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Dr. rer. nat. Benedikt Günther

Munich Compact Light Source

  • machine development, optimisation & characterisation
  • laser enhancement cavities for inverse Compton X-ray sources

Application of the MuCLS / inverse Compton X-ray sources

  • X-ray microscopy and (dynamic) phase-contrast imaging
  • X-ray spectroscopy and scattering technique

  • 39Forster, Lennart; Dierolf, Martin; Achterhold, Klaus; Pfeiffer, Franz; Günther, Benedikt: Single-shot 2D detector point-spread function analysis employing a circular aperture and a back-projection approach. Optics Express 33 (4), 2025, 7409 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 38Melcher, Johannes; Dierolf, Martin; Günther, Benedikt; Achterhold, Klaus; Pfeiffer, Daniela; Pfeiffer, Franz: High-energy X-ray diffraction experiment employing a compact synchrotron X-ray source based on inverse Compton scattering. Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik, 2024 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 37Berthe, Daniel; Heck, Lisa; Resch, Sandra; Dierolf, Martin; Brantl, Johannes; Günther, Benedikt; Petrich, Christian; Achterhold, Klaus; Pfeiffer, Franz; Grandl, Susanne; Hellerhoff, Karin; Herzen, Julia: Grating-based phase-contrast computed tomography for breast tissue at an inverse compton source. Scientific Reports 14 (1), 2024 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 36Schaff, Florian; Jud, Christoph; Dierolf, Martin; Günther, Benedikt; Achterhold, Klaus; Gleich, Bernhard; Sauter, Andreas; Woertler, Klaus; Thalhammer, Johannes; Meurer, Felix; Neumann, Jan; Pfeiffer, Franz; Pfeiffer, Daniela: Feasibility of Dark-Field Radiography to Enhance Detection of Nondisplaced Fractures. Radiology 311 (2), 2024 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 35Zandarco, Simon; Günther, Benedikt; Riedel, Mirko; Breitenhuber, Gregor; Kirst, Miriam; Achterhold, Klaus; Pfeiffer, Franz; Herzen, Julia: Speckle tracking phase-contrast computed tomography at an inverse Compton X-ray source. Optics Express 32 (16), 2024, 28472 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 34Taphorn, Kirsten; Busse, Madleen; Brantl, Johannes; Günther, Benedikt; Diaz, Ana; Holler, Mirko; Dierolf, Martin; Mayr, Doris; Pfeiffer, Franz; Herzen, Julia: X‐ray Stain Localization with Near‐Field Ptychographic Computed Tomography. Advanced Science, 2022, 2201723 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 33Jud, Christoph; Sharma, Yash; Günther, Benedikt; Weitz, Jochen; Pfeiffer, Franz; Pfeiffer, Daniela: X-ray dark-field tomography reveals tooth cracks. Scientific Reports 11 (1), 2021 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 32Huang, Juanjuan; Deng, Fuli; Günther, Benedikt; Achterhold, Klaus; Liu, Yue; Jentys, Andreas; Lercher, Johannes A.; Dierolf, Martin; Pfeiffer, Franz: Laboratory-scale in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy of a palladium catalyst on a compact inverse-Compton scattering X-ray beamline. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 36, 2021, 2649-2659 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 31Huang, Juanjuan; Günther, Benedikt; Achterhold, Klaus; Dierolf, Martin; Pfeiffer, Franz: Simultaneous two-color X-ray absorption spectroscopy using Laue crystals at an inverse-compton scattering X-ray facility. