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10/12/2013

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A Review of Numerical and Experimental Compensation Techniques for Skull-Induced Phase Aberrations in Transcranial Focused Ultrasound

Adamos Kyriakou, Esra Neufeld, Beat Werner, Margarethus Paulides, Gabor Szekely, and Niels Kuster, International Journal of Hyperthermia, Volume 30, Issue 1, pp. 36-46, February 2014, online December 10, 2013

 
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26/11/2013

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Experimental and Numerical Assessment of Low-Frequency Current Distributions from UMTS and GSM Mobile Phones

Marie-Christine Gosselin, Sven Kühn, and Niels Kuster, Physics in Medicine and Biology, Volume 58, Issue 23, pp. 8339–8357, December 2013, online November 11, 2013

 
A Novel Medical Image Data-Based Multi-Physics Simulation Platform for Computational Life Sciences
14/08/2013

A Novel Medical Image Data-Based Multi-Physics Simulation Platform for Computational Life Sciences

Esra Neufeld, Dominik Szczerba, Nicolas Chavannes, and Niels Kuster, Interface Focus, Volume 3, Issue 3, April 2013, online February 21, 2013

Modeling complex biological systems in computational life sciences requires specialized tools that can perform medical-image-data-based simulations and can handle complex and realistic anatomical models. The required solvers must be optimized for modeling living tissue and high-performance-computing-enabled to cope with the frequently large numerical problems. A multi-physics platform that satisfies these requirements has been implemented and used to investigate a wide variety of relevant applications, some of which are presented in this paper. The simulation platform consists of detailed, parameterized anatomical models, a segmentation and meshing tool, a wide range of solvers and optimizers, a framework for the rapid development of specialized and parallelized finite element method solvers, a toolkit-based visualization engine, a PYTHON scripting interface for customized applications, a coupling framework, and more.

The scientific impact of this study can be summarized as:

  • A multi-physics simulation platform has been developed that can be employed to support device development and optimization, safety assessment, basic research, and treatment planning.
  • The platform includes novel, high-performance-computing-enhanced solvers optimized for modeling living tissue.
  • The platform has been applied to relevant topics such as hyperthermia cancer treatment planning, tumor growth modeling, evaluation of the magneto-haemodynamic effect as a biomarker, and physics-based morphing of anatomical models.
  • The platform offers a flexible, powerful environment in which to perform realistic simulations of physical, physiological, and biological effects in living tissue and complex anatomies.
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14/05/2013

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Simulation Techniques in Hyperthermia Treatment Planning

Margarethus Paulides, Paul Stauffer, Esra Neufeld, Paolo Maccarini, Adamos Kyriakou, Richard Canters, Chris Diederich, Jurriaan Bakker, and Gerard van Rhoon, International Journal of Hyperthermia, Volume 29, Issue 4, pp.346–357, June 2013, online May 14, 2013

 
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29/04/2013

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Assessing Human Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields From Wireless Power Transmission Systems

Andreas Christ, Mark Douglas, Jagadish Nadakuduti, and Niels Kuster, Proceedings of the IEEE , Volume 101, Issue 6, pp. 1482-1493, June 2013, online March 13, 2013

 
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19/04/2013

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Antenna Design and Tissue Parameters Considerations for Improved Modelling of Microwave Ablation in the Liver

Andreas Karampatzakis, Sven Kühn, George Tsanidis, Esra Neufeld, Theodoros Samaras, and Niels Kuster, Physics in Medicine and Biology, Volume 58, Issue 10, pp. 3191–3206, May 2013, online April 19, 2013

 
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17/04/2013

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CEM43°C Thermal Dose Thresholds: A Potential Guide for Magnetic Resonance Radiofrequency Exposure Levels?

Gerard C. van Rhoon, Theodoros Samaras, Pavel S. Yarmolenko, Mark W. Dewhirst, Esra Neufeld, and Niels Kuster,European Radiology, Volume 23, Issue 8, pp. 2215-2227, August 2013, online April, 2013

 
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26/03/2013

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Analysis of Mobile Phone Design Features Affecting Radio-frequency Power Absorbed in a Human Head Phantom

Sven Kühn, Michael Kelsh, Niels Kuster, Asher Sheppard, and Mona Shum, Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 34, Issue 6,pp. 479–488, September 2013, online March 26, 2013

 
 
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