1976 The first clinical MCG measurement system
[J. Malmivuo: "On the Detection of the Magnetic Heart Vector - An Application of the Reciprocity Theorem." Helsinki University of Technology, Doctor of Technololgy (PhD) Thesis, Acta Polytechnica Scandinavica, Electrical Engineering Series, (1976)39, 112 p.]

1976 The first measurement of the vectormagnetocardiogram VMCG
[J. Malmivuo: "On the Detection of the Magnetic Heart Vector - An Application of the Reciprocity Theorem." Helsinki University of Technology, Doctor of Technololgy (PhD) Thesis, Acta Polytechnica Scandinavica, Electrical Engineering Series, (1976)39, 112 p.]

1987 Description of the sensitivity of MEG lead fields
[J. Malmivuo and J. Puikkonen: "Sensitivity Distribution of Multichannel MEG Detectors." 6th International Conference on Biomagnetism, Tokyo 27-30 August 1987, pp. 112-113.]

1997 Calculation of the spatial sensitivity of EEG and MEG and recognizing that the EEG has better spatial sensitivity
[J. Malmivuo, V. Suihko and H. Eskola: "Sensitivity Distributions of EEG and MEG Measurements." IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 44(1997)3, pp. 196-208.] www.bem.fi/bem/research/eegmeg/index.htm

1995 The first textbook of bioelectromagnetism with Robert Plonsey including the following main contributions of Jaakko Malmivuo: listed in: www.bem.fi/edu/book/highligh.htm
[J. Malmivuo and R. Plonsey: "Bioelectromagnetism - Principles and Applications of Bioelectric and Biomagnetic Fields." Oxford University Press. New York, 1995, 461 p.]
2002 The book published on the Internet at www.bem.fi/book/index.htm

1999 The first clinical study in biomagnetism, MCG study
[J. Malmivuo, J. Nousiainen, O. Oja and A. Uusitalo: "General Solution for the Application of Magnetocardio- graphy." Proc. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Chicago, 2000, MO-B205-1.]
- Slide show
- Video: Malmivuo J, Nousiainen J, Oja OS, Uusitalo A: General solution for the application of magnetocardiography. Biomag 2002, Jena, Germany

1999 Solution for the independence/interdependence of bioelectric and biomagnetic fields
[J. Malmivuo, J. Nousiainen, O. Oja and A. Uusitalo: "General Solution for the Application of Magnetocardiography." Proc. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Chicago, 2000, MO-B205-1.]

2004 Solution of the spatial resolution of the EEG with all realistic skull resistivity values
[J. Malmivuo and V. Suihko: "Effect of Skull Resistivity on the Spatial Resolutions of EEG and MEG." IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., Vol. 51, No. 7. July 2004, pp. 1276-1280.] www.bem.fi/bem/research/eegmeg/2004tbme.pdf

2008 Improving the signal to nosie ratio of EEG generated by deep sources with multielectrode leads

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