A Study of Flex Miniaturized Coils for Focal Nerve Magnetic Stimulation

Micol Colella, Daniel Z. Press, Rebecca M. Lahrer, Courtney E. McIlduff, Seward B. Rutkove, Antonino M. Cassarà, Francesca Apollonio, Alvaro Pascual Leone, Micaela Liberti, and Giorgion Bonmassar, Medical Physics 2022, online 11 December 2022, doi: 10.1112/mp.16148

Theory for a Non-Invasive Diagnostic Biomarker for Craniospinal Diseases

Fariba Karimi, Esra Neufeld, Arya Fallahi, Andrea Boraschi, Jaco J. M. Zwanenburg, Andreas Spiegelberg, Vartan Kurtcuoglu, and Niels Kuster, NeuroImage: Clinical 2022, Volume 37, Article No.103280, online 8 December 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103280

Mechanism of Capacitive Coupling of Proximal Electromagnetic Sources with Biological Bodies

Andreas Christ, Arya Fallahi, Esra Neufeld, Quirino Balzano, and Niels Kuster, Bioelectromagnetics 2022, Volume 43, Issue 7, pp. 404-412, 06 November 2022; doi: 10.1002/bem.22422

New Research Fund to Support Female Engineers

A new research fund has been established at IT’IS specifically to support female applicants seeking research fellowship positions in the area of electromagnetics and information technology.

Release of the Breast Tumor Patient Models Repository

IT’IS is pleased to host a new repository developed at the Erasmus University Medical Center that consists of 22 unique breast models for hyperthermia research. The Breast Tumor Patient Models hold important variations in terms of tumor size, tumor location, and tumor depth.

EURAMET-Funded Project MEWS Kick-Off Meeting

Z43 participated in the kick-off meeting of the project MEWS: Metrology for Emerging Wireless Standards, in Paris FR, which was held earlier this week.

Kick-Off of Horizon Europe Project: STASIS

STASIS, the successor to the successful Horizon project MIMAS (Medical Implant Manufacturers' Safety), had its kick-off meeting this week at the German National Metrology Institute (PTB) headquarters in Berlin.

IT’IS Receives o²S²PARC Year 6 Award

The development of the IT’IS open online computational platform under the NIH SPARC program is entering its sixth year.

Temporal Interference Planning Tool V1.0

IT’IS is excited to introduce our novel Temporal Interference Planning Tool – TIP Version 1.0 – which helps neuroscientists and brain stimulation experts to develop optimized electrode placements and stimulation conditions for targeted TI stimulation.

Benchmark Problems for Transcranial Ultrasound Simulation: Intercomparison of Compressional Wave Models

Jean-Francois Aubry, Oscar Bates, Christian Boehm, Kim Butts Pauly, Douglas Christensen, Carlos Cueto, Pierre Gelat, Lluis Guasch, Jiri Jaros, Yun Jing, Rebecca Jones, Ningrui Li, Patrick Marty, Hazael Montanaro, Esra Neufeld, Samuel Pichardo, Gianmarco Pinton, Aki Pulkkinen, Antonio Stanziola, Axel Thielscher, Bradley Treeby, and Elwin van 't Wout, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 2022, Volume 152, Issue 2, Article No. 1003, online 16 August 2022; doi: 10.1121/10.0013426

Focal Non-Invasive Deep-Brain Stimulation with Temporal Interference for the Suppression of Epileptic Biomarkers

Emma Acerbo, Aude Jegou, Charlotte Luff, Patrycja Dzialecka, Boris Botzanowski, Florian Missey, Ibrahima Ngom, Stanislas Lagarde, Fabrice Bartolomei, Antonino Cassara, Esra Neufeld, Viktor Jirsa, Romain Carron, Nir Grossman, and Adam Williamson, Frontiers in Neuroscience 2022, Volume 16, Article No. 945221, online 17 August 2022; doi: 10.3389/fnins.2022.945221

"Brown Bag Lunch" Seminar Series: Korean-Swiss Collaboration

Prof. Beom Sun Chung from the Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Korea, together with two of his students, Jongwoo Won and Sohyeon Lee, joined us as guest speakers in the BBL seminar series with a presentation about past and potential future collaborations between IT'IS and the Ajou/Dongguk University.

