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Priv.-Doz. Dr. rer. medic. Florian Büther is a medical physicist and nuclear-medicine scientist at the University of Münster, where he serves as Privatdozent in the Department of Nuclear Medicine and heads the Translational Imaging Lab at the European Institute for Molecular Imaging (EIMI). Since 2009 he has combined clinical and pre-clinical PET/CT and PET/MR research with advanced algorithmic development in motion correction and pharmacokinetic modelling.
- University: University of Münster (WWU)
- Hospital affiliation: University Hospital Münster (UKM)
- Research institute: European Institute for Molecular Imaging (EIMI)
His research centres on quantitative PET methodology. He develops data-driven respiratory and cardiac gating algorithms to eliminate motion artefacts in PET/CT and PET/MRI, designs novel arterial-input-function approaches for pharmacokinetic modelling, and translates these techniques from small-animal imaging into clinical routine. He actively integrates multimodal imaging (PET, CT, MRI) to improve diagnostics in oncology, cardiology, and neuromuscular disorders.
Across more than 70 peer-reviewed publications since 2007, his work shows a clear trajectory from technical innovation (motion correction, attenuation correction, gating algorithms) to clinical validation in thyroid cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, and cardiomyopathies. Recent years have concentrated on fibroblast-activation-protein (FAP) targeting ligands and novel radiotracers for theranostics.
Scientific awards:
- Philips Award for Medical Physics 2009 – German Society of Medical Physics
Education & training:
- Habilitation in Medical Physics, WWU Münster, 2018
- Dr. rer. medic., Postgraduate Medical Sciences, WWU, 2008
- Diploma in Physics, WWU Münster, 2004
He currently leads the Translational Imaging Lab at EIMI, collaborating closely with the multi-disciplinary teams of Prof. Michael Schäfers (EIMI) and the Department of Nuclear Medicine at UKM. No formal advisees are listed in the provided text.
