Bernadette de Bakker

Bernadette de Bakker is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatric Surgery at Erasmus MC. Her research focuses on prenatal imaging techniques, developmental biology, and applications of artificial intelligence in medical diagnostics. She specializes in using advanced imaging modalities like X-ray microtomography and ultrasound to study fetal development and congenital anomalies.

Her work includes studies on craniofacial arterial system development, tracheal morphology in Down syndrome, and automated detection of brain anomalies using AI. She collaborates on projects involving fetal tissue donation ethics and periconception cohort studies.

Her articles highlight contributions to understanding prenatal physiological structures and improving early diagnostic methods through interdisciplinary approaches combining engineering and clinical medicine.