Projects
Flemish interuniversity simultaneous time-of-flight PET-MR scanner for research. KU Leuven
Both PET and MRI are regarded as the most advanced and sensitive non-invasive in vivo imaging technologies. PET enables quantitative imaging of dynamic biochemical processes while MRI allows functional and structural characterization of nearly all body tissues.
Currently all Flemish PET and MRI images are acquired sequentially by stand-alone PET or MRI systems as there are no simultaneous PET-MRI systems installed in Flanders. Yet, ...
High field Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner for pre-clinical research (7.0 Tesla, 30 cm bore) KU Leuven
In vivo validation of experimental disease and therapy models is essential for biomedical research and the development of novel treatments. Non-invasively acquired anatomical, functional and molecular information contributes to understand the basic biological, biophysical and biochemical mechanisms of diseases as they often precede symptoms. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is one of the most frequently used methods in pre-clinical research ...
Cancer and pregnancy: effects of prenatal exposure to cancer treatment on neurocognitive development: an MRI and ERP study KU Leuven
The objective of this project is to investigate the long-term neurocognitive effects of prenatal exposure to cancer and cancer treatment (surgery, radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy). Advanced MRI techniques (multishell Diffusion-weighted Imaging (DWI), resting-state functional MRI and high-resolution structural MRI) and Event Related Potentials (ERP) are applied in order to have an as accurate and complete assessment as possible.
In this ...
FIRST PET-MR: Flmeish interuniversity research simultaneous time-of-flight PET-MR scanner. KU Leuven
Both PET and MRI are regarded as the most advanced and sensitive non-invasive in vivo imaging technologies. PET enables quantitative imaging of dynamic biochemical processes while MRI allows functional and structural characterization of nearly all body tissues.Currently all Flemish PET and MRI images are acquired sequentially by stand-alone PET or MRI systems as there are no simultaneous PET-MRI systems installed in Flanders. Yet, ...
High Field Magnetic Imaging (MRI) scanner for pre-clinical research Hasselt University
Taking ovarian cancer diagnosis to the next level: differential diagnosis of malignancy type, and added value of advanced data sources such as MRI, proteomics, circulating tumour DNA and circulating tumour cells KU Leuven
Excellent tools to predict whether a detected ovarian tumour is benign or malignant prior to surgery are pivotal for several reasons: (1) currently a minority of ovarian cancers is treated by experienced gynaecological oncologists, (2) the value of screening for ovarian cancer has not been established, and (3) ovarian cancer is largely asymptomatic in its early stages such that accurate diagnosis is paramount to optimize survival. The ...