Werner Backfrieder

Werner Backfrieder is a Professor at the Department of Medical Engineering within the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria. He serves as a Researcher at the Center of Excellence Medical Engineering/TIMed Center, focusing on advanced medical imaging and computational techniques.

• Affiliation: University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
• Research Center: Center of Excellence Medical Engineering/TIMed Center

Research Interests: His work spans medical image processing, deep learning applications for diagnostic domains, 3D dosimetry, and image-guided surgery. He specializes in multimodal data integration, attenuation correction in radiation dosimetry, and algorithmic enhancements for surgical precision.

Recent Publications: Recent articles highlight his contributions to U-Net-based segmentation strategies, training deep learning models with limited datasets, and innovations in 3D dosimetry. These works intersect medical imaging, radiation therapy, and computational optimization.

Labs & Teams: Active in the TIMed Center, he collaborates on simulation-based medical technologies and participates in conferences like IWISH and VISAPP.