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Research interests

Medical physicist in radiotion oncology with focus on medical imaging and modelling of treatment effects.

Publications

Development of a prediction model for radiation-induced contrast enhancement after proton therapy for brain tumours in paediatric patients

Evaluation of a comprehensive set of normal tissue complication probability models for patients with head and neck cancer in an international cohort

Fully exploiting the benefits of protons: Using risk models for normal tissue complications in treatment optimization

Improved NTCP model for late radiation-induced aspiration based on dose delivered to specific aspiration-related OARs

Multi-institutional Normal Tissue Complication Probability (NTCP) Prediction Model for Mandibular Osteoradionecrosis: Results from the PREDMORN Study

Risk reduction of radiation-induced aspiration by sparing specific aspiration-related-organs at risk; an in silico feasibility study

Clinical Introduction of Stem Cell Sparing Radiotherapy to Reduce the Risk of Xerostomia in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer

External validation of a lung cancer-based prediction model for two-year mortality in esophageal cancer patient cohorts

Late-xerostomia prediction model based on 18F-FDG PET image biomarkers of the main salivary glands

Towards the global integration of a comprehensive toxicity risk profile for HNC patients