The kick off meeting of the NFBI was held on January 15 in the morning at the TU Delft. In the afternoon, Medical Imaging Symposium for PhD students was organized.

Program

9:30 Reception with coffee and tea

9:45 Welcome

10:00 Prof. Dr. Clemens W.G.M. Lowik.

Head Molecular Endocrinology and Molecular Imaging – LUMC

“Whole body optical imaging of molecular and cellular processes in small animals and its translation into the clinic”

10:45 Petronella Anbeek, PhD.

Image Sciences Institute – Utrecht University

“Automatic Brain Tissue Segmentation based on K-Nearest Neighbor Classification”

11:10 Dr. Ir. Theo van Walsum.

Biomedical Imaging Group Rotterdam – Erasmus MC

“Image processing in Carotid CTA”

11:25 Dr. Ir. Luca Ferrarini.

Division of Image Processing (LKEB) – LUMC

“Shape- and functional-based biomarkers in clinical brain MR images”

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch

13:00 – 17:00 Medical Imaging Symposium for PhD Students (MISP)

Strictly for PhD students

With lectures from:

Peter Kok (Leiden University Medical Center, TU Delft)

Ellen Brunenberg (University hospital Maastricht, TU Eindhoven)

Martijn van de Giessen (TU Delft, Academic Medical Center)

Esther Leung (Erasmus MC)

Eva van Rikxoort (University Medical Center Utrecht)