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

  • 112
    Mohn, F.; Exner, M.; Szwargulski, P.; Möddel, M.; Knopp, T.; Graeser, M.
    Saline bolus for negative contrast perfusion imaging in magnetic particle imaging
    2023 Article Physics in Medicine and Biology
    Journal Physics in Medicine and Biology, 68 (17): 5026
    DOI:
    ISBN:
    0031-9155, 1361-6560
  • 111
    Mohn, F.; Szwargulski, P.; Kaul, M. G.; Graeser, M.; Mummert, T.; Krishnan, K. M.; Knopp, T.; Adam, G.; Salamon, J.; Riedel, C.
    Real-Time Multi-Contrast Magnetic Particle Imaging for the Detection of Gastrointestinal Bleeding
    2023 Article Scientific Reports
    Journal Scientific Reports, 13 (1): 22976
  • 110
    Thieben, F.; Knopp, T.; Boberg, M.; Foerger, F.; Graeser, M.; Möddel, M.
    On the Receive Path Calibration of Magnetic Particle Imaging Systems
    2023 Article IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
    Journal IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 72 : 1-15
  • 109
    Knopp, T.; Boberg, M.; Grosser, M.
    NFFT.jl: Generic and Fast Julia Implementation of the Nonequidistant Fast Fourier Transform
    2023 Article SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing
    Journal SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 45 (3): C179-C205
  • 108
    Scheffler, K.; Boberg, M.; Knopp, T.
    Extrapolation of System Matrices in Magnetic Particle Imaging
    2023 Article IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
    Journal IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 42 (4): 1121 - 1132
  • 107
    Slavu, L. M.; Antonelli, A.; Scarpa, E. S.; Abdalla, P.; Wilhelm, C.; Silvestri, N.; Pellegrino, T.; Scheffler, K.; Magnani, M.; Rinaldi, R.; Di Corato, R.
    Optimization of magnetic nanoparticles for engineering erythrocytes as theranostic agents
    2023 Article Biomaterials Science
    Journal Biomaterials Science
    Publisher The Royal Society of Chemistry
  • 106
    Ludewig, P.; Graeser, M.; Forkert, N. D.; Thieben, F.; Rández-Garbayo, J.; Rieckhoff, J.; Lessmann, K.; Foerger, F.; Szwargulski, P.; Magnus, T.; Knopp, T.
    Magnetic particle imaging for assessment of cerebral perfusion and ischemia
    2022 Article Wiley Interdiscip Rev Nanomed Nanobiotechnol
    Journal Wiley Interdiscip Rev Nanomed Nanobiotechnol
  • 105
    Mohn, F.; Knopp, T.; Boberg, M.; Thieben, F.; Szwargulski, P.; Graeser, M.
    System Matrix Based Reconstruction for Pulsed Sequences in Magnetic Particle Imaging
    2022 Article IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
    Journal IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 41 (7): 1862-1873
  • 104
    Albers, H.; Knopp, T.; Möddel, M.; Boberg, M.; Kluth, T.
    Modeling the magnetization dynamics for large ensembles of immobilized magnetic nanoparticles in multi-dimensional magnetic particle imaging
    2022 Article Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
    Journal Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 543 : 168534
  • 103
    Molwitz, I.; Campbell, G. M.; Yamamura, J.; Knopp, T.; Toedter, K.; Fischer, R.; Wang, Z. J.; Busch, A.; Ozga, A.-K.; Zhang, S.; Lindner, T.; Sevecke, F.; Grosser, M.; Adam, G.; Szwargulski, P.
    Fat Quantification in Dual-Layer Detector Spectral Computed Tomography: Experimental Development and First In-Patient Validation
    2022 Article Investigative Radiology
    Journal Investigative Radiology, 57 (7): 463-469
  • 102
    Moor, L.; Scheibler, S.; Gerken, L.; Scheffler, K.; Thieben, F.; Knopp, T.; Herrmann, I. K.; Starsich, F. H. L.
    Particle interactions and their effect on magnetic particle spectroscopy and imaging
    2022 Article Nanoscale
    Journal Nanoscale
  • 101
    Zdun, L.; Boberg, M.; Brandt, C.
    Joint multi-patch reconstruction: fast and improved results by stochastic optimization
    2022 Article International Journal on Magnetic Particle Imaging
    Journal International Journal on Magnetic Particle Imaging, 8 (2): 1-8
  • 100
    Ahlborg, M.; Friedrich, T.; Göttsche, T.; Scheitenberger, V.; Linemann, R.; Wattenberg, M.; Buessen, A. T.; Knopp, T.; Szwargulski, P.; Kaul, M. G.; Salamon, J.; Buzug, T. M.; Barkhausen, J.; Wegner, F.
    First Dedicated Balloon Catheter for Magnetic Particle Imaging
    2022 Article IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
    Journal IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
  • 99
    Lieb, F.; Knopp, T.
    A Wavelet Based Sparse Row-Action Method for Image Reconstruction in Magnetic Particle Imaging
    2021 Article Medical Physics
    Journal Medical Physics, 48 (7): 3893—3903
    Publisher Wiley Online Library
  • 98
    Knopp, T.; Grosser, M.
    MRIReco.jl: An MRI Reconstruction Framework written in Julia
    2021 Article Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
    Journal Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 86 (3): 1633-1646
  • 97
    Knopp, T.; Grosser, M.; Graeser, M.; Gerkmann, T.; Möddel, M.
    Efficient Joint Estimation of Tracer Distribution and Background Signals in Magnetic Particle Imaging using a Dictionary Approach
    2021 Article IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
    Journal IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 40 (12): 3568-3579
  • 96
    Baltruschat, I. M.; Steinmeister, L.; Nickisch, H.; Saalbach, A.; Grass, M.; Adam, G.; Ittrich, H.; Knopp, T.
    mart chest X-ray worklist prioritization using artificial intelligence: a clinical workflow simulation
    2021 Article European radiology
    Journal European radiology, 31 (6): 3837—3845
    Publisher Springer
  • 95
    Nawwas, L.; Brandt, C.; Szwargulski, P.; Knopp, T.; Möddel, M.
    Reduction of bias for sparsity promoting regularization in MPI
    2021 Article International Journal on Magnetic Particle Imaging
    Journal International Journal on Magnetic Particle Imaging, 7 (2): 1-13
  • 94
    Boberg, M.; Gdaniec, N.; Szwargulski, P.; Werner, F.; Möddel, M.; Knopp, T.
    Simultaneous imaging of widely differing particle concentrations in MPI: problem statement and algorithmic proposal for improvement
    2021 Article Physics in Medicine and Biology
    Journal Physics in Medicine and Biology, 66 (9): 095004
  • 93
    Grosser, M.; Knopp, T.
    Optimized sampling patterns for the sparse recovery of system matrices in Magnetic Particle Imaging
    2021 Article International Journal on Magnetic Particle Imaging
    Journal International Journal on Magnetic Particle Imaging, 7 (2): 1-15

