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Abbady, Hnady (author)Expansion microscopy (ExM) is a new approach to super-resolution that relies on the physical isotropic expansion of a sample in a swellable polymer network. We developed a novel ExM method termed Sevenfold Post-labelling Expansion Microscopy (SP-ExM) that enables sevenfold expansion in a single step of thick cerebellar mouse brain and human...master thesis 2024
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Rijpkema, Gerben (author)Forensic microtrace investigation relies on a time- and labour-intensive process of manually analysing samples via microscopy. To aid forensic experts in their investigations, an image recognition model for microtrace localisation and classification is needed. This work investigates the trace recognition accuracy that can be achieved by...master thesis 2024
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Ashokkumar, Kartik (author)The advancements in the field of e-mobility today far outpace all prior projections, and the rate of progress is quick. Due to their high power density and energy density, Lithium-Ion Batteries (LIBs) have grown to be an increasingly appealing alternative for use in electric vehicles. However, over extended use, these batteries frequently...master thesis 2023
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Hu, Jingwen (author)Bio-imaging plays an essential role in life sciences and medicine. Recently, structured illumination has emerged as a promising super-resolution technique. However, in the case of thick scattering media, the benefits of structured illumination can be significantly reduced compared to conventional illumination methods, resulting in significant...master thesis 2023
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van den Brink, Rick (author)Fast and accurate diagnosis of illnesses or other health complications is not accessible in many locations around the world. Due to this, illnesses are unnecessarily left untreated. Therefore, AiDx Medical has developed a portable automated diagnostic microscope with re liable and rapid AI-assisted detection specifically for low-resource...master thesis 2023
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Spengler, Daniel (author)The study of tumor microenvironments (TMEs) and immune cell composition in cancer, a disease characterized by uncontrolled growth and spread of tumor cells, has become increasingly important for understanding tumor progression and patient outcomes. Tools such as the TME-Analyzer enable this kind of research, but their manual workflows highlight...master thesis 2023
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Hoogland, Maxime (author)CO2 electrolysis to form CO with the use of electricity from renewable sources is a promising technique in closing the carbon cycle. Via the electrochemical reduction CO2 can be converted into different hydrocarbon products. These value-added products are for example CO, HCOOH, CH3OH or C2H4. The direct electrochemical route of CO2 reduction is...master thesis 2023
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Saravanakumar, Karthikeyan (author)The chemistry of ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS) is one of the main factors affecting its reactivity. Knowing the composition of GGBFS used in aged concrete may help understand its past performance and estimate remaining service life. It is well known that GGBFS generally react slower than cement clinker. This thesis proposes that...master thesis 2023
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van der Maarel, Stefan (author)High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy is widely used for investigating biological architectures and the semiconductor industry. The main limitation comes from parachuting or the Wile E. Coyote effect. Parachuting is the phenomenon where the cantilever taps on the sample towards a steep decrease in height, but does not get adjusted for this decrease...master thesis 2022
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Akella, Arun (author)The kato katz method was, and still is, an invaluable tool to diagnose schistosomiasis mansoni en masse in high and medium intensity infection areas that are economically backward. Due to the current sensitivity capabilities of 24 EPG, the standard kato katz method is unable to diagnose very low intensity infections. And even though alternatives...master thesis 2022
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Burghoorn, Niels (author)Medical technology has seen great progress over the last centuries, developing increasingly more specialised therapy to benefit human health. The rise of the pharmaceutical industry and the research it drives are contributors to this success. However, in humanity's attempt to tackle more and more complex health issues, the conventional methods...master thesis 2022
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Tromp, Bart (author)Confocal microscopy is often used to make three-dimensional high-resolution images of biological samples. It is done by reflecting a laser beam off of a dichroic mirror, and focusing it on a sample with the use of a microscope. This sample is treated with a fluorescent dye. The dye molecules emit light of a higher wavelength with an intensity...master thesis 2022
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van Dijk, Raymond (author)The microscope is an essential tool for biologists. Since the late 16th century, it has given researchers a better understanding of cell processes and greatly advanced healthcare. In this century, Single molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) has revolutionized optical microscopy by breaking the optical diffraction limit. Sparsely activating...master thesis 2022
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Wiersma, Myrthe (author)Ultrafast ultrasound localization microscopy (ULM) is a super-resolved vascular imaging method that provides a 10-fold improvement in resolution compared to ultrafast ultrasound Doppler imaging. Because typical ULM acquisitions accumulate large numbers of synthetic microbubble (MB) tracks over hundreds of cardiac cycles, transient hemodynamic...master thesis 2022
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Srivastava, Akshat (author)Single Molecule Localization Microscopy (SMLM) has enabled researchers to breakthrough the diffraction limit and obtain nanometer resolution images of macromolecular structures. But due to the time involved in obtaining ample data for proper image, the technique is venerable to many problem including fluctuations due to thermal gradients from...master thesis 2022
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Houwink, Quint (author)Optical microscopes are fundamentally limited to a resolution of several hundreds of nanometers by the diffraction of light. Single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) circumvents this limit by sparsely exciting fluorescent molecules at different time instances. Single molecules can subsequently be localized with improved precision over the...master thesis 2021
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Hutten, Abel (author)Implementing a correction to vesicle fluctuation analysis that accomodates non-zero exposure times, analysing the effects of the changes.bachelor thesis 2021
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Popa, Bogdan (author)Objectives: With an increasing life expectancy in the western societies and more people practising extreme sports, the demand for orthopaedic implants is set to increase. Orthopaedic implant loosening is one of the main causes of revision surgeries, leading to increases in the costs of patient care and patient dissatisfaction. Better...master thesis 2020
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Zahran, Ahmed (author)For a long time, scientists believed that it is not possible to achieve a better microscopic resolution than half the wavelength of light (~ 200 nm). During the last decades, various super-resolution fluorescence microscopy techniques have been developed, offering high-resolution imaging beyond the diffraction limit. It has been established as...master thesis 2020
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van Engelenburg, Casper (author)Proper diagnostics are essential in the combat against severe diseases which mainly have big impacts in remote areas in poor countries. A focus direction within the NC4I group at DCSC, Delft University of Technology, is the development of new imaging modalities and the design and implementation of smarter algorithms for improved detection of...master thesis 2020