Ilkka Laakso
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
T410 Dept. Electrical Engineering and Automation
Assistant Professor Ilkka Laakso leads the research group Electromagnetics in Health Technology. The group develops computational methods for multi-physics modelling of the human body.
The research combines numerical analysis of electromagnetic fields with anatomical and functional modelling, having multidisciplinary applications in biomedical engineering (device development), clinical practice (diagnosis and rehabilitation), and neurosciences (brain research).
The first focus area of the research is developing computational tools for modelling non-invasive brain stimulation. In the future, the methods will help scientists to carefully craft stimulation protocols rather than relying on trial and error, improving the safety and efficacy of stimulation and allowing individually planned treatment.
The group also uses computer simulations to study the electromagnetic safety of new technologies and aid the development of novel health care applications .
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Osaamisalueet
Palkinnot
IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society Technical Achievement Award
Technical Achievement Award for contribution to computational dosimetry of human exposure to electromagnetic fields from low frequencies to millimeter waves
Palkinto tai huomionosoitus tuotoksesta
Sähkötekniikan ja automaation laitos
Aug 2021
Young Scientist Award
URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, Montreal, Canada
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Aug 2017
IEICE Transactions Best Paper Award
“Fast computational method for human dosimetry due to wireless power transfer with magnetic resonance”
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Jun 2014
Excellent Paper Award
International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compability, Tokyo,<br/>Japan
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May 2014
Young scientist award
URSI Commission B International Symposium on Electromagnetic<br/>Theory, Hiroshima, Japan
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Sähkötekniikan ja automaation laitos
May 2013
Excellent paper award (Young scientist)
Awarded by IEICE Electronics Society, Electronics Simulation Technology
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Mar 2013
Paper Presentation Award
Awarded by Fundamentals and Materials Society, Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan
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Sep 2012
Ericsson Young Scientist Award
Ericsson Japan
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Sähkötekniikan ja automaation laitos
Nov 2011
Faculty Award for Excellence, at Nagoya Institute of Technology
For contribution to public understanding of heat stroke from engineering viewpoint
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Nov 2011
Student Award International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Japan
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Jan 2009
Tutkimusryhmät
- Electromagnetics in Health Technology
Julkaisut
Is activation of the vestibular system by electromagnetic induction a possibility in an MRI context?
Nicolas Bouisset, Janita Nissi, Ilkka Laakso, Raymond F. Reynolds, Alexandre Legros
2024
Bioelectromagnetics
Small effects of electric field on motor cortical excitability following anodal tDCS
Ilkka Laakso, Keisuke Tani, Jose Gomez-Tames, Akimasa Hirata, Satoshi Tanaka
2024
iScience
Predicting the hotspot location and motor threshold prior to transcranial magnetic stimulation using electric field modelling
Noora Matilainen, Juhani Kataja, Ilkka Laakso
2024
Physics in Medicine and Biology
Verification of neuronavigated TMS accuracy using structured-light 3D scans
Noora Matilainen, Juhani Kataja, Ilkka Laakso
2024
Physics in Medicine and Biology
Intercomparison of the averaged induced electric field in learning-based human head models exposed to low-frequency magnetic fields
Yinliang Diao, Essam A. Rashed, Luca Giaccone, Ilkka Laakso, Congsheng Li, Riccardo Scorretti, Yoichi Sekiba, Kenichi Yamazaki, Akimasa Hirata
2023
IEEE Access
Alvar: an anatomical whole-body model with electrically anisotropic skeletal muscles for computational dosimetry
Otto Kangasmaa, Juhani Kataja, Ilkka Laakso
2023
Material Coarsening Strategy for Structured Meshless Multigrid Method for Dosimetry in Anisotropic Human Body Models
Juhani Kataja, Janita Nissi, Timo Roine, Ilkka Laakso
2023
IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
Accessible magnetic resonance imaging – AMRI: Designing a mobile lifesaver / Designs for a Cooler Planet
Ilkka Laakso, Lauri Palva, Masoud Sharifian Mazraehmollaei, Raimo Sepponen, Severi Uusitalo, Erika Renedo Illarregi, Niilo Kämäräinen
2023
Estimation method for the anisotropic electrical conductivity of in vivo human muscles and fat between 10 kHz and 1 MHz
Otto Kangasmaa, Ilkka Laakso
2022
Physics in Medicine and Biology
Special Section on Recent Advances in Simulation Techniques and Their Applications for Electronics
Atsushi Kezuka, Jun Sonoda, Yoshiaki Ando, Tuptim Angkaew, Chun Ping Chen, Yih Peng Chiou, Takuichi Hirano, Hidenori Ishibashi, Hideaki Kimura, Seiya Kishimoto, Ilkka Laakso, Amane Takei, Eng Leong Tan, Yasuhide Tsuji, Jun Shibayama
2022
IEICE Transactions on Electronics