prof. dr. A.W.J.M. (Andor) Glaudemans
Research interests
The main research line is “Imaging I3”: Infection, Inflammation, and (tumor)Immunology
Infection:
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Musculoskeletal: peripheral osteomyelitis, device-related infections such as prosthetic joint infections, diabetic foot infection, fracture-related infections
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Cardiovascular: endocarditis, device-related infections such as vascular graft infections, intravascular prosthetic material infections
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Sepsis/bloodstream infections: bacteremia, specific bacterial infections
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Fungal infections
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Infections in children
Inflammation:
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Amyloidosis
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Sarcoidosis
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Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS
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Atherosclerosis and vasculitis
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Rejection and PTLD after organ transplantation
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Inflammatory diseases in children
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Sports injuries
(Tumor)immunology:
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Imaging autoimmune reaction/checkpoints in tumors
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Imaging of lymphocytes
- Imaging of macrophages
Societal impact:
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Development of diagnostic and therapeutic flowcharts in infectious and inflammatory diseases
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Publication of several Dutch (NFU, NVNG) and European (EANM) guidelines/recommendations
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Development and implementation of new specific tracers in infectious and inflammatory diseases (IL-2, PD1/PDL1, sorbitol, labelled antibiotics, labelled antifungal drugs)
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Improvement of existing techniques for infection imaging (new protocols for white blood cell scintigraphy and FDG-PET)
- Role of nuclear medicine in therapy evaluation of infectious and inflammatory diseases and during/after immunotherapy
Besides this Imaging I3 research line, I also perform some research in the field of oncology (this is also the main differential diagnosis with infectious diseases in PET):
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Imaging of hormonal receptors (FES-PET, FDHT-PET)
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Imaging of brain tumors
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Imaging of apoptosis
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Imaging lymphomas
Other research tasks:
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Co-chair research Medical Imaging Center
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Responsible person for contract research Medical Imaging Center
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Coordinator of the research line Oncology, Infection and Transplantation
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Writing publications and grant applications
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Writing Dutch (NFU, NVNG) and European (EANM) guidelines/recommendations
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Reviewer of manuscripts
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Collaboration with many external centers (Netherlands, Europe and worldwide)