Hands-On PCCT Course

Ricardo Budde is a Full professor of Cardiovascular Radiology at Erasmus MC Rotterdam and heads the PCCT group. His research interests include advanced non-invasive imaging in ischemic heart disease and endocarditis and has a focus on PCCT in particular. He has (co-) authored over 300 peer reviewed publications. He is a member of the Executive Boards of the European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology (ESCR), and the Cardiovascular Section of the Dutch Society of Radiology. He is an experienced speaker with  >150 invited lectures at international meetings. Ricardo is course-director of the annual Hands-on Cardiac CT course at Erasmus MC as well as organizer of the annual Erasmus Photon Counting CT meeting (EPCCT).

Edwin Oei is Professor of Musculoskeletal Imaging at Erasmus MC Rotterdam. He is the section chief of musculoskeletal radiology and the principal investigator of the Advanced Musculoskeletal Imaging Research Erasmus MC (ADMIRE) lab. His research focuses on imaging of common musculoskeletal disorders, such as osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, sports injuries and trauma, with advanced techniques such as PCCT. Edwin is organizer of the annual Erasmus Photon Counting CT meeting (EPCCT).

Marcel Dijkshoorn is a specialized CT radiographer with >20 years experience. He has a vast knowledge about the technical and practical aspects of CT acquisition in general and cardiac CT in particular. In Erasmus MC, Marcel is a key person in CT acquisition protocol development. Over the years, he has trained many CT technicians both nationally and internationally.

Ronald Booij, PhD, previously worked at Erasmus MC as an expert CT radiographer, where he built over 25 years of experience across clinical practice, research, education, and CT protocol optimization. As a post‑doctoral researcher, his focus was on translating photon‑counting CT (PCCT) innovations into routine clinical practice. He is currently employed as a clinical consultant in photon‑counting CT at Siemens Healthineers.
In this role, he plays a key part in supporting users to ensure the advanced capabilities of PCCT are used to their fullest potential.

Marcel van Straten studied Applied Physics at Delft University of Technology. His PhD project at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam focused on the application of image registration techniques in spiral CT. After that he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Medical Physics of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He worked on the optimization and dosimetric aspects of CT. In 2008 he joined the Department of Radiology of Erasmus MC. As a medical physicist and assistant professor, he focuses on the standardization and optimization of image quality in x-ray computed tomography based on the laws of physics and driven by technological innovations.