M.Sc.
Katrin Herweg
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+49 241 80 22907
Katrin.Herweg@lfb.rwth-aachen.de
Katrin Herweg
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
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+49 241 80 22907
Katrin.Herweg@lfb.rwth-aachen.de
Curriculum Vitae
| Okt 2024 – Heute | Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Lehrstuhl für Bildgebung und Bildverarbeitung, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Deutschland |
| Jan 2021 – Sep 2024 | Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet für Physik der molekularen Bildgebungssysteme, Institut für Experimentelle Molekulare Bildgebung, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Deutschland |
| Okt 2019 – Dez 2020 | Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft, AG PET, Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet für Physik der molekularen Bildgebungssysteme, Institut für Experimentelle Molekulare Bildgebung, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Deutschland |
| Jan 2019 – Sep 2019 | Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft, AG MPI, Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet für Physik der molekularen Bildgebungssysteme, Institut für Experimentelle Molekulare Bildgebung, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Deutschland |
| Mai 2018 – Nov 2018 | Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft, AG Nichtlineare Optik, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen, Deutschland |
| Okt 2017 – Nov 2020 | M.Sc. Physik, Schwerpunkt Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Deutschland |
| Apr 2017 – Mai 2017 | Praktikum, Centrum Cyklotronowe Bronowice, Krakau, Polen |
| Okt 2014 – Sep 2017 | B.Sc. Physik, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Deutschland |
Ehrungen und Auszeichnungen
| Nov 2023 | 3. Platz IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Student Paper Award |
Forschungsgebiete
Katrin arbeitet an der Entwicklung von PET-Detektoren mit hoher Zeitauflösung. Dabei untersucht sie ultra-schnelle Emissionsmechanismen in Szintillatoren zur Anwendung in Time-of-Flight PET mit Messungen und Simulationen.
Veröffentlichungen
Journal-Veröffentlichungen
2025
Vanessa Nadig, Stefan Gundacker, Katrin Herweg, Stephan Naunheim, David Schug, Bjoern Weissler and Volkmar Schulz
ASICs in PET: what we have and what we need
In: EJNMMI Physics 12 (1)
ASICs in PET: what we have and what we need
In: EJNMMI Physics 12 (1)
2025
Louis-Daniel Gaulin, Vanessa Nadig, Katrin Herweg, Gaëtan Lemaire, Frédéric Gagnon, Jonathan Bouchard, Julien Rossignol, Volkmar Schulz, Réjean Fontaine and Stefan Gundacker
Study of the TOFPET2c ASIC in time-of-flight detection of x-rays for scatter rejection in medical imaging applications
In: Physics in Medicine & Biology
Study of the TOFPET2c ASIC in time-of-flight detection of x-rays for scatter rejection in medical imaging applications
In: Physics in Medicine & Biology
2024
Katrin Herweg, Daniel Rutstrom, Vanessa Nadig, Luis Stand, Charles L Melcher, Mariya Zhuravleva, Volkmar Schulz and Stefan Gundacker
Timing limits of ultrafast cross ‑ luminescence emission in CsZnCl ‑ based crystals for TOF ‑ CT and TOF ‑ PET
In: EJNMMI Physics 11
Timing limits of ultrafast cross ‑ luminescence emission in CsZnCl ‑ based crystals for TOF ‑ CT and TOF ‑ PET
In: EJNMMI Physics 11
2024
Vanessa Nadig, Stefan Gundacker, David Schug, Katrin Herweg, Konstantin Weindel, Harald Radermacher, Florian Mueller, Bjoern Weissler and Volkmar Schulz
Scalable, Time-of-Flight and Depth-of-Interaction Detector Units for High-Resolution PET Systems
In: IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences 8 (1)
Scalable, Time-of-Flight and Depth-of-Interaction Detector Units for High-Resolution PET Systems
In: IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences 8 (1)
2023
Konstantin Weindel, Vanessa Nadig, Katrin Herweg, Volkmar Schulz and Stefan Gundacker
A time-based double-sided readout concept of 100 mm LYSO:Ce,Ca fibres for future axial TOF-PET
In: EJNMMI Physics 10 (1)
A time-based double-sided readout concept of 100 mm LYSO:Ce,Ca fibres for future axial TOF-PET
In: EJNMMI Physics 10 (1)
2023
Vanessa Nadig, Katrin Herweg, Mitch M C Chou, Jack W C Lin, Edmund Chin, Chu-an Li, Volkmar Schulz and Stefan Gundacker
Timing advances of commercial divalent-ion co- doped LYSO:Ce and SiPMs in sub-100 ps time-of-flight positron emission tomography
In: Physics in Medicine & Biology 68
Timing advances of commercial divalent-ion co- doped LYSO:Ce and SiPMs in sub-100 ps time-of-flight positron emission tomography
In: Physics in Medicine & Biology 68
2023
Katrin Herweg, Vanessa Nadig, Volkmar Schulz and Stefan Gundacker
On the Prospects of BaF2 as a Fast Scintillator for Time-of-Flight Positron Emission Tomography Systems
