Granted Projects

Granted PhD-projects

Okulært iskæmisk syndrom

Project start: March 2007.

PhD student: Peter Kofoed, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Glostrup Hospital, Denmark.

Project: description not available.

Host institution: Dept. of Ophthalmology, Glostrup Hospital, Denmark.

Supervisors: MD Michael Larsen, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Glostrup Hospital, Denmark, and MD, (adm. overlæge) Henrik Sillesen,  Karkirurgisk Klinik, H:S Rigshospitalet, Denmark

More information: Dr. med. Michael Larsen, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Glostrup Hospital, Denmark, mla@dadlnet.dk.

Tracking non-rigid objects in time-of-flight range image sequences

Project start: November 2006.

PhD student: Sigurjon A. Gudmunsson, Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.

Project: Follow this link to view a brief description (to be added).

Host institutions: Faculty of Engineering, University of Iceland, Iceland, and Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.

Supervisors: Johannes R. Sveinsson (Univ. Iceland), Dr. Rasmus Larsen (IMM), and Henrik Aanæs (IMM).

More information: Rasmus Larsen, Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark, tel. +45 4525 3415, rl@imm.dtu.dk.

Real-time optical coherence tomography (OCT) for dermatologic diagnostics

Project start: December 2005.

PhD student: Jakob Thomsen, Optics and Plasma Research Dept., Risoe National Laboratory, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.

Project: Follow this link to view a brief description (to be added).

Host institutions: Optics and Plasma Research Dept., Risoe National Laboratory, Technical University of Denmark, and Atomic Physics, Lund Insitute of Technology, Lund, Sweden.

Supervisors: Prof. Peter E. Andersen (Risø), Prof. Stefan Andersson-Engels (Lund), Prof. Katarina Svanberg (Lund), and Dr. Lars Thrane (Risø)

More information: Peter E. Andersen, Optics and Plasma Research Dept., Risoe National Laboratory, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark, tel. +45 4677 4555, peter.andersen@risoe.dk.

Nonlinear dynamics in semiconductor lasers

Project start: November 2002.

PhD student: Søren Blaaberg Jensen, Optics and Plasma Research Dept., Risoe National Laboratory, Denmark.

Project: Follow this link to view a brief description.

Host institution: Optics and Plasma Research Dept., Risoe National Laboratory, Denmark.

Supervisors: Professor Paul Michael Petersen (Risø),  and Research professor Bjarne Tromborg, Research Center COM, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.

More information: Paul Michael Petersen, Optics and Plasma Research Dept., Risoe National Laboratory, Denmark, tel. +45 4677 4512, paul.michael.petersen@risoe.dk.

FRAME - Facial and retinal analysis modelling and estimation

Project start: February 2003.

PhD student: Brian Lading, Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.

Project: Follow this link to view a brief description.

Host institution: Matematikcentrum, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

Supervisors: Professor Karl Åström, Matematikcentrum, Lund University, Sweden, and Dr. Rasmus Larsen, Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.

More information: Rasmus Larsen, Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark, tel. +45 4525 3415, rl@imm.dtu.dk.

Morfometrisk fundusfotografisk karakterisering af øjenbaggrundens blodkar i relation til diabetes og hjertekarsygdom

Project start: December 2003.

PhD student: Nina Taarnhøj, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Herlev Hospital, Denmark.

Project: description not available.

Host institution: Dept. of Ophthalmology, Herlev Hospital, Denmark.

Supervisors: MD Michael Larsen, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Herlev Hospital, Denmark, MD, DMSc Knut Borch-Johnsen, Steno Diabetes Center, Denmark, and Senior Scientist Thomas Martini, Optics and Plasma Research Department, Risø National Laboratory, Denmark.

More information: Dr. med. Michael Larsen, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Herlev Hospital, Denmark, mla@dadlnet.dk.

Applications of nonclassical light within biomedicine

Project start: January 2005.

PhD student: Jiri Janousek, Optics Group, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.

Project: description not yet available.

Host institution: Optics Group, Institute of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.

Supervisors: Assoc. professor Peter Tidemand-Lichtenberg and Professor Preben Buchhave both at Optics Group, Institute of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.

More information: Professor Preben Buchhave, Optics Group, Institute of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark, tel. +45 4525 3262, pbu@fysik.dtu.dk.

Microstructured Polymer Optical Fibers (mPOFs) based sensors for label-free detection of biomolecules

Project start: January 2005.

PhD student: Grigoriy Emiliyanov, Research Centre COM, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.

Project: Link to description.

Host institution: Research Centre COM, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.

Supervisor: Assoc. professor Ole Bang, Research Centre COM, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.

More information: Assoc. professor Ole Bang, Research Centre COM, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark, tel. +45 4525 6373, bang@com.dtu.dk.

Automation of pattern recognition in magnetic resonance scanning images

Project start: November 2004.

PhD student: David Holm, Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.

Project: description not yet available.

Host institution: Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.

Supervisor: Assoc. professor Rasmus Larsen, Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.

More information: Assoc. professor Rasmus Larsen, Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark, tel. +45 4525 3415, rl@imm.dtu.dk.

Completed projects

Metal-clad waveguide sensors

Project period: September 2002 to September 2005.

PhD student: Nina Skivesen, Optics and Plasma Research Dept., Risoe National Laboratory, Denmark.

Project: Follow this link to view thesis abstract or download entire thesis.

Host institution: Optics and Plasma Research Dept., Risoe National Laboratory, Denmark.

Supervisors: Dr. Henrik C. Pedersen, Optics and Plasma Research Department, Risø National Laboratory, Denmark and Dr. Jan W. Thomsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

More information: Henrik C. Pedersen, Optics and Plasma Research Dept., Risoe National Laboratory, Denmark, tel. +45 4677 4550, henrik.pedersen@risoe.dk.

Self Calibrating Interferometric Sensor (SCIS)

Project period: October 2002 to December 2005.

PhD student: Henrik S. Sørensen, Optics and Plasma Research Dept., Risoe National Laboratory, Denmark.

Project: Follow this link to view thesis abstract or to download entire thesis.

Host institutions: Optics and Plasma Research Dept., Risoe National Laboratory, Denmark, and Dept. of Chemistry,  Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.

Supervisors: Dr. Peter E. Andersen (Risø), Professor Darryl J. Bornhop (Vanderbilt University), Dr. Niels B. Larsen ( Risø), and Dr.  Henrik Rasmussen (Techn. Univ. of Denmark)

More information: Peter E. Andersen, Optics and Plasma Research Dept., Risoe National Laboratory, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark, tel. +45 4677 4555, peter.andersen@risoe.dk. 

Tunable light sources in the UV and Yellow spectral region

Project period: May 2003 to May 2006.

PhD student: Jesper Liltorp Mortensen, Optics Group, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.

Project: Follow this link to view thesis abstract or to download entire thesis.

Host institution: Optics Group, Institute of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.

Supervisors: Assoc. professor Peter Tidemand-Lichtenberg and Professor Preben Buchhave both at Optics Group, Institute of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.

More information: Assoc. professor Peter Tidemand-Lichtenberg, Optics Group, Institute of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark, tel. +45 4525 3264, tidemand@fysik.dtu.dk.

Cellular mechanics studied by novel nano-tools and reconstituted model systems

Project start: September 2003 to November 2006.

PhD student: Poul Martin Hansen, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Project: Follow this link to view thesis abstract or to download entire thesis.

Host institution: Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Supervisor: Assoc. professor Lene Oddershede, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

More information: Assoc. professor Lene Oddershede, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, tel. +45 3532 5425, oddershede@nbi.dk.