Erik Korsten
Department / Institute

RESEARCH PROFILE
Erik Korsten is Part-time Professor in the Signal Processing Systems group, anesthesiologist-intensivist in Eindhoven's Catharina Hospital and part-time professor at Zhejiang University (China). At TU/e, Korsten specializes in signal and data processing and decision support systems, such as his Gaston software that helps make sense of the data in the Dutch Electronic Patient Files (EPD) and helps hospitals ensure that protocols and guidelines are followed. This contributes, for instance, to a reduced number of medication errors. He also focuses on signal processing in ultrasound and MRI images.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Erik Korsten holds a degree in Medicine from Groningen University (1979). He obtained his specialization in anesthesiology from the St. Antonius Hospital in Utrecht in 1982 and his PhD from Leiden University in 1984. He took a position as anesthesiologist at the Catharina Hospital in Eindhoven in 1983 and has worked there ever since. In 2001, Korsten was appointed Part-time Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology. In 2015, he also took on the position of Part-time Professor at Zhejiang University (China).
Recent Publications
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New Hemodynamic Parameters in Peri-Operative and Critical Care
Sensors (2023) -
On the value of MRI for improved understanding of cuff-based oscillometric measurements
44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2022 (2022) -
Quality Improvement in the Preoperative Evaluation
Medicina (2022) -
Ultrasound transducer with dynamic visual aid improves out-of-plane vascular access
British Journal of Anaesthesia (2022) -
Acoustic lens improves superficial in-plane ultrasound-guided procedures – The significance of the beam width artefact
Journal of Clinical Anesthesia (2022)
Ancillary Activities
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