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 28 (6), 2021, 1874-1880 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 30Huang, Juanjuan; Günther, Benedikt; Achterhold, Klaus; Cui, Yi-tao; Gleich, Bernhard; Dierolf, Martin; Pfeiffer, Franz: Energy-Dispersive X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy with an Inverse Compton Source. Scientific Reports 10 (1), 2020, 8772 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 29Kulpe, Stephanie; Dierolf, Martin; Günther, Benedikt; Brantl, Johannes; Busse, Madleen; Achterhold, Klaus; Gleich, Bernhard; Pfeiffer, Franz; Pfeiffer, Daniela: Dynamic K-edge Subtraction Fluoroscopy at a Compact Inverse-Compton Synchrotron X-ray Source. Scientific Reports 10 (1), 2020, 9612 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 28Günther, Benedikt; Gradl, Regine; Jud, Christoph; Eggl, Elena; Huang, Juanjuan; Kulpe, Stephanie; Achterhold, Klaus; Gleich, Bernhard; Dierolf, Martin; Pfeiffer, Franz: The versatile X-ray beamline of the Munich Compact Light Source: design, instrumentation and applications. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 27 (5), 2020, 1395-1414 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 27Heck, Lisa; Eggl, Elena; Grandl, Susanne; Dierolf, Martin; Jud, Christoph; Günther, Benedikt; Achterhold, Klaus; Mayr, Doris; Gleich, Bernhard; Hellerhoff, Karin; Pfeiffer, Franz; Herzen, Julia: Dose and spatial resolution analysis of grating-based phase-contrast mammography using an inverse Compton x-ray source. Journal of Medical Imaging 7 (2), 2020, 023505-1 - 023505-13 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 26Burger, Karin; Urban, Theresa; Dombrowsky, Annique C.; Dierolf, Martin; Günther, Benedikt; Bartzsch, Stefan; Achterhold, Klaus; Combs, Stephanie E.; Schmid, Thomas E.; Wilkens, Jan J.; Pfeiffer, Franz: Technical and dosimetric realization of in‐vivo X‐ray microbeam irradiations at the Munich Compact Light Source. Medical Physics 47 (10), 2020, 5183-5193 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 25Dombrowsky, Annique C.; Burger, Karin; Porth, Ann-Kristin; Stein, Marlon; Dierolf, Martin; Günther, Benedikt; Achterhold, Klaus; Gleich, Bernhard; Feuchtinger, Annette; Bartzsch, Stefan; Beyreuther, Elke; Combs, Stephanie E.; Pfeiffer, Franz; Wilkens, Jan J.; Schmid, Thomas E.: A proof of principle experiment for microbeam radiation therapy at the Munich compact light source. Radiation and Environmental Biophysics 59, 2020, 111–120 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 24Kulpe, Stephanie; Dierolf, Martin; Braig, Eva-Maria; Günther, Benedikt; Achterhold, Klaus; Gleich, Bernhard; Herzen, Julia; Rummeny, Ernst; Pfeiffer, Franz; Pfeiffer, Daniela: K-edge subtraction imaging for iodine and calcium separation at a compact synchrotron x-ray source. Journal of Medical Imaging 7 (2), 2020, 023504 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 23Yang, Lin; Gradl, Regine; Dierolf, Martin; Möller, Winfried; Kutschke, David; Feuchtinger, Annette; Hehn, Lorenz; Donnelley, Martin; Günther, Benedikt; Achterhold, Klaus; Walch, Axel; Stoeger, Tobias; Razansky, Daniel; Pfeiffer, Franz; Morgan, Kaye S.; Schmid, Otmar: Multimodal Precision Imaging of Pulmonary Nanoparticle Delivery in Mice: Dynamics of Application, Spatial Distribution, and Dosimetry. Small 15 (49), 2019, 1904112 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 22Günther, Benedikt; Hehn, Lorenz; Jud, Christoph; Hipp, Alexander; Dierolf, Martin; Pfeiffer, Franz: Full-field structured-illumination super-resolution X-ray transmission microscopy. Nature Communications 10 (1), 2019, 2494 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 21Kulpe, Stephanie; Dierolf, Martin; Günther, Benedikt; Busse, Madleen; Achterhold, Klaus; Gleich, Bernhard; Herzen, Julia; Rummeny, Ernst; Pfeiffer, Franz; Pfeiffer, Daniela: K-edge Subtraction Computed Tomography with a Compact Synchrotron X-ray Source. Scientific Reports 9 (1), 2019, 13332 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 20Günther, Benedikt; Dierolf, Martin; Achterhold, Klaus; Pfeiffer, Franz: Device for source position stabilization and beam parameter monitoring at inverse Compton X-ray sources. