Projects
Visualizing the GABA(A) receptor deficiencies in fragile X patients using PET scans. University of Antwerp
System design and image reconstruction for unconventional geometry PET scanner. KU Leuven
Nowadays, tomographic imaging is one of the mast fundamental tools to early and accurate diagnosis and evaluation of the therapy effectiveness of an important numbers of diseases, such as cardiac or oncological. In this thesis project, the development of effective reconstruction algorithms will be explored, in order to obtain high quality and accurate images in a reasonable period of time (seconds). Although this thesis project objective is ...
SCAN : Small Claims Analysis Net Vrije Universiteit Brussel
1) To collect data concerning ESCP at the national level in cross-border contexts to determine the best practices and the related implementation problems;
2) To identify the strength and the weaknesses of the new Reg. 2015/2421;
3) To ...
Deep Learning Models for the Detection and Segmentation of Tumoral Lesions Using PET and MRI KU Leuven
The advancement of high-performance computing together with the availability of large medical imaging datasets have enabled the use of deep learning models for medical image analysis, and in particular convolutional neural networks (CNNs) which are currently dominating the field. The main goal of this thesis was to broaden the clinical applicability of CNN models, including the application of these models for the automatic detection and ...
Motion compensation for PET in TOF-PET/CT and TOF-PET/MR brain imaging KU Leuven
In PET/CT or PET/MR brain imaging, images of the metabolism and anatomy of the patient are acquired. If the patient moves during the PET acquisition, then motion blurring is caused, the image quality is deteriorated, and an accurate clinical diagnosis might become impossible. Several research groups (including our own) have previously developed marker based methods to track the motion of the head, such that the motion can be compensated for ...
[18F]AlF-NOTA-octreotide PET imaging of the somatostatin receptor in neuroendocrine tumors: comparison with [68Ga]Ga-DOTATATE and evaluation of routine clinical use. KU Leuven
Data-driven brain and heart PET imaging of awake rodents. University of Antwerp
Preclinical PET imaging of allele-selective mHTT lowering as candidate treatment for Huntington's Disease. University of Antwerp
Multicenter validation trial of [18F]AlF-FAPI-74 for PET imaging of cancer-associated fibroblasts through fibroblast activation protein inhibitors (FAPI) in digestive tumors KU Leuven
This project will study in the diagnostic accuracy of a novel positron emission tomography (PET) tracer ([18F]AlF-FAPI74) targeting fibroblast activation protein (FAP) in a prospective, non-randomized, multicenter, multi-cohort, interventional phase II/III trial. FAP is a promising emerging molecular target, expressed on cancer-associated fibroblasts and is independent of cancer cell characteristics such as tumoral glycolytic phenotype and ...