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Tunn, V.S.C. (author), Fokker, Richard (author), Luijkx, K.A. (author), de Jong, S.A.M. (author), Schoormans, J.P.L. (author)Access-based product-service systems (AB-PSS) have the potential to lower environmental impacts. Currently, a lack of consumer acceptance and, consequently, low adoption levels of AB-PSS are challenges preventing the realisation of their sustainability potential. This study proposes temporary product customisation to lower barriers for the...journal article 2019
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Sabbadini, A. (author), Massaad Mouawad, J.M. (author), van Neer, P.L.M.J. (author), de Jong, N. (author), Verweij, M.D. (author)In recent years, several fitting techniques have been presented to reconstruct the parameters of a plate from its Lamb wave dispersion curves. Published studies show that these techniques can yield high accuracy results and have the potential of reconstructing several parameters at once. The precision with which parameters can be...journal article 2022
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Mozaffarzadeh, M. (author), Verschuur, D.J. (author), Verweij, M.D. (author), Daeichin, V. (author), de Jong, N. (author), Renaud, G.G.J. (author)Transcranial ultrasound imaging (TUI) is a diagnostic modality with numerous applications, but unfortunately, it is hindered by phase aberration caused by the skull. In this article, we propose to reconstruct a transcranial B-mode image with a refraction-corrected synthetic aperture imaging (SAI) scheme. First, the compressional sound...journal article 2022
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van de Berg, N.J. (author), de Jong, T.L. (author), van Gerwen, D.J. (author), Dankelman, J. (author), van den Dobbelsteen, J.J. (author)Steering of needles involves the planning and timely modifying of instrument-tissue force interactions to allow for controlled deflections during the insertion in tissue. In this work, the effect of tip shape on these forces was studied using 10 mm diameter needle tips. Six different tips were selected, including beveled and conical versions,...journal article 2017
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Lu, H. (author), de Jong, W.M. (author), Chen, Y. (author)In the urban development policy in China, city brands play an important role in setting targets for Chinese cities. These economic city brands, however, are not produced in an institutional vacuum: they are embedded in the visions national, provincial and municipal governments have for these cities, i.e., on multi-level governance. In this paper...journal article 2017
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Çelik, M. (author), Devendran, Kathikeyan (author), Paulussen, Geert (author), Pronk, Pepijn (author), Frinking, Ferry (author), de Jong, W. (author), Boersma, B.J. (author)A new concept for energy efficient annealing of steel strip comprises of multiple rotating heat pipes. Each heat pipe extracts heat from the cooling strip which is reused to increase the temperature of the heating strip. In this context, the heat transfer between the steel strip and the rotating heat pipe is investigated. When the strip is...journal article 2018
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Khalilnezhad, H. (author), Popov, M. (author), van der Sluis, L. (author), Bos, Jorrit A. (author), de Jong, Jan P.W. (author), Ametani, Akihiro (author)Zero-missing is a phenomenon in shunt compensated cable systems in which the current through the line breaker does not cross the zero point for several cycles. This paper deals with a thorough investigation on countermeasures of the zero-missing phenomenon in transmission systems and determines the requirements, benefits, and risks of...journal article 2018
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De Swart, Jan (author), Chan, Ho Sze (author), Goorden, M.C. (author), Morgenstern, Alfred (author), Bruchertseifer, Frank (author), Beekman, F.J. (author), de Jong, M. (author), Konijnenberg, Mark W. (author)The combined α-, γ-, and x-ray emitter <sup>213</sup>Bi (half-life, 46 min) is promising for radionuclide therapy. SPECT imaging of <sup>213</sup>Bi is challenging, because most emitted photons have a much higher energy (440 keV) than common in SPECT. We assessed <sup>213</sup>Bi imaging capabilities of the Versatile Emission Computed...journal article 2016
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van Wee, G.P. (author), de Jong, Tom (author)This paper explores to what extent inequalities in travel times, measured via the Gini index, depend on the spatial scale at which (average) travel times are measured. By using the new concept of Dedicated Accessibility Points, for the Netherlands we calculated average travel times at four spatial levels, ranging from virtually individual...journal article 2023
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Cohen, M.A. (author), Yuan, M. (author), de Jong, B.W.A. (author), Beukers, Ewout (author), Bosman, S.J. (author), Steele, G.A. (author)We report on a technique for applying a DC bias in a 3D microwave cavity. We achieve this by isolating the two halves of the cavity with a dielectric and directly using them as DC electrodes. As a proof of concept, we embed a variable capacitance diode in the cavity and tune the resonant frequency with a DC voltage, demonstrating the...journal article 2017
