Computation of transcranial magnetic stimulation electric fields using self-supervised deep learning.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Electric fields (E-fields) induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can be modeled using partial differential equations (PDEs). Using state-of-the-art finite-element methods (FEM), it often takes tens of seconds to solve the PDEs for computing a high-resolution E-field, hampering the wide application of the E-field modeling in practice and research. To improve the E-field modeling's computational efficiency, we developed a self-supervised deep learning (DL) method to compute precise TMS E-fields. Given a head model and the primary E-field generated by TMS coils, a DL model was built to generate a E-field by minimizing a loss function that measures how well the generated E-field fits the governing PDE. The DL model was trained in a self-supervised manner, which does not require any external supervision. We evaluated the DL model using both a simulated sphere head model and realistic head models of 125 individuals and compared the accuracy and computational speed of the DL model with a state-of-the-art FEM. In realistic head models, the DL model obtained accurate E-fields that were significantly correlated with the FEM solutions. The DL model could obtain precise E-fields within seconds for whole head models at a high spatial resolution, faster than the FEM. The DL model built for the simulated sphere head model also obtained an accurate E-field whose average difference from the analytical E-fields was 0.0054, comparable to the FEM solution. These results demonstrated that the self-supervised DL method could obtain precise E-fields comparable to the FEM solutions with improved computational speed.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Li, H; Deng, Z-D; Oathes, D; Fan, Y
Published Date
- December 2022
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 264 /
Start / End Page
- 119705 -
PubMed ID
- 36280099
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC9854270
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1095-9572
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1053-8119
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119705
Language
- eng