Theoretical investigation of transcranial alternating current stimulation using realistic head model

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 4156-4159

  Manoli, Z ^a   Grossman, N ^b   Samaras, T ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT; BRAIN STIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN TECHNIQUE; HIGH-ORDER; REALISTIC HEAD MODELS; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; TIME INVARIANTS; TRANSCRANIAL; UNDERLYING MECHANISM;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAD; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAD; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880939897     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346882     Document Type: Conference Paper

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