(Co-)authored over 300 publications in international journals. Pioneered the concept of challenges in medical image analysis and created grand-challenge.org.
Research Experience
After 2001, he continued to work at the Image Sciences Institute and set up a research group on medical image analysis. In 2010, he moved to Radboud University Medical Center where he established the Diagnostic Image Analysis Group and was appointed full professor in 2012. Since 2010, he also works for the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS in Bremen, Germany. In 2014, he founded Thirona, a company that develops software for CT lung image analysis. In 2024, he founded Plain Medical, a company that develops AI solutions to reduce the workload of radiologists.
Education
Born in Nuenen in 1970, he studied Physics at Eindhoven University of Technology and Utrecht University. In 2001, he obtained his PhD from the Image Sciences Institute on Computer-Aided Diagnosis in Chest Radiography.
Background
Research interests include medical image analysis, particularly in computer-aided diagnosis for chest radiography. He developed the CAD4TB medical device software for automated detection of tuberculosis.
Miscellany
Interests include using AI technology to solve practical medical problems, such as AI-based diagnostic decision support tools and low-cost prenatal ultrasound.