Brynjar Karlsson, Associate Professor

School:	School of Science and Engineering / Department of Biomedical Engineering
Location:	Kringlan 1; 103 Reykjavik
Phone:	+354 5996490
Email:	brynjar@ru.is
Website:	http://www.ru.is/brynjar

CV in PDF format.

Education

1996 PhD; Medical physics,  Université de Tours, Frakklandi
1992 DEA (~MSc),  Université de Paris-7; Physical Acoustics
1990 BSc, University of Iceland; Theoretical Physics.

Career

2005           Associate Professor, School of science and engineering, Reykjavík University
2003-2005  Dean, Health science department Technical University of Iceland.
2002-          Associate Professor, medical physics, Medical School, University of Iceland.

Research

Active research in biomedical technology for the last 15 years, primerily in the field of obtetrical applications. Results have been published in 15 peer reviewed papers as well as 5 abstracts and two posters. Results have also been presented in reports, public lectures and newspaper articles in Iceland.

Publications

PhD Thesis

1. Karlsson, B., Application de l'effet doppler ultrasonore à l'investigation des mouvements foetaux.- Développement et validation d'un appareil bi-capteurs et d'un système d'analyse des mesures. PhD Thesis, Université de Tours, January 1996. Leiðbeinandi Prof. Léandre Pourcelot.

MSc thesis

2. Karlsson, B, An experimental study of focussed ultrasonic transducers for borehole logging. D.E.A. (~M.Sc.). Université Paris VII. Júní 1992. Leiðbeinandi: Prof. Matthias Fink.

Peer reviewed papers

3. Karlsson, B., The signature of fetal breathing movements in the signal from a standard fetal monitor. Proceedings of the 12^th Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical engineering. Reykjavík, 2002.

4. Foulquière, K., Karlsson, B, Vilbergsson, G., Berson, M.Using Modified Fetal Monitor and Signal Processing to Detect Fetal Breathing Movement.

Proceedings the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium in Puerto Rico, October 2000.

5. Karlsson, B., Foulquière K., Kaluzynski K. , Tranquart F., Fignon A., Pourcelot D., Pourcelot L., Berson M. The DopFet system: A new ultrasonic Doppler system for monitoring and characterization of fetal movement.Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. 2000, 27, 1117-1124

6. Karlsson, B., Foulquiere, K, Effects of maternal and fetal breathing on the ultrasonic Doppler signal due to fetal heart movement. European Journal of Ultrasound. 2000, 11, 47-52.

7. Karlsson, B.., Foulquiere, K, Effects of maternal and fetal breathing on the ultrasonic Doppler signal due to fetal heart movement. Proceedings of the 11^th Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical engineering. Tallin, Estonia, 1999.

8. Karlsson, B., Pourcelot, D., Helgason, T., Pourcelot, L., Berson, M., Distance of fetal movement measured using the analytical signal derived from non-directional Doppler ultrasound. Med. Eng. & Phys. 1998, 20, 325-331.

9. Karlsson, B., Pourcelot, D., Pourcelot, L., Berson, M., Miniature Sensor for Doppler Ultrasound Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring. Increased Patient Comfort and Ergonomy in use. Proceedings of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Brussels, Belgium, 1996.

10. Diridollou, S., Berson, M., Vabre, V., Black, D., Karlsson, B., Auriol, F., Gregoire, J.M., Yvon, C., Vaillant, L., Gall, Y., Patat, F., An IN VIVO method for Measuring the Mechanical Properties of Skin Using Ultrasound. J. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. 1998, 24, 2, 215-224.

11. Certon, D., Patat, F., Levassort, F., Feuillard, Karlsson, B., Lateral resonances in 1-3 piezo-electric periodic composite: Modeling and experimental results. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 1997, 101,4.

12. Ngyuen, T.N., Lethiecq, M., Karlsson, B., Patat, F., Highly attenuative rubber epoxy for transducer backing applications. Ultrasonics 1996,. 34, 669-675.

13. Ossant, F., Karlsson B., Baldeweck, Th., Patat, F. Statistical limitations of the effective density based on the K-distribution. Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, San Antonio 1996.

14. Ngyuen, T.N., Lethiecq, M., Karlsson, B.., Patat, F.,Development of a Broad-Band Ultrasonic Transducer for High Temperature Applications. Acta Acustica. 1995, 3, 331-8.

15. Defontaine, M., Berson, M., Karlsson, B., Ossant, F., Pourcelot, L., L'échotomographie analogique. Etude de la reconstruction acousto-optique a partir de données échographiques. Journal de Physique, 1994, 4, C5-1243-6.

International conference lectures

16. Karlsson, B., Foulquiere, K., Berson, M., Pourcelot, L., Helgason, Th., Geirsson, R.T., Quantity and quality of movement in fetuses with abnormal placental and cerebral resistance indexes. Proceeding of the XVI Nordic congress on perinatalmedicine Reykjavík 1999.

17. Karlsson, B., Helgason, T., Gregoire, J-M., Collin, L. Berson, M.,The details of fetal movement observed by analysis of the phase of a one-dimesionnal doppler signal. Proceedings of the European Congrés for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Tours, 1998.

18. Karlsson, B., Berson, M., Helgason, T., Pourcelot, L., A new multiple sensor pulsed ultrasonic device for monitoring fetal movement., Proceedings of the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Nice, 1997

19. Karlsson, B., Berson, M., Fignon, A., Pourcelot, D., Lansac, J., Pourcelot, L.,Tranquart, F., Impact of fetal activity and hemodynamic monitoring in the appreciation of fetal behavior., Proceedings of the 8th congress of the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. Buenos Aires, 1997.

20. Pourcelot, L., Berson, M., Karlsson, B., Kaluzynski, K., Real-time ultrasonic monitoring of fetal behavior., Proceedings of the 7th congress of the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. Sapporo, 1994.

 International conference posters

21. Foulquière, K., Karlsson, B., Vilbergsson, G., Tranquart, F., Pourcelot, L., Berson, M.Using CW Doppler ultrasound to detect fetal breathing movement. Comparison with simultaneous M-mode ultrasound. 9th Congress of the World federation or Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology Florence -May 2000.

22. Karlsson, B., Berson, M., Pourcelot, L., Helgason, Th., Geirsson, R.T., The details of fetal movement observed by analysis of the phase of a one-dimesionnal doppler signal.. Proceeding of the XVI Nordic congress on perinatalmedicine Reykjavík 1999.

Popular science papers

23. Heilbrigðari fyrirburar – meiri lífslíkur. Lifandi vísindi Júlí 1998.

24. Hvað dreymir fóstur? Morgunblaðið 14 janúar 1996.

25. Líftækni í Tækniháskóla Íslands. Morgunblaðið 28. júní 2004.

Teaching materials

        26. Einingar í eðlisfræði, Aflfræði, Fjaðurfræði. Kennsluefni í eðlisfræði fyrir læknanema á
fyrsta námsári í læknadeild. Fjölrit September1998.

27. Læknisfræðileg eðlisfræði,Kennslubók fyrir læknanema á fyrsta misseri í læknadeild. eftir. Guðmund S. Jónsson og fl. Háskólafjölritun ágúst 2000, Ritstjórn og meðhöfundur. Endurskoðaðar útgáfur 2001 og 2002

28. Umfangsmiklar heimasíður námskeiða í Lækna- og raunvísindadeildum.