Title :
Hot spot hound: A novel robot-assisted platform for enhancing TMS performance
Author :
Pennimpede, Giuseppe ; Spedaliere, Luca ; Formica, D. ; Di Pino, G. ; Zollo, Loredana ; Pellegrino, Gianmario ; Di Lazzaro, Vincenzo ; Guglielmelli, Eugenio
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Biomed. Robot. & Biomicrosystems, Univ. Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy
Abstract :
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive technique that produces excitatory depolarization in the neurons located in the cerebral cortex. In order to proficiently stimulate a specific cerebral area it is of main importance the correct positioning and maintaining of the magnetic coil, while avoiding the mismatch due to subject head-coil relative movement.
Keywords :
biomagnetism; brain; medical robotics; neurophysiology; TMS performance; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; cerebral cortex; hot spot hound; neuron excitatory depolarization; noninvasive technique; robot assisted platform; subject head-coil relative movement; Accuracy; Coils; Head; Magnetic heads; Magnetic stimulation; Robots; Trajectory;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Osaka
DOI :
10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610994
