Electric field strength and focality in electroconvulsive therapy and magnetic seizure therapy: A finite element simulation study

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

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

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN VOLUME; COIL CONFIGURATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTRODE CONFIGURATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; MAXIMUM ELECTRIC FIELD; NEURAL ACTIVATION; PULSE AMPLITUDE; PULSE WIDTH; SIDE EFFECT;

CONES; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; FOCUSING; PULSE AMPLITUDE MODULATION;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN SIZE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; MAGNETIC SEIZURE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEIZURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SEIZURES;

EID: 79952677945     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/8/1/016007     Document Type: Article

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