In: IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences 7 (3)
On the Prospects of BaF2 as a Fast Scintillator for Time-of-Flight Positron Emission Tomography Systems
In: IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences 7 (3)
2023
Vanessa Nadig, Matthias Hornisch, Jakob Oehm, Katrin Herweg, Volkmar Schulz and Stefan Gundacker
16-channel SiPM high-frequency readout with time-over-threshold discrimination for ultrafast time-of-flight applications
In: EJNMMI Physics 10 (1)
16-channel SiPM high-frequency readout with time-over-threshold discrimination for ultrafast time-of-flight applications
In: EJNMMI Physics 10 (1)
2021
Aleksandra Wronska, Jonas Kasper, Arshiya Anees Ahmed, Achim Andres, Piotr Bednarczyk, Grzegorz Gazdowicz, Katrin Herweg, Ronja Hetzel, Adam Konefal, Pawel Kulessa, Andrzej Magiera, Katarzyna Rusiecka, Damian Stachura, Achim Stahl and Miroslaw Zieblinski
Prompt-gamma emission in GEANT4 revisited and confronted with experiment
In: Physica Medica
Prompt-gamma emission in GEANT4 revisited and confronted with experiment
In: Physica Medica
Konferenz-Veröffentlichungen
2024
L.-D. Gaulin, V. Nadig, J. Rossignol, F. Gagnon, K. Herweg, V. Schulz, S. Gundacker and R. Fontaine
Assessing the Performance of the TOFPET2c ASIC at X-ray Energies for Time-of-Flight Scatter Rejection Applications
In: 2024 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS), Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Conference (RTSD)
Assessing the Performance of the TOFPET2c ASIC at X-ray Energies for Time-of-Flight Scatter Rejection Applications
In: 2024 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS), Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Conference (RTSD)
2024
V. Nadig, G. Terragni, E. Toumparidou, M. Hornisch, A. Selenski, K. Herweg, E. Tribbia, E. Auffray, V. Schulz and S. Gundacker
A Modular TOF-DOI Detector For OrganDedicated and Large Axial Field of View PET
In: 2024 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS), Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Conference (RTSD)
A Modular TOF-DOI Detector For OrganDedicated and Large Axial Field of View PET
In: 2024 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS), Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Conference (RTSD)
2024
K. Herweg, V. Nadig, S. Bisi, C. Bruschini, E. Charbon, V. Schulz and S. Gundacker
Investigating μSiPMs to overcome the limits of BGO in ToF-PET
In: 2024 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS), Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Conference (RTSD)
Investigating μSiPMs to overcome the limits of BGO in ToF-PET
In: 2024 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS), Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Conference (RTSD)
2023
S. Gundacker, C. Bruschini, A. Gola, K. Herweg, S. Merzi, A. Muntean, V. Nadig, L. Parellada-Monreal, G. Paternoster, M. Penna, M. Ruzzarin, E. Charbon and V. Schulz
DIGILOG: A digital-analog SiPM towards 10 ps prompt-photon tagging in TOF-PET
In: 2023 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and International Symposium on Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detectors (NSS MIC RTSD)
DIGILOG: A digital-analog SiPM towards 10 ps prompt-photon tagging in TOF-PET
In: 2023 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and International Symposium on Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detectors (NSS MIC RTSD)
2023
K Herweg, D J Rutstrom, V Nadig, L Stand, C L Melcher, M Zhuravleva, V Schulz and S Gundacker
Timing limits of ultrafast cross- luminescence emission in CsZnCl-based crystals for TOF-PET , HEP and TOF-CT
In: 2023 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and International Symposium on Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detectors (NSS MIC RTSD)
Timing limits of ultrafast cross- luminescence emission in CsZnCl-based crystals for TOF-PET , HEP and TOF-CT
In: 2023 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and International Symposium on Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detectors (NSS MIC RTSD)
Lehre
- Betreute Abschlussarbeiten:
- Leon Kerner, Position estimation for a micro-monolithic PET detector with six-sided readout using deep neural networks, Bachelorarbeit, 2023
- Jil Dreßen, Study of optical transmittance of optical coupling materials for PET with a custom setup, Bachelorarbeit, 2024
- Tim Bobzin, Investigating the effect of different scintillator coatings in PET, Bachelorarbeit, 2024
- Übungsleitung:
- Medical Imaging – Physik der Nuklearmedizin, Biomedical Engineering (M.Sc.) (2022-2024)
- Biomedical Imaging – Nuklearmedizin, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik (B.Sc.) (2024-now)
- Praktikumsleitung:
- Fortgeschrittenen Praktikum – Versuch M21, Physik (B.Sc.) (2022-2024)