Niklas Hackelberg, M.Sc.

Portrait of Niklas Hackelberg

Fraunhofer-Einrichtung für Individualisierte und Zellbasierte Medizintechnik IMTE
Mönkhofer Weg 239a
23562 Lübeck
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Technische Universität Hamburg (TUHH)
Institut für Biomedizinische Bildgebung
Gebäude E, Raum 4.044
Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 3
21073 Hamburg

E-Mail: niklas.hackelberg(at)imte.fraunhofer.de
E-Mail: niklas.hackelberg(at)tuhh.de
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0976-9049

Research Interests

  • Magnetic Particle Imaging
  • Image reconstruction in MPI, MRI and CT
  • Parallel computing in Julia

Curriculum Vitae

Niklas Hackelberg is a PhD student in the group of Tobias Knopp for Biomedical Imaging at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf and the Hamburg University of Technology. In addition, he works as a software engineer at the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Individualized and Cell-Based Medical Engineering IMTE in Lübeck. He studied Computer Science at the Technical University of Hamburg from 2014 to 2021, where he earned his Master's degree with a thesis on "Development of a Scalable and Real-Time Capable Data Acquisition System for Magnetic Particle Imaging."  

Journal Publications

  • 2
    Foerger, F.; Boberg, M.; Hackelberg, N.; Heinisch, P.; Ostaszewski, K.; Faltinath, J.; Suskin, P.; Thieben, F.; Mohn, F.; Jürß, P.; Möddel, M.; Knopp, T.
    3-D Magnetic Field Camera With Subsecond Temporal Resolution
    2026 Article IEEE Sensors Journal
    Journal IEEE Sensors Journal, 26 (1)
  • 1
    Thieben, F.; Foerger, F.; Mohn, F.; Hackelberg, N.; Boberg, M.; Scheel, J.-P.; Möddel, M.; Graeser, M.; Knopp, T.
    System Characterization of a Human-Sized 3D Real-Time Magnetic Particle Imaging Scanner for Cerebral Applications
    2024 Article Communications Engineering
    Journal Communications Engineering, 3 (1): 47

Conference Proceedings

  • 12
    Schumacher, J.; Tsanda, A.; Römer, P.; Hackelberg, N.; Knopp, T.
    A Model-Based Reconstruction Approach to Field-Free Line Magnetic Particle Imaging
    2026 Contribution to Proceeding In "2026 IEEE 23rd International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI)"
    Booktitle 2026 IEEE 23rd International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), Page 1-4
  • 11
    Hackelberg, N.; Ackers, J.; Mohn, F.; Graeser, M.; Knopp, T.
    Software Implementation of Greedy Optimized MPS Sequences
    2025 Contribution to Proceeding In "14th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2025)"
    Booktitle , 14th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2025)Volume11, Page 1-2
  • 10
    Hackelberg, N.; Boberg, M.; Knopp, T.
    GPU Accelerated Multi-Patch Reconstruction
    2025 Contribution to Proceeding In "14th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2025)"
    Booktitle , 14th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2025)Volume11, Page 1-2
  • 9
    Hackelberg, N.; Grosser, M.; Tsanda, A.; Mohn, F.; Scheffler, K.; Möddel, M.; Knopp, T.
    RegularizedLeastSquares.jl: Modality Agnostic Julia Package for Solving Regularized Least Squares Problems
    2024 Contribution to Proceeding In "13th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2024)"
    Booktitle , 13th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2024)Volume10, Page 1-4
  • 8
    Tsanda, A.; Jürß, P.; Hackelberg, N.; Grosser, M.; Möddel, M.; Knopp, T.
    Extension of the Kaczmarz algorithm with a deep plug-and-play regularizer
    2024 Contribution to Proceeding In "13th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2024)"
    Booktitle , 13th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2024)Volume10, Page 1-4
    March 2024
  • 7
    Foerger, F.; Hackelberg, N.; Boberg, M.; Möddel, M.; Thieben, F.; Mohn, F.; Knopp, T.
    Single-Shot Magnetic Field Measurements for MPI
    2024 Contribution to Proceeding In "13th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2024)"
    Booktitle , 13th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2024)Volume10, Page 1-1
  • 6
    Knopp, T.; Mohn, F.; Foerger, F.; Thieben, F.; Hackelberg, N.; Faltinath, J.; Tsanda, A.; Boberg, M.; Möddel, M.
    Empirical Study of Magnet Distance on Magneto-Mechanical Resonance Frequency
    2024 Contribution to Proceeding In "Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering"
    Booktitle , Current Directions in Biomedical EngineeringVolume10, Page 377-380
    December 2024
  • 5
    Hackelberg, N.; Schumacher, J.; Ackers, J.; Möddel, M.; Foerger, F.; Graeser, M.; Knopp, T.
    MPIMeasurements.jl: An Extensible Julia Framework for Composable Magnetic Particle Imaging Devices
    2023 Contribution to Proceeding In "12th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2023)"
    Booktitle , 12th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2023)Volume9, Page 1-4
  • 4
    Foerger, F.; Hackelberg, N.; Boberg, M.; Scheel, J.-P.; Thieben, F.; Mirzojan, L.; Mohn, F.; Möddel, M.; Graeser, M.; Knopp, T.
    Flexible Selection Field Generation using Iron Core Coil Arrays
    2023 Contribution to Proceeding In "12th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2023)"
    Booktitle , 12th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2023)Volume9, Page 1-4
    March 2023
  • 3
    Thieben, F.; Mohn, F.; Foerger, F.; Hackelberg, N.; Scheel, J.-P.; Graeser, M.; Knopp, T.
    Safe and Rapid 3D Imaging: Upgrade of a Human-Sized Brain MPI System
    2023 Contribution to Proceeding In "12th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2023)"
    Booktitle , 12th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2023)Volume9, Page 1-4
    March 2023
  • 2
    Ackers, J.; Mohn, F.; Hackelberg, N.; Knopp, T.; Buzug, T. M.; Graeser, M.
    Model-based voltage predictions for arbitrary waveform excitation in Magnetic Particle Imaging
    2023 Contribution to Proceeding In "12th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2023)"
    Booktitle 12th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2023), Page 9.(1).
    March 2023
  • 1
    Hackelberg, N.; Schumacher, J.; Graeser, M.; Knopp, T.
    A Flexible High-Performance Signal Generation and Digitization Plattform based on Low-Cost Hardware
    2022 Contribution to Proceeding In "11th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2022)"
    Booktitle , 11th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2022)Volume8, Page 1-4