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 26 (5), 2019, 1546-1553 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 19Heck, Lisa; Dierolf, Martin; Jud, Christoph; Eggl, Elena; Sellerer, Thorsten; Mechlem, Korbinian; Günther, Benedikt; Achterhold, Klaus; Gleich, Bernhard; Metz,Stephan; Pfeiffer, Daniela; Kröninger, Kevin; Herzen, Julia: Contrast-enhanced spectral mammography with a compact synchrotron source. PLOS One 14 (10), 2019, e0222816 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 18Günther, Benedikt; Gradl, Regine; Jud, Christoph; Eggl, Elena; Kulpe, Stephanie; Braig, Eva-Maria; Heck, Lisa; Brantl, Johannes; Achterhold, Klaus; Gleich, Bernhard; Dierolf, Martin; Pfeiffer, Franz: Evaluation and optimization of multimodal x-ray imaging techniques for inverse Compton x-ray sources. Advances in Laboratory-based X-Ray Sources, Optics, and Applications VII, SPIE, 2019 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 17Yang, Lin; Gradl, Regine; Dierolf, Martin; Möller, Winfried; Kutschke, David; Feuchtinger, Annette; Hehn, Lorenz; Donnelley, Martin; Günther, Benedikt; Achterhold, Klaus; Walch, Axel; Stoeger, Tobias; Razansky, Daniel; Pfeiffer, Franz; Morgan, Kaye S.; Schmid, Otmar: Multimodal Precision Imaging of Pulmonary Nanoparticle Delivery in Mice: Dynamics of Application, Spatial Distribution, and Dosimetry. Small, 2019, 1904112 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 16Gradl, Regine; Dierolf, Martin; Yang, Lin; Hehn, Lorenz; Günther, Benedikt; Möller, Winfried; Kutschke, David; Stoeger, Tobias; Gleich, Bernhard; Achterhold, Klaus; Donnelley, Martin; Pfeiffer, Franz; Schmid, Otmar; Morgan, Kaye Susannah: Visualizing treatment delivery and deposition in mouse lungs using in vivo x-ray imaging. Journal of Controlled Release 307, 2019, 282-291 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 15Gradl, Regine; Dierolf, Martin; Günther, Benedikt; Hehn, Lorenz; Möller, Winfried; Kutschke, David; Yang, Lin; Donnelley, Martin; Murrie, Rhiannon; Erl, Alexander; Stoeger, Tobias; Gleich, Bernhard; Achterhold, Klaus; Schmid, Otmar; Pfeiffer, Franz; Morgan, Kaye Susannah: In vivo Dynamic Phase-Contrast X-ray Imaging using a Compact Light Source. Scientific Reports 8 (1), 2018, 6788 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 14Eggl, Elena; Grandl, Susanne; Sztrόkay-Gaul, Anikό; Dierolf, Martin; Jud, Christoph; Heck, Lisa; Burger, Karin; Günther, Benedikt; Achterhold, Klaus; Mayr, Doris; Wilkens, Jan J.; Auweter, Sigrid D.; Gleich, Bernhard; Hellerhoff, Karin; Reiser, Maximilian F.; Pfeiffer, Franz; Herzen, Julia: Dose-compatible grating-based phase-contrast mammography on mastectomy specimens using a compact synchrotron source. Scientific Reports 8 (1), 2018, 15700 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 13Braig, Eva; Böhm, Jessica; Dierolf, Martin; Jud, Christoph; Günther, Benedikt; Mechlem, Korbinian; Allner, Sebastian; Sellerer, Thorsten; Achterhold, Klaus; Gleich, Bernhard; Noël, Peter; Pfeiffer, Daniela; Rummeny, Ernst; Herzen, Julia; Pfeiffer, Franz: Direct quantitative material decomposition employing grating-based X-ray phase-contrast CT. Scientific Reports 8 (1), 2018, 16394 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 12Hehn, Lorenz; Gradl, Regine; Voss, Andrej; Günther, Benedikt; Dierolf, Martin; Jud, Christoph; Willer, Konstantin; Allner, Sebastian; Hammel, Jörg U.; Hessler, Roland; Morgan, Kaye S.; Herzen, Julia; Hemmert, Werner; Pfeiffer, Franz: Propagation-based phase-contrast tomography of a guinea pig inner ear with cochlear implant using a model-based iterative reconstruction algorithm. Biomedical Optics Express 9 (11), 2018, 