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Honors and awards
Early Career Researcher Award
The Early Career Researcher Award (ECA) aims to support scientists at an early career stage who are embarking on a promising career in biomagnetism, and who have already demonstrated significant contributions to the field independently from their mentors.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Aug 2022
Professor José Leite Lopes Award for Best Doctoral Thesis of 2020
Award given by the Brazilian Physics Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Física - SBF) to the best doctoral thesis defended between 2018 and 2019.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Jul 2022
Towards real-time tractography-based TMS neuronavigation
Best poster award
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Jan 2021
Travel award
Travel award for presenting the work "Towards concurrent multi-locus TMS and functional MRI in rats" at the conference
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Dec 2019
Diffusion MRI processing pipeline for real-time tractography-based nTMS
Best abstract selected by the audience
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Nov 2019
Publications
Forearm Posture Affects the Corticospinal Excitability of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Hand Muscles in Dominant and Nondominant Sides
Marco Antonio Garcia, Thiago Santos de Carvalho, Renan Hiroshi Matsuda, Oswaldo Baffa, Luis Aureliano Imbiriba, Victor Hugo Souza
2024
JOURNAL OF APPLIED BIOMECHANICS
Modeling the stress and forces on multi-channel TMS coil arrays in high-field MRI scanners
Maria A. Koponen, Juuso T. Korhonen, José A. Vilchez Membrilla, Heikki Sinisalo, Jaakko Paasonen, Clemente Cobos Sánchez, Olli Gröhn, Risto J. Ilmoniemi, Victor H. Souza
2024
Physics in Medicine and Biology
Towards real-time identification of large-scale brain states for improved brain state-dependent stimulation
Laura Marzetti, Saeed Makkinayeri, Giulia Pieramico, Roberto Guidotti, Antea D'Andrea, Timo Roine, Tuomas P. Mutanen, Victor H. Souza, Dubravko Kičić, Antonello Baldassarre, Maria Ermolova, Hanna Pankka, Risto J. Ilmoniemi, Ulf Ziemann, Gian Luca Romani, Vittorio Pizzella
2024
Clinical Neurophysiology
Robotic–electronic platform for autonomous and accurate transcranial magnetic stimulation targeting
Renan H. Matsuda, Victor H. Souza, Thais C. Marchetti, Ana M. Soto, Olli Pekka Kahilakoski, Andrey Zhdanov, Victor H.E. Malheiro, Mikael Laine, Mikko Nyrhinen, Heikki Sinisalo, Dubravko Kicic, Pantelis Lioumis, Risto J. Ilmoniemi, Oswaldo Baffa
2024
Brain Stimulation
Design of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Coils With Optimized Stimulation Depth
Jose A.Vilchez Membrilla, Mario F. Pantoja, Ana P.Valerga Puerta, Victor H. Souza, Clemente Cobos Sanchez
2024
IEEE Access
Acoustic noise generated by TMS in typical environment and inside an MRI scanner
Mikko J. Nyrhinen, Victor H. Souza, Risto J. Ilmoniemi, Fa Hsuan Lin
2024
Brain Stimulation
Enabling Rapid Multi-locus Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation with Pulse-Width Modulation
Heikki Sinisalo, Mikael Laine, Jaakko O. Nieminen, Victor H. Souza, Matti Stenroos, Renan H. Matsuda, Ana M. Soto, Elena Ukharova, Tuomas Mutanen, Lari M. Koponen, Risto J. Ilmoniemi
2024
Modulating brain networks in space and time : Multi-locus transcranial magnetic stimulation
Heikki Sinisalo, Ilkka Rissanen, Olli Pekka Kahilakoski, Victor H. Souza, Timo Tommila, Mikael Laine, Mikko Nyrhinen, Elena Ukharova, Ida Granö, Ana M. Soto, Renan H. Matsuda, Robin Rantala, Roberto Guidotti, Dubravko Kičić, Pantelis Lioumis, Tuomas Mutanen, Vittorio Pizzella, Laura Marzetti, Timo Roine, Matti Stenroos, Ulf Ziemann, Gian Luca Romani, Risto J. Ilmoniemi
2024
Clinical Neurophysiology
