Iron-core coils for transcranial magnetic stimulation

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 376-381

  Epstein, Charles M ^a   Davey, Kent R ^a  

^a EMORY CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Iron core. rTMS, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; TMS, transcranial magnetic stimulation; Magnetic coil; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

IRON; SILICON; STEEL;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER MODEL; ELECTRIC FIELD; ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON CORE COIL; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PROCESS MODEL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0036423867     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-200208000-00010     Document Type: Article

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