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Education
1992- 1999
University of Zagreb, Croatia, Dipl. Ing., Mathematics
2001-2007
Utrecht University, PhD, 2007, Computer Science
2011
Research Associate Professor degree at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of
Electrical Engineering and Computing (not sure whether this should be here)
Work experience
1999-2001 – Scientific Software Engineer, Silicon Biomedical Instruments BV
2001-2007 – PhD Student, Image Sciences Institute, University Medical Center Utrecht
2007-2008 – PostDoc, Laboratory for Clinical and Experimental Image Processing, Leiden
University Medical Center
2008-2011 – PostDoc, Image Sciences Institute, University Medical Center Utrecht
2012- – Assistant Professor, Image Sciences Institute, University Medical Center Utrecht
Grants
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Cardiovascular phenotype-genotype analysis within a CT based lung cancer screening trial;
within Population Imaging Genetics (ImaGene) program; “STW - Perspectief voor de
Topsectoren”; Co-PIs: Prof. P.I.W. de Bakker, Dr. P.A. de Jong, Prof. W.P.T.M. Mali, Prof. M.A.
Viergever; 894 k€, 2012
Atherosclerotic plaque identification, characterization and quantification in cardiac CT,
project funded by Pie Medical Imaging/3Mensio Medical Imaging; Co-PIs:Dr. T. Leiner, Prof
M.A. Viergever; 300 k€, 2013
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction in Metabolic Syndrome, project funded by
University Medical Center Utrecht; PIs: Fatih Arslan, Annette Baas, Teun de Boer, Hester Den
Ruijter, Geert-Jan Geersing, Ivana Isgum, Wendy Koster, Wouter Peeters, Wilko Spiering, Leo
Timmers, Linda Van Laake, 100 k€, 2014
Activities
Conference activities
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Organizer of the MICCAI Challenge on Automatic Coronary Calcium Scoring (OrcaScore) in
conjunction with 17th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted
Intervention, 2014
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Program committee, SPIE Medical Imaging, Image Processing 2014
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Program committee, International Conference on Functional Imaging and Modeling of the
Heart 2013
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Organizer of the MICCAI Grand Challenge on Neonatal Brain Segmentation (NeoBrainS12) in
conjunction with 15th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted
Intervention, 2012
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Reviewer for:
IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, International Conference on Functional
Imaging and Modeling of the Heart, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted
Intervention, SPIE Medical Imaging
Journal activities
Reviewer for:
Computers and Electrical Engineering, Academic Radiology, Acta Radiologica, IEEE Transactions
on Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging,
ImageAnalysis&Stereology, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery,
Journal of Healthcare Engineering, Journal of Medical Imaging, Medical Image Analysis, Medical
Physics, Pattern Recognition
Invited lectures
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Invited talk at 3rd International Center for Computer Vision and Imaging Biomarkers (CVIB)
Workshop, 2014, “Computer-Aided Lung Cancer Screening”, University of California, Los Angeles
Invited talk at European Society of Cardiac Radiology, 2011, Annual scientific meeting, "CAD in
The Big Three"
Invited talk at 1st International Center for Computer Vision and Imaging Biomarkers (CVIB)
Workshop, 2010, “Computer-Aided Lung Cancer Screening”, University of California, Los Angeles
Teaching
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2011- Mathematics for Biomedical Image Sciences course at BIS (7.5 EC points)
Supervision of several MSc research projects
Evaluation committees
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PhD Examiner at TU Delft
Honors
Admitted to the Jacob Jongbloed Talent Society program for top 10% talents in the University
Medical Center Utrecht working in the area of Circulatory Health, 2012
Collaborations
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Collaboration with Prof. J. Fajdić, N. Gotovac, Faculty of Medicine, University of Osijek,
Croatia, on project: Calcium scoring in intracranial vessels and its relation to stroke
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Collaboration with Dr. K. Murphy, Neonatal Brain Research Group, University College
Cork, Ireland on the project Volumetric brain measurements associated with
neurophysiologic changes and adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in newborn
hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy
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Collaboration with Prof. P. Slomka and dr. D. Dey, Cedras Sinai…..(I will look it up)
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Collaborating with Prof. B. van Ginneken, Diagnostic Image Analysis Group, Radboud
University Nijmegen Medical Centre
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Collaborating with V. Srhoj Egekher, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University
of Zagreb, Croatia