H. Kruit MSc (Erik)

I have a bachelor’s in Engineering Physics and a master's degree in Biomedical Engineering. It is my passion to investigate how physics can be used to improve the medical world. Currently I am conducting research to implement photoacoustic imaging for gathering real-time information of the state of liver tissue during the therapeutic tumor destruction process called radiofrequency ablation of the liver. This information could give surgeons real-time information about the success of procedure, giving them more ability to steer the procedure for optimal patient outcome. Also I am conducting research for ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging to guide catheters during some neurosurgical maneuvers.

Medicine & Life Sciences

# Radiofrequency Ablation

Engineering & Materials Science

# Ablation
# Monitoring
# Optical Properties
# Photoacoustic Effect
# Spectroscopy
# Tissue

Physics & Astronomy

# Ablation

Faculty of Science and Technology (TNW), Multi-Modality Medical Imaging (M3I)

Lanka, P. , Francis, K. J. , Kruit, H., Farina, A., Cubeddu, R., Sekar, S. K. V. , Manohar, S., & Pifferi, A. (2021). Author Correction: Optical signatures of radiofrequency ablation in biological tissues (Scientific Reports, (2021), 11, 1, (6579), 10.1038/s41598-021-85653-0). Scientific reports, 11(1), Article 17761. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96881-9

Kruit, H. , Francis, K. J., Rascevska, E. , & Manohar, S. (2021). Annular fiber probe for interstitial illumination in photoacoustic guidance of radiofrequency ablation. Sensors (Switzerland), 21(13), Article 4458. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21134458

Lanka, P. , Francis, K. J. , Kruit, H., Farina, A., Cubeddu, R., Sekar, S. K. V. , Manohar, S., & Pifferi, A. (2021). Optical signatures of radiofrequency ablation in biological tissues. Scientific reports, 11(1), Article 6579. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85653-0

Thompson, D. , Kruit, H. , Gasteau, D. , & Manohar, S. (2020). Laser-induced synthetic aperture ultrasound imaging. Journal of Applied Physics, 128(16), Article 163105. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0023412

Lanka, P. , Joseph, F. K. , Kruit, H., Sekar, S. K. V., Farina, A., Cubeddu, R. , Manohar, S., & Pifferi, A. (2020). Time domain diffuse optical spectroscopy for the monitoring of thermal treatment in biological tissue. In Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy, OTS 2020 Article SM2D.4 Optical Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1364/OTS.2020.SM2D.4

Joseph, F. K. , Kruit, H., Rascevska, E. , & Manohar, S. (2020). Minimally invasive photoacoustic imaging for device guidance and monitoring of radiofrequency ablation. In A. A. Oraevsky, & L. V. Wang (Eds.), Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2020 (Vol. 11240). Article 112405F (Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 11240). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2546018

Joseph, F. K., Lanka, P. , Kruit, H., Sekar, S. K. V., Farina, A., Cubeddu, R. , Manohar, S., & Pifferi, A. (2020). Key features in the optical properties of tissue during and after radiofrequency ablation. In P. J. Campagnola, K. C. Maitland, & D. M. Roblyer (Eds.), Multiscale Imaging and Spectroscopy Article 112160H (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 11216). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2546042

Lanka, P. , Francis, K. J. , Kruit, H., Venkata Sekar, S. K., Farina, A., Cubeddu, R. , Manohar, S., & Pifferi, A. (2019). Monitoring radiofrequency ablation of biological tissue using broadband time-resolved diffuse optical spectroscopy. In H. Dehghani, & H. Wabnitz (Eds.), Proceedings Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy and Imaging VII (Vol. 11074). Article 110742M (Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 11074). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2526964

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h.kruit@utwente.nl