Sverre Holm

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Visiting address Sem Sælands vei 24 Fysikkbygningen 0371 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1048 Blindern 0316 Oslo

I am a professor of acoustic imaging and signal processing at the University of Oslo and an elected member of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences. Jointly with the Digital Signal Processing and Image Analysis group we are part of "Centre for Innovative Ultrasound Solutions (CIUS)" - a centre for research-based innovation.

My main interest is to understand the physics of wave propagation in complex media like biological tissue. Cosmologist and astrophysicist Martin Rees says:

We can expect huge advances on three frontiers: the very small, the very large, and the very complex 

More specifically I want to understand why wave propagation in complex media in medical ultrasound and elastography often results in power law frequency characteristics (attenuation and dispersion), and to uncover the physical basis for non-integer (fractional) derivative descriptions of waves - if indeed there is one.

From time to time I am on the panel of the popular national radio show NRK P2, "Tower of Abel" answering questions on acoustics in a wide sense and sometimes commenting on the history/philosophy of science. I have blogged since 2010, mainly in Norwegian, and some in English.

Apart from that I probably have too many interests. That includes history and philosophy of science, loudspeakers/audio coding, and amateur radio.

BooksCover of Book Waves with Power-Law Attenuation

  • "Waves with Power-Law Attenuation," 2019, Springer and ASA Press. Corrected version in 2023.

    • Review:

      • “In my opinion it is well written and it is highly readable with technical details under control. I have highly appreciated the idea of integrating several ideas from physical acoustics with those from linear viscoelasticity." G. Saccomandi, Math Rev, Nov 2019

    • Errata

    • YouTube channel with lectures on the Physics of Fractional (Non-integer) Derivatives.

  • Den innbilte konflikten. Om naturvitenskap og Gud. Sverre Holm. Veritas forlagThe imagined conflict: On science and God, Oct. 2021, written in Norwegian: Den innbilte konflikten. Om naturvitenskap og Gud. (Titel auf deutsch: Der eingebildete Konflikt. Über Naturwissenschaft und Gott.)

History/philosophy of science

Research

Presentations for download

Demos and Software


The publication list from the database Cristin is not always so useful as it seems to be unable to distinguish between publications from several persons with the same name as me. Therefore it may be better to use my own listGoogle Scholar, or ORCID.

Tags: Acoustics, medical imaging, ultrasound, non-integer (fractional) derivatives, signal processing, elastography

