Elin Diczfalusy

M.Sc., PhD Student

Elin Diczfalusy received a M.Sc. in Engineering Biology from Linköping University in 2009. In the same year, she began her Ph.D. studies at the Department of Biomedical Engineering under supervision of Professor Karin Wårdell. Her research is focused towards patient-specific models and simulations of deep brain stimulation (DBS) and brain microdialysis. Such models are used for predicting the spatial distribution of the electric field around DBS electrodes, as well as the tissue volume of influence associated with brain microdialysis catheters, in relation to anatomical structures. The research is carried out in an interdisciplinary manner, involving engineers, neurosurgeons, and neurologist from centers in Linköping and London, UK.

Activities and Reasearch Areas:

• Patient-specific models and simulations
• Neural Engineering
• Deep Brain Stimulation
• Brain Microdialysis
• Biomedical Instrumentation
• The Finite Element Method
• MatLab and C# programming

Research Projects:

Patient-specific modeling for brain microdialysis
Patient-specific modeling and simulation of deep brain stimulation

Teaching:

TBME04: Laboratory assistant
TBME11/TBME12: Laboratory assistant
TBME08: Lecturer and laboratory assistant

Related Publications and Presentations:

Elin Diczfalusy, Peter Zsigmond, Nil Dizdar, Anita Kullman, Dan Loyd, Karin Wårdell, “A model for simulation and patient-specific visualization of the tissue volume of influence during brain microdialysis”, Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 49(12): 1459 - 1469, 2011

Karin Wårdell, Elin Diczfalusy, Mattias Åström, “Patient-specific modeling and simulation of deep brain stimulation”, In: Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011.

Elin Diczfalusy, Mattias Åström, Nil Dizdar, Anita Kullman, Peter Zsigmond, Karin Wårdell, A finite element model for biochemical monitoring in the brain during deep brain stimulation, World Congress of Neurotechnology, Rome 11-14 Oct. 2010.

Mattias Åström, Elin Diczfalusy, Karin Wårdell, Computational analysis of the electric field during deep brain stimulation, World Congress of Neurotechnology, Rome 11-14 Oct. 2010.

Elin Diczfalusy, Nil Dizdar, Anita Kullman, Mattias Åström, Peter Zsigmond, Karin Wårdell, Biochemical monitoring and simulation of the electric field during deep brain stimulation, XIX Congress of the European Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery (ESSFN), Athens 22-25 Sept. 2010.

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Room: 462:11 404 A
E-mail: elin.diczfalusy@liu.se
Address: Linköping University Hospital
Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT)
Linköping, SE-58185
Phone: 013 28 67 46