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Lasse Løvstakken

Lasse Løvstakken
Postdoc

Contact information:

  • Office: 4.etg. Nord, Medisinsk teknisk forskningssenter
  • Phone: +47-735-98142
  • Fax: +47-735-98613
  • E-mail: lasse.lovstakken@ntnu.no
  • Postal address: Institutt for sirkulasjon og medisinsk bildediagnostikk
    Medisinsk Teknisk Forskningssenter
    7489 Trondheim

 

Areas of interest:
Ultrasound imaging: Blood flow detection, estimation and visualisation
Background:
MSc. Engineering Cybernetics, NTNU, 2002

PhD. Medical Technology, NTNU, 2007

 


Publications:

[Technical papers]

  1. L. Løvstakken, S. Bjærum, and H. Torp, Optimal Velocity Estimation in Ultrasound Color Flow Imaging in Presence of Clutter, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, vol. 54(3), pp. 539-549, March 2007
  2. L. Løvstakken, S. Bjærum, K. Kristoffersen, R. Haaverstad, and H. Torp, Real-time Adaptive Clutter Rejection Filtering in Ultrasound Color Flow Imaging Using Power Method Iterations. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, vol. 53(9),  pp. 1597-1608, Sept. 2006
  3. L. Løvstakken, S. Bjærum, D. Martens, and H. Torp, Blood Flow Imaging - A New Real-Time 2D Flow Imaging Technique.  IEEE Transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control, vol. 53(2), pp. 289-299, Feb. 2006

 [Clinical papers]

  1. S. A. Nyrnes, L. Løvstakken, H. Torp, B. O. Haugen, Blood Flow Imaging - A New Angle Independent Ultrasound  Modality for the Visualization of Flow in Atrial Septal Defects in Children, Echocardiography, vol. 24(9), pp. 975-981, October 2007
  2. K. S. Ibrahim, L. Løvstakken, I. Kirkeby-Garstad, H. Torp, H. Vik Mo, R. Haaverstad, Effect of the Cardiac Cycle on the Coronary Anastomosis Assessed by Ultrasound. Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals, vol. 15, pp. 86-90, April 2007

 [Conference proceeding papers]

  1. L. Løvstakken, T. A. Tangen, S. Bjærum, and H. Torp, Optimal Velocity Estimation in Ultrasound Color Flow Imaging in Presence of Clutter Noise, IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Vancouver, 2006
  2. L. Løvstakken, S. Bjærum, D. Martens, H. Torp, Real-time Blood Motion Imaging - A 2D Flow Visualization Technique, IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Montreal, 2004
  3. L. Løvstakken, R. Haaverstad, P. Aadahl, S. Bjærum, S. Samstad, H. Torp, Quality Control of Off-Pump Coronary Heart Surgery using Ultrasound Color Flow Imaging with Adaptive Clutter Rejection Filters, IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Hawaii, 2003

[Abstracts]

  1. Løvstakken, L., Bjærum, S., and Torp, H., Optimal Velocity Estimation in Color Flow Imaging in Presence of Clutter Noise, 2006 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium – Book of abstracts
  2. Løvstakken, L., Bjærum, S., Kristoffersen, K., Haaverstad, R., Torp, H., Real-time Adaptive Clutter Rejection Filtering in Color Flow Imaging Using Power Method Iterations, 2005 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium – Book of abstracts
  3. Amundsen, B H., Løvstakken, L, Samstad, S, Torp, H, Slørdahl, S A, Blood Flow Imaging by ultrasound– improved visualisation of flow direction in carotid stenoses using speckle tracking. Annual Congress of European Society of Cardiology 2005. European Heart Journal Abstract Supplement, 2005
  4. Tegnander A, Løvstakken L, Torp H, Blood Flow Imaging (BFI) for bedre framstilling av neovaskularisering ved tendinoser. Beskrivelse av en ny ultralydmetode, Idrettsmedisinsk høstkongress, Bergen, 2005
  5. L. Løvstakken, S. Bjærum, D. Martens, and H. Torp, Real-time BMI: A 2D Blood Flow Visualization Technique. IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Montreal, 2004, Book of abstracts
  6. H. Torp, L. Løvstakken, Decomposition of flow signals into basis functions: Performance advantages, disadvantages, and computational complexity. IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Montreal, 2004, Book of abstracts
  7. Khalid S. Ibrahim, Lasse Løvstakken, Idar Kirkeby-Garstad, Hans Torp, Ronald Mårvik, Rune Haaverstad, Effect of the Cardiac Cycle and Ultrasound Mode on the LIMA-LAD Anastomosis in Epicardial Imaging, the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (ISMICS), London, 2004
  8. L. Løvstakken, R. Haaverstad, P. Aadahl, S. Bjærum, S. Samstad, H. Torp, Quality Control of Off-Pump Coronary Heart Surgery using Ultrasound Color Flow Imaging with Adaptive Clutter Rejection Filters, IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Honolulu, 2003, Book of abstracts

 

 


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