Nikos Efthimiou
Senior Scientist at UMCG - Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Department
Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolNikos Efthimiou is a Senior Scientist and post-doctoral researcher with over a decade of expertise in medical imaging, specializing in Positron Emission Tomography and detector technologies like Silicon Photomultipliers. He combines deep technical skills in front-end electronics, system and detector modelling, and statistical image reconstruction with hands-on work developing energy-based scatter correction algorithms and exploring novel BGO-Cherenkov PET detectors. With a PhD in Health/Medical Physics and a track record across international research centers, he bridges experimental instrumentation and computational imaging. Colleagues describe him as analytical, thorough and committed, and his interdisciplinary approach often uncovers practical solutions at the intersection of hardware and algorithm development. Fluent in English and Greek and experienced living in multiple countries, he brings a global perspective to collaborative research and technology translation.
10 years of coding experience
Master's Degree, Medical Physics, small animal PET imaging, medical image reconstruction, data acquisition, Εxcellent mark, Master's Degree, Medical Physics, small animal PET imaging, medical image reconstruction, data acquisition, Εxcellent mark at University of PatrasEngineer's Degree, Medical Imaging, Ionizing radiation, medical informatics, 6.9, Engineer's Degree, Medical Imaging, Ionizing radiation, medical informatics, 6.9 at TEI of Athens, dep. of Medical Instruments Technology3rd Public High School of Nikaia
Dutch
Github Skills (55)
image-reconstruction10
thunderbird10
spect10
image-registration10
gate10
medical-imaging10
biomedical10
bids9
mri9
neuroimaging8
imaging7
utility7
inverse-problems7
python7
scroll7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
NikEfth/STIR
Jun 2016 - Dec 2022
Software for Tomographic Image Reconstruction
Contributions:446 commits, 12 PRs, 514 pushes in 6 years 7 months
image-reconstruction
NikEfth/SIRF
May 2019 - May 2022
Main repository for the CCPPETMR software
Contributions:1 PR, 19 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years
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