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CARIM's Confidential Contact Persons

CARIM's Confidential Contact Persons

27 November 2024

Dr Magdi Nagy (Dept of Biochemistry) and Prof. Peter de Leeuw (Dept of Internal Medicine) have been appointed as CARIM Confidential Contact Persons.

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ZonMw grant on appropriate palliative care

ZonMw grant on appropriate palliative care

27 November 2024

Prof. Marc Hemmelder (Dept of Internal Medicine) and his team received a ZonMw grant to promote early palliative care for dialysis patients who are non-waitlisted for transplantation.

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Joachim Wildberger

Professor

Joachim Wildberger is full Professor of Radiology and Chairman of the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at Maastricht UMC+. In addition, he serves as Director of the Division of Clinical Imaging and Diagnostic Laboratories at Maastrcith UMC+.

Graduated at the Rhenian-Westphalian Technical University (RWTH) in Aachen, Germany, he received his medical degree in 1994. After internships in Cardiology and Diagnostic Radiology (Mönchengladbach/ Leipzig), he started his residency in Diagnostic Radiology at the University Hospital Aachen. He was board certified for Diagnostic Radiology in December 1998, and became a fellow/staff member at this department thereafter. He received his PhD in Radiology in 2002, was appointed as vice-chairman of the department in 2006 and received a professorship at the RWTH Aachen in 2007. In July 2007 he became Head of Department, Diagnostic Radiology, HELIOS Klinikum Berlin-Buch, Charité Berlin, Campus Buch, Germany, before moving to his present position.

His per personal research topics are technical developments and functional imaging in computed tomography, contrast media research, cardiac imaging as well as image-guided interventions.

As PI for Imaging within CARIM he focusses on translational research, integrating different imaging modalities into the cardiovascular diagnostic chain, and favours multidisciplinary approaches to improve patient care.

Joachim-wildberger

Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht 
PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht
Room number: 4.G2.013
T: +31(0)43 387 49 12

