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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

  • 466
    Pfeiffer, Franz; Willer, Konstantin; Viermetz, Manuel; Pfeiffer, Daniela: Dunkelfeldbildgebung und Computertomographie. Die Radiologie, 2023 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
  • 465
    Kattau, Margarete; Willer, Konstantin; Noichl, Wolfgang; Urban, Theresa; Frank, Manuela; De Marco, Fabio; Schick, Rafael; Koehler, Thomas; Maack, Hanns-Ingo; Renger, Bernhard; Renz, Martin; Sauter, Andreas; Leonhardt, Yannik; Fingerle, Alexander; Makowski, Marcus; Pfeiffer, Daniela; Pfeiffer, Franz: X-ray dark-field chest radiography: a reader study to evaluate the diagnostic quality of attenuation chest X-rays from a dual-contrast scanning prototype. European Radiology, 2023 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
  • 464
    Somerkivi, V; Sellerer, T; Pantsar, T; Lohman, H; Pfeiffer, F: Spectral photon counting for panoramic dental imaging. Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express 9 (3), 2023, 035017 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
  • 463
    Urban, Theresa; Sauter, Andreas P.; Frank, Manuela; Willer, Konstantin; Noichl, Wolfgang; Bast, Henriette; Schick, Rafael; Herzen, Julia; Koehler, Thomas; Gassert, Florian T.; Bodden, Jannis H.; Fingerle, Alexander A.; Gleich, Bernhard; Renger, Bernhard; Makowski, Marcus R.; Pfeiffer, Franz; Pfeiffer, Daniela: Dark-Field Chest Radiography Outperforms Conventional Chest Radiography for the Diagnosis and Staging of Pulmonary Emphysema. Investigative Radiology Publish Ahead of Print, 2023 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
  • 462
    Cheslerean-Boghiu, Theodor; Hofmann, Felix C.; Schulthei, Manuel; Pfeiffer, Franz; Pfeiffer, Daniela; Lasser, Tobias: WNet: A Data-Driven Dual-Domain Denoising Model for Sparse-View Computed Tomography With a Trainable Reconstruction Layer. IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging 9, 2023, 120-132 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
  • 461
    Noichl, Wolfgang; De Marco, Fabio; Willer, Konstantin; Urban, Theresa; Frank, Manuela; Schick, Rafael; Gleich, Bernhard; Hehn, Lorenz; Gustschin, Alex; Meyer, Pascal; Koehler, Thomas; Maack, Ingo; Engel, Klaus-Jürgen; Lundt, Bernd; Renger, Bernhard; Fingerle, Alexander; Pfeiffer, Daniela; Rummeny, Ernst; Herzen, Julia; Pfeiffer, Franz: Correction for mechanical inaccuracies in a scanning Talbot-Lau interferometer. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2023, 1-1 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
  • 460
    Hammel, Johannes; Birnbacher, Lorenz; Campbell, Graeme; Coulon, Philippe; Ushakov, Lev; Pfeiffer, Franz; Makowski, Marcus R.; Kirschke, Jan; Pfeiffer, Daniela: Comparison of volumetric and areal bone mineral density in CT and scout scans using spectral detector technology. European Radiology Experimental 7 (1), 2023 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
  • 459
    Birnbacher, Lorenz; Braunagel, Margarita; Willner, Marian; Marschner, Mathias; De Marco, Fabio; Viermetz, Manuel; Auweter, Sigrid; Notohamiprodjo, Susan; Hellbach, Katharina; Notohamiprodjo, Mike; Staehler, Michael; Pfeiffer, Daniela; Reiser, Maximilian F.; Pfeiffer, Franz; Herzen, Julia: Quantitative differentiation of minimal-fat angiomyolipomas from renal cell carcinomas using grating-based x-ray phase-contrast computed tomography: An ex vivo study. PLOS ONE 18 (4), 2023, e0279323 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
  • 458
    Gassert, Florian T.; Urban, Theresa; Kufner, Alexander; Frank, Manuela; Feuerriegel, Georg C.; Baum, Thomas; Makowski, Marcus R.; Braun, Christian; Pfeiffer, Daniela; Schwaiger, Benedikt J.; Pfeiffer, Franz; Gersing, Alexandra S.: Dark-field X-ray imaging for the assessment of osteoporosis in human lumbar spine specimens. Frontiers in Physiology 14, 2023 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
  • 457
    Großmann, Paula F.; Tonigold, Markus; Szesni, Normen; Fischer, Richard W.; Seidel, Alexander; Achterhold, Klaus; Pfeiffer, Franz; Rieger, Bernhard: Influence of internal and external surface area on impregnation and activity of 3D printed catalyst carriers. Catalysis Communications 175, 2023, 106610 more… BibTeX Full text ( 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. more… 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. more… 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. more… 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. more… 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. more… 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. more… 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. more… 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. more… 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. more… 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. more… 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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