Medical measurements have a long tradition at PTB, but they have an even greater future as the development towards quantitative and individualized medicine represents a great challenge for metrology. The measurements have to be accurate and reliable, and they have to create confidence. This is where PTB has its core competence. PTB ensures the traceability of many important measurement procedures required, for example, by the EU's In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Directive, but also by the German Medical Devices Act. With its measurement capabilities, PTB is the world leader in this field. According to the Measures and Verification Act, it is the only notified body in Germany to carry out type examinations of sound level meters. With its statutory mandate, PTB also plays an important role in dosimetry. Metrology is indispensable for one of the most important developments in medicine: the trend towards an increasing number of quantitative measurements. PTB is at the forefront of this research, for example, in the field of quantitative magnetic resonance imaging. Here, the aim is to make the measurements more and more reliable and comprehensible. In this extremely complex interdisciplinary field, intensive collaborations with suggestions and ideas coming from all participants are essential. Therefore, PTB wishes to further intensify its existing good contacts with physicians, hospitals and the medical technology industry. If you are interested, please do not hesitate to contact us!
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PTB’s Steering Group for Medicine
Since 2019, there have been five Steering Groups at PTB. These Steering Groups coordinate particularly important future-oriented topics and work on them across the boundaries of PTB’s divisions. The task of the Steering Group for Medicine (SG-M) is to develop PTB’s overall strategy in this field, to pursue the implementation of strategic aims and to allow synergy effects to evolve. This requires close coordination with PTB's divisions and intensive cooperation with external partners.
Coordinator
Dr. David Auerbach
Working Group 3.12
Optical Analysis
Phone: +49 531 592-3102 
david.auerbach(at)ptb.de
Members
Dr. Jörn Stenger (Chairperson) )
Member of the Presidential Board
Phone: +49 531 592-3000 joern.stenger(at)ptb.de
Dr. Christian Koch
Head of Department 1.6
Sound
Phone: +49 531 592-1600 christian.koch(at)ptb.de
Dr. Bernd Güttler
Head of Division 3
Chemical Physics and Explosion Protection
Phone: +49 531 592-3010bernd.guettler(at)ptb.de
Dr. Annette Röttger
Head of Division 6
Ionizing Radiation
Phone: +49 531 592-6010annette.roettger(at)ptb.de
Prof. Dr. Tobias Schäffter
Head of Division 8
Medical Physics and Metrological Information Technology tobias.schaeffter(at)ptb.de