Oula Puonti

Research Fellow

Employments

2016 – Present

Postdoc, DRCMR and Technical University of Denmark

2012 – 2016

PhD student at Technical University of Denmark

2013 – 2013

Visiting Researcher, Aalto University Department of Information and Computer Science, Espoo, Finland

2012 – 2012

Visiting Researcher, Althinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Boston, USA

2010 – 2012

Research Assistant, Aalto University Department of Information and Computer Science, Espoo, Finland

2009 – 2009

Research Assistant, Brain Research Unit, Espoo, Finland

Education

2016

PhD in Informatics, Technical University of Denmark

2012

MSc in Theoretical Physics, University of Helsinki

2011

BSc in Theoretical Physics, University of Helsinki

Publications

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Casamitjana A, Mancini M, Robinson E, Peter L, Annunziata R, Althonayan J, Crampsie S, Blackburn E, Billot B, Atzeni A, Puonti O, Balbastre Y, Schmidt P, Hughes J, Augustinack JC, Edlow BL, Zöllei L, Thomas DL, Kliemann D, Bocchetta M, Strand C, Holton JL, Jaunmuktane Z & Iglesias JE, A probabilistic histological atlas of the human brain for MRI segmentation

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  vol 648, Issue 8094, p. 678-685, (2024). DOI:10.1038/s41586-025-09708-2

Wiltgen T, McGinnis J, Berg R, Voon CC, Puonti O, Giglhuber K, Ganter C, Zimmer C, Hemmer B, Wiestler B, Kirschke J, Preibisch C & Mühlau M, Towards quantitative intensity analysis of conventional T1-weighted images in multiple sclerosis

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NeuroImage  vol 318, 121395, (2025). DOI:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121395

Gopinath K, Greve DN, Magdamo C, Arnold S, Das S, Puonti O & Iglesias JE, “Recon-all-clinical”: Cortical surface reconstruction and analysis of heterogeneous clinical brain MRI,

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  vol 103, 103608, (2025). DOI:10.48550/arXiv.2409.03889

Cao F, Madsen KH, Worbs T, Puonti O, Siebner HR, Schmitgen A, Kunz P & Thielscher A, Fast FEM-based electric field calculations for transcranial magnetic stimulation

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Journal of Neural Engineering  vol 22, Issue 3, 034001, (2025). DOI:10.1088/1741-2552/add76d

Mauri C, Cerri S, Puonti O, Mühlau M & Van Leemput K, A lightweight generative model for interpretable subject-level prediction

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  vol 101, 103436, (2024). DOI:10.1016/j.media.2024.103436

Zadeh AK, Puonti O, Sigurðsson B, Thielscher A, Monchi O & Pichardo S, Enhancing transcranial ultrasound stimulation planning with MRI-derived skull masks: a comparative analysis with CT-based processing,

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Journal of Neural Engineering  vol 22, Issue 1, 016020, (2025). DOI:10.1088/1741-2552/adab22

Van Hoornweder S, Cappozzo V, de Herde L, Puonti O, Siebner HR, Meesen R & Thielscher A, Head and shoulders—The impact of an extended head model on the simulation and optimization of transcranial electric stimulation

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Imaging Neuroscience  vol 2, p. 1-11, (2024). DOI:10.1162/imag_a_00379

Gopinath K, Hoopes A, Alexander DC, Arnold SE, Billot B, Casamitjana A, Cheng Y, Chua RYZ, Edlow BL, Fischl B, Gazula H, Keene CD, Kim S, Kimberly WT, Laguna S, Larson KE, Leemput KV, Puonti O, Rodrigues L, Rosen M, Tregidgo HFJ, Varadarajan D, Young SI, Dalca AV & Iglesias JE, Synthetic data in generalizable, learning-based neuroimaging

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Imaging Neuroscience  vol 2, p. 1-22, (2024). DOI:10.1162/imag_a_00337

