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Overview

Frank T. Christiansen is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia. Their research spans several intersecting fields, primarily focusing on medicine and engineering, with significant contributions to biomedical engineering and medical imaging.

Christiansen's work covers multiple subfields, including:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Reproductive Medicine
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Molecular Biology

Their research topics emphasize applications in ultrasound and hyperthermia, the integration of radiomics and machine learning in medical imaging, ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment, AI in cancer detection, inflammasome and immune disorders, and biomarkers in disease mechanisms.

Frequent venues for their publications include:

  • Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Nature Medicine
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Notable recent publications by Christiansen feature:

  • "Ultrasound image analysis using deep neural networks for discriminating between benign and malignant ovarian tumors: comparison with expert subjective assessment," 2020, Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • "International multicenter validation of AI-driven ultrasound detection of ovarian cancer," 2025, Nature Medicine
  • "OC03.02: Ultrasound image analysis using deep neural networks to discriminate benign and malignant ovarian tumours: a comparison to subjective expert assessment," 2020, Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • "OC01.04: AI-driven ultrasound detection of ovarian cancer that generalises: an international multicentre validation study," 2024, Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • "POS0245 BLOOD-BASED EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX BIOMARKERS CAN IDENTIFY ENDOTYPES OF PATIENTS WITH AXSPA AND RESPONDERS TO ADALIMUMAB TREATMENT," 2023, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Collaborations have involved several frequent co-authors, including:

  • E. Epstein
  • Kevin Smith
  • Erica Smedberg
  • Emir Konuk
  • Joana Palés Huix

Best Publications

  • Association between presence of HLA-B*5701, HLA-DR7, and HLA-DQ3 and hypersensitivity to HIV-1 reverse-transcriptase inhibitor abacavir

    S. Mallal;S. Mallal;D. Nolan;C. Witt;C. Witt;G. Masel;G. Masel

  • Evidence of HIV-1 Adaptation to HLA-Restricted Immune Responses at a Population Level

    Corey B. Moore;Mina John;Ian R. James;Frank T. Christiansen;Frank T. Christiansen

  • The genetic basis for the association of the 8.1 ancestral haplotype (A1, B8, DR3) with multiple immunopathological diseases

    Patricia Price;C. Witt;R. Allcock;D. Sayer

  • Predisposition to abacavir hypersensitivity conferred by HLA-B*5701 and a haplotypic Hsp70-Hom variant

    Annalise M. Martin;David Nolan;Silvana Gaudieri;Silvana Gaudieri;Coral Ann Almeida

  • Genome-wide association study identifies FCGR2A as a susceptibility locus for Kawasaki disease.

    Chiea Chuen Khor;Chiea Chuen Khor;Sonia Davila;Sonia Davila;Willemijn B. Breunis;Yi Ching Lee

  • Predisposition to nevirapine hypersensitivity associated with HLA-DRB1*0101 and abrogated by low CD4 T-cell counts

    Annalise M Martin;David Nolan;Ian James;Paul Cameron

  • The genomic organization and evolution of the natural killer immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) gene cluster.

    Annalise M. Martin;Elizabeth M. Freitas;Campbell S. Witt;Frank T. Christiansen

  • Ancestral haplotypes: conserved population MHC haplotypes.

    Mariapia A. Degli-Esposti;Anne L. Leaver;Frank T. Christiansen;Campbell S. Witt

  • KIR Ligands and Prediction of Relapse after Unrelated Donor Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Hematologic Malignancy

    Katharine C. Hsu;Ted Gooley;Mari Malkki;Clara Pinto-Agnello

  • Leukocyte Ig-like receptor complex (LRC) in mice and men

    Annalise M Martin;Jerzy K Kulski;Campbell Witt;Pierre Pontarotti

  • Population frequencies and putative haplotypes of the killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor sequences and evidence for recombination.

    Campbell S. Witt;Christopher Dewing;David C. Sayer;Marcus Uhrberg

  • The beneficial role of inhibitory KIR genes of HLA class I NK epitopes in haploidentically mismatched stem cell allografts may be masked by residual donor-alloreactive T cells causing GVHD.

    A. Bishara;D. De Santis;C. C. Witt;C. Brautbar

  • Killer immunoglobulin-like receptors and HLA act both independently and synergistically to modify HIV disease progression

    S Gaudieri;S Gaudieri;D DeSantis;D DeSantis;E McKinnon;E McKinnon;C Moore

  • Natural killer cell allorecognition of missing self in allogeneic hematopoietic transplantation: a tool for immunotherapy of leukemia.

    Andrea Velardi;Loredana Ruggeri;Antonella Mancusi;Franco Aversa

  • Comparative genomic analysis, diversity and evolution of two KIR haplotypes A and B

    Annalise M Martin;Jerzy K Kulski;Silvana Gaudieri;Campbell S Witt;Campbell S Witt

  • KIR2DL4 (CD158d) Genotype Influences Expression and Function in NK Cells

    Jodie P. Goodridge;Campbell S. Witt;Frank T. Christiansen;Frank T. Christiansen;Hilary S. Warren

  • An approach to the localization of the susceptibility genes for generalized myasthenia gravis by mapping recombinant ancestral haplotypes.

    Mariapia A. Degli-Esposti;Adriane Andreas;Frank T. Christiansen;Bernd Schalke

  • Common variants in the HLA-DRB1-HLA-DQA1 HLA class II region are associated with susceptibility to visceral leishmaniasis.

    Michaela Fakiola;Amy Strange

  • Ancestral haplotypes reveal the role of the central MHC in the immunogenetics of IDDM.

    Mariapia A. Degli-Esposti;Lawrence J. Abraham;Vincent McCann;Thomas Spies

  • COMPLEMENT ALLOTYPING IN SLE: ASSOCIATION WITH C4A NULL

    F. T. Christiansen;R. L. Dawkins;G. Uko;J. McCLUSKEY

  • Accumulation of Mitochondrial DNA Mutations in Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Infected Patients Treated with Nucleoside-Analogue Reverse-Transcriptase Inhibitors

    Annalise M. Martin;Emma Hammond;David Nolan;Craig Pace

  • The reactivity of Bw4+ HLA-B and HLA-A alleles with KIR3DL1: implications for patient and donor suitability for haploidentical stem cell transplantations.

    Bree A. Foley;Dianne De Santis;Dianne De Santis;Els Van Beelen;Louise J. Lathbury

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger L. Dawkins
Roger L. Dawkins Murdoch University
Ian James
Ian James Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science
Simon Mallal
Simon Mallal Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Frank L. Mastaglia
Frank L. Mastaglia University of Western Australia
Silvana Gaudieri
Silvana Gaudieri University of Western Australia
David Nolan
David Nolan Royal Perth Hospital
Chaim Brautbar
Chaim Brautbar Hebrew University of Jerusalem
James McCluskey
James McCluskey University of Melbourne
Paul U. Cameron
Paul U. Cameron University of Melbourne
Machteld Oudshoorn
Machteld Oudshoorn Leiden University

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