News Medical Imaging & Radiation Oncology

  • Prof. Dr. Franz Pfeiffer (back, left), Professor for Biomedical Physics, and his team have developed a prototype of a clinical CT scanner which combines dark-field and conventional X-ray technology (back right: Dr. Thomas Koehler, front left: Clemens Schmid, front right: Manuel Viermetz).

    Prototype of a clinical CT device combines dark-field and conventional X-ray technology

    New technology for clinical CT scans

    08 February 2022 | Prototype of a clinical CT device combines dark-field and conventional X-ray technology.

  • Professor Franz Pfeiffer (left) with two employees at the computer tomograph in the Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering. Image: bavariaone

    TV report about TUM's corona research

    03 January 2022 | On December 27 and 28, Sat.1 Bayern reported about selected research projects, including a new X-ray technology.

  • Prof. Franz Pfeiffer and his team have tested the dark-field X-ray technique in a clinical study. Image: A. Heddergott / TUM

    Dark-field X-ray technology improves diagnosis of pulmonary ailments

    New X-ray technology first used with patients

    26 October 2021 | Dark-field X-rays visualize early changes in the alveolar structure caused by the lung disease COPD and require only one fiftieth of the radiation dose typically applied in X-ray computed tomography. 

  • Franz Pfeiffer during his talk (Image: Direct Conversion https://directconversion.com/2021/05/23/highlights-york-haemisch-from-the-covid-19-inflammation-and-molecular-imaging-workshop)

    Highlights on Covid-19 Diagnostics

    18 June 2021 | MSB-Director Franz Pfeiffer’s talk on Covid-19 diagnostics at a workshop organized by Direct Conversion

  • Distribution of a drug in the lung of a mouse at two different times after instillation.

    X-rays and fluorescence imaging of the lungs of a mouse enable tracking of drug delivery

    Precise monitoring of the lung

    14 Jan 2020 | A combination of imaging techniques allows real-time monitoring of the delivery of inhaled drugs within the lungs of mice and their absorption in the lung tissue.

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