The surface electrode placement determines the magnitude of motor potential evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation
Marco Antonio Cavalcanti Garcia, Jordania Lindolfo-Almas, Renan Hiroshi Matsuda, Vitória Labiapari Pinto, Anaelli Aparecida Nogueira-Campos, Victor Hugo Souza
2023
Biomedical Signal Processing and Control
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
DELMEP : a deep learning algorithm for automated annotation of motor evoked potential latencies
Diego Milardovich, Victor H. Souza, Ivan Zubarev, Sergei Tugin, Jaakko O. Nieminen, Claudia Bigoni, Friedhelm C. Hummel, Juuso T. Korhonen, Dogu B. Aydogan, Pantelis Lioumis, Nima Taherinejad, Tibor Grasser, Risto J. Ilmoniemi
2023
Scientific Reports
Effect of muscle length in a handgrip task on corticomotor excitability of extrinsic and intrinsic hand muscles under resting and submaximal contraction conditions
Victor Hugo Moraes, Claudia D. Vargas, Bia L. Ramalho, Renan H. Matsuda, Victor H. Souza, Luis Aureliano Imbiriba, Marco Antonio C. Garcia
2023
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS
Response of masticatory muscles to treatment with orthodontic aligners
Sylvia de Araújo Paes-Souza, Marco Antonio Cavalcanti Garcia, Victor Hugo Souza, Liliane Siqueira Morais, Lincoln Issamu Nojima, Matilde da Cunha Gonçalves Nojima
2023
Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics
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
Individualized treatment of motor stroke : a perspective on open-loop, closed-loop and adaptive closed-loop brain state-dependent TMS
Johanna Rösch, David Emanuel Vetter, Antonello Baldassarre, Victor Souza, Pantelis Lioumis, Timo Roine, Andreas Jooß, David Baur, Gabor Kozak, D. Blair Jovellar, Selja Vaalto, Gian Luca Romani, Risto Ilmoniemi, Ulf Ziemann
2023
Clinical Neurophysiology
A multi-channel TMS system enabling accurate stimulus orientation control during concurrent ultra-high-field MRI for preclinical applications
Victor H. Souza, Heikki Sinisalo, Juuso T. Korhonen, Jaakko Paasonen, Mikko Nyrhinen, Jaakko O. Nieminen, Maria Koponen, Mikko Kettunen, Olli Gröhn, Risto J. Ilmoniemi
2023
Directional Sensitivity of Cortical Neurons Towards TMS Induced Electric Fields
Konstantin Weise, Torge Worbs, Benjamin Kalloch, Victor H. Souza, Aurelien Tristan Jaquier, Werner Van Geit, Axel Thielscher, Thomas R. Knösche
2023
Imaging Neuroscience
Phase-amplitude coupling in high-gamma frequency range induces LTP-like plasticity in human motor cortex: EEG-TMS evidence
David Baur, Maria Ermolova, Victor Hugo Souza, Christoph Zrenner, Ulf Ziemann
2022
Brain Stimulation
Perceived exertion, postural control, and muscle recruitment in three different quadruped exercises performed by healthy women
Patrícia Cardoso Clemente, Luane Landim de Almeida, Eduardo José Danza Vicente, Diogo Simões Fonseca, Victor Hugo Souza, Diogo Carvalho Felício, Marco Antonio Cavalcanti Garcia
2022
Frontiers in Physiology
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
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
TMS with fast and accurate electronic control
Victor Hugo Souza, Jaakko O. Nieminen, Sergei Tugin, Lari M. Koponen, Oswaldo Baffa, Risto J. Ilmoniemi
2022
Brain Stimulation
Forearm and Hand Muscles Exhibit High Coactivation and Overlapping of Cortical Motor Representations
Gabriela P. Tardelli, Victor H. Souza, Renan H. Matsuda, Marco A.C. Garcia, Pavel A. Novikov, Maria A. Nazarova, Oswaldo Baffa
2022
Brain Topography
Closed-loop optimization of transcranial magnetic stimulation with electroencephalography feedback
Aino E. Tervo, Jaakko O. Nieminen, Pantelis Lioumis, Johanna Metsomaa, Victor H. Souza, Heikki Sinisalo, Matti Stenroos, Jukka Sarvas, Risto J. Ilmoniemi
2022
Brain Stimulation
Can Corticospinal Excitability Shed Light Into the Effects of Handedness on Motor Performance?