Zeng X, Puonti O, Sayeed A, Herisse R, Mora J, Evancic K, Varadarajan D, Balbastre Y, Costantini I, Scardigli M, Ramazzotti J, DiMeo D, Mazzamuto G, Pesce L, Brady N, Cheli F, Saverio Pavone F, Hof PR, Frost R, Augustinack J, van der Kouwe A, Eugenio Iglesias J & Fischl B, Segmentation of supragranular and infragranular layers in ultra-high-resolution 7T ex vivo MRI of the human cerebral cortex

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  vol 34, Issue 9, p. 1-13, (2024). DOI:10.1093/cercor/bhae362

Gurr C, Splittgerber M, Puonti O, Siemann J, Luckhardt C, Pereira HC, Amaral J, Crisóstomo J, Sayal A, Ribeiro M, Sousa D, Dempfle A, Krauel K, Borzikowsky C, Brauer H, Prehn-Kristensen A, Breitling-Ziegler C, Castelo-Branco M, Salvador R, Damiani G, Ruffini G, Siniatchkin M, Thielscher A, Freitag CM, Moliadze V & Ecker C, Neuroanatomical Predictors of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)-Induced Modifications in Neurocognitive Task Performance in Typically Developing Individuals

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The Journal of Neuroscience  vol 44, Issue 22, p. 1-12, (2024). DOI:

Fuglsang SA, Madsen KH, Puonti O, Siebner HR & Hjortkjær J, Exploring an EM-algorithm for banded regression in computational neuroscience

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Imaging Neuroscience  vol 2, p. 1-19, (2024). DOI:10.1162/imag_a_00155

Gregersen F, Eroğlu HH, Göksu C, Puonti O, Zuo Z, Thielscher A & Hanson L, MR imaging of the magnetic fields induced by injected currents can guide improvements of individualized head volume conductor models

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Imaging Neuroscience  vol 2, p. 1-15, (2024). DOI:10.1162/imag_a_00176

Mantell KE, Perera ND, Shirinpour S, Puonti O, Xu T, Zimmermann J, Falchier A, Heilbronner SR, Thielscher A & Opitz A, Anatomical details affect electric field predictions for non-invasive brain stimulation in non-human primates

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NeuroImage  vol 279, p. 1-12, (2023). DOI:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120343

Hosseini S, Puonti O, Treeby B, Hanson LG & Thielscher A, A Head Template for Computational Dose Modelling for Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Stimulation

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NeuroImage  vol 277, p. 1-14, (2023). DOI:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120227

Nielsen JD, Puonti O, Xue R, Thielscher A & Madsen KH, Evaluating the Influence of Anatomical Accuracy and Electrode Positions on EEG Forward Solutions

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NeuroImage  vol 277, p. 1-20, (2023). DOI:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120259

Madsen MAJ, Wiggermann V, Marques MFM, Lundell H, Cerri S, Puonti O, Blinkenberg M, Christensen JR, Sellebjerg F & Siebner HR, Linking lesions in sensorimotor cortex to contralateral hand function in multiple sclerosis: a 7 T MRI study,

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  vol 145, Issue 10, p. 3522-3535, (2022). DOI:10.1093/brain/awac203

Nandi T, Puonti O, Clarke WT, Nettekoven C, Barron HC, Kolasinski J, Hanayik T, Hinson EL, Berrington A, Bachtiar V, Johnstone A, Winkler AM, Thielscher A, Johansen-Berg H & Stagg CJ, tDCS induced GABA change is associated with the simulated electric field in M1, an effect mediated by grey matter volume in the MRS voxel

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Brain Stimulation  vol 15, Issue 5, p. 1153-1162, (2022). DOI:10.1016/j.brs.2022.07.049

Fuglsang SA, Madsen KH, Puonti O, Hjortkjær J & Siebner HR, Mapping cortico-subcortical sensitivity to 4 Hz amplitude modulation depth in human auditory system with functional MRI

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NeuroImage  vol 246, p. 1-12, (2021). DOI:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118745

Splittgerber M, Borzikowsky C, Salvador R, Puonti O, Papadimitriou K, Merschformann C, Biagi MC, Stenner T, Brauer H, Breitling-Ziegler C, Prehn-Kristensen A, Krauel K, Ruffini G, Pedersen A, Nees F, Thielscher A, Dempfle A, Siniatchkin M & Moliadze V, Multichannel anodal tDCS over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in a paediatric population

