Three-dimensional head model simulation of transcranial magnetic stimulation

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1586-1598

  Wagner, Tim A ^a,b,c   Zahn, Markus ^b   Grodzinsky, Alan J ^d   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^c,e  

^a HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomagnetism; Field computation; Finite element model; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

HEAD MODEL SIMULATION; MAGNETIC STIMULATIONS;

CURRENT DENSITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROLOGY; TISSUE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BIOMAGNETISM; BRAIN CORTEX; DENSITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 4143056824     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2004.827925     Document Type: Article

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