Magnetic Nanoparticle-Induced Hyperthermia with Appropriate Payloads: Paul Ehrlich’s “Magic (Nano)bullet” for Cancer Theranostics?

Nilroy R. Datta, Sunil Krishnan, Daniel E. Speiser, Esra Neufeld, Niels Kuster, Stefan Bodis, and Heinrich Hofmann,
Cancer Treatment Reviews, Volume 50, pp. 217–227, online September 2016

Approach to Validate Simulation-Based Distribution Predictions Combining the Gamma-Method and Uncertainty Assessment: Application to Focused Ultrasound

Esra Neufeld, Adamos Kyriacou, Wolfgang Kainz, and Niels Kuster, Journal of Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 1, Issue 3, 031006, online September 2016

IT'IS Publication in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: MRM Highlights – Editor's Pick September 2016

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine features recent IT'IS paper in MRM Highlights – Editor's Pick September 2016.

Virtual Population-Based Assessment of the Impact of 3 Tesla Radiofrequency Shimming and Thermoregulation on Safety and B1+ Uniformity

Manuel Murbach, Esra Neufeld, Eugenia Cabot, Earl Zastrow, Juan Córcoles, Wolfgang Kainz, and Niels Kuster, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Volume 76, Issue 3, pp. 986–997, September 2016; Early View, September 2015, online September 24, 2015

NTP Study Presented and Discussed at NIEHS Scientific Board Meeting

Following the press release on the US National Toxicology Program (NTP) Study of Cell Phone Radiofrequency Radiation (RFR) and Carcinogensis in May 2016, the presentation given by prinicpal investigator Michael Wyde on the setup and main preliminary findings is now accessible on our website.

IT'IS Annual Report 2015

Parallel smoothing pressure correction solver for biomedical flow problems: convergence criteria, preconditioning, scalability

Kathrin Burckhardt, Dominik Szczerba, Esra Neufeld, Krishnamurthy Muralidhar, and Niels Kuster, Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, Volume 16, Issue 4, pp. 201–215, online August 10, 2016

Release of New Posable Virtual Population Models V3.1!

IT’IS proudly announces the release of the full range of ViP models, now upgraded for use with the new Poser method available in the multiphysics computational life sciences platform Sim4Life 2.2!

Latsis Symposium 2016 ETH Zurich on Personalized Medicine, June 27–29, 2016

The IT'IS Foundation joined forces with the Competence Center Personalized Medicine UZH/ETH to host the Latsis Symposium 2016 on Personalized Medicine at the ETH Zurich, June 27 – 29, 2016. More than 250 attendees assembled to explore a wide range of topics on research and policy in precision medicine with leading experts from clinics, universities, regulatory agencies, and industry. The event closed with a well-attended German-language public event on Wednesday evening, June 29.

NIEHS Press Release on NTP Study of Cell Phone RF Radiation and Carcinogensis in Rats

The National Toxicology Program (NTP) of NIEHS released a report entitled, “Report of Partial Findings From the National Toxicology Program Carcinogenesis Studies of Cell Phone Radiofrequency Radiation in Hsd: Sprague Dawley SD Rats (Whole Body Exposure).” This was a joint study with the IT'IS Foundation.

Investigation of assumptions underlying current safety guidelines on EM-induced nerve stimulation

Esra Neufeld, Ioannis Vogiatzis Oikonomidis, Maria Ida Iacono, Leonardo M. Angelone, Wolfgang Kainz, and Niels Kuster, Physics in Medicine and Biology, Volume 61, Issue 12, pp. 4466–4478, online May 2016

Functionalized anatomical models for EM-neuron interaction modeling

Esra Neufeld, Antonino M. Cassara, Hazael Montanaro, and Niels Kuster, Physics in Medicine and Biology, Volume 61, Issue 12, 4390–4401, online May 25, 2016

IT’IS Wins Award for Best Poster in Session at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

The IT'IS Foundation won the best poster award in a joint session on High Field Systems & Applications and MR Safety at the 24th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) in Singapore, 7 – 13 May 2016. Earl Zastrow presented the poster entitled "Development of a Set of Generic Numerical Birdcages for Comprehensive Evaluations of Induced RF Fields for Implant Safety."

Comparative dosimetry for children and rodents exposed to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields

Yijian Gong, Myles Capstick, Clemens Dasenbrock, Maren Fedrowitz, Cesar Cobaleda, Isidro Sanchez-Garcia, and Niels Kuster, Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 37, Issue 5, pp. 310–322, July 2016, online May 13, 2016

Pregnant women models analyzed for RF exposure and temperature increase in 3T RF shimmed birdcages

Manuel Murbach, Esra Neufeld, Theodoros Samaras, Juan Córcoles, Fraser J. Robb, Wolfgang Kainz, and Niels Kuster, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Early View, May 2016, online May 17, 2016

Dielectric Resonator Reflectarray as High-Efficiency Nonuniform Terahertz Metasurface

