Publications of Geert Litjens

2024

Papers in international journals

1. D. Geijs, L. Hillen, S. Dooper, V. Winnepenninckx, V. Varra, D. Carr, K. Shahwan, G. Litjens and A. Amir, "Weakly-supervised classification of Mohs surgical sections using artificial intelligence", Modern Pathology, 2024:100653.
   Abstract DOI PMID
2. K. Faryna, L. Tessier, J. Retamero, S. Bonthu, P. Samanta, N. Singhal, S. Kammerer-Jacquet, C. Radulescu, V. Agosti, A. Collin, X. Farre', J. Fontugne, R. Grobholz, A. Hoogland, K. Leite, M. Oktay, A. Polonia, P. Roy, P. Salles, T. van der Kwast, J. van Ipenburg, J. van der Laak and G. Litjens, "Evaluation of AI-based Gleason grading algorithms "in the wild"", Modern Pathology, 2024:100563.
   Abstract DOI PMID
3. J. An, Y. Wang, Q. Cai, G. Zhao, S. Dooper, G. Litjens and Z. Gao, "Transformer-Based Weakly Supervised Learning for Whole Slide Lung Cancer Image Classification", IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 2024:1-14.
   Abstract DOI PMID
4. P. Vendittelli, J. Bokhorst, E. Smeets, V. Kryklyva, L. Brosens, C. Verbeke and G. Litjens, "Automatic quantification of tumor-stroma ratio as a prognostic marker for pancreatic cancer", PLOS ONE, 2024;19:e0301969.
   Abstract DOI PMID
5. L. Maier-Hein, A. Reinke, P. Godau, M. Tizabi, F. Buettner, E. Christodoulou, B. Glocker, F. Isensee, J. Kleesiek, M. Kozubek, M. Reyes, M. Riegler, M. Wiesenfarth, A. Kavur, C. Sudre, M. Baumgartner, M. Eisenmann, D. Heckmann-Nötzel, T. Rädsch, L. Acion, M. Antonelli, T. Arbel, S. Bakas, A. Benis, M. Blaschko, M. Cardoso, V. Cheplygina, B. Cimini, G. Collins, K. Farahani, L. Ferrer, A. Galdran, B. van Ginneken, R. Haase, D. Hashimoto, M. Hoffman, M. Huisman, P. Jannin, C. Kahn, D. Kainmueller, B. Kainz, A. Karargyris, A. Karthikesalingam, F. Kofler, A. Kopp-Schneider, A. Kreshuk, T. Kurc, B. Landman, G. Litjens, A. Madani, K. Maier-Hein, A. Martel, P. Mattson, E. Meijering, B. Menze, K. Moons, H. Müller, B. Nichyporuk, F. Nickel, J. Petersen, N. Rajpoot, N. Rieke, J. Saez-Rodriguez, C. Sánchez, S. Shetty, M. van Smeden, R. Summers, A. Taha, A. Tiulpin, S. Tsaftaris, B. Van Calster, G. Varoquaux and P. Jäger, "Metrics reloaded: recommendations for image analysis validation", Nature Methods, 2024;21:195-212.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~50
6. A. Reinke, M. Tizabi, M. Baumgartner, M. Eisenmann, D. Heckmann-Nötzel, A. Kavur, T. Rädsch, C. Sudre, L. Acion, M. Antonelli, T. Arbel, S. Bakas, A. Benis, F. Buettner, M. Cardoso, V. Cheplygina, J. Chen, E. Christodoulou, B. Cimini, K. Farahani, L. Ferrer, A. Galdran, B. van Ginneken, B. Glocker, P. Godau, D. Hashimoto, M. Hoffman, M. Huisman, F. Isensee, P. Jannin, C. Kahn, D. Kainmueller, B. Kainz, A. Karargyris, J. Kleesiek, F. Kofler, T. Kooi, A. Kopp-Schneider, M. Kozubek, A. Kreshuk, T. Kurc, B. Landman, G. Litjens, A. Madani, K. Maier-Hein, A. Martel, E. Meijering, B. Menze, K. Moons, H. Müller, B. Nichyporuk, F. Nickel, J. Petersen, S. Rafelski, N. Rajpoot, M. Reyes, M. Riegler, N. Rieke, J. Saez-Rodriguez, C. Sánchez, S. Shetty, R. Summers, A. Taha, A. Tiulpin, S. Tsaftaris, B. Van Calster, G. Varoquaux, Z. Yaniv, P. Jäger and L. Maier-Hein, "Understanding metric-related pitfalls in image analysis validation", Nature Methods, 2024;21:182-194.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~17
7. K. Faryna, J. van der Laak and G. Litjens, "Automatic data augmentation to improve generalization of deep learning in H&E stained histopathology", Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2024;170:108018.
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8. D. Schouten, J. van der Laak, B. van Ginneken and G. Litjens, "Full resolution reconstruction of whole-mount sections from digitized individual tissue fragments", Scientific Reports, 2024;14.
   Abstract DOI PMID
9. J. Linmans, G. Raya, J. van der Laak and G. Litjens, "Diffusion models for out-of-distribution detection in digital pathology", Medical Image Analysis, 2024;93:103088.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~4
10. D. Geijs, S. Dooper, W. Aswolinskiy, L. Hillen, A. Amir and G. Litjens, "Detection and subtyping of basal cell carcinoma in whole-slide histopathology using weakly-supervised learning", Medical Image Analysis, 2024;93:103063.
    Abstract DOI PMID
11. G. Solé-Guardia, M. Luijten, E. Janssen, R. Visch, B. Geenen, B. Küsters, J. Claassen, G. Litjens, F. de Leeuw, M. Wiesmann and A. Kiliaan, "Deep learning-based segmentation in MRI-(immuno)histological examination of myelin and axonal damage in normal-appearing white matter and white matter hyperintensities", Brain Pathology, 2024.
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12. F. Khoraminia, F. de Jong, F. Akram, G. Litjens, M. Jansen, A. Gonzalez, D. Lichtenburg, A. Stubbs, N. Khalili and T. Zuiverloon, "Abstract B004: Deep learning unveils molecular footprints in histology: predicting molecular subtypes from bladder cancer histology slides", Clinical Cancer Research, 2024;30:B004-B004.
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13. G. Solé-Guardia, M. Luijten, B. Geenen, J. Claassen, G. Litjens, F. de Leeuw, M. Wiesmann and A. Kiliaan, "Three-dimensional identification of microvascular pathology and neurovascular inflammation in severe white matter hyperintensity: a case report", Scientific Reports, 2024;14.
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Preprints

