Since its discovery more than a hundred years ago, X-radiation has become an indispensable tool in medical diagnostics. Despite its huge success, for example in imaging bone structure, X-ray diagnostics ultimately reaches its limits in the examination of soft tissue such as tumours in healthy tissue. 
Our long-term goal in MAP is the development of conceptually new approaches for biomedical X-ray imaging and therapy which explicitly make use of the high brilliance of compact laser-driven X-ray sources. These efforts include new approaches for X-ray nanoscopy and nano-tomography, improved contrast modalities for pre-clinical X-ray imaging applications and image processing algorithms. The proposed activities range from fundamental research using state-of-the-art, large-scale X-ray synchrotron sources (e.g. PETRA III & ESRF) over applications at laser-driven compact X-ray sources being developed in Research Area A.3 to applied research and technology transfer projects aiming at the creation of improved biomedical device technology for clinical use. From a medical perspective, our work currently targets early cancer and osteoporosis diagnostics.

Our long-term goals and visions
Our long-term goal within MAP is the development of conceptually new approaches for biomedical X-ray imaging and therapy which explicitly make use of the high brilliance of compact laser-driven X-ray sources. These efforts include new approaches for X-ray nanoscopy improved contrast modalities for pre-clinical X-ray imaging applications and advanced image processing algorithms. The proposed activities range from fundamental research and benchmarking experiments using state-of-the-art, large-scale X-ray synchrotron sources (PETRA III & ESRF) over applications at laser-driven compact X-ray sources that are being developed in Research Area A.3 to applied research and technology transfer projects aiming at the creation of improved biomedical device technology for clinical use. From a medical perspective, our work will primarily target early cancer and osteoporosis diagnostics.