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Whole-Body and Local RF Absorption in Human Models as a Function of Anatomy and Position within 1.5T MR Body Coil

Manuel Murbach, Esra Neufeld, Wolfgang Kainz, Klaas P. Pruessmann, and Niels Kuster, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Volume 71, Issue 2, pp. 839-845, February 2014, online February 25, 2013

No Increased Sensitivity in Brain Activity of Adolescents Exposed to Mobile Phone-Like Emissions

Sarah P. Loughran, Dominik Benz, Marc Schmid, Manuel Murbach, Niels Kuster, and Peter Achermann, Clinical Neurophysiology, Volume 124, Issue 7, pp. 1303-1308, July 2013, online February 20, 2013

Thermal Tissue Damage Model Analyzed for Different Whole-Body SAR and Scan Durations for Standard MR Body Coils

Manuel Murbach, Esra Neufeld, Myles Capstick, Wolfgang Kainz, David O. Brunner, Theodoros Samaras, Klaas P. Pruessmann, and Niels Kuster, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Volume 71, Issue 1, pp. 421-431, January 2014, online February 14, 2013

Analysis of Human Brain Exposure to Low-Frequency Magnetic Fields: A Numerical Assessment of Spatially Averaged Electric Fields and Exposure Limits

Xi Lin Chen, Stefan Benkler, Nicholas Chavannes, Valerio De Santis, Jurriaan Bakker, Gerard van Rhoon, Juan Mosig, and Niels Kuster, Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 34, Issue 5, pp. 375-384, July 2013, February 12, 2013

Electrified into 2013

The most spectacular Annual Party in recent memory: the IT'IS - Speag - ZMT "Electrified into 2013" Party.

Influence of GSM Signals on Human Peripheral Lymphocytes: Study of Genotoxicity

Petra Waldmann, Susanne Bohnenberger, Rüdiger Greinert, Beate Hermann-Then, Anja Heselich, Stefanie J. Klug, Jochem Koenig, Kathrin Kuhr, Niels Kuster, Mandy Merker, Manuel Murbach, Dieter Pollet, Walter Schadenboeck, Ulrike Scheidemann-Wesp, Britt Schwab, Beate Volkmer, Veronika Weyer, and Maria Blettner, Radiation Research, Volume 179, Issue 4, pp. 243-253, April 2013, online January 14, 2013

Cell Type-Dependent Induction of DNA Damage by 1800 MHz Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields Does Not Result in Significant Cellular Dysfunctions

Shanshan Xu, Guangdi Chen, Chunjing Chen, Chuan Sun, Danying Zhang, Manuel Murbach, Niels Kuster, Qunli Zeng, and Zhengping Xu, PLoS ONE, Volume 8, Issue 1, online ahead of print January 23, 2013

Innovation Retreat

The success and achievements of the Bell Labs have inspired generations of engineers, physicists, product developers, and other scientists. These accomplishments and the success stories of our greatest inventors have also inspired 21 Speag, ZMT, and IT'IS coworkers who gathered in Flüeli-Ranft on Novenber 22nd-23rd to get under the hood of our our own innovation engine.

Field Evaluation of the Human Exposure from Multi-Band, Multi-System Mobile Phones

Sven Kühn, and Niels Kuster, IEEE Transactions Electromagnetics Compatibility, Volume 55, Issue 2, pp. 275-287, April 2013, online November 15, 2012

Parents back to school: kids take over

On the 2012 National Future Day, four outstanding girls – Anushka, Chimey, Liza, and Sia, and four exceptional boys – Jechiel, Kilian, Moritz, and Arun joined our research and development teams at IT'IS, SPEAG and ZMT for one day.

ELF Exposure System for Live Cell Imaging

Myles Capstick, Primo Schär, David Schürmann, Albert Romann, and Niels Kuster, Bioelectromagnetics, online ahead of print November 01, 2012

Bakker (2012) Thesis

Jurriaan Bakker, "Dosimetry of Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields in Daily Life and Medical Applications", PhD Thesis, Erasmus MC - Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, 2012, online November 2012

Evaluation of Wireless Resonant Power Transfer Systems With Human Electromagnetic Exposure Limits

Andreas Christ, Mark G. Douglas, John Roman, Emily B. Cooper, Alanson P. Sample, Benjamin H. Waters, Joshua R. Smith and Niels Kuster, IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Volume 55, Issue 2, pp. 265-274, April 2013, online October 25, 2012

Award for Best Presentation at the International Workshop on EMF Health Risk Research

IT’IS collaborator Caroline Lustenberg wins the award for best presentation at the International Workshop on EMF Health Risk Research

Award for Best Poster Contribution at the International Workshop on EMF Health Risk Research

IT'IS/ETH PhD student Marie-Christine Gosselin wins the award for the best poster contribution at the International Workshop on EMF Health Risk Research

EMF Health Risk Research: Lessons Learned and Recommendations for the Future – 7 years later

More than 120 researchers, government and health agency representatives, and industrial partners from around the world gathered on Monte Verità for four days of presentations and discussions on interactions mechanisms between EMF and living organisms, on the knowledge gaps that remain to be filled, and on the research required to successfully corroborate or refute existing hypotheses.

