A structurally detailed finite element human head model for simulation of transcranial magnetic stimulation

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-120

  Chen, Ming ^a   Mogul, David Jeffery ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical columns; FEM; MRI; Neocortex; Surface mesh; TMS; Volume mesh

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 61649099252     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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