1. D. Schouten, G. Nicoletti, B. Dille, C. Chia, P. Vendittelli, M. Schuurmans, G. Litjens and N. Khalili, "Navigating the landscape of multimodal AI in medicine: a scoping review on technical challenges and clinical applications", arXiv:2411.03782, 2024.
   Abstract DOI arXiv
2. C. Grisi, G. Litjens and J. van der Laak, "Masked Attention as a Mechanism for Improving Interpretability of Vision Transformers", arXiv:2404.18152, 2024.
   Abstract DOI arXiv
3. N. Khalili, J. Spronck, F. Ciompi, J. van der Laak and G. Litjens, "Uncertainty-guided annotation enhances segmentation with the human-in-the-loop", arXiv:2404.07208, 2024.
   Abstract DOI arXiv

Papers in conference proceedings

1. K. Faryna, J. van der Laak and G. Litjens, "Towards embedding stain-invariance in convolutional neural networks for H&E-stained histopathology", Medical Imaging 2024: Digital and Computational Pathology, 2024.
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Abstracts

1. D. Schouten, N. Khalili, J. van der Laak and G. Litjens, "Full Resolution Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Non-Serial Prostate Whole-Mounts: Pilot Validation and Initial Results", European Congress on Digital Pathology, 2024.
   Abstract
2. M. D'Amato, A. Boden, P. van Diest, N. Stathonikos, H. Hoefling, F. Versaevel, G. Litjens, F. Ciompi and J. van der Laak, "Automated Quality Control in Histopathology through Artifact Segmentation", European Congress on Digital Pathology, 2024.
   Abstract

2023

Papers in international journals

1. J. Linmans, E. Hoogeboom, J. van der Laak and G. Litjens, "The Latent Doctor Model for Modeling Inter-Observer Variability", IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 2023:1-12.
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2. S. Dooper, H. Pinckaers, W. Aswolinskiy, K. Hebeda, S. Jarkman, J. van der Laak and G. Litjens, "Gigapixel end-to-end training using streaming and attention", Medical Image Analysis, 2023;88:102881.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~3
3. B. Laarhuis, M. Janssen, M. Simons, L. van Kalmthout, M. van der Doelen, S. Peters, H. Westdorp, I. van Oort, G. Litjens, M. Gotthardt, J. Nagarajah, N. Mehra and B. Prive, "Tumoral Ki67 and PSMA Expression in Fresh Pre-PSMA-RLT Biopsies and Its Relation With PSMA-PET Imaging and Outcomes of PSMA-RLT in Patients With mCRPC.", Clinical Genitourinary Cancer, 2023.
   Abstract DOI PMID
4. L. van Eekelen, G. Litjens and K. Hebeda, "Artificial intelligence in bone marrow histological diagnostics: potential applications and challenges.", Pathobiology, 2023.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~2
5. J. Linmans, S. Elfwing, J. van der Laak and G. Litjens, "Predictive uncertainty estimation for out-of-distribution detection in digital pathology.", Medical Image Analysis, 2023;83:102655.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~22
6. P. Bándi, M. Balkenhol, M. van Dijk, M. Kok, B. van Ginneken, J. van der Laak and G. Litjens, "Continual learning strategies for cancer-independent detection of lymph node metastases", Medical Image Analysis, 2023;85:102755.
   Abstract DOI Cited by ~10

Preprints

1. C. Grisi, G. Litjens and J. van der Laak, "Hierarchical Vision Transformers for Context-Aware Prostate Cancer Grading in Whole Slide Images", arXiv:2312.12619, 2023.
   Abstract DOI arXiv

Papers in conference proceedings

1. P. Vendittelli, J. Bokhorst, E. Smeets, V. Kryklyva, L. Brosens, C. Verbeke and G. Litjens, "Automatic quantification of TSR as a prognostic marker for pancreatic cancer.", Medical Imaging with Deep Learning, 2023.
   Abstract Url
2. D. Schouten and G. Litjens, "PythoStitcher: an iterative approach for stitching digitized tissue fragments into full resolution whole-mount reconstructions", Medical Imaging, 2023;12471:1247118.
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2022

Papers in international journals

1. L. Adams, M. Makowski, G. Engel, M. Rattunde, F. Busch, P. Asbach, S. Niehues, S. Vinayahalingam, B. van Ginneken, G. Litjens and K. Bressem, "Dataset of prostate MRI annotated for anatomical zones and cancer.", Data in brief, 2022;45:108739.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~332
2. S. Jarkman, M. Karlberg, M. Poceviciute, A. Boden, P. Bandi, G. Litjens, C. Lundstrom, D. Treanor and J. van der Laak, "Generalization of Deep Learning in Digital Pathology: Experience in Breast Cancer Metastasis Detection.", Cancers, 2022;14(21).
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~10
3. L. Adams, M. Makowski, G. Engel, M. Rattunde, F. Busch, P. Asbach, S. Niehues, S. Vinayahalingam, B. van Ginneken, G. Litjens and K. Bressem, "Prostate158 - An expert-annotated 3T MRI dataset and algorithm for prostate cancer detection.", Computers in biology and medicine, 2022;148:105817.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~21
4. M. Antonelli, A. Reinke, S. Bakas, K. Farahani, A. Kopp-Schneider, B. Landman, G. Litjens, B. Menze, O. Ronneberger, R. Summers, B. van Ginneken, M. Bilello, P. Bilic, P. Christ, R. Do, M. Gollub, S. Heckers, H. Huisman, W. Jarnagin, M. McHugo, S. Napel, J. Pernicka, K. Rhode, C. Tobon-Gomez, E. Vorontsov, J. Meakin, S. Ourselin, M. Wiesenfarth, P. Arbelaez, B. Bae, S. Chen, L. Daza, J. Feng, B. He, F. Isensee, Y. Ji, F. Jia, I. Kim, K. Maier-Hein, D. Merhof, A. Pai, B. Park, M. Perslev, R. Rezaiifar, O. Rippel, I. Sarasua, W. Shen, J. Son, C. Wachinger, L. Wang, Y. Wang, Y. Xia, D. Xu, Z. Xu, Y. Zheng, A. Simpson, L. Maier-Hein and M. Cardoso, "The Medical Segmentation Decathlon", Nature Communications, 2022;13(1):4128.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~489
5. G. Litjens, F. Ciompi and J. van der Laak, "A Decade of GigaScience: The Challenges of Gigapixel Pathology Images.", GigaScience, 2022;11.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download Cited by ~4
6. H. Pinckaers, J. van Ipenburg, J. Melamed, A. De Marzo, E. Platz, B. van Ginneken, J. van der Laak and G. Litjens, "Predicting biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer with artificial intelligence", Communications Medicine, 2022;2:64.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~9
7. T. de Bel, G. Litjens, J. Ogony, M. Stallings-Mann, J. Carter, T. Hilton, D. Radisky, R. Vierkant, B. Broderick, T. Hoskin, S. Winham, M. Frost, D. Visscher, T. Allers, A. Degnim, M. Sherman and J. van der Laak, "Automated quantification of levels of breast terminal duct lobular (TDLU) involution using deep learning", npj Breast Cancer, 2022;8.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~5
8. W. Bulten, K. Kartasalo, P. Chen, P. Strom, H. Pinckaers, K. Nagpal, Y. Cai, D. Steiner, H. van Boven, R. Vink, C. de Hulsbergen-van Kaa, J. van der Laak, M. Amin, A. Evans, T. van der Kwast, R. Allan, P. Humphrey, H. Gronberg, H. Samaratunga, B. Delahunt, T. Tsuzuki, T. Hakkinen, L. Egevad, M. Demkin, S. Dane, F. Tan, M. Valkonen, G. Corrado, L. Peng, C. Mermel, P. Ruusuvuori, G. Litjens, M. Eklund, A. Brilhante, A. Cakir, X. Farre, K. Geronatsiou, V. Molinie, G. Pereira, P. Roy, G. Saile, P. Salles, E. Schaafsma, J. Tschui, J. Billoch-Lima, E. Pereira, M. Zhou, S. He, S. Song, Q. Sun, H. Yoshihara, T. Yamaguchi, K. Ono, T. Shen, J. Ji, A. Roussel, K. Zhou, T. Chai, N. Weng, D. Grechka, M. Shugaev, R. Kiminya, V. Kovalev, D. Voynov, V. Malyshev, E. Lapo, M. Campos, N. Ota, S. Yamaoka, Y. Fujimoto, K. Yoshioka, J. Juvonen, M. Tukiainen, A. Karlsson, R. Guo, C. Hsieh, I. Zubarev, H. Bukhar, W. Li, J. Li, W. Speier, C. Arnold, K. Kim, B. Bae, Y. Kim, H. Lee, J. Park and the PANDA challenge consortium, "Artificial intelligence for diagnosis and Gleason grading of prostate cancer: the PANDA challenge", Nature Medicine, 2022.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~191

