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Isabella Björkman-Burtscher
Professor/ Chief Physician
Department of RadiologyAbout Isabella Björkman-Burtscher
Isabella Björkman-Burtscher is
Professor of Neuroradiology at the Department of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg and
Senior Consultant at the Department of Neuroradiology at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Ongoing research project
Below are some of the research projects I am currently involved in. The neuroradiological research group has its own projects and participates with neuroradiological expertise in a number of different projects within the University of Gothenburg (GU) and Sahlgrenska University Hospital (SU).
Epilepsy and Ultra-High Field (7T) MRI
My research group conducts magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) research at the national 7T facility in Lund with a focus on mapping and characterizing epileptogenic lesions in patients with, above all, therapy-resistant epilepsy. International collaborations are ongoing.
Ultra-high field (7T) MR
In addition, I am involved in two additional projects at the national 7T facility that focus on imaging of the central nervous system in paedophilia and imaging of the wrist in patients with hand surgery diseases or injuries to the wrist.
Neuroradiological research focusing on high field (3T) magnetic resonance imaging
This research is conducted in a number of areas either based on our own research group or as collaborators in other research groups. Focus areas are:
1 / brain tumor research, which is conducted primarily in collaboration with the neurosurgical clinic and MRI physicists at Sahlgrenska University Hospital with a focus on imaging of brain tumours and their follow-up with advanced MRI methods. However, the project also includes collaborations with Chalmers and MedTechWest regarding segmentation of brain tumours in clinical routine - a project that is co-financed by the innovation platform. The group also includes a doctoral student at the Department of Radiology and one at MedTechWest with me as supervisor.
2 / iNPH research in collaboration with the iNPH group at GU and SU with a focus on perfusion and diffusion methods and their use in iNPH diagnostics and follow-up;
3 / paediatric MRI in collaboration with researchers at GU and SU but also at Lund University and focus on brain development in prematurity;
4 / preeclampsia research as part of the GoPROVE study;
MR safety
In several interdisciplinary national collaborations, especially with a former doctoral student at Lund University, various aspects of MRI safety for both research and clinical routine are investigated.
Head & neck CT
Part of the research group works with a focus on CT in head & neck cancer (potential and technical optimization of Dual Energy Computed Tomography (DECT)) and CT in deep neck abscesses. The latter research is conducted in close collaboration with the ENT clinic at SU and odontological radiologists.
Interventional Neuroradiology
Projects within INR are carried out on the basis of the clinical INR activities and in collaboration with the neurology and neurosurgery departments. The group also includes a doctoral student at the department of radiology with me as supervisor.
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Observations from the first 100 cases of intraoperative MRI - experiences, trends and short-term
outcomes
Hanna Barcheus, Christoffer Peischl, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Christina Pettersson, Anja Smits, Daniel Nilsson, Dan Farahmand, Johanna Eriksson, Thomas Skoglund, Alba Corell
BMC SURGERY - 2024 -
Normal Brain and Brain Tumor
ADC
Jens Johansson, Kerstin M Lagerstrand, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Mats Laesser, Hanna Hebelka, Stephan E Maier
INVESTIGATIVE RADIOLOGY - 2024 -
ESR Essentials: basic physics of MR safety-practice recommendations by the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and
Biology
Love Engstrom Nordin, Karin Aberg, Johan Kihlberg, Titti Owman, Boel Hansson, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Cecilia Petersen, Peter Lundberg
EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY - 2024 -
Stent retriever versus aspiration based thrombectomy: impact on first pass reperfusion, procedure time, and clinical outcomes in large vessel occlusion. Nationwide registry based cohort
study
Adrian Karlsson, Katarina Jood, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Alexandros Rentzos
JOURNAL OF NEUROINTERVENTIONAL SURGERY - 2024 -
Widespread White Matter Abnormalities in Concussed Athletes Detected by 7T Diffusion Magnetic Resonance
Imaging.
Anna Gard, Evgenios N Kornaropoulos, Maria Portonova Wernersson, Ia Rorsman, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, Yelverton Tegner, Alessandro De Maio, Karin Markenroth Bloch, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Hélène Pessah-Rasmussen, Markus Nilsson, Niklas Marklund
Journal of Neurotrauma - 2024 -
Comparison of methods for intravoxel incoherent motion parameter estimation in the brain from flow-compensated and non-flow-compensated diffusion-encoded
data
Oscar Jalnefjord, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE - 2024 -
Decrease of 7T MR short-term effects with repeated
exposure
Boel Hansson, Benjamin Garzon, Martin Lövdén, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher
NEURORADIOLOGY - 2024 -
Extended treatment in cerebral ischemia score 2c or 3 as goal of successful endovascular treatment is associated with clinical
benefit.
