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Researcher

Wilfried De Backer

  • Research Expertise:Diagnostic sleep studies. Upper and lower airway evaluation in asthma & COPD and design of clinical studies in bronchial carcinoma.
  • Keywords:COPD, SLEEP APNEA, RESPIRATORY ONCOLOGY, ASTHMA, Medicine
  • Disciplines:Morphological sciences, Oncology, Respiratory medicine, Biomarker discovery and evaluation, Drug discovery and development, Medicinal products, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacognosy and phytochemistry, Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy, Toxicology and toxinology, Other pharmaceutical sciences
  • Research techniques:- Sleep studies - Exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) - Parameters of inflammation and oxidative stress in breath condensate - Modeling of the lower airways and particle depostion in the airways using CFD
  • Users of research expertise:- Pharmaceutical industry - Designers of medical equipment: ventilators / imaging