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Karin Wårdell

Professor

Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Research Leader for the Neuroengineering group.

Minimally Invasive Instrumentation and Neuroengineering (MINT)

Background

My background is in technical physics and electrical engineering (MSc-Y 1987), a PhD (1994) and Docent (1997) in Biomedical Instrumentation. Since 2002 I am Professor of Biomedical Engineering – minimally invasive instrumentation at Linköping University.

Research interests

My research interests lie in the field of neuroengineering and biomedical instrumentation and include:

  • neuronavigation
  • imaging methods
  • biomedical optics
  • modeling and simulation
  • brain microcirculation
  • translational research for clinical studies.

Main application areas are deep brain stimulation (DBS), optical guidance in neurosurgery, brain tumor surgery and monitoring methods in neurointensive care. The research is conducted in close collaboration with clinical researchers both nationally and internationally.

I am a recipient of the Otto Schmidt Award from the IFMBE, and a Fellow of IAMBE and EAMBES.

Contact

Phone number: +46 10 1032455

Project grants

Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF), and Swedish Research Council (VR-NT), Child Cancer Foundation, ALF Region Östergötland, LiU Cancer.

Publications

Publications from the Neuroengineering group

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ORCID

2025

Karin Wårdell, Elisabeth Klint, Johan Richter (2025) Probe-Based Fluorescence Spectroscopy for In Situ Brain Tumor Measurements During Resection and Needle Biopsies Biomedicines, Vol. 13, Article 537 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2024

Elisabeth Klint, Johan Richter, Peter Milos, Martin Hallbeck, Karin Wårdell (2024) In situ optical feedback in brain tumor biopsy: A multiparametric analysis Neuro-Oncology Advances, Vol. 6, Article vdae175 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Sofie Tapper, Anders Tisell, Jan Hillman, Karin Wårdell (2024) Method for detection of cerebral blood flow in neurointensive care using longitudinal arterial spin labeling MRI PLOS ONE, Vol. 19, Article e0314056 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Karin Wårdell, Johan Richter, Peter Zsigmond (2024) Cerebral Microcirculation: Progress and Outlook of Laser Doppler Flowmetry in Neurosurgery and Neurointensive Care Microcirculation, Vol. 31, Article e12884 (Article, review/survey) Continue to DOI
Dorian Vogel, Teresa Nordin, Stefanie Feiler, Karin Wårdell, Jerome Coste, Jean-Jacques Lemaire, Simone Hemm-Ode (2024) Probabilistic stimulation mapping from intra-operative thalamic deep brain stimulation data in essential tremor Journal of Neural Engineering, Vol. 21, Article 036017 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

Research

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Neuroengineering

Neuroengineering is a cross-disciplinary research area where engineering meets neuroscience. New methods, tools and techniques are developed and translated for clinical use. The research contributes to new knowledge of the human brain.
Biomedical optics.

Biomedical Optics

Biomedical Optics studies the basic principles of interaction between light and biological tissues, cells and molecules and develops new technologies for use in basic research and clinical applications.

In the media

Framtidens forskning "Utvecklar beslutsstöd för djup hjärnstimulering" (2022-06-17)

Framtidens forskning "Kombination av tekniker ger nya möjligheter för neurokirurgi" (2022-06-17)

Co-workers

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Teresa Nordin

Assistant Professor

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Elisabeth Klint

PhD student

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Sofie Tapper

Postdoc

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Stina Mauritzon

PhD student

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Simone Hemm-Ode

Guest professor

Johan Richter

Adjunct Associate Professor

Nathanael Göransson

MD, Neurosurgeon, PhD student

Peter Zsigmond

Consultant neurosurgeon, PhD

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Bengt Ragnemalm

Senior Coordinator

Organisation

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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 national centre for research, education and innovation within the field of biomedical engineering.

News

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SSF contributes to new applications of Big Data

The IMT project "Deep Brain Stimulation: Data Analysis for Clinical Support" is presented in Framtidens forskning

To the article (in Swedish)
Biomedical Engineering

Major successes for multidisciplinary research at LiU

The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research has granted SEK 200 million for research in the interface between technology and medicine. LiU scientists are principle investigator in three of the six projects, and co-applicant in a fourth.
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Research into "big data" secures big money

When Parkinson´s disease is treated by electrical stimulation of the brain, huge amounts of data are produced. A group of researchers led by Professor Karin Wårdell will now use these data to develop a visual aid for brain surgeons.

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