I would like to thank my main supervisor, Anne Catrine Martinsen, for facilitating the opportunity to start and complete this PhD project. Without you this would not have been possible. Thank you for all the ideas, valuable feedback, discussions and support. Even though your schedule is more than full, you have always had time when I have needed help. Your optimism is invigorating and the engagement and initiative you have had for medical physicists and physics in radiology are impressive. It has been interesting to follow the tasks you have decided to pursue, and now you will pursue something quite different. Good luck and the best wishes! Thank you to my co-supervisors, Anders Tingberg and Erik Fosse. Your different insights and experiences in medical technology, imaging and research are valuable, and I have appreciated your feedback both on content, structure and writing. You have also been encouraging and supportive all the way, and I have always felt uplifted after meetings. Also, a big thank you to Örjan Smedby who introduced me to visual grading regression and STATA, and to Atle Bjørnerud who stepped in as supervisor at the last minute.In addition to my supervisors I have had help with scanning phantoms and writing articles. To have access to firsthand knowledge on CT scanners, anatomy and the radiology field makes my day more interesting. Thank you to all my co-authors and scanning help. Ingrid Helen Hauge and Øystein Bech Gadmar, thank you for proofreading of articles and this dissertation. Your comments have been very helpful.Lunch and coffee breaks are important for thinking, and I am very grateful for having so many nice colleagues always making these breaks fun and enjoyable. A special thanks to Hilde Kjernlie Andersen for facilitating my workday so I could finish this thesis, and to all the physicists at the Department of diagnostic physics. No matter what problems there are, you are always willing to help, and I am grateful to work with you.Thank you to my parents and brother who made my childhood safe, yet still eventful, and gave me the prerequisites to utilize the opportunities brought by life. And to my closest, Marius, Joakim and Hedda; I look forward to every day with you.
List of papers1. Comparing five different iterative reconstruction algorithms for computed tomography in an ROC study.