BRAIN initiative: Fast and parallel solver for real-time monitoring of the eddy current in the brain for TMS applications

Author

Sabouni, Abas ; Pouliot, Philippe ; Shmuel, Amir ; Lesage, Frederic

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Wilkes Univ., Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

26-30 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

6250

Lastpage

6253

Abstract

This paper introduce a fast and efficient solver for simulating the induced (eddy) current distribution in the brain during transcranial magnetic stimulation procedure. This solver has been integrated with MRI and neuronavigation software to accurately model the electromagnetic field and show eddy current in the head almost in real-time. To examine the performance of the proposed technique, we used a 3D anatomically accurate MRI model of the 25 year old female subject.

Keywords

biomedical MRI; brain; current distribution; eddy currents; neurophysiology; patient monitoring; transcranial magnetic stimulation; 3D anatomically accurate MRI model; TMS applications; brain; eddy current; electromagnetic field; fast solver; head; induced eddy current distribution; neuronavigation software; parallel solver; real-time monitoring; transcranial magnetic stimulation procedure; Brain modeling; Coils; Conductivity; Finite element analysis; Image resolution; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic stimulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMBC.2014.6945057

Filename

6945057