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Chantal Tax

Associate Professor

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Biography

I have received my masters in Medical Engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology in 2012 and PhD in Medical Imaging (with a focus on diffusion MRI) in 2016 at the UMCU. Since then, I have been working at CUBRIC, Cardiff University in the UK on extracting new information from multi-contrast MRI experiments with the ultra-strong gradient Connectom MRI scanner. I am interested in optimising different aspects of the preprocessing and analysis pipeline, as  well as applying differential geometric methods to diffusion MRI data. My work at the Image Sciences Institute focuses on optimising MRI experiment design for MRI scanners with clinical gradient systems.

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Precision imaging

Research aim

Our research lines incorporate inventions of MR technology to be able to see the unseen for advancing medicine. Our clinical research focus areas are cancer, dementia, cardiovascular, stroke and MSK.
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Image sciences institute

Research aim

Our aim is to develop and evaluate medical image analysis and acquisition methods that help to answer research questions relevant to the strategic research programs, and that will benefit clinical imaging and image-guided interventions.
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Translational neuroimaging group

Research aim

To develop and apply advanced MRI methods for (pre)clinical research on neuronal and cerebrovascular biology in order to: 1) unravel critical aspects of brain impairment and recovery 2) advance brain treatments (focus: cerebrovascular diseases).
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Recent publications

Diffusion MRI tractography with along-tract profiling reveals subtle neurodevelopmental differences between moderate and late preterm infants Anouk S Verschuur, Chantal MW Tax, Ingrid M Nijholt, Gerda van Wezel-Meijler, Leonora Hendson, Hussein Zein, Jeanne Scotland, Regan King, Khorshid Mohammad, Martijn F Boomsma, Alexander Leemans, Lara M Leijser
European Journal of Radiology, 2025, vol. 187
MRI signatures of cortical microstructure in human development align with oligodendrocyte cell-type expression Sila Genc, Gareth Ball, Maxime Chamberland, Erika P Raven, Chantal MW Tax, Isobel Ward, Joseph Y M Yang, Marco Palombo, Derek K Jones
Nature Communications, 2025, vol. 16
The relationship of white matter tract orientation to vascular geometry in the human brain Kurt G Schilling, Allen Newton, Chantal M W Tax, Maxime Chamberland, Samuel W Remedios, Yurui Gao, Muwei Li, Catie Chang, Francois Rheault, Farshid Sepherband, Adam Anderson, John C Gore, Bennett Landman
2025
Multicenter studies and harmonization Chantal M.W. Tax, Suheyla Cetin Karayumak, Kurt G. Schilling, Daniel Moyer, Bennett A. Landman, Neda Jahanshad, Yogesh Rathi
2025, p.669-688
Diffusion MRI processing and estimation Chantal M.W. Tax, Okan Irfanoglu, Jesper Andersson, Alexander Leemans
2025, p.151-176
Giving the prostate the boost it needs Malwina Molendowska, Lars Mueller, Fabrizio Fasano, Derek K. Jones, Chantal M.W. Tax, Maria Engel
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2024, vol. 93, p.1256-1272

External positions

Senior Research Fellow - MRI onderzoek - Cardiff University