Evaluation of local electric fields generated by transcranial direct current stimulation with an extracephalic reference electrode based on realistic 3D body modeling

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2137-2150

  Im, Chang Hwan ^a   Park, Ji Hye ^a   Shim, Miseon ^a   Chang, Won Hyuk ^b   Kim, Yun Hee ^b  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ACTIVE ELECTRODES; BODY MODELING; BRAINSTEM; CURRENT CONDUCTION; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD INTENSITIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HUMAN UPPER BODY; LOCAL ELECTRIC FIELD; MAXIMUM CURRENT DENSITY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; REFERENCE ELECTRODES; SAFETY ISSUES; TEMPORAL LOBES; TRANSCRANIAL; VOLUME ENERGY DENSITY;

BRAIN; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FIDUCIAL MARKER; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; SKULL; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; BRAIN STEM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; FIDUCIAL MARKERS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; SKULL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84859299614     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/8/2137     Document Type: Article

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