About Me
Dr Ferdinand van der Heijden, (M) Associate Professor, obtained his MSc (1981) and PhD (1992) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Twente. He is currently affiliated with the Robotics and Mechatronics group working on medical applications. He conducts his research work at the MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine. Since 2014, he has also been associated with the Netherlands Cancer Institute / Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital. His research interests are in the area of image and video analysis. The work involves specific applications in surgical navigation, medical image analysis and modelling. He is the author of two widely-used textbooks, “Image Based Measurement Systems” and “Classification, Parameter Estimation and State Estimation” (2nd edition published in 2017).
Expertise
Medicine & Life Sciences
# Endoscopes
# Feasibility Studies
# Tongue
Engineering & Materials Science
# Endoscopy
# Imaging Techniques
# Magnetic Resonance
# Magnetic Resonance Imaging
# Surgery
Publications
Recent
Eppenga, R., Snaauw, G., Kuhlmann, K.
, van der Heijden, F.
, Ruers, T., & Nijkamp, J. (2023).
An improved camera model for oblique-viewing laparoscopes: high reprojection accuracy independent of telescope rotation.
Physics in medicine and biology,
68(18), [185007].
https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/acf08f
van Doremalen, R. F. M. (2021).
The unattained power of the third dimension in medical imaging: Implications for clinical practice. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente.
https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036552981
for the Lung Ultrasound Consortium (2021).
Ultrasound versus Computed Tomography Assessment of Focal Lung Aeration in Invasively Ventilated ICU Patients.
Ultrasound in medicine and biology,
47(9), 2589-2597.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2021.05.019
Kappert, K. D. R., Voskuilen, L., Smeele, L. E.
, Balm, A. J. M., Jasperse, B., Nederveen, A. J.
, & van der Heijden, F. (2021).
Personalized biomechanical tongue models based on diffusion-weighted MRI and validated using optical tracking of range of motion.
Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology,
20(3), 1101-1113.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-021-01435-7
Kappert, K. D. R., Connesson, N., Elahi, S. A., Boonstra, S.
, Balm, A. J. M.
, van der Heijden, F., & Payan, Y. (2021).
In-vivo Tongue Stiffness Measured By Aspiration: Resting vs General Anesthesia.
Journal of biomechanics,
114, [110147].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2020.110147,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2020.110147
Boers, T. G. W., Hu, Y., Gibson, E., Barratt, D. C., Bonmati, E., Krdzalic, J.
, van der Heijden, F., Hermans, J. J., & Huisman, H. J. (2020).
Interactive 3D U-net for the segmentation of the pancreas in computed tomography scans.
Physics in medicine and biology,
65(6), [065002].
https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ab6f99
Brouwer de Koning, S. G., Riksen, J. J. M., ter Braak, T. P.
, van Alphen, M. J. A.
, van der Heijden, F.
, Schreuder, W. H., Karssemakers, L. H. E., Karakullukcu, M. B., & van Veen, R. L. P. (2020).
Utilization of a 3D printed dental splint for registration during electromagnetically navigated mandibular surgery.
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery,
15(12), 1997-2003.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-020-02271-3
Kappert, K. D. R. (2020).
Biomechanical models and prediction of mobility after tongue cancer surgery. [PhD Thesis - Research external, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente.
https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036550987
Voskuilen, L., de Heer, P., van der Molen, L.
, Balm, A. J. M.
, van der Heijden, F., Strijkers, G. J., Smeele, L. E., & Nederveen, A. J. (2020).
A 12-channel flexible receiver coil for accelerated tongue imaging.
Magnetic resonance materials in physics, biology and medicine,
33(4), 581-590.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10334-019-00824-5
van Doeveren, T. E. M., Bouwmans, R., Wassenaar, N. P. M., Schreuder, W. H.
, van Alphen, M. J. A.
, van der Heijden, F., Tan, I. B., Karakullukçu, M. B., & van Veen, R. L. P. (2020).
On the Development of a Light Dosimetry Planning Tool for Photodynamic Therapy in Arbitrary Shaped Cavities: Initial Results.
Photochemistry and Photobiology,
96(2), 405-416.
https://doi.org/10.1111/php.13216
ter Braak, T. P.
, Brouwer de Koning, S. G.
, van Alphen, M. J. A.
, van der Heijden, F., Schreuder, W. H., van Veen, R. L. P., & Karakullukcu, M. B. (2020).
A surgical navigated cutting guide for mandibular osteotomies: accuracy and reproducibility of an image-guided mandibular osteotomy.
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery,
15(10), 1719-1725.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-020-02234-8
Chizari, A.
, Knop, T.
, Sirmacek, B.
, van der Heijden, F.
, & Steenbergen, W. (2020).
Exploration of movement artefacts in handheld laser speckle contrast perfusion imaging.
Biomedical optics express,
11(5), 2352-2365.
https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.387252
van Doremalen, R. F. M., van Netten, J. J., van Baal, J. G.
