BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 123-131 , July 2009

A triangulation-based magnetic resonance image-guided method for transcranial magnetic stimulation coil positioning

  • Jamila Andoh, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Inserm, U797 Research Unit “Neuroimaging and Psychiatry”, IFR49, Orsay, France
    • CEA, “Neuroimaging and Psychiatry” U797 Unit, Hospital Department Frédéric Joliot and Neurospin, I2BM, Orsay, France
    • Univ Paris-Sud, UMR U797, Orsay; and University Paris Descartes, UMR U797, Paris; France
    • Brain and Body Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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  • Denis Riviere, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Image Analysis and Structural Anatomy Group, Neurospin, IFR 49, Atomic Energy Commission, Gif/Yvette, France
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  • Jean-François Mangin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Inserm, U797 Research Unit “Neuroimaging and Psychiatry”, IFR49, Orsay, France
    • CEA, “Neuroimaging and Psychiatry” U797 Unit, Hospital Department Frédéric Joliot and Neurospin, I2BM, Orsay, France
    • Univ Paris-Sud, UMR U797, Orsay; and University Paris Descartes, UMR U797, Paris; France
    • Image Analysis and Structural Anatomy Group, Neurospin, IFR 49, Atomic Energy Commission, Gif/Yvette, France
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  • Eric Artiges, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Inserm, U797 Research Unit “Neuroimaging and Psychiatry”, IFR49, Orsay, France
    • CEA, “Neuroimaging and Psychiatry” U797 Unit, Hospital Department Frédéric Joliot and Neurospin, I2BM, Orsay, France
    • Univ Paris-Sud, UMR U797, Orsay; and University Paris Descartes, UMR U797, Paris; France
    • Psychiatry Department, 91G16, Orsay Hospital, Orsay, France
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  • Yann Cointepas, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Image Analysis and Structural Anatomy Group, Neurospin, IFR 49, Atomic Energy Commission, Gif/Yvette, France
    • ,
  • David Grevent, MD

      Affiliations

    • Inserm, U797 Research Unit “Neuroimaging and Psychiatry”, IFR49, Orsay, France
    • CEA, “Neuroimaging and Psychiatry” U797 Unit, Hospital Department Frédéric Joliot and Neurospin, I2BM, Orsay, France
    • Univ Paris-Sud, UMR U797, Orsay; and University Paris Descartes, UMR U797, Paris; France
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  • Marie-Laure Paillère-Martinot, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Inserm, U797 Research Unit “Neuroimaging and Psychiatry”, IFR49, Orsay, France
    • CEA, “Neuroimaging and Psychiatry” U797 Unit, Hospital Department Frédéric Joliot and Neurospin, I2BM, Orsay, France
    • Univ Paris-Sud, UMR U797, Orsay; and University Paris Descartes, UMR U797, Paris; France
    • AP-HP, Department of Adolescent Medicine, Maison de Solenn, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France
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  • Jean-Luc Martinot, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Inserm, U797 Research Unit “Neuroimaging and Psychiatry”, IFR49, Orsay, France
    • CEA, “Neuroimaging and Psychiatry” U797 Unit, Hospital Department Frédéric Joliot and Neurospin, I2BM, Orsay, France
    • Univ Paris-Sud, UMR U797, Orsay; and University Paris Descartes, UMR U797, Paris; France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Dr. Jean-Luc Martinot, U797 INSERM-CEA, Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot, CEA, 4, place du Général Leclerc, 91401 Orsay, France.
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  • Arnaud Cachia, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Inserm, U797 Research Unit “Neuroimaging and Psychiatry”, IFR49, Orsay, France
    • CEA, “Neuroimaging and Psychiatry” U797 Unit, Hospital Department Frédéric Joliot and Neurospin, I2BM, Orsay, France
    • Univ Paris-Sud, UMR U797, Orsay; and University Paris Descartes, UMR U797, Paris; France

Received 30 October 2007 ,Revised 29 October 2008 ,Accepted 30 October 2008.

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 This study was funded in part by a grant from the “Programme Hospitalier de Recherche Clinique”, “Délégation à la Recherche Clinique de l'Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (PHRC AOM 98099)” and by an INSERM-PROGRESS grant and an APHP/INSERM interface grant to ML Paillère-Martinot. This study was also supported in part by a grant (APV05137LSA) from the National Agency for Research.

 Jamila Andoh was supported by a PhD grant from the “Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale.” Arnaud Cachia was supported by grants from INSERM and from the “Electricité de France - EDF Foundation.”

PII: S1935-861X(08)00358-6

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2008.10.002

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 123-131 , July 2009

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