PhD theses

1. W. Bulten, "Artificial intelligence as a digital fellow in pathology: Human-machine synergy for improved prostate cancer diagnosis", PhD thesis, 2022.
   Abstract Url

2021

Papers in international journals

1. L. van Eekelen, H. Pinckaers, M. van den Brand, K. Hebeda and G. Litjens, "Using deep learning for quantification of cellularity and cell lineages in bone marrow biopsies and comparison to normal age-related variation.", Pathology, 2021.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download Cited by ~7
2. K. Kartasalo, W. Bulten, B. Delahunt, P. Chen, H. Pinckaers, H. Olsson, X. Ji, N. Mulliqi, H. Samaratunga, T. Tsuzuki, J. Lindberg, M. Rantalainen, C. Wahlby, G. Litjens, P. Ruusuvuori, L. Egevad and M. Eklund, "Artificial Intelligence for Diagnosis and Gleason Grading of Prostate Cancer in Biopsies-Current Status and Next Steps.", European Urology Focus, 2021;7(4):687-691.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download Cited by ~17
3. J. van der Laak, G. Litjens and F. Ciompi, "Deep learning in histopathology: the path to the clinic.", Nature Medicine, 2021;27(5):775-784.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download Cited by ~368
4. H. Pinckaers, W. Bulten, J. der Van Laak and G. Litjens, "Detection of prostate cancer in whole-slide images through end-to-end training with image-level labels.", IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2021.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download Cited by ~49
5. T. de Bel, J. Bokhorst, J. van der Laak and G. Litjens, "Residual cyclegan for robust domain transformation of histopathological tissue slides.", Medical Image Analysis, 2021;70:102004.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download Cited by ~61
6. M. Balkenhol, F. Ciompi, Z. Swiderska-Chadaj, R. van de Loo, M. Intezar, I. Otte-Holler, D. Geijs, J. Lotz, N. Weiss, T. de Bel, G. Litjens, P. Bult and J. van der Laak, "Optimized tumour infiltrating lymphocyte assessment for triple negative breast cancer prognostics.", The Breast, 2021;56:78-87.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~20
7. O. Turner, B. Knight, A. Zuraw, G. Litjens and D. Rudmann, "Mini Review: The Last Mile-Opportunities and Challenges for Machine Learning in Digital Toxicologic Pathology.", Toxicologic Pathology, 2021;49(4):714-719.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download Cited by ~6
8. Z. Li, J. Zhang, T. Tan, X. Teng, X. Sun, H. Zhao, L. Liu, Y. Xiao, B. Lee, Y. Li, Q. Zhang, S. Sun, Y. Zheng, J. Yan, N. Li, Y. Hong, J. Ko, H. Jung, Y. Liu, Y. Chen, C. Wang, V. Yurovskiy, P. Maevskikh, V. Khanagha, Y. Jiang, L. Yu, Z. Liu, D. Li, P. Schuffler, Q. Yu, H. Chen, Y. Tang and G. Litjens, "Deep Learning Methods for Lung Cancer Segmentation in Whole-Slide Histopathology Images--The ACDC@LungHP Challenge 2019", IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 2021;25:429-440.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~46
9. D. Tellez, G. Litjens, J. van der Laak and F. Ciompi, "Neural Image Compression for Gigapixel Histopathology Image Analysis.", IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 2021;43(2):567-578.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download Cited by ~168

Preprints

1. A. Reinke, M. Eisenmann, M. Tizabi, C. Sudre, T. Radsch, M. Antonelli, T. Arbel, S. Bakas, M. Cardoso, V. Cheplygina, K. Farahani, B. Glocker, D. Heckmann-Notzel, F. Isensee, P. Jannin, C. Kahn, J. Kleesiek, T. Kurc, M. Kozubek, B. Landman, G. Litjens, K. Maier-Hein, B. Menze, H. Muller, J. Petersen, M. Reyes, N. Rieke, B. Stieltjes, R. Summers, S. Tsaftaris, B. van Ginneken, A. Kopp-Schneider, P. Jager and L. Maier-Hein, "Common Limitations of Image Processing Metrics: A Picture Story", arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.05642, 2021.
   Abstract DOI arXiv Cited by ~103
2. M. Antonelli, A. Reinke, S. Bakas, K. Farahani, AnnetteKopp-Schneider, B. Landman, G. Litjens, B. Menze, O. Ronneberger, R. Summers, B. van Ginneken, M. Bilello, P. Bilic, P. Christ, R. Do, M. Gollub, S. Heckers, H. Huisman, W. Jarnagin, M. McHugo, S. Napel, J. Pernicka, K. Rhode, C. Tobon-Gomez, E. Vorontsov, H. Huisman, J. Meakin, S. Ourselin, M. Wiesenfarth, P. Arbelaez, B. Bae, S. Chen, L. Daza, J. Feng, B. He, F. Isensee, Y. Ji, F. Jia, N. Kim, I. Kim, D. Merhof, A. Pai, B. Park, M. Perslev, R. Rezaiifar, O. Rippel, I. Sarasua, W. Shen, J. Son, C. Wachinger, L. Wang, Y. Wang, Y. Xia, D. Xu, Z. Xu, Y. Zheng, A. Simpson, L. Maier-Hein and M. Cardoso, "The Medical Segmentation Decathlon", arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.05735, 2021.
   Abstract arXiv Cited by ~489

