Towards the development of phased array systems for deep brain stimulation

Author

Valente, Virgilio ; Demosthenous, Andreas ; Bayford, Richard

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, London

fYear

2008

Firstpage

261

Lastpage

264

Abstract

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a clinical technique adopted for the treatment of various neurological disorders. One major limitation of todaypsilas DBS systems is the inability to focus the electric field in the desired direction and provide a more efficient stimulation. This study adopted 2D and 3D FEM tools to explore the the application of phased array (PA) techniques to control the direction of the stimulation pattern delivered during DBS. Results illustrate that a PA DBS system can be used to steer the stimulation pattern from broadside to endfire, by driving the electrode contacts with high frequency sinusoids with phase delays varying from 0deg to 90deg. This study can provide a framework for future investigation in the development of more efficient DBS systems based on PA technology.

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; biomedical electrodes; brain; finite element analysis; medical disorders; neurophysiology; patient treatment; DBS system; FEM; clinical technique; deep brain stimulation; electric field stimulation; electrode contact; neurological disorder; patient treatment; pattern stimulation; phase delay; phased array system; three-dimensional finite element model; Antenna arrays; Brain stimulation; Computational modeling; Delay; Educational institutions; Electrodes; Frequency; Phased arrays; Satellite broadcasting; Shape control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, 2008. BioCAS 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2878-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2879-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BIOCAS.2008.4696924

Filename

4696924