Modeling the electric field induced in a high resolution realistic head model during transcranial current stimulation

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2073-2076

  Salvador, R ^a   Mekonnen, A ^a   Ruffini, G ^b   Miranda, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Starlab   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICAL NEURONS; CORTICAL SURFACES; ELECTRIC FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; HEAD MODEL; HIGH RESOLUTION; HOTSPOTS; HUMAN HEAD; MOTOR CORTEX; MRI IMAGE; REALISTIC HEAD MODELS; SPHERICAL HEAD MODELS; SPHERICAL MODELS; TRANSCRANIAL;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 78650823184     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626315     Document Type: Conference Paper

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