BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 218-225 , October 2010

A numerically optimized active shield for improved transcranial magnetic stimulation targeting

  • Luis Hernandez-Garcia

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • Functional MRI laboratory, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Luis Hernandez-Garcia, PhD, FMRI Laboratory, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2108.
    • ,
  • Timothy Hall

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • ,
  • Luis Gomez

      Affiliations

    • Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • ,
  • Eric Michielssen

      Affiliations

    • Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Received 14 January 2010 ,Revised 3 April 2010 ,Accepted 13 May 2010.

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 This work was funded by the National Institutes of Health, NINDS (5 R21 NS058691).

PII: S1935-861X(10)00057-4

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2010.05.001

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 218-225 , October 2010

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