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Technical University of Munich

Welcome to the Chair of Biomedical Physics

Our mission

  • Research aiming at the development and translation of modern X-ray physics concepts to biomedical sciences and clinical applications
  • Education for Bachelor, Master, Diploma, and PhD students interested in biomedical imaging and X-ray physics
  • Technology transfer of our scientific results, skills, and knowledge to foster the development of new products, applications, or clinical procedures

Most recent publications:

  • Urban, Theresa; Gassert, Florian T.; Frank, Manuela; Schick, Rafael; Bast, Henriette; Bodden, Jannis; Marka, Alexander W.; Steinhelfer, Lisa; Steinhardt, Manuel; Sauter, Andreas; Fingerle, Alexander; Zimmermann, Gregor S.; Koehler, Thomas; Makowski, Marcus R.; Pfeiffer, Daniela; Pfeiffer, Franz: Dark-field chest radiography signal characteristics in inspiration and expiration in healthy and emphysematous subjects. European Radiology Experimental 9 (1), 2025 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
  • Somerkivi, Villeseveri; Sellerer, Thorsten; Berthe, Daniel; Haemisch, York; Pantsar, Tuomas; Lohman, Henrik; Kaasalainen, Touko; Pfeiffer, Franz: Mandible bone mineral density estimation using spectral panoramic X-ray imaging. Imaging Science in Dentistry 55, 2025 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
  • Forster, 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 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
  • Dorosti, Tina; Schultheiss, Manuel; Hofmann, Felix; Thalhammer, Johannes; Kirchner, Luisa; Urban, Theresa; Pfeiffer, Franz; Schaff, Florian; Lasser, Tobias; Pfeiffer, Daniela: Optimizing convolutional neural networks for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease detection in clinical computed tomography imaging. Computers in Biology and Medicine 185, 2025, 109533 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
  • Savatović, Sara; Laundon, Davis; De Marco, Fabio; Riedel, Mirko; Hammel, Jörg U.; Busse, Madleen; Salomé, Murielle; Pascolo, Lorella; Zanette, Irene; Lewis, Rohan M.; Herzen, Julia; Thibault, Pierre: High-resolution X-ray phase-contrast tomography of human placenta with different wavefront markers. Scientific Reports 15 (1), 2025 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
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