Capturing the
world of science.
Unlock
the potential of imaging in the Helmholtz Association across all research domains and along the entire imaging pipeline.
Improve
leverage and accessibility of the innovative imaging modalities, applications and data treasures.
Enable
the delivery of generalizable imaging solutions.
Helmholtz Imaging empowers and supports scientists in all aspects of imaging:
News, Events & Jobs
Best Scientific Image Contest 2025: Call for Submissions
Submit your captivating scientific image(s) by February 14, 2025 for a chance to win the prestigious Helmholtz Imaging Best Scientific Image 2025 award, and valuable prizes. The awarding ceremony will take place during the Helmholtz Imaging Conference on June 25-27 in Potsdam.
Metrics Reloaded Paper: Among the Top 3 Performing Papers in Nature Methods
Metrics Reloaded has emerged as one of the most cited papers in 2024 in Nature Methods. Metrics Reloaded is a comprehensive framework for problem-aware metric recommendations that is based on the concept of a “problem fingerprint”.
A Year of Excellence: Celebrating Prof. Dr. Lena Maier-Hein’s Contributions to Medical Imaging & AI in Oncology
Join us as we celebrate Prof. Dr. Lena Maier-Hein’s outstanding year, marked by the 2024 German Cancer Award and Baden-Württemberg State Research Prize. In our interview, she shares insights into her AI-based imaging research and its role in advancing cancer treatment.Portfolio
Support Hub
The Support Hub is your gateway to the world of Helmholtz Imaging! Simply send an e-mail to support@helmholtz-imaging.de and we will help you out. Any request is welcome, whether it is a question about administrative or imaging-related matters, consulting requests, project support, Helmholtz Imaging Collaborations or access to our portfolio.
CONNECT
Helmholtz Imaging CONNECT is the heart of the Helmholtz Imaging Network. Get to know the imaging experts from the Helmholtz Association, explore the amazing portfolio of cutting-edge instruments from satellites to synchrotrons, dive into the exciting world of imaging applications. Helmholtz Imaging CONNECT facilitates finding partners and collaborators for innovative projects, with just the right complementary expertise necessary to conduct research for grand challenges.
We want you! If you are affiliated to one of the Helmholtz Centers, we invite you to add your profile, your modalities and your applications to the website. Be Helmholtz Imaging!
Collaborations
Struggling with an imaging-related project? Apply for a Helmholtz Imaging Collaboration and tap into the expertise of Helmholtz Imaging! Collaborations enable you to team up with one of our units for an elongated period of time (up to 6 months or even longer) to work on a project together. Whether you require support in (AI-based) image analysis, image reconstruction, annotation, data management, software solutions, addressing inverse problems, developing novel imaging modalities, 3D visualization and more – we are your partner.
Solutions
Helmholtz Imaging Solutions provide software driven strategies for solving common problems across imaging domains and tools. In reality, being aware of a software solution for a scientific problem is often followed by a time-consuming process of figuring out how to install the specific tool and how to precisely use it to reproduce a published result. We provide a framework to unify and simplify this process. Additionally, we curate a catalog of Helmholtz Imaging Solutions developed within our community.
Research
Projects
Helmholtz Imaging Projects are granted to cross-disciplinary research teams that identify innovative research topics at the intersection of imaging and information & data science, initiate cross-cutting research collaborations, and thus underpin the growth of the Helmholtz Imaging network. Discover our outstanding projects or apply for the annual call.
Publications
Helmholtz Imaging captures the world of science. Discover unique data sets, ready-to-use software tools, and top-level research papers.
The platform’s output originates from our research groups as well as from projects funded by us, theses supervised by us and collaborations initiated through us. Altogether, our publications showcase the whole diversity of Helmholtz Imaging.
Highlight Projects
Deep Learning based Regularization for Inverse Problems
This project aims to investigate the construction of regularization methods for ill-posed inverse problems based on deep learning and their theoretical foundations. Specific objectives include the development of robust and interpretable results, requiring the initial development of new concepts of robustness and interpretability in this context.
X-BRAIN
Cross-modality representation learning for brain analysis and data integration
Image: X-BRAIN
CLARITY
CineMR-guided ML-driven Breathing Models for Adaptive Radiotherapy
BrainShapes
Laplace-Beltrami shape descriptors of brain structures: Comparative optimization and genetic dissection
3DforestSIF
Understanding the solar-induced fluorescence (SIF) signal of natural, complex tree canopies
Fast-EMI
Deep-learning assisted fast in situ 4D electron microscope imaging
A novel imaging approach combining electron microscopy and deep learning has been established. This method enables adaptive tracking of atomic defects, accelerating material development for the energy transition.
GLAM: Generative lung architecture modeling
This project is developing generative methods for designing bio-printable lung tissues across a spectrum of disease severity in the specific context of mouse and human lung disease.
HYPER-AMPLIFAI
Advancing Visual Foundation Models for Multi-/Hyperspectral Image Analysis in Agriculture/Forestry
The project aims to make advanced AI models accessible for Hyperspectral Earth Observation, reducing computational demands, and improving environmental assessments through user-friendly interfaces.
Helmholtz Imaging’s mission is to unlock the potential of imaging in the Helmholtz Association. Image data provide a substantial part of data being generated in scientific research. Helmholtz Imaging is the overarching platform to better leverage and make accessible to everyone the innovative modalities, methodological richness, and data treasures of the Helmholtz Association.
For us, imaging is the whole process from data acquisition and data preparation to data management and data analysis. For this reason, we feel that the anchoring at the three host centers DESY, DKFZ and MDC is optimal to serve the entire imaging pipeline and jointly generate the greatest possible added value for the entire association. We are dedicated to making Helmholtz Imaging an internationally visible platform for imaging research.
Helmholtz Imaging is one of five platforms (HIDA, HIFIS, Helmholtz.AI and HMC) initiated by the Helmholtz Information & Data Science Incubator.
People of Helmholtz Imaging
Prof. Dr. Martin Burger
Prof. Dr. Dagmar Kainmüller
Dr. Philipp Heuser
Dr. rer. nat. Fabian Isensee
Deborah Schmidt
