Laurent HERMOYE

CURRICULUM VITAE

Education

• 2001-2005 : PhD Thesis in Medical Sciences, Processing of Hepatic and Renal Magnetic Resonance Images, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
• 1996-2001 : Electrical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
• 1997-2001 : First and second years of Business Management, Magna Cum Laude, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Professional Experience

• 2005- : CEO and founder of Imagilys, a company which provides know-how, software and hardware in advanced brain imaging and neurosurgical planning
• 2006- : CEO and founder of Volterys, an online database which initiates and filters the contact between medical researchers and healthy volunteers or patients for medical research
• 2001-2007: Biomedical Engineer, Department of Radiology (MRI), Saint-Luc University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

Professional Fields of Expertise

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• Diffusion Tensor Imaging of brain's white matter: anatomy, clinical and pediatric applications
• Functional MRI (fMRI): clinical and research applications
• Perfusion imaging in the brain (application to stroke)
• Neurosurgical planning and intra-operative imaging
• Deep brain stimulation
• Medical imaging techniques
• Neuromarketing

Faculty Appointments

• 2002-2008 : Principles, Techniques and Quality Control in Medical Imaging, Université Catholique de Louvain
• 2002- : Faculty member of inter-university (UCL-ULB-ULG) master program in medical imaging, in charge of magnetic resonance imaging and digital radiography lectures.
• 2002- : (Co-)director, advisor, and jury member of MS and PhD thesis at Université Catholique de Louvain

International Collaborations

• Pr. Piotr Bogorodzki, Politechnika Warszawska, Poland : fMRI
• Pr. Jean-Jacques Lemaire, Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital, France: deep brain stimulation
• Pr. Susumu Mori, Johns Hopkins University, USA : pediatric DTI

Main Publications in International Peer-Reviewed Journals

• Lemaire JJ, Cosnard G, Sakka L, Nuti C, Gradkowski W, Mori S, Hermoye L. White matter architecture of human deep brain revealed in vivo by diffusion tensor imaging. Submitted.
• Jankovski A, Francotte F, Vaz G, Fomekong E, Duprez T, Van Boven M, Docquier MA, Hermoye L, Cosnard G, Raftopoulos C. Intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging at 3-T using a dual independent operating room-magnetic resonance imaging suite: development, feasibility, safety, and preliminary experience. Neurosurgery (IF: 3.0) 2008; 63:412-424.
• Zhang J, Evans A, Hermoye L, Lee SK, Wakana S, Zhang W, Donohue P, Miller MI, Huang H, Wang X, van Zijl PC, Mori S. Evidence of slow maturation of the superior longitudinal fasciculus in early childhood by diffusion tensor imaging. Neuroimage (IF: 5.5) 2007; 38:239-247.
• Hermoye L, Saint-Martin C, Cosnard G, Lee SK, Kim J, Nassogne MC, Menten R, Clapuyt P, Donohue P, Hua K, Wakana S, Jiang H, Van Zijl PC, Mori S. Pediatric diffusion tensor imaging: normal database and observation of the white matter maturation in early childhood. Neuroimage (IF: 5.5) 2006; 29:493-504.
• Hermoye L, Laâmari-Azjal I, Cao Z, Annet L, Lerut J, Dawant B, Van Beers BE. Liver Segmentation in Living Liver Transplant Donors: Comparison of Semiautomatic and Manual Methods. Radiology (IF: 5.2) 2005;234(1):171-178.
• Annet L, Hermoye L, Peeters F, Jamar F, Dehoux J-P, Van Beers BE. Glomerular filtration rate: assessment with dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI and a cortical-compartment model in the rabbit’s kidney. J Magn Reson Imaging (IF: 2.6) 2004;20:843-849.
• Hermoye L, Annet L, Lemmerling Ph, Peeters F, Jamar F, Gianello P, Van Huffel S, Van Beers BE. Calculation of the renal perfusion and glomerular filtration rate from the renal impulse response obtained with MRI. Magn Reson Med (IF: 3.4) 2004;51:1017-1025.
• Van Beers BE, Materne R, Annet L, Hermoye L, Sempoux C, Peeters F, Smith AM, Jamart J, Horsmans Y. Capillarization of the sinusoids in liver fibrosis: non-invasive assessment with contrast-enhanced MRI in the rabbit. Magn Reson Med (IF: 3.4) 2003;49:692-699.

Oral Communications

• Hermoye L, C. Saint-Martin, Mori S, Wakana S, Menten R, Lee S-K, Kim J, Clapuyt P, Cosnard G. Pediatric DTI Database for Characterization of Normal Brain Development and for Radiological Diagnosis of Anatomical Abnormalities. Proceedings of the 13th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Miami 2005
• Hermoye L, Grandin CB, Lee SK, Cosnard G, Mori S. Quantitative assessment of the white matter maturation in young children. Proceedings of the ISMRM Workshop on Methods for Quantitative Diffusion MRI of Human Brain, Lake Louise 2005
• Hermoye L, Annet L, Lemmerling P, Peeters F, Van Huffel S, Van Beers B. Measurement of renal perfusion and glomerular filtration rate with MRI and a deconvolution method. Proceedings of the International Society of Magnetic resonance in Medicine, Toronto 2003

Professional Affiliations

• Member of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB), International Brain Mapping and Intraoperative Surgical Planning Society (IBMISPS)
• Invited reviewer for Annals of Neurology, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, Human Brain Mapping's Annual Meeting

Computer Skills

• Programming : C/C++, Matlab, IDL
• Internet : HTML, CSS, FLASH, PHP, JavaScript, SQL, Joomla, Search Engine Optimisation

Languages

• French : mother tongue
• English : fluent
• Dutch : fluent
• Polish : basic

Non-Profit Organization

• President of the "Association pour la Défense des Droits des Médecins en Formation" - "Associatie voor de Verdediging van de Rechten van Artsen in Opleiding"

Hobbies

• Piano since 1987
• Horse-riding since 1990

© 2008 Laurent Hermoye