Head of Division
Prof Dr Tobias Schäffter studied electrical engineering and computer science at the Technische Universität (TU) Berlin until 1993. He obtained his PhD in 1996 on fast spectroscopic magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for the investigation of brain metabolism at the Department of Biology and Chemistry at the University of Bremen (Prof Leibfritz Lab). From 1996-2006, he worked as Principal Scientist at Philips Research in Hamburg on new MR measurement and reconstruction techniques and managed their clinical evaluation and product integration.
In 2006, he accepted an appointment as Professor in Imaging Sciences at King's College London. From 2012 to 2015 he was Department Head Biomedical Engineering and Deputy Head of the Division of Imaging Sciences. He taught on the BSc and MSc programmes in Biomedical Engineering and was Director of the EPSRC centre for doctoral training in Medical Imaging between King's College London and Imperial College London.
Since 2015, he has headed the Division 8 "Medical Physics and Metrological Information Technology" at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Berlin, where he is responsible for the development of new quantitative measurement techniques in medicine as well as data analysis and information technology. Since 2019, he has been Professor of Biomedical Imaging at the TU Berlin and the Einstein Centre Digital Future.
Prof. Schäffter is member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) and the National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech).
Research areas
- Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Imaging Sciences
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Quantitative MRI, Interventional MRI, Cardiac MRI
- Digital Health, Data Analysis, Machine Learning
- Reference methods, Reference data sets, Physical standards
Publications
Curriculum Vitae
Abt. 8, Abteilungsbericht aus dem Jahresbericht
Der Abteilungsbericht gibt einen Überblick über die wichtigsten Nachrichten und Ereignisse der Abteilung „Medizinphysik und metrologische Informationstechnik“ des letzten Jahres und ergänzt somit den Jahresbericht 2022 der PTB.
DepartmentsDepartments
Tasks
Improvement in accuracy and reliability of
- measuring methods and testing procedures in medicine for quality assurance in diagnostics and therapy
- information processing components of scientific, industrial, and consumer protection oriented metrology.
Medical physics: Development of new measuring techniques and testing procedures for medical diagnostics, in particular laser-assisted measuring techniques, NMR-tomography and -spectroscopy, magneto cardiography and -encephalography (PTB Biomagnetic Center in Berlin), development and calibration of testing devices and reference materials.
Metrological information technology: Quality assurance for the use of information-technological means in metrology, especially in data acquisition , storage and processing. The area of work covers hard- and software problems as well as mathematical problems, the focuses being methods of digitizing, interfaces, communication components, software quality assurance, databases, numerical modelling and mathematical algorithms of measurement data processing, including relevant testing methods and tools. Pattern evaluation of cash gaming machines and voting machines in accordance with legal regulations.
Colloquium
Colloquium of Division 8
„Medical Physics and Metrological IT“
Location:
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Institut Berlin,
Abbestraße 2-12
10587 Berlin (Charlottenburg)
Contact:
antje.mueller(at)ptb.de , Tel.: (0049 30) 3481 7668
The aim of the colloquium is the inderdisciplinary exchange between fundamental and application-oriented research in the fields of medical physics and metrological IT. The colloquium hopes to support a dialogue between researchers, clinicians and representatives of industry. To this end, experts from various disciplines are invited to relay new theoretical and experimental approaches, and to discuss mutual fields of research from differing viewpoints. The colloquium is open to all PTB employees and guests.
Programme 2024:
new date 30.01.2024 | Prof. Dr. Vince Madai, |
Programme 2023:
cancelled 26.10.2023 | Prof. Dr. Vince Madai, |
23.03.2023 | Dr. Stephen E. Robinson, |
Videos of past presentations:
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kozerke,
ETH Zürich, Dep. Informationstechnologie und Elektrotechnik:
"Image Reconstruction and Inference - About Inverse Problems and Crimes"
The video is only available PTB-internally. Please get in touch with Anett Pfeiffer.
Prof. Dr. Julia Schnabel, Technische Universität München (TUM), Fakultät für Informatik:
"AI-enabled cardiac MRI"
30.3.2022
Prof. Dr. Jochen Guck, Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichtes, Erlangen:
"Physical phenotyping at rates of 1,000 cells/sec"
09.12.2021
Prof. Dr. Skyler Degenkolb, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg:
"Quantum sensing for precision measurements: warm atoms and ultracold neutrons"
11.11.2021
Prof. Dr. & Dipl.-Ing. Sylvia Thun, Core Facility "Digital Medicine and Interoperability", Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) @ Charité:
"Enabling interoperability of information and processes across health domains"
18.10.2021
Prof. Oliver Wieben, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Depts. of Medical Physics & Radiology: "MRI Flow Imaging: Validation, Assessment of Complex Hemodynamics, and the Power of Functional Challenges"
23.08.2021
Dr. Jordi Alstruey, King's College London, Department of Biomedical Engineering: „Databases of in silico pulse waves for haemodynamic studies"
25.02.2021