Effects of coil parameters on the stimulated area by transcranial magnetic stimulation

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4845-4848

  Tsuyama, Seichi ^a   Katayama, Yoshinori ^a   Hyodo, Akira ^a   Hayami, Takehito ^b   Ueno, Shoogo ^a   Iramina, Keiji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coil parameter; Eddy current; Eight figure coil; Transcranial magnetic sxtimulation (TMS)

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT; MAGNETISM;

COIL CONFIGURATIONS; COIL PARAMETER; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; EDDY CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; EIGHT FIGURE COIL; INHOMOGENEOUS CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSCRANIAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION;

EID: 70350599669     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2009.2023619     Document Type: Article

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