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Christoph K. Hitzenberger

Christoph K. Hitzenberger

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Physics

D-Index
87
Citations
31345
World Ranking
2452
National Ranking
15

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - OSA Fellows For pioneering contributions to biomedical optics, with a special emphasis on optical coherence tomography, ocular biometry and ocular imaging.
  • 2013 - SPIE Fellow

Overview

Christoph K. Hitzenberger is affiliated with the Medical University of Vienna in Austria. Their research spans the fields of medicine and engineering, with a particular focus on ophthalmology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, biomedical engineering, epidemiology, and atomic and molecular physics, and optics.

Their work covers a range of topics within these fields, including:

  • Optical Coherence Tomography Applications
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Retinal Imaging and Analysis
  • Glaucoma and Retinal Disorders
  • Corneal Surgery and Disorders
  • Retinal and Macular Surgery
  • Retinal and Optic Conditions

Christoph K. Hitzenberger has contributed extensively to the scientific literature with a number of recent papers published in notable journals. Selected works include:

  • "Visualizing human photoreceptor and retinal pigment epithelium cell mosaics in a single volume scan over an extended field of view with adaptive optics optical coherence tomography," 2020, Biomedical Optics Express
  • "Identification and quantification of fibrotic areas in the human retina using polarization-sensitive OCT," 2021, Biomedical Optics Express
  • "Baseline predictors for subretinal fibrosis in neovascular age-related macular degeneration," 2022, Scientific Reports
  • "Retinal adaptive optics imaging with a pyramid wavefront sensor," 2021, Biomedical Optics Express
  • "Generating large field of view en-face projection images from intra-acquisition motion compensated volumetric optical coherence tomography data," 2020, Biomedical Optics Express

Among publication venues frequently chosen are:

  • Biomedical Optics Express
  • Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • Translational Vision Science & Technology
  • Scientific Reports

Frequent collaborations have been maintained with other researchers in the field, including:

  • Michael Pircher
  • Sylvia Desissaire
  • Florian Schwarzhans
  • Philipp Roberts
  • Clemens Vass

Christoph K. Hitzenberger has received recognition through awards such as:

  • SPIE Fellow, 2013
  • OSA Fellow, 2013, for pioneering contributions to biomedical optics, with a special emphasis on optical coherence tomography, ocular biometry and ocular imaging

Best Publications

  • Performance of fourier domain vs. time domain optical coherence tomography.

    R. A. Leitgeb;C. K. Hitzenberger;Adolf F. Fercher

  • Optical coherence tomography - principles and applications

    A F Fercher;W Drexler;C K Hitzenberger;T Lasser

  • Measurement of intraocular distances by backscattering spectral interferometry

    A. F. Fercher;C. K. Hitzenberger;G. Kamp;S. Y. El-Zaiat

  • In Vivo Optical Coherence Tomography

    Adolf F. Fercher;Christoph K. Hitzenberger;Wolfgang Drexler;Gerhard Kamp

  • Partial Coherence Interferometry: A Novel Approach to Biometry in Cataract Surgery

    Wolfgang Drexler;Oliver Findl;Rupert Menapace;Georg Rainer

  • Measurement and imaging of birefringence and optic axis orientation by phase resolved polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography

    Christoph Hitzenberger;Erich Goetzinger;Markus Sticker;Michael Pircher

  • Spectral measurement of absorption by spectroscopic frequency-domain optical coherence tomography.

    R. Leitgeb;M. Wojtkowski;A. Kowalczyk;C. K. Hitzenberger

  • Polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography of dental structures.

    A. Baumgartner;S. Dichtl;C.K. Hitzenberger;H. Sattmann

  • Optical Measurement of the Axial Eye Length by Laser Doppler Interferometry

    Christoph K. Hitzenberger

  • Speckle reduction in optical coherence tomography by frequency compounding.

    Michael Pircher;Erich Götzinger;Rainer A. Leitgeb;Adolf Friedrich Fercher

  • Improved prediction of intraocular lens power using partial coherence interferometry.

    Oliver Findl;Wolfgang Drexler;Rupert Menapace;Harald Heinzl

  • Wavelength-tuning interferometry of intraocular distances.

    F. Lexer;C. K. Hitzenberger;A. F. Fercher;M. Kulhavy

  • Phase-shifting algorithm to achieve high-speed long-depth-range probing by frequency-domain optical coherence tomography.

    Rainer A. Leitgeb;Christoph K. Hitzenberger;Adolf F. Fercher;Tomasz Bajraszewski

  • Polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography – a review [Invited]

    Johannes F. de Boer;Christoph K. Hitzenberger;Yoshiaki Yasuno

  • Real-time measurement of in vitro flow by Fourier-domain color Doppler optical coherence tomography.

    Rainer A. Leitgeb;Leopold Schmetterer;Christoph K. Hitzenberger;Adolf F. Fercher

  • Numerical dispersion compensation for Partial Coherence Interferometry and Optical Coherence Tomography.

    Adolf F. Fercher;Christoph K. Hitzenberger;Markus Sticker;Robert Zawadzki

  • Retinal pigment epithelium segmentation by polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography.

    Erich Götzinger;Michael Pircher;Wolfgang Geitzenauer;Christian Ahlers

  • Submicrometer Precision Biometry of the Anterior Segment of the Human Eye

    Wolfgang Drexler;Angela Baumgartner;Oliver Findl;Christoph K. Hitzenberger

  • Biometric Investigation of Changes in the Anterior Eye Segment During Accommodation

    Wolfgang Drexler;Angela Baumgartner;Oliver Findl;Christoph K. Hitzenberger

  • DISPERSION EFFECTS IN PARTIAL COHERENCE INTERFEROMETRY: IMPLICATIONS FOR INTRAOCULAR RANGING

    Christoph K. Hitzenberger;Angela Baumgartner;Wolfgang Drexler;Adolf F. Fercher

Frequent Co-Authors

Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth
Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth Medical University of Vienna
Oliver Findl
Oliver Findl Hanusch Hospital
Leopold Schmetterer
Leopold Schmetterer Nanyang Technological University
Peter E. Andersen
Peter E. Andersen Technical University of Denmark
Wolfgang R. Sperr
Wolfgang R. Sperr Medical University of Vienna
Gabor G. Kovacs
Gabor G. Kovacs University of Toronto

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