Specialization
Medical Physics | Biology | Pharmacokinetic Analysis | Molecular Image Quantification
Focus of research
- Quantitative analysis of positron emission tomography (PET) studies.
- PET image processing and reconstruction techniques.
- Pharmacokinetic analysis across various domains, including neurology, oncology, and cardiology.
- Evaluation of new PET radiotracers
- Central data analysis and quality assurance in molecular imaging.
- Integration of radiomics and machine learning into PET imaging.
- Artificial intelligence.
Ronald Boellaard is full professor in PET methodology and Medical Physicist at the Amsterdam UMC. He has an educational background in Biology and Physics and worked as a PhD student at the Netherlands Cancer Institute. His research contributions primarily focus on pharmacokinetic quantitative analysis of positron emission tomography (PET) studies, PET image reconstruction and processing and use of artificial intelligence in PET. He is internationally recognized as expert in quantitative PET imaging and primary author of several guidelines on quantitative PET imaging. He is involved in and member several international consortia and committees. He has authored and coauthored more than 500 peer reviewed papers (H-index >80). He received several awards, including the Edward J Hoffman award from the SNMMI Physics, Instrumentation and Data Science council in 2023.
Activities
- Full professor in PET methodology and Medical Physicist at the Amsterdam UMC.
- Member or former member of various international societies and committees, including the QIBA technical FDG PET/CT committee, the EANM physics committee, and the EORTC imaging workgroup.
- Principal author for the guidelines on quantitative FDG PET and PET/CT studies in the Netherlands and Europe.
- Founder and scientific chair of the EARL PET accreditation program, emphasizing quality and standardization in PET imaging.
- PI and Co-PI in several IMI consortia and international grants (see ORCID link)
- PI and co-coordinator of the PETRA consortium (petralymhoma.org)
- Chair of the total body PET/CT consortium “Preference” (preference-consortium.eu)