Stinstra

Jeroen Stinstra, dr. ir.

Post-doc at the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute and Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute.

University of Utah, CVRTI
95 South 2000 East, Room 207
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-5000, U.S.A.
jeroenATcvrti.utah.edu
(801) 587-9508

Background

Dr. Stinstra obtained his PhD from Twente University, Enschede, the Netherlands. Here he was involved in measuring fetal magnetocardiograms (recordings of the magnetic signal generated by fetal heart). During the period in Twente, he worked on modeling bioelectromagnetic fields, the signal processing of the fetal magnetocardiograms and looked into the applicability of fetal magnetocardiography as a medical tool. Currently. he is involved in creating models of the heart range from models at tissue level to full heart/torso models. His main interest is in incorporating physiological data, like tissue structure into a more physical model of the heart and to answer the question how to deal with parameters at different scales and how to incorporate this into one single model.

Phd-Thesis online

Download here the online full color version of my thesis, covering fetal magnetocardiography (including volume conductor models, signal processing of fetal MCGs, diagnosing cardiac arrhythmia by means of fetal MCG, comparison with fetal ECG).

Click on the image to download the pdf file (size is 10Mb).

Documentation pages

The matlab mapping software documentation (matmap)

Importing and exporting matlab data in SCIRun

Scientific Interests

The bioelectromagnetic research field is becoming more and more multidisciplinary. In order to progress and tackle these kind complex problems input is needed from a still increasing number of fields. And one of the things I like to obtain is a good overview on all the different aspects in order to be able to really pinpoint the weaknesses of the current models and methods. Luckily my interest is not only limited to physics, I am also intrigued by the beauty of mathematics and wonderful world of the functioning of the human being.

List of Publications

International (refereed) journals

Hopenfeld B, Stinstra, JG and MacLeod, RS, " A Mechanism for ST Depression Associated with a Contiguous Subendocardial Ischemic Region", Submitted to Circ Res, 2004

Stinstra JG, Golbach EGM, van Leeuwen P, Lange S, Menèndez T, Moshage W, Schleuﬂner E, Kaehler C, Horigome H, Shigemitsu S, and Peters MJ, "Multicentre study on the fetal cardiac time intervals using magnetocardiography", Br J Obstet Gyneacol, 109(11), 1235-1243, 2002.

Stinstra JG and Peters MJ, "The influence of fetoabdominal tissues on fetal ECGs and MCGs", Arch Physiol Biochem, 110(3), 165-176, 2002.

Stinstra JG and Peters MJ, "The volume conductor may act as a temporal filter on the ECG and EEG", Med Biol Eng Comput, 36(6), 711-716. 1998.

Peters MJ, Stinstra JG, and Hendriks M, "Estimation of the electrical conductivity of human tissue", Electromagnetics, 21, 545-557. 2001.

Quartero HWP, Stinstra JG, Golbach EGM, Meijboom EJ and Peters MJ, "Clinical implications of fetal magnetocardiography", Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol, 20(2), 142-153, 2001.

Peters MJ, Hendriks M, and Stinstra JG, "The passive DC conductivity of human tissues described by cells in solution", Bioelectrochemistry, 53, 155-160. 2001.

Peters MJ, Crowe JA, Pièri JF, Quartero HWP, Hayes-Gill BR, James DK, Stinstra JG and Shakespeare SA, "Monitoring the fetal heart non-invasively: A review of methods", J Perinat Med, 29(5), 408-416. 2001.

Peters MJ, Stinstra JG, van den Broek SP, Huirne JAF, Quartero HWP, ter Brake HJM, and Rogalla H, "On the fetal magnetocardiogram", Bioelectroch Bioener, 47(2), 273-281. 1998.

National (refereed) journals

Golbach EGM, Stinstra JG, Quartero HWP, and Peters MJ, ”Klinische toepassingen van foetale magnetocardiografie”, Ned Tijdschr voor Obstetr and Gynecol 114, 266-267. 2001.

Contributions to books

Peters MJ, Stinstra JG, and Leveles I, “The electrical conductivity of living tissue: A parameter in the bioelectrical inverse problem”, to appear as a chapter in “Modeling and Imaging of Bioelectric Activity - Principles and Applications”, B. He (ed.), Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2003.

Peters MJ, Stinstra JG, Uzunbajakau S, and Srinivasan N, “Fetal Magnetocardiography” to appear as a chapter in series Advances in “Electromagnetic fields in Living Systems”, J. Lin (ed.), Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2003.

Conference papers

Peters MJ, van Burik MJ and Stinstra JG, "On the effective conductivity of human tissue at low frequencies", Biomed Tech, 44, 83-86. 1999.

Stinstra JG, Quartero HWP and Peters MJ, "Monitoring the foetal heart", Med Biol Eng Comput, 37, 564-565. 1999.

Peters MJ, Stinstra JG, Hendriks M and van Burik MJ, "The influence of inhomogeneities of the conductivity of the head on the EEG", Med Biol Eng Comput, 37, 1642-1643. 1999.

Peters MJ, van Burik MJ and Stinstra JG, "On the effective passive conductivity of tissues within the head", Neuro Image, 10, A3. 1999.

Stinstra JG and Peters MJ, "Modelling Inhomogeneities in highly resistive Layers", Biomed Tech, 46, 156-158. 2001.