5330 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 11Kulpe, Stephanie; Dierolf, Martin; Braig, Eva; Günther, Benedikt; Achterhold, Klaus; Gleich, Bernhard; Herzen, Julia; Rummeny, Ernst; Pfeiffer, Franz; Pfeiffer, Daniela: K-edge subtraction imaging for coronary angiography with a compact synchrotron X-ray source. PLOS ONE 13 (12), 2018, e0208446 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 10Eggl, Elena; Mechlem, Korbinian; Braig, Eva; Kulpe, Stephanie; Dierolf, Martin; Günther, Benedikt; Achterhold, Klaus; Herzen, Julia; Gleich, Bernhard; Rummeny, Ernst; Noёl, Peter B.; Pfeiffer, Franz; Muenzel, Daniela: Mono-Energy Coronary Angiography with a Compact Synchrotron Source. Scientific Reports 7, 2017, 42211 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 9Gradl, Regine; Dierolf, Martin; Hehn, Lorenz; Günther, Benedikt; Yildirim, Ali Önder; Gleich, Bernhard; Achterhold, Klaus; Pfeiffer, Franz; Morgan, Kaye Susannah: Propagation-based Phase-Contrast X-ray Imaging at a Compact Light Source. Scientific Reports 7 (1), 2017, 4908 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 8Jud, Christoph; Braig, Eva; Dierolf, Martin; Eggl, Elena; Günther, Benedikt; Achterhold, Klaus; Gleich, Bernhard; Rummeny, Ernst; Noël, Peter; Pfeiffer, Franz; Muenzel, Daniela: Trabecular bone anisotropy imaging with a compact laser-undulator synchrotron x-ray source. Scientific Reports 7 (1), 2017, 14477 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 7Burger, Karin; Ilicic, Katarina; Dierolf, Martin; Günther, Benedikt; Walsh, Dietrich W. M.; Schmid, Ernst; Eggl, Elena; Achterhold, Klaus; Gleich, Bernhard; Combs, Stephanie E.; Molls, Michael; Schmid, Thomas E.; Pfeiffer, Franz; Wilkens, Jan J.: Increased cell survival and cytogenetic integrity by spatial dose redistribution at a compact synchrotron X-ray source. PLOS ONE 12 (10), 2017, e0186005 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 6Eggl, Elena; Dierolf, Martin; Achterhold, Klaus; Jud, Christoph; Günther, Benedikt; Braig, Eva; Gleich, Bernhard; Pfeiffer, Franz: The Munich Compact Light Source: initial performance measures. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 23, 2016, 1137-1142 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 5Karin Burger, Katarina Ilicic, Martin Dierolf, Benedikt Günther, Dietrich W. M. Walsh, Ernst Schmid, Elena Eggl, Klaus Achterhold, Bernhard Gleich, Stephanie E. Combs, Michael Molls, Thomas E. Schmid, Franz Pfeiffer, Jan J. Wilkens: Study of microbeam radiation therapy in-vitro at the Munich Compact Light Source. (anderer Eintrag) mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 4Stephanie Kulpe, Martin Dierolf, Eva Braig, Benedikt Günther, Klaus Achterhold, Bernhard Gleich, Julia Herzen, Ernst Rummeny, Franz Pfeiffer, Daniela Pfeiffer: K-edge subtraction imaging for coronary angiography with a compact synchrotron X-ray source. (anderer Eintrag) mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 3Kulpe, Stephanie; Dierolf, Martin; Günther, Benedikt; Busse, Madleen; Achterhold, Klaus; Gleich, Bernhard; Herzen, Julia; Rummeny, Ernst; Pfeiffer, Franz; Pfeiffer, Daniela: K-edge Subtraction Computed Tomography with a Compact Synchrotron X-ray source. (anderer Eintrag) mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 2Heck, Lisa; Dierolf, Martin; Jud, Christoph; Eggl, Elena; Sellerer, Thorsten; Mechlem, Korbinian; Günther, Benedikt; Achterhold, Klaus; Gleich, Bernhard; Metz, Stephan; Pfeiffer, Daniela; Kröninger, Kevin; Herzen, Julia: Contrast-Enhanced Spectral Mammography with a Compact Synchrotron Source. (anderer Eintrag) mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 1Kulpe, Stephanie; Dierolf, Martin; Günther, Benedikt; Brantl, Johannes; Busse, Madleen; Gleich, Bernhard; Pfeiffer, Franz; Pfeiffer, Daniela: Dynamic K-edge Subtraction Fluoroscopy at a Compact Inverse-Compton Synchrotron X-ray Source. (anderer Eintrag) mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )

