Research Medewerkers

Prof. Dr. A.G. Webb

Professor

• High field MRI and its clinical applications

Matthias J.P. van Osch, PhD

• Arterial spin labeling (ASL)
• Dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI (DSC-MRI)
• Ultra-high field MRI (7 Tesla)

Dr. Itamar Ronen

Associate Professor

• Diffusion MR methods for elucidation of tissue microstructure
• Quantitative MRI of neurological disorders
• Quantification of myelin in brain white matter

Louise van der Weerd, PhD

• Molecular imaging, small animal MRI

Dr. Hermien E. Kan

• MR spectroscopy, neuromuscular diseases, energy metabolism

Drs. Sebastian Aussenhofer

Dr. Francesca Branzoli

Ir. Wyger Brink

Drs. Mathijs Buijs

Drs. Ece Ercan

Drs. Nathalie Doorenweerd

Drs. Sophie Schmid

Maarten Versluis

Drs. Xing Xing Zhang

Prof.dr.ir. Boudewijn P.F. Lelieveldt

Professor

• Integration of a-priori knowledge into segmentation and registration algorithms
• Main applications: cardiac imaging and multi-modal pre-clinical imaging

Dr. ir. Jouke Dijkstra

Assistant professor

• Intravascular image (IntraVascular Ultrasound & Optical Coherence Tomography) analysis.
• Vascular image analysis (Computed Tomography Angiography).
• Analysis, registration and visualization of multi-model molecular images.
• Image guided surgery.

Dr. Ir. Rob J. van der Geest

Associate professor

Dr. ir. J.R. Milles

Assistant Professor

• Brain image processing
• Time-series analysis
• Heterogeneous and multi-dimensional data processing

Dr. Berend C. Stoel

Assistant professor

• Image Processing in Pulmonology, Orthopedics and Rheumatology
• Technical and Clinical Validation of Image Processing
• Quality Control & Standardization in Quantitative Computed Tomography
• Applications of Image Processing in Drug Evaluation Trials

M. Els Bakker, PhD

• image processing applied to Pulmonology
• validation of developed software applications for pulmonology

Dr.ir. Alexander Broersen

scientific researcher

• Research interests include the detection, classification, and quantification of coronary vessels by combining analyses from intravascular ultrasound and computed tomography angiography.

Drs. Niels Dekker

Scientific programmer

• Intravascular image analysis
• Advanced programming techniques
• C++, Qt, MFC, MeVisLab, DICOM

Drs. Trung Doan

PhD Student

• Segmentation and registration of neurological MR images
• Medical image texture analysis
• Cortical iron deposition detection and quantification using high field MR images

Dr. Oleh Dzyubachyk

post-doctoral researcher

• Mathematical methods for image processing
• Whole-body MR imaging
• Cell segmentation and tracking

Dr. Jeroen Eggermont

Scientific Researcher

• Current research interests are:
• Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS)
• Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)).
• Atherosclerotic Plaque Characterization
• Natural Computing
• Optimization
• Data Mining

Drs. Mohammed ElBaz

PhD Student

• Cardiac Blood Flow Quantification
• Active Shape Models
• Volume Rendering Visualization
• Non-invasive Computer Aided Diagnosis

Drs. Michel Frenay

Scientific Programmer

• Vascular image analysis and quantification
• Quantitative coronary CT angiography
• In-stent restenosis analysis
• Image fusion

dr.ir. Martijn van de Giessen

post-doctoral researcher

• Spectral unmixing
• Diffuse optical tomography
• Statistical modeling of shape and motion

Ir Vikas Gupta

PhD Student

• Knowledge based image registration and segmentation,
• Statistical models for medical image processing,
• Integration of information from different imaging modalities

Ir. Jasper Janssen

Wetenschappelijk onderzoeker

• Vascular image analysis and quantification
• Quantitative coronary angiography
• Cerebral aneurysm quantification

Ir. Pieter Kitslaar

Scientific programmer

• Vascular image analysis and quantification
• Quantitative coronary CT angiography
• Vessel tree segmentation

Ir. Ronald van ’t Klooster

PhD student

• Assessment of osteoarthritis from hand radiographs using digital image processing
• Automated methods to evaluate vascular MRI
• Segmentation and registration of multi-sequence MR vessel wall images of the carotid artery

Ir. Patrick de Koning

Scientific researcher

• Development of Image Analysis Techniques for Time-Resolved 3-Dimensional, 3-Directional MR Velocity Mapping.
• Automated evaluation of vascular MR image data.

