International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems

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Analysis and Design of Whole-Head Magnetic Brain Stimulators: A Simulation Study

  • Lee, Chany (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Seoul National University) ;
  • Im, Chang-Hwan (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University) ;
  • Jung, Hyun-Kyo (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 2007.06.30
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Abstract

This paper proposes a helmet-type whole-head brain stimulator system considering a realistic head geometry. For more accurate design and computer simulations, a realistic volume conductor model was adopted and the current evoked on human cerebral cortex was analyzed using the boundary element method (BEM). To obtain a more focalized evoked current around the target points, various coil configurations were tested and an average targeting error of about 10 mm was obtained.

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