Papers in conference proceedings

1. K. Faryna, J. van der Laak and G. Litjens, "Tailoring automated data augmentation to H&E-stained histopathology", Medical Imaging with Deep Learning, 2021.
   Abstract Url Cited by ~31
2. A. Reinke, M. Eisenmann, M. Tizabi, C. Sudre, T. Radsch, M. Antonelli, T. Arbel, S. Bakas, J. Cardoso, V. Cheplygina, K. Farahani, B. Glocker, D. Heckmann-Notzel, F. Isensee, P. Jannin, C. Kahn, J. Kleesiek, T. Kurc, M. Kozubek, B. Landman, G. Litjens, K. Maier-Hein, A. Martel, H. Muller, J. Petersen, M. Reyes, N. Rieke, B. Stieltjes, R. Summers, S. Tsaftaris, B. van Ginneken, A. Kopp-Schneider, P. Jager and L. Maier-Hein, "Common limitations of performance metrics in biomedical image analysis", Medical Imaging with Deep Learning, 2021.
   Abstract DOI Cited by ~3

PhD theses

1. D. Tellez, "Advancing computational pathology with deep learning: from patches to gigapixel image-level classification", PhD thesis, 2021.
   Abstract Url

2020

Papers in international journals

1. Z. Swiderska-Chadaj, K. Hebeda, M. van den Brand and G. Litjens, "Artificial intelligence to detect MYC translocation in slides of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma", Virchows Archiv, 2020.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~14
2. Z. Swiderska-Chadaj, T. de Bel, L. Blanchet, A. Baidoshvili, D. Vossen, J. van der Laak and G. Litjens, "Impact of rescanning and normalization on convolutional neural network performance in multi-center, whole-slide classification of prostate cancer", Scientific Reports, 2020;10(1):14398.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download Cited by ~47
3. H. Pinckaers, B. van Ginneken and G. Litjens, "Streaming convolutional neural networks for end-to-end learning with multi-megapixel images", IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 2020.
   Abstract DOI PMID arXiv Cited by ~69
4. W. Bulten, M. Balkenhol, J. Belinga, A. Brilhante, A. Çakır, L. Egevad, M. Eklund, X. Farré, K. Geronatsiou, V. Molinié, G. Pereira, P. Roy, G. Saile, P. Salles, E. Schaafsma, J. Tschui, A. Vos, B. Delahunt, H. Samaratunga, D. Grignon, A. Evans, D. Berney, C. Pan, G. Kristiansen, J. Kench, J. Oxley, K. Leite, J. McKenney, P. Humphrey, S. Fine, T. Tsuzuki, M. Varma, M. Zhou, E. Comperat, D. Bostwick, K. Iczkowski, C. Magi-Galluzzi, J. Srigley, H. Takahashi, T. van der Kwast, H. van Boven, R. Vink, J. van der Laak, C. der Hulsbergen-van Kaa and G. Litjens, "Artificial Intelligence Assistance Significantly Improves Gleason Grading of Prostate Biopsies by Pathologists", Modern Pathology, 2020.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~101
5. G. van Leenders, T. van der Kwast, D. Grignon, A. Evans, G. Kristiansen, C. Kweldam, G. Litjens, J. McKenney, J. Melamed, N. Mottet, G. Paner, H. Samaratunga, I. Schoots, J. Simko, T. Tsuzuki, M. Varma, A. Warren, T. Wheeler, S. Williamson, K. Iczkowski and I. Members, "The 2019 International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) Consensus Conference on Grading of Prostatic Carcinoma.", American Journal of Surgical Pathology, 2020;44(8):e87-e99.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~258
6. W. Bulten, H. Pinckaers, H. van Boven, R. Vink, T. de Bel, B. van Ginneken, J. van der Laak, C. de Hulsbergen-van Kaa and G. Litjens, "Automated deep-learning system for Gleason grading of prostate cancer using biopsies: a diagnostic study", Lancet Oncology, 2020;21(2):233-241.
   Abstract DOI PMID arXiv Algorithm Download Cited by ~459

Papers in conference proceedings

1. L. van Eekelen, H. Pinckaers, K. Hebeda and G. Litjens, "Multi-class semantic cell segmentation and classification of aplasia in bone marrow histology images", Medical Imaging, 2020;11320:113200B.
   Abstract DOI Cited by ~1
2. Z. Swiderska-Chadaj, K. Hebeda, M. van den Brand and G. Litjens, "Predicting MYC translocation in HE specimens of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma through deep learning", Medical Imaging, 2020;11320:1132010.
   Abstract DOI Cited by ~3
3. J. Linmans, J. van der Laak and G. Litjens, "Efficient Out-of-Distribution Detection in Digital Pathology Using Multi-Head Convolutional Neural Networks", Medical Imaging with Deep Learning, 2020:465-478.
   Abstract Url Cited by ~35

