The point spread function of the human head and its implications for transcranial current stimulation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 6459-6477

  Dmochowski, Jacek P ^a   Bikson, Marom ^a   Parra, Lucas C ^a  

^a City University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODE CATHODES; APPLIED CURRENT; BRAIN STIMULATION; CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; CLOSED FORM; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; CURRENT INTENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRODE SIZE; FORWARD MODELS; FORWARD PROBLEM; FOURIER; GENERAL POPULATION; HEAD MODEL; HEAD SIZE; HUMAN HEAD; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; INDUCED ELECTRIC POTENTIALS; MODEL COMPLEXITY; SCALAR MULTIPLICATION; SPHERICAL HARMONICS; SPHERICAL SHELL; STIMULATION PARAMETERS; TRANSCRANIAL;

ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

BRAIN MODELS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEAD; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SKULL;

ADULT; CHILD; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; HEAD; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKULL;

EID: 84867242978     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/20/6459     Document Type: Article

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