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Technische Universität München
Technische Universität München

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Prof. Dr. Franz Pfeiffer

Technical University of Munich

Chair of Biomedical Physics (Prof. Pfeiffer)

Postal address

Postal:
James-Franck-Str. 1
85748 Garching b. München

  • Phone: +49 (89) 289 - 10827, 12551
  • Room: 5101.EG.093
  • franz.pfeiffer(at)tum.de

  • X-ray Physics and Applications
  • Biomedical Imaging/ Computed Tomography
  • X-Ray and Neutron Optics
  • Synchrotron Instrumentation
  • Microscopy

  • 391
    Sellerer, Thorsten; Mechlem, Korbinian; Tang, Ruizhi; Taphorn, Kirsten; Pfeiffer, Franz; Herzen, Julia: Dual-energy X-ray dark-field material decomposition. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2020, 1-1 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 390
    Kulpe, 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 )
  • 389
    Gustschin, Alex; Neuwirth, Tobias; Backs, Alexander; Viermetz, Manuel; Gustschin, Nikolai; Schulz, Michael; Pfeiffer, Franz: Comparison of Thermal Neutron and Hard X-ray Dark-Field Tomography. Journal of Imaging 7 (1), 2020, 1 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 388
    Marschke, Sandra; Wunderlich, Linus; Ring, Wolfgang; Achterhold, Klaus; Pfeiffer, Franz: An approach to construct a three-dimensional isogeometric model from μ-CT scan data with an application to the bridge of a violin. Computer Aided Geometric Design 78, 2020, 101815 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 387
    Neuwirth, Tobias; Backs, Alexander; Gustschin, Alex; Vogt, Simon; Pfeiffer, Franz; Böni, Peter; Schulz, Michael: A high visibility Talbot-Lau neutron grating interferometer to investigate stress-induced magnetic degradation in electrical steel. Scientific Reports 10 (1), 2020 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 386
    Mechlem, Korbinian; Sellerer, Thorsten; Viermetz, Manuel; Herzen, Julia; Pfeiffer, Franz: A theoretical framework for comparing noise characteristics of spectral, differential phase-contrast and spectral differential phase-contrast X-ray imaging. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2020 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 385
    Kimm, Melanie A; Willner, Marian; Drecoll, Enken; Herzen, Julia; Noël, Peter B; Rummeny, Ernst J; Pfeiffer, Franz; Fingerle, Alexander A: Grating-based phase-contrast CT (PCCT): histopathological correlation of human liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma specimen. Journal of Clinical Pathology, 2020, jclinpath-2019-206380 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 384
    Yang, 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 )
  • 383
    Günther, 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 )
  • 382
    Bidola, Pidassa; Martins de Souza e Silva, Juliana; Achterhold, Klaus; Munkhbaatar, Enkhtsetseg; Jost, Philipp J.; Meinhardt, Anna-Lena; Taphorn, Kirsten; Zdora, Marie-Christine; Pfeiffer, Franz; Herzen, Julia: A step towards valid detection and quantification of lung cancer volume in experimental mice with contrast agent-based X-ray microtomography. Scientific Reports 9 (1), 2019, 1325 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )

