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

Volume

2

fYear

1995

fDate

20-23 Sep 1995

Firstpage

1117

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995., IEEE 17th Annual Conference

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2475-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1995.579548

Filename

579548