I am a nuclear medicine specialist and always trying to implement innovative diagnostic and therapeutic methods in imaging. My main research interests involve infectious and inflammatory diseases, tumor-immunology, and development of new-targeted diagnostic tools for PET imaging. The latter focus is carried out in close collaboration with our radiochemists.
Within the lymphoma research Groningen team we have a close collaboration with the department of hematology. The research is focused on finding new methods for diagnosis and therapy evaluation in several types of lymphomas. We have a special interest in post-transplant lymphatic disorders (PTLD). Furthermore, we are developing and evaluating several fields of radionuclide therapy, so called theranostics.
F-18-FDG PET/CT in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Patients with Suspected Cyst Infection
Published in: Journal of Nuclear Medicine
The objective of this study was to determine the value of F-18-FDG PET/CT for diagnosing renal or hepatic cyst infection in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Methods: This retrospective, single-center study included all patients who had ADPKD and underwent F-18-FDG PET/CT because of suspected cyst infection between 2010 and 2017. Results: Thirty F-18-FDG PET/CT scans of 30 individual patients were included; 19 of them had positive results for cyst infection. According to a previously established clinical and biochemical reference standard, F-18-FDG PET/CT achieved a sensitivity...
Adrenal Tracer Uptake by F-18-FDOPA PET/CT in Patients with Pheochromocytoma and Disease Controls
Imaging Cardiac Innervation in Hereditary Transthyretin (ATTRm) Amyloidosis: a Marker for Neuropathy or Cardiomyopathy?
EARL-Standardized F-18-FDG PET/CT Quantification in Suspected Prosthetic Heart Valve Endocarditis
L. E. Swart,
A. Gomes, A. M. Scholtens,
B. Sinha, W. Ianis, M. G. E. H. Lam, M. J. van der Vlugt, S. A. F. Streukens, E. H. J. G. Aarntzen, J. Bucerius, S. van Assen, C. P. Bleeker-Rovers, P. van Geel, G. P. Krestin,
J. P. van Melle, J. W. Roos-Hesselink,
R. H. J. A. Slart,
A. W. J. M. Glaudemans, R. P. J. Budde
The Value of Two Consecutive Post-Transplant Renal Scintigraphy Procedures. A Single-Center Retrospective analysis
