Speakers

Ricardo Budde is a Full professor of Cardiovascular Radiology at Erasmus MC Rotterdam and heads the PCCT group. His research interests include advanced no-invasie imaging in ischemic heart disease and endocarditis and a focus on PCCT in particular. He has (co-)authored over 260 peer reviewed publications.  He is a member of the Executive boards of the European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology, the Cardiovascular Institute at Erasmus MC, and the Cardiovascular Section of the Dutch Society of Radiology. He has given >150 invited lectures at international meetings and is course-director of the annual Hands-on Cardiac CT course at Erasmus MC.

Edwin Oei is Professor of Musculoskeletal Imaging at Erasmus MC Rotterdam. He is the section chief of musculoskeletal radiology and the principal investigator of the Advanced Musculoskeletal Imaging Research Erasmus MC (ADMIRE) lab. His research focuses on imaging of common musculoskeletal disorders, such as osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, sports injuries and trauma, with advanced techniques such as PCCT.

Judith van der Bie completed her studies as a Technical Physician at TU Delft in August 2021. In January 2022, she began her PhD in photon-counting CT research under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Ricardo Budde and Dr. Marcel van Straten. Her doctoral research concentrates on the clinical applications and optimization of photon-counting CT for cardiovascular imaging.

Marcel Dijkshoorn is a specialized CT radiographer with >20 years experience. He has a vast knowledge about the technical and practical aspects of CT acquisition in general and cardiac CT in particular. In Erasmus MC, Marcel is a key person in CT acquisition protocol development. Over the years, he has trained many CT technicians both nationally and internationally.

Marcel van Straten studied Applied Physics at Delft University of Technology. His PhD project at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam focused on the application of image registration techniques in spiral CT. After that he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Medical Physics of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He worked on the optimization and dosimetric aspects of CT. In 2008 he joined the Department of Radiology of Erasmus MC. As a medical physicist and assistant professor, he focuses on the standardization and optimization of image quality in x-ray computed tomography based on the laws of physics and driven by technological innovations.