May 2024
Nashville, TN, USA		15th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC)“Single-shot determination of the Munich Compact Light Source’s two-dimensional X-ray source profile based on a backprojection approach”Poster
March 2024
Vienna, Austria		High-Brightness Sources and Light-driven Interactions Congress“Optimisation of K-edge Subtraction Imaging for Narrow-Band Inverse Compton X-ray Sources”Oral Presentation
July 2023
Garching, Germany		International Symposium on Medical Applications of X-ray Phase-Contrast & Photon Counting (IMXP)“Optimisation of K-edge subtraction imaging for narrowband inverse Compton X-ray sources”Poster
June 2023
San Sebastian, Spain		Physics and Applications of High-Brightness Beams“The Munich Compact Light Source (MuCLS) – a laboratory-size laser-undulator X-ray source for biomedical applications”Oral Presentation
Jan. 2022  
Online		IFAST Accelerator Imaging Kick-off -Workshop "The Munich Compact Light Source"eTalk
Nov. 2020
Online 		High-Brightness Sources and Light-driven Interactions Congress 2020"The Versatile X-ray Beamline at the Munich Compact Light Source, an Inverse Compton Synchrotron Facility"eTalk
Nov. 2019
Bologna, IT     		Advanced Medical Imaging with Synchrotron and Compton X-ray Sources"Medical imaging research and spectroscopy at the MuCLS"Oral Presentation
Aug. 2019 San Diego, CA, USASPIE Optics and Photonics"Evaluation and optimization of multimodal x-ray imaging techniques for inverse Compton x-ray sources"Oral presentation
Aug. 2019
Lombard, IL, USA		68th Denver X-ray Conference (DXC) & 25th International Congress on X-ray Optics and Microanalysis (ICXOM)"Full-Field Structured Illumination Super-Resolution X-ray Transmission Microscopy"Poster
May 2019
Melbourne, AUS		10th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC)"The Munich Compact Light Source: X-ray Imaging Applications of a Compact Inverse-Compton Synchrotron Source"Poster
Aug. 2018
Baltimore, MD, USA		Microscopy and Microanalysis "The Munich Compact Light Source: Biomedical Research At a Laboratory-Scale Inverse-Compton Synchrotron X-ray Source"Oral presentation
Aug. 2018
Saskatoon, Canada		14thX-ray Microscopy Conference (XRM)"The Munich Compact Light Source: Flux Doubling and Source Position Stabilization At a Compact Inverse-Compton Synchrotron X-ray Source"Poster
March 2018
Straßburg, FR		OSA High-brightness Sources and Light-driven Interactions Congress: Compact EUV & X-ray Light Sources"X-ray Beam Monitoring and Source Position Stabilisation at an Inverse-Compton X-ray Source"Oral presentation
Dec. 2017
Triest, IT		24th International Congress on X-ray Optics and Microscopy (IXCOM)"The Munich Compact Light Source -Performance upgrade and biomedical research"Oral presentation
Oct. 2016
Garching, DE		Workshop "Science at the Munich Compact Light Source""The MuCLS: source properties, characterization and challenges"Oral presentation
Aug. 2016
Oxford, UK                                                              		13th X-ray Microscopy Conference (XRM)"Towards high-resolution microscopy with a laboratory-sized quasimonochromatic X-ray source based on inverse Compton scattering"Poster

  • 2019  Best Poster Award at the combined meeting of the 68th Denver X-ray Conference (DXC) & 25th International Congress on X-ray Optics and Microanalysis (ICXOM) in Lombard, IL, USA (2019) for the contribution "Full-Field Structured Illumination Super-Resolution X-ray Transmission Microscopy’’
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