Simulation of a conical antenna for stimulating neurological tissue

Author

Petrella, R.A. ; Xiao, S.

Author_Institution

Frank Reidy Res. Center for Bioelectrics, Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA, USA

fYear

2015

fDate

22-26 March 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Delivering electric pulses to brain tissues has been done by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, but the resolution and penetration depth are limited. We use picosecond electric pulses to stimulate neurons (activation or inhibition). The delivery of such short pulses was simulated by CST Microwave Studio. Pulses were delivered to a shallow, subcranial target using a conical dielectric antenna. Results of the simulation show the antenna is capable of creating an electric field distribution less than the size of the antenna aperture.

Keywords

bioelectric potentials; conical antennas; neurophysiology; transcranial magnetic stimulation; CST Microwave Studio; antenna aperture size; brain tissues; conical antenna simulation; conical dielectric antenna; electric field distribution; electric pulse delivery; neuron activation; neuron inhibition; penetration depth; resolution depth; shallow subcranial target; stimulating neurological tissue; transcranial magnetic stimulation; Antennas; Biological system modeling; Brain modeling; Computational modeling; Dielectrics; Electric fields; Conical dielectric antenna Neurostimulation; Picosecond pulses;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Computational Electromagnetics (ACES), 2015 31st International Review of Progress in

Conference_Location

Williamsburg, VA

Type

conf

Filename

7109717