Adrian Karlsson, Katarina Jood, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Alexandros Rentzos
Journal of neuroradiology = Journal de neuroradiologie - 2024 -
Comparison of the patient-derived modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association scale and the European myelopathy
score
Eddie de Dios, Håkan Löfgren, Mats Laesser, Lars Lindhagen, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Anna MacDowall
European Spine Journal - 2024 -
Evaluation of a Fully Automated Method for Ventricular Volume Segmentation Before and After Shunt Surgery in Idiopathic Normal Pressure
Hydrocephalus
Doerthe Ziegelitz, Per Hellström, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Simon Agerskov, Oskar Stevens-Jones, Dan Farahmand, Mats Tullberg
World Neurosurgery - 2024 -
Trust and stakeholder perspectives on the implementation of AI tools in clinical
radiology.
Magnus Bergquist, Bertil Rolandsson, Emilia Gryska, Mats Laesser, Nickoleta Hoefling, Rolf A. Heckemann, Justin F. Schneiderman, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher
European Radiology - 2024 -
MRI-based measurements of spondylolisthesis and kyphosis in degenerative cervical
myelopathy.
Eddie de Dios, Mats Laesser, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Lars Lindhagen, Anna MacDowall
BMC medical imaging - 2023 -
Probing brain tissue microstructure with MRI: principles, challenges, and the role of multidimensional diffusion-relaxation
encoding.
Björn Lampinen, Filip Szczepankiewicz, Jimmy Lätt, Linda Knutsson, Johan Mårtensson, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Danielle van Westen, Pia C Sundgren, Freddy Ståhlberg, Markus Nilsson
NeuroImage - 2023 -
[Conditions for performing CT and MRI scans in pregnant and lactating
patients].
David Fällmar, Tobias Granberg, Annika Kits, Margareta Nilsson, Karin Sundström, Per-Erik Åslund, Jeanette Carlqvist, Johan Wikström, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Ida Blystad
Lakartidningen - 2023 -
Circulating Brain Injury Biomarkers: A Novel Method for Quantification of the Impact on the Brain After Tumor
Surgery.
Isak Michaëlsson, Tobias Hallén, Louise Carstam, Mats Laesser, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Ann Sörbo, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, Asgeir Store Jakola, Thomas Skoglund
Neurosurgery - 2023 -
FIND Stroke Recovery Study (FIND): rationale and protocol for a longitudinal observational cohort study of trajectories of recovery and biomarkers
poststroke
Cecilia Brännmark, Sofia Klasson, Tara M Stanne, Hans Samuelsson, Margit Alt Murphy, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen, N David Åberg, Oscar Jalnefjord, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Katarina Jood, Turgut Tatlisumak, Christina Jern
Bmj Open - 2023 -
Postnatal serum IGF-1 levels associate with brain volumes at term in extremely preterm
infants
William Hellström, L. M. Hortensius, Chatarina Löfqvist, Gunnel Hellgren, M. L. Tataranno, D. Ley, Mjnl Benders, Ann Hellström, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Rolf A. Heckemann, Karin Sävman
Pediatric Research - 2023 -
Perioperative brain injury marker concentrations in neonatal open-heart surgery: a prospective observational
study
A. Jungner, F. Lennartsson, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, D. Ley
Frontiers in Pediatrics - 2023 -
Improvement rates, adverse events and predictors of clinical outcome following surgery for degenerative cervical
myelopathy
Eddie de Dios, Mats Laesser, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, L. Lindhagen, A. MacDowall
European Spine Journal - 2022 -
Deep learning for automatic brain tumour segmentation on MRI: evaluation of recommended reporting criteria via a reproduction and replication
study.
