Radj A. Baldewsing

Dr. ir. Radj A. Baldewsing, PhD.

Former Address

Biomedical Engineering, room Ee23.02
Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam
PO Box 1738
3000DR Rotterdam
The Netherlands

Current Email :	raatsch@hotmail.com
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Curriculum Vitae: Curriculum Vitae

Education

PhD (may 2001 - april 2006) at the Biomedical Engineering department, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Thesis Topic
Thesis title: "MODULOGRAPHY; elasticity imaging of atherosclerotic plaques".
Thesis ( THESIS ) and corresponding propositions ( PROPOSITIONS ) defended on 21 June 2006.

MSc (2001) in Technical Mathematics (Cum Laude) obtained at Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
BSc (1996) in Technical Mathematics (Cum Laude) obtained at Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

Research Interests

Vulnerable plaque detection and imaging
Medical imaging (Ultrasound)
Elasticity imaging (Elastography, Palpography)
Forward and inverse problem solution

Publication List (Last update at 01 august 2009)

DOCTORAL THESIS

Modulography; elasticity imaging of atherosclerotic plaques.
Thesis, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, ISBN: 90-8559-172-4, 2006. Find Thesis
BALDEWSING RA.

PAPERS (Peer-Reviewed)

An Inverse Method for Imaging the Local Elasticity of Atherosclerotic Coronary Plaques. Find Journal
IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, Volume 12, Issue 3, pp. 277-289, 2008.
BALDEWSING RA, Danilouchkine MG, Mastik F, Schaar JA, Serruys PW, van der Steen AFW.
IVUS Beyond the Horizon. Find Journal
EuroIntervention, Volume 2, Issue 5, pp. 132-142, 2006.
van der Steen AFW, BALDEWSING RA, Degertekin FL, Emelianov E, Frijlink ME, Furukawa Y, Goertz D, Karaman M, Khuri-Yakub PT, Kim K, Mastik F, Moriya T, Oralkan Ö, Saijo Y, Schaar JA, Serruys PW, Sethuraman S, Tanaka A, Vos HJ, Witte R, O'Donnell M.
Motion Compensation for Intravascular Ultrasound Palpography. Find Journal
IEEE Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, Volume 53, Issue 7, pp. 1269-1280, 2006.
Leung KYE, BALDEWSING RA, Mastik F, Schaar JA, Gisolf A, Van der Steen AFW.
Intravascular Palpography for Vulnerable Plaque Assessment. Find Journal
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Volume 47, Issue 8 Suppl C, pp. 86C-91C, 2006.
Schaar JA, Van der Steen AFW, Mastik F, BALDEWSING RA, Serruys PW.
Young’s Modulus Reconstruction of Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque Components using Deformable Curves. Find Article
Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Volume 32, Issue 2, pp. 201-210, 2006.
BALDEWSING RA, Mastik F, Schaar JA, Serruys PW, Van der Steen AFW.
Robustness of Reconstructing the Young's Modulus Distribution of Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaques using a Parametric Plaque Model. Find Article
Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Volume 31, Issue 12, pp. 1631-1645, 2005.
BALDEWSING RA, Mastik F, Schaar JA, Serruys PW, Van der Steen AFW.
Assessment of Vulnerable Plaque Composition by Matching the Deformation of a Parametric Plaque Model to Measured Plaque Deformation. Find Article
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (Special issue on Vascular Imaging), Volume 24, Issue 4, pp. 514-528, 2005.
BALDEWSING RA, Schaar JA, Mastik F, Oomens CWJ, Van der Steen AFW.
Perineal noise recording as a non-invasive diagnostic method of urinary bladder outlet obstruction : a study in Polyvinyl Alcohol and silicone model urethras. Find Article
Neurourol.Urodyn. Volume 24, Issue 4, pp. 381-388, 2005.
Idzenga T, Pel JJM, BALDEWSING RA, van Mastrigt R.
Measurement of Noise in a Model Urethra of Polyvinyl Alcohol Cryogel at Different Degrees of Urethral Obstruction.
Klinische Fysica, pp. 26-31, 2004.
Pel JJM, Idzenga T, BALDEWSING RA, Van Mastrigt R.
A Finite Element Model for Performing Intravascular Ultrasound Elastography of Human Atherosclerotic Coronary Arteries. Find Article
Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Volume 30, Issue 6, pp. 803-813, 2004.
BALDEWSING RA, de Korte CL, Schaar JA, Mastik F, van der Steen AFW.
Finite Element Modeling and Intravascular Ultrasound Elastography of Vulnerable Plaques: Parameter Variation. Find Article
Ultrasonics, Volume 42, Issues 1-9, pp. 723-729, 2004.
BALDEWSING RA, De Korte CL, Schaar JA, Mastik F, Van der Steen AFW.
Intravascular Palpography for High-Risk Vulnerable Plaque Assessment. Find Article
Herz, Nr. 6, pp. 488-495, 2003.
Schaar JA, de Korte CL, Mastik F, BALDEWSING R, Regar E, de Feyter P, Slager CJ, van der Steen AFW, Serruys PW.

