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

  • 92
    Möddel, M.; Griese, F.; Kluth, T.; Knopp, T.
    Estimating the Spatial Orientation of Immobilized Magnetic Nanoparticles with Parallel-Aligned Easy Axes
    2021 Article Physical Review Applied
    Journal Physical Review Applied, 16 : L041003
    Publisher American Physical Society
  • 91
    Gdaniec, N.; Boberg, M.; Möddel, M.; Szwargulski, P.; Knopp, T.
    Suppression of Motion Artifacts Caused by Temporally Recurring Tracer Distributions in Multi-Patch Magnetic Particle Imaging
    2020 Article IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
    Journal IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 39 (11): 3548-3558
  • 90
    Antonelli, A.; Szwargulski, P.; Scarpa, E. S.; Thieben, F.; Gruettner, C.; Ambrosi, G.; Guidi, L.; Ludewig, P.; Knopp, T.; Magnani, M.
    Development of long circulating magnetic particle imaging tracers: use of novel magnetic nanoparticles and entrapment into human erythrocytesDevelopment of long circulating magnetic particle imaging tracers: use of novel magnetic nanoparticles and entrapm
    2020 Article Nanomedicine
    Journal Nanomedicine, 15 (8): 739-753
    Publisher Future Medicine Ltd
  • 89
    Szwargulski, P.; Wilmes, M.; Javidi, E.; Thieben, F.; Graeser, M.; Koch, M.; Gruettner, C.; Adam, G.; Gerhard, C.; Magnus, T.; Knopp, T.; Ludewig, P.
    Monitoring Intracranial Cerebral Hemorrhage Using Multicontrast Real-Time Magnetic Particle Imaging
    2020 Article ACS Nano
    Journal ACS Nano, 14 (10): 13913-13923
    Publisher Future Medicine Ltd
  • 88
    Weller, D.; Salamon, J.; Frölich, A.; Möddel, M.; Knopp, T.; Werner, R.
    Combining Direct 3D Volume Rendering and Magnetic Particle Imaging to Advance Radiation-Free Real-Time 3D Guidance of Vascular Interventions
    2020 Article Cardiovascular and interventional radiology
    Journal Cardiovascular and interventional radiology, 43 (2): 322-330
    Publisher Springer US
  • 87
    Griese, F.; Latus, S.; Schlüter, M.; Graeser, M.; Lutz, M.; Schlaefer, A.; Knopp, T.
    In-Vitro MPI-guided IVOCT catheter tracking in real time for motion artifact compensation
    2020 Article Plos one
    Journal Plos one, 20 (3): e0230821
    Publisher Public Library of Science
  • 86
    Griese, F.; Knopp, T.; Gruettner, C.; Thieben, F.; Müller, K.; Loges, S.; Ludewig, P.; Gdaniec, N.
    Simultaneous Magnetic Particle Imaging and Navigation of large superparamagnetic nanoparticles in bifurcation flow experiments
    2020 Article Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
    Journal Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 498 : 166206
  • 85
    Knopp, T.; Szwargulski, P.; Griese, F.; Graeser, M.
    OpenMPIData: An initiative for freely accessible magnetic particle imaging data
    2020 Article Data in Brief
    Journal Data in Brief, 28 : 104971
  • 84
    Salamon, J.; Dieckhoff, J.; Kaul, M. G.; Jung, C.; Adam, G.; Möddel, M.; Knopp, T.; Draack, S.; Ludwig, F.; Ittrich, H.
    Visualization of spatial and temporal temperature distributions with magnetic particle imaging for liver tumor ablation therapy
    2020 Article Scientific Reports
    Journal Scientific Reports, 10 (7480): 1-11
  • 83
    Boberg, M.; Knopp, T.; Szwargulski, P.; Möddel, M.
    Generalized MPI Multi-Patch Reconstruction using Clusters of similar System Matrices
    2020 Article IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
    Journal IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 39 (5): 1347-1358
  • 82
    Graeser, M.; Ludewig, P.; Szwargulski, P.; Foerger, F.; Liebing, T.; Forkert, N. D.; Thieben, F.; Magnus, T.; Knopp, T.
    Design of a head coil for high resolution mouse brain perfusion imaging using magnetic particle imaging
    2020 Article Physics in Medicine and Biology
    Journal Physics in Medicine and Biology, 65 (23): 235007
    Publisher IOP Publishing
  • 81
    Gessert, N.; Sentker, T.; Madesta, F.; Schmitz, R.; Kniep, H.; Baltruschat, I. M.; Werner, R.; Schlaefer, A.
    Skin Lesion Classification Using CNNs with Patch-Based Attention and Diagnosis-Guided Loss Weighting
    2019 Article IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
    Journal IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
  • 80
    Szwargulski, P.; Möddel, M.; Gdaniec, N.; Knopp, T.
    Efficient Joint Image Reconstruction of Multi-Patch Data reusing a Single System Matrix in Magnetic Particle Imaging
    2019 Article IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
    Journal IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 38 (4): 932-944
  • 79
    Shasha, C.; Teeman, E.; Krishnan, K. M.; Szwargulski, P.; Knopp, T.; Möddel, M.
    Discriminating nanoparticle core size using multi-contrast MPI
    2019 Article Physics in Medicine and Biology
    Journal Physics in Medicine and Biology
  • 78
    Weller, D.; Salamon, J.; Frölich, A.; Möddel, M.; Knopp, T.; Werner, R.
    Combining Direct 3D Volume Rendering and Magnetic Particle Imaging to Advance Radiation-Free Real-Time 3D Guidance of Vascular Interventions
    2019 Article CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
    Journal CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
  • 77
    Latus, S.; Griese, F.; Schlüter, M.; Otte, C.; Möddel, M.; Graeser, M.; Saathoff, T.; Knopp, T.; Schlaefer, A.
    Bimodal intravascular volumetric imaging combining OCT and MPI
    2019 Article Medical Physics
    Journal Medical Physics, 46 (3): 1371-1383
  • 76
    Kluth, T.; Szwargulski, P.; Knopp, T.
    Towards accurate modeling of the multidimensional magnetic particle imaging physics
    2019 Article New Journal of Physics
    Journal New Journal of Physics, 21 (10): 103032
    Publisher IOP Publishing
  • 75
    Knopp, T.; Möddel, M.; Griese, F.; Werner, F.; Szwargulski, P.; Gdaniec, N.; Boberg, M.
    MPIFiles.jl: A Julia Package for Magnetic Particle Imaging Files
    2019 Article Journal of Open Source Software
    Journal Journal of Open Source Software, 4 (38): 1331
  • 74
    Baltruschat, I. M.; Nickisch, H.; Grass, M.; Knopp, T.; Saalbach, A.
    Comparison of Deep Learning Approaches for Multi-Label Chest X-Ray Classification
    2019 Article Scientific reports
    Journal Scientific reports, 9 (1): 6381
    Publisher Nature Publishing Group
  • 73
    Knopp, T.; Gdaniec, N.; Rehr, R.; Graeser, M.; Gerkmann, T.
    Correction of linear system drifts in magnetic particle imaging
    2019 Article Physics in Medicine and Biology
    Journal Physics in Medicine and Biology, 64 (12): 125013 (11pp)

