On 14 december 2011, I successfully defended my PhD thesis against a committee consisting of Nico Karssemeijer and Peter Lucas (as my promoters), Tom Heskes, Mathias Prokop, Boudewijn Lelieveldt, Roland Holland, Frans Vos, Marina Velikova, and Bram van Ginneken.

Just send me an email if you are interested in my work (msamulski at gmail dot com) and want to request a hardcopy of my thesis (for free). Or get it online here or here

Thanks to everyone that was at my defense, and thanks for all the presents. It was an unforgettable day. Click on more to see the photos my fiancée made.

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Finally! After five years of research and article writing, I am glad to announce that I am defending my Ph.D. thesis “Computer Aided Detection as a Decision Aid in Medical Screening” on wednesday, 14th december 2011 at 10.30 in the aula of the Radboud University Nijmegen. You are all welcome to attend this public defense. Afterwards, a reception will take place in the aula.

The thesis has been printed by Ipskamp Drukkers and is currently being shipped out. If you didn’t receive a copy, please send me an email with your address and I’ll make sure you will get a copy. Meanwhile, my thesis and invitation is also available online:

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Yes!! After almost three years of hard work, I have my first journal article accepted for publication by European Radiology. It is published as open-access, so the article is free for everyone to download as a PDF. The article is entitled: “Using computer-aided detection in mammography as a decision support”. I’m very thrilled with my first publication, and I hope that I am on the right track getting my PhD. My second article about a multi-view CAD system is almost ready to be sent to an other journal for consideration. Read further for the abstract.

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