AxelMoeller

Axel Martinez Möller
(Dr. rer. nat., Dipl.-Ing. Univ.)

Expertise

Intellectual property (IP) and patent prosecution
Medical imaging - instrumentation & data analysis
Positron Emission Tomography (PET/CT and PET/MR)

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Professional Experience

Since 2020
Technically qualified member of the Boards of Appeal, EPO Munich.
2012 - 2020
Patent examiner at the European Patent Office in the field of medical technology / diagnosis (class A61B).
2011 - 2012
Business developer at the Strategy department of Siemens Healthcare in Erlangen, Germany. Identification and analysis of potential growth opportunities.
2009 - 2011
Post-doctoral researcher at the Nuclear Medicine department, University Hospital Rechts der Isar, TU Munich, Germany. Focus on PET/MR imaging.
2004 - 2009
Doctoral research fellow at the TU Munich, Germany, joint collaboration between Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures (CAMP, Computer Science Department) & Nuclear Medicine department (Klinikum Rechts der Isar). Developments in multimodality imaging with PET.
Jan-Sep. 2004
Research intern at CERMEP (CNRS/INSERM) in Lyon, France. Tracer kinetic modelling in neurological PET activation studies with a new serotonin antagonist.
Aug-Dec. 2003
Engineer intern at EADS -European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company- in Munich, Germany. Development of a 3D visualization system for satellite kinetics within the Galileo project.
Jul-Sep. 2002
Engineer intern at Poal Institute of Rheumatology in Barcelona, Spain. Conception, programming and deployment of an intranet for patient management.

Education & Qualifications

2017
Passed all four modules of the European Qualifying Examination.
2004 - 2009
Ph.D. entitled Challenges in multimodality imaging using positron emission tomography. Joint collaboration between Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures (CAMP, Computer Science Department) & Nuclear Medicine department (Klinikum Rechts der Isar), TU Munich, Germany. Supervisors: Prof. Nassir Navab and Dr. Stephan Nekolla.
2003 - 2004
Postgraduate advanced diploma (DEA) in Image & Signal Processing within the CREATIS laboratory in Lyon, France.
1999 - 2004
Graduate in Telecommunications Engineering at the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA) in Lyon, France, awarded the "Félicitations du Jury" (Jury compliments, top 5%).
2002 - 2003
Academic exchange at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil, with a BRFE scholarship.
1999
Representative of Spain at the International Olympiad in Computer Science in Antalya, Turkey.
1999
Spanish level scientific baccalaureate.

Publications

The list of my publications indexed by different search engines can be found below:
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My dissertation is available at Challenges in multimodality imaging using positron emission tomography (or through the persistent Id).

The abstract and sometimes the content of the publications can be accessed below. Part of this material is protected by copyright. The original publications are available at the journal websites through the links for each publication.

Patents & patent applications

Axel Martinez-Möller, Stephan Nekolla
Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Aufbereitung von kombinierten MR-Emissionstomographieaufnahmen
(Method and apparatus for processing combined MR/emission tomography recordings)
DE 102008058488 B4 (filed on 21.11.2008), US8237441 B2, CN 101732048 A.

Axel Martinez-Möller, Stephan Nekolla
Verfahren zur Aufzeichnung und Verarbeitung von Messdaten einer Hybrid-Bildgebungsvorrichtung sowie Hybrid-Bildgebungsvorrichtung
(Method for recording and processing measurement data from a hybrid imaging device and hybrid imaging device)
DE10 2009030722 B4 (filed on 26.06.2009), US8781195 B2, CN 101933836 A.

Gaspar Delso, Ralf Ladebeck, Axel Martinez-Möller, Sibylle Ziegler
Reconstruction of an emission tomography image
US8718232 B2 (filed on 25.11.2009).

Reviews

Scientific reviewer for the following journals:

Projects completed under my supervision

Cardiac PET-SPECT Registration, (IDP) Brian Jensen
Respiratory Motion Estimation, (IDP) Michael Riedel