Conference Proceedings

  • 207
    Thieben, F.; Knopp, T.; Boberg, M.; Foerger, F.; Graeser, M.; Möddel, M.
    The pitfalls of receive path calibration
    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
    March 2023
  • 206
    Knopp, T.; Albers, H.; Grosser, M.; Möddel, M.; Kluth, T.
    Exploiting the Fourier Neural Operator for faster magnetization model evaluations based on the Fokker-Planck equation
    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
  • 205
    Albers, H.; Thieben, F.; Boberg, M.; Scheffler, K.; Knopp, T.; Kluth, T.
    Model-based Calibration and Image Reconstruction with Immobilized Nanoparticles
    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 1-5
  • 204
    Knopp, T.; Jürß, P.; Grosser, M.
    A Deep Learning Approach for Automatic Image Reconstruction in MPI
    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
  • 203
    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
  • 202
    Scheffler, K.; Thieben, F.; Mohn, F.; Graeser, M.; Knopp, T.
    MPI Signal Performance of Resotran
    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 1-1
  • 201
    Scheffler, K.; Boberg, M.; Knopp, T.
    Hands-free Reconstruction for MPI
    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
  • 200
    Scheffler, K.; Grosser, M.; Boberg, M.; Knopp, T.
    Sparsifying system matrices by combined usage of compressed sensing and extrapolation
    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 1-1
  • 199
    Boberg, M.; Hunecke, J.; Thieben, F.; Graeser, M.; Knopp, T.
    MPI Transfer-Function Estimation with Receive-Coil Coupling
    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
  • 198
    Boberg, M.; Knopp, T.; Möddel, M.
    Reducing displacement artifacts in multi-patch magnetic particle imaging
    2023 Contribution to Proceeding In "10th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM 2023)"
    Booktitle 10th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM 2023), Page 05026
  • 197
    Möddel, M.; Schlömerkemper, A.; Knopp, T.; Kluth, T.
    Limitations of current MPI models in the context of fluid dynamics
    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
  • 196
    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
  • 195
    Szwargulski, P.; Knopp, T.; Boberg, M.; Salamon, J.; Scheitenberger, V.; Göttsche, T.; Linemann, R.; Wegner, F.; Friedrich, T.; Barkhausen, J.; Buzug, T. M.; Ahlborg, M.
    First Complex Trials Using a Dedicated Balloon Catheter for Magnetic Particle Imaging
    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
  • 194
    Foerger, F.; Scheel, J.-P.; Thieben, F.; Mohn, F.; Knopp, T.; Graeser, M.
    Multi-Channel Current Control System for Coupled Multi-Coil Arrays
    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 1-3
  • 193
    Foerger, F.; Boberg, M.; Möddel, M.; Scheel, J.-P.; Graeser, M.; Knopp, T.
    Low-Power Iron Selection and Focus Field Generator
    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
  • 192
    Mohn, F.; Knopp, T.; Graeser, M.
    Role of Phase Encoding in Pulsed Magnetic Particle Imaging
    2022 Contribution to Proceeding In "11th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2022)"
    Booktitle 11th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2022), Page 8.(1)
  • 191
    Thieben, F.; Foerger, F.; Mohn, F.; Sevecke, F.; Knopp, T.; Graeser, M.
    Heat it up: Thermal stabilization by active heating to reduce impedance drifts in capacitive matched networks
    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 1-3
  • 190
    Thieben, F.; Foerger, F.; Boberg, M.; Liebing, T.; Graeser, M.; Möddel, M.; Knopp, T.
    Algorithmic Channel Decoupling for Misaligned Receive Coils in Magnetic Particle Imaging
    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
  • 189
    Thieben, F.; Boberg, M.; Graeser, M.; Knopp, T.
    Efficient 3D Drive-Field Characterization for Magnetic Particle Imaging Systems
    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
  • 188
    Knopp, T.; Grosser, M.
    Warmstart Approach for Accelerating Deep Image Prior Reconstruction in Dynamic Tomography
    2022 Contribution to Proceeding In "5th International Conference on Medical Imaging with Deep Learning (MIDL 2022)"
    Booktitle , 5th International Conference on Medical Imaging with Deep Learning (MIDL 2022)Volume172, Page 713—725