Biomedical Diagnostics Lab

Clinical relevance is our commitment, achieved through close collaboration with selected clinical/industrial partners and advisors.

Research Profile

The Biomedical Diagnostics (BM/d) Research Laboratory develops algorithms for the interpretation of biomedical signals and data acquired with a variety of sensors, ranging from ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging, up to electrophysiological and photoplethysmographic recording. The lab positions itself on the edge between data-driven and physics-driven analysis through a continuous effort towards understanding the application domain and modeling the full measurement chain: (patho)physiological sources, sensing physics, and signal acquisition. To this end, research is carried out in tight collaboration with our clinical and industrial partners. The main application areas are oncology, cardiovascular, gynecology-perinatology, sleep, perioperative care, neurology, and neuromuscular research. The lab is chaired by Prof. Mischi, supported by a multidisciplinary team integrating expertise in modeling (Dr. Turco), Bayesian inference (Dr. Vullings), and machine learning (Dr. van Sloun), image analysis (Dr. Zinger), signal processing (Dr. Peri).

Research Domains

Cardiovascular

Pregnancy and Gynecology

Neuromuscular

Neurology

Oncology

Patient Monitoring

Sleep

Meet some of our Researchers

Full Professor

Lukas Dekker

Full Professor

Erik Korsten

Full Professor

Massimo Mischi

Full Professor

Guid Oei

Full Professor

Hessel Wijkstra

Associate Professor

Sveta Zinger

Assistant Professor

Merel van Gilst

Assistant Professor

Elisabetta Peri

Assistant Professor

Simona Turco

Associate Professor

Ruud van Sloun

University Researcher

Beatrijs van der Hout

University Lecturer

Pierre Woerlee

Assistant Professor

Catarina Dinis Fernandes

University Researcher

Tom Bakkes

Doctoral Candidate

Esmée de Boer

Doctoral Candidate

Anouk van Diepen

Doctoral Candidate-TA

Hans van Gorp

Doctoral Candidate

Iris Huijben

Doctoral Candidate

Eveline Mestrom

Associate Professor

Rik Vullings

Education

Education is tightly linked to research. Therefore, the main activity consists of supervision of student projects ranging from Bachelor, Traineeship, and Graduation projects. Given the international nature of the BM/d Research Team, several students interested in biomedical applications of signal analysis come from different European countries to carry out their master projects within the Erasmus Exchange Program. A number of established international connections also enable us to arrange external projects abroad, in countries such as Italy, Denmark, Rumania, and USA. Obviously, next to supervision, also a number of specialized courses are given, especially in the area of sensing and clinical monitoring.

News

November 22, 2022
Embarking on a new adventure with a huge European grant
Francesca Grisoni, Maarten Schoukens and Ruud van Sloun are all assistant professors at TU/e and the most recent recipients of an ERC Starting Grant.
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November 20, 2022
Smart use of data reduces mortality, complications and costs
Gijs van Steenbergen defended his PhD thesis at the department of Electrical Engineering on November 18th.
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More news
In Denmark, Nemo Healthcare proves that home monitoring is safe and efficient
September 21, 2022
New methods to monitor patient health via a blood pressure cuff
June 10, 2022
Ruud van Sloun, Tom de Greef and Eva Demerouti are the first winners of the TU/e Science Awards
May 12, 2022
A light-based wearable to detect sleep apnea
February 18, 2022

Using microbubbles to detect cancer

It was stressed repeatedly on World Cancer Day: the diagnosis and treatment of cancer have changed radically in recent years. The same can be said of the detection of prostate cancer. Now, starting in February, men with a questionable blood value will receive an MRI scan to localize any tumors in advance of the usual biopsy procedure. TU/e professor Massimo Mischi hopes to further improve this process with CUDI, the ultrasound technique he has developed, and he is also keen to work on breast cancer screening. Read more

 

Recent Publications

Our most recent peer reviewed publications

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