Risto Ilmoniemi
Senior Advisor
Senior Advisor
T314 Dept. Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
I have built and designed multichannel MEG instruments and invented for MEG use the minimum-norm estimate (together with Matti Hämäläinen), the signal-space projection, formulas for the forward problem, the channel-capacity measure for comparing sensor arrays, and the triangle phantom. I have developed, together with many excellent students, several transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) techniques such as navigated TMS (nTMS), the combined use of TMS and EEG, and multi-locus TMS (mTMS). I am the founder and former CEO of Nexstim Plc, the company that brought nTMS and TMS–EEG to the market. Currently, I lead the development of mTMS and hybrid MEG–MRI systems and apply these technologies for neuroscience and clinical use. Much of my effort is devoted to the development of mathematical methods for improved brain-signal analysis and for data interpretation, often involving work on the bioelectromagnetic inverse problem.
Full researcher profile
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Areas of expertise
Biodesign, Aalto Ventures Program, Human brain imaging, Applied Physics, Neurophysics, Biophysics, Electromagnetism, Bioelectromagnetism, Neuroscience, Biomedical engineering, Medical Technology, Neurotechnology, Brain imaging, Electrical impedance tomography, Functional magnetic resonance imaging, Magnetoencephalography, Electroencephalography, Brain Research, Neurostimulation, Ultra-low-field MRI, Brain stimulation, Navigated brain stimulation, Navigated TMS, Transcranial direct current stimulation, Transcranial magnetic stimulation, Brain connectivity, Brain modeling, Inverse problems, Signal analysis, SQUID magnetometers, Philosophy of mind, EEG, NIRS, TMS, NTMS, NBS, MMN, MRI, ULF MRI, MEG-MRI, MEGMRI, MEG, FMRI, EIT, M.Sc. programme Brain and Mind, BioMag Laboratory, BECS, Aalto Brain Centre (ABC), TDCS, TACS
Honors and awards
Academy professor 1.1.2012-31.12.2016 Suomen Akatemia, Finland
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Jan 2011
Innovation Prize 1997 of the New Technology Foundation, Finland
Multichannel magnetic brain stimulator, awarded to Risto Ilmoniemi and his research team, including Jarmo Ruohonen, Juha Virtanen, Janne Kamppuri, Pekka Kähkönen and Marko Ollikainen. The award for this first prize was worth 15000 FIM, April 14, 1997
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Apr 1997
First prize in the invention competition organized by the Foundation for Medical Technology, Finland
Electromagnetic brain mapping device, worth 5000 FIM, Sept. 25, 1997.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Sep 1997
Innosuomi 2004 Prize awarded by the President of Finland, Ms. Tarja Halonen, to Nexstim Ltd., a company founded and led by Risto Ilmoniemi
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Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Nov 2004
Member, Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Jan 2008
Fellow of ISFSI (International Society for Functional Source Imaging)
Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Jan 2011
World Technology Award Finalist in Health & Medicine, The World Technology Network in association with TIME, Fortune, CNN, Science/AAAS, Kurzweil Technologies, and IEEE Spectrum
Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Jan 2013
Knight, First Class, of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
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Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Dec 2014
Fellow of EAMBES (European Alliance for Medical and Biological Engineering and Science)
Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Jan 2015
Innovation of the Year Award
In recognition of exceptional work transferring research to innovation with both economical and societal impact.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Dec 2017
Publications
TMS combined with EEG: Recommendations and open issues for data collection and analysis
Julio C. Hernandez-Pavon, Domenica Veniero, Til Ole Bergmann, Paolo Belardinelli, Marta Bortoletto, Silvia Casarotto, Elias P. Casula, Faranak Farzan, Matteo Fecchio, Petro Julkunen, Elisa Kallioniemi, Pantelis Lioumis, Johanna Metsomaa, Carlo Miniussi, Tuomas P. Mutanen, Lorenzo Rocchi, Nigel C. Rogasch, Mouhsin M. Shafi, Hartwig R. Siebner, Gregor Thut, Christoph Zrenner, Ulf Ziemann, Risto J. Ilmoniemi
2023
Brain Stimulation
MarLe : Markerless estimation of head pose for navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation
Renan H. Matsuda, Victor H. Souza, Petrus N. Kirsten, Risto J. Ilmoniemi, Oswaldo Baffa
2023
Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine
TMS-Induced Modulation of EEG Functional Connectivity Is Affected by the E-Field Orientation
Giulia Pieramico, Roberto Guidotti, Aino E. Nieminen, Antea D’Andrea, Alessio Basti, Victor H. Souza, Jaakko O. Nieminen, Pantelis Lioumis, Risto J. Ilmoniemi, Gian Luca Romani, Vittorio Pizzella, Laura Marzetti
2023
BRAIN SCIENCES
Advanced Pipeline for Designing Multi-Locus TMS Coils with Current Density Constraints
Ilkka J. Rissanen, Victor H. Souza, Jaakko O. Nieminen, Lari M. Koponen, Risto J. Ilmoniemi
2023
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
Effective Intracerebral Connectivity in Acute Stroke: A TMS–EEG Study
Franca Tecchio, Federica Giambattistelli, Camillo Porcaro, Carlo Cottone, Tuomas P. Mutanen, Vittorio Pizzella, Laura Marzetti, Risto J. Ilmoniemi, Fabrizio Vernieri, Paolo Maria Rossini
2023
BRAIN SCIENCES
The rt-TEP tool: real-time visualization of TMS-Evoked Potentials to maximize cortical activation and minimize artifacts
Silvia Casarotto, Matteo Fecchio, Mario Rosanova, Giuseppe Varone, Sasha D'Ambrosio, Simone Sarasso, Andrea Pigorini, Simone Russo, Angela Comanducci, Risto J. Ilmoniemi, Marcello Massimini
2022
Journal of Neuroscience Methods
Local brain-state dependency of effective connectivity: A pilot TMS-EEG study
Ida Granö, Tuomas P. Mutanen, Aino Tervo, Jaakko O. Nieminen, Victor H. Souza, Matteo Fecchio, Mario Rosanova, Pantelis Lioumis, Risto J. Ilmoniemi
2022
Open Research Europe
Source-based artifact-rejection techniques for TMS–EEG
Tuomas P. Mutanen, Johanna Metsomaa, Matilda Makkonen, Giuseppe Varone, Laura Marzetti, Risto J. Ilmoniemi
2022
Journal of Neuroscience Methods
Accuracy and precision of navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation
Aino E. Nieminen, Jaakko O. Nieminen, Matti Stenroos, Pavel Novikov, Maria Nazarova, Selja Vaalto, Vadim Nikulin, Risto J. Ilmoniemi
2022
JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING
Multi-locus transcranial magnetic stimulation system for electronically targeted brain stimulation
Jaakko O. Nieminen, Heikki Sinisalo, Victor H. Souza, Mikko Malmi, Mikhail Yuryev, Aino E. Tervo, Matti Stenroos, Diego Milardovich, Juuso T. Korhonen, Lari M. Koponen, Risto J. Ilmoniemi
2022
Brain Stimulation