A volume-conduction analysis of magnetic stimulation of peripheral nerves

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 669-678

  Ruohonen, Jarmo ^b,c   Ravazzani, Paolo ^c   Nilsson, Jan ^a,d   Panizza, Marcela ^d   Grandori, Ferdinando ^c   Tognola, Gabriella ^c  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

MAGNETIC STIMULATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; VOLUME CONDUCTION ANALYSIS;

FUNCTIONAL NEURAL STIMULATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREDICTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030200162     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.503174     Document Type: Article

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