Title :
Efficiency index and localization characteristics of magnetic stimulation coils
Author :
Hsu, Kai-Hsiung ; Durand, Dominique M.
Author_Institution :
Appl. Neural Control Lab., Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH, USA
Abstract :
The authors have developed an efficiency index and excitation map to examine the efficiency and localization characteristics of magnetic stimulation. Coils with few turns are more efficient than coils with large number of turns; coils with small cross-section area are more efficient than coils with larger area. The excitation map of a round coil is double sided, and its area increases with the voltage of stimulator while decreases with the number of turns and the cross-section area of a coil
Keywords :
biomagnetism; biomedical equipment; coils; muscle; neurophysiology; coil cross-section area; coils with few turns; coils with many turns; efficiency index; excitation map; localization characteristics; magnetic stimulation coils; medical instrumentation; neuromuscular stimulation coils; round coil; stimulator voltage; Brain modeling; Coils; Electromagnetic induction; Electromagnetic modeling; Equations; Inductance; Magnetic stimulation; Nerve fibers; Virtual manufacturing; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995., IEEE 17th Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2475-7
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1995.579548
