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Rob J. Van Der Geest, PhD

Associate Professor in Medical Imaging
Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands

Rob van der Geest received his MSc degree in Electrical Engineering from the Delft University of Technology in 1992 and his PhD in medical imaging from Leiden University in 2011. After obtaining this degree he stayed for three months at Duke Medical Center, Durham, USA to carry out a validation study for an automated contour detection method for quantifying arterial dimensions from X-ray angiograms in an animal experimental setting. In 1992 he joined the Division of Image Processing (LKEB), Department of Radiology at the Leiden University Medical Center, at that time headed by Professor Johan H.C. Reiber, PhD. At this research group he started working on developing methods for automated segmentation and quantification of cardiovascular MR imaging studies. This work has resulted in two research software packages for quantitative analysis of cardiac MRI, denoted Mass and Flow. These software packages have been transferred to the company Medis medical imaging systems for further development, support and worldwide distribution. His current position is head of the Section Cardiovascular Image Analysis, at the Division of Image Processing. Within this group, software algorithms and applications are being developed for accurate, objective and reproducible quantification of MR imaging studies with the aim to support clinical decision-making. His main research interests are image processing in cardiovascular MRI, MRA and MRI vessel wall imaging. He is reviewer for several international scientific journals and is co-author of more than 200 scientific papers.

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