Marco Antonio Cavalcanti Garcia, Anaelli Aparecida Nogueira-Campos, Victor Hugo Moraes, Victor Hugo Souza
2021
Frontiers in Neuroergonomics
Handheld dynamometers for muscle strength assessment
Marco Antonio Cavalcanti Garcia, Diogo Simões Fonseca, Victor Hugo Souza
2021
Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy
Real-Time Artifact Detection and Removal for Closed-Loop EEG-TMS
Matilda Makkonen, Tuomas Mutanen, Johanna Metsomaa, Christoph Zrenner, Victor Souza, Risto Ilmoniemi
2021
International Journal of Bioelectromagnetism
On the Effective Resolution of TMS, its Tradeoff with Signal-to-Noise Ratio, and the Experimental Implications
Tuomas Mutanen, Victor Souza, Jaakko Nieminen, Risto Ilmoniemi
2021
International Journal of Bioelectromagnetism
Trade-off between stimulation focality and the number of coils in multi-locus transcranial magnetic stimulation
Samuel Nurmi, Jere Karttunen, Victor H. Souza, Risto J. Ilmoniemi, Jaakko O. Nieminen
2021
JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING
Effect of stimulus orientation and intensity on short-interval intracortical inhibition (SICI) and facilitation (SICF)
Sergei Tugin, Victor H. Souza, Maria A. Nazarova, Pavel A. Novikov, Aino E. Tervo, Jaakko O. Nieminen, Pantelis Lioumis, Ulf Ziemann, Vadim V. Nikulin, Risto J. Ilmoniemi
2021
PloS one
Motor potential evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation depends on the placement protocol of recording electrodes
Marco Antonio Cavalcanti Garcia, Victor Hugo Souza, Jordania Lindolfo-Almas, Renan Hiroshi Matsuda, Anaelli Aparecida Nogueira-Campos
2020
Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express
The (un)standardized use of handheld dynamometers on the evaluation of muscle force output
Marco Antonio Cavalcanti Garcia, Victor Hugo Souza
2020
Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy
Reader response
João Zugaib, Janine R. Camatti, Victor Hugo Souza
2020
Neurology
Estimulação magnética transcraniana: uma breve revisão dos princípios e aplicações
Renan H. Matsuda, Gabriela Tardelli, Carlos Otávio Guimarães, Victor Souza, Oswaldo Baffa Filho
2019
Revista Brasileira de Física Médica
Short-interval intracortical inhibition in human primary motor cortex
Jaakko O. Nieminen, Lari M. Koponen, Niko Mäkelä, Victor Hugo Souza, Matti Stenroos, Risto J. Ilmoniemi
2019
NeuroImage
Method to assess the mismatch between the measured and nominal parameters of transcranial magnetic stimulation devices
Leonardo Rakauskas Zacharias, André Salles Cunha Peres, Victor Hugo Souza, Adriana Bastos Conforto, Oswaldo Baffa
2019
Journal of Neuroscience Methods
Transcranial magnetic stimulation for neuromodulation of the operculo-insular cortex in humans
João Zugaib, Victor Hugo Souza
2019
Journal of Physiology
Patient-specific neurosurgical phantom: assessment of visual quality, accuracy, and scaling effects
Felipe Wilker Grillo, Victor Hugo Souza, Renan Hiroshi Matsuda, Carlo Rondinoni, Theo Zeferino Pavan, Oswaldo Baffa, Helio Rubens Machado, Antonio Adilton Oliveira Carneiro
2018
3D Printing in Medicine
Can somatosensory electrical stimulation relieve spasticity in post-stroke patients? A TMS pilot study
André Salles Cunha Peres, Victor Hugo Souza, João Marcos Yamasaki Catunda, Kelley Cristine Mazzeto-Betti, Taiza Elaine Grespan Santos-Pontelli, Claudia Domingues Vargas, Oswaldo Baffa, Draulio Barros De Araújo, Octávio Marques Pontes-Neto, João Pereira Leite, Marco Antonio Cavalcanti Garcia
2018
Biomedizinische Technik
Development and characterization of the InVesalius Navigator software for navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation
Victor Hugo Souza, Renan H. Matsuda, André S.C. Peres, Paulo Henrique J. Amorim, Thiago F. Moraes, Jorge Vicente L. Silva, Oswaldo Baffa
2018
Journal of Neuroscience Methods
Effect of TMS coil orientation on the spatial distribution of motor evoked potentials in an intrinsic hand muscle
Victor Hugo Souza, Taian Martins Vieira, André Salles Cunha Peres, Marco Antonio Cavalcanti Garcia, Claudia Domingues Vargas, Oswaldo Baffa
2018
Biomedizinische Technik
Lateralized asymmetries in distribution of muscular evoked responses
Victor Hugo Souza, Oswaldo Baffa, Marco A.C. Garcia
2018
Brain Research
Can the recording of motor potentials evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation be optimized?
Marco A.C. Garcia, Victor H. Souza, Claudia D. Vargas
2017
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Inter-institutional protocol describing the use of three-dimensional printing for surgical planning in a patient with childhood epilepsy
Carlo Rondinoni, Victor Hugo Oliveira E Souza, Renan Hiroshi Matsuda, Andre Cunha Peres Salles, Marcelo Volpon Santos, Oswaldo Baffa Filho, Antonio Carlos Dos Santos, Helio Rubens Machado, Pedro Yoshito Noritomi, Jorge Vicente Lopes Da Silva
2014
2014 IEEE 16th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services, Healthcom 2014
Real-time spatial localization system of brain regions for TMS application by co-registration with fMRI
A. S.C. Peres, V. H.O. Souza, E. M. Rodrigues, C. E.G. Salmon, D. B. De Araujo, O. Baffa
2010
17th International Conference on Biomagnetism Advances in Biomagnetism - Biomag2010
Vector magnetic field mapping of a transcranial magnetic stimulation coil using magnetic resonance imaging
A. S.C. Peres, V. H.O. Souza, D. Maziero, D. B. De Araujo, C. E.G. Salmon, O. Baffa
2009
World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering