Intensity and localization of eddy currents in transcranial magnetic stimulation to the cerebellum

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3575-3577

  Sekino, Masaki ^b   Hirata, Masayuki ^c   Sakihara, Kotoe ^d   Yorifuji, Shiro ^d   Ueno, Shoogo ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Eddy current; Finite element method; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES;

CEREBELLUM; HUMAN HEAD MODELS; LOCALIZED DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION (TMS);

EDDY CURRENTS;

EID: 33846568338     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2006.879821     Document Type: Article

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