The radiology department of the Institut Jules Bordet brings together the various medical imaging techniques, except for nuclear medicine.
The techniques concerned are:
- conventional radiology (radiography including mammography and bone densitometry),
- tomodensitometry (X-ray scanning),
- ultrasound (ultrasound imaging),
- magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Although some interventional radiology techniques can have a therapeutic aim, the activities of the radiology department are mainly diagnostic. Our main tasks are:
- the diagnostic identification of tumours, their extent and their complications,
- the preparation of their treatment (in particular targeting the area to be irradiated),
- monitoring the lesions under treatment.
These main tasks are performed in the context of a multidisciplinary collaboration. The radiology department therefore works closely with the nuclear medicine, medical, surgical and radiotherapy departments of the Institut Jules Bordet.
The senology platform brings together the most advanced techniques for the screening, the diagnosis and the characterisation of breast cancer:
- numeric mammography with tomosynthesis,
- two-and three-dimensional ultrasound,
- stereotaxic biopsy,
- breast MRI,
- biopsies under MRI.
The tomodensitometry unit is equipped with 2 X-ray scanners.
- One of the very latest dual energy scanners with a double tube. Its technology enables it to deliver very small doses of X-rays.
- The second scanner is equipped for interventional radiology (biopsies or TDM-guided treatments).
The magnetic resonance unit is equipped with 2 MRI machines at the forefront of technology, one at 1.5 and the other at 3.0 Tesla (high field and wide-bore magnet). All the current techniques are available in it, from high-resolution ultra-localised imaging to whole-body imaging.
The ultrasound unit is in particular equipped with a co-recording system and fusion of TDM, MRI and/or nuclear medicine images in 3 dimensions to help with ultrasound-guided puncture of lesions.
The radiology department is a training unit recognised for the training of doctors specialising in radiodiagnostics. It permanently has 3 radiologists in training, as well as students on a masters in medicine course. It organises regular seminars recognised to be part of in-service training of specialist doctors.
The departmental doctors take part in teaching radiology and radioprotection at the Faculty of Medicine and at the School of Public Health of the ULB, as well as in teaching in paramedical sections of the HELB-Ilya Prigogine.
The department also welcomes trainees training to be medical technologists.
Research projects
under construction
1. Predictive value of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), lymph nodes and breast MRI, assessment in patients with early HER2-positive and Triple Negative Breast Cancer: a retrospective study.
2. Etude de la réponse pathologique, radiologique et clinque à la chimio-immunothérapie néo-adjuvante dans les cancers du sein triple négatif localement avancés
3. Radiomic Analysis of Primary Tumor and Peritumoral Microenvironment for prediction of Neoadjuvant Therapy Response in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
4. The value of breast MRI for predicting axillary lymph node response to neo-adjuvant chemotherapy combined with Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy to the primary tumour +/- durvalumab, +/- oleclumab in luminal B breast cancer: an analysis of the Neo-CheckRa
5. A retrospective explorative diagnostic study comparing abbreviated MRI versus full-protocol in the follow-up of operated breast cancer patients: diagnostic and sustainability concerns
6. Geometric Distortion Correction and Super-Resolution for Prostate Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Using Deep Learning (Nicolas Coquelet, physicien IRM, PhD)
7. Accelerating Breast Diffusion-Weighted MRI Using a Guided Neural Network (Nicolas Coquelet, physicien IRM, PhD)
8. Comparison of Automated Liver Segmentation and Manually Drawn Regions of Interest for Iron Load Quantification (Nicolas Coquelet, physicien IRM, PhD)
9. Impact of Water Excitation, Deep Learning Acceleration, and Super-Resolution on Breast Diffusion-Weighted MRI for Breast Cancer (Nicolas Coquelet, physicien IRM, PhD)
Team
- Department Director
- Dr Jean Alexiou
- Dr Jean Alexiou
- Oncology Imaging Clinic
- Dr Arnaud Bourguignon - Resident
- Dr Riccardo De Angelis - University Hospital Practitioner
- Dr Yolène Lefebvre - University Hospital Practitioner
- Pr Stéphane Louryan - Consultant
- Dr Nuria Santamaria Guinea - University Hospital Practitioner
- Dr Jean-Marc Starc - Consultant
- Dr Konstantinos Stathopoulos - University Hospital Practitioner
- Dr Ana Veron - University Hospital Practitioner
- Senology clinic and woman imaging
- Dr Ana Andres Paz - Consultant
- Dr Sabien Dekeyzer - Consultant
- Dr Stylianos Drisis – Associate Professor
- Dr Magali Radermecker - University Hospital Practitioner
- Dr Marieme Sy N'Deye - Clinic Director
- Dr Christian Vanhaudenarde, Consultant.
