Launch of SPARC Portal at ISAN 2019

IT'IS will be at ISAN 2019 to demonstrate a very first version of our o²S²PARC platform via the newly established “SPARC Portal”.

Efficient and Reliable Assessment of the Maximum Local Tissue Temperature Increase at the Electrodes of Medical Implants under MRI Exposure

Aiping Yao, Earl Zastrow, Esra Neufeld, and Niels Kuster, Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 40, Issue 6, September 2019, pp. 422–433, online 19 July 2019; doi: 10.1002/bem.22208

Z43 Expands into New Quarters: Moving to the Frontline!

Z43 is expanding into beautiful new quarters at Ankerstrasse / Kräuelgasse, which include some much-needed meeting spaces. The new workplace, the former headquarters of Fabric Frontline, was inaugurated July 1 with an "Info Day" presentation in the "Salon", followed by an Apéro.

Response to Professor Foster’s Comments on Systematic Derivation of Safety Limits for Time-Varying 5G Radiofrequency Exposure Based on Analytical Models and Thermal Dose

Esra Neufeld and Niels Kuster, Health Physics, Volume 117, Issue 1, July 2019, pp. 70–71, online 10 June 2019; doi:10.1097/HP.0000000000001091

Ilaria Liorni Wins Young Scientist Award at BioEM2019!

Ilaria Liorni was the winner of the BioEM2019 Arthur Pilla Young Scientist Award for her presentation entitled "Physics-based closed coupling factors for evaluating exposures to gradient magnetic fields".

Release of Neuro-Functionalized Male ViP Model Jeduk V4-0

Only six months after the release of Yoon-sun V4-0, IT’IS introduces its male counterpart, neuro-functionalized Virtual Population model Jeduk V4-0.

IT'IS at the 10974 Joint Working Group in Nancy

The ISO 10974 Joint Working Group (JWG) met from June 19 – 21, 2019 to discuss safety aspects of the electromagnetic compatibility of active implants during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exposures.

"Brown Bag Lunch" Seminar Series: Special Guest Max Novelli

Max Novelli, Head of Informatics and Data at the Rehabilitation Neural Engineering Laboratory (RNEL) of the University of Pittsburgh, presented a special BBL on "Life in a Neurophysiology lab,...and more", 12 June 2019

Implant Safety Evaluation at IT'IS – Episode I: Generation of the piX model

IT'IS has just launched a new video series explaining how the radiofrequency response of active implants can be easily characterized with the latest off-the-shelf benchtop testing equipment and applying the latest assessment procedure. 

IT'IS Attends 2nd Sino-US Summit on Medical Device Risk Assessment

More than 300 participants gathered mid-May at the CMEF Spring 2019 in Shanghai for the “2nd Sino-US Summit Forum of Medical Device Total Product Life Cycle (TPLC) Risk Assessment - Studies on Safety Assurance and Risk Assessment of Active Implanted Devices Medical", co-hosted by the IT’IS Foundation.

Novel ETV6-RUNX1 Mouse Model to Study the Role of ELF-MF in Childhood B-Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Pilot Study

Elena Campos-Sanchez, Carolina Vicente-Dueñas, Guillermo Rodríguez-Hernández, Myles Capstick, Niels Kuster, Clemens Dasenbrock, Isidro Sánchez-García, and César Cobaleda, Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 40, Issue 5, July 2019, pp. 343–353, online 3 June 2019; doi: 10.1002/bem.22193

Release of Male ViP Model Jeduk cV3-1

IT’IS achieves another major milestone with the release of the second Korean computational phantom in unmatched segmentation quality.

Understanding Ultrasound Neuromodulation Using a Computationally Efficient and Interpretable Model of Intramembrane Cavitation

Théo Lemaire, Esra Neufeld, Niels Kuster, and Silvestro Micera, Journal of Neural Engineering, Volume 16, Issue 4, July 2019, 046007, online 5 April 2019; doi: 10.1088/1741-2552/ab1685

IT'IS Hosts Thermal Dose Workshop 2019

IT'IS hosted a Thermal Dose Workshop at Z43 on April 2–3, 2019, for discussions of critical safety issues in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Participants packed the third-floor meeting room for 2 days of presentations on a wide range of pertinent topics and intense discussion to inform the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) MT40 team working on the draft of the latest version of the MRI safety standard 60601-2-33.

