Rationale: Patients with cancer of the upper gastrointestinal tract or lung are more likely to present with malnutrition at diagnosis than, for instance, patients with melanoma. Low muscle mass is an indicator of malnutrition and can be determined by computed tomography (CT) analysis of the skeletal …

Abstract Background: The benefit of MR-only workflow compared to current CT-based workflow for prostate radiotherapy is reduction of systematic errors in the radiotherapy chain by 2–3 mm. Nowadays, MRI is used for target delineation while CT is needed for position verification. In MR-only workflows, …

Eén van de projecten binnen het Saxion lectoraat Brain and Technology is de APK-Werk scan. Onderdeel van de APK-Werk scan is de Fasemonitor vragenlijst. Deze vragenlijst kijkt naar de groei en ontwikkeling van werknemers vanuit een ontwikkelingspsychologisch gezichtspunt. Werkvaardigheden en functies …

Swallowing muscle strength exercises are effective in restoring swallowing function. In order to perform the exercises with progressive load, the swallow exercise aid (SEA) was developed. Precise knowledge on which muscles are activated with swallowing exercises, especially with the SEA, is lacking. …

Cone beam CT scanners use much less radiation than to normal CT scans. However, compared to normal CT scans the images are noisy, showing several artifacts. The UNet Convolutional Neural Network may provide a way to reconstruct the a CT image from cone beam scans.

The aim of this study was to gain insight into the nutritional status, dietary intake and muscle health of older Dutch hip fracture patients to prevent recurrent fractures and to underpin rehabilitation programs. This cross-sectional study enrolled 40 hip fracture patients (mean ± SD age 82 ± 8.0 years) …

Background & aims: Optimal nutritional support during the acute phase of critical illness remains controversial. We hypothesized that patients with low skeletal muscle area and -density may specifically benefit from early high protein intake. Aim of the present study was to determine the association …

In dit praktijkgericht onderzoek werd onderzocht in hoeverre de scantijd van het 89Zr PET/CT-protocol gereduceerd kon worden op de Biograph Vision met behoud van de beeldkwaliteit. Uit de resultaten blijkt dat het EARL-reconstructieprotocol het beste gebruikt kan worden voor het reduceren van de scantijd. …

Background & aims:  Low muscle mass and -quality on ICU admission, as assessed by muscle area and -density on CT-scanning at lumbar level 3 (L3), are associated with increased mortality. However, CT-scan analysis is not feasible for standard care. Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) assesses body …

Een primaire hyperparathyreoïdie (pHPT) wordt vaak veroorzaakt door een bijschildklieradenoom. Deze diagnose wordt in Nederland bij ongeveer 1% van de bevolking gesteld. Een pHPT is goed te detecteren door middel van: een SPECT-CT, PET-CT, Echo en MRI. Op het gebied van nucleaire geneeskunde is de vraag …