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Researcher

Tom Van Helden

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33 Results

2025

Fast and gaseous : dealing with new challenges in elemental mapping of biological tissue via LA-ICP-MS

Tom Van HeldenFrank VanhaeckeThibaut Van Acker

Predicting image quality degradation as a result of two-phase sample transport in LA-ICP-TOFMS mapping of carbon-based materials

Johannes T. van ElterenTom Van HeldenDino MetarapiThibaut Van AckerKristina MervičMartin ŠalaFrank Vanhaecke

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY

2024

A new insight of the MIS 3 Dansgaard-Oeschger climate oscillations in western Europe from the study of a Belgium isotopically equilibrated speleothem

Marion PeralMarta MarchegianoSophie VerheydenSteven GoderisTom Van HeldenFrank VanhaeckeThibaut Van AckerXue JiaHai ChengJens Fiebig et al.

A1 Journal Article in QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Coping with two-phase sample transport in LA-ICP-MS elemental mapping of biological tissue

Tom Van HeldenKristina MervičIvan NemetJohannes T. van ElterenFrank VanhaeckeSanda RončevićMartin ŠalaThibaut Van Acker

Dual-phase formation during LA-ICP-MS analysis of biological tissue

Tom Van HeldenKristina Kristina MervičIvan NemetJohannes T. van ElterenFrank VanhaeckeSanda RončevićMartin ŠalaThibaut Van Acker

Effects of hyperthermia on cisplatin tissue penetration and gene expression in peritoneal metastases : results from a randomized trial in ovarian cancer

Jesse DemuytereCharlotte CarlierTom Van HeldenJoke BelzaFrank VanhaeckeFeifan XieAn VermeulenJoseph WeertsJürgen ThomaleHannelore Denys et al.

A1 Journal Article in BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Elemental bioimaging : a cross-fertilization between real-life applications and fundamental studies

Frank VanhaeckeSimone BraeuerThibaut Van AckerTom Van HeldenKristina MervičJohannes T. van ElterenMartin ŠalaIvan NemetSanda Rončević

Evaluating the analytical performance of a nanosecond 193 nm ArF* excimer-based kHz laser for elemental mapping via LA-ICP-MS

Thibaut Van AckerIker Basabe MendizabalTom Van HeldenFrank Vanhaecke

Evaluation of two-phase sample transport upon ablation of gelatin as a proxy for soft biological matrices using nanosecond laser ablation – inductively coupled plasma – mass spectrometry

Tom Van HeldenKristina MervičIvan NemetJohannes T. van ElterenFrank VanhaeckeSanda RončevićMartin ŠalaThibaut Van Acker

A1 Journal Article in ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA

High resolution elemental mapping at 1000 pixels/s via LA-ICP-MS

Iker Basabe MendizabalTom Van HeldenFrank VanhaeckeThibaut Van Acker

High-resolution elemental mapping using laser ablation-ICP-mass spectrometry

Frank VanhaeckeIker Basabe MendizabalSimone BraeuerAna Lores PadínTom Van HeldenThibaut Van Acker

Quantitative element mapping in biomatrices using LA-ICP-MS

Frank VanhaeckeIker Basabe MendizabalAna Lores PadínTom Van HeldenKristina MervicMartin ŠalaJohannes T. van ElterenIvan NemetSanda RončevićThibaut Van Acker

The occurrence and drawbacks of two-phase aerosol transport upon ablation of soft biological matrices using nanosecond laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry

Thibaut Van AckerTom Van HeldenKristina MervičIvan NemetJohannes T. van ElterenSanda RončevićMartin ŠalaFrank Vanhaecke

Towards 1,000 pixels/s acquisition rate for elemental mapping via LA-ICP-MS

Iker Basabe MendizabalTom Van HeldenFrank VanhaeckeThibaut Van Acker

Two-phase formation upon laser ablation of biological matrices and the effects on LA-ICP-MS elemental mapping

Tom Van HeldenKristina MervičIvan NemetJohannes T. van ElterenFrank VanhaeckeSanda RončevićMartin ŠalaThibaut Van Acker

2023

Dansgaard-Oeschger climate oscillation during the early MIS3 in Europe : evidence from a multi proxy (bulk & clumped stable isotopes and trace elements) speleothem record in Han-sur-Lesse, Belgium

