A computational model of direct brain stimulation by electroconvulsive therapy

2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2069-2072

  Bai, Siwei ^a   Loo, Colleen ^b   Dokos, Socrates ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BLACK DOG INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bitemporal electrode placement; Cortical excitation; Electroconvulsive therapy; Finite element method; Hodgkin Huxley model

Indexed keywords

CORTICAL EXCITATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTRODE PLACEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT; HODGKIN-HUXLEY MODELS;

ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD; HUMAN; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKULL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SKULL;

EID: 78650819355     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626333     Document Type: Conference Paper

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