Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is being used extensively in the search for pathoanatomical factors contributing to low back pain (LBP) such as Modic changes (MC). However, it remains unclear whether clinical findings can identify patients with MC. The purpose of this explorative study was …

Perifeer Arterieel Vaatlijden (PAV) is één van de vaatziekten en wordt veroorzaakt door artherosclerose. PAV kan gediagnostiseerd worden middels verschillende beeldvormende technieken, één hiervan is Contrast Enhanced-Magnetic Resonance Angiography (CE-MRA). Vanwege enkele beperkingen waaronder timing …

In dit onderzoek is gezocht naar de invloed van de b-waarde op bij Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI) voor Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Hierbij is gekeken naar een optimale beeldkwaliteit voor Contrast-to-Noise Ratio (CNR) en Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) voor de diagnose van een Transient Ischemic …

Climate change is one of the key societal challenges of our times, and its debate takes place across scientific disciplines and into the public realm, traversing platforms, sources, and fields of study. The analysis of such mediated debates has a strong tradition, which started in communication science …

SRON is the Dutch national expertise institute for scientific space research and is part of NWO. It plays an important role in delivering contributions to the national and international space-research communities. Currently one of SRON’s involvements is in the X-IFU instrument for the Athena space X-ray …

Magnetic Resonance guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (MR-HIFU) is een non-invasieve behandelmethode voor symptomatische uterus myomatosus. In dit onderzoek is de voorspellende waarde van multiparametrische MRI karakterisatie onderzocht op het technisch behandelresultaat van MR-HIFU. De SSI en …

Social media have become a large part of nowadays companies’ marketing strategy, but how does this impact the customers’ perception of a brand? The aim of this dissertation is to research the influences of social media advertisements on consumer based brand equity in the travel industry. To this end, …

Objectives: The purpose of the current study was to assess the short-term effectiveness of short and intensive speech therapy provided to patients with cleft (lip and) palate (C(L)P) in terms of articulation and resonance. Methods: Five Ugandan patients (age: 7.3-19.6 years) with non-syndromic C(L)P …