Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thorsten M. Buzug

Director of the Institute of Medical Engineering
Vice-President of the University of Lübeck
Chairman of the Board of AGMT (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Medizintechnik e.V.)
Chairman of the Bachelor/Master Program Medical Engineering Science
Head of Examination Board Medical Engineering Science
Vice-Chairman of the Master Program Biomedical Engineering
Vice-Chairman of the DGBMT-Board Magnetic Methods in Medicine
Chairman of the Center for Imaging Sciences
Member of the Section Council for Technology and Natural Sciences
Member of the Teaching Council of the Section for Technology and Natural Sciences
Permanent Guest Member of the Research Council of the Section of Medicine

• Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI)
• Computed Tomography (CT)
• Technical Imaging
• Signal and Image Processing

THORSTEN M. BUZUG was born in Lübeck, Germany, in 1963. He received his Diplom-Physiker degree in 1989 and his Ph.D. in 1993 in Applied Physics both from the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany, where he worked in the field of signal processing applied to chaotic systems.

From 1993 to 1994 he had a postdoctoral position at the German Federal Armed Forces Underwater Acoustics and Marine Geophysics Research Institute, where he worked on image acquisition and processing techniques for SONAR applications.

In the end of 1994 he joined the Philips Research Laboratories Hamburg, Germany. He was the leader of the Philips Research Cluster Medical Image Processing and responsible for several projects in that field.

In October 1998 he has been appointed as professor of Physics and Medical Engineering at the RheinAhrCampus Remagen. 2000-2004 he was head of the Academic Development Committee of the RheinAhrCampus Remagen. 2004-2006 he was head of the Joint Council of Campus Departments.

In December 2006 he became Director of the Institute of Medical Engeneering at the University of Luebeck. Since 2011 he is Vice-President of the University of Luebeck.

He has published numerous journal articles, conference papers and books. He is member of the German Physical Society (DPG), German Society of Biomedical Engineering (DGBMT), German Society of Nondestructive Testing (DGfZP), the IEEE and SPIE.

For all publications see full publication list; for citations see scholar index.

• 3-Länder-Tagung, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Biomedizinische Technik, BMT 2013, Graz (Programmkomitee)
• 8th International Symposium on Image and Signal Processing and Analysis (ISPA 2013), Triest (Program Committee)
• Deutscher Industriepreis 2013 - Kategorie Medizintechnik (Jurymitglied)
• 3nd International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging, IWMPI 2013, Berkeley (Program Committee)
• 2. Studierendentagung Lübeck 2013 (Tagungsleiter)
• Bildverarbeitung in der Medizin (BVM) 2013, Heidelberg (Programmkomitee)
• SPIE Annual Meeting 2013 on Medical Imaging, Orlando, US, Conference on Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging (Program Committee)
• Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Computer- und Roboterassistierte Chirurgie (CURAC) 2012, Düsseldorf (Programmkomitee)
• SPIE Annual Meeting 2012 on Medical Imaging, San Diego, US, Conference on Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging (Program Committee)
• Deutscher Industriepreis 2012 - Kategorie Medizintechnik (Jurymitglied)
• Workshop Innovative Verarbeitung bioelektrischer und biomagnetischer Signale - bbs2012 (wissenschaftlicher Beirat)
• Bildverarbeitung in der Medizin (BVM) 2012, Berlin (Programmkomitee)
• 1. Studierendentagung Lübeck 2012 (Tagungsleiter)
• 2nd International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging, IWMPI 2012, Lübeck (Organizer and Workshop Chair)
• Deutscher Industriepreis 2011 - Kategorie Medizintechnik (Jurymitglied)
• 7th International Symposium on Image and Signal Processing and Analysis (ISPA 2011), Dubrovnik (Program Committee)
• Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Computer- und Roboterassistierte Chirurgie (CURAC) 2011, Magdeburg (Programmkomitee)
• Bildverarbeitung in der Medizin (BVM) 2011, Lübeck (Programmkomitee und lokales BVM-Komitee)
• SPIE Annual Meeting 2011 on Medical Imaging, Florida, US, Conference on Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging (Program Committee)
• Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Computer- und Roboterassistierte Chirurgie (CURAC) 2010 im Rahmen der Medica 2010, Hannover (Programmkomitee)
• Deutscher Industriepreis 2010 - Kategorie Medizintechnik (Jurymitglied)
• Forum für Innovative Therapien - FIT 2010, Hamburg, Life-Science Nord (Wissenschaftlicher Beirat)
• Bildverarbeitung in der Medizin (BVM) 2010, Aachen (Programmkomitee)
• 1st International Workshop on Magnetic Particle Imaging, IWMPI 2010, Lübeck (Organizer and Workshop Chair)
• Workshop on Computed Tomography applied to Dimensional Control, 2009 (Programm Chair and Co-Organizer together with BAM Berlin and PTB Braunschweig)
• Konferenz Bildverarbeitung in der Medizin (BVM) 2009, Berlin (Programmkomitee)
• 6th International Symposium on Image and Signal Processing and Analysis (ISPA 2009), Salzburg (Program Committee)
• World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2009, Munich (Track Chair)
• Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI) 2009, Lübeck (Programmkomitee)
• Konferenz Bildverarbeitung in der Medizin (BVM) 2008, Berlin (Programmkomitee)
• 4th European Congress for Medical and Biomedical Engineering 2008, Antwerpen (Program Committee)
• Biomedizinische Technik BMT 2007, Aachen (Programmkomitee)
• 2nd Conference on Medical Robotics, Navigation and Visualization – MRNV 2007 und 3rd Physics Days Remagen, März 2007 (Organizer and Conference Chair)
• Konferenz Bildverarbeitung in der Medizin (BVM) 2007, München (Programmkomitee)
• Workshop Automed 2007, München (Programmkomitee)
• 5th International Symposium on Image and Signal Processing and Analysis (ISPA 2007), Istanbul (Program Committee)
• Konferenz Bildverarbeitung in der Medizin (BVM) 2006, Hamburg (Programmkomitee)
• 3rd International Conference on Soft Facial Reconstruction – RSFP 2006, März 2006, Leuven, Belgien (Program Committee)
• Jugend forscht – Schüler experimentieren 2006 am Rhein-Ahr-Campus Remagen (Organisationskomitee und Jurymitglied)
• 4th International Symposium on Image and Signal Processing and Analysis (ISPA 2005), Zagreb (Program Committee)
• 2nd International Conference on Soft Facial Reconstruction – RSFP 2005, 17./18. März 2005 (Organizer and Conference Chair)
• Sparkassenstiftung “Zukunft Kreis Ahrweiler” 2005-2006 (Vorstandsmitglied)
• Max-von-Laue Schülerwettbewerb 2004 an der Universität Koblenz (Vorsitz der Jury)
• 2. Remagener Physiktage (RPT 2004), September/Oktober 2004 (Organisations- und Programmkomitee)
• 1st Conference on Medical Robotics, Navigation and Visualization – MRNV 2004 (Organizer and Conference Chair), 11./12. März 2004, Kooperation mit der Charité der Humboldt Universität Berlin
• Remagener Physiktage (RPT 2002), September 2002 (Organisations- und Programmkomitee)
• science@night 2002, Juni 2002, Wissenschaftsnacht am Rhein-Ahr-Campus Remagen (Gesamtleitung)
• Telemedicine Conference: MEDICOM 2000, 28./29. September 2000 (Organizer and Conference Chair)
• Workshop on Motion Detection and Motion Compensation, Juni 1997, Philips Research Laboratories Hamburg (Organizer and Workshop Chair)