The University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU) a tertiary referral center and largest hospital in the Utrecht region in the Netherlands with more than 12.000 employees and 1.100 hospital beds. The UMCU is affiliated with Utrecht University, and has close ties with the Central Military Hospital and the Wilhelmina Children's hospital. The three pillars of the UMCU include patient care, research, and education. The department of orthopaedics has been certified as a EUROSPINE Surgical Spine Center of Excellence. Herein, close research and clinical collaboration exists between the departments of orthopaedics and radiation oncology, ensuring the most optimal treatment for the vertebral metastasis patient.

Role in Metastra

Within METASTRA, the UMC Utrecht will be involved in the retrospective study (train-METASTRA) by providing pivotal data on vertebral metastases patients for the development of the computational models for the optimalization of metastatic vertebral fracture identification. In addition, we will be involved in validation of these computational models within the prospective validate-METASTRA.

Team members

Jorrit-Jan Verlaan

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Netanja Harlianto

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