Conference Proceedings

  • 227
    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
  • 226
    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
  • 225
    Matten, S.; Ahlborg, M.; Blum, N.; Schumacher, J.; Buzug, T. M.; Stille, M.; Graeser, M.
    Deep Learning Inpainting Approach for FFL-MPI sinograms
    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
    March 2024
  • 224
    Mohn, F.; Foerger, F.; Thieben, F.; Möddel, M.; Knopp, T.; Graeser, M.
    Trade-off between Power Consumption and Receive Signal Strength for Inductively Coupled Transmit-Receive Circuits in 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 1-4
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    March 2024
  • 223
    Mohn, F.; Szwargulski, P.; Kaul, M. G.; Graeser, M.; Mummert, T.; Krishnan, K. M.; Knopp, T.; Adam, G.; Salamon, J.; Riedel, C.
    In Vitro Detection of Gastrointestinal Bleeding Using Single- and Multi-Contrast 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 1-4
    Publisher [object Object]
    March 2024
  • 222
    Kluth, T.; Albers, H.; Maass, M.; Droigk, C.; Boberg, M.; Thieben, F.; Scheffler, K.; Knopp, T.
    Recent Progress in Model-Based Reconstruction using Approximate Particle Models and low Calibration Effort
    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
  • 221
    Thieben, F.; Albers, H.; Mohn, F.; Foerger, F.; Boberg, M.; Scheffler, K.; Möddel, M.; Kluth, T.; Knopp, T.
    Experimental Parameter Calibration of the Scanner Model for Model-Based 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 1-4
    March 2024
  • 220
    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
  • 219
    Scheffler, K.; Meyn, L.; Foerger, F.; Boberg, M.; Möddel, M.; Knopp, T.
    Ellipsoidal Harmonic Expansions for Efficient Approximation of Magnetic Fields in Medical Imaging
    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
  • 218
    Nawwas, L.; Möddel, M.; Knopp, T.
    Influence of the System Matrix on Channel Leakage Artifacts in Multi-Contrast 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 1-4
  • 217
    Nawwas, L.; Möddel, M.; Knopp, T.
    Multi-contrast MPI channel leakage reduction using a two-step measurement and reconstruction method
    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
  • 216
    Nawwas, L.; Möddel, M.; Knopp, T.
    Sparse Kaczmarz for Convergence Speed-up in Multi-Contrast Magnetic Particle Imaging
    2024 Contribution to Proceeding In "2024 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI)"
    Booktitle 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), Page 1-4
    Publisher IEEE
    May 2024
    DOI:
    ISBN:
    979-8-3503-1333-8
  • 215
    Grosser, M.; Möddel, M.; Knopp, T.
    Exploiting the Fourier Neural Operator for Parameter Identification in 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 1-4
  • 214
    Maass, M.; Droigk, C.; Albers, H.; Scheffler, K.; Mertins, A.; Kluth, T.; Knopp, T.
    Magnetic particle imaging with non-oriented immobilized particles
    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
  • 213
    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
  • 212
    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
  • 211
    Mohn, F.; Exner, M.; Szwargulski, P.; Möddel, M.; Knopp, T.; Graeser, M.
    Using Negative Bolus in Dynamic 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), Page 9.(1).
    March 2023
  • 210
    Niebel, F.; Schumacher, J.; Mohn, F.; Ahlborg, M.; Buzug, T. M.; Graeser, M.
    A Novel Approach to FFL Trajectory Analysis
    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
  • 209
    Thieben, F.; Mickoleit, F.; Tessaro, S.; Ludewig, P.; Schüler, D.; Garbayo, J. R.; Uebe, R.; Knopp, T.
    Development of Optimized Magnetic Particle Imaging Tracers Utilizing Genetically Engineered Magnetosomes
    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
  • 208
    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