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	M. Souvatzoglou, M. Eiber, A. Martinez-Möller, S. Fürst, K. Holzapfel, T. Maurer, S. I. Ziegler, S. Nekolla, M. Schwaiger, A. Beer PET/MR in prostate cancer: technical aspects and potential diagnostic value European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2013;Epub ahead of print (bib)
	A. Martinez-Möller Tomographic and hybrid imaging in nuclear medicine In A. Giussani, C. Hoeschen (Eds.) Imaging in Nuclear Medicine. Springer-Verlag Heidelberg 2013, p. 43-67. (bib)
	A. Martinez-Möller, S. Nekolla Attenuation correction for PET/MR: Problems, novel approaches and practical solutions Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik 2012;22(4):299-310. Invited review. (bib)
	A. Martinez-Möller, M. Eiber, S. Nekolla, M. Souvatzoglou, A. Drzezga, S. I. Ziegler, E. Rummeny, M. Schwaiger, A. Beer Workflow and Scan Protocol Considerations for Integrated Whole-Body PET/MRI in Oncology Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2012;53(9):1415-1426. (bib)
	A. Drzezga, M. Souvatzoglou, M. Eiber, A. Beer, S. Fürst, A. Martinez-Möller, S. Nekolla, S. I. Ziegler, C. Ganter, E. Rummeny, M. Schwaiger First clinical experience of integrated whole-body PET/MR. Comparison to PET/CT in patients with oncological diagnoses. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2012;53(6):845-855. (bib)
	D. Loeffelbein, M. Souvatzoglou, V. Wankerl, A. Martinez-Möller, J. Dinges, M. Schwaiger, A. Beer PET-MRI Fusion in Head-and-Neck Oncology: Current Status and Implications for Hybrid PET/MRI Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2012;70(2):473-483 (bib)
	M. Eiber, M. Souvatzoglou, A. Pickhard, D. Loeffelbein, A. Knopf, K. Holzapfel, A. Martinez-Möller, S. Nekolla, E. Scherer, M. Schwaiger, E. Rummeny, A. Beer Simulation of a MR-PET protocol for staging of head-and-neck cancer including Dixon MR for attenuation correction European Journal of Radiology 2012;81:2658-2665. (bib)
	M. Eiber, A. Martinez-Möller, M. Souvatzoglou, K. Holzapfel, E. Rummeny, M. Schwaiger, S. Nekolla, A. Beer Value of a Dixon-based MR-PET Attenuation Correction Sequence for the Localization and Evaluation of PET Positive Lesions. Radiological Society of North America (RSNA 2011) Chicago, IL, USA, November 2011 (bib)
	S. Nekolla, M. Souvatzoglou, S. Schachoff, F. Graner, S. Fürst, A. Martinez-Möller, S. I. Ziegler, M. Schwaiger Cardiac Attenuation Correction for an Integrated MR/PET System: Initial Comparison to PET/CT Radiological Society of North America (RSNA 2011) Chicago, IL, USA, November 2011 (bib)
	S. van Marwick, A. Beer, S. Metz, A. Martinez-Möller, M. Schwaiger, S. Nekolla M3P-Anima: A Visualization and Quantification Concept for Multimodal, Multiparametric Imaging. Radiological Society of North America (RSNA 2011) Chicago, IL, USA, November 2011 (bib)
	O. Pauly, B. Glocker, A. Criminisi, D. Mateus, A. Martinez-Möller, S. Nekolla, N. Navab Fast Multiple Organs Detection and Localization in Whole-Body MR Dixon Sequences To appear in Proc. Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2011), Toronto, Canada, September 2011 (bib)
	M. Eiber, A. Martinez-Möller, M. Souvatzoglou, K. Holzapfel, A. Pickhard, D. Loeffelbein, I. Santi, E. Rummeny, S. I. Ziegler, M. Schwaiger, S. Nekolla, A. Beer Value of a Dixon based MR/PET attenuation correction sequence for the localization and evaluation of PET positive lesions European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2011;38(9):1691-701. (bib)
	A. Martinez-Möller, L. Marinelli, S. Weismüller, C. Castrop, M. Schwaiger, S. Nekolla Automatic alignment of myocardial rest/stress perfusion imaging and its impact on the analysis workflow Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2011, 51 (suppl. 1), p257. Proceedings of Annual Meeting of Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM 2011), San Antonio, TX, USA, June 2011 (bib)
	S. Fürst, G. Delso, A. Martinez-Möller, B. Jakoby, F. Schoenahl, C. Ganter, S. Nekolla, S. I. Ziegler, E. Rummeny, M. Schwaiger Initial performance evaluation of the Biograph mMR Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2011, 51 (suppl. 1), p320. Proceedings of Annual Meeting of Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM 2011), San Antonio, TX, USA, June 2011 (bib)
	M. Eiber, A. Martinez-Möller, M. Souvatzoglou, E. Rummeny, M. Schwaiger, A. Beer, S. Nekolla Value of a Dixon based MR-PET attenuation correction sequence for the localization and evaluation of PET positive lesions Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2011, 51 (suppl. 1), p105. Proceedings of Annual Meeting of Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM 2011), San Antonio, TX, USA, June 2011 (bib)
