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“As medical physicist I focus on improving the quality, safety and cost-effectiveness of healthcare – by developing and implementing new technology for diagnosis and treatment of patients.”
Research profile
Carola van Pul is a Professor in Clinical Physics at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). Her fields of expertise concerns general clinical physics - with a particular specialization in medical technology used for mother-and-child care.
Next to her clinical tasks as clinical physicist in MMC, Carola is an active researcher. Focus of her research is currently on patient monitoring for (neonatal) intensive care and complex patient monitoring and medical alarm systems using ICT networks. New monitoring techniques are developed for improving diagnosis but also data mining approaches are investigated to reduce the high number of alarms in the intensive care environment (neonatal and adult ICU) in order to increase patient safety and reduce alarm fatigue of the staff.
In this vulnerable population of preterm infants at the NICU, improving monitoring of maturation of neonates is important to predict patient outcome. Carola is also involved in the development of serious gaming and the development of a simulation model for diabetes.
Academic background
Carola van Pul obtained MSc in Applied Physics from Delft University of Technology, followed by her PhD on the subject on Diffusion Tensor Imaging in neonates at TU/e. With this technique, it became possible to visualize white matter fiber structures in vivo in the neonatal brain. After that, Carola did her training in medical physics (a medical profession in the Netherlands) at the Maxima Medical Center, Eindhoven, where she has been a clinical physicist since 2006. In 2008, she was involved as a researcher at the University Medical Center Utrecht in a project on Diffusion Tensor Imaging (project) for neonatal brain imaging.
In her profession as clinical physicist in a hospital, Carola is involved in the introduction of innovative technology in clinical practice, and in medical equipment procurement processes and safe introduction and application of this equipment, e.g. in the Women-Mother and Child center, but also for radiological applications. She has experience with risk analysis for complex medical technology, such as medical alarm systems at in a (neonatal and adult) ICU setting.
Carola's field of research has specialized over the last years in sensors and patient monitoring and alarm systems for intensive care setting with a special focus on neonatal applications. She is actively participating in the Eindhoven MedTech Innovation Center (e/MTIC), a research collaboration between The Catharina Hospital (CH), the Maxima Medical Center (MMC), Kempenhaeghe Epilepsy and Sleep Center (KH), Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), and Royal Philips Eindhoven (RPE) in the domains cardiovascular care, perinatal care and sleep care. Carola regularly contributes to leading journals such as IEEE J Biomed Health Inform, Pediatric Research, Early Human Development.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Opleiding Klinische Fysica
1 Sep 2002 → 1 Sep 2006
PhD thesis - Diffusion Tensor Imaging for the detection of hypoxic-ischemic injury in newborns, Eindhoven University of Technology
1 Jul 2000 → 29 Nov 2004
MSc Applied Physics , Delft University of Technology
1 Sep 1994 → 14 May 2000
External positions
Klinisch Fysicus Maxima Medisch Centrum
1 Jul 2006 → …
Network
Projects
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A comparison of video-based methods for neonatal body motion detection
Peng, Z., van de Sande, D. M. J., Lorato, I., Long, X., Liang, R-H., Andriessen, P., Cottaar, W., Stuijk, S. & van Pul, C., 8 Sep 2022, 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, p. 3047-3050 4 p. (Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
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A continuous late-onset sepsis prediction algorithm for preterm infants using multi-channel physiological signals from a patient monitor
Peng, Z., Varisco, G., Long, X., Liang, J., Kommers, D., Cottaar, E. J. E., Andriessen, P. & van Pul, C., 20 Oct 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. XX, X, 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Central apnea detection in premature infants using machine learning
Varisco, G., Peng, Z., Kommers, D., Zhan, Z., Cottaar, E. J. E., Andriessen, P., Long, X. & van Pul, C., Nov 2022, In: Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. 226, 15 p., 107155.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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DeepLOS: Deep learning for late-onset sepsis prediction in preterm infants using heart rate variability
Peng, Z., Varisco, G., Liang, R-H., Kommers, D., Cottaar, W., Andriessen, P., van Pul, C. & Long, X., Dec 2022, In: Smart Health. 26, 8 p., 100335.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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DiaGame: Serious and personalized game for self-management of diabetes
Ferreira de Carvalho, D. F., Kaymak, U., Van Gorp, P., van Riel, N. A. W., Hilbers, P., de Vries, R., Haak, H., van Pul, C., van Poppel, P., Reinders, E. & Cruts, E., Apr 2022. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
Courses
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Researchers, clinicians, and industry come together for the 1st MedTech Day
Carola van Pul & Rick Bezemer
30/05/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Remote monitoring less burdensome for babies with apnea
Sander Stuijk, Gerard de Haan, Carola van Pul & Peter Andriessen
24/11/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Remote method to monitor apnea gives premature babies an easier time
Gerard de Haan, Carola van Pul, Peter Andriessen & Sander Stuijk
18/11/21 → 19/11/21
5 items of Media coverage
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Eindhoven University of Technology: Contactless, Efficient Monitoring of Premature Babies
Loe M.G. Feijs, Carola van Pul & Peter Andriessen
31/08/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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-Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e): Contactless and efficient monitoring of premature babies
Loe M.G. Feijs, Carola van Pul & Peter Andriessen
27/08/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Impacts
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Perinatology
Rik Vullings (Researcher), Carola van Pul (Researcher), Noortje A.M. Bax (Content manager), Daniëlle van der Hagen (Content manager) & Rianne Sanders (Content manager)
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