Henning Boecker

Professor Henning Boecker serves as Head of Cooperation Unit at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), affiliated with University Hospital Bonn within the Faculty of Medicine at University of Bonn. His academic work centers on advanced PET imaging techniques for neurological research and clinical applications.

Dr. Boecker specializes in utilizing PET as a noninvasive imaging technique to measure physiological and pathophysiological processes within the human brain. His research encompasses cerebral metabolism measurements using FDG-PET, neurotransmitter/receptor system tracking, and detection of abnormal protein deposits including amyloid and tau proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases. He conceptualizes PET as 'neuropathological imaging' in vivo, bridging clinical imaging with pathological understanding.

He leads PET research logistics for major multicenter studies including DEMDAS, DELCODE, and ENERGI, all employing standardized protocols for FDG-PET and amyloid tracer 18F-Florbetaben applications. His technical expertise includes implementing data storage on the X-NAT platform and developing analysis pipelines with PMOD 3.8 and SPM 8/12 for motion correction and statistical group analysis.

Dr. Boecker maintains a strategic collaboration with the Department of Nuclear Medicine/IREMB in Cologne (Prof. Dr. Alexander Drzezga and Prof. Dr. Bernd Neumaier) to implement innovative tracers targeting TAU proteins and develop joint data analysis procedures for advancing neuroimaging research capabilities.