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

  • 32
    Knopp, T.
    Launching the new Journal on Magnetic Particle Imaging
    2015 Article International Journal on Magnetic Particle Imaging
    Journal International Journal on Magnetic Particle Imaging, 1 (1): 1-4
  • 31
    Knopp, T.; Weber, A.
    Local System Matrix Compression for Efficient Reconstruction in Magnetic Particle Imaging
    2015 Article Advances in Mathematical Physics
    Journal Advances in Mathematical Physics, 2015 (Article ID 472818): 7pp
  • 30
    Knopp, T.; Them, K.; Kaul, M. G.; Gdaniec, N.
    Joint reconstruction of non-overlapping magnetic particle imaging focus-field data
    2015 Article Physics in Medicine and Biology
    Journal Physics in Medicine and Biology, 60 : L15
  • 29
    Kaul, M. G.; Weber, O. M.; Heinen, U.; Reitmeier, A.; Mummert, T.; Jung, C.; Raabe, N.; Knopp, T.; Ittrich, H.; Adam, G.
    Combined Preclinical Magnetic Particle Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Initial Results in Mice
    2015 Article RoFo : Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Roentgenstrahlen und der Nuklearmedizin
    Journal RoFo : Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Roentgenstrahlen und der Nuklearmedizin, 187 (5): 347-352
  • 28
    von Gladiss, A.; Ahlborg, M.; Knopp, T.; Buzug, T. M.
    Compressed sensing and sparse reconstruction in MPI
    2014 Article IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
    Journal IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 51 (2)
  • 27
    Kaethner, C.; Ahlborg, M.; Knopp, T.; Sattel, T. F.; Buzug, T. M.
    Efficient Gradient Field Generation Providing a Multi-Dimensional Arbitrary Shifted Field-Free Point for Magnetic Particle Imaging
    2014 Article Journal of Applied Physics
    Journal Journal of Applied Physics, 115 (5): 044910-1-044910-5
  • 26
    Hofmann, M.; Osterloh, A.; Gühne, O.
    Scaling of genuine multiparticle entanglement close to a quantum phase transition
    2014 Article Physical Review B
    Journal Physical Review B, 89 : 134101
    Publisher American Physical Society
  • 25
    Hofmann, M.; Moroder, T.; Gühne, O.
    Analytical characterization of the genuine multiparticle negativity
    2014 Article Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
    Journal Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 47 (15): 155301
  • 24
    Knopp, T.; Weber, A.
    Sparse Reconstruction of the Magnetic Particle Imaging System Matrix
    2013 Article IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
    Journal IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 32 (8): 1473—1480
  • 23
    Haegele, J.; Biederer, S.; Wojtczyk, H.; Graeser, M.; Knopp, T.; Buzug, T. M.; Barkhausen, J.; Vogt, F. M.
    Towards Cardiovascular Interventions Guided by Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI): First Instrument Characterization
    2013 Article Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
    Journal Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 69 (6): 1761—1767
  • 22
    Haegele, J.; Biederer, S.; Wojtczyk, H.; Graeser, M.; Knopp, T.; Buzug, T. M.; Barkhausen, J.; Vogt, F. M.
    Toward cardiovascular interventions guided by magnetic particle imaging: first instrument characterization
    2013 Article Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
    Journal Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 69 (6): 1761—1767
  • 21
    Moroder, T.; Bancal, J.-D.; Liang, Y.-C.; Hofmann, M.; Gühne, O.
    Device-Independent Entanglement Quantification and Related Applications
    2013 Article Physical Review Letters
    Journal Physical Review Letters, 111 : 030501
    Publisher American Physical Society
  • 20
    Graeser, M.; Knopp, T.; Gruettner, M.; Sattel, T. F.; Buzug, T. M.
    Analog Signal Processing for Magnetic Particle Imaging
    2013 Article Medical Physics
    Journal Medical Physics, 40 : 042303-1 - 042303-91
  • 19
    Graeser, M.; Knopp, T.; Gruettner, M.; Sattel, T. F.; Buzug, T. M.
    Analog receive signal processing for magnetic particle imaging
    2013 Article Medical Physics
    Journal Medical Physics, 40 (4): 042303
  • 18
    Gruettner, M.; Knopp, T.; Franke, J.; Heidenreich, M.; Rahmer, J.; Halkola, A.; Kaethner, C.; Borgert, J.; Buzug, T. M.
    On the Formulation of the Image Reconstruction Problem in Magnetic Particle Imaging
    2013 Article Biomedical Engineering
    Journal Biomedical Engineering, 58 (6): 583—91
  • 17
    Hofmann, M.; Rudolph, G.; Schmidt, M.
