Picture of Klaus Achterhold

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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    Hipp, A.; Willner, M.; Herzen, J.; Auweter, S.; Chabior, M.; Meiser, J.; Achterhold, K.; Mohr, J.; Pfeiffer, F.: Energy-resolved visibility analysis of grating interferometers operated at polychromatic X-ray sources. Opt. Express 22 (25), 2014, 30394 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
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    Fu, Jian; Willner, Marian; Chen, Liyuan; Tan, Renbo; Achterhold, Klaus; Bech, Martin; Herzen, Julia; Kunka, Danays; Mohr, Juergen; Pfeiffer, Franz: Helical differential X-ray phase-contrast computed tomography. Physica Medica 30, 2014, 374-379 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
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    Willner, M; Herzen, J; Grandl, S; Auweter, S; Mayr, D; Hipp, A; Chabior, M; Sarapata, A; Achterhold, K; Zanette, I; Weitkamp, T; Sztrókay, A; Hellerhoff, K; Reiser, M; Pfeiffer, F: Quantitative breast tissue characterization using grating-based x-ray phase-contrast imaging. Physics in Medicine and Biology 59 (7), 2014, 1557 more… BibTeX
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    Saam, Tobias; Herzen, Julia; Hetterich, Holger; Fill, Sandra; Willner, Marian; Stockmar, Marco; Achterhold, Klaus; Zanette, Irene; Weitkamp, Timm; Schüller, Ulrich; Auweter, Sigrid; Adam-Neumair, Silvia; Nikolaou, Konstantin; Reiser, Maximilian F.; Pfeiffer, Franz; Bamberg, Fabian: Translation of Atherosclerotic Plaque Phase-Contrast CT Imaging from Synchrotron Radiation to a Conventional Lab-Based X-Ray Source. PLoS ONE, 2013, e73513 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
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    Achterhold, K.; Bech, M.; Schleede, S.; Potdevin, G.; Ruth, R.; Loewen, R.; Pfeiffer, F.: Monochromatic computed tomography with a compact laser-driven X-ray source. Sci. Rep. 3, 2013, 1313 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
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    Schleede, S.; Meinel, F. G.; Bech, M.; Herzen, J.; Achterhold, K.; Potdevin, G.; Malecki, A.; Adam-Neumair, S.; Thieme, S. F.; Bamberg, F.; Nikolaou, K.; Bohla, A.; Yildirim, A. O.; Loewen, R.; Gifford, M.; Ruth, R.; Eickelberg, O.; Reiser, M.; Pfeiffer, F.: Emphysema diagnosis using X-ray dark-field imaging at a laser-driven compact synchrotron light source. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (44), 2012, 17880-17885 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
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    Schleede, Simone; Bech, Martin; Achterhold, Klaus; Potdevin, Guillaume; Gifford, Martin; Loewen, Rod; Limborg, Cecile; Ruth, Ronald; Pfeiffer, Franz: Multimodal hard X-ray imaging of a mammography phantom at a compact synchrotron light source. J Synchrotron Radiat 19, 2012, 525-529 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
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    Rackwitz, Sergej; Wolny, Juliusz A.; Muffler, Kai; Achterhold, Klaus; Rüffer, Rudolf; Garcia, Yann; Diller, Rolf; Schünemann, Volker: Vibrational properties of the polymeric spin crossover (SCO) Fe(ii) complexes [{Fe(4-amino-1,2,4-triazole)3}X2]n: a nuclear inelastic scattering (NIS), Raman and DFT study. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 14 (42), 2012, 14650 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
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    Bech, Martin; Schleede, Simone; Potdevin, Guillaume; Achterhold, Klaus; Bunk, Oliver; Jensen, Torben H.; Loewen, Rod; Ruth, Ron; Pfeiffer, Franz: Experimental validation of image contrast correlation between ultra-small-angle X-ray scattering and grating-based dark-field imaging using a laser-driven compact X-ray source. Photonics and Lasers in Medicine 1 (1), 2012, 47-50 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
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    Wolny, Juliusz A.; Rackwitz, Sergej; Achterhold, Klaus; Muffler, Kai; Schünemann, Volker: Nuclear inelastic scattering of 1D polymeric Fe(II) complexes of 1,2,4-aminotriazole in their high-spin and low-spin state. Hyperfine Interact 204 (1-3), 2011, 129-132 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