Optically tracked neuronavigation increases the stability of hand-held focal coil positioning: Evidence from "transcranial" magnetic stimulation-induced electrical field measurements

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-123

  Cincotta, Massimo ^a   Giovannelli, Fabio ^a,b   Borgheresi, Alessandra ^a   Balestrieri, Fabrizio ^a   Toscani, Lucia ^a   Zaccara, Gaetano ^a   Carducci, Filippo ^c,d   Viggiano, Maria Pia ^b   Rossi, Simone ^e  

^a SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d SAN GIOVANNI CALIBITA FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

coil positioning; dipole probe; induced electrical field; neuronavigation; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; COIL POSITIONING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EYE TRACKING; HEAD; HUMAN; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MICROCOMPUTER; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE STIMULATION; NEURONAVIGATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; PULSE WAVE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCALP; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WRITING; ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BRAIN MAPPING; DEVICES; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PATIENT POSITIONING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956690387     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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