Emilia Gryska, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Asgeir Store Jakola, Tora Dunås, Justin F. Schneiderman, Rolf A. Heckemann
BMJ open - 2022 -
Visualization of wrist anatomy - a comparison between 7T and 3T
MRI
S. Gotestrand, Anders Björkman, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, I. Kristiansson, E. Aksyuk, Pawel Szaro, K. M. Bloch, Mats Geijer
European Radiology - 2022 -
Visualization of wrist ligaments with 3D and 2D magnetic resonance imaging at 3
Tesla
S. Gotestrand, A. Bjorkman, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, R. Ab-Fawaz, I. Kristiansson, B. Lundin, Mats Geijer
Acta Radiologica - 2022 -
Independent component analysis of rsfMRI data in pedophilic disorder: A Swedish case control
study
Linnea Andersson, Christoffer Rahm, Benny Liberg, Maria Ljungberg, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher
Annual Meeting ISMRM (International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine) - 2022 -
Post-Concussive Vestibular Dysfunction Is Related to Injury to the Inferior Vestibular
Nerve
A. Gard, A. Al-Husseini, E. N. Kornaropoulos, A. De Maio, Y. Tegner, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, K. M. Bloch, M. Nilsson, M. Magnusson, N. Marklund
Journal of Neurotrauma - 2022 -
Structural association between heterotopia and cortical lesions visualised with 7 T MRI in patients with focal
epilepsy
A. Zampeli, B. Hansson, K. M. Bloch, E. Englund, K. Kallen, M. C. Strandberg, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher
Seizure-European Journal of Epilepsy - 2022 -
Health effects related to exposure of static magnetic fields and acoustic noise-comparison between MR and CT
radiographers
A. Glans, J. Wilen, L. Lindgren, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, B. Hansson
European Radiology - 2022 -
MR-safety in clinical practice at 7T: Evaluation of a multistep screening process in 1819
subjects
B. Hansson, M. Simic, J. Olsrud, K. Markenroth Bloch, T. Owman, P. C. Sundgren, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher
Radiography - 2022 -
MR-safety: Evaluation of compliance with screening routines using a structured screening
interview
B. Hansson, M. Simic, J. Olsrud, K. M. Bloch, T. Owman, P. C. Sundgren, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher
Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management - 2022 -
Inter-modality assessment of medial temporal lobe atrophy in a non-demented population: application of a visual rating scale template across radiologists with varying clinical
experience
C. Hakansson, A. Tamaddon, H. Andersson, G. Torisson, G. Martensson, M. Truong, M. Annertz, E. Londos, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, O. Hansson, D. van Westen
European Radiology - 2022 -
Study protocol: establishment of a multicentre pre-eclampsia database and biobank in Sweden: GO PROVE and UP MOST, a prospective cohort
study.
Lilja Thorgeirsdottir, Malin E Andersson, Ove Karlsson, Sven Egron Thörn, Jonatan Oras, Verena Sengpiel, Teresia Svanvik, Helen Elden, Karolina Linden, Katja Junus, Susanne Lager, Ida Enskär, Teelkien van Veen, Johan Wikström, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Anna Stigsdotter Neely, Anna-Karin Wikström, Lina Bergman
BMJ open - 2021 -
Serum docosahexaenoic acid levels are associated with brain volumes in extremely preterm born
infants
Lisa M. Hortensius, William Hellström, Karin Sävman, Rolf A. Heckemann, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Floris Groenendaal, Mats X. Andersson, Anders K. Nilsson, Maria Luisa Tataranno, Ruurd M. van Elburg, Ann Hellström, Manon J.N.L. Benders
Pediatric Research - 2021 -
Automatic brain lesion segmentation on standard magnetic resonance images: a scoping
review.
Emilia Gryska, Justin F. Schneiderman, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Rolf A. Heckemann
BMJ open - 2021 -
Reporting frequency of radiology findings increases after introducing visual rating scales in the primary care diagnostic work up of subjective and mild cognitive
impairment
C. Hakansson, G. Torisson, E. Londos, O. Hansson, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, D. van Westen
European Radiology - 2021 -
7T MR
Safety
A. J. Fagan, A. K. Bitz, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, C. M. Collins, V. Kimbrell, A. J. E. Raaijmakers
Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging - 2021 -
Spinal cord compression in relation to clinical symptoms in patients with spinal
meningiomas.
Alba Corell, Charlotte Cerbach, Nickoleta Hoefling, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Asgeir Store Jakola
Clinical neurology and neurosurgery - 2021 -
7T Epilepsy Task Force Consensus Recommendations on the Use of 7T MRI in Clinical
Practice
G. Opheim, A. van der Kolk, K. M. Bloch, A. J. Colon, K. A. Davis, T. R. Henry, J. F. A. Jansen, S. E. Jones, J. W. Pan, K. Rossler, J. M. Stein, M. C. Strandberg, S. Trattnig, P. F. V. de Moortele, M. I. Vargas, I. Wang, F. Bartolomei, N. Bernasconi, A. Bernasconi, B. Bernhardt, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, M. Cosottini, S. R. Das, L. Hertz-Pannier, S. Inati, M. T. Jurkiewicz, A. R. Khan, S. L. Liang, R. E. Ma, S. Mukundan, H. Pardoe, L. H. Pinborg, J. R. Polimeni, J. P. Ranjeva, E. Steijvers, S. Stufflebeam, T. J. Veersema, A. Vignaud, N. Voets, S. Vulliemoz, C. J. Wiggins, R. Xue, R. Guerrini, M. Guye
Neurology - 2021 -
The clinical significance of the T2-FLAIR mismatch sign in grade II and III gliomas: a population-based
study.
