Rik Vullings
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RESEARCH PROFILE
Rik Vullings is Associate Professor in the Signal Processing Systems group at Eindhoven University of Technology. He did his PhD research in the group on analysis and interpretation of the non-invasively recorded fetal electrocardiogram to aid in the timely assessment of fetal distress. This technology is now being marketed through the spinoff company Nemo Healthcare, of which Vullings is co-founder and CSO.
In 2012, Vullings received a VENI grant to continue his research on pregnancy monitoring at TU/e. His research interests include biomedical signal processing and modeling, machine learning and pattern recognition. His main medical application areas are perinatology, cardiology, and somnology
My focus lies on the development of model-driven medical signal processing and interpretation methods. These robust methods will prove vital in monitoring of vital signs with increasingly less obtrusive devices.”
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Rik Vullings received his MSc in Applied Physics with distinction from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in 2005. In 2010, he obtained his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from TU/e on the analysis and interpretation of the non-invasive fetal electrocardiogram. He stayed on at TU/e as postdoc and was appointed Assistant Professor in 2013 and Associate Professor in 2021. In 2004, Vullings took the position of researcher at Máxima Medical Center, where he worked until 2015. In 2009, he founded the spin-off company Nemo Healthcare, of which he is currently the CSO.
Key Publications
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R. Vullings,B. Vries, de,J.W.M. Bergmans
An adaptive Kalman filter for ECG signal enhancement
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (2011) -
R. Vullings,L. Schmitt,A.F. Kolen,M. Mischi,J.O.E.H. van Laar,J.W.M. Bergmans
Improved ultrasound transducer positioning by fetal heart location estimation during Doppler based heart rate measurements
Physiological Measurement (2017) -
R. Vullings,K.M.J. Verdurmen,A.D.J. Hulsenboom,S. Scheffers,H. de Lau,A. Kwee,P.F.F. Wijn,I. Amer-Wahlin,J.O.E.H. van Laar,S.G. Oei
The electrical heart axis and ST events in fetal monitoring
PLoS ONE (2017) -
J.O.E.H. Laar, van,C.H.L. Peters,R. Vullings,S. Houterman,J.W.M. Bergmans,S.G. Oei
Fetal autonomic response to severe acidaemia during labour
BJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (2009) -
P. Fonseca,R. Vullings,R.M. Aarts
Measures of cardiovascular autonomic activity in insomnia disorder : a systematic review
PLoS ONE (2017)
Current Educational Activities
Ancillary Activities
- Aandeelhouder en R&D werk, Nemo Healthcare BV
- Consultancy, Philips Research