Torkel Brismar
Professor/Senior Physician
E-mail: torkel.brismar@ki.se
Visiting address: Hälsovägen, Enheten för radiologi C1:46, 14186 Stockholm
Postal address: H9 Klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik, H9 CLINTEC Radiologi, 141 52 Huddinge
About me
Professor and Chair of Unit of Radiology at the Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology since February 2021.
Research
- Torkel Brismar is a clinically active radiologist who researches new and improved X-ray methods. He studies, among other things, how the dosage of contrast media can be optimized in computed tomography based on heart function, weight and body type. A common theme in his research is the ambition to develop and evaluate new quantitative measures. These are used to examine skeletal robusticity, liver and kidney function or how the body composition changes, for example, with cancer. One conclusion is that individuals with sarcopenic obesity, that is obesity in combination with muscle atrophy, experience more side effects from cytotoxic drugs or chemotherapy, and more often discontinue the treatment.
A significant part of Brismar’s research has focused on osteoporosis, including several major studies on the opportunities and possibilities for screening. His research has shown that relatively simple radiographs obtained in the emergency department or in connection with mammography can be used to identify individuals with increased fracture risk. Professor Brismar is also part of a research collaboration that studies how bears maintain skeletal strength during hibernation.
Teaching
He has supervised 18 students to their PhD (7 as principal supervisor) and currently he has 3 main supervised and two co-supervised PhD students.
Articles
- Article: EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY. 2025;:1-10
- Article: BJS-BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY. 2025;112(5):znaf103
- Article: INVESTIGATIVE RADIOLOGY. 2025
- Article: ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY. 2025;32(3):1795-1807
- Article: JOURNAL OF THORACIC IMAGING. 2025;40(4):e0824
- Journal article: JCSM COMMUNICATIONS. 2024;7(2):91-98
- Article: EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY. 2024;34(7):4561-4566
- Article: PHYSICS OF FLUIDS. 2024;36(6):061912
- Article: ACTA RADIOLOGICA. 2024;65(4):329-333
- Article: CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE. 2024;62(4):608-614
- Article: MEDICAL ENGINEERING & PHYSICS. 2024;125:104126
- Article: ACADEMIC RADIOLOGY. 2024;31(2):572-581
- Article: INVESTIGATIVE RADIOLOGY. 2024;59(2):197-205
- Article: EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY. 2024;34(1):612-621
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER PHYSIOLOGY. 2023;325(5):G398-G406
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY. 2023;166:111015
- Journal article: ASAIO JOURNAL. 2023;69(Supplement 2):24
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2023;13(1):7472
- Article: ACTA RADIOLOGICA. 2023;64(2):435-440
- Article: FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY. 2023;13:1164739
- Article: FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION. 2023;10:1035343
- Article: COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICINE. 2023;2023:5424204
- Journal article: PANCREATOLOGY. 2022;22:e23
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY. 2022;95(1139):20220370
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2022;12(1):16379
- Journal article: JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE IN MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPY. 2022;5(3)
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2022;57(6):705-712
- Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2022;291(6):813-823
- Article: EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY. 2022;32(5):3056-3066
- Article: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY. 2022;132(5):1167-1178
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY. 2022;95(1133):20211094
- Journal article: HPB. 2022;24:s472
- Article: FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY. 2022;12:831795
- Article: MENOPAUSE-THE JOURNAL OF THE MENOPAUSE SOCIETY. 2021;29(1):42-47
- Article: ACTA RADIOLOGICA. 2021;62(10):1317-1323
- Article: BIOLOGY OF SEX DIFFERENCES. 2021;12(1):50
- Article: ACTA RADIOLOGICA OPEN. 2021;10(9):20584601211046334
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE. 2021;10(16):3720
- Article: JHEP REPORTS. 2021;3(3):100256
- Article: JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL METABOLISM. 2021;39(2):260-269
- Article: MATURITAS. 2021;144:60-67
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2021;16(2):e0247623
- Article: ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES. 2020;12(48):53665-53681
- Journal article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY. 2020;31(10S):362
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2020;55(8):1002-1004
- Article: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2020;35(7):1202-1211
- Journal article: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2020;35(Supplement_3):gfaa142.p0791
- Journal article: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2020;35(Supplement_3):gfaa142.p1399
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM. 2020;105(3):dgz247-E813
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE. 2020;9(2):E607-607
- Article: BMC NEPHROLOGY. 2020;21(1):43
- Article: BONE. 2020;130:115075
- Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2019;286(4):449-457
- Article: BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS. 2019;20(1):422
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2019;54(7):905-912
- Article: PHYSICA MEDICA-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PHYSICS. 2019;61:58-63
- Article: NUTRITION. 2019;61:93-98
- Article: CANCER MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH. 2019;11:2617-2622
- Article: DISEASES OF THE ESOPHAGUS. 2019;32(4):doy096
- Article: SPINE JOURNAL. 2019;19(3):501-508
- Article: ACTA RADIOLOGICA. 2019;60(3):293-300
- Article: NUTRITION. 2019;59:50-55
- Article: BMC NEPHROLOGY. 2019;20(1):59
- Article: BMC MEDICAL IMAGING. 2019;19(1):17
- Journal article: HPB. 2019;21:s809
- Journal article: HPB. 2019;21:s589
- Article: EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY. 2018;28(12):5384-5395
- Article: RADIOLOGY. 2018;289(1):111-118
- Article: NUTRITION. 2018;53:9-13
- Article: BONE & JOINT JOURNAL. 2018;100-B(8):1080-1086