Multi-Objective Optimisation of Human Exposure for Various 5G Network Topologies in Switzerland

German Castellanos, Simon De Ghesellea, Luc Martens, Niels Kuster, Wout Joseph, Margot Deruycka, and Sven Kuehn, Computer Networks, 24 October 2022, Volume 216, Article No. 109255, online 8 August 2022; doi: 10.1016/j.comnet.2022.109255

SEAWave Kick-Off Meeting

In mid-July, the IT’IS Foundation and its project partners met in Thessaloniki, Greece, to kick off the recently approved Horizon Europe SEAWave Project.

Noninvasive Stimulation of Peripheral Nerves using Temporally-Interfering Electrical Fields

Boris Botzanowski, Mary J. Donahue, Malin Silverå Ejneby, Alessandro L. Gallina, Ibrahima Ngom, Florian Missey, Emma Acerbo, Donghak Byun, Romain Carron, Antonino M. Cassarà, Esra Neufeld, Viktor Jirsa, Peder S. Olofsson, Eric Daniel Głowacki, and Adam Williamson, Advanced Healthcare Materials 2022, Volume 11, Issue 7, Article No. 2200075, online 24 June 2022; doi: 10.1002/adhm.202200075

Noninvasive Monitoring of Intracranial Pulse Waves

Andreas Spiegelberg, Andrea Boraschi, Fariba Karimi, Myles Capstick, Arya Fallahi, Esra Neufeld, Niels Kuster, and Vartan Kurtcuoglu, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Volume 70, Issue 1, January 2023, online 28 June 2022; doi: 10.1109/TBME.2022.3186748

Rapid SAR Optimization for Hyperthermic Oncology: Combining Multi-Goal Optimization and Time-Multiplexed Steering for Hotspot Suppression

Redi Poni, Esra Neufeld, Myles Capstick, Stephan Bodis, and Niels Kuster, International Journal of Hyperthermia 2022, Volume 39, Issue 1, pp. 758–771, online 2 June 2022; doi: 10.1080/02656736.2022.2080284

Experimental Exposure Evaluation from the Very Close Near- to the Far-Field Using a Multiple-Multipole Source Reconstruction Algorithm

Kristian S. Cujia, Arya Fallahi, Sylvain Reboux, and Niels Kuster, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, September  2022, Volume 70, Issue 9, pp. 8461–8472, online 30 May 2022; doi: 10.1109/TAP.2022.3177564

Eurostars Project OptiStim Kick-Off Meeting

At the end of May, team members from Z43 and Salvia BioElectronics B.V. met virtually to kick off the newly approved Eurostars project OptiStim.

TIBS-R & TIBS-R-MRI: New Technology for Temporal Interference Research

Today, TI Solutions AG released a demo of the final prototype device for advanced research in temporal interference brain stimulation.

IT'IS Annual Report 2021

Improving Needleless Electrospinning Throughput by Tailoring Polyurethane Solution Properties with Polysiloxane Additives

Kamran Iranshahi, Jean Schoeller, Nicolas Luisier, Michael Chung, Sina Hashemi Zadeh, Giuseppino Fortunato, Thijs Defraeye, and Rene Rossi, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, Volume 04, Issue 03, pp. 2205–2215, online: 01 March 2022; doi: 10.1021/acsapm.2c00263

Tissue Properties Database V4-1: Updates for Low Frequency

IT'IS has upgraded its Tissue Properties Database. The new version includes the latest updates form the literature on low-frequency electric conductivity measurements as well as additions for the tissues that form the internal structures of the eye.

