gratian Naum et al. (2010). Multimodal imaging of differentiated thyroid cancer: FDG-PET-CT, I-131-SPECT-CT and ultrasound. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann; Boel Johnsen; Alexandru Gratian Naum et al. (2011). Multimodal imaging for diagnosis and treatment of recurrent differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC)FDG-PET-CT, contrast-enhanced CT (CE-CT), I-131-SPECT-CT, ultrasound (US) and US-guided fine needle biopsy (FNB). (ekstern lenke)
• Liv Cecilie Vestrheim Thomsen; Alfred Honore; Lars Anders Rokne Reisæter et al. (2023). Survival and biomarkers in a prospective non-randomized phase I trial of dendritic cell-based cryoimmunotherapy combined with checkpoint inhibitors in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann; Boel Johnsen; Alexandru Gratian Naum et al. (2011). FDG-PET-CT, I-131-SPECT-CT, ultrasound (US) and US-guided fine needle biopsy (FNB) for recurrent differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). (ekstern lenke)
• Alexandru Gratian Naum; Martin Biermann; Boel Johnsen et al. (2010). Effects of CT attenuation correction and reconstruction method on myocardial SPECT perfusion imaging. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann (2009). PET-imaging in gastrointestinal oncology. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann (2009). Adjuvant external beam radiotherapy for diffentiated thyroid cancer. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann (2009). PET-CT ved cancer i oesofagus og ventrikkel. (ekstern lenke)
• Martin Biermann; Boel Johnsen; Alexandru Gratian Naum et al. (2012). Multimodal imaging for suspected recurrent differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC): FDG-PET-CT, I-131-SPECT-CT, ultrasound (US) and US-guided fine needle biopsy (FNB). (ekstern lenke)

Konferanseabstrakt

• Martin Biermann; Boel Johnsen; Alexandru Gratian Naum et al. (2010). Multimodal imaging of differentiated thyroid cancer: FDG-PET-CT, I-131-SPECT-CT and ultrasound [Abstract]. (ekstern lenke)
• Alexandru Gratian Naum; Martin Biermann; Boel Johnsen et al. (2010). Effects of CT attenuation correction and reconstruction method on myocardial SPECT perfusion imaging. (ekstern lenke)
• Boel Johnsen; Knut Boye; Karen Rosendahl et al. (2013). The use of F18 FDG PET-CT in children and young adults with Ewing Sarcoma diagnosed in Norway 2005-2012. A national, population based study. (ekstern lenke)
• Jenny Hild Aase Husby; Helga Birgitte Salvesen; Martin Biermann et al. (2013). Value of preoperative 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoroglucose positron emission tomography/computer tomography (FDG-PET/CT) in endometrial carcinomas. (ekstern lenke)
• Georg Gjorgji Dimcevski; Spiros Kotopoulis; Tormod Karlsen Bjånes et al. (2016). Ultrasound and microbubble enhanced treatment of inoperable pancreatic adeonocarcinoma. (ekstern lenke)

Leserbrev

• Charalampos Tzoulis; Ivar Otto Gjerde; Eirik Søfteland et al. (2012). Erdheim-Chester disease presenting with an intramedullary spinal cord lesion. (ekstern lenke)

Doktorgradsavhandling

• Martin Biermann; Günter Breithardt (1994). Die Reproduzierbarkeit des kardialen elektrophysiologischen Mappings. (ekstern lenke)

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