2019

Papers in international journals

1. P. Bándi, M. Balkenhol, B. van Ginneken, J. van der Laak and G. Litjens, "Resolution-agnostic tissue segmentation in whole-slide histopathology images with convolutional neural networks", PeerJ, 2019;7:e8242.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~44
2. O. Debats, G. Litjens and H. Huisman, "Lymph node detection in MR Lymphography: false positive reduction using multi-view convolutional neural networks", PeerJ, 2019;7:e8052.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download Cited by ~14
3. J. van der Laak, F. Ciompi and G. Litjens, "No pixel-level annotations needed", Nature Biomedical Engineering, 2019;3(11):855-856.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download Cited by ~13
4. Z. Swiderska-Chadaj, H. Pinckaers, M. van Rijthoven, M. Balkenhol, M. Melnikova, O. Geessink, Q. Manson, M. Sherman, A. Polonia, J. Parry, M. Abubakar, G. Litjens, J. van der Laak and F. Ciompi, "Learning to detect lymphocytes in immunohistochemistry with deep learning", Medical Image Analysis, 2019;58:101547.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~106
5. D. Tellez, G. Litjens, P. Bándi, W. Bulten, J. Bokhorst, F. Ciompi and J. van der Laak, "Quantifying the effects of data augmentation and stain color normalization in convolutional neural networks for computational pathology", Medical Image Analysis, 2019;58:101544.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~385
6. G. Litjens, F. Ciompi, J. Wolterink, B. de Vos, T. Leiner, J. Teuwen and I. Isgum, "State-of-the-Art Deep Learning in Cardiovascular Image Analysis", JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, 2019;12(8 Pt 1):1549-1565.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download Cited by ~246
7. L. Aprupe, G. Litjens, T. Brinker, J. van der Laak and N. Grabe, "Robust and accurate quantification of biomarkers of immune cells in lung cancer micro-environment using deep convolutional neural networks", PeerJ, 2019;7:e6335.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download Cited by ~23
8. M. Maas, G. Litjens, A. Wright, U. Attenberger, M. Haider, T. Helbich, B. Kiefer, K. Macura, D. Margolis, A. Padhani, K. Selnaes, G. Villeirs, J. Futterer and T. Scheenen, "A Single-Arm, Multicenter Validation Study of Prostate Cancer Localization and Aggressiveness With a Quantitative Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging Approach", Investigative Radiology, 2019.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~23
9. O. Geessink, A. Baidoshvili, J. Klaase, B. Ehteshami Bejnordi, G. Litjens, G. van Pelt, W. Mesker, I. Nagtegaal, F. Ciompi and J. van der Laak, "Computer aided quantification of intratumoral stroma yields an independent prognosticator in rectal cancer", Cellular Oncology, 2019:1-11.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download Cited by ~77
10. W. Bulten, P. Bándi, J. Hoven, R. van de Loo, J. Lotz, N. Weiss, J. van der Laak, B. van Ginneken, C. Hulsbergen-van de Kaa and G. Litjens, "Epithelium segmentation using deep learning in H&E-stained prostate specimens with immunohistochemistry as reference standard", Scientific Reports, 2019;9(1).
    Abstract DOI PMID arXiv Cited by ~128

Preprints

1. H. Pinckaers and G. Litjens, "Neural Ordinary Differential Equations for Semantic Segmentation of Individual Colon Glands", arXiv:1910.10470, 2019.
   Abstract DOI arXiv Cited by ~28
2. A. Simpson, M. Antonelli, S. Bakas, M. Bilello, K. Farahani, B. van Ginneken, A. Kopp-Schneider, B. Landman, G. Litjens, B. Menze, O. Ronneberger, R. Summers, P. Bilic, P. Christ, R. Do, M. Gollub, J. Golia-Pernicka, S. Heckers, W. Jarnagin, M. McHugo, S. Napel, E. Vorontsov, L. Maier-Hein and M. Cardoso, "A large annotated medical image dataset for the development and evaluation of segmentation algorithms", arXiv:1902.09063, 2019.
   Abstract arXiv Cited by ~665

Papers in conference proceedings

1. T. de Bel, M. Hermsen, J. Kers, J. van der Laak and G. Litjens, "Stain-Transforming Cycle-Consistent Generative Adversarial Networks for Improved Segmentation of Renal Histopathology", Medical Imaging with Deep Learning, 2019.
   Abstract Url Cited by ~75
2. K. Dercksen, W. Bulten and G. Litjens, "Dealing with Label Scarcity in Computational Pathology: A Use Case in Prostate Cancer Classification", Medical Imaging with Deep Learning, 2019.
   Abstract Url Cited by ~6
3. H. Pinckaers, W. Bulten and G. Litjens, "High resolution whole prostate biopsy classification using streaming stochastic gradient descent", Medical Imaging, 2019(1).
   Abstract DOI Cited by ~3

Abstracts

1. W. Bulten, H. Pinckaers, C. Hulsbergen-van de Kaa and G. Litjens, "Automated Gleason Grading of Prostate Biopsies Using Deep Learning", United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) 108th Annual Meeting, 2019.
   Abstract Cited by ~122

2018

Papers in international journals

1. P. Bándi, O. Geessink, Q. Manson, M. van Dijk, M. Balkenhol, M. Hermsen, B. Bejnordi, B. Lee, K. Paeng, A. Zhong, Q. Li, F. Zanjani, S. Zinger, K. Fukuta, D. Komura, V. Ovtcharov, S. Cheng, S. Zeng, J. Thagaard, A. Dahl, H. Lin, H. Chen, L. Jacobsson, M. Hedlund, M. Cetin, E. Halici, H. Jackson, R. Chen, F. Both, J. Franke, H. Kusters-Vandevelde, W. Vreuls, P. Bult, B. van Ginneken, J. van der Laak and G. Litjens, "From detection of individual metastases to classification of lymph node status at the patient level: the CAMELYON17 challenge", IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2018;38(2):550-560.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~416
2. D. Tellez, M. Balkenhol, I. Otte-Holler, R. van de Loo, R. Vogels, P. Bult, C. Wauters, W. Vreuls, S. Mol, N. Karssemeijer, G. Litjens, J. van der Laak and F. Ciompi, "Whole-Slide Mitosis Detection in H&E Breast Histology Using PHH3 as a Reference to Train Distilled Stain-Invariant Convolutional Networks", IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2018;37(9):2126 - 2136.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~200
3. G. Litjens, P. Bándi, B. Ehteshami Bejnordi, O. Geessink, M. Balkenhol, P. Bult, A. Halilovic, M. Hermsen, R. van de Loo, R. Vogels, Q. Manson, N. Stathonikos, A. Baidoshvili, P. van Diest, C. Wauters, M. van Dijk and J. van der Laak, "1399 H&E-stained sentinel lymph node sections of breast cancer patients: the CAMELYON dataset", GigaScience, 2018;7(6):1-8.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~290
4. B. Bejnordi, G. Litjens and J. van der Laak, "Machine Learning Compared With Pathologist Assessment-Reply", Journal of the American Medical Association, 2018;319(16):1726.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~5

Preprints

1. Z. Li, Z. Hu, J. Xu, T. Tan, H. Chen, Z. Duan, P. Liu, J. Tang, G. Cai, Q. Ouyang, Y. Tang, G. Litjens and Q. Li, "Computer-aided diagnosis of lung carcinoma using deep learning - a pilot study", arXiv:1803.05471, 2018.
   Abstract DOI arXiv Cited by ~30