	G. Delso, A. Martinez-Möller, R. Bundschuh, S. Nekolla, S. I. Ziegler, M. Schwaiger Preliminary study of the detectability of coronary plaque with PET Physics in Medicine and Biology 2011, 56(7):2145-2160. (bib)
	R. Bundschuh, M. Essler, J. Dinges, C. Berchtenbreiter, J. Mariss, A. Martinez-Möller, G. Delso, M. Hohberg, S. Nekolla, D. Schulz, S. I. Ziegler, M. Schwaiger Semiautomatic algorithm for lymph node analysis corrected for partial volume effects in combined positron emission tomography-computed tomography Molecular Imaging 2010, 9(6):319-328. (bib)
	G. Delso, A. Martinez-Möller, R. Bundschuh, R. Ladebeck, Y. Candidus, D. Faul, S. I. Ziegler Evaluation of the attenuation properties of MR equipment for its use in a whole-body PET/MR scanner Physics in Medicine and Biology 2010, 55(15):4361-4374. (bib)
	A. Martinez-Möller, M. Souvatzoglou, S. Nekolla Photon attenuation correction in whole-body PET/MRI using tissue classification Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro (ISBI 2010), pp. 1061-1062, Rotterdam, Netherlands, April 2010 - invited talk (bib)
	R. Kraus, G. Delso, H-P. Loeb, A. Martinez-Möller, R. Bundschuh, A. Drzezga, S. I. Ziegler An inpainting approach for the correction of incomplete attenuation maps in PET/MR Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2010, 51 (suppl. 2), p1380. Proceedings of Annual Meeting of Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM 2010), Salt Lake City, UT, USA, June 2010 (bib)
	G. Delso, R. Kraus, R. Bundschuh, A. Martinez-Möller, S. Nekolla, S. I. Ziegler PET/MR truncation artifact reduction with an active model of the patient’s arms Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2010, 51 (suppl. 2), p1379. Proceedings of Annual Meeting of Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM 2010), Salt Lake City, UT, USA, June 2010 (bib)
	G. Delso, A. Martinez-Möller, R. Bundschuh, S. Nekolla, S. I. Ziegler The effect of limited MR field of view in MR/PET attenuation correction Medical Physics 2010; 37(6):2804-2812. (bib)
	L. Marinelli, A. Martinez-Möller, B. Jensen, V. Positano, S. Weismüller, N. Navab, L. Landini, M. Schwaiger, S. Nekolla Registration of myocardial PET and SPECT for viability assessment using mutual information Medical Physics 2010; 37(6):2414-2424. (bib)
	M. Blume, A. Martinez-Möller, A. Keil, N. Navab, M. Rafecas Joint Reconstruction of Image and Motion in Gated Positron Emission Tomography IEEE Trans. Med. Imag., vol. 29, no. 11, pp. 1892-1906, November 2010 (bib)
	A. Martinez-Möller Challenges in multimodality imaging using positron emission tomography PhD Thesis, TU München 2009. (bib)
	A. Martinez-Möller, M. Souvatzoglou, G. Delso, R. Bundschuh, C. Chefd´hotel, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab, M. Schwaiger, S. Nekolla Tissue Classification as a Potential Approach for Attenuation Correction in Whole-Body PET/MRI: Evaluation with PET/CT Data Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2009;50:520-526 (bib)
	M. Blume, A. Martinez-Möller, A. Keil, N. Navab, M. Rafecas Simultaneous Reconstruction of Image and Motion in Gated Positron-Emission-Tomography Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Orlando, FL, U.S.A., October 2009 (bib)
	M. Blume, A. Martinez-Möller, A. Keil, N. Navab, M. Rafecas Joint Reconstruction of Image and Motion in Gated Positron-Emission-Tomography 10th International Meeting on Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Beijing, China, September 2009 (bib)
	S. Nekolla, A. Martinez-Möller, A. Saraste PET and MRI in cardiac imaging: from validation studies to integrated applications European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2009;36(Suppl1):121-130 (bib)
	R. Bundschuh, A. Martinez-Möller, M. Essler, S. Nekolla, S. I. Ziegler, M. Schwaiger Local motion correction for lung tumours in PET/CT—first results European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2008;35:1981-1988 (bib)
	A. Martinez-Möller, B. Jensen, N. Navab, M. Schwaiger, S. Nekolla Automatic cardiac PET-SPECT and SPECT-SPECT registration Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2008, 49 (suppl. 1), p31. Proceedings of Annual Meeting of Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM 2008), New Orleans, LA, USA, June 2008 (bib)
	A. Martinez-Möller, M. Souvatzoglou, N. Navab, M. Schwaiger, S. Nekolla MR-based attenuation correction for whole-body MR/PET Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2008, 49 (suppl. 1), p65. Proceedings of Annual Meeting of Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM 2008), New Orleans, LA, USA, June 2008 (bib)
