Early MPN detection in laboratory setting

Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPNs) are a group of bone marrow diseases with potentially lethal cardio-vascular complications. Two sub-diseases of MPN are Essential Thrombocytosis (ET) and Polycythemia Vera (PV), which are recognised by an abnormal blood count of respectively thrombocytes and red blood cells.<br/><br/>If an MPN is treated...

Dynamic B0 Inhomogeneity Correction at Low Field (50mT) using Interleaved B0 Mapping: Applied to Turbo Spin Echo and Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting

Low-field MRI is susceptible to temperature changes in magnet temperature, resulting in time-dependent inhomogeneities. This causes time-dependent phase shifts in the measured signal, leading to image distortions. In this project, a method is proposed to interleave short magnetic field (B0) mapping sequences in the target image acquisition for...

Design and Noise Acceptability of Future Supersonic Transport Aircraft

Because of the expected return of civil supersonic flight, research is required to update supersonic noise regulations to allow public acceptance of civil supersonic flights. To advise ICAO on whether future supersonic aircraft will be able to comply with current regulations this thesis predicts the noise production of future supersonic...

Fostering wind in foreign waters: Governmental roles stimulating export of the Dutch offshore wind sector

In a rapidly expanding offshore wind market, governments are evaluating their role in the support of the export of their domestic companies. This thesis looks at what roles governments utilize in the export domain of offshore wind. Four governmental roles are identified and their prevalence is rated in different stages of a novel representation...