Papers in conference proceedings

1. W. Bulten, C. de Kaa, J. van der Laak and G. Litjens, "Automated segmentation of epithelial tissue in prostatectomy slides using deep learning", Medical Imaging, 2018;10581:105810S.
   Abstract DOI Cited by ~18
2. T. de Bel, M. Hermsen, J. van der Laak, G. Litjens, B. Smeets and L. Hilbrands, "Automatic segmentation of histopathological slides of renal tissue using deep learning", Medical Imaging 2018: Digital Pathology, 2018.
   Abstract DOI Cited by ~48
3. D. Geijs, M. Intezar, J. van der Laak and G. Litjens, "Automatic color unmixing of IHC stained whole slide images", Medical Imaging, 2018;10581.
   Abstract DOI Cited by ~11
4. W. Bulten and G. Litjens, "Unsupervised Prostate Cancer Detection on H&E using Convolutional Adversarial Autoencoders", Medical Imaging with Deep Learning, 2018.
   Abstract Url Cited by ~24
5. D. Tellez, M. Balkenhol, N. Karssemeijer, G. Litjens, J. van der Laak and F. Ciompi, "H&E stain augmentation improves generalization of convolutional networks for histopathological mitosis detection", Medical Imaging, 2018;10581.
   Abstract DOI Cited by ~43
6. Z. Swiderska-Chadaj, H. Pinckaers, M. van Rijthoven, M. Balkenhol, M. Melnikova, O. Geessink, Q. Manson, G. Litjens, J. van der Laak and F. Ciompi, "Convolutional Neural Networks for Lymphocyte detection in Immunohistochemically Stained Whole-Slide Images", Medical Imaging with Deep Learning, 2018.
   Abstract Url Cited by ~12

Abstracts

1. H. Pinckaers and G. Litjens, "Training convolutional neural networks with megapixel images", Medical Imaging with Deep Learning, 2018.
   Abstract arXiv Cited by ~12

Other publications

1. T. de Bel, M. Hermsen, G. Litjens and J. van der Laak, "Structure Instance Segmentation in Renal Tissue: A Case Study on Tubular Immune Cell Detection", Computational Pathology and Ophthalmic Medical Image Analysis, 2018:112-119.
   Abstract DOI Cited by ~8

2017

Papers in international journals

1. B. Bejnordi, G. Zuidhof, M. Balkenhol, M. Hermsen, P. Bult, B. van Ginneken, N. Karssemeijer, G. Litjens and J. van der Laak, "Context-aware stacked convolutional neural networks for classification of breast carcinomas in whole-slide histopathology images", Journal of Medical Imaging, 2017;4(4):044504.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download Cited by ~150
2. B. Ehteshami Bejnordi, M. Veta, P. van Diest, B. van Ginneken, N. Karssemeijer, G. Litjens, J. van der Laak, T. Consortium, M. Hermsen, Q. Manson, M. Balkenhol, O. Geessink, N. Stathonikos, M. van Dijk, P. Bult, F. Beca, A. Beck, D. Wang, A. Khosla, R. Gargeya, H. Irshad, A. Zhong, Q. Dou, Q. Li, H. Chen, H. Lin, P. Heng, C. Haß, E. Bruni, Q. Wong, U. Halici, M. Öner, R. Cetin-Atalay, M. Berseth, V. Khvatkov, A. Vylegzhanin, O. Kraus, M. Shaban, N. Rajpoot, R. Awan, K. Sirinukunwattana, T. Qaiser, Y. Tsang, D. Tellez, J. Annuscheit, P. Hufnagl, M. Valkonen, K. Kartasalo, L. Latonen, P. Ruusuvuori, K. Liimatainen, S. Albarqouni, B. Mungal, A. George, S. Demirci, N. Navab, S. Watanabe, S. Seno, Y. Takenaka, H. Matsuda, H. Ahmady Phoulady, V. Kovalev, A. Kalinovsky, V. Liauchuk, G. Bueno, M. Fernandez-Carrobles, I. Serrano, O. Deniz, D. Racoceanu and R. Venâncio, "Diagnostic Assessment of Deep Learning Algorithms for Detection of Lymph Node Metastases in Women With Breast Cancer", Journal of the American Medical Association, 2017;318(22):2199-2210.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~1000
3. G. Litjens, T. Kooi, B. Ehteshami Bejnordi, A. Setio, F. Ciompi, M. Ghafoorian, J. van der Laak, B. van Ginneken and C. Sánchez, "A Survey on Deep Learning in Medical Image Analysis", Medical Image Analysis, 2017;42:60-88.
   Abstract DOI PMID arXiv Download Cited by ~3681
4. M. Ghafoorian, N. Karssemeijer, T. Heskes, I. van Uden, C. Sánchez, G. Litjens, F. de Leeuw, B. van Ginneken, E. Marchiori and B. Platel, "Location Sensitive Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for Segmentation of White Matter Hyperintensities", Scientific Reports, 2017;7(1):5110.
   Abstract DOI PMID arXiv Cited by ~211
5. S. Laban, G. Giebel, N. Klümper, A. Schröck, J. Doescher, G. Spagnoli, J. Thierauf, M. Theodoraki, R. Remark, S. Gnjatic, R. Krupar, A. Sikora, G. Litjens, N. Grabe, G. Kristiansen, F. Bootz, P. Schuler, C. Brunner, J. Brägelmann, T. Hoffmann and S. Perner, "MAGE expression in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma primary tumors, lymph node metastases and respective recurrences: implications for immunotherapy", Oncotarget, 2017;8:14719-14735.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~18
6. S. Steens, E. Bekers, W. Weijs, G. Litjens, A. Veltien, A. Maat, G. van den Broek, J. van der Laak, J. Futterer, C. van der Kaa, M. Merkx and R. Takes, "Evaluation of tongue squamous cell carcinoma resection margins using ex-vivo MR.", International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 2017;12(5):821-828.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download Cited by ~21
7. M. Dalmis, G. Litjens, K. Holland, A. Setio, R. Mann, N. Karssemeijer and A. Gubern-Mérida, "Using deep learning to segment breast and fibroglandular tissue in MRI volumes", Medical Physics, 2017;44(2):533-546.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download Cited by ~180
8. T. Kooi, G. Litjens, B. van Ginneken, A. Gubern-Mérida, C. Sánchez, R. Mann, A. den Heeten and N. Karssemeijer, "Large scale deep learning for computer aided detection of mammographic lesions", Medical Image Analysis, 2017;35:303-312.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download Cited by ~774

Papers in conference proceedings

1. F. Ciompi, O. Geessink, B. Bejnordi, G. de Souza, A. Baidoshvili, G. Litjens, B. van Ginneken, I. Nagtegaal and J. van der Laak, "The importance of stain normalization in colorectal tissue classification with convolutional networks", IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, 2017:160-163.
   Abstract DOI arXiv Cited by ~183
2. P. Bándi, R. van de Loo, M. Intezar, D. Geijs, F. Ciompi, B. van Ginneken, J. van der Laak and G. Litjens, "Comparison of Different Methods for Tissue Segmentation In Histopathological Whole-Slide Images", IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, 2017:591-595.
   Abstract DOI arXiv Cited by ~38

