Janne West

Adjunct Associate Professor

Publications

2026

Sofia Thorell, Janne West, Hanna Lindblom, Mats Hammar, Magnus Borga, Anna-Clara Spetz Holm (2026)

Effects of resistance training on postmenopausal women's muscle strength, muscle volume and muscle fat infiltration: A secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial Maturitas, Vol. 207, Article 108856 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2026.108856

2023

Sigrid Nilsson, Mats Hammar, Janne West, Magnus Borga, Sofia Thorell, Anna-Clara Spetz Holm (2023)

Resistance training decreased abdominal adiposity in postmenopausal women Maturitas, Vol. 176, Article 107794 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2023.107794

2021

Anette Karlsson, Anneli Peolsson, Thobias Romu, Olof Dahlqvist Leinhard, Anna-Clara Spetz, Sofia Thorell, Janne West, Magnus Borga (2021)

The effect on precision and T1 bias comparing two flip angles when estimating muscle fat infiltration using fat-referenced chemical shift-encoded imaging NMR in Biomedicine, Vol. 34, Article e4581 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nbm.4581

2020

Magnus Borga, Andre Ahlgren, Thobias Romu, Per Widholm, Olof Dahlqvist Leinhard, Janne West (2020)

Reproducibility and repeatability of MRI-based body composition analysis Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Vol. 84, p. 3146-3156 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.28360

2018

Jennifer Linge, Magnus Borga, Janne West, Theresa Tuthill, Melissa R. Miller, Alexandra Dumitriu, E. Louise Thomas, Thobias Romu, Patrik Tunon, Jimmy D. Bell, Olof Dahlqvist Leinhard (2018)

Body Composition Profiling in the UK Biobank Imaging Study Obesity, Vol. 26, p. 1785-1795 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oby.22210

Research

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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.

Organisation

Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT)

A national centre for research, PhD studies and graduate studies within biomedical engineering, since 1972.

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Division of Biomedical Engineering (MT)

A division for research, education and innovation within the field of biomedical engineering.