Influence of anisotropic conductivity in the skull and white matter on transcranial direct current stimulation via an anatomically realistic finite element head model

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 6961-6980

  Suh, Hyun Sang ^a   Lee, Won Hee ^b   Kim, Tae Seong ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVITY; CORTICAL SURFACES; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRICAL EFFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT; HEAD GEOMETRY; HEAD MODEL; ISOTROPIC SOLUTIONS; SKULL CONDUCTIVITY; TISSUE CONDUCTIVITY; TISSUE PROPERTIES; TRANSCRANIAL; WHITE MATTER;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; TISSUE;

ANISOTROPY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; SKULL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SKULL;

EID: 84868014749     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/21/6961     Document Type: Article

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