Abstracts

1. M. Hermsen, T. de Bel, M. van de Warenburg, J. Knuiman, E. Steenbergen, G. Litjens, B. Smeets, L. Hilbrands and J. van der Laak, "Automatic segmentation of histopathological slides from renal allograft biopsies using artificial intelligence", Dutch Federation of Nephrology (NfN) Fall Symposium, 2017.
   Abstract

PhD theses

1. B. Bejnordi, "Histopathological diagnosis of breast cancer using machine learning", PhD thesis, 2017.
   Abstract Url

2016

Papers in international journals

1. R. Remark, T. Merghoub, N. Grabe, G. Litjens, D. Damotte, J. Wolchok, M. Merad and S. Gnjatic, "In-depth tissue profiling using multiplexed immunohistochemical consecutive staining on single slide", Science Immunology, 2016;1(1):aaf6925-aaf6925.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~139
2. O. Debats, A. Fortuin, H. Meijer, T. Hambrock, G. Litjens, J. Barentsz and H. Huisman, "Intranodal signal suppression in pelvic MR lymphography of prostate cancer patients: a quantitative comparison of ferumoxtran-10 and ferumoxytol", PeerJ, 2016;4:e2471.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download Cited by ~7
3. O. Debats, M. Meijs, G. Litjens and H. Huisman, "Automated multistructure atlas-assisted detection of lymph nodes using pelvic MR lymphography in prostate cancer patients", Medical Physics, 2016;43(6):3132.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download Cited by ~2
4. G. Litjens, C. Sánchez, N. Timofeeva, M. Hermsen, I. Nagtegaal, I. Kovacs, C. Hulsbergen-van de Kaa, P. Bult, B. van Ginneken and J. van der Laak, "Deep learning as a tool for increased accuracy and efficiency of histopathological diagnosis", Scientific Reports, 2016;6:26286.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~836
5. B. Bejnordi, M. Balkenhol, G. Litjens, R. Holland, P. Bult, N. Karssemeijer and J. van der Laak, "Automated Detection of DCIS in Whole-Slide H&E Stained Breast Histopathology Images", IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2016;35(9):2141-2150.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~83
6. A. Setio, F. Ciompi, G. Litjens, P. Gerke, C. Jacobs, S. van Riel, M. Wille, M. Naqibullah, C. Sánchez and B. van Ginneken, "Pulmonary nodule detection in CT images: false positive reduction using multi-view convolutional networks", IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2016;35(5):1160-1169.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download Cited by ~997
7. B. Bejnordi, G. Litjens, N. Timofeeva, I. Otte-Holler, A. Homeyer, N. Karssemeijer and J. van der Laak, "Stain specific standardization of whole-slide histopathological images", IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2016;35(2):404-415.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~250
8. G. Litjens, R. Elliott, N. Shih, M. Feldman, T. Kobus, C. Hulsbergen-van de Kaa, J. Barentsz, H. Huisman and A. Madabhushi, "Computer-extracted Features Can Distinguish Noncancerous Confounding Disease from Prostatic Adenocarcinoma at Multiparametric MR Imaging.", Radiology, 2016;278(1):135-145.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~52

Papers in conference proceedings

1. G. Litjens, K. Safferling and N. Grabe, "Automated robust registration of grossly misregistered whole-slide images with varying stains", Medical Imaging, 2016;9791:979103.
   Abstract DOI

2015

Papers in international journals

1. G. Litjens, J. Barentsz, N. Karssemeijer and H. Huisman, "Clinical evaluation of a computer-aided diagnosis system for determining cancer aggressiveness in prostate MRI", European Radiology, 2015;25(11):3187-3199.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download Cited by ~57
2. E. Vos, T. Kobus, G. Litjens, T. Hambrock, C. de Hulsbergen-van Kaa, J. Barentsz, M. Maas and T. Scheenen, "Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Discriminating Low-Grade From High-Grade Prostate Cancer", Investigative Radiology, 2015;50:490-497.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download

Papers in conference proceedings

1. G. Litjens, B. Bejnordi, N. Timofeeva, G. Swadi, I. Kovacs, C. de Hulsbergen-van Kaa and J. van der Laak, "Automated detection of prostate cancer in digitized whole-slide images of H&E-stained biopsy specimens", Medical Imaging, 2015;9420:94200B.
   Abstract DOI Cited by ~15
2. B. Bejnordi, G. Litjens, M. Hermsen, N. Karssemeijer and J. van der Laak, "A multi-scale superpixel classification approach to the detection of regions of interest in whole slide histopathology images", Medical Imaging, 2015;9420:94200H.
   Abstract DOI Download Cited by ~49

PhD theses

1. G. Litjens, "Computerized detection of cancer in multi-parametric prostate MRI", PhD thesis, 2015.
   Abstract Url

2014

Papers in international journals

1. G. Litjens, H. Huisman, R. Elliott, N. Shih, M. Feldman, S. Viswanath, J. Fütterer, J. Bomers and A. Madabhushi, "Quantitative identification of magnetic resonance imaging features of prostate cancer response following laser ablation and radical prostatectomy", Journal of Medical Imaging, 2014;1(3):035001-035001.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~16
2. G. Litjens, O. Debats, J. Barentsz, N. Karssemeijer and H. Huisman, "Computer-aided detection of prostate cancer in MRI", IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2014;33(5):1083-1092.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download Cited by ~380
3. G. Litjens, R. Toth, W. van de Ven, C. Hoeks, S. Kerkstra, B. van Ginneken, G. Vincent, G. Guillard, N. Birbeck, J. Zhang, R. Strand, F. Malmberg, Y. Ou, C. Davatzikos, M. Kirschner, F. Jung, J. Yuan, W. Qiu, Q. Gao, P. Edwards, B. Maan, F. van der Heijden, S. Ghose, J. Mitra, J. Dowling, D. Barratt, H. Huisman and A. Madabhushi, "Evaluation of prostate segmentation algorithms for MRI: The PROMISE12 challenge", Medical Image Analysis, 2014;18(2):359-373.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download Cited by ~581

Papers in conference proceedings

1. G. Litjens, H. Huisman, R. Elliott, N. Shih, M. Feldman, Fütterer, J. Bomers and A. Madabhushi, "Distinguishing benign confounding treatment changes from residual prostate cancer on MRI following laser ablation", Medical Imaging, 2014;9036:90361D.
   Abstract DOI Cited by ~4
2. G. Litjens, R. Elliott, N. Shih, M. Feldman, J. Barentsz, C. - van de Hulsbergen Kaa, I. Kovacs, H. Huisman and A. Madabhushi, "Distinguishing prostate cancer from benign confounders via a cascaded classifier on multi-parametric MRI", Medical Imaging, 2014;9035:903512.
   Abstract DOI Cited by ~19