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Noorbergen, Lars J. (author), Abels, H.A. (author), Hilgen, Frederik J. (author), Robson, Brittany E. (author), de Jong, Edwin (author), Dekkers, Mark J. (author), Krijgsman, Wout (author), Smit, Jan (author), Collinson, Margaret E. (author), Kuiper, Klaudia F. (author)Fluvial systems in which peat formation occurs are typified by autogenic processes such as river meandering, crevasse splaying and channel avulsion. Nevertheless, autogenic processes cannot satisfactorily explain the repetitive nature and lateral continuity of many coal seams (compacted peats). The fluvial lower Palaeocene Tullock Member of...journal article 2017
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Kruizinga, P. (author), van der Meulen, P.F. (author), Fedjajevs, A. (author), Mastik, F (author), Springeling, Geert (author), de Jong, N. (author), Bosch, J.G. (author), Leus, G.J.T. (author)Three-dimensional ultrasound is a powerful imaging technique, but it requires thousands of sensors and complex hardware. Very recently, the discovery of compressive sensing has shown that the signal structure can be exploited to reduce the burden posed by traditional sensing requirements. In this spirit, we have designed a simple ultrasound...journal article 2017
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van Rooij, Tom (author), Beekers, D.I. (author), Lattwein, Kirby R. (author), van der Steen, A.F.W. (author), de Jong, N. (author), Kooiman, Klazina (author)One of the main challenges for ultrasound molecular imaging is acoustically distinguishing nonbound microbubbles from those bound to their molecular target. In this in vitro study, we compared two types of in-house produced targeted lipid-coated microbubbles, either consisting of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, C16:0 (DPPC) or 1...journal article 2017
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Kokhuis, Tom J A (author), Naaijkens, Benno A. (author), Juffermans, Lynda J.M. (author), Kamp, Otto (author), van der Steen, A.F.W. (author), Versluis, Michel (author), de Jong, N. (author)The use of stem cells for regenerative tissue repair is promising but hampered by the low number of cells delivered to the site of injury. To increase the delivery, we propose a technique in which stem cells are linked to functionalized microbubbles, creating echogenic complex dubbed StemBells. StemBells are highly susceptible to acoustic...journal article 2017
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Gielis, W. P. (author), Weinans, Harrie (author), Welsing, P. M.J. (author), van Spil, W. E. (author), Agricola, R. (author), Cootes, T. F. (author), de Jong, P. A. (author), Lindner, C. (author)Objective: To design an automated workflow for hip radiographs focused on joint shape and tests its prognostic value for future hip osteoarthritis. Design: We used baseline and 8-year follow-up data from 1,002 participants of the CHECK-study. The primary outcome was definite radiographic hip osteoarthritis (rHOA) (Kellgren–Lawrence grade ≥2...journal article 2020
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Chen, Z. (author), Soozande, M. (author), Vos, H.J. (author), Bosch, J.G. (author), Verweij, M.D. (author), de Jong, N. (author), Pertijs, M.A.P. (author)This article quantitatively analyzes the impact of bit errors in digitized RF data on ultrasound image quality. The quality of B-mode images in both linear array and phased array imaging is evaluated by means of three objective image quality metrics: peak signal-to-noise ratio, structural similarity index, and contrast-to-noise ratio, when...journal article 2020
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Selvam, S. (author), Volker, Arno (author), van Neer, P.L.M.J. (author), de Jong, N. (author), Verweij, M.D. (author)Over the last 15 years, literature on nondestructive testing has shown that the generation of higher harmonics and nonlinear mixing of waves could be used to obtain the nonlinearity parameters of an elastic medium and thereby gather information about its state, e.g., aging and fatigue. To design ultrasound measurement setups based on these...journal article 2022
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Kratkiewicz, Karl (author), Manwar, Rayyan (author), Zafar, Mohsin (author), Ranjbaran, Seyed Mohsen (author), Mozaffarzadeh, M. (author), de Jong, N. (author), Ji, Kailai (author), Avanaki, Kamran (author)Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is an emerging label-free and non-invasive modality for imaging biological tissues. PAI has been implemented in different configurations, one of which is photoacoustic computed tomography (PACT) with a potential wide range of applications, including brain and breast imaging. Hemispherical Array PACT (HA-PACT) is a...journal article 2019
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Çelik, M. (author), Patki, Mrunal (author), Paulussen, Geert (author), de Jong, W. (author), Boersma, B.J. (author)In a conventional continuous annealing line, the energy supplied to steel strip during heating is not recovered while cooling it. Therefore, an alternative heat transfer technology for energy efficient continuous annealing of steel was developed. This technology enables reusing the heat extracted during cooling of the strip in the heating...journal article 2019
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Turteltaub, S.R. (author), de Jong, Gijs (author)A multiscale fracture model is developed to study the influence of defects appearing at a microscale in a fiber-reinforced composite laminate. The model establishes a link between the geometrical characteristics of sub-ply imperfections that may be created during manufacturing and the overall fracture strength and fracture energy of the...journal article 2019