Reliable Prediction of Mobile Phone Performance for Realistic In-use Conditions Using the FDTD Method

Peter Futter, Nicolas Chavannes, Roger Tay, Mike Meili, Anja Klingenböck, Katja Pokovic and Niels Kuster, in IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, Volume 50, Issue 1, pp. 87–96, February 2008

Continuous Wave and Simulated GSM Exposure at 1.8 W/kg and 1.8 GHz do not Induce hsp16-1 Heat-shock Gene Expression in Caenorhabditis elegans

Adam S. Dawe, Reetta Nylund, Dariusz Leszczynski, Niels Kuster, Tom Reader, and David I. De Pomerai, in Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 29, Issue 2, pp. 92–99. February 2008. Published online September 20, 2007

Study on Potential Effects of '902-MHz GSM-type Wireless Communication Signals' on DBMA-induced Mammary Tumours in Sprague-Dawley Rats

Robert Hruby, Georg Neubauer, Niels Kuster and Michael Frauscher, in Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis, Volume 649, Issue 1-2, pp. 34–44, January 2008

Dosimetric Evaluation and Comparison of Different RF Exposure Apparatuses Used in Human Volunteer Studies

Clémentine M. Boutry, Sven Kühn, Peter Achermann, Albert Romann, Jafar Keshvari, and Niels Kuster, in Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 29, Issue 1, pp. 11–19, January 2008. Published online August 10, 2007

New Head Exposure System for Use in Human Provocation Studies with EEG Recording During GSM900- and UMTS-like Exposure

Gernot Schmid, Stefan Cecil, Christoph Goger, Michael Trimmel, Niels Kuster, and Hamid Molla-Djafari, in Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 28, Issue 8, pp. 636–647, December 2007. Published online 24 July

sXv – NTP/NIEHS Project

A Robust Method to Accurately Treat Arbitrarily Curved 3-D Thin Conductive Sheets in FDTD

Stefan Schild, Nicolas Chavannes, and Niels Kuster, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 55, no. 12, pp. 3587–3594, December 2007

Experimental EMF Exposure Assessment

Sven Kühn and Niels Kuster, in “Biological and Medical Aspects of Electromagnetic Fields,” Frank S. Barnes and Ben Greenebaum, Eds., CRC Press, London, 2007

A Patch Antenna Design for Application in a Phased-array Head and Neck Hyperthermia Applicator

Margarethus M. Paulides, Jurriaan F. Bakker, Nicolas Chavannes, and Gerard C. van Rhoon, in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Volume 54, Issue 11, pp. 2057–2063, November 2007

The Hypercollar: a Novel Applicator for Hyperthermia in the Head and Neck

Margarethus M. Paulides, Jurriaan F. Bakker, Esra Neufeld, Peter P. Jansen, Peter C. Levendag, and Gerard C. van Rhoon, International Journal of Hyperthermia, Volume 23, Issue 8, pp. 567–576, November 2007

GSM and DCS Wireless Communication Signals: Combined Chronic Toxicity/Carcinogenicity Study in the Wistar Rat

Paul Smith, Niels Kuster, Sven Ebert, and Hans-Jörg Chevalier, in Radiation Research, Volume 168, Issue 4, pp. 480–492, October 2007

An Attempt to Model the Human Body as a Communication Channel

Marc Simon Wegmueller, Andreas Kuhn, Juerg Froehlich, Michael Oberle, Norbert Felber, Niels Kuster, and Wolfgang Fichtner, in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Volume 54, Issue 10, pp. 1851–1857, October 2007. Published online September 17

Pulsed Radio-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields: Dose-dependent Effects on Sleep, the Sleep EEG and Cognitive Performance

Sabine J. Regel, Gilberte Tinguely, Jürgen Schuderer, Martin Adam, Niels Kuster, Hans-Peter Landolt, and Peter Achermann, in Journal of Sleep Research, Volume 16, Issue 3, pp. 253–258, September 2007. Published online August 17, 2007

Carcinogenicity Study of 217 Hz Pulsed 900 MHz Electromagnetic Fields in Pim1 Transgenic Mice

Germano Oberto, Katia Rolfo, Ping Yu, Michela Carbonatto, Sergio Peano, Niels Kuster, Sven Ebert and Santi Tofani, in Radiation Research, Volume 168, Issue 3, pp. 316–326, September 2007

Assessment Methods for Demonstrating Compliance with Safety Limits of Wireless Devices Used in Home and Office Environments

Sven Kühn, Urs Lott, Axel Kramer, and Niels Kuster, in IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Volume 49, Issue 3, pp. 519–525, August 2007

Novel Conformal Technique to Reduce Staircasing Artifacts at Material Boundaries for FDTD Modeling of the Bioheat Equation

Esra Neufeld, Nik Chavannes, Theodoros Samaras, and Niels Kuster, in Physics in Medicine and Biology, Volume 52, Issue 15, pp. 4371–4381, August 2007. Published online 22 June 2007

Benefits of Superficial Hyperthermia Treatment Planning: Five Case Studies

Maarten de Bruijne, D. H. M. Wielheesen, J. van der Zee, Nicolas Chavannes and Gerard C. van Rhoon, in International Journal of Hyperthermia, Volume 23, Issue 5, pp. 417–429, August 2007

SAR Distribution in Human Beings When Using Body-worn RF Transmitters

Andreas Christ, Theodoros Samaras, Esra Neufeld, Anja Klingenböck, and Niels Kuster, in Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Volume 124, Issue 1, pp. 6–14. Published online July 24, 2007

Quantitative Validation of the 3D SAR Profile of Hyperthermia Applicators Using the Gamma Method

Maarten de Bruijne, Theodoros Samaras, Nicolas Chavannes, and Gerard C. van Rhoon, in Physics in Medicine and Biology, Volume 52, Issue 11, pp. 3075–3088, June 2007

Requirements for Reliable Worst-case Assessment of Human Exposure to RF Electromagnetic Fields with Known Uncertainty

Andreas Christ, in Health Physics, Volume 92, Issue 6, pp. 554–564, June 2007. invited paper

New RF Report by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment

Swiss National Science Foundation 2006 Annual Report

The Swiss National Science Foundation, which has funded several IT'IS projects, released its 2006 Annual Report.

IT'IS Annual Report 2006

Pulsed Radio Frequency Radiation Affects Cognitive Performance and the Waking Electroencephalogram

Sabine J. Regel, Julie M. Gottselig, Jürgen Schuderer, Gilberte Tinguely, Julia V. Rétey, Niels Kuster, Hans-Peter Landolt, and Peter Achermann, in Neuroreport, Volume 18, Issue 8, pp. 803–807, May 2007

Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENHIR) report

IMTC 2007 Student Paper Award

IT'IS PhD student Marc Wegmüller wins the student paper award at the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (IMTC 2007)

A New Planning Tool for Hyperthermic Cancer Treatment

Esra Neufeld, in ERCIM News, Number 69, pp. 31–32, April 2007, invited

Long-term use of cellular phones and brain tumours -- increased risk associated with use for > 10 years

Wegmüller (2007) Thesis

Marc Simon Wegmüller, “Intra-Body Communication for Biomedical Sensor Networks,” PhD Thesi, Swiss Federal Insititute of Technologys, Thesis No. 17323, Zurich, 2007

Berdiñas-Torres (2007) Thesis

Verónica Berdiñas-Torres, “Exposure Systems and Dosimetry of Large-Scale In Vivo Studies,” PhD Thesis, Swiss Federal Insititute of Technology, Thesis No. 17429, Zurich, 2007