2026

Songbird feeding XROMM study led by Maja Mielke is published as a preprint and will soon appear in eLife. The paper can be viewed here on bioRxiv ().

2025

Successful ex-vivo XROMM recordings on hominoid foot function in collaboration with the University of Chicago (Jeffrey Spear, Zewdi Tsegai and colleagues) and KU Leuven (Evie Vereecke).

2024

Fournier, M., Olson, R. Van Wassenbergh, S. & Provini, P. (2024). The avian vocal system: 3D reconstruction reveals upper vocal tract elongation during head motion. J. Exp. Biol. 227, jeb247945. , .

Successful experiments in the spring of 2024 for the project on filter feeding in ducks.

2023

Conference presentation: Mielke, M. & Van Wassenbergh, S. (2023) XROMM analysis reveals complex movements of beak and tongue during seed processing in canaries. ​

Aerts, P. Mielke, F., Vanden Hole, C., Van Gorp, M. & van Ginneken, C. (2023) Early development of locomotion in the term piglet model : does size matter? Integr. Comp. biol. 63, 610-624. , ​

2022

Sanctorum, J. G., Van Der Jeught, S., Van Wassenbergh, S., Dirckx, J.J.J. (2022). Assessment of perceptual quality measures for multi-exposure radiography and tomography. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 12304, 123042K. ,

Provini, P., Brunet, A., Filippo, A. & Van Wassenbergh, S. (2022) In vivo intraoral waterflow quantification reveals hidden mechanisms of suction feeding in fish. eLife 11, e73621. , 

2021

Piet, J., Mielke, F., Veryser, D., Lories, R., Aerts, P., Van Wassenbergh, S. & Jonkers, I. (2021) Estimation of knee contact forces in the rat, based on integrated XROMM setup data. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 29, S174-175.

Sanctorum, J., Van Wassenbergh, S., Nguyen, V., De Beenhouwer, J., Sijbers, J. & Dirckx, J.J.J (2021). Extended imaging volume in cone-beam x-ray tomography using the weighted simultaneous iterative reconstruction technique. Phys. Med. Biol. 66, 165008.​​

Sanctorum, J. G., Van Wassenbergh, S., Nguyen, V., De Beenhouwer, J., Sijbers, J. & Dirckx J.J.J. (2021) Projection-angle-dependent distortion correction in high-speed image-intensifier-based x-ray computed tomography. Meas. Sci. Technol.32, 035404.

Nguyen, V., Sanctorum, J.G., Van Wassenbergh, S., Dirckx, J.J.J., Sijbers, J. & De Beenhouwer, J. (2021). Geometry calibration of a modular stereo cone-beam X-ray CT system. J. Imaging. 7, 54.

2020

  • First sucessful stereoscopic X-ray videos were recorded with synchronised ground-reaction forces for a collaborative project with Dr. Judith Piet and Prof. Ilse Jonkers from Leuven University. Click on the image to start a Youtube video

  • Sanctorum, J. G., Van Wassenbergh, S., Aerts, P. & Dirckx, J. (2020) Technical note: Correction of geometric X-ray image intensifier distortion based on digital image correlation. Med. Phys. 47, 597-603.


  • Nguyen, V., De Beenhouwer, J., Sanctorum, J.G., Van Wassenbergh, S., Bazrafkan, S., Dirckx, J.J.J. & Sijbers, J. (2020). A low-cost geometry calibration procedure for a modular cone-beam X-ray CT system. Nondestruct. Test. Evaluation. 35, 252-265.
  • Steendam, C., Verhelst, P., Van Wassenbergh, S. & De Meyer, J. (2020). Burrowing behaviour of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla): effects of life stage. J. Fish Biol. 97, 1332–1342. ​
  • Nguyen, V., De Beenhouwer, J., Bazrafkan, S., Hoang, A.-T., Van Wassenbergh, S. & Sijbers, J. (2020). BeadNet: a network for automated spherical markerdetection in radiographs for geometry calibration. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Image Formation in X-Ray Computed Tomography, 518-521.

2019

  • Sanctorum, J.G., Adriaens, D., Dirckx, J.J.J., Sijbers, J., Van Ginneken, C., Aerts, P. & Van Wassenbergh S. (2019). Methods for characterization and optimisation of measuring performance of stereoscopic x-ray systems with image intensifiers. Meas. Sci. Technol. 30, 105701.


  • Nguyen, V., De Beenhouwer, J., Sanctorum, J.G., Van Wassenbergh, S., Aerts, P., Van Ginneken, C., Dirckx, J. J. J., Sijbers, J. (2019) A low-cost and easy-to-use phantom for cone-beam geometry calibration of a tomographic X-ray system.  Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Industrial Computed Tomography.
  • ​Recordings of piglet locomotion, including synchronised ground-reaction forces, have been completed for the PhD Thesis of Falk Mielke. Click on the image to show a Youtube video

2018

  • Recordings of suction feeding in carps and tilapias for the by Sam Van Wassenbergh and Pauline Provini from the .  Small tracers are used to track water flows inside the mouths of these fishes. Click on the image to start a Youtube video
  • Recordings of tail grasping in chameleons for the PhD project by Alison Luger from the lab at . Click on the image to start a Youtube video
  • Recordings of digging by moles for a project lead by from the . Click on the image to start a Youtube video