    On the reflection type decomposition of the adjoint reduced phase space of a compact semisimple Lie group
    2013 Article Journal of Mathematical Physics
    Journal Journal of Mathematical Physics, 54 (8)
  • 16
    Knopp, T.; Sattel, T. F.; Buzug, T. M.
    Efficient Magnetic Gradient Field Generation With Arbitrary Axial Displacement for Magnetic Particle Imaging
    2012 Article IEEE Magnetics Letters
    Journal IEEE Magnetics Letters, 3 : 6500104—6500104
  • 15
    Knopp, T.; Erbe, M.; Sattel, T. F.; Biederer, S.; Buzug, T. M.
    A Fourier slice theorem for magnetic particle imaging using a field-free line
    2011 Article Inverse Problems
    Journal Inverse Problems, 27 : 095004
  • 14
    Knopp, T.; Biederer, S.; Sattel, T. F.; Erbe, M.; Buzug, T. M.
    Prediction of the Spatial Resolution of Magnetic Particle Imaging Using the Modulation Transfer Function of the Imaging Process
    2011 Article IEEE Transactions on Medical Imagingng
    Journal IEEE Transactions on Medical Imagingng, 30 (6): 1284—1292
  • 13
    Erbe, M.; Knopp, T.; Sattel, T. F.; Biederer, S.; Buzug, T. M.
    Experimental generation of an arbitrarily rotated field-free line for the use in magnetic particle imaging
    2011 Article Medical Physics
    Journal Medical Physics, 38 (9): 5200—5207

Conference Proceedings

  • 147
    Werner, F.; Graeser, M.; Thieben, F.; Szwargulski, P.; Gdaniec, N.; Boberg, M.; Griese, F.; Möddel, M.; Ludewig, P.; Ven, D.; Weber, O. M.; Woywode, O.; Gleich, B.; Knopp, T.
    Stroke Detection using Magnetic Particle Imaging: A Phantom Study using a Human-sized Brain Phantom
    2019 Contribution to Proceeding In "9th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2019)"
    Booktitle 9th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2019), Page 141-142
  • 146
    Ittrich, H.; Baltruschat, I. M.; Steinmeister, L.; Grass, M.; Saalbach, A.; Knopp, T.; Adam, G.; Nickisch, H.
    Einfluss der Interrater Variabilität auf Deep Learning Algorithmen bei Röntgenthoraxuntersuchungen
    2019 Contribution to Proceeding In "Deutscher Röntgenkongress (RöKo 2019)"
    Booktitle Deutscher Röntgenkongress (RöKo 2019)
  • 145
    Baltruschat, I. M.; Steinmeister, L.; Ittrich, H.; Adam, G.; Nickisch, H.; Saalbach, A.; Berg, J.; Grass, M.; Knopp, T.
    When does Bone Suppression and Lung Field Segmentation Improve Chest X-Ray Disease Classification?
    2019 Contribution to Proceeding In "16th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2019)"
    Booktitle 16th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2019)
  • 144
    Baltruschat, I. M.; Steinmeister, L.; Ittrich, H.; Adam, G.; Nickisch, H.; Saalbach, A.; Berg, J.; Grass, M.; Knopp, T.
    Does Bone Suppression and Lung Detection Improve Chest Disease Classification?
    2019 Contribution to Proceeding In "Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2019"
    Booktitle Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2019
  • 143
    Baltruschat, I. M.; Griese, F.; Szwargulski, P.; Werner, R.; Knopp, T.
    Wrestling the Devil of Wasting Time: MPI System Matrix Recovery by Deep Learning
    2019 Contribution to Proceeding In "9th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2019)"
    Booktitle 9th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2019), Page 109-110
  • 142
    Baltruschat, I. M.; Steinmeister, L.; Ittrich, H.; Adam, G.; Saalbach, A.; Grass, M.; Nickisch, H.; Berg, J.; Knopp, T.
    Combining Effects of Advanced Image Processing for Automatic Disease Classification on Chest X-rays by Ensembling and Deep Learning
    2019 Contribution to Proceeding In "Radiological Society of North America (RSNA 2019)"
    Booktitle Radiological Society of North America (RSNA 2019)
  • 141
    Baltruschat, I. M.; Grass, M.; Saalbach, A.; Nickisch, H.; Berg, J.; Steinmeister, L.; Ittrich, H.; Knopp, T.; Adam, G.
    Neuronale Netze zur Pathologiedetektion bei Röntgenthoraxuntersuchungen: Verbesserung durch intelligente Vorverarbeitung
    2019 Contribution to Proceeding In "RöFo-Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren (RöFo 2019)"
    Booktitle RöFo-Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren (RöFo 2019)
  • 140
    Steinmeister, L.; Baltruschat, I. M.; Ittrich, H.; Nickisch, H.; Saalbach, A.; Knopp, T.; Adam, G.; Grass, M.
