Associated member of GSISH

Contact Details

Institute for Biological and Medical Imaging
Helmholtz Zentrum München
Ingolstädter Landstraße 1
85764 Neuherberg
Germany

Phone: +49 (0)89.3187.3721
Fax:     +49 (0)89.3187.3017

E-Mail: andreas.oancea@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Project Details

Project:
Development of a backward detection optoacoustic imaging system for high resolution mesoscopic imaging

Supervisors:
Prof. Vasilis Ntziachristos
Prof. Dr. Franz Pfeiffer

Start of PhD-work at GSISH:
November 2010

Project Description:
This PhD thesis is aiming at imaging tumor development starting at the early stage. Although tumor studies and tumor therapy have become more and more advanced, medical and pharmaceutical research institutions point at the lack of equally advanced methods for measuring the effects of drug developments, especially in-vivo. Optoacoustic imaging is currently the only method to provide high spatial resolution, deep-tissue penetration, non-ionization, non-invasiveness and cost-effectiveness at the same time and is therefore ideally suited for that task. Special emphasis is placed on tumor specific developments regarding hardware and the respective reconstruction techniques, comprising for example high-resolution micro-raster-scanning.

Publications:

Andreas Oancea, Daniel Razansky and Vasilis Ntziachristos:
"High-resolution imaging of mouse anatomy with a multi-purpose optoacoustic tomography system", Proc. SPIE 8089, 808908 (2011); doi:10.1117/12.889991.

Personal Details:

Education:

03/2009 - present:
PhD candidate at the Institute for Biological and Medical Imaging, Helmholtz Zentrum München

10/2003 - 12/2008:
Diploma studies of Technical Physics at the TU München

International and extracurricular experience:

02/2007 - 07/2007:
Semester abroad as ERASMUS scholarship holder in Paris, France

08/2000 - 07/2001:
High school year abroad as Youth For Understanding scholarship holder in Burr Oak, MI (USA)

Work experience:

01/2008 - 12/2008:
TU München, Walther-Meißner-Institute for Low-Temperature Research
Diploma Thesis: Tribological Charakterisation of Diamond-like Carbons

04/2007 - 07/2007:
Ecole Polytechnique Palaiseau (France), Laboratoire Des Solides Irradiés
Student research assistant on Semiconductor Nanostructures

11/2006 - 02/2007:
TU München, Walter Schottky Institute, Chair for Semiconductor Physics (E24)
Project: Development of a microchip for the alignment of GaAs Nanowires

10/2005 - 03/2006:
TU München, Chair for Interface Physics and Energy Conversion (E19)
Student research assistant on Component Analyses of PEM Fuel Cells