BOOK CHAPTERS

An Inverse Method for Imaging the Local Elasticity of Atherosclerotic Coronary Plaques. Find Thesis Chapter
Chapter 7 in "Modulography; elasticity imaging of atherosclerotic plaques", ISBN 90-8559-172-4, 2006.
BALDEWSING RA, Mastik F, Schaar JA, Serruys PW, Van der Steen AFW.
Local Elasticity Imaging of Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Coronary Plaques. Find Book Chapter
Advances in Cardiology, Volume 44, pp. 35-61, 2007.
Chapter in "Atherosclerosis, Large Arteries and Cardiovascular Risk", Editors: Safar ME and Frohlich ED., S. Karger AG, Switzerland, ISBN ?.
BALDEWSING RA, Schaar JA, Mastik F, van der Steen AFW.
Intravascular Ultrasound Elastography: A Clinician's Tool for Assessing Vulnerability and Material Composition of Plaques. Find Book Chapter
Stud Health Technol Inform. Volume 113, pp. 75-96, 2005.
Chapter in "Plaque Imaging: Pixel to Molecular Level", Editors: Suri, Yuan, Wilson and Laximarayan, IOS press, The Netherlands, ISBN 1-58603-516-9.
BALDEWSING RA, Schaar JA, de Korte CL, Mastik F, Serruys PW, van der Steen AFW.

INVITED LECTURES

Modulography, 3rd International Vulnerable Plaque Meeting, Capri, Italy, 12-13 june 2005.

PROCEEDINGS

A Compounding Method for Reconstructing the Heterogeneous Young's Modulus Distribution of Atherosclerotic Plaques from their Radial Strain. Proceedings
Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity 2005, Texas, USA, page 68.
BALDEWSING RA, Mastik F, Schaar JA, van der Steen AFW.
Motion Compensation for Intravascular Ultrasound Palpography for in vivo Vulnerable Plaque Detection. Proceedings
Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity 2005, Texas, USA, page 67.
Leung KYE, BALDEWSING RA, Mastik F, Danilouchkine MG, Schaar JA, Gisolf A, van der Steen AFW.
Deformable Bezier Curves for Young's Modulus Reconstruction and Delineation of Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque Components.
2005 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, pages 249-252.
BALDEWSING RA, Mastik F, Schaar JA, van der Steen AFW.
Motion Compensation for Intravascular Ultrasound Palpography for in vivo Vulnerable Plaque Detection.
2005 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, pages 253-256.
Leung KYE, BALDEWSING RA, Mastik F, Schaar JA, Gisolf A, van der Steen AFW.
Young’s Modulus Reconstruction for Assessing Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque Composition In Vivo.
2004 IEEE International Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control 50th Anniversary Conference, 2004, Montreal, Canada, pages 368-371.
BALDEWSING RA, Schaar JA, Mastik F, Oomens CWJ, van der Steen AFW.
Robust Assessment of Arterial Plaque Composition In Vivo using a Parametric Plaque Model Based Young's Modulus Reconstruction Method. Proceedings Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity 2004, Cumbria, UK, page 85.
BALDEWSING RA, Mastik F, Schaar JA, van der Steen AFW.
3D intrasvascular ultrasound palpography for vulnerable plaque detection.
Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging. pages 49-52.
Van der Steen AFW, de Korte CL, Schaar JA, Mastik F, BALDEWSING RA, Serruys PW.
Ivus modulography of vulnerable plaques using a parametric finite element model; validation on a phantom and human coronary artery. Proceedings
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Ultrasonic measurement and Imaging of tissue elasticity 2003, Texas, USA, page 75.
BALDEWSING RA, Schaar JA, Mastik F, Oomens CWJ, Van der Steen AFW.
Intravascular young’s modulus reconstruction using a parametric finite element model. Proceedings
2003 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings, Hawaii, pages 1879-1882.
BALDEWSING RA, Oomens CWJ, Van der Steen AFW.
Comparison of Finite element model elastograms and IVUS elastograms acquired from phantoms and arteries. Proceedings
2002 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings, Munich, Germany, pages 1873-1876.
BALDEWSING RA, de Korte CL, Mastik F, Schaar JA, van der Steen AFW

