Effect of anatomical variability on neural stimulation strength and focality in Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) and Magnetic Seizure Therapy (MST)

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 682-688

  Deng, Zhi De ^a,b   Lisanby, Sarah H ^b,c   Peterchev, Angel V ^a,b  

^a Department of Electrical Engineering ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depolarization; ECT; Electric field; Electroconvulsive therapy; FEM model; Focality; Magnetic seizure therapy; MST; Neural stimulation; Variability

Indexed keywords

CONES; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; MAGNETISM; TISSUE;

ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEM MODELING; FOCALITY; MAGNETIC SEIZURE THERAPY; NEURAL STIMULATIONS; VARIABILITY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77951011516     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334091     Document Type: Conference Paper

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