Monthly DIAG News – May 2026

Visiting researchers

In April, Tanja Lossau visited DIAG, strengthening the already existing collaboration between Fraunhofer MEVIS and Radboudumc. On the 23th of April, she presented about her work at Fraunhofer MEVIS, giving us a clear insight in their organization and research work. We thank Tanja for coming to DIAG!

New DIAG members

We welcomed the following new members in April:

• Julia Haentjes

• Anouk Bouwmeester

• Johannes Lettner

• Sepideh Bahri

• Kevin Gerritsen

Highlighted publications

• T. Perik, G. Litjens, N. Alves, E. Smit, M. Stommel, E. van Geenen, H. Huisman and J. Hermans, "Quantitative CT Perfusion as a prognostic biomarker for chemotherapy response in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma", Abdominal Radiology, 2026. Abstract DOI
• Q. van Lohuizen, S. Fransen, G. Yiasemis, J. Twilt, C. Roest, Y. Arita, J. Borstlap, J. Fütterer, M. de Rooij, D. Rouw, I. Schoots, B. Turkbey, S. Withey, F. Simonis, H. Huisman, T. Kwee, J. Teuwen and D. Yakar, "Diagnostic assessment of artificial intelligence reconstruction on accelerated prostate MRI: a retrospective, paired, multi-reader multi-case study", European Radiology, 2026. Abstract DOI
• D. Schouten, J. van der Laak, D. Somford, H. Küsters-Vandevelde, N. Khalili and G. Litjens, "Three-dimensional reconstruction of gigapixel whole-mount histopathology specimens with RAPID", Scientific Reports, 2026. Abstract DOI
• J. Twilt, A. Saha, J.S. Bosma, G. Giannarini, A. Padhani, D. Yakar, M. Elschot, J. Veltman, J. Fütterer, H. Huisman, M. de Rooij, F. the Consortium, A. Saha, J.S. Bosma, J. Twilt, B. van Ginneken, C. Noordman, I. Slootweg, C. Roest, S. Fransen, M. Sunoqrot, T. Bathen, D. Rouw, J. Immerzeel, J. Geerdink, C. van Run, M. Groeneveld, J. Meakin, D. Yakar, M. Elschot, J. Veltman, J. Fütterer, M. de Rooij, H. Huisman, A. Bjartell, A. Padhani, D. Bonekamp, G. Villeirs, G. Salomon, G. Giannarini, H. Huisman, J. Kalpathy-Cramer, J. Barentsz, K. Maier-Hein, M. Elschot, M. Rusu, N. Obuchowski, O. Rouviere, R. van den Bergh, V. Panebianco, V. Kasivisvanathan, A. Karagöz, A. Bône, A. Routier, A. Marcoux, C. Abi-Nader, C. Li, D. Feng, D. Alis, E. Karaarslan, E. Ahn, F. Nicolas, G. Sonn, I. Bhattacharya, J. Kim, J. Shi, H. Jahanandish, H. An, H. Kan, I. Oksuz, L. Qiao, M. Rohé, M. Yergin, M. Rusu, M. Khadra, M. Seker, M. Kartal, N. Debs, R. Fan, S. Saunders, S. Soerensen, S. Moroianu, S. Vesal, Y. Yuan, A. Malakoti-Fard, A. Mačiunien, A. Kawashima, A. Machadov, A. Moreira, A. Ponsiglione, A. Rappaport, A. Stanzione, A. Ciuvasovas, B. Turkbey, B. De Keyzer, B. Pedersen, B. Eijlers, C. Chen, C. Riccardo, D. Alis, E. Courrech Staal, F. Jäderling, F. Langkilde, G. Aringhieri, G. Brembilla, H. Son, H. Vanderlelij, H. Raat, I. Pikuniene, I. Macova, I. Schoots, I. Caglic, J. Zawaideh, J. Wallström, L. Bittencourt, M. Khurram, M. Choi, N. Takahashi, N. Tan, O. Rouvière, P. Franco, P. Gutierrez, P. Thimansson, P. Hanus, P. Puech, P. Rau, P. De Visschere, R. Guillaume, R. Cuocolo, R. Falcão, R. van Stiphout, R. Girometti, R. Briediene, R. Grigiene, S. Gitau, S. Withey, S. Ghai, T. Penzkofer, T. Barrett, V. Panebianco, V. Tammisetti, V. L\ogager , V. Černý, W. Venderink, Y. Law and Y. Lee, "Evaluating an AI-driven Triaging Workflow for MRI-based Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: A Simulation Study", Radiology: Imaging Cancer, 2026;8. Abstract DOI