ABSTRACTS

A Compounding Method for Reconstructing the Heterogeneous Young's Modulus Distribution of Atherosclerotic Plaques from their Radial Strain. Proceedings
Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity 2005, Texas, USA, page 68.
BALDEWSING RA, Mastik F, Schaar JA, van der Steen AFW.
Motion Compensation for Intravascular Ultrasound Palpography for in vivo Vulnerable Plaque Detection. Proceedings
Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity 2005, Texas, USA, page 67.
Leung KYE, BALDEWSING RA, Mastik F, Danilouchkine MG, Schaar JA, Gisolf A, van der Steen AFW.
Deformable Bezier curves for Young’s modulus reconstruction and delineation of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque components.
2005 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, pages 208-209.
BALDEWSING RA, Mastik F, Schaar JA, van der Steen AFW.
Motion compensation for intravascular ultrasound palpography for in vivo vulnerable plaque detection.
2005 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, pages 209-210.
Leung KYE, BALDEWSING RA, Mastik F, Schaar JA, Gisolf A, van der Steen AFW.
Robust Assessment of Arterial Plaque Composition In Vivo using a Parametric Plaque Model Based Young's Modulus Reconstruction Method.
Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity 2004, Cumbria, UK, page 85.
BALDEWSING RA, Mastik F, Schaar JA, van der Steen AFW.
Young’s Modulus Reconstruction for Assessing Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque Composition In Vivo.
2004 IEEE International Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control 50th Anniversary Conference, August 24-27, 2004, Montreal, Canada, pages 313-314.
BALDEWSING RA, Schaar JA, Mastik F, Oomens CWJ, van der Steen AFW.
Intravascular Palpography: A New Method to Diagnose Vulnerable Plaque.
Jubileum Wetenschapsdag Nederlandse Hartstichting 2004, 15 april, Pieterskerk, Leiden, the Netherlands. Poster 115.
Schaar JA, Mastik F, BALDEWSING RA, de Korte CL, Regar E, McFadden E, de Feyter P, Krams R, van Deel ED, Slager CJ, Duncker DJ, Serruys PW, van der Steen AFW.
Intravascular ultrasound palpography for vulnerable plaque detection. Abstract
International Workshop Endocoronary Biomechanics and Restenosis 2003, Paris, France.
Van der Steen AFW, Schaar JA, Mastik F, de Korte CL, BALDEWSING R, Serruys PW.
Ivus modulography of vulnerable plaques using a parametric finite element model; validation on a phantom and human coronary artery. Abstract
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Ultrasonic measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity 2003, Texas, USA, page 75.
BALDEWSING RA, Schaar JA, Mastik F, Oomens CWJ, Van der Steen AFW.
Intravascular young’s modulus reconstruction using a parametric finite element model. Abstract
2003 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Honolulu, Hawaii, pages 432-433.
BALDEWSING RA, Oomens CWJ, Van der Steen AFW.
Finite element modelling and intravascular ultrasound elastography of phantoms and coronary arteries: parameter variation.
Ultrasonics International 2003, Granada, Spain.
BALDEWSING RA, De Korte CL, Schaar JA, Mastik F, Van der Steen AFW.
Comparison of Finite element model elastograms and IVUS elastograms acquired from phantoms and arteries.
2002 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Munich, Germany, pages 277-278.
BALDEWSING RA, de Korte CL, Mastik F, van der Steen AFW
Intravascular elastography detects the weak vulnerable plaque. Abstract
XXII congress of the European Society of Cardiology 2002. European Heart Journal, Vol 4,(Abstr. Suppl), page 72.
Schaar JA, de Korte CL, Mastik F, Strijder C, Pasterkamp G, BALDEWSING RA, Serruys PW, van der Steen AFW

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