Schulz-Menger Lab | Max Delbrück Center

The main focus of the group is the application and development of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) as a tool for innovative in-vivo non-invasive phenotyping of myocardial structure, metabolism and function as well as noninvasive hemodynamics. That reflects the understanding of diseases as an injury of the human system.

During the last years, we were able to apply the pre-examined parameters in different diseases and were able to differentiate myocardial injury in preserved ejection fraction. Microstructures could be assessed as first in human application in healthy volunteers as well as in patients using the 7 Tesla system.

Meanwhile, parts of our former research are introduced as standard within international clinical routine. We have collaborations worldwide by means of both lively exchanges with visiting researchers and within the framework of multi-centre projects.

Group Leader

Prof. Dr. Jeanette Schulz-Menger

Scientists

Edyta Blaszczyk

Jan Gröschel

Ralf-Felix Trauzeddel

Richard Hickstein

Elias Daud

Maximilian Fenski

Darian Viezzer

Steffen Lange

Bhoyroo, Yashraj

Fabian Mühlberg

Thomas Grandy

Josephine Kermer

Endri Abazi

Felix Wenson

Hadil Saad

Sophie Kühne

Hebatalla Abdalla

Leonora Zange

Students of Medicine (doctoral thesis)

Maximilian Müller

Leo Dyke Krüger

Leonhard Grassow

Jonathan Gavrysh

Johanna Kuhnt

Clemens Ammann

Oliver Ehrling

Aylin Demir

Constantin Bolz

PhD Students

Thomas Hadler

Katja Degenhardt

Chiara Manini

Simone Hufnagel

Felix Krüger

Matthias Anders

Jean-Pierre Bassenge

Sebastian Dietrich

Felix Schrank

Technical Assistants

Kerstin Kretschel

Denise Kleindienst

Martina Kohla

Study Nurses/Project Assistance

Annette Köhler

Elke Nickel

September 14, 2023 / Magn Reson Med

Rapid MR elastography of the liver for subsecond stiffness sampling

M. Anders
T. Meyer
C. Warmuth
J. Pfeuffer
H. Tzschaetzsch
H. Herthum
M. Shahryari
K. Degenhardt
O. Wieben
S. Schmitter
J. Schulz-Menger
T. Schaeffter
J. Braun
I. Sack

September 07, 2023 / Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg

A simulation-based phantom model for generating synthetic mitral valve image data-application to MRI acquisition planning

C. Manini
O. Nemchyna
S. Akansel
L. Walczak
L. Tautz
C. Kolbitsch
V. Falk
S. Sündermann
T. Kühne
J. Schulz-Menger
A. Hennemuth

September 01, 2023 / Magn Reson Med

Motion-corrected model-based reconstruction for 2D myocardial T1 mapping

K.M. Kerkering
J. Schulz-Menger
T. Schaeffter
C. Kolbitsch

August 25, 2023 / Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging

Competency-based cardiac imaging for patient-centred care. A statement of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

M. Westwood
A.G. Almeida
E. Barbato
V. Delgado
S. Dellegrottaglie
K.F. Fox
L. Gargani
K. Huber
P. Maurovich-Horvat
J.L. Merino
R. Mindham
D. Muraru
L. Neubeck
R. Nijveldt
M. Papadakis
G. Pontone
S. Price
G.M.C. Rosano
A. Rossi
L.E. Sade
J. Schulz-Menger
F. Weidinger
S. Achenbach
S.E. Petersen

August 25, 2023 / Eur Heart J

Competency-based cardiac imaging for patient-centred care. A statement of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

M. Westwood
A.G. Almeida
E. Barbato
V. Delgado
S. Dellegrottaglie
K.F. Fox
L. Gargani
K. Huber
P. Maurovich-Horvat
J.L. Merino
R. Mindham
D. Muraru
L. Neubeck
R. Nijveldt
M. Papadakis
G. Pontone
S. Price
G.M.C. Rosano
A. Rossi
L.E. Sade
J. Schulz-Menger
F. Weidinger
S. Achenbach
S.E. Petersen

August 18, 2023 / Eur Radiol

Comparison of manual and artificial intelligence based quantification of myocardial strain by feature tracking - a cardiovascular MR study in health and disease