Publications

Most cited papers

  • J.-F. Synnevåg, A. Austeng, and S. Holm, "Adaptive beamforming applied to medical ultrasound imaging," IEEE Trans. Ultrason., Ferroelect., Freq. Contr. (Special issue on high resolution ultrasonic imaging), vol. 54(8), Aug. 2007, pp. 1606-1613.
  • W. Chen and S. Holm, "Fractional Laplacian time-space models for linear and nonlinear lossy media exhibiting arbitrary frequency dependency," J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., pp. 1424-1430, Apr. 2004.
  • J.-F. Synnevåg, A. Austeng, and S. Holm, ”Benefits of Minimum-Variance Beamforming in Medical Ultrasound Imaging”, IEEE Trans. Ultrason., Ferroelect., Freq. Contr., Sept. 2009.
  • A. Austeng and S. Holm, "Sparse 2D Arrays for 3D Phased Array Imaging - Design Methods," IEEE Trans. Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, Aug. 2002, pp. 1073-1086.
  • W. Chen and S. Holm, "Modified Szabo’s wave equation models for lossy media obeying frequency power law," J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., pp. 2570-2574, Nov. 2003.
  • Simionato, Riccardo; Fasciani, Stefano & Holm, Sverre (2024). Physics-informed differentiable method for piano modeling. Frontiers in Signal Processing. ISSN 2673-8198. doi: 10.3389/frsip.2023.1276748.
  • Frissell, Nathaniel A.; Ackerman, John R.; Alexander, Jesse N.; Benedict, Robert L.; Blackwell Jr., William C. & Boedicker, Rachel K. [Show all 64 contributors for this article] (2023). Heliophysics and amateur radio: citizen science collaborations for atmospheric, ionospheric, and space physics research and operations. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences. 10. doi: 10.3389/fspas.2023.1184171. Full text in Research Archive
  • Chandrasekaran, Sri Nivas; Holm, Sverre & Näsholm, Sven Peter (2023). Wave equations of the two common sediment acoustic theories. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics (POMA). ISSN 1939-800X. 51. doi: 10.1121/2.0001795. Full text in Research Archive
  • Marthinsen, Eirik Brenner & Holm, Sverre (2023). Difference between Charge–Voltage Relations of Ordinary and Fractional Capacitors. Fractal and Fractional. 7(11). doi: 10.3390/fractalfract7110781.
  • Holm, Sverre; Chandrasekaran, Sri Nivas & Näsholm, Sven Peter (2023). Adding a low frequency limit to fractional wave propagation models. Frontiers in Physics. ISSN 2296-424X. 11, p. 1–8. doi: 10.3389/fphy.2023.1250742. Full text in Research Archive
  • Svensson, Siri Fløgstad; Halldórsso, Skarphéðinn; Latysheva, Anna; Fuster i Garcia, Elies; Hjornevik, Trine & Fraser-Green, Jorunn [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2023). MR elastography identifies regions of extracellular matrix reorganization associated with shorter survival in glioblastoma patients. Neuro-Oncology Advances (NOA). 5(1). doi: 10.1093/noajnl/vdad021. Full text in Research Archive
  • Nyhoff, Børre; Aarskog, Alv I. & Holm, Sverre (2023). Geometric Construction of Pythagorean and Just Musical Scales and Commas. The Mathematical intelligencer. ISSN 0343-6993. doi: 10.1007/s00283-022-10260-4. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aparicio Sosa, Joaquin; Alvarez, Fernando J.; Hernandez, Alvaro & Holm, Sverre (2022). A Survey on Acoustic Positioning Systems for Location-Based Services. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. ISSN 0018-9456. doi: 10.1109/TIM.2022.3210943.
  • Chandrasekaran, Sri Nivas; Näsholm, Sven Peter & Holm, Sverre (2022). Wave equations for porous media described by the Biot model. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. ISSN 0001-4966. 151(4), p. 2576–2586. doi: 10.1121/10.0010164. Full text in Research Archive
  • Svensson, Siri Fløgstad; Fuster i Garcia, Elies; Latysheva, Anna; Fraser-Green, Jorunn; Nordhøy, Wibeke & Darwish, Omar Isam [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2021). Decreased tissue stiffness in glioblastoma by MR elastography is associated with increased cerebral blood flow. European Journal of Radiology. ISSN 0720-048X. 147. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2021.110136. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aparicio, Joaquin & Holm, Sverre (2021). Obtaining range measurements from ambient noise cross-correlations for the self-calibration of nodes. CEUR Workshop Proceedings. ISSN 1613-0073. 3097. Full text in Research Archive
  • Lino, Paolo; Maione, Guido; Garrappa, Roberto & Holm, Sverre (2021). An approach to optimal integer and fractional-order modeling of electro-injectors in compression-ignition engines. Control Engineering Practice. ISSN 0967-0661. 115(104890). doi: 10.1016/j.conengprac.2021.104890.
  • Svensson, Siri Fløgstad; De Arcos, José; Darwish, Omar Isam; Fraser-Green, Jorunn; Storås, Tryggve & Holm, Sverre [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2021). Robustness of MR Elastography in the Healthy Brain: Repeatability, Reliability, and Effect of Different Reconstruction Methods. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. ISSN 1053-1807. 53(5), p. 1510–1521. doi: 10.1002/jmri.27475. Full text in Research Archive
  • Holm, Sverre; Holm, Thomas & Martinsen, Ørjan Grøttem (2021). Simple circuit equivalents for the constant phase element. PLOS ONE. ISSN 1932-6203. 16(3). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248786. Full text in Research Archive
  • Fang, Jun; Näsholm, Sven Peter; Chen, Wen & Holm, Sverre (2020). The fractional constitutive models for nonlocal material based on scattering wave equations. Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials. ISSN 1385-2000. doi: 10.1007/s11043-020-09482-w.
  • Holm, Sverre (2020). Time domain characterization of the Cole-Cole dielectric model. Journal of Electrical Bioimpedance. ISSN 1891-5469. 11(1), p. 101–105. doi: 10.2478/JOEB-2020-0015. Full text in Research Archive
  • Yang, Xu; Cai, Wei; Liang, Yingjie & Holm, Sverre (2020). A novel representation of time-varying viscosity with power-law and comparative study. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics. ISSN 0020-7462. 119, p. 1–10. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2019.103372.