  • 2015
    • Mihl, C., Kok, M., Wildberger, J. E., Altintas, S., Labus, D., Nijssen, E. C., Hendriks, B. M. F., Kietselaer, B. L. J. H., & Das, M. (2015). Coronary CT angiography using low concentrated contrast media injected with high flow rates: Feasible in clinical practice. European Journal of Radiology, 84(11), 2155-2160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrad.2015.06.031
    • Hansen, D. C., Seco, J., Sorensen, T. S., Petersen, J. B. B., Wildberger, J. E., Verhaegen, F., & Landry, G. (2015). A simulation study on proton computed tomography ( CT) stopping power accuracy using dual energy CT scans as benchmark. Acta Oncologica, 54(9), 1638-1642. https://doi.org/10.3109/0284186X.2015.1061212
    • Lalji, U. C., Jeukens, C. R. L. P. N., Houben, I., Nelemans, P. J., van Engen, R. E., van Wylick, E., Beets-Tan, R. G. H., Wildberger, J. E., Paulis, L. E., & Lobbes, M. B. I. (2015). Evaluation of low-energy contrast-enhanced spectral mammography images by comparing them to full-field digital mammography using EUREF image quality criteria. European Radiology, 25(10), 2813-2820. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-015-3695-2
    • Paulis, L. E., Lobbes, M. B. I., Lalji, U. C., Gelissen, N., Bouwman, R. W., Wildberger, J. E., & Jeukens, C. R. L. P. N. (2015). Radiation Exposure of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Using an Antiscatter Grid Compared With Full-Field Digital Mammography. Investigative Radiology, 50(10), 679-685. https://doi.org/10.1097/RLI.0000000000000168
    • Lell, M. M., Wildberger, J. E., Alkadhi, H., Damilakis, J., & Kachelriess, M. (2015). Evolution in Computed Tomography The Battle for Speed and Dose. Investigative Radiology, 50(9), 629-644. https://doi.org/10.1097/RLI.0000000000000172
    • Kim, H., Park, C. M., Goo, J. M., Wildberger, J. E., & Kauczor, H.-U. (2015). Quantitative Computed Tomography Imaging Biomarkers in the Diagnosis and Management of Lung Cancer. Investigative Radiology, 50(9), 571-583. https://doi.org/10.1097/RLI.0000000000000152
    • PROVIDI Study Grp, & Wildberger, J. (2015). Incidental findings on chest CT imaging are associated with increased COPD exacerbations and mortality. Thorax, 70(8), 725-731. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-206160
    • Sailer, A. M., Schurink, G. W. H., Bol, M. E., de Haan, M. W., van Zwam, W. H., Wildberger, J. E., & Jeukens, C. R. L. P. N. (2015). Occupational Radiation Exposure During Endovascular Aortic Repair. Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, 38(4), 827-832. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-014-1025-8
    • van Hoof, R. H. M., Hermeling, E., Truijman, M. T. B., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., Daemen, J. W. H., van der Geest, R. J., van Orshoven, N. P., Schreuder, A. H., Backes, W. H., Daemen, M. J. A. P., Wildberger, J. E., & Kooi, M. E. (2015). Phase-based vascular input function: Improved quantitative DCE-MRI of atherosclerotic plaques. Medical Physics, 42(8), 4619-4628. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4924949
    • Mihl, C., Kok, M., Wildberger, J. E., Turek, J., Muehlenbruch, G., & Das, M. (2015). Computed Tomography Angiography With High Flow Rates An In Vitro and In Vivo Feasibility Study. Investigative Radiology, 50(7), 464-469. https://doi.org/10.1097/RLI.0000000000000153
    • Jurencak, T., Turek, J., Kietselaer, B., Mihl, C., Kok, M., van Ommen, V. G. V. A., van Garsse, L. A. F. M., Nijssen, E. C., Wildberger, J. E., & Das, M. (2015). MDCT evaluation of aortic root and aortic valve prior to TAVI. What is the optimal imaging time point in the cardiac cycle?European Radiology, 25(7), 1975-1983. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-015-3607-5
    • Kok, M., Kietselaer, B. L. J. H., Mihl, C., Altintas, S., Nijssen, E. C., Wildberger, J. E., & Das, M. (2015). Contrast Enhancement of the Right Ventricle during Coronary CT Angiography - Is It Necessary?PLOS ONE, 10(6), Article e0128625. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128625
    • Providi Study Group, & Wildberger, J. (2015). Cardiovascular disease prediction: do pulmonary disease-related chest CT features have added value?European Radiology, 25(6), 1646-1654. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-014-3495-0
    • van Bussel, F. C., Backes, W. H., Hofman, P. A., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., Kessels, A. G., van Boxtel, M. P., Schram, M. T., Stehouwer, C. D., Wildberger, J. E., & Jansen, J. F. (2015). On the Interplay of Microvasculature, Parenchyma, and Memory in Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Care, 38(5), 876-882. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc14-2043