Daniel Headland, Eduardo Carrasco, Shruti Nirantar, Withawat Withayachumnankul, Philipp Gutruf, James Schwarz, Derek Abbott, Madhu Bhaskaran, Sharath Sriram, Julien Perruisseau-Carrier, and Christophe Fumeaux, ACS Photonics, online May 13, 2016, DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.6b00102

An HF exposure system for mice with improved efficiency

Myles Capstick, Yijian Gong, Boris Pasche, and Niels Kuster, Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 37, Issue 4, pp. 223–233, May 2016, online March 31, 2016

Extremely low-frequency magnetic fields and the risk of childhood leukemia: A risk assessment by the ARIMMORA consortium

Joachim Schüz, Clemens Dasenbrock, Paolo Ravazzani, Martin Röösli, Primo Schär, Patricia L. Bounds, Friederike Erdmann, Arndt Borkhardt, César Cobaleda, Maren Fedrowitz, Yngve Hamnerius, Isidro Sanchez-Garcia, Rony Seger, Kjeld Schmiegelow, Gunde Ziegelberger, Myles Capstick, Melissa Manser, Meike Müller, Christoph D. Schmid, David Schürmann, Benjamin Struchen, and Niels Kuster, Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 37, Issue 3, pp. 183–189, April 2016, online March 15, 2016

IT’IS Foundation Research on Validation of Fast SAR Solutions Featured at MIC MRA Workshop in Tokyo

Prof. Niels Kuster presented the current status of the IT’IS Foundation’s effort to develop comprehensive validation concepts for vector probe systems and their implementation at the MIC MRA International Workshop hosted by the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) March 2 – 3, 2016 in the U Thant International Conference Hall of Tokyo’s United Nations University.

IT'IS/Speag/ZMT Retreat in Melchsee-Frutt on Mastering Sales/Funding, Spotting Trends and Shaping the Future

Twenty IT'IS, SPEAG, and ZMT co-workers convened for two-day retreat, 01 – 02 February 2016, held at the Hotel Frutt Lodge & SPA, in Melchsee-Frutt, Canton Obwalden. The goal of the retreat was to learn how to spot trends and become a trend setter, to master sales, to assess the current status of the organization, and to establish measures for improvement.

Sim4Life Featured in the Nano World Cancer Day 2016

Esra Neufeld represented the IT'IS Foundation in this successful event, with a presentation and an interactive demonstration of Sim4Life, which was very well received as a promising tool for the care of cancer patients.

Let’s Party! Festivities to Kick Start 2016!

This year’s party of Z43 (IT'IS Foundation, SPEAG, ZMT) was held at trendy Art Dock, located in the former freight terminal between Zurich’s Hardbrücke and Central train stations.

Desktop exposure system and dosimetry for small scale in vivo radiofrequency exposure experiments

Yijian Gong, Myles Capstick, Thomas Tillmann, Clemens Dasenbrock, Theodoros Samaras, and Niels Kuster, Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 37, Issue 1, pp. 49–61, January 2016, online December 18, 2015

Avicenna Roadmap on In Silico Clinical Trials Published

The research and technological development roadmap in support of in silico clinical trials produced by the Avicenna Action is now published online, click here to go to Research Gate for a download link. Davnah Payne represented the IT’IS Foundation as one of 525 experts in this initiative funded by the European Commission. 

Novel Exposure Units for at-Home Personalized Testing of Electromagnetic Sensibility

Anke Huss, Manuel Murbach, Imke van Moorselaar, Niels Kuster, Rob van Strien, Hans Kromhout, Roel Vermeulen, and Pauline Slottje, Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 37, Issue 1, pp. 62–68, January 2016, online December 11, 2015

Special Section on ESHO2015 in the International Journal of Hyperthermia

The 30th annual meeting of the European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology (ESHO 2015) hosted by IT'IS/ETH and the Kantonsspital Aarau on behalf of the ESHO, was held June 24th to 26th, 2015, in Arau and Zurich, Switzerland.

Release of New Posable Duke V3.1!

IT’IS is now proud to announce the release of Duke cV3-1, the first of the ViP models to have been upgraded for use with the new posing method available in the multiphysics computational life sciences platform Sim4Life 2.2!

Computational Assessment of Pregnant Woman Models Exposed to Uniform ELF- Magnetic Fields: Compliance with the European Current Exposure Regulations for the General Public and Occupational Exposures at 50 Hz

Ilaria Liorni, Marta Parazzini, Serena Fiocchi, Mark Douglas, Myles Capstick, Niels Kuster, and Paolo Ravazzani, Radiation Protection Dosimetry, online ahead of print November 30, 2015

Prof. Niels Kuster chaired a workshop on Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Assessment in Medical EMF Applications at the COST EMF-MED meeting

The IT’IS Foundation organized a daylong workshop on "Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Assessment in Medical EMF Applications" on Wednesday 18/11/2015 at the Masarykova Kolej Congress Center in Prague.

Heating and Safety Concerns of the Radio-Frequency Field in MRI

Manuel Murbach, Earl Zastrow, Esra Neufeld, Eugenia Cabot, Wolfgang Kainz, and Niels Kuster, Current Radiology Reports, Volume 3, Number 45, December 2015, online October 28, 2015