	R. Bundschuh, G. Delso, A. Martinez-Möller, S. Nekolla, S. I. Ziegler, M. Schwaiger Segmentation of lesions with inhomogeneous activity distribution in PET Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2008, 49 (suppl. 1), p381. Proceedings of Annual Meeting of Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM 2008), New Orleans, LA, USA, June 2008 (bib)
	G. Delso, R. Bundschuh, A. Martinez-Möller, S. Nekolla, S. I. Ziegler, M. Schwaiger Impact of limited MR field-of-view in simultaneous PET/MR acquisition Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2008, 49 (suppl. 1), p162. Proceedings of Annual Meeting of Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM 2008), New Orleans, LA, USA, June 2008 (bib)
	G. Delso, A. Martinez-Möller, R. Bundschuh, S. I. Ziegler, S. Nekolla, M. Schwaiger Investigation of gating requirements for coronary plaque imaging in PET Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2008, 49 (suppl. 1), p185. Proceedings of Annual Meeting of Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM 2008), New Orleans, LA, USA, June 2008 (bib)
	R. Bundschuh, A. Martinez-Möller, S. I. Ziegler, M. Schwaiger, K. Scheidhauer Misalignment in PET/CT: relevance for SUV and therapy management Nuklearmedizin 2008;47:N14-15 (bib)
	A. Martinez-Möller, R. Bundschuh, , N. Navab, S. I. Ziegler, M. Schwaiger, S. Nekolla Comparison of Respiratory Sensors and its Compliance for Respiratory Gating in Emission Tomography Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2007, 48 (suppl. 2), p426. Proceedings of Annual Meeting of Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM), held in Washington D.C., USA, June 2007 (bib)
	A. Martinez-Möller, M. Souvatzoglou, R. Botnar, N. Navab, S. I. Ziegler, M. Schwaiger, S. Nekolla An approach for MR-based attenuation correction for combined MR/PET: effects of ignoring bones Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2007, 48 (suppl. 2), p156. Proceedings of Annual Meeting of Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM), held in Washington D.C., USA, June 2007 (bib)
	A. Martinez-Möller, R. Bundschuh, N. Navab, S. I. Ziegler, M. Schwaiger, S. Nekolla Determination of Body Surface Area from a whole-body CT scan and its impact for SUV normalization Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2007, 48 (suppl. 2), p44. Proceedings of Annual Meeting of Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM), held in Washington D.C., USA, June 2007 (bib)
	R. Bundschuh, A. Martinez-Möller, M. Essler, M-J. Martínez, S. Nekolla, S. I. Ziegler, M. Schwaiger Post Acquisition Detection of Tumor Motion Using List-mode Data in Positron Emission Tomography - A Feasibility Study. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2007;48:758-763. (bib)
	A. Martinez-Möller, D. Zikic, R. Botnar, R. Bundschuh, W. Howe, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab, M. Schwaiger, S. Nekolla Dual Cardiac-Respiratory Gated PET: Implementation and Results from a Feasibility Study European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2007;34:1447-1454. (bib)
	A. Martinez-Möller, M. Souvatzoglou, N. Navab, M. Schwaiger, S. Nekolla Artifacts from Misaligned CT in Cardiac Perfusion PET/CT Studies: Frequency, Effects, and Potential Solutions Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2007;48:188-193. (bib)
	A. Martinez-Möller, W. Howe, M. Schwaiger, S. Nekolla Motion Free Images by Dual Gating of PET Listmode Acquisitions World Congress of Cardiology, held in Barcelona, Spain, September 2006 (bib)
	A. Martinez-Möller, N. Navab, M. Schwaiger, S. Nekolla Photon Attenuation Correction in Misaligned PET/CT Cardiac Perfusion Images ICMP - International Conference on Medical Physics, held in Nuremberg, Germany, September 2005. (bib)
	N. Costes, A. Reilhac, A. Martinez-Möller, I. Merlet Displacement Detectability of [18F]MPPF from 5-HT1A Receptors by Endogenous Serotonin: a Monte Carlo Simulation Study Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism (2005) 25, S648. Proceedings of the BrainPET conference, held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 2005 (bib)
	A. Martinez-Möller, M-J. Martínez, S. I. Ziegler, N. Navab, M. Schwaiger, S. Nekolla Emission Driven Motion Correction in PET/CT Cardiac Imaging Journal of Nuclear Medicine (2005) 46 (suppl. 2), p163. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM), held in Toronto, Canada, July 2005 (bib)

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