Abstracts

1. G. Litjens, N. Karssemeijer, J. Barentsz and H. Huisman, "Computer-aided Detection of Prostate Cancer in Multi-parametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging", Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, 2014.
   Abstract
2. E. Vos, T. Kobus, G. Litjens, T. Hambrock, C. - van de Kaa, M. Maas and T. Scheenen, "Multiparametric MR imaging for the assessment of prostate cancer aggressiveness at 3 Tesla", Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2014.
   Abstract

2013

Papers in international journals

1. E. Vos, G. Litjens, T. Kobus, T. Hambrock, C. Kaa, J. Barentsz, H. Huisman and T. Scheenen, "Assessment of Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness Using Dynamic Contrast-enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging at 3T", European Urology, 2013;64:448-455.
   Abstract PMID Url Download Cited by ~167
2. K. Nagel, M. Schouten, T. Hambrock, G. Litjens, C. Hoeks, B. Haken, J. Barentsz and J. Fütterer, "Differentiation of Prostatitis and Prostate Cancer by Using Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging and MR-guided Biopsy at 3 T", RADIOLOGY, 2013;267:164-172.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download

Abstracts

1. G. Litjens, J. Barentsz, N. Karssemeijer and H. Huisman, "Initial prospective evaluation of the prostate imaging reporting and data standard (PI-RADS): Can it reduce unnecessary MR guided biopsies?", Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, 2013.
   Abstract
2. M. Maas, M. Koopman, G. Litjens, A. Wright, K. Selnas, I. Gribbestad, M. Haider, K. Macura, D. Margolis, B. Kiefer, J. Fütterer and T. Scheenen, "Prostate Cancer localization with a Multiparametric MR Approach (PCaMAP): initial results of a multi-center study", Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2013.
   Abstract Cited by ~2

2012

Papers in international journals

1. G. Litjens, T. Hambrock, C. de Hulsbergen-van Kaa, J. Barentsz and H. Huisman, "Interpatient Variation in Normal Peripheral Zone Apparent Diffusion Coefficient: Effect on the Prediction of Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness", Radiology, 2012;265(1):260-266.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download Cited by ~60

Papers in conference proceedings

1. G. Litjens, O. Debats, W. van de Ven, N. Karssemeijer and H. Huisman, "A pattern recognition approach to zonal segmentation of the prostate on MRI", Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, 2012;7511:413-420.
   Abstract DOI Download Cited by ~74
2. G. Litjens, N. Karssemeijer and H. Huisman, "A multi-atlas approach for prostate segmentation in MRI", MICCAI} {W}orkshop: {P}rostate {C}ancer {I}maging: The {PROMISE12} Prostate Segmentation Challenge, 2012.
   Abstract Cited by ~19
3. G. Litjens, J. Barentsz, N. Karssemeijer and H. Huisman, "Automated computer-aided detection of prostate cancer in MR images: from a whole-organ to a zone-based approach", Medical Imaging, 2012;8315(1):83150G-83150G-6.
   Abstract DOI Cited by ~24

Abstracts

1. G. Litjens, J. Barentsz, N. Karssemeijer and H. Huisman, "Computerized characterization of central gland lesions using texture and relaxation features from T2-weighted prostate MRI", Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, 2012.
   Abstract
2. E. Vos, G. Litjens, T. Kobus, T. Hambrock, C. van de Hulsbergen Kaa, H. Huisman and T. Scheenen, "Dynamic contrast enhanced MR imaging for the assessment of prostate cancer aggressiveness at 3T", Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2012.
   Abstract

2011

Papers in international journals

1. O. Debats, G. Litjens, J. Barentsz, N. Karssemeijer and H. Huisman, "Automated 3-Dimensional Segmentation of Pelvic Lymph Nodes in Magnetic Resonance Images", Medical Physics, 2011;38(11):6178-6187.
   Abstract DOI PMID Download Cited by ~19

Papers in conference proceedings

1. G. Litjens, P. Vos, J. Barentsz, N. Karssemeijer and H. Huisman, "Automatic Computer Aided Detection of Abnormalities in Multi-Parametric Prostate MRI", Medical Imaging, 2011;7963(1).
   Abstract DOI Cited by ~44
2. W. van de Ven, G. Litjens, J. Barentsz, T. Hambrock and H. Huisman, "Required accuracy of MR-US registration for prostate biopsies", P}rostate {C}ancer {I}maging. {I}mage {A}nalysis and {I}mage-{G}uided {I}nterventions, 2011;6963:92-99.
   Abstract DOI Cited by ~12

Abstracts

1. G. Litjens, J. Barentsz, N. Karssemeijer and H. Huisman, "Zone-specific Automatic Computer-aided Detection of Prostate Cancer in MRI", Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, 2011.
   Abstract
2. M. Schouten, K. Nagel, T. Hambrock, C. Hoeks, G. Litjens, J. Barentsz and J. Fütterer, "Differentiation of Normal Prostate Tissue, Prostatitis, and Prostate Cancer: Correlation between Diffusion-weighted Imaging and MR-guided Biopsy", Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, 2011.
   Abstract
3. O. Debats, T. Hambrock, G. Litjens, H. Huisman and J. Barentsz, "Detection of Lymph Node Metastases with Ferumoxtran-10 vs Ferumoxytol", Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, 2011.
   Abstract

2010

Papers in conference proceedings

1. G. Litjens, L. Hogeweg, A. Schilham, P. de Jong, M. Viergever and B. van Ginneken, "Simulation of nodules and diffuse infiltrates in chest radiographs using CT templates", Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, 2010;6362:396-403.
   Abstract DOI PMID Cited by ~5
2. H. Huisman, P. Vos, G. Litjens, T. Hambrock and J. Barentsz, "Computer aided detection of prostate cancer using t2w, DWI and DCE-MRI: methods and clinical applications", MICCAI} {W}orkshop: {P}rostate {C}ancer {I}maging: {C}omputer {A}ided {D}iagnosis, {P}rognosis, and {I}ntervention, 2010.
   Abstract Cited by ~2
3. G. Litjens, M. Heisen, J. Buurman and B. ter Romeny, "Pharmacokinetic models in clinical practice: what model to use for DCE-MRI of the breast?", IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, 2010:185-188.
   Abstract DOI Cited by ~11
4. P. Snoeren, G. Litjens, B. van Ginneken and N. Karssemeijer, "Training a Computer Aided Detection System with Simulated Lung Nodules in Chest Radiographs", The Third International Workshop on Pulmonary Image Analysis, 2010:139-149.
   Abstract Cited by ~12

2009

Abstracts

1. G. Litjens, M. Heisen, J. Buurman, A. Wood, M. Medved, G. Karczmar and B. Haar-Romeny, "T1 Quantification: Variable Flip Angle Method vs Use of Reference Phantom", Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, 2009.
   Abstract

Master theses

1. G. Litjens, "Pharmacokinetic modeling in breast cancer MRI", Master thesis, 2009.
   Abstract