A realistically shaped finite element model of the human head for electric field simulation

Author

Chen, Dong ; Silberstein, Richard B. ; Seagar, Andrew D. ; Cadush, Peter J. ; Murphy, Dale

Author_Institution

Brain Sci. Inst., Swinburne Univ. of Technol., Hawthorn, Vic., Australia

fYear

1998

fDate

15-18 Feb 1998

Firstpage

29

Lastpage

30

Abstract

A realistically shaped finite element (FE) model of the human head was developed based on magnetic resonance images (MRI). Using this model, the potential and current density distributions in the head were simulated by solving the forward problem of Poisson´s equation when the injection current was applied on the surface of the scalp. Based on the simulation result and the FE model analysis, a modeling improvement is proposed in order to achieve the best simulation result for the particular requirements of the resistivity reconstruction of the human head

Keywords

Poisson equation; bioelectric phenomena; biomedical MRI; current density; electric fields; finite element analysis; physiological models; Poisson´s equation forward problem; current density distribution; electric field simulation; human head; injection current; magnetic resonance images; partial differential equations; potential distribution; realistically shaped finite element model; resistivity reconstruction; Analytical models; Current density; Finite element methods; Humans; Magnetic heads; Magnetic resonance; Magnetic resonance imaging; Poisson equations; Scalp; Surface reconstruction;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioelectromagnetism, 1998. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Melbourne, Vic.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3867-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICBEM.1998.666379

Filename

666379