Our Mission

 

At DHRF (De Haar Research Task Force), an independent biomedical and cardiovascular think tank, we advance translational and clinical cardiovascular research by integrating expert imaging, artificial intelligence, biomedical engineering, and nanomedicine into next-generation diagnostic and therapeutic solutions.

We actively develop cardiovascular AI ecosystems through strategic collaborations with leading AI and imaging companies in the United States and the Netherlands, including Mercor, Outlier, and Medis Medical Imaging.

Our AI work spans multiple domains: physician-in-the-loop model training, clinical reasoning alignment, reinforcement learning from expert feedback (RLHF), multimodal medical AI, and annotation-driven training for advanced imaging and physiological signal interpretation.

We contribute to the development of large language models and multimodal systems capable of complex cardiovascular decision-making, including medication reconciliation, discharge planning, acute coronary syndrome triage, heart failure management, risk stratification, and multidisciplinary care coordination.

A core focus is ECG-centered AI, where electrophysiological signals are integrated into broader diagnostic and prognostic frameworks for mortality prediction, urgency assessment, arrhythmia detection, and therapeutic planning.

In advanced imaging, DHRF supports AI innovation across CT, MRI, echocardiography, coronary angiography, IVUS, and OCT, including segmentation, plaque characterization, structural boundary detection, quantitative flow analysis, and anatomical modeling.

Through research, education, and global collaboration, DHRF helps shape future standards in cardiovascular medicine, building safer, more precise, and clinically actionable AI-driven healthcare systems.