Aaron Doug Deen

Aaron Doug Deen serves as a Researcher in the Department of Cardiology at Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC), specializing in advanced optical imaging techniques for cardiovascular applications. His work bridges engineering physics and clinical cardiology through innovative microscopy development.

His primary research domains include:

• Biomedical Optics with focus on label-free spectroscopic methods
• Optical Coherence Tomography/Microscopy system design
• Atherosclerosis plaque characterization via lipid architecture analysis
• Thermo-elastic tissue property quantification
• Cardiovascular imaging biomarker discovery

Deen's recent publications demonstrate consistent innovation in adapting optical coherence technologies for carotid artery studies, particularly through photothermal and spectroscopic extensions that enable non-invasive plaque instability assessment. His 2024 work on lipid architecture represents the current frontier in high-resolution atherosclerosis imaging, building upon foundational thermo-elastic approaches developed since 2020. The research emphasizes engineering solutions for clinical cardiology challenges, with strong emphasis on absorptivity physics and spectral data acquisition.

His collaborative network includes key figures in biomedical optics like van der Steen and van Soest, with publications primarily in Biomedical Optics Express and SPIE conference proceedings. The work shows increasing citation impact, particularly the 2022 tissue characterization paper with 5 Scopus citations.