Education

Lectured in medical schools and engineering schools, pregraduate and postgraduate courses, ph.d. courses, symposia, conferences and seminars around the World.

Ph.D.-students

The Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University

  • M.D. Claus S. Jørgensen. Fysiologiske og farmakologiske aspekter af den peristaltiske refleks og biomekaniske vægegenskaber i den isolerede perfunderede svine duodenum, jejunum og ileum: Et komparativt studie med speciel reference til impedans planimetri. Ph.D. degree awarded in 1995.
  • M.D. Flemming H. Dall. Biomekaniske vægegenskaber i rectum belyst med manometri og impedans planimetri. Dyreeksperimentelle samt humane studier på normalpersoner. Ph.D. degree awarded in 1996.
  • M.D. Jan H. Storkholm. Biomekaniske egenskaber i marsvinets tyndtarm. Et studie af den normale og den obstruerede tyndtarm med speciel reference til impedans planimetri. Ph.D. degree awarded 1996.
  • M.D. Lilli Lundby. Biomechanical and morphometric evaluation of late radiation-induced changes in the mouse rectum. Ph.D.-degree awarded in 1998.
  • M.D. Gerda E. Villadsen. Biomekaniske vægegenskaber i øsophagus hos patienter med systemisk sklerose. Et klinisk eksperimentelt impedans planimetrisk studie. Ph.D. degree awarded in 1999.
  • M.D. Pang Qi. The cerebral bridging veins. Morphology, biomechanics and haemodynamics. Ph.D.-degree awarded in 1999.
  • M.D. Birgitte Uldall Duch. Undersøgelse af de biomekaniske egenskaber i de ekstrahepatiske galdeveje hos grise. Ph.D. degree awarded in 2000.
  • M.D. Klaus Krogh. Colons, rectums og analkanalens funktion efter supranukleære læsioner af medulla spinalis. Ph.D. thesis awarded in 2000.
  • M.D. Laszlo Tanko Balazs. Biomechanical aspects of cardiovascular pharmacodynamics. Ph.D. degree awarded in 2000.
  • Engineer Jens Kristian Poulsen. Advanced diagnostic imaging. Ph.D. degree awarded in November 2001.
  • M.D. Helle Andersen. Strictura urethrae. An experimental study in the male rabbit. Aarhus University April 2002.
  • Inge Scheel Andersen. The extrinsic neural control of ano-rectal motility in the Göttingen minipig. Aarhus University. November 2003.
  • Engineer Jørgen E. Assentoft. Billedbehandling og frekvensanalyse af ultralydssignaler mhp. bestemmelse af luminale organers biomekaniske vægegenskaber med kombineret impedans planimetri-højfrekvent ultralyd. Initiated in 1994.
  • Estrid Muff Munk. Clinical epidemiological studies in patients with unexplaines chest and/or epigastric pain. Aarhus University, November 2007.
  • Marianne Lalla. An experimental hypospadias study in rabbits. Aarhus University, Ph.D. degree awarded, December 2008.

The Engineering School, Aalborg University

  • Chunwen Gao. Biomechanical properties and sensory nerve function in the human duodenum. 2001.
  • Yanling Dou. Aspects of morphometric and biomechanical properties in the normal, the fasting, the refeeding and the resected rat small intestine. 2001.
  • Priti Bajaj. Quantitative sensory assessment and development of a model for pelvic pain in women: special reference to the menstrual cycle and pregnancy. 2002.
  • Jingbo Zhao. Morphological and biomechanical remodelling of the rat small intestine during streptozotozin (STZ)-induced diabetes. 2003.
  • Thorbjørn Sommer. Microdialysis in the assessment of regional intestinal ischemia. 2004.
  • Jens Fromholt Larsen. Pathophysiological and clinical aspects of carbonic dioxide pneumoperitoneum. 2004.
  • Zhuangjie Li. Tissue remodelling in the cardiovascular system. Experimental models of dilated cardiomyopathy, hypotension, pulmonary hypertension and recovery from pulmonary hypertension. 2004.
  • Poul Pedersen. Pain and biomechanics of the large intestine. 2004.
  • Jan Bech Petersen. “Biomechanical properties and sensory function in the human oesophagus”. 2004.
  • Barry McMahon. A New Measurement Technique for Evaluation of Oesophagogastric Junction. 2005.
  • Jens Frøkjær. Assement of the Mechanosensory Properties in the Human Gastrointestinal Tract. 2005.
  • Hari Prasad. Multimodal approach to sensations from the esophagus in healthy subjects and in patients with gastro-esophageal reflux disease.  2009.
  • Flemming Gravesen. Traction Force Measurements in the Oesophagus – Technical Development and Studies in Healthy Volunteers. Aalborg University. 2010.

Ph.D.-theses at other universities

  • Josephine D. Barlow, University of Manchester, England. Sensitivity of the human oesophagus. 2001.
  • Jian Yang. Passive biomechanical properties of rat esophagus. Beijing Polytechnic University. 2003.
  • Aymen Bushra Ahmed. Ultrasound strain rate imaging in functional dyspepsia. Bergen University. 2008.
  • Dag Arne Lihaug Hoff. Esophageal pain sensation during bag distension – biomechanical or ischemic in origin? Bergen University. 2010.

Doctoral (dr.m.sci.) students

  • Klaus Krogh. Colorectal and anal sphincter function in patients with spinal cord lesions. Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University. 2004.