, Vollenbroek-Hutten, M. M. R.
, & van der Heijden, F. (2020).
Infrared 3D Thermography for Inflammation Detection in Diabetic Foot Disease: A Proof of Concept.
Journal of diabetes science and technology,
14(1), 46-54.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1932296819854062
Smit, M., Pisani, L.
, Van der Heijden, F., Paulus, F., Beenen, L., Schultz, M., & Bos, L. (2019).
Lung ultrasound aeration semi quantification in invasively ventilated ICU patients - an alternative to B-line counting.
European respiratory journal,
54, [PA4017].
https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.congress-2019.PA4017
van Leeuwen, K. G., Bos, P., Trebeschi, S.
, van Alphen, M. J. A., Voskuilen, L., Smeele, L. E.
, van der Heijden, F.
, & van Son, R. J. J. H. (2019).
CNN-based phoneme classifier from vocal tract MRI learns embedding consistent with articulatory topology. 909-913. Paper presented at 20th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association: Crossroads of Speech and Language, INTERSPEECH 2019, Graz, Austria.
https://doi.org/10.21437/Interspeech.2019-1173
Thomson, B. R., Nijkamp, J., Ivashchenko, O.
, Heijden, F. V. D., Smit, J. N., Kok, N. F. M., Kuhlmann, K. F. D.
, Ruers, T. J. M., & Fusaglia, M. (2019).
Hepatic vessel segmentation using a reduced filter 3D U-Net in ultrasound imaging. Abstract from 2nd International Conference on Medical Imaging with Deep Learning, MIDL 2019, London, United Kingdom.
https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.08612
Kappert, K. D. R.
, van Alphen, M. J. A., Smeele, L. E.
, Balm, A. J. M.
, & van der Heijden, F. (2019).
Quantification of tongue mobility impairment using optical tracking in patients after receiving primary surgery or chemoradiation.
PLoS ONE,
14(8), [e0221593].
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221593
Slotman, D. J.
, van Zandwijk, J. K.
, Simonis, F. F. J.
, van der Heijden, F.
, Geelkerken, R. H.
, & ten Haken, B. (2019).
Automatic pelvic bone registration of low-field MRI to pre-operative 3T-MRA for vascular interventions. Abstract from 27th ISMRM Annual Meeting & Exhibition 2019, Montréal, Canada.
Slotman, D. J.
, van Zandwijk, J. K.
, Simonis, F. F. J.
, van der Heijden, F.
, Geelkerken, R. H.
, & ten Haken, B. (2019).
Automatic pelvic bone registration of low-field MRI to pre-operative 3T-MRA for vascular interventions. Poster session presented at 11th Annual ISMRM Benelux Chapter Meeting 2019, Leiden, Netherlands.
Kappert, K. D. R.
, van Alphen, M. J. A., van Dijk, S., Smeele, L. E.
, Balm, A. J. M.
, & van der Heijden, F. (2019).
An interactive surgical simulation tool to assess the consequences of a partial glossectomy on a biomechanical model of the tongue.
Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering,
22(8), 827-839.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2019.1599362
Voskuilen, L., Mazzoli, V., Oudeman, J.
, Balm, A. J. M.
, van der Heijden, F., Froeling, M., de Win, M. M. L., Strijkers, G. J., Smeele, L. E., & Nederveen, A. J. (2019).
Crossing muscle fibers of the human tongue resolved in vivo using constrained spherical deconvolution.
Journal of magnetic resonance imaging,
50(1), 96-105.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.26609
van Doremalen, R. F. M., van Netten, J. J., van Baal, J. G.
, Vollenbroek-Hutten, M. M. R.
, & van der Heijden, F. (2019).
Validation of low-cost smartphone-based thermal camera for diabetic foot assessment.
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice,
149, 132-139.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2019.01.032
Sirmaçek, B.
, van der Heijden, F.
, Abayazid, M.
, Naghibi Beidokhti, H., & Kivits, M. (2019).
AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FRAMEWORK FOR AUTOMATIC SKIN CANCER SEGMENTATION USING A SMALL TRAINING DATASET. Abstract from 25th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics , Vienna, Austria.
Sirmaçek, B.
, Abayazid, M.
, Naghibi Beidokhti, H.
, van der Heijden, F., & Dokter, J. (2019).
A DEEP REINFORCEMENT LEARNING NETWORK AS A TRAINABLE CANCER STAGING SYSTEM. Abstract from 25th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics , Vienna, Austria.
van Doremalen, R. F. M., van Netten, J. J., van Baal, J. G.
, Vollenbroek-Hutten, M. M. R.
, & van der Heijden, F. (2018).
Validation of a smartphone-based infrared thermal camera and its possibilities with 3D thermal mapping of diabetic foot ulcer detection. Abstract from 15th Scientific Meeting of the Diabetic Foot Study Group of the EASD, Berlin, Germany.
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