Coping with the Challenges of Designing Medical Body Area NetworksProblem Description Connected nodes in a wireless body area network.Wireless body area networks (WBAN) consist of wirelessly connected nodes of sensors…
Getting Acoustic Energy Precisely to its TargetProblem Description Schematic view of tissue ablation with a sonic knife in the liver.Focused ultrasound (FUS) and high intensity FUS (HIFU) have found valuable…
Exposure Assessment of Wireless Power Transfer SystemsProblem Description Schematic view of a wireless car charger.Wireless power transfer (WPT) is an emerging technology and is expected to become ubiquitous in the…
Modeling for Device Design and Personalized Treatment PlanningProblem Description Various views of a simulation of a tumor being exposed to electro-thermal therapy. From left to right: Medical image of the…
The Most Effective Way to Demonstrating RF Active Implant SafetyProblem Description Undesirable interactions of an active implanted medical device (AIMD) inside an MRI scanner.Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical…
Modeling Intended and Unintended Neurostimulation by EM-fieldsProblem Description Highly resolved full body human model, with details of the nerves (top); Sim4Life simulation of exposure in an MRI examination.Electromagnetic fields (EMF)…
Modeling Vagus Nerve StimulationProblem Description Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS). Image from: http://heatherdane.com/ Computational MIDA head model [2], specifically realized for neurostimulation investigations.Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) was approved in 1997 by…