    Steigerung der Pathologie-Erkennungsraten von Neuronalen Netzwerken unter Ausnutzung der Interrater Variabilität bei Röntgenthoraxuntersuchungen
    2019 Contribution to Proceeding In "Deutscher Röntgenkongress (RöKo 2019)"
    Booktitle Deutscher Röntgenkongress (RöKo 2019)
  • 139
    Steinmeister, L.; Baltruschat, I. M.; Ittrich, H.; Adam, G.; Saalbach, A.; Grass, M.; Nickisch, H.; Berg, J.; Knopp, T.
    Leveraging Interobserver Variability for Sensitive Pathology Detection in Chest X-Rays
    2019 Contribution to Proceeding In "Radiological Society of North America (RSNA 2019)"
    Booktitle Radiological Society of North America (RSNA 2019)
  • 138
    Boberg, M.; Möddel, M.; Knopp, T.
    Magnetic field based system matrix corrections for multi-patch MPI reconstructions
    2019 Contribution to Proceeding In "9th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM 2019)"
    Booktitle 9th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM 2019), Page 333
  • 137
    Boberg, M.; Knopp, T.; Möddel, M.
    Magnetic Field Based Similarity Measure for System Matrices in Magnetic Particle Imaging
    2019 Contribution to Proceeding In "9th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2019)"
    Booktitle 9th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2019), Page 73-74
  • 136
    Exner, M.; Szwargulski, P.; Ludewig, P.; Knopp, T.; Graeser, M.
    Anatomical Rat Phantom for Medical Imaging
    2019 Contribution to Proceeding In "9th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2019)"
    Booktitle 9th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2019), Page 151-152
  • 135
    Kaul, M. G.; Salamon, J.; Jung, C.; Graeser, M.; Ittrich, H.; Adam, G.; Peldschus, K.
    Pulmonare Zirkulationszeitmessung und Lungenblutvolumenbestimmung in der Maus mittels Magnetic Particle Imaging und der Magnetresonanztomografie
    2019 Contribution to Proceeding In "RöFo-Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren"
    Booktitle , RöFo-Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden VerfahrenVolume191, Page WISS—304
  • 134
    Kaul, M. G.; Mummert, T.; Salamon, J.; Jung, C.; Graeser, M.; Knopp, T.; Adam, G.; Ittrich, H.
    Sub-second bolus injection for increasing local sensitivity during the first pass of magnetic particle imaging
    2019 Contribution to Proceeding In "9th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2019)"
    Booktitle 9th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2019), Page 101-102
  • 133
    Kaul, M. G.; Mummert, T.; Salamon, J.; Jung, C.; Graeser, M.; Knopp, T.; Adam, G.; Ittrich, H.
    Sub-second bolus injection for increasing local sensitivity during the first pass of magnetic particle imaging
    2019 Contribution to Proceeding In "9th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2019)"
    Booktitle 9th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2019), Page 101-102
  • 132
    Graeser, M.; Thieben, F.; Szwargulski, P.; Werner, F.; Gdaniec, N.; Boberg, M.; Griese, F.; Möddel, M.; Ludewig, P.; Ven, D.; Weber, O. M.; Woywode, O.; Gleich, B.; Knopp, T.
    First human-sized Magnetic Particle Imaging Device for Cerebral Applications
    2019 Contribution to Proceeding In "9th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2019)"
    Booktitle 9th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2019), Page 15-16
  • 131
    Graeser, M.; Szwargulski, P.; Gdaniec, N.; Werner, F.; Thieben, F.; Knopp, T.
    Phantom development for a magnetic particle imaging head scanner
    2019 Contribution to Proceeding In "Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine"
    Booktitle , Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets MedicineVolume1
  • 130
    Grass, M.; Baltruschat, I. M.; Saalbach, A.; Nickisch, H.; Berg, J.; Adam, G.; Steinmeister, L.; Ittrich, H.; Knopp, T.
    Effect of Advanced Image Pre-Processing for Multi-Label Chest X-Ray Classification
    2019 Contribution to Proceeding In "European Congress of Radiology (ECR 2019)"
    Booktitle European Congress of Radiology (ECR 2019)
  • 129
    Grosser, M.; Knopp, T.
    Low Rank Approach to Sparse System Matrix Recovery for MPI
    2019 Contribution to Proceeding In "9th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2019)"
    Booktitle 9th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2019), Page 31-32
  • 128
    Möddel, M.; Schmiester, L.; Erb, W.; Hauswald, T.; Knopp, T.
    Direct Reconstruction of Lissajous MPI Data using Chebyshev Compressed System Matrices
    2018 Contribution to Proceeding In "8th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2018)"
    Booktitle 8th International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI 2018)