    • Sailer, A. M., de Haan, M. W., de Graaf, R., van Zwam, W. H., Schurink, G. W. H., Nelemans, P. J., Wildberger, J. E., & Das, M. (2015). Fusion Guidance in Endovascular Peripheral Artery Interventions: A Feasibility Study. Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, 38(2), 314-321. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-014-0951-9
    • Schalla, S., Jaarsma, C., Bekkers, S. C., Waltenberger, J., Dennert, R., Crijns, H. J., Wildberger, J., Heymans, S., & Brunner-La Rocca, H. P. (2015). Right ventricular function in dilated cardiomyopathy and ischemic heart disease: assessment with non-invasive imaging. Netherlands Heart Journal, 23(4), 232-240. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12471-015-0673-x
    • Postma, A. A., Das, M., Stadler, A. A. R., & Wildberger, J. E. (2015). Dual-Energy CT: What the Neuroradiologist Should Know. Current Radiology Reports, 3(5), 16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40134-015-0097-9
    • Sailer, A. M., Schurink, G. W. H., Wildberger, J. E., de Graaf, R., van Zwam, W. H., de Haan, M. W., Kemerink, G. J., & Jeukens, C. R. L. P. N. (2015). Radiation Exposure of Abdominal Cone Beam Computed Tomography. Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, 38(1), 112-120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-014-0900-7
    • Providi Study Group, & Wildberger, J. (2015). Vertebral fractures on routine chest computed tomography: relation with arterial calcifications and future cardiovascular events. International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging, 31(2), 437-445. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-014-0567-9
    • van Ewijk, P. A., Paglialunga, S. A., Kooi, M. E., Nunes, P. M., Gemmink, A., Slenter, J., Moonen Kornips, E., Jorgensen, J. A., Hoeks, J., Wildberger, J. E., Hesselink, M. K., Glatz, J. F., Heerschap, A., Kersten, S., Schrauwen, P., & Schrauwen-Hinderling, V. B. (2015). Effects of high-fat feeding on ectopic fat storage and postprandial lipid metabolism in mouse offspring. Obesity, 23(11), 2242-2250. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.21235
    • van Ewijk, P. A., Schrauwen-Hinderling, V. B., Bekkers, S. C., Glatz, J. F., Wildberger, J. E., & Kooi, M. E. (2015). MRS: a noninvasive window into cardiac metabolism. NMR in Biomedicine, 28(7), 747-766. https://doi.org/10.1002/nbm.3320
    • Lindeboom, L., Nabuurs, C. I., Hesselink, M. K., Wildberger, J. E., Schrauwen, P., & Schrauwen-Hinderling, V. B. (2015). Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy reveals increased hepatic lipid content after a single high-fat meal with no additional modulation by added protein. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 101(1), 65-71. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.114.094730
    • Sailer, A. M., Wagemans, B. A. J. M., Das, M., de Haan, M. W., Nelemans, P. J., Wildberger, J. E., & Schurink, G. W. H. (2015). Quantification of Respiratory Movement of the Aorta and Side Branches. Journal of Endovascular Therapy, 22(6), 905-911. https://doi.org/10.1177/1526602815605325
    • Lobbes, M. B. I., Lalji, U. C., Nelemans, P. J., Houben, I., Smidt, M. L., Heuts, E., de Vries, B., Wildberger, J. E., & Beets-Tan, R. G. (2015). The Quality of Tumor Size Assessment by Contrast-Enhanced Spectral Mammography and the Benefit of Additional Breast MRI. Journal of Cancer, 6(2), 144-150. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.10705
    • Willemink, M. J., Abramiuc, B., den Harder, A. M., van der Werf, N. R., de Jong, P. A., Budde, R. P. J., Wildberger, J. E., Vliegenthart, R., Willems, T. P., Greuter, M. J. W., & Leiner, T. (2015). Coronary calcium scores are systematically underestimated at a large chest size: A multivendor phantom study. Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, 9(5), 415-421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcct.2015.03.010
    • Pelgrim, G. J., Das, M., Haberland, U., Slump, C., Handayani, A., van Tuijl, S., Stijnen, M., Klotz, E., Oudkerk, M., Wildberger, J. E., & Vliegenthart, R. (2015). Development of an Ex Vivo, Beating Heart Model for CT Myocardial Perfusion. BioMed Research International, Article 412716. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/412716
    • Seehofnerová, A., Kok, M., Mihl, C., Douwes, D., Sailer, A., Nijssen, E., de Haan, M. J. W., Wildberger, J. E., & Das, M. (2015). Feasibility of low contrast media volume in CT angiography of the aorta. European journal of radiology open, 2, 58-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejro.2015.03.001
