“What I love about mathematics is its certainty. Once we’ve proven something, it is absolute. Mathematics shapes almost everything around us, and forms the foundation of artificial intelligence. For my PhD, I wanted to apply my background in mathematics and AI to something meaningful. That led me to a project using AI to improve imaging quality.
Through AI techniques, we can recude the time patients spend in an MRI scanner. I had to have an MRI as a teenager, and it was far from comfortable. Shortening scan time comes at a cost, since cutting the time in half also reduces image quality, making the images blurry and less useful for physicians and radiation oncologists. AI offers a way to address this challenge by reconstructing missing data and enhancing image quality. The first results are promising, and I expect that patients will be spending just half as long in the scanner in a few years.
Once I’ve completed my PhD I would like to stay in Amsterdam. I really enjoy living here. I have taken up fitness, running, and even skiing; things I never did back home in Cyprus. It has been a great experience.” George Yiasemis will defend his thesis on April 1.
Research at the Netherlands Cancer Institute is financially supported by KWF Dutch Cancer Society and the AVL Foundation.
Promotor(s)
Jan-Jakob Sonke & Clara Sánchez Gutiérrez
Copromotor(s)
Jonas Teuwen