Alba Corell, Sandra Ferreyra Vega, Nickoleta Hoefling, Louise Carstam, Anja Smits, Thomas Olsson Bontell, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Helena Carén, Asgeir Store Jakola
BMC cancer - 2020 -
Randomized Control Trial of Postnatal rhIGF-1/rhIGFBP-3 Replacement in Preterm Infants: Post-hoc Analysis of Its Effect on Brain
Injury
S. Horsch, A. Parodi, B. Hallberg, M. Malova, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, I. Hansen-Pupp, N. Marlow, K. Beardsall, D. Dunger, M. van Weissenbruch, L. E. H. Smith, M. Hamdani, A. Mangili, N. Barton, L. A. Ramenghi, Ann Hellström, D. Ley
Frontiers in Pediatrics - 2020 -
Subjectively Reported Effects Experienced in an Actively Shielded 7T MRI: A Large-Scale
Study.
Boel Hansson, Karin Markenroth Bloch, Titti Owman, Markus Nilsson, Jimmy Lätt, Johan Olsrud, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher
Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI - 2020 -
MRI diffusion and perfusion alterations in the mesencephalon and pons as markers of disease and symptom reversibility in idiopathic normal pressure
hydrocephalus
Simon Agerskov, Jonathan Arvidsson, Doerthe Ziegelitz, Kerstin M Lagerstrand, Göran Starck, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Carsten Wikkelsö, Mats Tullberg
PLoS ONE - 2020 -
Tensor-valued diffusion MRI differentiates cortex and white matter in malformations of cortical development associated with
epilepsy
B. Lampinen, A. Zampeli, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, F. Szczepankiewicz, K. Kallen, M. C. Strandberg, M. Nilsson
Epilepsia - 2020 -
Swedish national survey on MR safety compared with CT: a false sense of
security?
B. Hansson, J. Olsrud, J. Wilén, T. Owman, P. Höglund, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher
European Radiology - 2020 -
European Ultrahigh-Field Imaging Network for Neurodegenerative Diseases
(EUFIND)
E. Düzel, J. Acosta-Cabronero, D. Berron, G. J. Biessels, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, M. Bottlaender, R. Bowtell, M. V. Buchem, A. Cardenas-Blanco, F. Boumezbeur, D. Chan, S. Clare, M. Costagli, L. de Rochefort, A. Fillmer, P. Gowland, O. Hansson, J. Hendrikse, O. Kraff, M. E. Ladd, I. Ronen, E. Petersen, J. B. Rowe, H. Siebner, T. Stoecker, S. Straub, M. Tosetti, K. Uludag, A. Vignaud, J. Zwanenburg, O. Speck
Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring - 2019 -
Optimization of b-values for characterization of glioma by intravoxel incoherent motion
(IVIM)
Oscar Jalnefjord, Jonathan Arvidsson, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Maria Ljungberg
Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine - 2019 -
Improvement in diagnostic quality of structural and angiographic MRI of the brain using motion correction with interleaved, volumetric
navigators
Mads Andersen, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Anouk Marsman, Esben Thade Petersen, Vincent Oltman Boer
PloS one - 2019 -
Microstructural white matter alterations associated to neurocognitive deficits in childhood leukemia survivors treated with cranial radiotherapy - a diffusional kurtosis
study.
Cecilia Follin, Daniel Svärd, Danielle van Westen, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Pia C Sundgren, Sigridur Fjalldal, Jimmy Lätt, Markus Nilsson, Aki Johanson, Eva Marie Erfurth
Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) - 2019 -
Detailed assessment of hypothalamic damage in craniopharyngioma patients with
obesity.
S Fjalldal, C Follin, S Gabery, P C Sundgren, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, J Lätt, P Mannfolk, C H Nordström, L Rylander, B Ekman, R Cheong, A Pålsson, Å Petersén, E M Erfurth
International journal of obesity (2005) - 2019 -
Short-term effects experienced during examinations in an actively shielded 7 T
MR.
Boel Hansson, Peter Höglund, Karin Markenroth Bloch, Markus Nilsson, Johan Olsrud, Jonna Wilén, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher
Bioelectromagnetics - 2019