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Nov 1, 2012

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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

 
PUBLICATIONS

Oct 26, 2012

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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

 
PUBLICATIONS

Oct 25, 2012

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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

 
AWARDS

Oct 25, 2012

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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

 
AWARDS

Oct 25, 2012

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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

 
MAJOR EVENTS

Oct 22, 2012

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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.

 
PUBLICATIONS

Oct 16, 2012

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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

 
PUBLICATIONS

Oct 11, 2012

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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

 
PUBLICATIONS

Oct 1, 2012

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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

 
AWARDS

Sep 21, 2012

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cabot@itis.swiss

 

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

 
AWARDS

Aug 31, 2012

 

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

 
PRESS

Jul 24, 2012

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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.

 
PUBLICATIONS

Jun 22, 2012

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murbach@itis.swiss

 

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

 
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Jun 19, 2012

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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

 
PUBLICATIONS

Jun 18, 2012

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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

 
PUBLICATIONS

Jun 2, 2012

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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

 
PUBLICATIONS

Jun 1, 2012

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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

 
ANNUAL REPORTS

May 31, 2012

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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

 
ANNUAL REPORTS

May 30, 2012

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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

 
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May 15, 2012

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Niels Kuster d'Arsonval Award Winner for 2012

The Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS) website has announced that Niels Kuster, Director of IT'IS Foundation and Professor of the ETH Zurich has been selected to receive the distinguished d'Arsonval Award

 

 
Other News

Apr 27, 2012

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capstick@itis.swiss

 

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.

 
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Apr 25, 2012

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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

 

 
Other News

Apr 3, 2012

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kuehn@itis.swiss

 

NIS-Monitoring Schweiz: Eine Konzept- und Machbarkeitsstudie

Report of the feasibility study that presents the scientific basis for monitoring approaches to assess the human exposure to non-ionizing radiation (NIR). The developed concepts aim at the assessment of typical doses of non-ionizing radiation (NIR) in the Swiss population

 
PUBLICATIONS

Mar 29, 2012

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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 POPULATION

Mar 21, 2012

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vip@itis.swiss

 

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.

 

 
PUBLICATIONS

Mar 13, 2012

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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

 
PUBLICATIONS

Feb 13, 2012

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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

 
PUBLICATIONS

Jan 20, 2012

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nik@itis.swiss

 

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

 
PUBLICATIONS

Jan 10, 2012

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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

 
PRESS

Jan 9, 2012

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The Observer Highlights Research on EMF and Cancer Treatment

The Guardian 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. 

 
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