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3300
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60

Overview

Håkan Hall is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Engineering. Their work bridges multiple subfields, including Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Mechanics of Materials.

Their research topics focus on specialized areas within medical imaging and diagnostic technologies. These include Infrared Thermography in Medicine, AI in cancer detection, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography, Flow Measurement and Analysis, Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies, and Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography.

Håkan Hall has published recent papers in a range of venues, with a notable presence in HardwareX and IFAC-PapersOnLine. Recent publications include:

  • Improved Control System for Digital Imaging Elasto-Tomography Breast Cancer Screening, 2024, IFAC-PapersOnLine
  • A modular open-source platform for electrical impedance tomography applications, 2025, HardwareX
  • Silicone Breast Phantoms for use with Digital Imaging Elasto-Tomography Breast Cancer Screening, 2025, HardwareX

Frequent collaborators include Cong Zhou, J. Geoffrey Chase, Jessica Fitzjohn, Petra Černe Oven, and Barbara Predan. Håkan Hall's coauthorship record indicates multiple joint publications with Cong Zhou and J. Geoffrey Chase.

In addition to journal articles, Håkan Hall has contributed to book publications, including "Vizualna pismenost: Teoretsko raziskovanje, razumevanje, ustvarjanje in interpretacija sodobnosti," published by Založba Univerze v Ljubljani (University of Ljubljana Press) eBooks in 2024.

Best Publications

  • Quantitative Analysis of D2 Dopamine Receptor Binding in the Living Human Brain by PET

    Lars Farde;Håkan Hall;Erling Ehrin;Göran Sedvall

  • Distribution of D1- and D2-dopamine receptors, and dopamine and its metabolites in the human brain.

    Håkan Hall;Göran Sedvall;Olle Magnusson;Jutta Kopp

  • Autoradiographic distribution of serotonin transporters and receptor subtypes in human brain

    Katarina Varnäs;Christer Halldin;Håkan Hall

  • No D2 receptor increase in PET study of schizophrenia.

    Lars Farde;Frits-Axel Wiesel;HÅkan Hall;Christer Halldin

  • Autoradiographic localization of 5-HT1A receptors in the post-mortem human brain using [3H]WAY-100635 and [11C]WAY-100635

    H Hall;C Lundkvist;C Halldin;L Farde

  • Brain expressed microRNAs implicated in schizophrenia etiology.

    Thomas Hansen;Line Olsen;Morten Lindow;Klaus D. Jakobsen

  • Effects of antidepressant drugs on different receptors in the brain.

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  • Distribution of adenosine receptors in the postmortem human brain: an extended autoradiographic study.

    Per Svenningsson;Håkan Hall;Göran Sedvall;Bertil B. Fredholm

  • The selective dopamine D2 receptor antagonist raclopride discriminates between dopamine-mediated motor functions.

    S O Ogren;H Hall;C Köhler;O Magnusson

  • Remoxipride, a new potential antipsychotic compound with selective anti-dopaminergic actions in the rat brain

    S.O. Ögren;H. Hall;C. Köhler;O. Magnusson

  • Stereoselective binding of 11C-raclopride in living human brain ― a search for extrastriatal central D2-dopamine receptors by PET

    L. Farde;S. Pauli;H. Hall;L. Eriksson

  • PET study of [11C]beta-CIT binding to monoamine transporters in the monkey and human brain.

    Lars Farde;Christer Halldin;Lars Müller;Tetsuya Suhara

  • Variability in D2‐dopamine receptor density and affinity: A PET study with [11C]raclopride in man

    Lars Farde;Håkan Hall;Stefan Pauli;Christer Halldin

  • Autoradiographic localization of extrastriatal D2-dopamine receptors in the human brain using [125I]epidepride.

    Hakan Hall;Lars Farde;Christer Halldin;Yasmin L. Hurd

  • Human dopamine receptor subtypes--in vitro binding analysis using 3H-SCH 23390 and 3H-raclopride.

    H Hall;L Farde;G Sedvall

  • Autoradiographic localisation of D3-dopamine receptors in the human brain using the selective D3-dopamine receptor agonist (+)-[3H]PD 128907

    Håkan Hall;Christer Halldin;Durk Dijkstra;Håkan Wikström

  • Autoradiographic localization of 5‐HT2A receptors in the human brain using [3H]M100907 and [11C]M100907

    Håkan Hall;Lars Farde;Christer Halldin;Camilla Lundkvist

  • Some in vitro receptor binding properties of [3H]eticlopride, a novel substituted benzamide, selective for dopamine-D2 receptors in the rat brain.

    Håkan Hall;Christer Köhler;Lars Gawell

  • Visualization of the dopamine transporter in the human brain postmortem with the new selective ligand [125I]PE2I.

    H. Hall;C. Halldin;D. Guilloteau;S. Chalon

  • NK cells: elusive players in autoimmunity.

    Sofia Johansson;Louise Berg;Håkan Hall;Petter Höglund

  • Raclopride, a new selective ligand for the dopamine-D2 receptors.

    Håkan Hall;Christer Köhler;Lars Gawell;Lars Farde

  • Association analysis of schizophrenia on 18 genes involved in neuronal migration: MDGA1 as a new susceptibility gene.

    Anna K. Kähler;Srdjan Djurovic;Bettina Kulle;Erik G. Jönsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Farde
Lars Farde Karolinska Institute
Lars Terenius
Lars Terenius Karolinska Institute
Srdjan Djurovic
Srdjan Djurovic Oslo University Hospital
Jari Tiihonen
Jari Tiihonen Karolinska Institute
Ingrid Melle
Ingrid Melle University of Oslo
Thomas Hansen
Thomas Hansen Copenhagen University Hospital
Sven Cichon
Sven Cichon University of Basel
Balázs Gulyás
Balázs Gulyás Nanyang Technological University
Marcella Rietschel
Marcella Rietschel Heidelberg University
Johannes Schumacher
Johannes Schumacher Philipp University of Marburg

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