Projects
Data-driven microstructure imaging with multi-dimensional diffusion MRI in early brain development KU Leuven
Understanding how human brain structure develops and grows before and around the time of birth is a grand challenge in neuroscience, with far reaching implications for our understanding of neuropsychiatric disorders. Diffusion MRI (dMRI) and other quantitative MRI relaxometry modalities offer a unique means to characterize neural tissue microstructure in vivo. However, analysis of multi-dimensional dMRI in neonatal and foetal data brings ...
UNIPHY: A UNIfied PHYsics-informed framework for direct, distortion-free diffusion MRI parameter mapping. University of Antwerp
Resolution improvement of diffusion MRI images through model based and numeric-symbolic reconstruction. University of Antwerp
Unraveling the pathways of radial turgor-driven water flow in wheat stems during carbohydrate mobilization by diffusion MRI and mechanistic modelling Ghent University
Despite being the largest crop in the world, wheat hydraulic functioning is still poorly understood. A new mechanistic model simulating water flow and storage in wheat revealed that the carbohydrate storage in the stem plays an important role for continuing water supply to the developing grain, especially during drought stress. Through modelling, it was discovered that turgor-driven radial flow, as it occurs in roots, is also important in ...
Prospective longitudinal MRI and PET studies of epileptogenesis and brain plasticity in epilepsy using [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), [18F]flumazenil (FMZ), [18F]MK-9470 in small animals with epilepsy. KU Leuven
White matter characterization using diffusion MRI. University of Antwerp
Action recognition in the primate brain: a comparative functional MRI study of the organization and function of the human and non-human primate mirror system. KU Leuven
One of the most intriguing stories to emerge in cognitive neurosciences over the past few decades has been the discovery of the mirror neurons in the monkey brain. These neurons respond both when a monkey performs a particular motor act, and when it observes another individual performing a similar motor act. A similar system appears to exist in the human brain as well, and it has been speculated that it mediates a whole scale of social ...
Seasonal neuroplasticity of visual and auditory system integration: an in vivo MRI study in starling. University of Antwerp
Attenuation correction in Time-of-Flight PET / MRI met additional transmission data Ghent University
In medical imaging is a recent development, the combination of PET and MRI. Nearby MRI anatomical images gives a good contrast in soft tissues, flot PET functional images. PET imaging is based on the principle of radioactive decay by the emission of two photons. If one or both photons are stopped by the patient or their environment before they reach the detector, is called attenuation. Currently, PET combined with CT anatomical images as ...