Katharina Breininger

Katharina Breininger is an Assistant Professor (W1) for Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), leading the AIMI@FAU Lab within the Department of Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering. She holds a doctoral degree from FAU's Pattern Recognition Lab, focusing on machine learning and deformation modeling in medical imaging. Her research emphasizes AI applications in interventional imaging and digital pathology, particularly addressing challenges in domain generalization and cross-platform compatibility.

Education:

• PhD in Computer Science (2018), FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, supervised by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Maier

Research Interests:

• Computer vision and deep learning for medical imaging
• Domain adaptation in histopathology and interventional radiology
• AI-driven diagnostic tools for oncology and cardiology

Labs/Teams:

• AIMI@FAU Lab: Focuses on AI in biomedical engineering and medical imaging workflows

Collaborations:

• Siemens Healthineers: Joint projects on clinical imaging applications
• Johns Hopkins University: Collaborations on tomographic reconstruction