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Kaouther Mouheb awarded Euro-BioImaging EVOLVE grant to attend MICCAI 2026

We are pleased to announce that Kaouther Mouheb, PhD candidate at our node, has been awarded a Euro-BioImaging EVOLVE Conference Participation grant to attend MICCAI 2026, one of the world’s leading conferences in medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention, taking place in Strasbourg, France, from 27 September to 1 October 2026.

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Open Science NL research infrastructure grants awarded

Open Science NL has announced its largest funding round to date, awarding 45 projects that will strengthen open science infrastructure in the Netherlands. Among them are two projects led by BIGR group members focusing on FAIR imaging infrastructure for medical research. In its largest funding round to date, Open Science NL has awarded funding to 45 projects that contribute to strengthening infrastructure for open science in the Netherlands.

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EuCanImage Webinar

FREE WEBINAR: Building a trustworthy AI-driven European cancer imaging platform: Lessons from the EuCanImage project The 5-year EU-funded EuCanImage project is ending in September 2025. This FREE webinar will share key achievements and insights, including clinical use cases, the project’s approach to AI development, and how to access the EuCanImage platform and datasets.

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Annual Reports 2024

The department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine has published its yearly scientific report for 2024. This publication provides a nice overview of the scientific output of BIGR, as well as the other research groups in the Erasmus MC Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine. Interested? You can find the full report here.

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Vacancy for Research Software Engineer

Our imaging data infrastructure team is looking for a new Research Software Engineer! In this position, you will join a team of RSEs working on image storage for large European collaborations. In particular, you will develop advanced tooling for structured medical image data storage and medical image viewer software to accelerate AI-research in radiology.

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Final call for funding of Imaging Office services via canSERV

The canSERV consortium releases their 4th, and final, open call: Open Call for Transnational Service Provision. As Imaging Office we are one of the service providers of canSERV with our Image Analysis and Image Storage services. Now, what does this mean? Projects from outside of the Erasmus MC (can be on a national level, can be on a European level) can apply for this call, and if accepted, make use of the Imaging Office services for free.

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Euro-BioImaging All Hands Node Meeting 2025

From 24-28th of March, the annual All-Hands Node meeting of Euro-BioImaging took place in the picturesque city of Heidelberg. In between the hills and the forest, houses the EMBL: the hosting location of the meeting. It was a very fruitful meeting with exchange of opportunities, ideas, an challenges but above all the feeling of a very open and welcoming community.

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Contribution as Population Imaging Flagship Node to imaging of vascular calcifications in the brain

For their fascinating research, Dr. M. Linda Sutherland and Dr. Giuseppe Barisano made use of an image analysis tool provided by the Population Imaging Flagship Node Rotterdam via the Euro-BioImaging network. In particular, a custom ImageJ plugin was provided for the analysis of intracranial arteriosclerosis. The group applied the plugin on brain CT scans of a native Bolivian population of 1,000 individuals to test their hypothesis that calcification of the intracranial internal carotid artery can be related to dementia.

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EuCanImage Workshop at ECR 2025

Two of our Imaging Office members are part of the EuCanImage workshop team to provide an in-depth exploration of advanced clinical data integration techniques, tools, and insights gained through the EuCanImage (European Cancer Imaging Platform for Development of Trustworthy AI in Oncology) project. Please find below the original workshop information from EuCanImage:

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AI Accelerator Kick-off

Last week marked the kick-off of the Erasmus MC AI Accelerator programme. It was a good opportunity to meet with other groups throughout (and beyond) the hospital working on AI. The Imaging Office was also represented with a poster showing current work and future challenges in working with AI. Many thanks to the AI Accelerator team and looking forward to some fruitful collaborations!

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