Publications

• T.L. de Jong, A. Moelker, J. Dankelman, J.J. van den Dobbelsteen, “Designing and validating a PVA liver phantom with respiratory motion for needle-based interventions”, under review.
• T.L. de Jong, S. van der Velden, J. Dankelman, J.J. van den Dobbelsteen, “Mimicking needle-hepatic vessel interaction forces to develop liver phantoms”, under review.
• T.L. de Jong, N.J. van de Berg, L. Tas, J. Dankelman, J.J. van den Dobbelsteen, “Needle placement errors: do we need steerable needles in interventional radiology?” Medical Devices: Evidence and Research. 2018:11 p. 259-265, doi: 10.2147/MDER.S160444. (Dovepress)
• T.L. de Jong, S.J.C. Klink, A. Moelker, J. Dankelman, J.J. van den Dobbelsteen, "Needle deflection in thermal ablation procedures of liver tumors: a CT image analysis", Proc. SPIE Medical Imaging 10576L 2018. doi: 10.1117/12.2292884 (SPIE)
• T.L. de Jong, J. Dankelman, J.J. van den Dobbelsteen, "Dataset on force measurements of needle insertions into two ex-vivo human livers", Data in Brief 2017. 11: p. 308-310, doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2017.01.018 (Elsevier)
• T.L. de Jong, L.H. Pluymen, D.J. van Gerwen, G. Kleinrensink, J. Dankelman, J.J. van den Dobbelsteen, "PVA matches human liver in needle-tissue interaction", Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 2017. 69: p. 223-228, doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2017.01.014 (Elsevier)
• N.J. van de Berg, T.L. de Jong, D.J. van Gerwen, J. Dankelman, J.J. van den Dobbelsteen. "The influence of tip shape on bending force during needle insertion", in Sci Rep, 2017, 7:40477: p. 1-8 (Nature)
• I. Oropesa, T.L. de Jong, P. Sánchez-González, J. Dankelman, E.J. Gómez, “Feasibility of tracking laparoscopic instruments in a box trainer using a Leap Motion Controller”, Measurement 2016. 80: p. 115-124 (Elsevier)

Contributions to international conferences

• T.L. de Jong, S. van der Velden, J. Dankelman, J.J. van den Dobbelsteen, "Needle-hepatic vessel interaction forces: adding blood vessels to a liver phantom",  Dutch Bio-Medical Engineering Conference, The Netherlands, 2019.
• T.L. de Jong, D.R. Adrichem, J. Dankelman, J.J. van den Dobbelsteen, "Design of a PVA liver phantom with respiratory motion for simulation of needle interventions", CARS, Berlin, Germany, 2018 (extended abstract in: Int J CARS Proceedings, S66 -67)
• T.L. de Jong, S.J.C. Klink, A. Moelker, J. Dankelman, J.J. van den Dobbelsteen, "Needle deflection in thermal ablation procedures of liver tumors: a CT image analysis", SPIE Medical Imaging, Houston, USA, 2018
• T.L. de Jong, J.J. van den Dobbelsteen, "A steerable needle prototype for the TIPS procedure", Design of Medical Devices Europe, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 2017
• T.L. de Jong, J.J. van den Dobbelsteen, "A lockable steerable needle for the TIPS procedure", Society for Medical Innovation and Technology, Turin, Italy, 2017
• T.L. de Jong, D.J. van Gerwen, A. Moelker, J.N.M. IJzermans, J. Dankelman, J.J. van den Dobbelsteen, "Needle insertions in ex-vivo cirrhotic human liver", Dutch Bio-Medical Engineering Conference, The Netherlands, 2017.
• T.L. de Jong, D.J. van Gerwen, A. Moelker, J.N.M. IJzermans, J.J. van den Dobbelsteen, "Needle insertion in human livers: deflection and force analysis", Joint conference:  Society for Medical Innovation and Technology & Design of Medical Devices Europe, Delft, The Netherlands, 2016.
• T.L. de Jong, A. Moelker, J.J. van den Dobbelsteen, "Hard-to-reach places in the liver: a survey among interventional radiologists", International Congress of Radiology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2016.
• T.L. de Jong, J.J. van den Dobbelsteen, "Clinical need for steerable needles", Workshop on Workflow Studies, Innsbruck, Austria, 2016.
• T.L. de Jong, S.J.C Klink, G.J. Kleinrensink, J. Dankelman, J.J. van den Dobbelsteen, “Needle deflection in human liver”, Society for Medical Innovation and Technology, Brno, Czech Republic, 2015.

Technical exhibitions

• T.L. de Jong, N.J. van de Berg, L. Tas, J.J. van den Dobbelsteen, "Steerable needles in radiologic liver interventions",  Conducting a questionnaire among interventional radiologists and exhibiting steerable needle prototypes at the technical exhibition of CIRSE conference, Barcelona, Spain, 2016.

In the media 

• "Interventional Research at CIRSE 2016". CIRSE IR News, Nov 2016
• "Haarfijn prikken in de lever". MT Integraal, Nov 2016
• "A device for each disease". Delta, Jun 2013

Awards

• Best Oral Presentation - 6th Dutch Conference on Bio-Medical Engineering 2017

Device outputs and set-ups

• Needle insertion set-up (photos: © Arjo Loeve)

•  3D printed liver based on CT images