NIEHS Systems at IITRI Updated

During the last few weeks, Dr. Myles Capstick from IT'IS has updated the NIEHS system located at IITRI in Chicago, USA for higher power, and recalibrated all sensors after the pilot and pre-chronic studies were completed last year.

IT'IS Paper Most Cited of PMB from the Last 2 Years (2010–2012)

IT'IS's Virtual Family paper is the most cited paper of the journal Physics in Medicine and Biology from the last 2 years

NIS-Monitoring Schweiz: Eine Konzept- und Machbarkeitsstudie

Nikoloski (2011) Thesis

Neviana Nikoloski, “EMF Risk Assessment: Exposure Assessment and Specialized Exposure Setups,” PhD Thesis, Swiss Federal Insititute of Technology, Thesis No. 19939, Zurich, 2011, online March 2012

Virtual Family Models Presented as a Key Topic by the U.S. Chief Technology Officer

On February 6, 2012 the National Modeling and Simulation Coalition held their inaugural congress. The opening presentation by the keynote speaker Aneesh Chopra, assistant to Barack Obama and U.S. Chief Technology Officer, presented the Virtual Family as part of a key topic: the Virtual Physiological Patient.

Children and Adults Exposed to Low Frequency Magnetic Fields at the ICNIRP Reference Levels: Theoretical Assessment of the Induced Electric Fields

Jurriaan F. Bakker, Maarten M. Paulides, Esra Neufeld, Andreas Christ, Xi Lin Chen, Niels Kuster, and Gerard van Rhoon, Physics in Medicine and Biology, Volume 57, Number 7, pp. 1815–1829, April 2012, online March 13

Exposure System to Study Hypotheses of ELF and RF Electromagnetic Field Interactions of Mobile Phones With the Central Nervous System

Manuel Murbach, Maria Christopoulou, Pedro Crespo-Valero, Peter Achermann, and Niels Kuster, Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 33, Issue 6, pp. 527–533, September 2012, online February 13

Parallelization of the FDTD Method Based on the Open Computing Language and the Message Passing Interface

Tomasz P. Stefanski, Nicolas Chavannes, and Niels Kuster, in Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Volume 54, Issue 3, pp. 785–789, March 2012, online January 20

Patient-Specific Simulations and Measurements of the Magneto-Hemodynamic Effect in Human Primary Vessels

Adamos Kyriakou, Esra Neufeld, Dominik Szczerba, Wolfgang Kainz, Roger Luechinger, Sebastien Kozerke, Robert McGregor, and Niels Kuster, Physiological Measurement, Volume 33, Issue 2, pp. 117–130, February 2012, online January 6

The Observer Highlights Research on EMF and Cancer Treatment

The Observer dedicated a column to the latest research on EMF and cancer treatment published in the British Journal of Cancer by Boris Pache and co-authors. This research was performed in collaboration with IT'IS. 

EMF Health Risk Research – Lessons Learned and Recommendations for the Future – Seven Years Later

The IT’IS Foundation is pleased to announce the 2012 EMF Health Risk Research – Lessons Learned and Recommendations for the Future workshop. This workshop will take place from the 21st to the 26th of October 2012 in Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland

Cancer Cell Proliferation is Inhibited by Specific Modulation Frequencies

Jacquelyn W. Zimmerman, Michael J. Pennison, Ivan Brezovich, Nengjun Yi, Celeste T. Yang, Ryne Ramaker, Devin Absher, Richard M. Myers, Niels Kuster, Frederico P. Costa, Alexandre Barbault, and Boris Pasche, British Journal of Cancer, Volume 106, Issue 2, pp. 307–313, January 17, 2012. Online December 1, 2011

Inside View of the IARC Monograph Meeting 102

The procedures of the IARC Monograph Program are described in the article, "The Eyes of the World Were Upon Us – An Inside View of the IARC Monograph Meeting 102: Evaluation of the Carcinogenic Risks of RF-EMF to Humans" by Meike Mevissen and Christopher J. Portier

Local Tissue Temperature Increase of a Generic Implant Compared to the Basic Restrictions Defined in Safety Guidelines

Adamos Kyriakou, Andreas Christ, Esra Neufeld, and Niels Kuster, Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 33, Issue 5, pp. 366–374, July 2012, online November 21

Our Future Researchers?

On the 2011 National Future Day, Anushka, Chimey, Jil and Liza joined our research and development teams at IT'IS and SPEAG for one day.

