Realistic simulation of transcranial direct current stimulation via 3-D high-resolution finite element analysis: Effect of tissue anisotropy

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 638-641

  Suh, Hyun Sang ^a   Kim, Sang Hyuk ^a   Lee, Won Hee ^b   Kim, Tae Seong ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; TISSUE;

HIGH RESOLUTION; ILL-CONDITIONS; PRECISE ANALYSIS; REALISTIC HEAD MODELS; REALISTIC SIMULATION; SHUNTING EFFECT; SKULL ANISOTROPY; WHITE MATTER ANISOTROPY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77950975207     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333686     Document Type: Conference Paper

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