BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 65-77 , April 2010

Patient-specific models of deep brain stimulation: Influence of field model complexity on neural activation predictions

  • Ashutosh Chaturvedi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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  • Christopher R. Butson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA
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  • Scott F. Lempka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • ,
  • Scott E. Cooper

      Affiliations

    • Center for Neurological Restoration, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA
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  • Cameron C. McIntyre

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Center for Neurological Restoration, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Cameron C. McIntyre, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 9500 Euclid Avenue ND-20, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, Telephone: (216) 445-3264, Fax: (216) 444-9198.

Received 5 June 2009 ,Revised 25 December 2009 ,Accepted 8 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2010.01.003

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 65-77 , April 2010

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