  • 2014
    • Willemink, M. J., Vliegenthart, R., Takx, R. A. P., Leiner, T., Budde, R. P. J., Bleys, R. L. A. W., Das, M., Wildberger, J. E., Prokop, M., Buls, N., de Mey, J., Schilham, A. M. R., & de Jong, P. A. (2014). Coronary Artery Calcification Scoring with State-of-the-Art CT Scanners from Different Vendors Has Substantial Effect on Risk Classification. Radiology, 273(3), 695-702. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.14140066
    • Truijman, M. T., de Rotte, A. A., Aaslid, R., van Dijk, A. C., Steinbuch, J., Liem, M. I., Schreuder, F. H., van der Steen, A. F., Daemen, M. J., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., Wildberger, J. E., Nederkoorn, P. J., Hendrikse, J., van der Lugt, A., Kooi, M. E., & Mess, W. H. (2014). Intraplaque Hemorrhage, Fibrous Cap Status, and Microembolic Signals in Symptomatic Patients With Mild to Moderate Carotid Artery Stenosis: The Plaque At RISK Study. Stroke, 45(11), 3423-3426. https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.006800
    • Lindeboom, L., Nabuurs, C. I., Hoeks, J., Brouwers, B., Phielix, E., Kooi, M. E., Hesselink, M. K., Wildberger, J. E., Stevens, R. D., Koves, T., Muoio, D. M., Schrauwen, P., & Schrauwen-Hinderling, V. B. (2014). Long-echo time MR spectroscopy for skeletal muscle acetylcarnitine detection. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 124(11), 4915-4925. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI74830
    • Jeukens, C. R. L. P. N., Lalji, U. C., Meijer, E., Bakija, B., Theunissen, R., Wildberger, J. E., & Lobbes, M. B. I. (2014). Radiation Exposure of Contrast-Enhanced Spectral Mammography Compared With Full-Field Digital Mammography. Investigative Radiology, 49(10), 659-665. https://doi.org/10.1097/RLI.0000000000000068
    • Willemink, M. J., Takx, R. A. P., de Jong, P. A., Budde, R. P. J., Bleys, R. L. A. W., Das, M., Wildberger, J. E., Prokop, M., Buls, N., de Mey, J., Schilham, A. M. R., & Leiner, T. (2014). The impact of CT radiation dose reduction and iterative reconstruction algorithms from four different vendors on coronary calcium scoring. European Radiology, 24(9), 2201-2212. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-014-3217-7
    • Versluis, B., Nelemans, P. J., Wildberger, J. E., Schurink, G. W., Leiner, T., & Backes, W. H. (2014). Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Derived Arterial Peak Flow in Peripheral Arterial Disease: Towards a Standardized Measurement. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 48(2), 185-192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2014.04.022
    • Lobbes, M. B. I., Lalji, U., Houwers, J., Nijssen, E. C., Nelemans, P. J., van Roozendaal, L., Smidt, M. L., Heuts, E., & Wildberger, J. E. (2014). Contrast-enhanced spectral mammography in patients referred from the breast cancer screening programme. European Radiology, 24(7), 1668-1676. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-014-3154-5
    • Versteylen, M. O., Joosen, I. A., Kietselaer, B. L., Wildberger, J. E., Crijns, H. J., & Hofstra, L. (2014). Gender Difference in the Prognostic Value of CTA?JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging, 7(5), 529-530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2013.08.018
    • Sailer, A. M., Douwes, D. C. E., Cappendijk, V. C., Bakers, F. C., Wagemans, B. A. J. M., Wildberger, J. E., Kessels, A. G., & Beets-Tan, R. G. H. (2014). RECIST measurements in cancer treatment: is there a role for physician assistants? - A pilot study. Cancer Imaging, 14(1), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/1470-7330-14-12
    • Sailer, A. M., de Haan, M. W., Peppelenbosch, A. G., Jacobs, M., Wildberger, J. E., & Schurink, G. W. H. (2014). CTA with Fluoroscopy Image Fusion Guidance in Endovascular Complex Aortic Aneurysm Repair. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 47(4), 349-356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2013.12.022
    • Kok, M., Mihl, C., Mingels, A. A., Kietselaer, B. L., Muhlenbruch, G., Seehofnerova, A., Wildberger, J. E., & Das, M. (2014). Influence of Contrast Media Viscosity and Temperature on Injection Pressure in Computed Tomographic Angiography A Phantom Study. Investigative Radiology, 49(4), 217-223. https://doi.org/10.1097/RLI.0000000000000019
    • Tijssen, M. P. M., Hofman, P. A. M., Stadler, A. A. R., van Zwam, W., de Graaf, R., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., Klotz, E., Wildberger, J. E., & Postma, A. A. (2014). The role of dual energy CT in differentiating between brain haemorrhage and contrast medium after mechanical revascularisation in acute ischaemic stroke. European Radiology, 24(4), 834-840. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-013-3073-x