Marion PeralMarta MarchegianoSophie VerheydenSteven GoderisTom Van HeldenFrank VanhaeckeThibaut Van AckerJia XuexueHai ChengPhilippe Claeys

Evaluation of the analytical capabilities of a nanosecond 193 nm khz laser for LA-ICP-MS elemental mapping

Iker Basabe MendizabalTom Van HeldenFrank VanhaeckeThibaut Van Acker

Gaseous and particulate species formation in LA-ICP-MS

Tom Van HeldenThibaut Van AckerFrank Vanhaecke

Novel types of biomedical ICP-MS applications

Frank VanhaeckeLana Abou-ZeidEduardo Bolea FernandezMarta Costas RodriguezRinus DejongheKasper HobinTong LiuMina NikolićKaj SullivanThibaut Van Acker et al.

Pushing the limits of elemental mapping via laser ablation : ICP-mass spectrometry with a nanosecond 193 nm kHz laser

Thibaut Van AckerTom Van HeldenStijn Van MalderenRyoga MaedaSteven GoderisFrank Vanhaecke

The road to fast elemental mapping with laser ablation-ICP-mass spectrometry

Thibaut Van AckerIker Basabe MendizabalAna Lores PadínTom Van HeldenStijn Van MalderenFrank Vanhaecke

Zoned clinopyroxenes reflect magmatic processes and eruption triggers : constraints on the crustal architecture of an off-ridge ocean island (Terceira, Azores)

Kat ShepherdOlivier NamurThibaut Van AckerTom Van HeldenFrank VanhaeckeJasper BerndtBernard Charlier

2022

Belgium climate response to Dansgaard/Oeschger events : new speleothem records using elemental and isotopic (bulk and clumped isotopes) data from Han-sur-Lesse cave

Marion PeralMarta MarchegianoSteven GoderisThibaut Van AckerTom Van HeldenFrank VanhaeckeJia XueHai ChengSophie VerheydenPhilippe Claeys

Cisplatin uptake in peritoneal metastases of ovarian cancer following CRS+ HIPEC

Jesse DemuytereCharlotte CarlierTom Van HeldenJoke BelzaFrank VanhaeckeJoseph WeertsSarah CosynsWim Ceelen

High-productivity LA-ICP-MS bio-imaging

Frank VanhaeckeSimone BräuerThibaut Van AckerTom Van Helden

High-speed mapping of Hg and Se in biological tissue via laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry

Tom Van HeldenSimone BraeuerThibaut Van AckerOlivier LerouxDominique Van Der StraetenFrank Vanhaecke

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY

High-speed mapping of the distribution of Hg and Se in biological tissues via LA-ICP-MS

Tom Van HeldenThibaut Van AckerSimone BraeuerFrank Vanhaecke

Laser ablation-ICP-mass spectrometry : from a micro-analytical tool for direct bulk analysis to a fast elemental mapping technique

Thibaut Van AckerTom Van HeldenStijn Van MalderenFrank Vanhaecke

Quantitative mapping of mercury and selenium in mushroom fruit bodies with laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry

Simone BraeuerTom Van HeldenThibaut Van AckerOlivier LerouxDominique Van Der StraetenAnnemieke VerbekenJan BorovičkaFrank Vanhaecke

A1 Journal Article in ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

The impact of hyperthermia on survival and pharmacokinetics in cisplatin HIPEC in stage III epithelial ovarian cancer

Jesse DemuytereCharlotte CarlierWouter WillaertPhilippe TummersHannelore DenysTom Van HeldenJoke BelzaFrank VanhaeckeFeifan XieAn Vermeulen et al.

The impact of hyperthermia on survival and pharmacokinetics in cisplatin HIPEC in stage III epithelial ovarian cancer

Jesse DemuytereCharlotte CarlierWouter WillaertPhilippe TummersHannelore DenysTom Van HeldenJoke BelzaFrank VanhaeckeFeifan XieAn Vermeulen et al.

The road to fast elemental mapping with laser ablation-ICP-mass spectrometry

Thibaut Van AckerStijn Van MalderenTom Van HeldenFrank Vanhaecke

2021

Analytical figures of merit of a low-dispersion aerosol transport system for high-throughput LA-ICP-MS analysis

Thibaut Van AckerStijn Van MalderenTom Van HeldenCiprian StremtanMartin ŠalaJohannes T. van ElterenFrank Vanhaecke

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY