This section is involved both in applications for Vascular Imaging and the Molecular Imaging. In the area of Vascular Imaging, research is done towards the detection and quantification of the lumen and vessel wall and the plaque composition. Therefore research is done towards optimal border detection techniques in Intra Vascular Ultra Sound (IVUS), Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), and Computed Tomography Angiography of the vessel (CTA) and the registration of the different modalities to each other to complement each other. The molecular imaging activities focus on the fusion and visualization of data from different imaging modalities and different resolution, resulting in horizontal and vertical data integration and the detection of fluorescent probes for the image guided surgery.

Current projects:

• Hart in 4D
• FACTA
• CSC Scholarship
• Benefit
• Careioca
• Cyttron II
• Prisar

Group members:

• Alexander Broersen, PhD, Researcher, A.Broersen@lumc.nl
• Qing Cao, M.Sc. Researcher, Q.Cao@lumc.nl
• Niels Dekker, M.Sc., Scientific programmer, N.Dekker@lumc.nl
• Jouke Dijkstra, Ph.D. Section Head, J.Dijkstra@lumc.nl
• Jeroen Eggermont,  Researcher, J.Eggermont@lumc.nl
• Xinpei Gao, M.SC. Researcher, X.Gao@lumc.nl
• Walid Hassan, M.Sc., Researcher, W.M.A.Hassan@lumc.nl
• Kitslaar MSc, Scientific programmer, P.Kitslaar@lumc.nl
• Shengnan Liu, M.Sc., Researcher, S.Liu@lumc.nl
• Paulien Stegehuis, M.Sc., Researcher, P.L.Stegehuis@lumc.nl

Contact

For further information, please contact:

J. Dijkstra
Division of Image Processing
Department of Radiology, 1-C2S
Leiden University Medical Center
P.O. Box 9600
2300 RC Leiden
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 (0)71 526 2270
Fax. +31 (0)71 526 6801
e-mail: J.Dijkstra@lumc.nl