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01/12/2011

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Cancer Cell Proliferation is Inhibited by Specific Modulation Frequencies

Jacquelyn W. Zimmerman, Michael J. Pennison, Ivan Brezovich, Nengjun Yi, Celeste T. Yang, Ryne Ramaker, Devin Absher, Richard M. Myers, Niels Kuster, Frederico P. Costa, Alexandre Barbault, and Boris Pasche, British Journal of Cancer, Volume 106, Issue 2, pp. 307–313, January 17, 2012. Online December 1, 2011

 
Local Tissue Temperature Increase of a Generic Implant Compared to the Basic Restrictions Defined in Safety Guidelines
21/11/2011

Local Tissue Temperature Increase of a Generic Implant Compared to the Basic Restrictions Defined in Safety Guidelines

Adamos Kyriakou, Andreas Christ, Esra Neufeld, and Niels Kuster, Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 33, Issue 5, pp. 366–374, July 2012, online ahead of print, November 21, 2011


The objective of this study was to investigate if people with implantable medical devices are protected by the current electromagnetic safety guidelines. This study, based on generic implants, showed that a 1°C temperature increase in the tissues around the tips of the implant can be reached for field strengths much smaller than 1% of those in the basic restrictions. The impact of perfusion was investigated and was found to result in a reduction in the peak local temperature increase by only 1.6–3 times. Additional simulations inside an inhomogeneous anatomical model confirmed that the heating was similar to that observed in the generic model.

The scientific and technical impact of the study can be summarized as:

  • The current safety guidelines do not adequately protect persons with implants,
  • Special considerations are required, especially in the case of novel, emerging technologies that feature strong near-fields at frequencies below 10 MHz (e.g., wireless power-transfer systems).

 

PAPERS

21/10/2011

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Influence of the Hand on the Specific Absorption Rate in the Head

Chung-Huan Li, Mark Douglas, Erdem Ofli, Benoit Derat, Sami Gabriel, Nicolas Chavannes, and Niels Kuster, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Volume 60, Issue 2, pp. 1066–1074, February 2012, online October 21, 2011

 
PAPERS

22/09/2011

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Local SAR Enhancements in Anatomically Correct Children and Adult Models as a Function of Position within 1.5T MR Body Coil

Manuel Murbach, Eugenia Cabot, Esra Neufeld, Marie-Christine Gosselin, Andreas Christ, Klaas Prüssmann, and Niels Kuster, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Volume 107, Issue 3, pp. 428–433, December, 2011. Online September 22

 
PAPERS

31/08/2011

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Application of an Induced Field Sensor for Assessment of Electromagnetic Exposure from Compact Fluorescent Lamps

Jagadish Nadakuduti, Mark Douglas, Myles Capstick, Sven Kühn, and Niels Kuster, Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 33, Issue 2, pp. 166–175, February 2012. Online August 31, 2011

 
PAPERS

15/08/2011

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Mechano-Chemical Simulation of a Solid Tumor Dynamics for Therapy Outcome Predictions

Sven Hirsch, Dominik Szczerba, Bryn Lloyd, Michael Bajka, Niels Kuster, and Gabor Szekely, International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering, Volume 9, Issue 2, pp. 231–241, 2011, online August 15

 
PAPERS

12/08/2011

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Head Exposure System for a Human Provocation Study to Assess the Possible Influence of UMTS-Like Electromagnetic Fields on Cerebral Blood Circulation Using Near-Infrared Imaging

Hugo Lehmann, Laurent Pollara, Sonja Spichtig, Sven Kühn, and Martin Wolf, Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 33, Issue 2, pp. 124–133, February 2012. Online August 12, 2011

 
 
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