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  • Holm, Sverre (2021). Den innbilte konflikten. Om naturvitenskap og Gud. Veritas forlag. ISBN 978-82-8385-036-9. 359 p.

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  • Holm, Sverre (2023). Flukten fra lydene. [Newspaper]. Aftenposten Innsikt.
  • Holm, Sverre (2023). Bilnøkkeltriks: – Det funket! [TV]. VGTV.
  • Holm, Sverre; Chandrasekaran, Sri Nivas & Näsholm, Sven Peter (2023). Finding wave equations for sediment acoustics theories.
  • Holm, Sverre (2023). Natural Occurrence of Fractional Derivatives in Physics.
  • Holm, Sverre (2023). Fractional derivatives appear wherever there are power laws in physics.
  • Holm, Sverre (2023). The cautious acceptance of biological evolution by C S Lewis.
  • Holm, Sverre & Grøn, Øyvind (2022). Bokkronikk: Innføring i fysikk, Renstrøm og Renstrøm 2020. Fra Fysikkens Verden. ISSN 0015-9247. 84(3), p. 60–63.
  • Davidsen, Bjørn Are & Holm, Sverre (2022). Når skal skolen avsløre myter i læremidler? . Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Holm, Sverre (2022). Gud og vitenskap – Kan jeg tro på begge deler?
  • Holm, Sverre (2022). En innbilt konflikt mellom naturvitenskap og gudstro?
  • Holm, Sverre (2022). Gode grunner til at konflikten mellom vitenskap og Gud er innbilt.
  • Aparicio, Joaquin; Thio, Vincent Martello Kwie Hoe & Holm, Sverre (2022). Range evaluation between indoor microphones obtained from acoustic ambient noise cross-correlations.
  • Holm, Sverre (2021). Naturvitenskap og Gud er ikke konkurrenter. Dagen : kristelig dagblad. ISSN 0805-4738.
  • Holm, Sverre (2021). Ber kirken ta oppgjør med kirkehets i skolen. [Newspaper]. Dagen.
  • Holm, Sverre (2021). – Trist at folk tror det er en konflikt mellom tro og vitenskap. [Newspaper]. Vårt Land.
  • Kvellestad, Anders; Normann, Ben David & Holm, Sverre (2021). Om Gud, fysikk og de dype spørsmålene. Avisa Vårt land.
  • Holm, Sverre (2021). En anmeldelse av en innbilt bok. Avisa Vårt land.
  • Holm, Sverre (2021). Gudstru og vitskap (Kompass). [Radio]. NRK P1.
  • Holm, Sverre (2021). Hensikt eller tilfeldighet?
  • Holm, Sverre (2021). Gode grunner til at naturvitenskap og Gud ikke er i konflikt.
  • Holm, Sverre (2021). Abels forgård: Gud og gullkabler. [Radio]. NRK P2.
  • Holm, Sverre (2021). Fractionality in time-varying systems.
  • Holm, Sverre (2021). Fractional wave equations appear naturally in complex media.
  • Aparicio, Joaquin & Holm, Sverre (2021). Evaluation of acoustic ambient noise cross-correlations in indoor environments.
  • Holm, Sverre (2021). Non-integer derivatives in selected areas of physics.
  • Holm, Sverre (2021). Non-integer derivatives in acoustics and other areas of physics.
  • Holm, Sverre (2021). Lysloven på Kanariøyene.
  • Holm, Sverre (2021). Long delayed radio echoes – the illusive secret of the ionosphere.
  • Holm, Sverre (2020). Justification for power laws and fractional models.
  • Holm, Sverre (2020). Power-laws and fractional calculus.

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Published Nov. 4, 2010 1:58 PM - Last modified Mar. 14, 2024 11:09 AM