Drs. Baldur van Lew

Scientific Programmer

• Visualization of brain images
• Network analysis

Drs. Ahmed Mahfouz

PhD Student

• Neuroinformatics
• Large-scale gene expression pattern analysis
• Multimodal medical image registration
• Parametric modeling of temporal intensity variation
• Retinal image analysis

Drs. Denis Shamonin

Scientific programmer

• Pulmonary image processing and quantification
• Visualization and analysis algorithms for clinical applications

Dr. ir. Marius Staring

Postdoctoral researcher

• His research interests include image registration and generally analysis of medical data, dedicated to high quality and open source implementations.

Dr. Qian Tao

Scientific researcher

• Segmentation and characterization of cardiac MRI images
• Multi-sequence MRI registration and intraoperative image integration
• Pattern recognition of the clinical-relevant image features

Ancong Wang, ME

PhD student

• Intravascular optical coherence tomography (IVOCT) image analysis.
• Knowledge based 3D reconstruction and visualization.

Drs. Leo Wolf

Software manager

• Software ontwikkeling, zowel methodologisch als praktisch: Agile methoden en technieken tezamen met uitbreidingen op programmeertalen zoals support voor parallel en functioneel programmeren
• Web ontwikkeling
• Theoretische onderwerpen als correctheid van algoritmen

Prof. Dr. Ir. J.H.C. Reiber

Professor

• (Knowledge guided) image processing and its clinical applications

Dr. ir. Shengxian Tu

Scientific Researcher

• Cardiac imaging including X-ray angiography, intravascular ultrasound, and optical coherence tomography.
• Three-dimensional image reconstruction and quantitative coronary angiography (QCA).
• Multimodality image registration and image-guided therapeutics.
• Image enhancement and interpretation.

Dr. Fijs W. B. van Leeuwen

• Development of new (targeted) imaging agents for molecular imaging applications (chemistry)
• Exploring the (clinical) potential of multimodal imaging agents
• Fluorescence- and radioguided surgery
• Diagnostic and surgical identification of diseased tissue

Ing. Tessa Buckle

• Generation animal models for imaging studies
• Preclinical in vivo imaging using multiple modalities
• Microsurgery
• Visualization of nerve bundles

Drs. Nynke S. van den Berg

PhD student

• Clinical implementation of surgical guidance technologies
• Surgery in the pelvic and head an neck area
• Exploring the use of viral capsules for targeted imaging purposes

Drs. Oscar R. Brouwer

Visiting scientist

• Clinical implementation of innovating surgical guidance techniques: Fluorescence- and radioguided surgery, intraoperative image navigation
• Sentinel node procedures in complex areas (e.g. prostate, head & neck): Tracer administration, lymphoscintigraphy, SPECT/CT

Dr. Patrick T. K. Chin

Postdoctoral fellow

• Development of colloidal inorganic nanoparticles (e.g. quantum dots, clusters) for biomedical imaging
• Photophysics and electron microscopy of nanomaterials

Dr. Anton Bunschoten

Postdoctoral fellow

• Multimodal imaging based on fluorescence and radioactivity
• Non-covalent interactions on proteins
• Förster resonance energy transfer
• Bacterial imaging

Drs. Marcus T.M. Rood

PhD student

• Inclusion complexes of cyclodextrins
• Activation of self assembly processes
• Pre-targeted molecular imaging

Dr. Joeri Kuil

Postdoctoral fellow

• Multimodal imaging based on fluorescence and radioactivity
• Peptide dendrimers
• SDF-1 (CXCL12) / CXCR4 signaling cascade

Dr. Thomas Wendler

Visiting scientist

• Computer Aided Surgery / Image Guided Surgery
• Innovative Imaging technologies and in particular Molecular Imaging technologies
• Tracking and Navigation
• Modeling and Simulation