Editorial: Image-based computational approaches for personalized cardiovascular medicine: improving clinical applicability and reliability through medical imaging and experimental data

Patient-derived breast model repository, a tool for hyperthermia treatment planning and applicator design

Objective: The addition of hyperthermia in the treatment of intact breast cancer with the aim to improve local response is currently in a research phase. First, optimal hyperthermia devices need to be developed, for which a diverse, anatomically and pathologically accurate set of patient models is necessary. Methods: To investigate the...

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Cognitive Modeling of Left-Turn Gap Acceptance Decisions in Human Drivers

Objective: We aim to bridge the gap between naturalistic studies of driver behavior and modern cognitive and neuroscientific accounts of decision making by modeling the cognitive processes underlying left-turn gap acceptance by human drivers. Background: Understanding decisions of human drivers is essential for the development of safe and...

Investigating the Optical Properties of a Laser Induced 3D Self-Assembled Carbon–Metal Hybrid Structure

Carbon-based and carbon–metal hybrid materials hold great potential for applications in optics and electronics. Here, a novel material made of carbon and gold–silver nanoparticles is discussed, fabricated using a laser-induced self-assembly process. This self-assembled metamaterial manifests itself in the form of cuboids with lateral...

Biomaterials and tissue biomechanics: A match made in heaven?

Biomaterials and tissue biomechanics have been traditionally separate areas of research with relatively little overlap in terms of methodological approaches. Recent advances in both fields on the one hand and developments in fabrication techniques and design approaches on the other have prepared the ground for joint research efforts by both...

Modeling of nonlinear medical diagnostic ultrasound

In this PhD Thesis, a numerical method is described that accurately predicts the pulsed acoustic pressure field generated by a medical diagnostic phased array transducer in a nonlinear acoustic medium. The method is called the Iterative Nonlinear Contrast Source (INCS) method, and it is capable of handling a large-scale, threedimensional domain...