David Sinden ☕️

David Sinden

(he/him)

Senior Research Scientist

Fraunhofer MEVIS

Professional Summary

David Sinden is an applied mathematician working as a senior scientist at the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS, in Bremen.

His research interests include ultrasound modelling, thermal ablation and pharmacokinetic models. He works within the modelling and simulation and image-guided therapy groups.

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Education

PhD in Dynamical Systems

2008

University College London

MSc in Mathematics

2004

University of Bath

BSc in Mathematics

2003

Imperial College London

Interests

Therapeutic Ultrasound Thermal Ablation Image-Guided Therapy
Research

I’m a research scientist in image-guided therapies. I am interested in the mathematics that helps understand, predict and ultimately improve image-guided therapies in clinical practice.

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Featured Publications
Improving image quality of single plane wave ultrasound via deep learning based channel compounding
Spatial chaos of an extensible conducting rod in a uniform magnetic field
Integrability of a conducting elastic rod in a magnetic field
Recent Publications
Christina A. Neizert, Hoang N. C. Do, Miriam Zibell, David Sinden, Christian Rieder, Jakob Albrecht, Stefan M. Niehues, Kai S. Lehmann, Franz G. M. Poch (2025). Optimizing Microwave Ablation planning with the Ablation Success Ratio. Sci. Rep. 15 10450 (2025).
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David Sinden (2024). Numerical Modelling for Simulation and Planning of Focused Ultrasound Treatments. In Image-Guided Focused Ultrasound Therapy: Physics and Clinical Applications Ed. F. Wu, G. ter Haar, I. Rivens (2024).
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Pauline Coralie Guillemin, David Sinden, Yacine M’Rad, Michael Schwenke, Jennifer Le Guevelou, Johan Uiterwijk, Orane Lorton, Max Scheffler, Pierre-Alexandre Poletti, Jürgen Jenne, Thomas Zilli, Rares Salomir (2022). A novel concept of transperineal focused ultrasound transducer for prostate cancer local deep hyperthermia treatments. Cancers 15(1) 163 (2022).
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Christina A. Neizert, Hoang N. C. Do, Miriam Zibell, Christian Rieder, David Sinden, Stefan M. Niehues, Janis L. Vahldiek, Kai S. Lehmann, Franz G. M. Poch (2022). Three-dimensional assessment of vascular cooling effects on hepatic microwave ablation in a standardized ex vivo model. Sci. Rep. 12 17061 (2022).
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Karl Heimes, Marina Evers, Tim Gerrits, Sandeep Gyawali, David Sinden, Tobias Preusser, Lars Linsen (2022). Studying the effect of tissue properties on radiofrequency ablation by visual simulation ensemble analysis. VCBM 2022: Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine.
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Recent & Upcoming Talks
Nonlinear Dynamics of Microbubbles in Tissue
Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation in Medicine
Integrability, localisation and bifurcation of an elastic conducting rod in a magnetic field
Artificial Intelligence in Therapeutic Ultrasound
Patient-Specific Modelling of Microwave Ablation
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Recent Posts

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