Wiro J. Niessen PhD

Wiro J. Niessen is a full professor in Biomedical Image Analysis at Erasmus MC, Rotterdam where he leads the Biomedical Imaging Group Rotterdam and at the Delft University of Technology. He is Chief Scientific Officer of Quantib.

His interest is in the development, validation, and implementation of quantitative image analysis methods in clinical practice and biomedical research, in linking imaging and genetics data, radio(geno)mics, and image-guided interventions. Focus areas are improved diagnosis and prognosis of neurodegenerative and cardiovascular disease, and treatment guidance in oncology, by developing and using advanced medical image analysis and machine learning methods. He has published over 250 journal articles in these areas.