Welcome to the website of the PROcessing & VIsualization in Diffusion Imaging (PROVIDI) Lab,
which is part of the Image Sciences Institute –
University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.
The PROVIDI Lab, headed by Alexander Leemans,
focuses on processing, analyzing, and visualizing diffusion MRI data
for investigating microstructural and architectural characteristics of tissue organization.
News...
2022
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Together with researchers from the Prinses Maxima Center,
Alexander Leemans and his team received funding from the Hanarth Fonds for the project "Harmonization and segmentation of multicenter paediatric sarcoma MRI data through artificial intelligence to support clinical decision making in international trials".
2021
2020
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PhD graduation of
Szabolcs Dávid (thesis title: "Impact of data processing on diffusion MR image exploration and understanding").
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PhD graduation of
Samuel St-Jean (thesis title: "Restoration and characterization of diffusion MRI data").
2019
2018
2017
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On 11 December, Alexander Leemans received
an honorary doctorate from Chubut University, Argentina.
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Contribution of the PROVIDI Lab to the exhibition
Our Senses at the
American Museum of National History in New York in collaboration with Yaniv Assaf (Tel Aviv University, Israel) and Gregory Berns (Emory University, USA). Image credits: © AMNH / R. Mickens.
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PhD graduation of
Timo Roine (thesis title: "Improved reliability of fiber orientation estimation and graph theoretical analysis of structural brain networks with diffusion MRI").
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PhD graduation of
Daniele Perrone (thesis title: "Advancements in diffusion MRI data restoration and analysis").
2016
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Alexander Leemans
receives the USERN (Universal Scientific Education and Research Network)
prize in Medical Sciences. This international prize is awarded annually to researchers less than 40 years of
age for their novel advancement and achievements in scientific education and research.
The person handing the prize (image below) is Sir John B. Gurdon – the 2012 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine.
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PhD graduation of
Chantal Tax (thesis title: "Less Confusion in Diffusion MRI").
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Chantal Tax
receives Junior Fellow Award from the ISMRM.
2015
2014
2013
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PhD graduation of Jung-Lung Hsu
(thesis title: "Diffusion tensor imaging of the human brain in aging and age-related diseases").
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PhD graduation of Sjoerd Vos
(thesis title: "Analysis and visualization methods for interpretation of diffusion MRI data").
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Art work from PROVIDI Lab on cover of NeuroImage (Volume 81, 2013 –
PubMed link to article).
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First prize Art of Neuroscience in
the category "Movies" for Sjoerd Vos
with the animation "The Intergalactic Brain",
made in ExploreDTI
in collaboration with Alexander Leemans.
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