Influence of the Hand on the Specific Absorption Rate in the Head

Chung-Huan Li, Mark Douglas, Erdem Ofli, Benoit Derat, Sami Gabriel, Nicolas Chavannes, and Niels Kuster, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Volume 60, Issue 2, pp. 1066–1074, February 2012, online October 21, 2011

ARIMMORA Project Commenced

Advanced Research on Interaction Mechanisms of electroMagnetic Exposures with Organisms for Risk Assessment. The FP7 ARIMMORA project has officially begun on October 1, 2011

Tissue Properties Database Online

The IT'IS Foundation is proud to announce the launch of an online database for thermal and dielectric parameters of biological tissues as part of its ongoing effort to provide the community with a series of highly detailed anatomical models: the Virtual Population.

New Chinese Electromagnetics Research Program

A new five year EMF research program by Chinese Government chaired by Professor Yu Zhengping at the Third Military Medical University, China, has started in January 2011. Some of the research will be performed using exposure systems of the IT'IS Foundation.

Local SAR Enhancements in Anatomically Correct Children and Adult Models as a Function of Position within 1.5T MR Body Coil

Manuel Murbach, Eugenia Cabot, Esra Neufeld, Marie-Christine Gosselin, Andreas Christ, Klaas Prüssmann, and Niels Kuster, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Volume 107, Issue 3, pp. 428–433, December, 2011. Online September 22

British Journal of Cancer Top Ten Most Downloaded Articles

The Boris Pasche group paper, coauthored with IT'IS's Niels Kuster, has become one of the top ten most downloaded articles within two weeks of publication by the British Journal of Cancer.

Application of an Induced Field Sensor for Assessment of Electromagnetic Exposure from Compact Fluorescent Lamps

Jagadish Nadakuduti, Mark Douglas, Myles Capstick, Sven Kühn, and Niels Kuster, Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 33, Issue 2, pp. 166–175, February 2012. Online August 31, 2011

Mechano-Chemical Simulation of a Solid Tumor Dynamics for Therapy Outcome Predictions

Sven Hirsch, Dominik Szczerba, Bryn Lloyd, Michael Bajka, Niels Kuster, and Gabor Szekely, International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering, Volume 9, Issue 2, pp. 231–241, 2011, online August 15

Head Exposure System for a Human Provocation Study to Assess the Possible Influence of UMTS-Like Electromagnetic Fields on Cerebral Blood Circulation Using Near-Infrared Imaging

Hugo Lehmann, Laurent Pollara, Sonja Spichtig, Sven Kühn, and Martin Wolf, Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 33, Issue 2, pp. 124–133, February 2012. Online August 12, 2011

Treatment of Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Very Low Levels of Amplitude-Modulated Electromagnetic Fields

Frederico P. Costa, André Cosme de Oliveira, Roberto Meirelles, Marcel C.C. Machado, Tatiana Zanesco, Rodrigo Surjan, Maria Cristina Chammas, Manoel de Souza Rocha, Desiree Morgan, Alan Cantor, Jacquelyn Zimmerman, Ivan Brezovich, Niels Kuster, Alexandre Barbault, and Boris Pasche, British Journal of Cancer, Volume 105, Number 5, pp. 640–648, August 23, 2011. Online August 9

Children and Adults Exposed to Electromagnetic Fields at the ICNIRP Reference Levels: Theoretical Assessment of the Induced Peak Temperature Increase

Jurriaan F. Bakker, Margarethus M. Paulides, Esra Neufeld, Andreas Christ, Niels Kuster, Gerard C. van Rhoon, Physics in Medicine and Biology, Volume 56, Number 15, pp. 4967–4990, August, 2011, online July 19

Analysis of the Local Worst-Case SAR Exposure Caused by an MRI Multi-Transmit Body Coil in Anatomical Models of the Human Body

Esra Neufeld, Marie-Christine Gosselin, Manuel Murbach, Andreas Christ, Eugenia Cabot and Niels Kuster, Physics in Medicine and Biology, Volume 56, Number 15, pp. 4649–4659, August, 2011, online July 6

Estimation Formulas for the Specific Absorption Rate in Humans Exposed to Base Station Antennas

Marie-Christine Gosselin, Günter Vermeeren, Sven Kühn, Valpré Kellerman, Stefan Benkler, Tero M. I. Uusitupa, Wout Joseph, Azeddine Gati, Joe Wiart, Frans J. C. Meyer, Luc Martens, Toshio Nojima, Takashi Hikaje, Quirino Balzano, Andreas Christ, Niels Kuster, IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Volume 53, Issue 4, pp. 909–922, November 2011, online June 9

IT'IS Paper Among 5 Most Cited Papers of PMB in 2010

An IT'IS paper is among the five most cited papers in 2010 of the journal Physics in Medicine and Biology (PMB)

Carcinogenicity of Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields

Robert Baan, Yann Grosse, Béatrice Lauby-Secretan, Fatiha El Ghissassi, Véronique Bouvard, Lamia Benbrahim-Tallaa, Neela Guha, Farhad Islami, Laurent Galichet, Kurt Straif, The Lancet Oncology (Early Online Publication), June 22, 2011