Drs. D.V. Loeffen

In 2015 ben ik toegetreden tot de staf Radiologie in het Maastricht Universitair Medisch Centrum (MUMC+) met subspecialisatie in de botten, spieren en gewrichten (musculoskeletale radiologie). Ik studeerde vanaf 2003 Geneeskunde aan de Universiteit Maastricht en behaalde in 2009 mijn artsexamen. Mijn opleiding tot radioloog heb ik aansluitend aan mijn Geneeskunde opleiding gevolgd in het MUMC+, waaronder 1 jaar in het Catharina Ziekenhuis in Eindhoven. In september 2014 ben ik begonnen aan mijn fellowship in de musculoskeletale radiologie, welke ik in 2015 heb afgerond. Naast de musculoskeletale radiologie houd ik mijzelf bezig met beeldvorming van de buik (abdomen) en beeldvorming gericht op de spoedeisende hulp (acute radiologie).

Daarnaast leid ik, samen met het opleidingsteam, specialisten op tot radioloog en behoort ook onderwijs aan geneeskundestudenten / co-assistenten tot de dagelijkse werkzaamheden.

Publicaties

1. he Modified Hedgehog Technique to Repair Pure Chondral Shear-off Lesions in the Pediatric Knee. Jeuken RM, Vles GF, Jansen EJP, Loeffen D, Emans PJ. Cartilage. 2019 Jun 19:1947603519855762. doi: 10.1177/1947603519855762. Online ahead of print. PMID: 31215793
2. Multiplanar reformation computed tomography for carpal malalignment. Schormans PMJ, Schots JPM, Weijers RE, Loeffen DV, Poeze M, Hannemann PFW. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2019 Dec;44(10):1049-1055. doi: 10.1177/1753193419869193. Epub 2019 Aug 19. PMID: 31426709
3. Structural damage and inflammation on radiographs or magnetic resonance imaging are associated with cortical interruptions on high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography: a study in finger joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and healthy subjects. Scharmga A, Geusens P, Peters M, van den Bergh JP, Loeffen D, Schoonbrood T, van Rietbergen B, Vosse D, Weijers R, van Tubergen A. Scand J Rheumatol. 2018 Nov;47(6):431-439. doi: 10.1080/03009742.2018.1424234. Epub 2018 Feb 20. PMID: 29458275
4. An automated algorithm for the detection of cortical interruptions and its underlying loss of trabecular bone; a reproducibility study. Peters M, de Jong J, Scharmga A, van Tubergen A, Geusens P, Loeffen D, Weijers R, Boyd SK, Barnabe C, Stok KS, van Rietbergen B, van den Bergh J. BMC Med Imaging. 2018 May 15;18(1):13. doi: 10.1186/s12880-018-0255-7. PMID: 29764383 Free PMC article.
5. Assessment of Cortical Interruptions in the Finger Joints of Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Using HR-pQCT, Radiography, and MRI. Peters M, van Tubergen A, Scharmga A, Driessen A, van Rietbergen B, Loeffen D, Weijers R, Geusens P, van den Bergh J.J Bone Miner Res. 2018 Sep;33(9):1676-1685. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.3466. Epub 2018 Jun 7. PMID: 29750836 Clinical Trial.
6. Development of a scoring method to visually score cortical interruptions on high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography in rheumatoid arthritis and healthy controls. Scharmga A, Peters M, van den Bergh JP, Geusens P, Loeffen D, van Rietbergen B, Schoonbrood T, Vosse D, Weijers R, van Tubergen A. PLoS One. 2018 Jul 9;13(7):e0200331. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200331. eCollection 2018. PMID: 29985943 Free PMC article.
7. Prospective Follow-Up of Cortical Interruptions, Bone Density, and Micro-structure Detected on HR-pQCT: A Study in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Healthy Subjects. Peters M, van den Bergh JP, Geusens P, Scharmga A, Loeffen D, Weijers R, van Rietbergen B, van Tubergen A. Calcif Tissue Int. 2019 Jun;104(6):571-581. doi: 10.1007/s00223-019-00523-2. Epub 2019 Feb 1. PMID: 30707271
8. Vascular channels in metacarpophalangeal joints: a comparative histologic and high-resolution imaging study. Scharmga A, Keller KK, Peters M, van Tubergen A, van den Bergh JP, van Rietbergen B, Weijers R, Loeffen D, Hauge EM, Geusens P. Sci Rep. 2017 Aug 21;7(1):8966. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-09363-2. PMID: 28827584 Free PMC article.
9. An automated algorithm for the detection of cortical interruptions on high resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography images of finger joints. Peters M, Scharmga A, de Jong J, van Tubergen A, Geusens P, Arts JJ, Loeffen D, Weijers R, van Rietbergen B, van den Bergh J. PLoS One. 2017 Apr 20;12(4):e0175829. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175829. eCollection 2017. PMID: 28426705 Free PMC article.
10. The Reliability of a Semi-automated Algorithm for Detection of Cortical Interruptions in Finger Joints on High Resolution CT Compared to MicroCT. Peters M, Scharmga A, van Tubergen A, Arts J, Loeffen D, Weijers R, van Rietbergen B, Geusens P, van den Bergh JP. Calcif Tissue Int. 2017 Aug;101(2):132-140. doi: 10.1007/s00223-017-0264-5. Epub 2017 Mar 28. PMID: 28349184 Free PMC article.
11. Visual detection of cortical breaks in hand joints: reliability and validity of high-resolution peripheral quantitative CT compared to microCT. Scharmga A, Peters M, van Tubergen A, van den Bergh J, de Jong J, Loeffen D, van Rietbergen B, Weijers R, Geusens P. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2016 Jul 11;17:271. doi: 10.1186/s12891-016-1148-y. PMID: 27401097 Free PMC article.
12. Automated quantification of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) in coronary CT angiography; comparison with manual assessment and correlation with coronary artery disease. Mihl C, Loeffen D, Versteylen MO, Takx RA, Nelemans PJ, Nijssen EC, Vega-Higuera F, Wildberger JE, Das M.J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2014 May-Jun;8(3):215-21. doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2014.04.003. Epub 2014 Apr 25. PMID: 24939070
13. The interobserver reliability of the diagnosis and classification of scaphoid fractures using high-resolution peripheral quantitative CT. Daniels AM, Wyers CE, Janzing HMJ, Sassen S, Loeffen D, Kaarsemaker S, van Rietbergen B, Hannemann PFW, Poeze M, van den Bergh JP. Bone Joint J. 2020 Apr;102-B(4):478-484. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.102B4.BJJ-2019-0632.R3. PMID: 32228073