Title :
The Optimal Design of Magnetic Coil in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Author :
Xu, Guizhi ; Chen, Yong ; Yang, Shuo ; Wang, Mingshi ; Yan, Weili
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Precision Instrument, Tianjin Univ.
Abstract :
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a new tool for the study of the human brain and for neurological therapeutics. Magnetic coil design is very important in the TMS technique. Precise spatial localization of stimulation sites is the key of efficient functional magnetic stimulations. This paper develops circular coils, figure-of-8 coils and coil array elements in order to realize a transcranial magnetic stimulator, and analyses the coil properties. The results show that different coils have different focus
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; biomagnetism; brain; coils; neurophysiology; circular coils; coil array elements; figure-of-8 coils; functional magnetic stimulations; human brain; magnetic coil; neurological therapeutics; transcranial magnetic stimulation; Coils; Electroencephalography; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic measurements; Humans; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic heads; Magnetic stimulation; Muscles; Positron emission tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8741-4
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1615917
