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.
Bystanders no more: simple forms and the expression of aspect in the history of English and beyond KU Leuven
contrast to other Germanic languages, Present-day English systematically marks progressive aspect, using BE Ving (e.g. ‘we are eating’). In this, English now behaves typologically as an unbounded language. While BE Ving and its recent rise and grammaticalization have attracted much attention in the literature, little is known about other means of expressing progressive aspect in English, and how the rise of BE Ving affected these. These ...
The interaction between tense and lexical and grammatical aspect. A comparative study of present-timemarking in the verbal paradigm. University of Antwerp
The interaction between tense and lexical and grammatical aspect. A comparative study of present-time marking in the verbal paradigm. University of Antwerp
Co-pyrolysis of N-containing spent biomass into activated carbon for electrochemical energy storage Hasselt University
Co-pyrolysis of N-containing spent biomass into activated carbon for electrochemical energy storage Hasselt University
Small-scale modeling of the dissolution behavior of platinum group metal nanoparticles in pyrometallurgical recycling from spent auto-catalysts. KU Leuven
Platinum Group Metal (PGM) nanoparticles, more specifically platinum, rhodium, and palladium, are essential components in auto-catalysts in the outlets of cars, since they work as active sites for catalytic reactions. Due to increasingly stringent environmental regulations, the demand for these metals increases yearly. Since PGMs are very scarce, efficient recycling of these metals has become an important issue. Currently, the smelting ...
Money well spent? A multi-modal investigation of context effects during and after a reward manipulation Ghent University
Reward effects on cognitive functions have received a lot of scientific attention in the last years, usually finding that associating reward to a particular task ubiquitously improves performance. Yet, this work largely focused on transient reward effects using concurrent no-reward trials as the main comparison, and relatively little work has looked at potential costs of reward-based improvements. The present project aims at doing so by ...