- Article: ORAL SURGERY ORAL MEDICINE ORAL PATHOLOGY ORAL RADIOLOGY. 2018;126(1):72-82
- Article: CONTEMPORARY CLINICAL TRIALS COMMUNICATIONS. 2018;10:148-153
- Article: JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY. 2018;33(2):436-440
- Article: CLINICAL NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY. 2018;164:114-120
- Article: JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. 2017;28(12):1664-1672
- Article: ACTA RADIOLOGICA OPEN. 2017;6(9):2058460117731120-205846011773112
- Article: JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL METABOLISM. 2017;35(5):536-543
- Article: JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY. 2017;21(6):967-974
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY. 2017;91:160-167
- Article: EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY. 2017;27(3):1074-1080
- Article: MOLECULAR PHARMACEUTICS. 2017;14(2):448-458
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION. 2017;47(2):137-148
- Article: LANGENBECKS ARCHIVES OF SURGERY. 2017;402(1):69-75
- Journal article: JCSM CLINICAL REPORTS. 2017;2(1):1-7
- Article: EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY. 2016;26(11):4030-4036
- Journal article: CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2016;35:s2
- Article: KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS. 2016;1(3):105-113
- Article: DIABETES. 2016;65(9):2482-2489
- Article: ACTA RADIOLOGICA. 2016;57(9):1049-1055
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2016;11(8):e0161101
- Article: JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING. 2016;43(6):1417-1422
- Article: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL. 2016;47(6):1706-1717
- Article: CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2016;35(3):724-730
- Journal article: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2016;31(suppl_1):i467
- Journal article: HPB. 2016;18:e699-e700
- Journal article: HPB. 2016;18:e700
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2016;11(2):e0146824
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2015;116(12):1833-1839
- Article: EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY. 2015;25(11):3123-3132
- Article: MEDICAL PHYSICS. 2015;42(9):5100-5109
- Article: BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. 2015;464(3):737-742
- Article: BMC CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS. 2015;15:63
- Article: SARCOIDOSIS VASCULITIS AND DIFFUSE LUNG DISEASES. 2015;32(1):63-69
- Article: ANNALS OF VASCULAR SURGERY. 2015;29(3):573-577
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL DENSITOMETRY. 2015;18(1):22-29
- Article: NANO. 2014;9(6):1450069
- Article: EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY. 2014;24(8):1959-1963
- Article: SKELETAL RADIOLOGY. 2014;43(2):197-204
- Article: DENTOMAXILLOFACIAL RADIOLOGY. 2014;43(8):20140196
- Article: EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY. 2014;24(1):151-161
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL DENSITOMETRY. 2014;17(1):104-108
- Article: BMC MEDICAL IMAGING. 2013;13:39
- Article: EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY. 2013;23(5):1383-1391
- Article: EJNMMI RESEARCH. 2013;3(1):12
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NANOMEDICINE. 2013;8:3241-3254
- Article: MAGNETIC RESONANCE MATERIALS IN PHYSICS BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE. 2012;25(5):361-368
- Article: NUTRITION. 2012;28(9):851-855
- Article: ACTA RADIOLOGICA. 2012;53(6):601-606
- Article: BIOMACROMOLECULES. 2012;13(5):1390-1399
- Article: EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY. 2012;22(3):642-653
- Article: EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY. 2012;22(3):633-641
- Article: EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY. 2011;21(10):2067-2073
- Article: ULTRASONICS. 2011;51(1):40-48
- Article: ACTA RADIOLOGICA. 2010;51(8):903-909
- Article: ACTA RADIOLOGICA. 2010;51(7):722-726
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2010;45(7-8):980-986
- Article: JOURNAL OF OSTEOPOROSIS. 2010;2010:875647-6
- Article: CANCER IMMUNOLOGY IMMUNOTHERAPY. 2010;59(3):473-477
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2010;107(3):108-109
- Article: ACTA RADIOLOGICA. 2009;50(7):709-715
- Journal article: ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY. 2009;35(8):s235
- Article: ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY. 2009;35(7):1139-1147
- Article: ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY. 2009;35(7):1127-1138
- Article: ACTA RADIOLOGICA. 2009;50(2):194-200
- Article: CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS. 2008;20(10):3254-3258
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL DENSITOMETRY. 2008;11(2):309-312
- Article: ACTA RADIOLOGICA. 2007;48(4):362-368
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2006;103(40):2988-2989
- Article: DIABETES CARE. 2006;29(7):1471-1477
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM. 2006;290(6):E1296-E1303
- Article: ACTA RADIOLOGICA. 2006;47(2):172-178
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY. 2005;78(936):1078-1085
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM. 2004;89(9):4364-4370
- Article: ACTA RADIOLOGICA. 2004;45(4):453-459
- Journal article: MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS & EXERCISE. 2004;36(Supplement):s34
- Article: FERTILITY AND STERILITY. 2003;79(4):947-955
- Article: EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY. 2000;10(8):1215-1221
- Article: EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY. 1999;9(4):643-647
- Article: EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY. 1999;9(1):141-144
- Article: PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY. 1998;28(1):38-42
- Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 1998;87(1):28-31
- Article: ACADEMIC RADIOLOGY. 1997;4(6):426-430
- Journal article: JOURNAL OF NEUROIMAGING. 1997;7(2):131-133
- Article: ACADEMIC RADIOLOGY. 1997;4(1):43-48
- Journal article: ACTA RADIOLOGICA. 1996;37(1):101-106
- Journal article: ACTA RADIOLOGICA. 1996;37(1):101-106
- Article: ACTA RADIOLOGICA. 1996;37(1):101-106
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Employments
- Professor/Senior Physician, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, 2021-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2006
- Doctor Of Philosophy, Dept of Surgical Science, Karolinska Institutet, 1999
- University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 1995