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P.O.Box 513, Department of Electrical Engineering
5600 MB Eindhoven
Netherlands
P.O. Box 513 - Building 19 - Flux 9.096 , Department of Electrical Engineering
5600 MB Eindhoven
Netherlands
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“Engineers need to truly become part of the medical world and understand the requirements and needs of clinicians to be able to deliver the improvements they are capable of.”
Hessel Wijkstra is part-time Full Professor in the Signal Processing Systems group. He is also principal investigator in the department of Urology of the AMC in Amsterdam. His research focuses on medical imaging, especially contrast-enhanced ultrasound. His main interest is the clinical validation and implementation of advanced imaging technology as developed in the Signal Processing Systems group.
The focus of research is initially on prostate cancer - hard to visualize, usually only detected at a late stage and the second-highest cause of cancer deaths in men. Perfecting visualization techniques for prostate cancer would enable more effective screening, targeted biopsies and more timely and less radical treatments. The technology can be applied to other cancer types as well. Angiogenesis, the aberrant growth of new blood vessels that supplies growing tumors with the oxygen and nutrients to become malignant, is a factor in most cancers.
Wijkstra, an engineer among urologists and a urologist among engineers, believes engineers can help generate tremendous progress in medical care, improve diagnostics and treatment and help to realize more cost-effective care.
Hessel Wijkstra holds an MSc and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Twente University. His interest in medical and clinical research led him to accept an appointment at the Urology department of the Radboud Medical Center in 1989. In 2004 he moved to the Urology department at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam in 2004. His intensive collaboration with Massimo Mischi at the Eindhoven University of Technology led to an appointment as part-time professor in the Signal Processing Systems group in 2010.
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):
Principal Investigator, Academic Medical Centre Amsterdam
1 Oct 2003 → …
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Anastasiia Panfilova (Speaker), Xufei Chen (Speaker), Ruud J.G. van Sloun (Speaker), Hessel Wijkstra (Speaker), Oleg Sapozhnikov (Speaker) & Massimo Mischi (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
Anastasiia Panfilova (Speaker), Sarah E. Shelton (Speaker), Cristina Caresio (Speaker), Ruud J.G. van Sloun (Speaker), Filippo Molinari (Speaker), Hessel Wijkstra (Speaker), Paul A. Dayton (Speaker) & Massimo Mischi (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Plenary talk › Scientific
Hessel Wijkstra (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
Hessel Wijkstra (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
Hessel Wijkstra (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
Massimo Mischi & Hessel Wijkstra
18/01/22
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Massimo Mischi & Hessel Wijkstra
17/01/22
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Massimo Mischi, Ruud J.G. van Sloun & Hessel Wijkstra
13/05/19
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2/10/18
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2/10/18
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