1999 Ph.D. Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

1993 M.Sc. Technical University Eindhoven, The Netherlands

"Detection of plaque vulnerability using intravascular elastography"
2000-2002 The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) fellowship

"Intravascular Ultrasound Elastography"
1994-1999 Experimental Echocardiography, Erasmus University Rotterdam

"The acoustic properties of eye tissues"
1992-1993 Biophysical Laboratory, Institute of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Nijmegen

• Elastography
• Vulnerable Plaque Detection (IVUS, Elastography, Thermography, Raman spectroscopy)
• Intravascular Ultrasound

• de Korte, C.L.; Sierevogel, M.; Mastik, F.; Strijder, C.; Schaar, J.A.; Velema, E.; Pasterkamp, G.; Serruys, P.W.; van der Steen, A.F.W. Identification of Atherosclerotic Plaque Components with Intravascular Ultrasound Elastography in vivo: a Yucatan pig study. Circulation 105(14): 1627-1630; 2002
• de Korte, C.L.; Carlier S.G.; Mastik, F.; Doyley, M.M.; van der Steen, A.F.W.; Serruys, P.W.; Bom, N. Morphologic and mechanic information of coronary arteries obtained with intravascular elastography: a feasibility study in vivo. European Heart Journal 23(5): 405-413; 2002.
• de Korte, C.L.; Pasterkamp G.; van der Steen, A.F.W.; Woutman H.A.; Bom N. Characterization of Plaque Components using Intravascular Ultrasound Elastography in Human Femoral and Coronary Arteries in vitro. Circulation 102(6): 617-623; 2000
• de Korte, C.L.; Céspedes, E.I.; van der Steen, A.F.W.; Lancée C.T. Intravascular elasticity imaging using ultrasound: feasibility studies in phantoms. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 23(5): 735-746; 1997
• de Korte, C.L.; van der Steen, A.F.W.; Thijssen, J.M.; Duindam, J.J.; Otto, C.; Puppels, G.J. Relation between local acoustic parameters and protein distribution in human and porcine eye lenses. Experimental Eye Research 59: 617-627; 1994