    • Versluis, B., Nelemans, P. J., Brans, R., Wildberger, J. E., Schurink, G. W., Leiner, T., & Backes, W. H. (2014). Functional MRI in Peripheral Arterial Disease: Arterial Peak Flow versus Ankle-Brachial Index. PLOS ONE, 9(2), Article e88471. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088471
    • Schlijper, R. C. J., Grutters, J. P. C., Houben, R., Dingemans, A.-M. C., Wildberger, J. E., Van Raemdonck, D., Van Cutsem, E., Haustermans, K., Lammering, G., Lambin, P., & De Ruysscher, D. (2014). What to choose as radical local treatment for lung metastases from cob-rectal cancer: Surgery or radiofrequency ablation?Cancer Treatment Reviews, 40(1), 60-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctrv.2013.05.004
    • Mihl, C., Loeffen, D., Versteylen, M. O., Takx, R. A. P., Nelemans, P. J., Nijssen, E. C., Vega-Higuera, F., Wildberger, J. E., & Das, M. (2014). Automated quantification of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) in coronary CT angiography; comparison with manual assessment and correlation with coronary artery disease. Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, 8(3), 215-221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcct.2014.04.003
    • Willemink, M. J., Takx, R. A. P., de Jong, P. A., Budde, R. P. J., Bleys, R. L. A. W., Das, M., Wildberger, J. E., Prokop, M., Buls, N., de Mey, J., Leiner, T., & Schilham, A. M. R. (2014). Computed Tomography Radiation Dose Reduction: Effect of Different Iterative Reconstruction Algorithms on Image Quality. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography, 38(6), 815-823. https://doi.org/10.1097/RCT.0000000000000128
  • 2013
    • Mihl, C., Wildberger, J. E., Jurencak, T., Yanniello, M. J., Nijssen, E. C., Kalafut, J. F., Nalbantov, G., Muehlenbruch, G., Behrendt, F. F., & Das, M. (2013). Intravascular Enhancement With Identical Iodine Delivery Rate Using Different Iodine Contrast Media in a Circulation Phantom. Investigative Radiology, 48(11), 813-818. https://doi.org/10.1097/RLI.0b013e31829979e8
    • Versluis, B., Leiner, T., Nelemans, P. J., Wildberger, J. E., Schurink, G.-W., & Backes, W. H. (2013). Magnetic resonance imaging-based monitoring of collateral artery development in patients with intermittent claudication during supervised exercise therapy. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 58(5), 1236-1243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2012.11.136
    • Jaarsma, C., Bekkers, B., Haidari, Z., Smulders, M. W., Nelemans, P. J., Gorgels, A. P., Crijns, H. J., Wildberger, J. E., & Schalla, S. (2013). Comparison of Different Electrocardiographic Scoring Systems for Detection of any Previous Myocardial Infarction as Assessed With Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging. American Journal of Cardiology, 112(8), 1069-1074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.05.048
    • van Elmpt, W., Das, M., Huellner, M., Sharifi, H., Zegers, C. M. L., Reymen, B., Lambin, P., Wildberger, J. E., Troost, E. G. C., Veit-Haibach, P., & De Ruysscher, D. (2013). Characterization of tumor heterogeneity using dynamic contrast enhanced CT and FDG-PET in non-small cell lung cancer. Radiotherapy and Oncology, 109(1), 65-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2013.08.032
    • van Rooijen, B. D., van der Lans, A. A., Brans, B., Wildberger, J. E., Mottaghy, F. M., Schrauwen, P., Backes, W. H., & van Marken Lichtenbelt, W. D. (2013). Imaging Cold-Activated Brown Adipose Tissue Using Dynamic T2*-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging and 2-Deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose Positron Emission Tomography. Investigative Radiology, 48(10), 708-714. https://doi.org/10.1097/RLI.0b013e31829363b8
    • Lobbes, M. B. I., Smidt, M. L., Houwers, J., Tjan-Heijnen, V. C., & Wildberger, J. E. (2013). Contrast enhanced mammography: Techniques, current results, and potential indications. Clinical Radiology, 68(9), 935-944. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crad.2013.04.009
    • Versluis, B., Tuinder, S., Boetes, C., van der Hulst, R., Lataster, A., van Mulken, T., Wildberger, J., de Haan, M., & Leiner, T. (2013). Equilibrium-phase high spatial resolution contrast-enhanced MR angiography at 1.5T in preoperative imaging for perforator flap breast reconstruction. PLOS ONE, 8(8), Article 71286. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071286
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