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Electric field characteristics of low-field synchronized transcranial magnetic stimulation (sTMS).

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Zhi-De Deng; Lisanby, SH
Published in: Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc
July 2017

Low-field synchronized trancranial magnetic stimulation (sTMS) was hypothesized to have significant therapeutic effects in patients with major depressive disorder by entrainment of neural oscillations. The sTMS device is comprised of neodymium magnets mounted over multiple brain regions and set to rotate at the patients alpha frequency. We characterized the electric field strength and distribution of sTMS using the finite element method. We found that the maximum induced electric field strength on the surfaces of the head and cortex are approximately 0.06Vm-1 and 0.02Vm-1, respectively. These field strengths are an order of magnitude lower than that delivered by transcranial current stimulation.

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Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc

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EISSN

2694-0604

Publication Date

July 2017

Volume

2017

Start / End Page

1445 / 1448

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
  • Humans
  • Head
  • Electric Stimulation
  • Depressive Disorder, Major
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Brain
 

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Zhi-De Deng, & Lisanby, S. H. (2017). Electric field characteristics of low-field synchronized transcranial magnetic stimulation (sTMS). Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2017, 1445–1448. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2017.8037106
Zhi-De Deng, and Sarah H. Lisanby. “Electric field characteristics of low-field synchronized transcranial magnetic stimulation (sTMS).Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2017 (July 2017): 1445–48. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2017.8037106.
Zhi-De Deng, Lisanby SH. Electric field characteristics of low-field synchronized transcranial magnetic stimulation (sTMS). Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2017 Jul;2017:1445–8.
Zhi-De Deng, and Sarah H. Lisanby. “Electric field characteristics of low-field synchronized transcranial magnetic stimulation (sTMS).Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, vol. 2017, July 2017, pp. 1445–48. Pubmed, doi:10.1109/EMBC.2017.8037106.
Zhi-De Deng, Lisanby SH. Electric field characteristics of low-field synchronized transcranial magnetic stimulation (sTMS). Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2017 Jul;2017:1445–1448.

Published In

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc

DOI

EISSN

2694-0604

Publication Date

July 2017

Volume

2017

Start / End Page

1445 / 1448

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
  • Humans
  • Head
  • Electric Stimulation
  • Depressive Disorder, Major
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Brain