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Martin Fast

Associate Professor

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Biography

Martin Fast studied physics at the University of Heidelberg (2005-2010). From 2010-2013 he conducted his PhD studies on “New Methods for Motion Management During Radiation Therapy” at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg. After postdoc appointments at The Institute of Cancer Research - Royal Marsden hospital in London (2013-2016) and the Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek hospital (2017-2019), Dr Fast was appointed as associate professor in the radiotherapy department of the UMC Utrecht in 2019. Dr Fast’s main research interest is the development of MRI-guided real-time adaptive radiotherapy. He is currently the (co-)author of 50+ peer-reviewed publications with more than 1500 citations. A full list of publications is available on GoogleScholar.

MSc students:

  • Marit Vink (TuE, 4D dose accumulation)
  • Laurie de Vries (UU, plastic scintillation dosimetry)

PhD students:

  • Manon Aubert (Cardiac MRI)
  • Frederique van Gameren (Breathing guidance)
  • Katrinus Keijnemans (4D-MRI)
  • Luuk van der Pol (Cardiac sparing & STOPSTORM)

Postdoc:

  • Dr. Tom Bosma (MRI coil development)
  • Dr. Maarten Terpstra (MRI reconstruction)
  • Dr. Prescilla Uijtewaal (MLC tracking)

Assistant professor:

  • Dr. Stefano Mandija (STOPSTORM data manager)

Alumni:

  • Dr. Osman Akdag (PhD student 2019-2024)
  • Luuk Elemans (MSc student, TuE)
  • Dr. Beau Pontre (Senior lecturer, University of Auckland)
  • Marissa van Lente (MSc student, TuE)

Research groups

Cardiovascular imaging and image guided treatment

Research aim

By developing and implementing advanced imaging and AI, we aim to enhance individualized detection, prediction, and minimally invasive treatment of cardiovascular disease.This optimizes patient selection, treatment guidance, and clinical outcomes.

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Experimental clinical physics radiotherapy

Research aim

The experimental clinical physics group is developing, exploring and clinically evaluating new adaptive workflows for MRI and X-ray guided radiotherapy, e.g. for the hybrid 1.5T MRI linac which has been developed in UMC Utrecht and is currently on the market via Elekta as the Unity system.

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Recent publications

On Patient Experience and Anxiety During Treatment With Magnetic Resonance–Guided Radiation Therapy Jasmijn M. Westerhoff, Pim T.S. Borman, Reijer H.A. Rutgers, Bas W. Raaymakers, Neil Winchester, Helena M. Verkooijen, Martin F. Fast
Advances in Radiation Oncology, 2024, vol. 9
Multi-institutional experience treating patients with cardiac devices on a 1.5 Tesla magnetic resonance-linear accelerator and workflow development for thoracic treatments Rick Keesman, Erik van der Bijl, Linda G.W. Kerkmeijer, Neelam Tyagi, Osman Akdag, Jochem W.H. Wolthaus, Sandrine M.G. van de Pol, Juus L. Noteboom, Martijn P.W. Intven, Martin F. Fast, Astrid L.H.M.W. van Lier
Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology, 2024, vol. 32
Refining Treatment Planning in STereotactic Arrhythmia Radioablation Valeria Trojani, Melanie Grehn, Andrea Botti, Brian Balgobind, Alessandro Savini, Judit Boda-Heggemann, Marcin Miszczyk, Olgun Elicin, David Krug, Nicolaus Andratschke, Daniel Schmidhalter, Wouter van Elmpt, Marta Bogowicz, Javier de Areba Iglesias, Lukasz Dolla, Stefanie Ehrbar, Enric Fernandez-Velilla, Jens Fleckenstein, Domingo Granero, Dominik Henzen, Coen Hurkmans, Anne Kluge, Lukas Knybel, Sandy Loopeker, Alfredo Mirandola, Veronica Richetto, Gianluisa Sicignano, Veronique Vallet, Bram van Asselen, Esben Worm, Etienne Pruvot, Joost Verhoeff, Martin Fast, Mauro Iori, Oliver Blanck
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 2024, vol. 121, p.218-229
An improved calibration procedure for accurate plastic scintillation dosimetry on an MR-linac Madelon van den Dobbelsteen, Boby Lessard, Benjamin Côté, Sara L Hackett, Jean-Michel Mugnès, François Therriault-Proulx, Simon Lambert-Girard, Prescilla Uijtewaal, Laurie J M de Vries, Louis Archambault, Tom Bosma, Bram van Asselen, Bas W Raaymakers, Martin F Fast
Physics in medicine and biology, 2024, vol. 69
Experimental demonstration of real-time cardiac physiology-based radiotherapy gating for improved cardiac radioablation on an MR-linac Osman Akdag, Pim T S Borman, Stefano Mandija, Peter L Woodhead, Prescilla Uijtewaal, Bas W Raaymakers, Martin F Fast
Medical Physics, 2024, vol. 51, p.2354-2366
Auto-contouring of cardiac substructures for Stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation (STAR) Luuk H G van der Pol, Oliver Blanck, Melanie Grehn, Tomáš Blazek, Lukáš Knybel, Brian V Balgobind, Joost J C Verhoeff, Marcin Miszczyk, Slawomir Blamek, Sabrina Reichl, Nicolaus Andratschke, Felix Mehrhof, Judit Boda-Heggemann, Bartłomiej Tomasik, Stefano Mandija, Martin F Fast
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, 2024, vol. 202

External positions

Board member of Image Science community - Bring talented people together and to stimulate multidisciplinary research across campus. - Strategic Theme Life Sciences Utrecht

Associate Editor - Editorial responsibilities at a scientific journal - Medical Physics