Title :
Calculating the Current Density and Electric Field in Human Head by Multichannel Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Author :
Lu, Mai ; Ueno, Shoogo ; Thorlin, Thorleif ; Persson, Mikael
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Sci., Univ. of Lisbon, Lisbon
fDate :
3/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In this paper, we present a designed multichannel transcranial magnetic stimulation (mTMS) system with 40 small coils. The induced current density and electric field in realistic human head model by mTMS were calculated by impedance method and the results were compared with figure-of-eight coil. The dependence of stimulation focality on the coil current direction was investigated. Properly adjusting the input current phases can improve the magnitude of the induced fields in the brain.
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; biological effects of fields; biomagnetism; brain; brain; coil current direction; electric field; human head; impedance method; induced current density; multichannel transcranial magnetic stimulation system; realistic human head model; stimulation focality; Current density; electric field; impedance method; multichannel transcranial magnetic stimulation (mTMS);
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMAG.2009.2012770