J. Gröschel
J. Kuhnt
D. Viezzer
T. Hadler
S. Hormes
P. Barckow
J. Schulz-Menger
E. Blaszczyk

August 14, 2023 / J Cardiovasc Magn Reson

Multi-site comparison of parametric T1 and T2 mapping: healthy travelling volunteers in the Berlin research network for cardiovascular magnetic resonance (BER-CMR)

J. Gröschel
R.F. Trauzeddel
M. Müller
F. von Knobelsdorff-Brenkenhoff
D. Viezzer
T. Hadler
E. Blaszczyk
E. Daud
J. Schulz-Menger

August 01, 2023 / Comput Methods Programs Biomed

Lazy Luna: extendible software for multilevel reader comparison in cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging

T. Hadler
C. Ammann
J. Wetzl
D. Viezzer
J. Gröschel
M. Fenski
E. Abazi
S. Lange
A. Hennemuth
J. Schulz-Menger

July 24, 2023 / J Cardiovasc Magn Reson

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology: a comprehensive summary and update

F. von Knobelsdorff-Brenkenhoff
J. Schulz-Menger

July 03, 2023 / J Cardiovasc Magn Reson

Worldwide variation in cardiovascular magnetic resonance practice models

L.M. Sierra-Galan
E.E.S. Estrada-Lopez
V.A. Ferrari
S.V. Raman
V.M. Ferreira
V. Raj
E. Joseph
J. Schulz-Menger
C.W.S. Chan
S.S.M. Chen
Y. Cheng
J. De Lara Fernandez
M. Terashima
T.S.E. Albert

Marion Haase (Chair of the FSHD Diagnostic Group), Dr. Edyta Blasczcyk (1st prize winner), Benjamin Bechtle (Board Member DGM), Dr. Stefanie Meyer (2nd prize winner)

Science March 29, 2022

Outstanding ECRC cardiologists

In muscular dystrophies, there can also be a deterioration in the heart's function. For a study on such cardiac involvement, the German Society for Muscular Dystrophies (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Muskelkranke e.V.) has awarded ECRC researchers Jeanette Schulz-Menger and Edyta Blaszczyk the Ulrich Brodeßer FSHD Prize 2022.

Schulz Menger Lab

Science March 18, 2020

Gold for a Deep Look into the Heart

Jeanette Schulz-Menger received the gold medal from the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. The jury justified its decision with the fact that she has contributed immensely to further developing cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging. In addition, it praised the knowledge and creativity of the researcher.

MRI machine and people at computers

Press Release No. 11 March 02, 2016 Berlin

Jeanette Schulz-Menger becomes President of the global SCMR

Jeanette Schulz-Menger already heads the research group “Cardio-MRT” at the Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC) and the University Clinic for Cardiology on the Charité campus in Buch. In January she acquired yet another prominent position: as President of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR), the largest international society bringing together specialists in the field of Cardio-MRT. “This organization combines the expertise of specialists in cardiology and radiology as well as physics, computional science and mathematics and covers both basic research and clinical work,” says Schulz-Menger, who has been active in the society since 1998. She is the first woman to reach the post since the SCMR was founded in 1997.

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Press Release No. 9 February 19, 2016 Berlin

Precise visualization of myocardial injury

World’s first patient-based cardiac MRI study using 7T MRI

fibrotic tissue within the heart’s wall

Press Release No. 32 December 14, 2015 Berlin

Sudden cardiac death: large study to improve risk assessment

One of the most common causes of sudden cardiac death in young people is a genetic condition known as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). However, it is difficult to assess the risk of sudden cardiac death among people with this condition using current methods. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched a large-scale study that should considerably improve risk assessment in this area. The Outpatient Clinic for Cardiology at the Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC) of the MDC in the Helmholtz Association and of Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin is leading the clinical trials being conducted at participating German research centers with MRI expertise.

Science September 24, 2015 By Russell Hodge

Darth Vader’s helmet and other adventures at the border of physics, medicine, and biology

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Jeanette Schulz-Menger

Contact

jeanette.schulz-menger@charite.de

Phone: +49 30 450540611

Experimental and Clinical Research Center

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13125 Berlin

Building 46, Room 3303B

Internal affiliations

Integrative Biomedicine (topic 3)