Smart Soft Healthcare announces the addition of Johan W. M. Van Goethem, Prof., M.D., Ph.D., in its Medical Advisory Board working on CoLumbo project – the first and unique machine learning algorithm based on fully convolutional neural networks that are capable of reading MRI lumbar spine images.

Johan Van Goethem is Associate Professor of Medical Imaging and Neuro-Imaging at Antwerp University, Belgium, senior staff member at the General Hospital AZ Nikolaas, and consultant at the Antwerp University Hospital, both in Belgium. He teaches neuroimaging and medical imaging techniques for physics, biomedical sciences and medical students.

Johan Van Goethem is Chair of the European School of Neuroradiology and Past-President of the European Society of Neuroradiology. He is an established and active member of the American Society of Spine Radiology (ASSR) where he served 9 consecutive years as an ASSR Executive Committee Member. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto and the University of British Columbia.

Prof. Van Goethem is an active researcher in the field of neuro-imaging, especially spinal imaging, with an h-index of 35. He is author or co-author of over 100 manuscripts in neuroradiology. He is a distinguished speaker and has delivered more than 400 invited presentations at numerous international meetings and courses.

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