Unified SAR Measurement Standard Moves Forward; 5G and IoT Standards Also Progress

Last week during IEC and IEEE joint meetings in New Jersey, the unified SAR measurement standard IEC/IEEE 62209-1528 passed another milestone towards completion. Publication is expected later this year. Two committee drafts (CDs) for exposure assessment of 5G millimeter-wave devices were positively received and are in preparation for the next stage. The IEEE Guide 1528.7 for IoT devices will complete its first draft in June.

"Brown Bag Lunch" Seminar Series: Special Guest Mario Romero Ortega

Prof. Mario Romero Ortega of the University of Texas at Dallas, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and the UTA Research Institute visited IT'IS with his BBL presentation "Electronic Interfacing of Peripheral Nerves: Technology and Applications".

Z43 at the BMES-FDA Conference and ISO 10974 Joint Working Group in Washington DC, March 19-22

Release of MRIxViP V2.0 with Improved Patient Coverage

IT'IS releases new version of MRIxViP exposure libraries for 1.5T and 3T with additional Virtual Population

Unified SAR Measurement Standard a Step Closer to Publication

At the latest IEC TC106 JWG13 editorial meeting in Frankfurt, the comment responses for IEC/IEEE 62209-1528 were completed. This is an important standard for exposure evaluation from wireless devices that is now prepared for IoT.

Workshop on Harmonization of Connectivity of the Digital Citizen

NZZ am Sonntag Asks "Can Mobile Phones Make You Sick?"

Non-Compliance of Mobile Devices Addressed in "Beobachter"

Theoretical Evaluation of the Power Transmitted to the Body as a Function of Angle of Incidence and Polarization at Frequencies >6 GHz and its Relevance for Standardization

Theodoros Samaras and Niels Kuster, Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 40, Issue 2, February 2019, pp. 136–139, online 25 January 2019; doi: 10.1002/bem.22170

"Brown Bag Lunch" Seminar Series: Special Guest Till Bay

Dr. Till Bay, CEO and co-founder of Incremed AG and CEO of Comerge AG, was a guest speaker in the BBL seminar series with a presentation on "AR for Medical Interventions".

Zurich43 Retreat 2019 on Ethics & Z43 Culture

Zurich43's annual retreat was held 21 – 22 January 2019 to discuss "Ethics & Z43 Culture in Real or Perceived Devaluing Times" with a particular focus on fairness, justice, recognition, and populism. 

FET-PROACTIVE Project NeuHeart Kick-off Meeting

The IT'IS Foundation and its partners met in Pisa, Italy, to kick-off the newly approved European FET-PROACTIVE project “NeuHeart”.

iSEG Is Now Open Source

IT'IS and ZMT provide medical-image segmentation and modeling toolkit iSEG as an open source project on GitHub.

A Numerical Assessment of the Human Body Effect in the Transmission of Wireless Microphones

Eugenia Cabot, Ivica Stevanovic, Niels Kuster, and Myles H. Capstick, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, online 05 December 2018, doi: 10.1002/mop.31623

Computational Animal Phantoms for Electromagnetic Dosimetry

Ilaria Liorni, Bryn Lloyd, Silvia Farcito, and Niels Kuster, in Computational Anatomical Animal Models: Methodological developments and research applications, Edited by Habib Zaidi, Pages 11-1 – 11-18, online December 2018

Advances in Computational Human Phantoms and Their Applications in Biomedical Engineering – A Topical Review

Wolfgang Kainz, Esra Neufeld, Wesley E. Bolch, Christian G. Graff, Chan Hyeong Kim, Niels Kuster, Bryn Lloyd, Tina Morrison, Paul Segars, Yeon Soo Yeom, Maria Zankl, X. George Xu, and Benjamin M. W. Tsui, IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences, Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2019, pp. 1–23, online 03 December 2018; doi:10.1109/TRPMS.2018.2883437