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University Medical Center Groningen

dr. G. (Gert) Luurtsema

Faculty of Medical Sciences

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Research interests

The research of Gert Luurtsema, associate professor at the UMCG, is focused on a broad range of topics, ranging from tracer development to validation of clinical imaging applications. With support of NWO-STW funding, he has accomplished a research line on imaging of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity in relation to brain disorders and drug delivery. Besides this, he is supervising > 7 PhD students, 5 master students and 3 postdocs. Currently, he is (co-)author of more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles in high ranking journals and scientific textbooks. He was guest editor of the journals Current Pharmaceutical Design and Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging.

Publications

[15O]H2O PET: Potential or Essential for Molecular Imaging?

Slart, R. H. J. A., Martinez-Lucio, T. S., Boersma, H. H., Borra, R. H., Cornelissen, B., Dierckx, R. A. J. O., Dobrolinska, M., Doorduin, J., Erba, P. A., Glaudemans, A. W. J. M., Giacobbo, B. L., Luurtsema, G., Noordzij, W., van Sluis, J., Tsoumpas, C. & Lammertsma, A. A., Sept-2024, In: Seminars in Nuclear Medicine. 54, 5, p. 761-773 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

[15O]H2O PET: Potential or Essential for Molecular Imaging?

Slart, R., Lucio, T. S. M., Boersma, H., Borra, R., Cornelissen, B., dierckx, R., Dobrolinska, M. M., Doorduin, J., ERBA, P. A., Glaudemans, A., Giacobbo, B. L., Luurtsema, G., Noordzij, W., van Sluis, J., Tsoumpas, C. & Lammertsma, A. A., Sept-2024, In: Seminars in Nuclear Medicine.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Comprehensive Analysis of Environmental Monitoring Data from the Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (NMMI) of the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)

Boersma, H. H., Woerdenbag, M. M., Mulder, S., Poiesz, T. W. T., Bekhof, L. B. S., Tholen, H. T., Luurtsema, G., Lub-de Hooge, M. N., Giesen, D. & Woerdenbag, H. J., Sept-2024, In: Hygiene. 4, 3, p. 282-296 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

One-pot synthesis of 6-l-[18f] fluoro-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (6-l-[18f] fdopa).

Luurtsema, G. (Inventor), Kwizera, C. (Inventor), Blok, S. N. (Inventor), Farinha Antunes, I. (Inventor), Elsinga, P. H. (Inventor) & de Vries, E. (Inventor), 21-Mar-2024, Patent No. WO2024058665, 14-Sept-2023, Priority date 15-Sept-2022

Research output: Patent

Severely increased albuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with increased subclinical atherosclerosis in femoral arteries with Na [18F]F activity as a proxy: The DETERMINE study

Reijrink, M., Sluiter, J. K. E., te Velde-Keyzer, C. A., de Borst, M. H., van Praagh, G. D., Greuter, M. J. W., Luurtsema, G., Boersma, H. H., Pol, R. A., Hillebrands, J. L., van Dijk, P. R., Hoogenberg, K., Mulder, D. J. & Slart, R. H. J. A., Jul-2024, In: Atherosclerosis. 394, 7 p., 117199.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

The impact of tau-PET in a selected memory clinic cohort: rationale and design of the TAP-TAU study

Vermeiren, M. R., Somsen, J., Luurtsema, G., Reesink, F. E., Verwey, N. A., Hempenius, L., Tolboom, N., Biessels, G. J., Biesbroek, J. M., Vernooij, M. W., Veldhuijzen van Zanten, S. E. M., Seelaar, H., Coomans, E. M., Teunissen, C. E., Lemstra, A. W., van Harten, A. C., Visser, L. N. C., van der Flier, W. M., van de Giessen, E. & Ossenkoppele, R., Dec-2024, In: Alzheimer's Research and Therapy. 16, 11 p., 230.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Update on the Role of [18F]FDOPA PET/CT.

Stormezand, G. N., de Meyer, E., Koopmans, K. P., Brouwers, A. H., Luurtsema, G. & Dierckx, R. A. J. O., 8-Oct-2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Seminars in Nuclear Medicine. 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

With or without a co-solvent? highly efficient ultrafast phenanthrenequinone-electron rich alkene (PQ-ERA) photoclick reactions

Doze, A. M., Fu, Y., Di Donato, M., Hilbers, M. F., Luurtsema, G., Elsinga, P. H., Buma, W. J., Szymanski, W. & Feringa, B. L., 7-Aug-2024, In: Chemical Science. 15, 29, p. 11557-11563 7 p., d4sc01810a.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Cardiac PET Imaging of ATP Binding Cassette (ABC) Transporters: Opportunities and Challenges

Liu, W., Mossel, P., Schwach, V., Slart, R. H. J. A. & Luurtsema, G., 11-Dec-2023, In: Pharmaceuticals. 16, 12, 21 p., 1715.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Effects of proton therapy on regional [18F]FDG uptake in non-tumor brain regions of patients treated for head and neck cancer

Arif, W. M., Elsinga, P. H., Steenbakkers, R. J. H. M., Noordzij, W., Barazzuol, L., Siang, K. N. G. W., Brouwer, C. L., Giacobbo, B. L., Dierckx, R. A. J. O., Borra, R. J. H. & Luurtsema, G., Sept-2023, In: Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology. 42, 14 p., 100652.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

All (141) publications

Press/media

Diagnosi di malattie cerebrali oggi se ne parla a Triggiano

Luurtsema, G.

17/02/2020

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Academic

Diagnose van prostaatkanker bij Treant op topniveau

Luurtsema, G.

08/05/2019

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Academic

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