Projects
Optimization of adaptive SPECT Ghent University
In this PhD project, we will build on modern techniques for assessment of image quality and optimization of imaging systems, and use them to guide the optimization of Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) systems, in particular for the case of adaptive SPECT. Our results should contribute to the development of more personalized and efficient medical imaging.
High quality SPECT imaging for human applications Ghent University
SPECT is a medical imaging technique that uses radioisotopes , injected in the patients body. Traditionally, mechanical collimators are used to block non-perpendicular gamma rays. A technique, known from astronomy, uses electronic collimation. In this project, a combination of both mechanical and electronic collimation is used to improve SPECT image quality.
Tense and Aspect in Early Chinese Buddhist Literature: A Diachronic and Comparative Study Ghent University
This research deals with the contextualized usages of tense and aspect expressions in early Chinese Buddhist literature produced before the fifth century, the primary sources of early Chinese. The linguistic features of their tense and aspect markers will be compared with those in pre-Buddhist texts and contemporary non-Buddhist texts thus revealing how those markers developed in early Chinese.
A multicenter randomized controlled study comparing connective tissue graft with collagen matrix to re-establish convexity at the buccal aspect of single dental implants Ghent University
Soft tissue augmentation procedures have been recommended to re-establish convexity at the buccal aspect of dental implants. Connective tissue graft is the gold standard but morbidity and patient discomfort have been described. Recently, a collagen matrix has been developed. The primary objective of this RCT is to compare both in terms of increase and stability of buccal soft
tissue profile.
A Synchronic and Diachronic Systemic Functional 'Three-Dimensional' Approach to Tense and Aspect in the Writings of Caesar and Gregory of Tours. Ghent University
This project investigates the nature of the Latin verb stems, based on the analysis of a corpus consisting of Classical and Late Latin historiographical texts. It examines their basic value: an aspectual opposition (perfectivity-imperfectivity) or a difference in relative tense (anteriority-simultaneity). The framework is a Systemic-Functional model with three semantic dimensions: ideational (propositional content), textual ...
The challenge of Imaging the dorso-proximal aspect of the equine fetlock joint Ghent University
The imaging evaluation of the dorso-proximal aspect of the equine fetlock joint represents a diagnostic challenge in Belgian Warmblood horses. The aim of the present study is to improve our diagnostic capabilities by improving our knowledge of the anatomical features of this region on radiography, ultrasonography and artroscopy using macroscopic findings and histopathology as the gold standard.
Tense and aspect in Kikongo: A descriptive, comparative and diachronic approach to form and function Ghent University
When one thinks about tense in language, one intuitively knows that one can indicate whether an event happens in the past, the present or the future, and that one uses different means for placing such an event before, during or after ‘the moment of speech’. For the English future one most commonly uses the auxiliary ‘will’ (e.g. ‘I WILL walk three kilometers later today’), but for the past one pastes -ED onto the end of the verb (e.g. ‘I ...
Environmental (and human health) risk approach as an integrated framework to study the occurrence and effects of microplastics in the marine environment - Ecologiclas aspect of microplastics Ghent University
GHentToxLab - UGent has proven and internationally recognized expertise in the field of microplastic detection and monitoring and in the evaluation of the uptake and (adverse) effects of these particles in biota. It also has long-standing and extensive research and regulatory expertise/experience in the area of environmental risk assessment of chemicals and other contaminants. The publication record of GhentToxLab is available on ...
Research on the morphological and functional correlation between fragmentation of the distal aspect of the navicular bone en podotrochleïtis in the Belgian warmblood horse using medical imaging. Ghent University
Podotrochelitis is the most frequent cause of lameness in the begian warmblood horse and distal navicular bone fragmentation is suspected to be associated with this disorder.
The aim of the present study is to determine the origin of distal navicular bone fragments and to describe there imaging features on cadavers, and to apply these findings on the living horse.