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Dr. rer. nat. Klaus Achterhold

Technical University of Munich

Chair of Biomedical Physics (Prof. Pfeiffer)

Postal address

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

  • Simulation of grating based X-ray phase contrast imaging
  • X-ray tomography
  • Inelastic scattering of X-rays, neutrons and Mössbauer radiation
  • Mössbauer absorption
  • Protein structure determination

  • Complete field of Solid State Physics
  • Biophysics
  • Computational Physics
  • Mathematics (from the physicists point of view)

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    Gromann, Lukas B.; De Marco, Fabio; Willer, Konstantin; Noël, Peter B.; Scherer, Kai; Renger, Bernhard; Gleich, Bernhard; Achterhold, Klaus; Fingerle, Alexander A.; Muenzel, Daniela; Auweter, Sigrid; Hellbach, Katharina; Reiser, Maximilian; Baehr, Andrea; Dmochewitz, Michaela; Schroeter, Tobias J.; Koch, Frieder J.; Meyer, Pascal; Kunka, Danays; Mohr, Juergen; Yaroshenko, Andre; Maack, Hanns-Ingo; Pralow, Thomas; van der Heijden, Hendrik; Proksa, Roland; Koehler, Thomas; Wieberneit, Nataly; Rindt, Karsten; Rummeny, Ernst J.; Pfeiffer, Franz; Herzen, Julia: In-vivo X-ray Dark-Field Chest Radiography of a Pig. Scientific Reports 7 (1), 2017, 4807 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
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    Martins de Souza e Silva, Juliana; Utsch, Julian; Kimm, Melanie A.; Allner, Sebastian; Epple, Michael F.; Achterhold, Klaus; Pfeiffer, Franz: Dual-energy micro-CT for quantifying the time-course and staining characteristics of ex-vivo animal organs treated with iodine- and gadolinium-based contrast agents. Scientific Reports 7 (1), 2017 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
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    Müller, Mark; de Sena Oliveira, Ivo; Allner, Sebastian; Ferstl, Simone; Bidola, Pidassa; Mechlem, Korbinian; Fehringer, Andreas; Hehn, Lorenz; Dierolf, Martin; Achterhold, Klaus; Gleich, Bernhard; Hammel, Jörg U.; Jahn, Henry; Mayer, Georg; Pfeiffer, Franz: Myoanatomy of the velvet worm leg revealed by laboratory-based nanofocus X-ray source tomography. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (47), 2017, 12378-12383 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
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    BIDOLA, P.; MORGAN, K.; WILLNER, M.; FEHRINGER, A.; ALLNER, S.; PRADE, F.; PFEIFFER, F.; ACHTERHOLD, K.: Application of sensitive, high-resolution imaging at a commercial lab-based X-ray micro-CT system using propagation-based phase retrieval. Journal of Microscopy 266 (2), 2017, 211-220 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
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    Eggl, 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 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
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    Schock, J.; Liebl, S.; Achterhold, K.; Pfeiffer, F.: Obtaining the spacing factor of microporous concrete using high-resolution Dual Energy X-ray Micro CT. Cement and Concrete Research 89, 2016, 200-205 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
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    Eggl, E.; Schleede, S.; Bech, M.; Achterhold, K.; Grandl, S.; Sztrókay, A.; Hellerhoff, K.; Mayr, D.; Loewen, R.; Ruth, R. D.; Reiser, M. F.; Pfeiffer, F.: X-ray phase-contrast tomosynthesis of a human ex vivo breast slice with an inverse Compton x-ray source. EPL (Europhysics Letters) 116 (6), 2016, 68003 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
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    Bidola, Pidassa M.; Zanette, Irene; Achterhold, Klaus; Holzner, Christian; Pfeiffer, Franz: Optimization of propagation-based phase-contrast imaging at a laboratory setup. Opt. Express 23 (23), 2015, 30000 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
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    Bidola, Pidassa; Stockmar, Marco; Achterhold, Klaus; Pfeiffer, Franz; Pacheco, Mírian L.A.F.; Soriano, Carmen; Beckmann, Felix; Herzen, Julia: Absorption and Phase Contrast X-Ray Imaging in Paleontology Using Laboratory and Synchrotron Sources. Microscopy and Microanalysis 21 (05), 2015, 1288-1295 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
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    Eggl, Elena; Schleede, Simone; Bech, Martin; Achterhold, Klaus; Loewen, Roderick; Ruth, Ronald D.; Pfeiffer, Franz: X-ray phase-contrast tomography with a compact laser-driven synchrotron source. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (18), 2015, 5567-5572 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )

2007 - Lectureship in Biophysics
since 1995 Scientific researcher at the TUM, Physics Department
1995 Ph.D. in Physics
1993 - 1995 Ph.D. student at the "Technical University Munich", Physics Department
1991-1993 Pause of the Ph.D. for the advancement of a multi wire proportional detector, "Johannes Gutenberg Univerität Mainz", Institute of Biophysics
1989-1993 Ph.D. student at the "Johannes Gutenberg Univerität Mainz", Institute of Biophysics
1987-2007 Supervision of student exercise groups at the WWU Münster, Univ. Mainz and TUM
1987 Diploma thesis, WWU Münster, Institute of Physical Chemistry Ph.D. Student at the WWU Münster, Institute of Physical Chemistry
1981-1985 Student at the "Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster", Physics