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The Beginnings of Academic Work - Ultrasound Imaging 1981
Where it all started in Oulu and Minneapolis My academic work was based on the paradigm of the innovative clinic: Needs are identified in...

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Summary of academic work 1980 -2014
My research teams - I am indebted to over 100 coworkers, and the best way to thank them all is through recognition of the doctoral works...

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Surgical Robot Project
Working for years with engineers, my final academic medtech project: a surgical robot that could operate in our intraoperative MRI suite,...

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Intra-operative MRI (iMRI)
Ultrasound, navigation and MRI were next combined in a surgical MRI suite at Oulu University Hospital in my quest for surgical image of...

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Proprietary Software in Medical 3D Printing 1996
22 years ago, a local technical college had acquired a printer system based on laser solidification of epoxy fluid to produce a 3D model...

John Koivukangas
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The Innovative Clinic (1991)
To understand the Innovative Clinic Model and my place in medtech, study the American moon program to find my time-tested paradigm of...

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Our Solution: The Birth of Modern Neuronavigation
M.Curie was once asked why she studied radium. She answered: "Because the bibliography is so short." Our early work in navigation was...

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The Clinical Problem (1980)
As intraoperative ultrasound imaging together with MRI and navigation are continually being improved. please let me share with you how I...

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Notes from the Creative Director - Lessons from Medtronic (1969)
We benchmark Medtronic and medtech lessons for founders on grit, in Finnish “sisu” and “sitko." Bakken called it the “Medtronic Mission."

John Koivukangas
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Foreword
Birkmann Clinic was established in 2017 based on over 30 years of work as an academic specialist in Finland and the United States....

John Koivukangas
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