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  vol 11, Issue 1, p. 1-15, (2021). DOI:10.1038/s41598-021-00933-z

Shirinpour S, Mantell K, Li X, Puonti O, Madsen K, Haigh Z, Casillo EC, Alekseichuk I, Hendrickson T & Xu T, New tools for computational modeling of non-invasive brain stimulation in SimNIBS

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Brain Stimulation: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation  vol 14, Issue 6, p. 1644-1644, (2021). DOI:10.1016/j.brs.2021.10.180

Eroğlu HH, Puonti O, Göksu C, Gregersen F, Siebner HR, Hanson LG & Thielscher A, On the reconstruction of magnetic resonance current density images of the human brain: Pitfalls and perspectives,

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NeuroImage  vol 243, p. 1-15, (2021). DOI:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118517

Antonenko D, Grittner U, Puonti O, Flöel A & Thielscher A, Estimation of individually induced e-field strength during transcranial electric stimulation using the head circumference

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Brain Stimulation  vol 14, Issue 5, p. 1055-1058, (2021). DOI:10.1016/j.brs.2021.07.001

Cerri S, Puonti O, Meier DS, Wuerfel J, Mühlau M, Siebner HR & Leemput KV, A Contrast-Adaptive Method for Simultaneous Whole-Brain and Lesion Segmentation in Multiple Sclerosis

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NeuroImage  vol 225, p. 1-17, (2020). DOI:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117471

Puonti O, Van Leemput K, Saturnino GB, Siebner HR, Madsen KH & Thielscher A, Accurate and robust whole-head segmentation from magnetic resonance images for individualized head modeling

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NeuroImage  vol 219, p. 1-17, (2020). DOI:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117044

Puonti O, Saturnino GB, Madsen KH & Thielscher A, Value and limitations of intracranial recordings for validating electric field modeling for transcranial brain stimulation

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NeuroImage  vol 208, p. 1-14, (2019). DOI:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116431

Hougaard A, Nielsen SH, Gaist D, Puonti O, Garde E, Reislev NL, Iversen P, Madsen CG, Blaabjerg M, Nielsen HH, Krøigård T, Østergaard K, Kyvik KO, Madsen KH, Siebner HR & Ashina M, Migraine with aura in women is not associated with structural thalamic abnormalities

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  vol 28, 102361, (2020). DOI:10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102361

Andreasen SH, Andersen KW, Conde V, Dyrby TB, Puonti O, Kammersgaard LP, Madsen CG, Madsen KH, Poulsen I & Siebner HR, Two Coarse Spatial Patterns of Altered Brain Microstructure Predict Post-traumatic Amnesia in the Subacute Stage of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

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Frontiers in Neurology  vol 11, p. 1-14, (2020). DOI:10.3389/fneur.2020.00800

Agn M, Munck Af Rosenschöld P, Puonti O, Lundemann MJ, Mancini L, Papadaki A, Thust S, Ashburner J, Law I & Van Leemput K, A modality-adaptive method for segmenting brain tumors and organs-at-risk in radiation therapy planning

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  vol 54, p. 220-237, (2019). DOI:10.1016/j.media.2019.03.005

Boayue NM, Csifcsák G, Puonti O, Thielscher A & Mittner M, Head models of healthy and depressed adults for simulating the electric fields of non-invasive electric brain stimulation

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F1000Research  vol 7, p. 704-704, (2018). DOI:10.12688/f1000research.15125.2

Nielsen JD, Madsen KH, Puonti O, Siebner HR, Bauer C, Madsen CG, Saturnino GB & Thielscher A, Automatic skull segmentation from MR images for realistic volume conductor models of the head: Assessment of the state-of-the-art

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NeuroImage  vol 174, p. 587-598, (2018). DOI:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.03.001

Csifcsák G, Boayue NM, Puonti O, Thielscher A & Mittner M, Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation for treating depression: A modeling study,

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Journal of Affective Disorders  vol 234, p. 164-173, (2018). DOI:10.1016/j.jad.2018.02.077


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