• Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activities in Extracts from Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) Blubber 

      Walquist, Mari; Stormo, Svein Kristian; Jensen, Ida-Johanne; Østerud, Bjarne; Eilertsen, Karl-Erik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-10-08)
      Intake of long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-n3-PUFA) is commonly recognized to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD). In previous studies, cold-pressed whale oil (CWO) and cod liver oil (CLO) were given as a dietary supplement to healthy volunteers. Even though CWO contains less than half the amount of LC-n3-PUFA of CLO, CWO supplement resulted in beneficial effects on anti-inflammatory ...
    • Cold-pressed minke whale oil reduces circulating LDL/VLDL-cholesterol, lipid oxidation and atherogenesis in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice fed a Western-type diet for 13 weeks 

      Walquist, Mari; Stormo, Svein Kristian; Østerud, Bjarne; Elvevoll, Edel Oddny; Eilertsen, Karl-Erik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-05-04)
      Background<br> Long-chain n3-polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC n3-PUFA) are well known for their anti-inflammatory activity and their impact on cardiovascular disease. Cold-pressed whale oil (CWO) has half the amount of LC n3-PUFA compared to cod liver oil (CLO). Still, there has been observed more pronounced beneficial effects on cardiovascular disease markers from intake of CWO compared to intake ...
    • Diffusion tensor imaging for spatially-resolved characterization of muscle fiber structure in seafood 

      Anderssen, Kathryn Elizabeth; Kranz, Mathias; Syed, Shaheen; Stormo, Svein Kristian (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-01-08)
      The fiber structure of tissue in meat and seafood has a significant impact on their perceived quality. However, quantifiable description of muscle structure is challenging. We investigate diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a method to quantitatively describe tissue structure. DTI measures the anisotropy of water molecule diffusion within muscle fibers. A pilot study ...
    • Diffusion tensor imaging for spatially-resolved characterization of muscle fiber structure in seafood 

      Anderssen, Kathryn Elizabeth; Kranz, Mathias; Syed, Shaheen; Stormo, Svein Kristian (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-01-08)
      The fiber structure of tissue in meat and seafood has a significant impact on their perceived quality. However, quantifiable description of muscle structure is challenging. We investigate diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a method to quantitatively describe tissue structure. DTI measures the anisotropy of water molecule diffusion within muscle fibers. A pilot study ...
    • Predicting liquid loss of frozen and thawed cod from hyperspectral imaging 

      Anderssen, Kathryn Elizabeth; Stormo, Svein Kristian; Skåra, Torstein; Skjelvareid, Martin Hansen; Heia, Karsten (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-20)
      As the ability to appraise the quality of every fish in a delivery in a consistent, objective, and rapid manner has numerous advantages for both sellers and buyers, there has been much research into methods to achieve this. One possible proxy for quality assessment is liquid loss, which correlates with undesirable sensory attributes. This study evaluated whether hyperspectral imaging could predict ...
    • Prosessering av sjømat – Endring i næringsinnhold, biotilgjengelighet og helseeffekter 

      Larsen, Rune; Stormo, Svein Kristian; Eilertsen, Karl-Erik; Mæhre, Hanne K; Jensen, Ida-Johanne; Østerud, Bjarne; Elvevoll, Edel Oddny (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2010-11-29)
      Rapporten oppsummerer hvordan prosessering kan påvirke innholdet av næringsstoffer i sjømat, samt hvordan biotilgjengeligheten til ulike stoffer kan endres som følge av prosessbetingelsene. I tillegg er det kort redegjort for vitenskapelig status på helseeffektene av sjømatkonsum, samt hvilke ernæringsmessige faktorer som gjør sjømat til et særegent næringsmiddel. Økt prosesseringsgrad av sjømat ...
    • Quantification and mapping of tissue damage from freezing in cod by magnetic resonance imaging 

      Anderssen, Kathryn Elizabeth; Syed, Shaheen; Stormo, Svein Kristian (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-02-01)
      Freezing of fish is an important processing method that can extend the shelf life of the product but can also lead to significant damage to the tissue if performed incorrectly. In order to thoroughly evaluate different freezing protocols, a method to characterize the extent and distribution of damage from freezing is needed. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was tested as a technique to map and ...
    • Weakly supervised semantic segmentation for MRI: exploring the advantages and disadvantages of class activation maps for biological image segmentation with soft boundaries 

      Syed, Shaheen; Anderssen, Kathryn Elizabeth; Stormo, Svein Kristian; Kranz, Mathias (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-02-13)
      Fully supervised semantic segmentation models require pixel-level annotations that are costly to obtain. As a remedy, weakly supervised semantic segmentation has been proposed, where image-level labels and class activation maps (CAM) can detect discriminative regions for specific class objects. In this paper, we evaluated several CAM methods applied to different convolutional neural networks (CNN) ...