The Effect of Diode Response of Electromagnetic Field Probes for the Measurements of Complex Signals

Jagadish Nadakuduti, Sven Kuehn, Marcel Fehr, Mark Douglas, Katja Pokovic, and Niels Kuster, IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Volume 54, Issue 6, pp. 1195-1204, December 2012, online October 16

Evaluation of the RF Heating of a Generic Deep Brain Stimulator Exposed in 1.5 T Magnetic Resonance Scanners

Eugenia Cabot, Tom Lloyd, Andreas Christ, Wolfgang Kainz, Mark Douglas, Gregg Stenzel, Steve Wedan, and Niels Kuster, Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 34, Issue 2, pp. 104-113, February 2013, online October 11

Experimental Evaluation of the SAR Induced in Head Phantoms of Three- and Eight-Year-Old Children

Marie-Christine Gosselin, Sven Kühn, Andreas Christ, Marcel Zefferer, Emilio Cherubini, Jurriaan F. Bakker, Gerard C. van Rhoon, and Niels Kuster, IEICE Transactions on Communications, Volume E95-B, Number 10, pp. 3215–3224, October 2012

Best Paper Award at ECM Europe 2012

Takashi Hikage, Yoshifumi Kawamura, Toshio Nojima and IT'IS Foundation's Eugenia Cabot received the Best Paper Award at the EMC Europe 2012 held in Rome, Italy

Young Investigator Award at ICHO & JCTM 2012

IT'IS PhD student Adamos Kyriacou won the Young Investigator Award at the combined meetings of the 11th International Congress of Hyperthermic Oncology and the 29th Japanese Congress of Thermal Medicine (ICHO & JCTM 2012) held in Kyoto, Japan

The Washington Times Dedicates a Column to the 2012 Workshop on EMF and Health Risk Research Organized by IT'IS

The Washington Times dedicates a column to the IT'IS organized workshop on "EMF Health Risk Research: Lessons Learned and Recommendations for the Future" to be held from October 21–26, 2012 in Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland.

Sleep EEG Alterations: Effects of Pulsed Magnetic Fields Versus Pulse-Modulated Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields

Marc R. Schmid, Manuel Murbach, Caroline Lustenberger, Micheline Maire, Niels Kuster, Peter Achermann, and Sarah P. Loughran, Journal of Sleep Research, Volume 21, Issue 6, pp. 620-629, December 2012, online June 22

Niels Kuster Receives Distinguished d'Arsonval Award

Niels Kuster received the highest scientific honor of the Bioelectromagnetics Society on June 19, 2012 at the 34th Annual Meeting in Brisbane, Australia

Mechanisms of RF Electromagnetic Field Absorption in Human Hands and Fingers

Chung-Huan Li, Mark Douglas, Erdem Ofli, Nicolas Chavannes, Quirino Balzano, and Niels Kuster, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Volume 60, Issue 7, pp. 2267–2276, July 2012, online June 26

A Novel Approach for Mobile Device Design: GA-Based Distributed Optimization to Comply with OTA, SAR, and HAC Standards

Xi Lin Chen, Erdem Ofli, Nicolas Chavannes, and Niels Kuster, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, Volume 54, Issue 1, pp. 22–31, February 2012, online June 1

Exposure of the Human Body to Professional and Domestic Induction Cooktops Compared to the Basic Restrictions

Andreas Christ, René Guldimann, Barbara Bühlmann, Marcel Zefferer, Jurriaan F. Bakker, Gerard C. van Rhoon, and Niels Kuster, Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 33, Issue 8, pp. 695-705, December 2012, online June 1

IT'IS for Health: Advanced Research for Personalized Medicine

The IT'IS for Health brochure features:

Information Technology for Your Health: An Interview with Niels Kuster Investing in Scientific Discovery, Advanced Technology, and Human Health Anatomical Models for Research and Clinical Applications Conversing with Cells From Molecular- to Micro- to Macro-Biology

IT'IS Annual Report 2011

The Annual Report 2011 features key figures for 2011 and overviews of selected projects:

Live Cell Imaging during Electromagnetic Exposure Novel Time-Domain Electric and Magnetic Field Probes Modeling of Focused Ultrasound Inside the Human Body Modeling EM-Neuron Interactions for Neuroprosthetics and Safety Assessment Exposure Evaluations of Emerging Technologies