Projects
Electrical resistivity tomography to improve the accuracy of transpiration measurements in urban trees Ghent University
Densely populated urban areas are threatened by global change. Blue-green solutions are therefore a prominent strategy to increase resilience and life quality. To design blue-green infrastructure and to supply sufficient water to urban green, accurate tree transpiration measurements and drought stress detection are crucial. Hence, ecosystem services can successfully be safeguarded. The major sources of error in tree transpiration measurements ...
The application and the added value of dual-energy computed tomography in the diagnosis of medial coronoid disease of the elbow joint and partial cranial cruciate ligament rupture of the stifle joint in dogs. Ghent University
This is the first study that will investigate the application of dual-energy computed tomography in the diagnosis of medial coronoid disease (MCD) and partial cranial cruciate ligament rupture in dogs. This study can provide novel insights into the etiopathogenesis, diagnosis and prevention of MCD and partial cranial cruciate ligament ruptures in dogs.
Electrical resistivity tomography to improve the accuracy of transpiration measurements in urban trees Ghent University
To design blue-green infrastructure and to supply sufficient water to urban green, accurate tree transpiration measurements are crucial. This PhD proposal will increase the accuracy of state-of-the-art methodology by complementing sap flow sensors with electrical resistivity tomography. Moreover, novel insight will be gained into tree water relations in an urban environment and into urban tree responses to drought stress.
Unravelling In-Situ constituent Properties in fibre-reinforced composites: digital volume correlation applied to synchrotron computed tomography images (InSituPro) KU Leuven
Designing and generating accurate methodologies to assess mechanical properties of fibre-reinforced composites has been and still is an arduous challenge. The challenges are interrelated with the structural variability and complexity present in these structures and lead to inherent scatter in numerical models utilizing those property values. In this study, the aim is to develop an efficient and accurate methodology to counteract the present ...
Boosting the catalytic activity and stability of FePt nanoparrticles by innovative in situ electron tomography (CATOM). University of Antwerp
Positron emission tomography combined with innovative laboratory techniques for improved risk and disease assessment in myeloma. KU Leuven
The ultimate goal of the study is to treat patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM), FDG-PET / CT in combination with bone marrow WES and NGF for respectively a better risk stratification at the start of the act and a more sensitive minimum residual disease (MRD) detection after transplantation and before the start of maintenance treatment with lenalidomide. This should ultimately lead to a more risk-adjusted treatment strategy ...
Positron emission tomography combined with innovative laboratory techniques for improved risk and disease assessment in myeloma. University of Antwerp
XCT - KU Leuven X-ray Computed Tomography Core Facility KU Leuven
The KU Leuven XCT core facility manages different micro- and nanofocus X-ray computed tomography systems and has several in-situ loading stages for testing materials to study the response and damage development in materials (4D XCT). This infrastructure allows to understand and optimize the hierarchical structure of materials. The XCT data are used to model the material performance and to optimize production processes, leading to new ...
Design of hafnium oxide nanocrystals as computed tomography contrast agent for damage detection in high-end composites. Ghent University
The demand for light-weight, sustainable and high-performance materials is increasing exponentially. Fiber reinforced polymers offer higher strength-to-weight and stiffness-to-weight ratios than traditional materials such as steel, which allows for energy savings and carbon emission reductions. However, their heterogeneous and anisotropic nature makes their behavior far more complex than these traditional materials. In order to analyze their ...