Magnetic stimulation of the nervous system: Induced electric field in unbounded, semi-infinite, spherical, and cylindrical media

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 606-616

  Ravazzani, Paolo ^a   Ruohonen, Jarmo ^b   Grandori, Ferdinando ^a   Tognola, Gabriella ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boundary effects; Cortical and peripheral magnetic stimulation; Electric field; Medium geometry; Reciprocity theorem

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

BOUNDARY EFFECTS; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MEDIUM GEOMETRY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; RECIPROCITY THEOREM;

FUNCTIONAL NEURAL STIMULATION;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NERVE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

BRAIN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0030248394     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02684229     Document Type: Article

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