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.
Manifestation of lymphoma expansion following lymphatic drainage on F-18-FDG PET/CT
Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma detected by positron emission tomography/computed tomography scanning in a patient with haemophagocytic syndrome
Published in: European Journal of Haematology
Can Sequential F-18-FDG PET/CT Replace WBC Imaging in the Diabetic Foot?
Published in: Journal of Nuclear Medicine
White blood cell (WBC) scintigraphy is considered the nuclear medicine imaging gold standard for diagnosing osteomyelitis in the diabetic foot. Recent papers have suggested that the use of F-18-FDG PET/CT produces similar diagnostic accuracy, but clear interpretation criteria have not yet been established. Our aim was to evaluate the role of sequential F-18-FDG PET/CT in patients with a high suspicion of osteomyelitis to define objective interpretation criteria to be compared with WBC scintigraphy. Methods: Thirteen patients whom clinicians considered positive for osteomyelitis (7 with ulcers, 6 with exposed...
Myocardial perfusion reserve compared with peripheral perfusion reserve: A [13N]ammonia PET study
Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
INTRODUCTION: [13N]ammonia PET allows quantification of myocardial perfusion. The similarity between peripheral flow and myocardial perfusion is unclear. We compared perfusion flow in the myocardium with the upper limb during rest and adenosine stress [13N]ammonia PET to establish whether peripheral perfusion reserve (PPR) correlates with MPR. METHODS: [13N]ammonia myocardial perfusion PET-scans of 58 patients were evaluated (27 men, 31 women, age 64 ± 13 years) and were divided in four subgroups: patients with coronary artery disease (CAD, n = 15), cardiac syndrome X (SX, n = 14), idiopathic...
Infection imaging using SPECT-CT
Published in: Atlas of SPECT-CT imaging
