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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Knopp

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
Sektion für Biomedizinische Bildgebung
Lottestraße 55
2ter Stock, Raum 209
22529 Hamburg
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Technische Universität Hamburg (TUHH)
Institut für Biomedizinische Bildgebung
Gebäude E, Raum 4.044
Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 3
21073 Hamburg

Tel.: 040 / 7410 56794
Fax: 040 / 7410 45811
E-Mail: t.knopp(at)uke.de
E-Mail: tobias.knopp(at)tuhh.de
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1589-8517

Roles

Head of the Institute for Biomedical Imaging
Editor-in-chief of the International Journal on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IJMPI)

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On appointment

Research Interests

Tomographic Imaging
Image Reconstruction
Signal- and Image Processing
Magnetic Particle Imaging

Curriculum Vitae

Tobias Knopp received his Diplom degree in computer science in 2007 and his PhD in 2010, both from the University of Lübeck with highest distinction. For his PHD on the tomographic imaging method Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) he was awarded with the Klee award from the DGBMT (VDE) in 2011. From 2010 until 2011 he led the MAPIT project at the University of Lübeck and published the first scientific book on MPI. In 2011 he joined Bruker Biospin to work on the first commercially available MPI system. From 2012 until 2014 he worked at Thorlabs in the field of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) as a software developer. In 2014 he has been appointed as Professor for experimental Biomedical Imaging at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf and the Hamburg University of Technology.

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Title: Power-Efficient Control of Non-LinearMagnetic Field Generators for MPI.

Written by: P. Suskin, F. Foerger, P. Jürß, M. Boberg, T. Knopp, and M. Möddel

in: <em>International Journal on Magnetic Particle Imaging</em>. (2025).

Volume: <strong>11</strong>. Number: (1 Suppl 1),

on pages: 1-2

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18416/IJMPI.2025.2503023

URL: https://www.journal.iwmpi.org/index.php/iwmpi/article/view/903

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Note: inproceedings, magneticfield, ml

Abstract: The scaling of electrical power constitutes a significant challenge when adapting Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) to a human scale. The use of coils incorporating soft-iron cores serves to reduce power usage, but also introduces spatial imperfections and non-linearities in the current-to-field relationship. This study proposes methodologies for the control of the magnetic field output of a system comprising 18 coils, subject to the influence of saturated iron. In particular, we integrate current sequence optimization with neural network-based predictions for field and gradient values, thereby enabling the precise and power-optimal generation of magnetic fields. The proposed framework for controlling non-linear magnetic field generators represents a significant advancement in MPI technology, paving the way for the development of human-scale, power-efficient medical imaging solutions.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Knopp

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