News Medical Imaging & Radiation Oncology

  • In the right half of this tissue section, engineered immune cells known as CAR T cells are attacking tumor tissue. A new method makes it possible to visualize them in the body using PET imaging, as shown here in the superimposed image. Image: Volker Morath / TUM

    New method for labeling T cells in immunotherapy

    Tracking immune cells inside the body

    13 June 2025 | In modern immunotherapy, modified immune cells are introduced into the body to attack tumors and other targets. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a method for tracking these cells in the body. This new approach could deepen our understanding of cellular therapies and help make future treatments safer.

  • With the dark-field X-ray method, Franz Pfeiffer, Professor of Biomedical Physics at TUM, has developed an innovative technology that can be used to visualize the microstructure of lung tissue, for example. The ERC-funded SmartX project aims to develop novel detectors for the method. Image: Astrid Eckert / TUM

    EU funds research into imaging technology and chips for quantum computers

    TUM researchers secure two ERC Synergy Grants

    05 November 2024 | Two projects by researchers at TUM have been awarded highly endowed ERC Synergy Grants from the European Research Council. These international projects focus on groundbreaking future technologies: developing ultra-detailed, low-radiation X-ray imaging and creating computer chips that integrate photonics and electronics.

  • Representatives from TUM and ITM visit the production laboratories. Image: ITM Isotope Technologies

    TUM, TUM University Hospital, and ITM Isotope Technologies Munich SE Sign Research Framework Agreement

    Uniting Forces for Precision Cancer Therapies

    24 October 2024 | In an effort to provide more targeted therapies for cancer patients, TUM, the TUM University Hospital, and ITM Isotope Technologies Munich SE have signed a research framework agreement. Through this partnership, the institutions aim to enhance their collaboration and involvement of the FRM II research reactor in the fields of nuclear medicine, radiopharmacy, and medical isotope technology.

  • Julia Herzen, Professor of Biomedical Imaging

    Advancing high-resolution X-ray technology

    ERC Consolidator Grant awarded to Prof. Julia Herzen

    23 November 2023 | Prof. Julia Herzen is awarded an ERC consolidator grant for her project DEPICT. She aims to develop a physical model to advance high-resolution X-ray imaging on the micrometer scale and thus be able to determine the composition, distribution, and the amount of individual substances in the samples at such high resolution.

     

  • Prof. Franz Schilling (left) and his team have discovered Z-OMPD as a new molecular sensor that enables MRI imaging of pH, blood flow and renal filtration.

    MRI of pH values, perfusion and renal filtration

    Making the acid - base ratio visible

    04 September 2023 | Researchers have discovered as a new molecular sensor for MRI imaging of pH values, renal perfusion and filtration.

  • Prof. Dr. Gil Gregor Westmeyer

    Electron microscopy: Nano-reporter proteins make invisible processes visible

    Genetically encoded nano-barcodes

    18 April 2023 | Electron microscopy: Nano-reporter proteins make invisible processes visible

  • Franz Pfeiffer, Professor of Biomedical Physics and Director of the Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering at TUM. Image: Andreas Heddergott / TUM

    Patient study demonstrates benefits of dark-field X-ray technology

    New X-ray technology can improve Covid-19 diagnosis

    6 December 2022 | Patient study demonstrates benefits of dark-field X-ray technology

  • How lymph nodes are supplied with blood

    01 December 2022 | Sophisticated X-ray experiment involving Prof. Julia Herzen and her research group disproves traditional textbook knowledge

  • Applied quantum mechanics in medicine

    Quantum technology for cancer imaging

    10 November 2022 | Applied quantum mechanics in medicine

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