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Ronald Boellaard

Ronald Boellaard

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44932
World Ranking
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National Ranking
332

Overview

Ronald Boellaard is affiliated with Amsterdam UMC in the Netherlands and has an extensive body of research primarily within the field of medicine, with a particular focus on radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging. Their work spans multiple subfields, including pulmonary and respiratory medicine, oncology, pathology and forensic medicine, and neurology.

Their research topics are diverse and encompass various aspects of medical imaging and its applications. Key thematic areas include medical imaging techniques and applications, radiomics and machine learning in medical imaging, lymphoma diagnosis and treatment, radiopharmaceutical chemistry, advanced X-ray and CT imaging, advanced MRI techniques, and dementia and cognitive impairment research.

Boellaard has contributed to numerous scholarly articles published in several specialized journals. Some of their recent significant papers include:

  • The Image Biomarker Standardization Initiative: Standardized Quantitative Radiomics for High-Throughput Image-based Phenotyping (2020) in Radiology
  • A Guide to ComBat Harmonization of Imaging Biomarkers in Multicenter Studies (2021) in Journal of Nuclear Medicine
  • EANM procedure guidelines for brain PET imaging using [18F]FDG, version 3 (2021) in European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
  • EANM practice guideline/SNMMI procedure standard for dopaminergic imaging in Parkinsonian syndromes 1.0 (2020) in European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
  • The Image Biomarker Standardization Initiative: Standardized Convolutional Filters for Reproducible Radiomics and Enhanced Clinical Insights (2024) in Radiology

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Boellaard on multiple occasions include Gerben J.C. Zwezerijnen, Josée M. Zijlstra, Sandeep S.V. Golla, Maqsood Yaqub, and Otto S. Hoekstra.

Boellaard's publications frequently appear in journals such as the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Alzheimer's & Dementia, EJNMMI Research, and EJNMMI Physics, reflecting a strong emphasis on nuclear medicine and neurodegenerative disease research.

Best Publications

  • The Image Biomarker Standardization Initiative: Standardized Quantitative Radiomics for High-Throughput Image-based Phenotyping

    Alex Zwanenburg;Alex Zwanenburg;Martin Vallières;Mahmoud A. Abdalah;Hugo J. W. L. Aerts;Hugo J. W. L. Aerts

  • FDG PET/CT: EANM procedure guidelines for tumour imaging: version 2.0

    Ronald Boellaard;Roberto Delgado-Bolton;Wim J. G. Oyen;Francesco Giammarile

  • FDG PET and PET/CT: EANM procedure guidelines for tumour PET imaging: version 1.0

    Ronald Boellaard;Mike J. O'Doherty;Wolfgang A. Weber;Felix M. Mottaghy

  • Imaging biomarker roadmap for cancer studies.

    James P.B. O'Connor;Eric O. Aboagye;Judith E. Adams;Hugo J.W.L. Aerts;Hugo J.W.L. Aerts

  • Standards for PET Image Acquisition and Quantitative Data Analysis

    Ronald Boellaard

  • Effects of Noise, Image Resolution, and ROI Definition on the Accuracy of Standard Uptake Values: A Simulation Study

    Ronald Boellaard;Nanda C. Krak;Otto S. Hoekstra;Adriaan A. Lammertsma

  • Microglia activation in recent-onset schizophrenia: a quantitative (R)-[11C]PK11195 positron emission tomography study

    Bart N. van Berckel;Matthijs G. Bossong;Ronald Boellaard;Reina Kloet

  • 89Zr-atezolizumab imaging as a non-invasive approach to assess clinical response to PD-L1 blockade in cancer

    Frederike Bensch;Elly L. van der Veen;Marjolijn N. Lub-de Hooge;Annelies Jorritsma-Smit

  • Joint EANM/EANO/RANO practice guidelines/SNMMI procedure standards for imaging of gliomas using PET with radiolabelled amino acids and [18F]FDG: version 1.0.

    Ian Law;Nathalie L. Albert;Javier Arbizu;Ronald Boellaard;Ronald Boellaard

  • Delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol induces dopamine release in the human striatum.

    Matthijs G Bossong;Bart N M van Berckel;Bart N M van Berckel;Ronald Boellaard;Lineke Zuurman

  • 89Zr Immuno-PET: Comprehensive Procedures for the Production of 89Zr-Labeled Monoclonal Antibodies

    Iris Verel;Gerard W M Visser;Ronald Boellaard;Marijke Stigter Van Walsum

  • Whole body PD-1 and PD-L1 positron emission tomography in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer

    A. N. Niemeijer;D. Leung;M. C. Huisman;I. Bahce

  • The Netherlands protocol for standardisation and quantification of FDG whole body PET studies in multi-centre trials

    Ronald Boellaard;Wim J. G. Oyen;Corneline J. Hoekstra;Otto S. Hoekstra

  • Stability of FDG-PET Radiomics features: An integrated analysis of test-retest and inter-observer variability

    Ralph T. H. Leijenaar;Sara Carvalho;Emmanuel Rios Velazquez;Wouter J. C. van Elmpt

  • The effect of SUV discretization in quantitative FDG-PET Radiomics: the need for standardized methodology in tumor texture analysis.

    Ralph T.H. Leijenaar;Georgi Nalbantov;Sara Carvalho;Wouter J.C. van Elmpt

  • Performance evaluation of the ECAT HRRT: an LSO-LYSO double layer high resolution, high sensitivity scanner

    Hugo W A M de Jong;Floris H P van Velden;Reina W Kloet;Fred L Buijs

  • Performance Characteristics of the Digital Biograph Vision PET/CT System

    Joyce J van Sluis;Johan R. de Jong;Jenny Schaar;Walter Noordzij

  • Effects of ROI definition and reconstruction method on quantitative outcome and applicability in a response monitoring trial

    Nanda C. Krak;R. Boellaard;Otto S. Hoekstra;Jos W. R. Twisk

  • Quantification of FDG PET studies using standardised uptake values in multi-centre trials: effects of image reconstruction, resolution and ROI definition parameters

    Marinke Westerterp;Jan Pruim;Wim Oyen;Otto Hoekstra

  • Repeatability of Radiomic Features in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer [(18)F]FDG-PET/CT Studies: Impact of Reconstruction and Delineation.

    Floris H. P. van Velden;Floris H. P. van Velden;Gerbrand M. Kramer;Virginie Frings;Ida A. Nissen

Frequent Co-Authors

Adriaan A. Lammertsma
Adriaan A. Lammertsma VU University Medical Center
Otto S. Hoekstra
Otto S. Hoekstra Amsterdam UMC
Philip Scheltens
Philip Scheltens Amsterdam UMC
Rik Ossenkoppele
Rik Ossenkoppele Lund University
Frederik Barkhof
Frederik Barkhof University College London
Wiesje M. van der Flier
Wiesje M. van der Flier Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Egbert F. Smit
Egbert F. Smit VU University Medical Center
Rudi Dierckx
Rudi Dierckx University Medical Center Groningen
Dick J. Veltman
Dick J. Veltman Amsterdam UMC

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