Heikki Nieminen

Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
T314 Dept. Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering

Key interest: research and innovation in medical physics and biomedical engineering.

Research interests: biomedical high-intensity ultrasound applications, e.g. ultrasonic drug delivery & therapy, acoustic trapping, cancer diagnostics.

Innovation interests: new diagnostic and interventional platforms, translation of research findings into clinic via commercialization, Biodesign innovation process

Full researcher profile
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Kontakuppgifter

Telefonnummer
+358505019280

Utmärkelser

Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation, € 497,000.00

Developing an ultrasonic method to overcome shortcomings of ex vivo gene therapies.
Granted funding (public project funding) Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering May 2022

Winner of pitching competition at Y Science at Slush 2021 side event

Awarded to Auroptic Medical Oy (company established after academic project Lightopsy): Pitching event Y Science at Slush side event, category: Health and Pharma; role: team leader of Aalto Part of the Lightopsy project; co-founder of Auroptic Medical Oy.<br/><br/>https://www.aalto.fi/fi/uutiset/auroptic-medicalille-slush-voitto
Invitation or ranking in competition Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering Jan 2021

Publikationer

Evaluation of bone growth around bioactive glass S53P4 by scanning acoustic microscopy co-registered with optical interferometry and elemental analysis

Axi Holmström, Antti Meriläinen, Jere Hyvönen, Anton Nolvi, Tuomo Ylitalo, Kari Steffen, Robert Björkenheim, Gustav Strömberg, Heikki J. Nieminen, Ivan Kassamakov, Jukka Pajarinen, Leena Hupa, Ari Salmi, Edward Hæggström, Nina C. Lindfors 2023 Scientific Reports

Multi-modal transducer-waveguide construct coupled to a medical needle

Yohann Le Bourlout, Gösta Ehnholm, Heikki Nieminen 2023 The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

A method to detect thermal damage in bovine liver utilising diffuse reflectance spectroscopy

Lukasz Surazynski, Heikki J. Nieminen, Markus J. Mäkinen, Miika T. Nieminen, Teemu Myllylä 2023 Biomedical Spectroscopy and Imaging

An ultrasonically actuated fine-needle creates cavitation in bovine liver

Emanuele Perra, Nick Hayward, Kenneth P.H. Pritzker, Heikki J. Nieminen 2022 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

An ultrasonically actuated needle promotes the transport of nanoparticles and fluids

Emanuele Perra, Nick Hayward, Kenneth P.H. Pritzker, Heikki J. Nieminen 2022 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Ultrasound-Enhanced Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy Provides Improved Yield in Human Tissue

Yohann Le Bourlout, Minna Rehell, Emanuele Perra, Jouni Rantanen, Nicholas Hayward, Gösta Ehnholm, Jaana Rautava, Jussi Tarkkanen, Timo Atula, Aro K., Heikki Nieminen 2021

Two-stage ultrasonic atomization using a gravity-fed pre-stage

Balasubramanian Nallannan, Ilkka Nissilä, Mikko Seppänen, Henri Siljanen, Heikki J. Nieminen 2021 2021 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)

Cavitation Phenomena in Soft Tissue Generated by an Ultrasonic Hypodermic Needle

Emanuele Perra, Nicholas Hayward, Edward Hæggström, Kenneth P.H. Pritzker, Heikki Nieminen 2021

Ultrasonic actuation of a fine-needle improves biopsy yield

Emanuele Perra, Eetu Lampsijärvi, Gonçalo Barreto, Muhammad Arif, Tuomas Puranen, Edward Hæggström, Kenneth P.H. Pritzker, Heikki J. Nieminen 2021 Scientific Reports