UTFacultiesTNWResearchDept BISM3IResearchPhotoacoustic and Ultrasound Imaging (breast, liver, thyroid)PAM3+: The improved 3D tomographic photoacoustic-ultrasound breast imager

PAM3+: The improved 3D tomographic photoacoustic-ultrasound breast imager

Foto-akoestische mammografie naar de kliniek met de PAM3+

PROJECT ACRONYM PAM3+

FUNDED BY REACT-EU and Pioneers in Health Care (PIHC)

PhD STUDENT Rianne Bulthuis,

RESEARCHERS Maura Dantuma, Bruno De Santi, Jitse Giesen

SUPPORT Johan van Hespen

SUPERVISORS
Promotors: Srirang Manohar (M3I) & Jeroen Veltman (M3I and ZGT)

COLLABORATION PA Imaging R&D BV, Medisch Spectrum Twente (MST), Radboudumc (RUMC), Hemabo BV

OBJECTIVE The goal of this project is development, testing, optimization and clinical demonstration of the improved PAM3 imager which is called PAM3+

PROJECT DETAILS
I PHANTOMS for PAM3+ TESTING (Participants R. Bulthuis, M. Dantuma, J. Giesen, A. Tijburg, S. Manohar)
1. Temperature SOS phantom
2. Hyper-realistic tumour vascularity phantom
3. Calibration universal Photoacoustic breast phantom

II Quantitative IMAGE ANALYSIS (Participants B. De Santi, Lucia Kim, & S. Manohar)

III ML-BASED IMPROVED PHOTOACOUSTIC RECONSTRUCTION (Participants B. De Santi, N. Awasthi & S. Manohar)

IV Clinical Study (Participants R. Bulthuis, M. Dantuma, & S. Manohar)

OPPORTUNITES

We need highly creative, industrious and passionate students to help us move the field further. The backgrounds required are in Biomedical Engineering, Applied Physics, Technical Medicine, and Computer Science. If you are interested in making an important contribution to this area, contact the following:

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