TY - GEN
T1 - The numeric calculation of eddy current distributions in transcranial magnetic stimulation
AU - Tsuyama, Seichi
AU - Hyodo, Akira
AU - Sekino, Masaki
AU - Hayami, Takehito
AU - Ueno, Shoogo
AU - Iramina, Keiji
PY - 2008/1/1
Y1 - 2008/1/1
N2 - Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a method to stimulate neurons in the brain. It is necessary to obtain eddy current distributions and determine parameters such as position, radius and bend-angle of the coil to stimulate target area exactly. In this study, we performed FEM-based numerical simulations of eddy current induced by TMS using three-dimentional human head model with inhomogeneous conductivity. We used double-cone coil and changed the coil radius and bend-angle of coil. The result of computer simulation showed that as coil radius increases, the eddy current became stronger everywhere. And coil with bend-angle of 22.5 degrees induced stronger eddy current than the coil with bendangle of 0 degrees. Meanwhile, when the bend-angle was 45 degrees, eddy current became weaker than these two cases. This simulation allowed us to determine appropriate parameter easier.
AB - Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a method to stimulate neurons in the brain. It is necessary to obtain eddy current distributions and determine parameters such as position, radius and bend-angle of the coil to stimulate target area exactly. In this study, we performed FEM-based numerical simulations of eddy current induced by TMS using three-dimentional human head model with inhomogeneous conductivity. We used double-cone coil and changed the coil radius and bend-angle of coil. The result of computer simulation showed that as coil radius increases, the eddy current became stronger everywhere. And coil with bend-angle of 22.5 degrees induced stronger eddy current than the coil with bendangle of 0 degrees. Meanwhile, when the bend-angle was 45 degrees, eddy current became weaker than these two cases. This simulation allowed us to determine appropriate parameter easier.
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U2 - 10.1109/iembs.2008.4650157
DO - 10.1109/iembs.2008.4650157
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 19163660
AN - SCOPUS:61849098368
SN - 9781424418152
T3 - Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"
SP - 4286
EP - 4289
BT - Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08
Y2 - 20 August 2008 through 25 August 2008
ER -