Research Associate

• Magnetic Particle Imaging
• Medical Imaging

Magnetic Particle Imaging
Model-based Reconstruction

• Research concerning minimization of reconstruction effort in MPI
• Optimizing reconstruction algorithms to improve reconstruction time
• Development of model-based and hybrid system functions for MPI

MANDY GRÜTTNER was born in Berlin, Germany in 1985. She received her M.Sc. in Computer Science from Technische Universität München in 2011. In 2010 she wrote her Master's Thesis "Tumor Monitoring - Implementation of Growth Criteria and Segmentation" at Brainlab in Feldkirchen. Currently, she is a research assistant at the Institute of Medical Engineering and works in the field of magnetic particle imaging.

2013

K. Gräfe, M. Grüttner, T. F. Sattel, C. Kaethner, T. M. Buzug: Phantom Simulation Based on Measured Gradient Fields of a Single-Sided MPI Scanner, IWMPI 2013, 2013

C. Kaethner, K. Gräfe, M. Grüttner, T. M. Buzug: Approximated Elliptical Coils in Magnetic Particle Imaging, IWMPI 2013, 2013

M. Grüttner, T. F. Sattel, G. Bringout, M. Graeser, W. Tenner, H. Wojtczyk, T. M. Buzug: TRUNCATION ARTIFACTS IN MAGNETIC PARTICLE IMAGING, IWMPI 2013, 2013

M. Graeser, T. Knopp, M. Grüttner, T. F. Sattel, G. Bringout, W. Tenner, H. Wojtczyk, T. M. Buzug: Cancellation Techniques for MPI, IWMPI 2013, 2013

W. Tenner, H. Wojtczyk, G. Bringout, M. Graeser, M. Grüttner J. Haegele, R. L. Duschka, N. Panagiotopoulos, F. M. Vogt, J. Barkhausen, T. M. Buzug: Receive Coil Optimization for an Open Magnetic Particle Imaging Scanner, IWMPI 2013, 2013

G. Bringout, H. Wojtczyk, W. Tenner, M. Graeser, M. Grüttner J. Haegele, R. Duschka, N. Panagiotopoulos, F. M. Vogt, J. Barkhausen, T. M. Buzug: A high power driving and selection field coil for an open MPI scanner, IWMPI 2013, 2013

H. Wojtczyk, A. Timmermeyer, W. Tenner, T. F. Sattel, G. Bringout, M. Grüttner, M. Graeser, T. M. Buzug: Measure of Trajectory Quality in Magnetic Particle Imaging, IWMPI 2013, 2013

A. Timmermeyer, H. Wojtczyk, W. Tenner, G. Bringout, M. Grüttner, M. Graeser, T. Sattel, A. Halkola, T. M. Buzug: Super Resolution Approaches for Resolution Enhancement in Magnetic Particle Imaging, IWMPI 2013, 2013

K. Gräfe, M. Grüttner, T. F. Sattel, M. Graeser, T. M. Buzug: Single-Sided Magnetic Particle Imaging: Magnetic Field and Gradient, SPIE Medical Imaging, 2013

M. Grüttner, T. F. Sattel, F. Griese, T. M. Buzug: System Matrices for Field of View Patches in Magnetic Particle Imaging, SPIE Medical Imaging, 2013

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2012

F. Griese, M. Grüttner, T.M. Buzug: Extended Field of View in Magnetic Particle Imaging, 46. DGBMT Jahrestagung, 2012

M. Graeser, T. Knopp, M. Grüttner, T. F. Sattel,, T. M. Buzug: Signal Separation in MPI, IEEE Medical Imaging Conference, Anaheim, USA, 2012

T. M. Buzug, G. Bringout, M. Erbe, K. Gräfe, M. Graeser M. Grüttner, A. Halkola, T. F. Sattel, W. Tenner, Wojtczyk, J. Hägele, F. M. Vogt, J. Barkhausen, K. Lüdtke-Buzug: Magnetic Particle Imaging: Introduction to Imaging and Hardware Realization, Z Med Phys, 2012, December, 22, 4, p.323-334

M. Erbe, M. Grüttner, T. F. Sattel, T. M. Buzug: Experimentelle Realisierungen einer Trajektorie für die magnetische Partikel-Bildgebung mit einer feldfreien Linie, Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2012, 2012, Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, p.358-362

M. Graeser, T. F. Sattel, M. Grüttner, H. Wojtczyk, G. Bringout, W. Tenner, T. M. Buzug: Determination of System Functions in Magnetic Particle Imaging, SPPHY 140, 2012, p.59-64

M. Grüttner, T. F. Sattel, M. Graeser, H. Wojtczyk, G. Bringout, W. Tenner, T. M. Buzug: Enlarging the Field of View in Magnetic Particle Imaging - A Comparison, SPPHY 140, 2012, p.249-253

H. Wojtczyk, J. Haegele, M. Grüttner, W. Tenner, G. Bringout, M. Graeser, F. M. Vogt, J. Barkhausen, T. M. Buzug: Visualization of Instruments in interventional Magnetic Particle Imaging (iMPI): A Simulation Study on SPIO Labelings, SPPHY 140, 2012, p.167-172

G. Bringout, H. Wojtczyk, M. Grüttner, M. Graeser, W. Tenner, J. Haegele, F. M. Vogt, J. Barkhausen, T. M. Buzug: Safety Aspects for a Pre-clinical Magnetic Particle Imaging Scanner, SPPHY 140, 2012, p.355-359

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2011

M. Grüttner, M. Graeser, S. Biederer, T. F. Sattel, H. Wojtczyk, W. Tenner, T. Knopp, B. Gleich, J. Borgert, T. M. Buzug: 1D-Image Reconstruction for Magnetic Particle Imaging Using a Hybrid System Function, Proc. IEEE Nuc. Sci. Symp. Med. Im. Conf., 2011, p.2545-2548

T. M. Buzug, T. F. Sattel, M. Erbe, S. Biederer, M. Graeser, M. Grüttner, Tenner, H. Wojtczyk, J. Borgert, D. Finas, K. Dietrich, F. M. Vogt, J. Barkhausen, K. Lüdtke-Buzug, T. Knopp: Magnetic Particle Imaging: Novel Field Generating Devices for Optimized Imaging, Biomed. Tech., 2011, 56, Suppl. 1, DOI 10.1515/BMT.2011.227

M. Graeser, S. Biederer, M. Grüttner, H. Wojtczyk, W. Tenner, T. F. Sattel, B. Gleich, J. Borgert, T. M. Buzug: Determination of a 1D-MPI-System-Function using a Magnetic Particle Spectroscope, Biomed Tech, 2011, 56, Suppl. 1, DOI 10.1515/BMT.2011.302

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2010

Mandy Grüttner, Frank Sehnke, Tom Schaul, Jürgen Schmidhuber: Multi-Dimensional Deep Memory Atari-Go Players for Parameter Exploring Policy Gradients, International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN), 2010

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Mandy Grüttner, Evolvierung Multidimensionaler Rekurrenter Neuronaler Netze für das Capture Game in Go, Bachelor thesis, Chair of Robotics and Embedded Systems, Technische Universität München, 2008.

Mandy Grüttner, Tumor Monitoring - Implementation of Growth Criteria and Segmentation, Master's thesis, Chair of Robotics and Embedded Systems, Technische Universität München, 2010.