Stinstra JG and Peters MJ, "On the Influence of inhomogeneous Layers that have a low conductivity and that vary in Thickness", Biomed Tech, 46, 194-196. 2001.

Stinstra JG and Peters MJ, Thee forward problem in fetal electro/magnetocardiography, International Journal of Bioelectromagnetism, 4(2), 57-58, 2002.

van Burik MJ, Mulder MC, Stinstra JG and Peters MJ, "Inward continuation of the scalp potential distribution by means of the (vector) BEM", pp. 2131-2134 In: Proc 20th Ann Int Conf of the IEEE Eng in Medicine and Biology Society, Hongkong. 1998.

van Burik MJ, Mulder MC, Stinstra JG and Peters MJ, "The application of the (vector) boundary element method for the reconstruction of the cortical potential distribution", pp. 21-23 In: Proc of the Dutch Ann Conf on Biomedical Eng, Papendal. 1998.

Stinstra JG and Peters MJ, "The frequency dependence of the volume conductor of foetal cardiograms", pp. 94-96 In: Proc of the Dutch Ann Conf on Biomedical Eng, Papendal. 1998.

Stinstra JG, Krooshoop HJG, Muis B, Huirne JAF, Quartero HWP, and Peters MJ, "The influence of the vernix caseosa on foetal magnetocardiograms", pp.
1070-1073 In: Yoshimoto T, Kotani M, Kuriki S, Karibe H, and Nakasato N (eds), Recent Advances in Biomagnetism, Sendai, Japan: Tohoku University Press.1999.

Stinstra JG, Selen LPJ, and Peters MJ, "The processing of the foetal magnetocardiograms", pp. 971-974 In: Yoshimoto T, Kotani M, Kuriki S, Karibe H, and Nakasato N (eds), Recent Advances in Biomagnetism, Sendai, Japan: Tohoku University Press. 1999.

Quartero HWP, Stinstra JG, Krooshoop HJG and Peters MJ, "Clinical applications for fetal magnetocardiography present and future", Frontiers in fetal health, 1(5), 6-7. 1999.

Stinstra JG, Peters MJ and van Leeuwen P, "Using simulations to estimate the reliability of fetal magnetocardiograms", Frontiers in fetal health, 1(5), 10-11. 1999.

Stinstra JG, Quartero HWP and Peters MJ, "Monitoring the foetal heart rate", pp. 126-128 In: Proc of the Dutch Ann Conf on Biomedical Eng, Papendal. 1999.

Golbach EGM, Stinstra JG and Peters MJ, Reference values for fetal MCG/ECG recordings in uncomplicated pregnancies, pp. 41-43 In: Proc of the Dutch Ann Conf on Biomedical Eng, Papendal. 2000.

Stinstra JG, Peters MJ, "The influence of fetoabdominal volume conduction on the fetal MCG", pp. 130-132 In: Proc of the Dutch Ann Conf on Biomedical Eng, Papendal. 2000.

Peters MJ, Stinstra JG and Hendriks M, "Estimation of the electrical conductivity of human tissue", pp. 184-190 In: Proc Int Conf Mechatronics, Warschau. 2000.

Peters MJ, Stinstra JG, Quartero HWP and ter Brake M, "The foetal magnetocardiogram", pp. 41-54 In: Res Adv in Biomedical Eng, 1. 2000.

Stinstra JG, Veenstra RR and Peters MJ, "The influence og fetoabdominal volume conduction on the fetal MCG", pp. 831-834 In: Nenonen J, Ilmoniemi RJ and Katila T (eds), Biomag2000 Proceedings 12th Int Conf on Biomagnetism, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland. 2001.

Stinstra JG, Golbach EGM, Peters MJ and Quarteo HWP, " Extracting reliable data from the fetal MCG", pp. 591-594 In: Nenonen J, Ilmoniemi RJ and Katila T (eds), Biomag2000 Proceedings 12th Int Conf on Biomagnetism, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland. 2001.

Golbach EGM, Stinstra JG, Grot P and Peters MJ, "Reference values for fetal MCG/ECG recordings in uncomplicated pregnancies", pp. 495-498 In: Nenonen J, Ilmoniemi RJ and Katila T (eds), Biomag2000 Proceedings 12th Int Conf on Biomagnetism, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo,Finland

Stinstra JG and Peters MJ, "Modeling inhomogeneities in highly resistive layers", pp. 160-162 In: Proc of the Dutch Ann Conf on Biomedical Eng, Papendal. 2001.

Stinstra JG, Golbach EGM, Peters MJ, Quartero HWP, Klumper FJCM and Meijboom EJ, "Magnetocardiography in the detection of fetal arrhythmias", pp. In:, Proc 3rd World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Toronto, Canada, 2001.

Uzunbajakau SA, Golbach EGM, Stinstra JG and Peters MJ, "A sensitive magnetocardiograph for fetal surveillance", 23rd Annual International Conference of IEEE Engineerng in Medicine and Biology Society, Oct 25-28 Istanbul. 2001.

Stinstra JG and Peters MJ, "The fetal magnetocardiogram explained by a magnetic dipole", In: Proc 13th International Conference on Biomagnetism, Jena, 2002.

Stinstra JG, Hopenfeld B and MacLeod RS, “A Model for the passive cardiac Conductivity”, International Journal of Bioelectromagnetism, 5 (1), pp. 185-186, 2003