Beatrice Lena

Beatrice Lena obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Physics in 2014 from the University of Pavia, Italy. In 2016, she received her MSc degree in Biomedical Physics: her Master thesis involved analysis and optimization of quality control protocols for functional MRI at 3 Tesla.

In September 2017, Beatrice started her PhD at the Image Sciences Institute at the University Medical Center Utrecht. Her main research topic is MRI-guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (MR-HIFU) therapy for painful bone metastases and her work focuses on imaging methods for guidance and evaluation of the therapy.

Publications

• Synthetic CT for the planning of MR-HIFU treatment of bone metastases in pelvic and femoral bones: a feasibility study
  Lena, Beatrice, Florkow, Mateusz C., Ferrer, Cyril J., van Stralen, Marijn, Seevinck, Peter R., Vonken, Evert Jan P.A., Boomsma, Martijn F., Slotman, Derk J., Viergever, Max A., Moonen, Chrit T.W., Bos, Clemens, Bartels, Lambertus W. 2022 in European Radiology
• Rapid 2D variable flip angle method for accurate and precise T1 measurements over a wide range of T1  values
  Lena, Beatrice, Bos, Clemens, Ferrer, Cyril J, Moonen, Chrit T W, Viergever, Max A, Bartels, Lambertus W Aug 2021 in NMR in Biomedicine 34 (8), p. 1-14
• Detecting low blood concentrations in joints using T1 and T2 mapping at 1.5, 3, and 7 T: an in vitro study
  van Leeuwen, Flora H P, Lena, Beatrice, Zwanenburg, Jaco J M, van Vulpen, Lize F D, Bartels, Lambertus W, Fischer, Kathelijn, Nap, Frank J, de Jong, Pim A, Bos, Clemens, Foppen, Wouter Dec 2021 in European radiology experimental 5 (1),
• Interleaved water and fat MR thermometry for monitoring high intensity focused ultrasound ablation of bone lesions
  Lena, Beatrice, Bartels, Lambertus W, Ferrer, Cyril J, Moonen, Chrit T W, Viergever, Max A, Bos, Clemens Nov 2021 in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 86 (5), p. 2647-2655
• Harmonization of Quantitative Parenchymal Enhancement in T1 -Weighted Breast MRI
  van der Velden, Bas H M, van Rijssel, Michael J, Lena, Beatrice, Philippens, Marielle E P, Loo, Claudette E, Ragusi, Max A A, Elias, Sjoerd G, Sutton, Elizabeth J, Morris, Elizabeth A, Bartels, Lambertus W, Gilhuijs, Kenneth G A Nov 2020 in Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 52 ( 5), p. 1374-1382