Disputas- Cand.Med Pia Karin Karlsen Zadig

Avhandlingen er tilgjengelig her! The doctoral thesis!  Prøveforelesning over oppgitt emne holdes kl.10.15, samme sted: Whole body MRI in Cancer Predisposition Syndromes. Prøveforelesningen vil også bli strømmet her/the trial lecture will be streamed. Disputasen starter kl. 1215 i Auditorium Cortex. Auditoriet er åpent for publikum, men disputasen vil også bli strømmet her. Opptak av disputasen vil være tilgjengelig i et døgn. The auditorium is open to the public. The defense will still be streamed here. A recording of the disputation will be available for 24 hours.

Populærvitenskapelig sammendrag av avhandlingen:

Pediatric whole-body MRI has become an increasingly popular imaging technique in recent decades. However, distinguishing between normal and abnormal findings can be challenging due to the limited research available. This lack of clarity can lead to overdiagnosis and unnecessary follow-ups. The work aimed to create a reference guide for normal bone marrow signals on whole-body MRI in children, which helps differentiate between normal variations and pathology. The study included healthy children and adolescents, as well as children diagnosed with chronic non-bacterial osteomyelitis, an inflammatory condition of the bone.
The analysis of healthy children revealed that more than half had at least one finding that could be misinterpreted as pathology in a clinical setting.
This thesis offers a thorough understanding of normal variations in pediatric whole-body MRI and enhances the knowledge of what constitutes normal findings.

Hovedveileder
Førsteamanuensis Derk Avenarius, Institutt for klinisk medisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet. 

Bedømmelseskomité
Professor Rutger Nievelstein, University Medical Center Utrecht – 1. opoonent.
Ph.d. Sandra Diaz Ruiz, Nye Karolinska sykehus Stockholm – 2. opponent.
Førsteamanuensis Torgil Riise Vangberg, Institutt for klinisk medisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet – leder av komité.

Disputasleder: Førsteamanuensis Åsa Birna Birgisdottir, Institutt for klinisk medisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.