Baumann & Merkle Gruppe

• OCT Technologien
• Translationale OCT
• Fortschrittliche Mikroskopie & Spektroskopie
• Multimodale biomedizinische Bildgebung

• Total Optical Coherence Characterization for Automated Tumor Analysis – TOCCATA (2025-2030)
  European Research Council (ERC), PI Conrad Merkle
• Optical imaging platform for high-throughput longitudinal studies of the eye in disease models – OPTIMEYEZ (2023-2025)
  European Research Council (ERC), PI Bernhard Baumann
• Deciphering nanoscale tissue motion (2022-2026)
  Austrian Science Fund (FWF), PI Bernhard Baumann
• Improved Biomarker Detection for Eye Disease with CaSE-OCT (2022-2026)
  Austrian Science Fund (FWF), PI Conrad Merkle
• Optical imaging of ocular pathology in Alzheimer’s disease – OPTIMALZ (2015-2020)
  European Research Council, PI Bernhard Baumann
• Preclinical imaging of the rodent eye with multi-functional optical coherence tomography (2013-2018) Austrian Science Fund (FWF), PI Bernhard Baumann

Ausgewählte Publikationen

Komplette Liste der Publikationen

• B. Baumann, A. Woehrer, “Polarization-insensitive optical coherence tomography based on partly depolarized light,” Optics Letters, 48 (13), 3499-3502 (2023)

• C.W. Merkle, M. Augustin, D.J. Harper, M. Glösmann, B. Baumann, „Degeneration of Melanin-Containing Structures Observed Longitudinally in the Eyes of SOD1−/− Mice Using Intensity, Polarization, and Spectroscopic OCT,” Translational Vision Science & Technology 11 (10), 28-28 (2022)

• A Lichtenegger, B Baumann, Y Yasuno, “Optical Coherence Tomography Is a Promising Tool for Zebrafish-Based Research—A Review,” Bioengineering 10 (1), 5 (2022)

• B Baumann, CW Merkle, M Augustin, M Glösmann, G Garhöfer, “Pulsatile tissue deformation dynamics of the murine retina and choroid mapped by 4D optical coherence tomography,” Biomedical Optics Express 13 (2), 647-661 (2022)

PhD theses

• Gesperger, Johanna, Optical imaging and digital pathology for brain disorders, PhD thesis, Medical University of Vienna, 2021.
• Eugui, Pablo, Advanced methods for tissue scattering characterization with optical coherence tomography, PhD thesis, Medical University of Vienna, 2020.
• Harper, Danielle J., Depth-resolved multi-contrast retinal imaging with high axial resolution, PhD thesis, Medical University of Vienna, 2020.
• Lichtenegger, Antonia, Multimodal visible light optical coherence microscopy for ex vivo brain imaging, PhD thesis, Medical University of Vienna, 2020.
• Augustin, Marco, Multi-Functional Optical Coherence Tomography for Preclinical Retinal Imaging, PhD thesis, Medical University of Vienna, 2018.
• Fialová, Stanislava, High resolution polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography for ocular imaging in small animals, PhD thesis, Medical University of Vienna, 2016.

Master and diploma theses

• Neuburger, Zoe, Diagnostic validity of visible light optical coherence microscopy data compared to histological data taken from Alzheimer’s disease mouse brain tissue, MD thesis (co-supervised by Antonia Lichtenegger and Bernhard Baumann), Medical University of Vienna, 2019.
• Wechdorn, Matthias, In vivo Imaging von retinalen Neovaskularisationen im Mausauge, MD thesis (co-supervised by Marco Augustin and Bernhard Baumann), Medical University of Vienna, 2019.
• Strehn, Simon, Mehrschichtige Streuphantome für die optische Kohärenztomographie, MSc thesis (co-supervised by Martin Gröschl and Bernhard Baumann), TU Vienna, 2017.
• Schirmer, Johannes, Quantitative Messung der Melaninpigmentierung in Rattenaugen, MD thesis, Medical University of Vienna, 2016.