A new miniaturized figure-of-eight coil (μCoil) for TMS applications has been developed taking advantage of the Flex circuit technology. First experiments on volunteers demonstrated the ability of the μCoil to elicit sensorial action potentials of the peripheral nervous system. The necessity of reducing the size of standard TMS stimulator arises from the poor spatial resolution of the latter. This study aims to model the μCoil and study the electromagnetic fields induced inside the arm during peripheral nerve stimulation. Results confirmed that the μCoil is capable of inducing a focalized electric field inside the tissues with amplitudes up to 70V/m consistent with the observed peripheral nerve stimulation in healthy volunteers.

Ultra-focal magnetic stimulation using a µTMS coil: a computational study / Colella, Micol; Laher, Rebecca M.; Press, Daniel Z.; Mcilduff, Courtney E.; Rutkove, Seward. B.; Pascual-Leone, Alvaro; Apollonio, Francesca; Liberti, Micaela; Bonmassar, Giorgio. - (2019), pp. 3987-3990. (Intervento presentato al convegno 2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) tenutosi a Berlin; Germany) [10.1109/EMBC.2019.8857349].

Ultra-focal magnetic stimulation using a µTMS coil: a computational study

Colella, Micol;Apollonio, Francesca;Liberti, Micaela;
2019

Abstract

A new miniaturized figure-of-eight coil (μCoil) for TMS applications has been developed taking advantage of the Flex circuit technology. First experiments on volunteers demonstrated the ability of the μCoil to elicit sensorial action potentials of the peripheral nervous system. The necessity of reducing the size of standard TMS stimulator arises from the poor spatial resolution of the latter. This study aims to model the μCoil and study the electromagnetic fields induced inside the arm during peripheral nerve stimulation. Results confirmed that the μCoil is capable of inducing a focalized electric field inside the tissues with amplitudes up to 70V/m consistent with the observed peripheral nerve stimulation in healthy volunteers.
2019
2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC)
standards; computational modeling; magnetic fields; electric fields; biomedical imaging; slabs; magnetic flux density
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Ultra-focal magnetic stimulation using a µTMS coil: a computational study / Colella, Micol; Laher, Rebecca M.; Press, Daniel Z.; Mcilduff, Courtney E.; Rutkove, Seward. B.; Pascual-Leone, Alvaro; Apollonio, Francesca; Liberti, Micaela; Bonmassar, Giorgio. - (2019), pp. 3987-3990. (Intervento presentato al convegno 2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) tenutosi a Berlin; Germany) [10.1109/EMBC.2019.8857349].
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