  • 10
    Baumann, J; David, C; Engelhardt, M; Freudenberger, J; Hempel, E; Hoheisel, M; Honal, M; Mertelmeier, T; Pfeiffer, F; Popescu, S; Schuster, M: Measurement system for noninvasive determination of properties of object, has phase contrast medium that comprises base liquid and multiple particles so that refractive index of base liquid differs with refractive index of particles. mehr… BibTeX
  • 9
    Baumann, J; David, C; Engelhardt, M; Freudenberger, J; Hempel, E; Hoheisel, M; Mertelmeier, T; Pfeiffer, F; Popescu, S; Schuster, M; Darfitt, C; Engelhart, M; Freundenberger, J: Focus-detector arrangement for X-ray apparatus for generating projective and tomographic phase contrast recordings of observed region, comprises phase grating, and analysis-detector system. mehr… BibTeX
  • 8
    Baumann, J; David, C; Engelhardt, M; Freudenberger, J; Hempel, E; Hoheisel, M; Mertelmeier, T; Pfeiffer, F; Popescu, S; Schuster, M; Darfitt, C; Engelhart, M; Freundenberger, J: X-ray optical transmission grating of X-ray apparatus for generating projective and/or tomographic phase contrast recordings of subject, has at least two sub-gratings arranged in direct succession in beam direction. mehr… BibTeX
  • 7
    Baumann, J; David, C; Engelhardt, M; Freudenberger, J; Hempel, E; Hoheisel, M; Mertelmeier, T; Pfeiffer, F; Popescu, S; Schuster, M; Darfitt, C; Engelhart, M; Freundenberger, J: Focus-detector arrangement of X-ray apparatus for generating projective and tomographic phase contrast recording of subject, includes phase grating comprising filler material. mehr… BibTeX
  • 6
    Baumann, J; David, C; Engelhardt, M; Freudenberger, J; Hempel, E; Hoheisel, M; Mertelmeier, T; Pfeiffer, F; Popescu, S; Schuster, M; Darfitt, C; Engelhart, M; Freundenberger, J: Focus-detector arrangement of X-ray apparatus for generating projective and tomographic phase contrast recording of subject, includes X-ray optical grating comprising bars which are free from overhangs forming shadows in beam path of rays. mehr… BibTeX
  • 5
    Baumann, J; Schuster, M; Freudenberger, J; Hempel, E; Hoheisel, M; Mertelmeier, T; Popescu, S; Engelhardt, M; David, C; Pfeiffer, F; Schardt, P; Schillinger, B; Heismann, B; Engelhart, M; Freundenberger, J: Focus-detector system on X-ray equipment for generating projective or tomographic X-ray phase-contrast exposures of an object under examination uses an anode with areas arranged in strips. mehr… BibTeX
  • 4
    David, C; Donath, T; Hempel, E; Hoheisel, M; Matthis, B; Pfeiffer, F; Popescu, S: Method for manufacturing X-ray-optical lattice for X-ray dark field image and for X-ray phase contrast image, involves applying X-ray-sensitive layer with electrical conducting cover layer on base plate. mehr… BibTeX
  • 3
    David, C; Donath, T; Hempel, E; Hoheisel, M; Pfeiffer, F; Popescu, S: Arrangement for one of projective and tomographic phase-contrast imaging in differential phase-contrast computed tomography, scans examination object with different spatial orientations of grid lines of one-dimensional phase grid. mehr… BibTeX
  • 2
    David, C; Donath, T; Hempel, E; Hoheisel, M; Pfeiffer, F; Popescu, S: X-ray computed tomography system for generating tomographic phase contrast and dark field exposure for patient, has grid structure, where distance between grid structure and phase grid is adjusted depending on fan angle. mehr… BibTeX
  • 1
    David, C; Pfeiffer, F: X-ray interferometer for obtaining x-ray images from object, has evaluating unit evaluating intensities for each pixel in images to identify characteristic of object for each individual pixel as absorption dominated pixel. mehr… BibTeX

2017 Alfred-Breit-Prize (German Röntgen Society)
2016 ERC Advanced Grant
2011 Leibniz-Prize of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
2010 Röntgen-Prize of the University of Giessen
2009 IDEAS - Starting Grant Award of the European Research Council
2009 National Latsis Research Prize of Switzerland
2003 Dr. Eduard-Martin-Award (Ph.D.) of the University of Saarbrücken

2017 Director of the Munich School of BioEngineering, Technical University of Munich (Germany)
2015 Co-Director of the Center of Advanced Laser Application, Munich (Germany)
2013 Faculty Member in Medicine, Technical University of Munich (Germany)
2009 Full Professor of Physics, Chair for Biomedical Physics, Technical University of Munich (Germany)
2008 Associate Professor of Physics (tenured), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)
2007 Assistant Professor of Physics (tenure-track), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)
2005 – 2007 Group leader at the Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute (Villigen, Switzerland)
2003 – 2005 Staff scientist at the Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute (Villigen, Switzerland)
2003 Visiting scientist at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (USA)
2000 – 2002 PhD thesis at the Center of Nanoscience (Munich, Germany), the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (Grenoble, France), and the University of Saarbrücken (Germany)
1993 – 1999 Student at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (Germany)
1972 Born in Kösching (Germany)
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