The Machine Learning (MLE) group is concerned with the development of novel machine learning methods with a particular focus on deep learning. These methods are detached from concrete applications, but are oriented towards the needs of the DLR. Therefore, the group works at the interface between basic research in Machine …

The enormous brilliance of modern synchrotron radiation sources allows for illumination of hitherto unexplored corners of the nanocosmos with unprecedented spatio-temporal resolution. Examples are growth processes of thin films and nanostructures, the formation of magnetic order during self-organized growth of ultrathin layers on nanostructured templates, the coupling of magnetic metals …

Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) is the research area focusing on the dynamics of electrically conducting liquids under the influence of electromagnetic fields. The research activities at HZDR cover a wide range from fundamental to applied research comprising activities in the fields of high-temperature energy conversion systems, new kinds of liquid metal batteries, …

The Division of Medical Image Computing (MIC) pioneers research in machine learning and information processing, with the particular aim of improving cancer patient care by systematic image data analytics. We structure and quantify imaging information from multiple time-points and imaging technologies, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging or computer tomography, and link …

The field of digital oncology has brought the large-scale introduction of data science and artificial intelligence into the health care sector and cancer patient care. Today's advanced radiotherapy methods involve an enormous wealth of multimodal medical patients and especially image data, requiring the careful use of computer science to efficiently …

The Pelagic Imaging Consortium gathers scientists from a number of Helmholtz centers (in particular from AWI, HEREON, GEOMAR, UFZ and KIT) interested in the imaging of all kinds of particles in the pelagic zone of lakes, rivers, all oceans and their marginal seas.

The goal of this lab is to develop robust reconstruction and analysis algorithms for imaging applications at a synchrotron lightsource. Robustness, ease of applicability and reproducability are highly relevant properties if we want to offer imaging as a service for industrial and non-expert users. Using classical algorithms as baseline we …

The ProVIS - Centre for Chemical Microscopy is an unique research platform that combines high resolution structural and chemical imaging with high resolution mass spectrometry for metabolomics, proteomics and metallomics. The mission of ProVIS is to identify and characterize (bio)-chemical processes driven by microorganisms in soil, water, plants, human tissue …

We use an integrated structural electron microscopy approach to study the biological structures of membrane-associated protein complexes. Our main methods of investigation are single-particle electron cryo-microscopy (cryo-EM) as well electron cryo-tomography (cryo-ET) that we are also developing to advance existing imaging technologies towards high-resolution structural biology.

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With different photon-based technologies we investigate energy conversion and structural changes of molecules during chemical reaction. Precisely, we study the reacting molecules' time-dependent electronic and spatial behaviour. Beside developments in ultrafast optical spectroscopy, we continue to develop so-called "molecular movie methods" in the time-resolved and ultrafast X-ray field which include …

We research the next generation of biomedical imaging techniques.

With noninvasive approaches, we aim to advance both biological research and clinical practice by developing new targeted contrast agents and novel imaging modalities.

New and extremely brilliant X-ray sources are already in operation and are currently being built on the DESY site in Hamburg. These world class facilities offer new and exciting opportunities in the field of X-ray science. The work of our group aims to exploit and develop new experimental methods to …

We develop X-ray microscopy techniques and X-ray optics for synchrotron radiation sources and X-ray free-electron lasers. A key strength of hard X rays is their large penetration depth in matter that allows one to image the inside of an object without destructive sample preparation. Tomographic scanning modes yield 3D information …