Activity-Dependent Spinal Cord Neuromodulation Rapidly Restores Trunk and Leg Motor Functions after Complete Paralysis

Andreas Rowald, Salif Komi, Robin Demesmaeker, Edeny Baaklini, Sergio Daniel Hernandez-Charpak, Edoardo Paoles, Hazael Montanaro, Antonino Cassarà, Fabio Becce, Bryn Lloyd, Taylor Newton, Jimmy Ravier, Nawal Kinany, Marina D´Ercole, Aurélie Paley, Nicolas Hankov, Camille Varescon, Laura McCracken, Molywan Vat, Miroslav Caban, Anne Watrin, Charlotte Jacquet, Léa Bole-Feysot, Cathal Harte, Henri Lorach, Andrea Galvez, Manon Tschopp, Natacha Herrmann, Moïra Wacker, Lionel Geernaert, Isabelle Fodor, Valentin Radevich, Katrien Van Den Keybus, Grégoire Eberle, Etienne Pralong, Maxime Roulet, Jean-Baptiste Ledoux, Eleonora Fornari, Stefano Mandija, Loan Mattera, Roberto Martuzzi, Bruno Nazarian, Stefan Benkler, Simone Callegari, Nathan Greiner, Benjamin Fuhrer, Martijn Froeling, Nik Buse, Tim Denison, Rik Buschman, Christian Wende, Damien Ganty, Jurriaan Bakker, Vincent Delattre, Hendrik Lambert, Karen Minassian, Cornelis A. T. van den Berg, Anne Kavounoudias, Silvestro Micera, Dimitri Van De Ville, Quentin Barraud, Erkan Kurt, Niels Kuster, Esra Neufeld, Marco Capogrosso, Leonie Asboth, Fabien B. Wagner, Jocelyne Bloch, and Grégoire Courtine, Nature Medicine 2022, online 7 February 2022; doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01663-5

IT’IS Modeling Pipeline Is Key Component in Restoring Mobility after Severe Spinal Cord Injury

Nature Medicine publishes STIMO study results showing that biomimetic epidural electrical stimulation based on personalized in silico treatment modeling in Sim4Life enables patients with clinically complete spinal cord injury to walk, stand, cycle, and swim again.

Zurich43 Retreat 2022: Witches vs. Bill Gates

Zurich43's retreat, held 31 January – 01 February 2022, was themed "Witches vs. Bill Gates: Conspiracy Beliefs & the Role of Science — Implications for Gender Bias & Inequality". In addition to an examination of conspiracy theories and how to debunk them, a specific goal of the retreat was to kick-start formulation of Z43's Gender Equality Plan.

Visible Human Overhaul: Release of Male ViP Model Eddie cV3-1

After being on the shelf for almost 20 years, IT’IS is proud to bring the Visible Human male model to new life in superior quality and consistent with other Virtual Population (ViP) models: the male anatomical phantom Eddie cV3-1!

Hyperthermia: A Potential Game-Changer in the Management of Cancers in Low-Middle-Income Group Countries

Niloy R. Datta, Bharati M. Jain, Zatin Mathi, Sneha Datta, Satyendra Johari, Ashok R. Singh, Pallavi Kalbande, Pournima Kale, Vitaladevuni Shivkumar, and Stephan Bodis, Cancers 2022, Volume 14, Issue 2, Article No. 315, online 9 January 2022; doi: 10.3390/cancers14020315

Launch of TI Solutions Early Adopter Program

IT’IS joins forces with TI Solutions AG to establish an Early Adopter Program to advance temporal interference stimulation technology

Intercomparison of Calculated Incident Power Density and Temperature Rise for Exposure From Different Antennas at 10–90 GHz

Kun Li, Yinliang Diao, Kensuke Sasaki, Alexander Prokop, Dragan Poljak, Vicko Doric, Jingtian Xi, Sachiko Kodera, Akimasa Hirata, and Walid El Hajj, IEEE Access 2021, Volume 9, pp. 151654–151666, online 13 November 2021; doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3126738