- Interventional radiology clinic
- Dr Catherine Mignon, Resident
- Dr Catherine Mignon, Resident
- PG
- Dr Anas Chbabou
- Dr Cédric Descatoire
- Dr Marie Hollans
- Dr Paolo Ravetta
- Fosfom
- Dr Andrew Stone Eyete
- Dr Andrew Stone Eyete
- Head of nurses / technologists
- Lionel Gantois - Head Nurse
- Christophe Tragnee - Head Nurse, Deputy
- Physicist IRM
- Nicolas Coquelet
- Nicolas Coquelet
- Secretariat (head of department)
- Coralie Blondiau
02/04/2025
Scientific publications
Role of the Prostate Imaging Quality PI-QUAL Score for Prostate Magnetic Resonance Image Quality in Pathological Upstaging After Radical Prostatectomy: A Multicentre European Study.
Authors : Windisch O, Benamran D, Dariane C, Favre MM, Djouhri M, Chevalier M, Guillaume B, Oderda M, Gatti M, Faletti R, Colinet V, Lefebvre Y, Bodard S, Diamand R, Fiard G
Year : 2023
Journal : Eur Urol Open Sci
Volume : 47
Pages : 94-101
Optimizing multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging-targeted biopsy and detection of clinically significant prostate cancer: the role of perilesional sampling.
Authors : Noujeim JP, Belahsen Y, Lefebvre Y, Lemort M, Deforche M, Sirtaine N, Martin R, Roumeguère T, Peltier A, Diamand R
Year : 2022
Journal : Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis
Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Targeted Biopsy and Pretherapeutic Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment: a Systematic Review: Biopsie ciblée par Imagerie par résonance magnétique et évaluation pré-thérapeutique du risque de cancer de la prostate : revue systém
Authors : Diamand R, Mjaess G, Ploussard G, Fiard G, Oderda M, Lefebvre Y, Sirtaine N, Roumeguère T, Peltier A, Albisinni S
Year : 2022
Journal : Prog Urol
Volume : 32
Pages : 6S3-6S18
Interest of routine MR spectroscopic techniques for differential diagnosis between radionecrosis and progression of brain tumor lesions.
Authors : De Lucia F, Lefebvre Y, Lemort M
Year : 2022
Journal : Eur J Radiol Open
Volume : 9
Pages : 100449
Patient-reported outcomes in terms of swallowing and quality of life after prophylactic versus reactive percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement in advanced oropharyngeal cancer patients treated with definitive chemo-radiotherapy: Swall PEG
Authors : Dragan T, Van Gossum A, Duprez F, Lalami Y, Lefebvre Y, Mootassim-Billah S, Beauvois S, Gulyban A, Vandekerkhove C, Boegner P, Paesmans M, Ameye L, Digonnet A, Quiriny M, Dequanter D, Lipski S, Willemse E, Rodriguez A, Carlot S, Karaca Y, Lemort M, Emonts P, Al Wardi C, Van Gestel D
Year : 2022
Journal : Trials
Volume : 23
Pages : 1036