Experimental Radiology
At Experimental Radiology we are developing novel MRI technologies for various diagnostic and therapeutic applications in radiology, cardiology, radiation therapy, and other clinical fields.
For MRI-guided interventions rapid image acquisition methods are investigated to perform real-time imaging during the intervention. Dedicated devices such as catheters, needles and robotic assistance systems are studied so that minimally invasive interventional procedures can be performed safely and efficiently in the limited space of an MRI magnet.
In functional high-field MRI we develop dedicated radio-frequency (RF) coils for non-proton MRI (i.e., MRI with nuclei such as 19F, 13C, or 17O) in our own RF laboratory. With these coils in combination with optimized image acquisition methods tissue inflammation and oxygenation as well as tumor metabolism can be investigated, but the methods are also used to study myelin content in the brain.
Finally, advanced imaging concepts are explored such as a purely optical RF coil design (“light coils”), ultra-fast MRI of the larynx to investigate the vocal fold dynamics during singing, or the application of artificial intelligence in oncologic MRI.
2024
Samantha Hickey: Awarded the Poster Award (1st place) of the Interventional MRI Study Group at the ISMRM for her work on MR-Guided Percutaneous Interventions: Needle Insertion with a Compact Assistance System and T2-weighted Imaging in 2 Orthogonal Slices, May 2024.
2021
Ali C. Özen, Thomas Lottner, Johannes Fischer & Michael Bock: Engineering Challenge Award 2021 (1st Prize) from the MR Engineering Study Group Committee for their work on Gradient powered UV-C LED Modules
2019
Andreas Reichert: Young Investigators Award (1st Prize), European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology, October 2019, Rotterdam, for his work on Radial Simultaneous Multi Slice Imaging for Passive Marker Needle Guide Tracking
2017
Dmitry Kurhunov's Oxygen-17 Paper is ISMRM Highlight of the Month
Kurzhunov D, Borowiak R, Hass H, Wagner P, Krafft AJ, Timmer J, Bock M. Quantification of oxygen metabolic rates in Human brain with dynamic (17) O MRI: Profile likelihood analysis. Magn Reson Med. 2017;78(3):1157-1167. http://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.26476
was selected by the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) as the ISMRM Highlight of the Month in September 2017.
Here is some more background information:
https://www.ismrm.org/qa-with-dmitry-kurzhunov-and-michael-bock
In addition, Dmitry Kurzhunov describes the content of the paper in a YouTube presentation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GWp4KSz11w
2016
Prof. Dr. Michael Bock is named Associate Editor of Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics, Oct. 2016 – Sept. 2019
Maddalena Strumia: Second Prize Winner, Young Investigator Award from the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Radiology (ESMRMB) in Vienna
Dmitry Kurzhunov: ISMRM Merit Award magna cum laude, Singapore
Young Investigator Awards
Ali Caglar Özen receives Second Prize of the Young Investigator Award from the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Radiology (ESMRMB) in Edinburgh, Oct. 2015.
Inge Kalis receives the Young Investigator Award 2015 from the German Society for Medical Physics (DGMP) in Marburg, Sept. 2015.
March 2012
Mumie im Magnetfeld
News article in UniLeben, the newspaper from the Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg
Prof. Dr. Michael Bock
Group Leader
Oksana Chikh
Administrative Assistant
Dr. Johannes Fischer
Post-Doc
Dr. Deepa Darshini Gunashekar
Post-Doc
Dr. Ute Ludwig
Post-Doc
PD Dr. Ali Özen
Post-Doc
Dr. Simon Reiß
Post-Doc
Reza Aghabagheri
PhD Student
Eric Arbes
PhD Student
Jakob Gerlach
PhD Student
Paula Jordan
PhD Student
Shuai Liu
PhD Student
Zining Liu
PhD Student
Lisa Regler
PhD Student
Felix Spreter
PhD Student
Kian Tadjalli Mehr
PhD Student
Nan Yin
PhD Student
Paul Horn
Master’s Student
Group Leader
Prof. Dr. Michael Bock
Administrative Assistant
Oksana Chikh
Post-Docs
Dr. Johannes Fischer
Dr. Deepa Darshini Gunashekar
Dr. Ute Ludwig
PD Dr. Ali Özen
Dr. Simon Reiß
PhD Students
Reza Aghabagheri
Eric Arbes
Jakob Gerlach
Paula Jordan
Shuai Liu
Zining Liu
Lisa Regler
Felix Spreter
Kian Tadjalli Mehr
Nan Yin
Master’s Student
Paul Horn
Bachelor’s Student
None
Visiting Scientist
None
Academic Institutions
Industrial Partners
Timo Abels
Rahaf Amoura
Dirk Assmann
Fritz Bayer
Dr. Lars Bielak
Dr. Robert Borowiak
Su-Chin Chiu
Christian Euchner
Jennifer Gottwald
Dr. Jens Gröbner
Lukas Haas
Dr. Martin Haas
Samantha Hickey
Serhat Ilbey
Dr. Inge Kalis
Narges Karimi
Dr. Axel Krafft
Dr. Dmitry Kurzhunov
Florian Lippus
Thomas Lottner
Maximilian Machauer
Dr. John M. Pavlina
Dr. David Pilutti
Jeffry Omega Prima
Alexey Protopopov
Dr. Andreas Reichert
Hamid Reza Saeidi
Robert Schall
Katharina Schleicher
Leonhard Schmieder
Hao Song
Manvitha Sreereddy
Tobias Stepanek
Simon Stephan
Dr. Maddalena Strumia
Yanis Taege
Dr. Agazi Samuel Tesfai
Menga Thielemann
Philipp Wagner
Tracey Webb-Kolbinger
Dr. Matthias Weigel
Tamara Zäh
Prof. Dr. Michael Bock
Director of Experimental Radiology
Tel.: +49 761 270-94140
E-Mail: michael.bock@uniklinik-freiburg.de
University Medical Center Freiburg
Dept. of Radiology · Medical Physics
Killianstr. 5a
79106 Freiburg
Oksana Chikh
Administrative Assistant
Tel.: +49 761 270-93840
E-Mail: oksana.chikh@uniklinik-freiburg.de