Tolga Goren
PhD, Project Leader
Head of Customized Research
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Tolga Goren was born in the US in 1987. He studied Materials Science and Applied Mathematics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, and earned his master's degree in polymer nanocomposites. He moved to Switzerland in 2009 for his doctorate at the ETH Zurich on synthesis, characterization, and simulation of biolubricating thin films.
From 2014, he worked as project manager for drug delivery device components in an ISO 13845 environment at Baumann Medical AG.
Tolga joined the IT'IS Foundation as Head of Customized Research in 2016, to lead and coordinate R&D service activities as well as manage the ISO 17025 accredited IT'IS Testing Laboratory. Tolga and his team are responsible for MRI Implant Safety evaluations according to ISO 10974, developing testing methods in collaboration with ZMT Zurich MedTech, as well as the applied tool set (Sim4Life and its modules, MRIxViP, etc.) for computational modeling & simulations. He is a contributing member of ISO/IEC 10974, ASTM F2182, and ASME V&V40, as well as related standards like IEC 60601-2-33.
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Peer-reviewed articles
| Steckner, M., Conroy, M., Edmonson, J. & Goren, T. Final Response to authors of “Experimental evaluation of relationship between radiofrequency heating near implanted conductive devices, scanner-reported B\textsubscript1+rms , and transmit power”. IEEE Journal of Microwaves, 6(2):493-494, 2026, doi:10.1109/JMW.2026.3666607 |
| Zanovello, U., Arduino, A., Fuss, C., Goren, T., Zilberti, L. & Bottauscio, O. Impact of simultaneous exposure to RF and gradient electromagnetic fields on implant MR safety labeling. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 95(1):601-612, 2026, doi:10.1002/mrm.70059 |
| Kranold, L., Xi, J., Goren, T. & Kuster, N. Dosimetric electromagnetic safety of people with implants: A neglected population? Bioelectromagnetics, 46(6):e70023, 2025, doi:10.1002/bem.70023 |
| Yao, A., Goren, T., Lloyd, B., Johanna Fuss, C., Farcito, S., Wang, J., Yang, P. & Kuster, N. Breast MRI in the prone position: Impact on RF-induced heating of active implantable medical devices. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 70(17):175003, 2025, doi:10.1088/1361-6560/adf58d |
| Goren, T., Reboux, S., Farcito, S., Lloyd, B. & Kuster, N. Influence of patient head definition on induced E‐fields during MR examination. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 91(2):735-740, 2024, doi:10.1002/mrm.29894 |
| Yao, A., Goren, T., Samaras, T., Kuster, N. & Kainz, W. Radiofrequency‐induced heating of broken and abandoned implant leads during magnetic resonance examinations. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 86(4):2156-2164, 2021, doi:10.1002/mrm.28836 |
| Yao, A., Murbach, M., Goren, T., Zastrow, E., Kainz, W. & Kuster, N. Induced radiofrequency fields in patients undergoing MR examinations: Insights for risk assessment. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 66(18), 2021, doi:10.1088/1361-6560/ac212d |
