Modeling of Electromagnetic Stimulation of the Human Brain

Author

Lazutkin, Dmitry ; Husar, Peter

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng. & Med. Inf., Ilmenau Univ. of Technol., Ilmenau, Germany

fYear

2010

fDate

Aug. 31 2010-Sept. 4 2010

Firstpage

581

Lastpage

584

Abstract

The World Health Organization estimates depression as a serious threat to the health of millions of people worldwide. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the ongoing research devoted to the investigation of a possibility to use low-field electromagnetic stimulation of the human brain in the treatment of depressive disorder. In the course of the work the 3D models of transcranial magnetic stimulation and low-field magnetic stimulation based upon the use of a layered sphere head model have been developed. An initial approach towards the realistic human head reconstruction has been made. The revealed order of the stimulating electromagnetic field suitable for operation makes it possible to draft a technical specification for the stimulation device.

Keywords

biomagnetism; biomedical MRI; brain models; computerised tomography; image reconstruction; medical image processing; patient treatment; depression; depressive disorder treatment; electromagnetic stimulation modeling; human brain; human head reconstruction; layered sphere head model; low-field magnetic stimulation; transcranial magnetic stimulation; Atmospheric modeling; Brain models; Coils; Head; Humans; Magnetic heads; Brain; Computer Simulation; Deep Brain Stimulation; Depression; Electromagnetic Fields; Humans; Models, Neurological; Nerve Net; Therapy, Computer-Assisted;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Buenos Aires

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4123-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626402

Filename

5626402