Institutional Advancement and Communications Program-Specific Professor
Dr. Tetsuo Kobayashi has been involved in the studies of MRI, Biomagnetism and Neuroimaging. His research interests also include Biomedical signal processing, Quantum optics, and Cognitive Neuroscience. He is an author or co-author of more than 400 publications. In 2006, he started a joint research project to develop super-sensitive optically pumped magnetometer (OPM) and its biomagnetic applications as well as ultra-low-field MRI (ULF-MRI).
At present, he is a councilor of International Society for Brain Electromagnetic Topography (ISBET), the Vice-President of Institute of Complex Medical Engineering (ICME) and Chair of ISMRM Japanese Capter. In addition, he is an editor of “International Journal of Magnetic Particle Imaging”.
In 2018, he was awarded James Zimmerman Prize from International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE) as the first Japanese winner of the Prize.