Alena Svatkova

Research Interests

During my previous career as a clinical radiologist, I obtained strong background in neuroradiology with particular emphasis on structural brain connectivity mapping and quantitative white matter assessment. My research experience at world-leading research institutions in Europe and the USA helped me to address challenges in multimodal MRI acquisition and analysis in a morphologically abnormal central nervous system in various patient’s populations such as lysosomal storage diseases, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, degenerative spinal cord compression. My goal is to utilize my combined clinical and research expertise to unravel MR markers of neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Contact Details

Alena Svatkova

Research Fellow

alenas@drcmr.dk

Research Areas

Advancing Biomedical MRI

Research Groups

MR Spectroscopy & Metabolism

Ultra High Field

Employments

2022 – Present	Radiologist and Research Fellow at the Centre for Functional and Diagnostic Imaging, Department of Radiology, and DRCMR, Hvidovre and Amager Hospital, Denmark
2018 – 2022	Post-Doctoral Associate at the Department of Medicine III, Medical University Vienna, Austria
2019 – 2022	Radiologist, University Hospital Ostrava and Hospital Blansko, Czech Republic
2015 – 2018	Post-Doctoral Associate, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
2013 – 2014	Intern, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
2012 – 2017	PhD student, Central European Institute of Technology, Molecular and Functional Neuroimaging Group, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
2009 – 2016	Radiologist, St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno & City Hospital Ostrava, Czech Republic

Education

2020	Board-certification in Radiology and Imaging Techniques, Czech Republic
2017	PhD in Neuroscience, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
2009	MD in General Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Publications

Nygaard S, Madsen MAJ, Wiggermann V, Cabras C, Christiansen L, Svatkova A, Lundell H, Højsgaard Chow H, Romme Christensen J, Blinkenberg M, Sellebjerg F, Siebner H (2026), 'Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation to alleviate fatigue in multiple sclerosis—study protocol for a randomized sham-controlled double-blinded clinical trial', Frontiers in Neurology, 17

Niess E, Niess F, Bogner W, Svatkova A, Herle M, Laußner L, Hingerl L, Strasser B, Pichler M, Konstantopoulou V, Hufgard-Leitner M, Buchinger D, Milenkovic I, Kautzky-Willer A, Stulnig T, Scherer T (2025), 'Myo-Inositol Deficiency, Structural Brain Changes, and Cerebral Perfusion Alterations in Classic Galactosemia', Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, 48(6)

Nygaard S, Madsen MAJ, Wiggermann V, Cabras C, Christiansen L, Svátková A, Chow HH, Christensen JR, Blinkenberg MB, Sellebjerg FT, Siebner HR (2025), unknown publication feb2109c-0aaa-4374-a3cb-499145f735ff

Svatkova A, Pasternak O, Eisengart JB, Rudser KD, Bednařík P, Mueller BA, Delaney KA, Shapiro EG, Whitley CB, Nestrašil I (2025), 'Diffusion tensor imaging with free-water correction reveals distinctions between severe and attenuated subtypes in Mucopolysaccharidosis type I', Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, 48(1):1-15

Nygaard S, Madsen MAJ, Wiggermann V, Cabras C, Christiansen L, Svátková A, Chow HH, Christensen JR, Blinkenberg MB, Sellebjerg FT, Siebner HR (2025), unknown publication 4d4d2fca-b565-4532-880e-025eb8c2dc8b

Nygaard S, Cabras C, Madsen MAJ, Wiggermann V, Christiansen L, Svátková A, Chow HH, Christensen JR, Blinkenberg MB, Sellebjerg FT, Siebner HR (2024), unknown publication 0fdb791c-5023-420f-bebb-1ff9f67571cf

Horak T, Horakova M, Kerkovsky M, Dostal M, Hlustik P, Valosek J, Svatkova A, Bednařík P, Vlckova E, Bednarik J (2024), unknown publication 8dd0f527-37d7-4d66-9229-28722ddb6cf6

David Ruban S, Skaarup Andersen N, Svatkova A, Fischer CP (2024), 'Neuroborreliosis Presenting as Encephalitis', Cureus, 16(4):57882

Bednarik P, Goranovic D, Svatkova A, Niess F, Hingerl L, Strasser B, Deelchand DK, Spurny-Dworak B, Krssak M, Trattnig S, Hangel G, Scherer T, Lanzenberger R, Bogner W (2023), '1H magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging of deuterated glucose and of neurotransmitter metabolism at 7 T in the human brain', Nature Biomedical Engineering, 7(8):1001-1013

Valošek J, Bednařík P, Keřkovský M, Hluštík P, Bednařík J, Svatkova A (2022), unknown publication 62450453-6380-4ff4-99e1-bc812cf1d713

Horáková M, Horák T, Valošek J, Rohan T, Koriťáková E, Dostál M, Kočica J, Skutil T, Keřkovský M, Kadaňka Z, Bednařík P, Svátková A, Hluštík P, Bednařík J (2022), 'Semi-automated detection of cervical spinal cord compression with the Spinal Cord Toolbox', Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery, 12(4):2261-2279

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