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Anders Eklund

Senior Associate Professor

I am an associate professor and share my time between the Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT) and the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA).

Development of new methods for medical images

My research is about analyzing medical images and developing new methods (image processing, statistics, machine learning) for extracting important information from the images.

About me

CV

  • 2007 Master of Science, applied physics & electrical engineering 
  • 2012 PhD, medical informatics
  • 2012-2014 Postdoc, Virginia Tech
  • 2016 Docent, medical informatics
  • 2021 Associate Professor

Field of teaching

I teach the following courses: 

Publications

2024

Christoforos Spyretos, Iulian Emil Tampu, Nadieh Khalili, Juan Manuel Pardo Ladino, Per Nyman, Ida Blystad, Anders Eklund, Neda Haj-Hosseini (2024) Early fusion of H&E and IHC histology images for pediatric brain tumor classification Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, p. 192-202, Article PMLR 254:192-202 (Conference paper)
Chiara Trenti, Deneb Boito, Filip Hammaréus, Anders Eklund, Eva Swahn, Lena Jonasson, Bertil Wegmann, Petter Dyverfeldt (2024) Abnormal Patterns of Wall Shear Stress in Aortic Dilation Revealed by Permutation Tests Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Vol. 26, p. 100612-100612, Article 100612 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Christian Jamtheim Gustafsson, Tommy Löfstedt, Mattias Åkesson, Viktor Rogowski, Muhammad Usman Akbar, Andreas Hellander, Peter Larsson, Annika Malmström, Ida Blystad, Anders Eklund (2024) Federated training of segmentation models for radiation therapy treatment planning Radiotherapy and Oncology, Vol. 194, p. S4819-S4822 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Hanh H. Nguyen, Duy Tho Le, Cat Shore-Lorenti, Colin Chen, Jörg Schilcher, Anders Eklund, Roger Zebaze, Frances Milat, Shoshana Sztal-Mazer, Christian M. Girgis, Roderick Clifton-Bligh, Jianfei Cai, Peter R. Ebeling (2024) AFFnet - a deep convolutional neural network for the detection of atypical femur fractures from anteriorposterior radiographs Bone, Article 117215 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Iulian Emil Tampu, Tamara Bianchessi, Anders Eklund, Neda Haj-Hosseini (2024) Pediatric brain tumor classification using MR-images with age fusion

Publications in Google Scholar

Publications in DiVA

Research

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Biomedical Image Science

We develop methods & techniques for depicting anatomy & function in the human body & its organs. From imaging techniques, through methods of analysis and quantification of image information, to validation of new methods and image-based biomarkers
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ASSIST

In this VINNOVA/ITEA project, the goal is to streamline radiation therapy for the treatment of tumours. In this project, IMT collaborates with RaySearch, Spectronic, Inovia and Eigenvision.
fMRI tumour

Bayesian fMRI tumour

In this CENIIT project, Bayesian methods for fMRI informed brain tumour treatment planning, the goal is to improve treatment of brain tumours, by including images of brain activity in Elektas software for tumour treatment planning.

Co-Supervisor of Doctoral Students

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Josef Wilzén

Lecturer

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Robin Kämpe

Research Engineer

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Christoforos Spyretos

PhD student

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Iulian Emil Tampu

PhD student

PhD Graduates (Co-Supervisor)

Olivier Cros, 2017

Jens Sjölund, 2018

Per Sidén, 2020

Deneb Boito, 2024

Mats Svantesson, 2024

PhD Graduates (Main Supervisor)

Xuan Gu, 2019

Marco Domenico Cirillo, 2021

David Abramian, 2023

Johan Jönemo (licentiate degree), 2024

Organisation

Institutionen för medicinsk teknik

Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT)

A national centre for research, PhD studies and graduate studies within biomedical engineering, since 1972.
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Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA)

The Department of Computer and Information Science is one of the largest departments in northern Europe in its field. Research activity covers artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, software and computer systems, and data science.
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Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV)

CMIV conducts focused front-line research providing solutions to tomorrow’s clinical issues. The CMIV mission is to develop future methods and tools for image analysis and visualization for applications within health care and medical research.

News

The image consists of two parts: four sections views of a brain on the one side and fous sections of another brain on the other side

Synthetic images can save a lot of time in healthcare

AI makes it possible to quickly and accurately mark areas to be eliminated with radiation when treating cancerous tumors. But due to lack of medical data to train AI models with, attempts are underway to train models with synthetic medical images.
Info graphics with illustrations showing how local updates are being sent from the hospitals to a cloud. The cloud sends a new global modell to the hospitals. The trained model gives personal healthcare.

Developing medical AI without sharing sensitive information

Sharing sensitive data, such as images of brain tumor patients, is complicated. This makes development of AI models for medical image analysis challenging. LiU researchers shows how such models can be trained without sharing sensitive information.
A MRI photo of a human brain with a brain tumour.

Reducing healthcare queues after the pandemic

At the end of September, the ASSIST project received 9 million sek in funding. The hope is that their research on automated analysis of brain images will be able to free up time for healthcare professionals.

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