dr. Thomas Van Den Berghe (MD, PhD)
Postdoctoral researcher – Department of Diagnostic Sciences (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UGhent) – Ghent University
Radiology Resident – Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging – Ghent University Hospital
Principal investigators: Prof. Katrien Devreese (MD, PhD) and Prof. Koenraad Verstraete (MD, PhD)
Research focus
Within the field of bone tumours and haematological diseases, the research focusses on radiological diagnosis, staging and therapy response monitoring. Multiparametric imaging, combining PET-CT, MRI, diffusion-weighted imaging and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI, is applied to gain in-depth insights into the tumoral (micro)environment. Point-to-point analyses between histological slides and imaging slices are performed to assess the true nature of changes as visualised on imaging. Also, artificial intelligence is applied to predict therapy response, histological response and relevant endpoints like overall survival and progression free survival.
Key publications
- ‘Plasmacytoma’. Medical Radiology – Diagnostic Imaging (Springer Nature Switzerland AG and Berlin/Heidelberg). 2023.
- ‘Plasma cell dyscrasias: multiple myeloma and precursors’. Musculoskeletal Imaging, 3rd Edition (Springer Nature Switzerland AG Major Reference Work). 2023.
- ‘Oncology – Identifying consensus and areas for future research in chondrosarcoma. A report from the Birmingham orthopaedic oncology meeting’. The Bone and Joint Journal. 2025.
- ‘Evaluation of the value of dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI for the diagnosis and follow-up of central cartilage tumours’. European Journal of Radiology. 2024.
- ‘Relative wash-in rate in dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging as a new prognostic biomarker for event-free survival in 82 patients with osteosarcoma: a multicentre study’. Cancers. 2024.
- ‘Predicting cytogenetic risk in multiple myeloma using conventional whole-body MRI, spinal dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI, and spinal diffusion-weighted imaging’. Insights Into Imaging. 2024.
- ‘A retrospective external validation study of the Birmingham Atypical Cartilage Tumour Imaging Protocol (BACTIP) for the management of solitary central cartilage tumours of the proximal humerus and around the knee’. European Radiology. 2024.
- ‘Evaluation of response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in osteosarcoma using dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI: development and external validation of a model’. Skeletal Radiology. 2023.
- ‘Diagnosis and monitoring denosumab therapy of giant cell tumours of bone: radiologic-pathologic correlation’. Skeletal Radiology. 2023.
- ‘Erdheim-Chester disease: diffusion-weighted imaging and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI provide useful information’. Skeletal Radiology. 2023.
Contact & links
Lab address: Ghent University Hospital, Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, MRI department (entrance 12, -1K12, route 1590), Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Thomas Van Den Berghe is interested to receive invitations for presentations or talks